"Tales From The Demimonde" Release Day

 

Tales of the Demimonde

for

Amazon Kindle

$0.99

 

Tales of the Demimonde is a collection of short works based on the urban fantasy trilogy, The Books of The Demimonde. Follow the saga of Sophie Galen, who is saving the world, one damned person at a time. The advice columnist-turned-oracle must save her Demivampire lover from the fate that threatens each of his race: evolution and the destruction of his soul. Learn more about the Demimonde when you read BLEEDING HEARTS, BLOOD RUSH, and WOLF’S BANE available from the publisher Pink Narcissus Press (www.pinknarc.com) as well as many online book retailers.

 

Now, all the Demimonde companion pieces can be found in one collection, along with never-before-seen material.

 

You'll find the short stories "Scent of Hope", "The Blood Countess Chronicle", and "The Horus Bird"... along with the unreleased lyrics by Turn of the Wheel to "Ocean's Daughter". Read Sophie's musings on Sunfall and a dissertation on the preservation of Demivampirekind by Marek Thurzo. Also included are several behind-the-scenes articles on the Demimonde books as well as excerpts from BLEEDING HEARTS. 

 

 

BLEEDING HEARTS, BLOOD RUSH, and WOLF'S BANE

(BLEEDING HEARTS for Kindle only 1.99)

 

 

This collection is sure to delight current fans of the Demimonde as well as readers who are new to the series. If you haven't yet checked out this series, TALES OF THE DEMIMONDE is sure to give you a taste of what you've been missing...

 

The Demimonde Awaits

 

Cover Reveal! WOLF'S BANE (Demimonde #3)

IT'S FINALLY HERE!

 

The cover to the third book in the Demimonde series..



 

WOLF'S BANE (Demimonde #3) by Ash Krafton

Sometimes, when life gives you lemons, all you can do is try to avoid paper cuts.

Since becoming oracle to the demivampire two years ago, advice columnist Sophie has battled werewolves and survived a vampire attack (or two). However, not only was she powerless to save her lover Marek when he slipped to the brink of evolution, she also witnessed his transformation into a falcon, the symbol of Horus United.

Sophie’s quest to save Marek is further complicated when rock star Dierk Adeluf – who also happens to be the king of the Werekind – invites her backstage after a concert. Just when it seems she will find respite from heartache, Sophie is bitten by a werewolf and Dierk decides she is destined to be his queen.

Sophie is caught between the demivamps she loves and the Were who commands her to love him. Throw in his jealous wanna-be girlfriend—a true bitch if ever there was one—and an ambush by witches, and there you have the big mess that Sophie calls her life. And, hello? Her soul mate is still a bird.

She’s supposed to be the girl with all the answers, but Sophie needs more than a little advice--she needs divine intervention.

 

Forthcoming Spring 2014 via Pink Narcissus Press

Find the other books of the Demimonde series on

 

AMAZON~~~BARNES & NOBLE~~~GOODREADS~~~PINK NARCISSUS PRESS

  

Thank you to every one who is sharing my cover reveal today!

 

Dark World Books Reveal Hosts' list:

Darkest Sins | E.M. Havens | Emma’s Ramblings | Mind Reader
Mythical Books | Nomi’s Paranormal Palace | Sapphyria’s Book Reviews | Tana Rae Reads
The Avid Reader | Unputdownable Books | Urban Girl Reader | Vaempires

 

Special Hosts' List:

All In One Place | Gothic Mom's Book Reviews | Place of Reads | Rabid Reads

Red Tash | SK Falls | Moonrise Book Blog

Cesya MaRae Cuono | Rosemary DiBattista | Shadows of Romance

 



Gravetells Readers Choice Awards! #vote #paranormal #romance

 

  

 

Time to vote in the 2013 Gravetells Readers Choice awards!

 

Fans of urban fantasy and paranormal romance, get ready to show the love for your favorite authors, books, characters, and publishers!

