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Book 3 Excerpt 1

3/27/2016

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I shared this excerpt with my newsletter subscribers a couple of weeks ago, and am happy to post it here now. Want to see these excerpts first, too? Easy: subscribe to my (infrequent) newsletter.

Betrayal Foretold Excerpt 1

Time spent alone is precious. 
It’s cleansing, it’s rejuvenating, it’s fortifying—until it’s not. I had soul-searched and introspected until my deficiencies clung to me like a throng of specters. 
While an official Radix committee and the Thayerian authorities conducted searches and quizzed my known associates…
While word spread like wildfire across campus that I possessed a dragon form…
While the people of Thayer learned dragons had not, in fact, been wiped out hundreds of years before…
While the world changed and the tide turned against me… I sat licking deep emotional wounds in the primitive cabin deserted just days before by the three Drakontos dragons—my relatives—Bay, Eiven, and Stryde.
My friends had proved faithful and generous in the days since I’d fled our magical grad school, Radix Citadel for Supernatural Learning, or The Root, as most commonly referred to it. But my friends couldn’t be expected to spend every waking moment at my cabin hideaway. Ewan, Boone and Timbra, and sometimes Layla visited when there was no risk of being followed, but it hadn’t been frequently enough to stave off my loneliness. 
My arms hung at my sides as I stood in the center of the cabin too restless to sit, to read, to think. The absence of sound was so prevalent that every tiny thing seemed loud in contrast—the scratch of a branch against the roof, the drag-tick of an old clock, the whistle of wind through the dense forest. 
“Hello,” a deep voice call outside. “Stell?”
Ewan. Thank god. I raced through the cabin door and found him standing just beyond the front porch. Ewan Bristol rarely deviated from wearing black, and when he did it wasn’t far. A dark blue V-neck lent contrast to his skin which tanned easily and well.
The sight of Ewan sent my insides into a spiral of nervous pleasure every time. I crashed into him, holding him close and drinking him in. Ewan always smelled of the forest--of juniper or fir, and I inhaled his scent while I had the opportunity; before he could leave again. I closed my eyes and absorbed the comfort of his arms, of his warm body. 
It wasn’t just that I was so lonely I’d begun talking to the furniture. I missed the sexy squint his eyes took on, the uneven slide of his lips when he thought I was funny or clever. I missed the way his mouth went slack when my top slipped to reveal too much cleavage. I missed his level-headed advice and unyielding support. I missed the way people stopped and listened when he spoke. I missed Ewan. 
“Hi,” I said and beamed up at him. His pleasure mirrored mine. It was there for me to see, completely unguarded in the depths of his dark eyes. 
He kissed me high on the cheekbone before finding my mouth. Think me arrogant if you like, but I’ve always considered Ewan and I the best kissers to have ever laid lips on one another. My mouth fit perfectly into his, his full lips absorbing my smaller ones. With a groan, he pulled me so tightly into him I gasped for breath. He had missed me, too.
It was then I felt a buzz through the fabric of his shorts. At the same time, Pia chirped within the cabin. 
“Stella, you have received a message from Dean Livia Miles,” my personal interactive device intoned. I shot a questioning look at Ewan, who shrugged and fumbled in his pocket for his own device. 
When I didn’t answer right away Pia repeated, “Stella, you have received a message from Dean Livia Miles.” 
I scoffed at the interruption, but hurried to see what Dean Miles could possibly be sending. The last I had heard, she was on a vicious rampage to condemn and disgrace me. 
When I emerged from the cabin, Ewan’s posture was bunched, coiled. A toy soldier wound too tight. 
My arms fell to my sides with Pia still clasped in one hand. “Ewan? Ewan, what’s wrong?” 
When he looked up, his dark eyes were black holes within his blood-drained face.
Someone’s died was my first thought. What else could produce such a severe response?
“She…” Ewan cleared his throat. “She sent the entire school your journal entry.”
“What? Who did? What are you talking about? What journal entry?” 
His face held such pity. “Dean Miles. She sent the entire campus a student journal entry you wrote detailing your dragon, your family—everything.” Ewan whispered the last, and slid onto a log near the fire.

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Go Like My FaceBook Page, If you Haven't Already

3/23/2016

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We've been having a lot of fun over at my FaceBook page lately, and more is *sure* to be had.  

With Betrayal Foretold, Book 3 in the Descended of Dragons series, set to release in May, we've got a lot to talk about. And I've got some exclusive content to reveal. 

