The Movement of Crowns

Now in its own separate volume before the coming sequel!

The Movement of Crowns
~A Novella~

At the point when kingdoms’ ideas of humanity differ…

The nation of Diachona is celebrating the twentieth birthday and rite of passage for Constance, the Diachonian king’s daughter and heir. Yet, the pause for festivity doesn’t erase collective doubts about Constance’s aspiration for a place with the men on the National Council, nor does it eliminate fears roused by oppressive threats from a neighboring, powerful empire. Amid increasing rumors of war and personal misgivings about her own future, Constance deems this an inopportune time to be falling in love with one Commander Alexander.

Will Providence keep them all through international tensions and the changing of times, or is Diachona watching its territory in vain?

Find The Movement of Crowns at the following eStore and at Amazon. (In print in the U.K.)

Also available as an ebook at Apple, Kobo, Diesel, Smashwords, and AuthorStand.

Love Unfeigned Extras

Love delving into “Special Features”? Enjoy these extras about my novella,
~Love Unfeigned~

Soundtrack, If You Will
“Love to the chords of a classic jazz band…”
I’m not the only author who often has a theme song or two that accompanies my writing. The music for each one of my stories is usually an original composition, heard exclusively via my remarkable humming (please hold your applause), but for Love Unfeigned, I, full of nostalgia, reached back for the smooth sounds of some standard and classic jazz I became familiar with during my childhood. Here are the songs that most inspired the romance between Lorraine and Isaiah. Taking a listen definitely brings the mood(s) of the story to another degree of life…

“Sweet Lorraine”
Pretty self-explanatory, right? Performed by the one and only Nat King Cole and the Oscar Peterson Trio.
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“Dancing on the Ceiling”
Admittedly made me a little teary–twice–as I wrote about Lorraine’s “Boy.” Performed by the legendary Ella Fitzgerald.
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“With You on My Mind”
It’s amazing how we can sing such songs with a smile, but, alas, we do. *Sigh.* More Nat King Cole and oh-so-needful tenor saxophones to help, well, tell it right.
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“Too Young”
Hey…there’s the proverbial “they” who tell you this and that about love–but, this time, really, who are “they”? Even more Nat King Cole, folks.
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In addition to the jazz, I must include some Georg Friedrich Händel, in honor of the Northwestern Philharmonic’s wonderful holiday performance at Larkspur Hall. (Were you there?) Ladies and gentlemen: the “Overture” of Handel’s Messiah.

More extras? Check out my author interview about Love Unfeigned at Indie Author Land!
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Love Unfeigned, A Novella

Love Unfeigned

~A Novella~

Love to the chords of a classic jazz band…
From the first time Lorraine, a plucky and competitive girl, contends on the playground against Isaiah, an impish boy whose smile gleams in more ways than one, the two of them can’t help knowing each other. Neither can they avoid passions and misfortunes lining the path to young adulthood, and when the breakup of Isaiah’s family disrupts the haven he’s shared with Lorraine, their natural relationship is eventually threatened by jealousy, grave trauma, and abandonment. As one year follows another, and another, what might it take to reunite these two companions in love: love undeniably real and unbounded by time?

“Everything didn’t have to turn out perfect. I just wanted you there.”

Love Unfeigned is available in print at the following eStore and Amazon, and also as an ebook at Barnes & Noble, Apple, Kobo, Sony, Diesel, Smashwords, and AuthorStand. (In print in the U.K.)

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Enjoy these Love Unfeigned extras
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