 

A few quick notes before you get started…

• In many categories, you can vote for more than one nominee!
• You’ll only be able to submit your vote(s) for each category once during the entire event, so be sure you’ve made your choices carefully!
• Voting ends at 8pm Pacific time on Thursday, December 19th.
• Winners will be announced on Sunday, December 22nd

 

And, in case you needed a tip *grin*

 

BLODD RUSH was nominated for Hottest Couple!

 

 

 

I hope you'll stop by to cast your vote and show your support for Sophie once more. Competition is deliciously vicious and every vote will count! 

 

My publisher, Pink narcissus Press, is nominated for favorite publisher, as well. Spread the word!

 

You can vote HERE

 

Thanks, Demimonde!

#muchlove

#verysupport

#suchwonderful

Two Ebooks FREE in all formats!

As a writer, I admit that there's been many times when I sat at the keyboard, waiting for the words to arrive. And they didn't.

I've checked and re-checked my email, waiting to hear back from agents and editors to send me heaps of acceptances. And they didn't.

I've sprawled in bed, staring at a dark ceiling, searching the corners of my brain for ideas, waiting for the muses to whisper their secrets to me. And they didn't.

Thankfully, this is not one of those days weeks months. :)

So much going on...working on pre-launch activities for BLOOD RUSH (Demimonde #2) including a huge GOODREADS contest...lookee here! I also heard from my lord editor Rose Mambert of Pink Narcissus Press, who let me know my ARCs are on the way. Huzzah! It'll be red pen time soon...

Final edits are underway on a longish short story about soldiers and wizards and gods. (Potent combination.)  I'm thinking about using KDP for this one so that means I'll be formatting and getting a cover done--I've discussed the possibility with Silvia from Dark World Books already. I love her designs...and you will, too.

Best of all, a new story is cooking up in my brain--and on paper. It's a haunting tale of life and death and time as seen by the gods. I'm really excited about this story and am very eager to get to work on it.

All this wonderful going on--so much that I'm unsure what to do first. So, I'll do what I always do when I can't decide...

A GIVEAWAY!

You can pick up my short story collections for FREE on Smashwords. They are available in all ebook formats so download your choice!

These are my short story collections...a third, RESET BUTTON, is in the works. (More stuff on the TO-DO list)

 

They are regularly priced at $2.99 each but you can get them for FREE right now!

 

And, if you are the GOODREADS type, I'd love it if you added them to your bookshelf and dropped a few stars for me. (See DOORWAYS and BLIND ALLEYS)

 

I'm always eager to see your thoughts and I check GR as ferociously as I check my email these days...

Enjoy and can't wait to get the new stuff out there.

 

 

Upcoming BLOOD RUSH Cover Reveal Tour

 

 

 

Join us December 5, 2012 when Dark World Books hosts my cover reveal for BLOOD RUSH: Book Two of the Demimonde!

 

BLOOD RUSH (Demimonde #2) is forthcoming with Pink Narcissus Press May 14, 2013.

 

Dark World Books offers customized boutique services for independent and published authors of Urban/Dark Fantasy, Dystopian, Steampunk, YA Paranormal, Paranormal Romance, Historical Romance and Dark Erotica genres.

 

 

Blood Rush Cover Reveal Hosts’ list:

Adriana Ryan | All The Fun Starts After Dark
Chapter by Chapter | Darkest Sins | Happy Tails and Tales
Housewife Blues and Chihuahua Stories
Mind Reader | Miz. Reader | Much Loved Books
My Seryniti | Naomi’s Paranormal Palace
 Rabid Reads| Proserpine Craving Books
Sapphyria’s Book Reviews | Scribbler’s Sojourn
Shadows Of Romance
TanaRae Reads | The Jeep Diva | The Writing World
TToria | White Sky Project

 

 

New to the Demimonde? Click HERE to see what readers are saying about BLEEDING HEARTS: Book One of the Demimonde.

 





Goodreads G!ve@way Time!

It's that time again! Let's have a Goodreads giveaway!