Wanna see it first? Okay, fine. Two ways:
1. Sign up for my newsletter. 
2. Like my FaceBook page. 

That's it; that's all. Keep in touch. Know stuff before other folks do. Simple as that. 
You'll also be on my good side, and it can't hurt to have more friends, eh?

As always, THANK YOU to the best darned readers out there. 
Jen




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Author Abbie Roads Reveals Cover of Debut Novel

3/22/2016

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Tonight, debut author Abbie Roads is revealing the cover of Race the Darkness, a dark, gritty, emotional and sexy romantic suspense novel.

Race the Darkness is the first in a gripping paranormal romantic suspense duo by a Golden Heart finalist debut author whose clinical work gives her chilling insights...
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Cursed with a terrible gift
Criminal investigator Xander Stone doesn’t have to question you—he can hear your thoughts. Scarred by lightning, burdened with a power that gives him no peace, Xander struggles to maintain his sanity against the voice that haunts him day and night—the voice of a woman begging him to save her.

That threatens to engulf them...
Isleen Walker has long since given up hope of escape from the nightmare of captivity and torture that is draining her life, her mind, and her soul. Except…there is the man in her feverish dreams, the strangely beautiful man who beckons her to freedom and wholeness. And when he comes, if he comes, it will take all their combined fury and faith to overcome a madman bent on fulfilling a deadly prophecy.
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About Abbie Roads:
Abbie Roads is a mental health counselor known for her blunt, honest style of therapy. By night she writes dark, emotional novels, always giving her characters the happy ending she wishes for all her clients. Her novels have finaled in RWA contests including the Golden Heart. Race the Darkness is the first book in the Fatal Dreams series of dark, gritty romantic suspense with a psychological twist.
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Race the Darkness will be available on October 4th. 
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A special note from Abbie Roads: 

Dear Readers,
I wrote Race the Darkness from start to finish three different times, with three different story lines, and with three different titles! The only thing that ever remained the same between the versions was Xander and Isleen. I believed in them and the story they wanted to tell. I hope you love reading about their tragedies and triumphs as much as I enjoyed writing them… All three times! And isn’t the cover amazing, beautiful, gorgeous? I cried the first time I saw it! It made all the hard work to get this book to you worth it!
Abbie Roads

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Betrayal Foretold Cover Reveal

3/17/2016

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Whew! Excuse me while I breathe into a paper bag for a bit.
The cover for Book 3 in the Descended of Dragons series, Betrayal Foretold, is here!!!
​And oooooh, is it lovely.

Ready to see it? Here we go.

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What do you think? The elements of the cover give clues to the continuation of Stella's story.
Note the cool blue tropical water and rocky cliffs. And 'Betrayal Foretold'...dum, dum, dummmmm. Who was it? Who betrayed Stella?


I hope you're as excited to read this book as I am to release it. Most of all, I hope you love it.

I've set a release date of May 31. I know, I know - you want it sooner. But there are so many moving parts involved in a book release, and it will only be about six months after the release of the first two. For me, that's a big win!

​Follow these links
to pre-order Betrayal Foretold now!

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01D2BPH4W
Barnes & Noble: TBA
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1093813799
Kobo: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/betrayal-foretold

A Bitter Betrayal
Stella Stonewall exposed her scaly side to save the man she loves, the soulful and sexy Ewan Bristol. But her troubles have only just begun. A treacherous betrayal at the hands of a trusted confidante leaves her running for her life.

An Impossible Choice
An unlikely savior offers Stella a way out, but it means leaving everything—and everyone—behind. Can she give up the only home, the only friends she’s ever known to save herself? 

A Chance to Have It All
Stella learns of an ancient curse that, if lifted, could change everything. To alter the course of history she must trust her former lover Rowan Gresham, and she must trust the machinations of fate: that she may be the key to it all. 

Betrayal Foretold is a fast-paced, emotional ride through the mesmerizing world of Thayer. This third book in the Descended of Dragons series, a new adult fantasy romance, is a can’t-put-it-down story of loss and self-invention, of survival, and of the selfless pursuit to secure the happiness of friends.




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Book 3 Cover Reveal Next Week - Newsletter Subscribers Only

3/4/2016

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If you've been waiting to sign up for my newsletter, now is the time to join. 
Next week I'll reveal the gorgeous new cover of Book 3 in the Descended of Dragons series,
​Betrayal Foretold, in my newsletter.

Bonus time! I'll also release a new Betrayal Foretold excerpt I think you'll love. 

Click the image above to sign up, or click RIGHT HERE. 
(I only send occasional emails and promise never to sell your information.)



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Win Rare Form in AmAzon Giveaway

3/2/2016

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I'm giving away three ebook copies of Rare Form, Book 1 in the Descended of Dragons series, in a new Amazon feature.

​Already own the ebooks? Share the love! Tell a friend about this chance to win.


A Secret Past 
Fiery redhead Stella Stonewall can’t decide between a margarita and a manhattan. 

The rest of her life? Please. Stella has never really fit in, and her pretty world comes crashing down when she learns it was never her world at all. 

Rowan Gresham is domineering, brooding, and as sexy as chocolate-dipped sin. When he transports Stella to the magical realm of her parents she recognizes her rightful place immediately. Gresham’s motivations are less clear. 

A Scorching Chemistry 
The enigmatic Gresham aids in Stella’s metamorphosis and their chemistry ignites, though a long-time girlfriend and a significant age difference stand in the way. 

A Battle for the Rest of Her Life 
Stella’s life fast-tracks to extraordinary when she enrolls at Radix Citadel for Supernatural Learning, an enchanted college whose students turn furry on the regular. As Stella learns to navigate the magical new world of Thayer she must also find her animal form, a task as elusive as her ancestry. Stella soon faces an even greater challenge: staying alive long enough to learn to manipulate an animal form she never knew she possessed.
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A big Fat Thank You - Book 2 Reaches New Ranking

2/16/2016

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Sending out a big fat !THANK YOU! today for your wonderful support of me and my books. 

Book 2 in the Descended of Dragons series, Origin Exposed, reached a new high on Amazon today, its first run in the top three of a best sellers list. 

Thanks for reading these books and for leaving such wonderful reviews.
I'm working feverishly on Book 3!

​~Jen
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Join Me Tonight at 9:00 Central & "Leap Into Love"

2/11/2016

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Whatcha got going on tonight at 10/9 Central? Let's party. 
Join me for the "Leap Into Love" Facebook party, which is hosting over 50 authors in 29 days!

There are **giveaways & games galore** with favorite authors.

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And prizes!  A Kindle Fire or $50 Amazon gift card, and a $25 Amazon gift card are up for grabs.
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Book 3 Update and Excerpt

2/4/2016

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I released this info earlier this week to my newsletter subscribers. Want to be the first to hear news or read excerpts? Subscribe here. 

 Book 3 Update
Don't worry--Book 3 in the Descended of Dragons series is still set to release in late spring. But as I've written it, the title I originally gave Book 3 just doesn't fit.


This book simply isn't Salted Wound;
it's Betrayal Foretold.
(dum, dum, dummmmm)

And, oh, are there some wickedly delicious twists in Book 3. 


Wanna read an excerpt, a little prologue I put together
when preparing to write Betrayal Foretold?

You got it.



Book 3 Excerpt
Far from Radix, from Thayer’s capitol city of Caliph, from any concentration of people whatsoever, Brandubh paced the great room of his castle home. Over the years he’d taken care to furnish the residence with sophisticated art, beautifully inlaid tables and chests, and finely upholstered furniture. Hand-woven rugs scattered the castle’s interior. But no amount of refinery could ever diminish the sharp, reverberant clomp, clomp, clomping of angry boot steps as they struck the stone-hewn floor.

The loss of his precious dragons was a mortal blow. He had eyes everywhere, and his spies had informed him almost the moment it happened. It was no coincidence people descended of rats were so prolific; it took a lot of them to form a network, and they were notoriously short-lived. He might’ve lost his dragons--for now--but he still had spies. 

And he still had one other very critical ace up his sleeve. Precisely when he would play the pivotal card, he wasn’t yet sure. But his lips slid into that fox-like grin each time it occurred to him how brilliant, how deliciously useful this particular mole had been.

Stryde and Eiven were lost forever. Bay had fled. And the one creature with the potential to help him finally achieve his goals was alive and well…and alone.


Foreboding enough for ya? No? All right, then. More later. 
Jen


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Thank you!

1/8/2016

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Rare Form and Origin Exposed, Books 1 & 2 in the Descended of Dragons series, are doing really well right now. I want to send a BIG THANK YOU for reading and loving these books.

I also want you to know I'm working feverishly on Book 3, which is still set to release this spring. 
As always, feel free to email me or find me online at www.JenCraneBooks.com
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