I'm amping up for my first appearance at the end of the month... Balticon, here I come. I gots my wicked cool stilettos, my killer tee shirts, a gameplan for big awesome hair...and maybe presents for my editors, whom I shall meet in the flesh for the very first time. I get to hang out with my publisher! WOOTS.

The Maryland Regional Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention

Memorial Day Weekend     

May 25-28, 2012

But...Balticon is a sci-fi/fantasy con. Do I really want to be sitting behind a table when there will be so much other geekfood around? I suppose we'll have to wait and see.

Going to Balticon? Look for me at the Pink Narcissus Press table, where I'll be promoting Bleeding Hearts: Book One of the Demimonde along with my Pink Narc sib, Lyle Blake Smythers. He's getting ready to release his novel Feasting with Panthers. We'll be kissing hands and shaking...wait, no. That's not it. Breaking hands and kissing babies? Eh, whatevs. We'll be there doing that thing that we do.


Or just watch for a huge pile of reddish-blonde hair walking around very slowly. :) Those shoes are going to be killer.

I'm holding a Goodreads Giveaway that will run to the end of the month. Wanna copy? Get your karma in...

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Bleeding Hearts

by Ash Krafton

Giveaway ends May 31, 2012.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter to win

If you're like me and never win a damned thing, there's a second-chance thingie you can consider...Book bloggers can get out my Request a Review Copy page (tab is up on the top) in order to get a review copy of Bleeding Hearts. All you have to do is ask! I don't bite (<--a lie. I really do bite. Bad Habit. Sorry.)

Thanks for entering...and hope to see you in Baltimore!

RELEASE DAY for Bleeding Hearts!

Today is my release day... BLEEDING HEARTS: BOOK ONE OF THE DEMIMONDE has been unleashed!

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BLEEDING HEARTS:

Book One of the Demimonde

 
Saving the world one damned person at a time—shy advice columnist-turned-oracle must find a way to save her dangerous demivampire lover from the fate that threatens each of his race: evolution and the destruction of his soul.

 When advice columnist Sophie meets dark and alluring Marek, she learns life-changing secrets about them both—he’s a demivampire struggling to avoid evolution and she’s an empathic oracle destined to save him. Sophie possesses the rare ability to reduce the spiritual damage that causes a demivamp to Fall, making her the only thing that stands between a DV and evolution. However, as Marek's dangerous past propels him toward his desperate fate, his enemies make darker plans for him: once vampire, powerful Marek would be second only to the Master himself. The vamps want to cause Marek's Fall and they intend to use Sophie to do it....

Join the Demimonde!

Bleeding Hearts Goodreads page

Bleeding Hearts on www.PinkNarc.com

Bleeding Hearts on Amazon

Bleeding Hearts on Barnes & Noble

Bleeding Hearts Blog Tour line-up and links to tour contest


Thank you to everyone who has supported me along the path to publication: my family, my friends, and my editors at Pink Narcissus Press. Rose, Stacy, Josie, and Duncan: I could not have imagined a more devoted and more wonderful team. I have been truly blessed. Namaste to you all.

My heart is within you always...

Balticon 46, Here We Come!

I'll be appearing at Balticon 46 on Memorial Day weekend...Thanks to my editor, Rose Mambert of  Pink Narcissus Press, for the invite. This is the first convention I've signed up to attend and I am psyched!

Balticon: A Four Day, 24-hours-a-day Extravaganza!

Over 300 Hours of Multi-Track Programming featuring authors, publishers, editors, artists, scientists, musicians and other creative SF luminaries. Join over a thousand SF fans for the area's largest and longest running convention of its kind! Visit our huge art show, dealer's room, concerts, dances, gaming room, computer room and video room.

Everything Science Fiction and Fantasy in one huge package.   May 25-28, 2012

Looking forward to participating on Saturday and Sunday afternoons and to fooling around at the Pink Narc table. And just wait until you see the shoes I plan to wear. (Sister Johanna, pray for me!) A glimpse at those heels will in itself be worth the price of admission.

Great science fiction and fantasy...awesome costumes...and my shoes. It's going to be a good time.

Hope to see some of you at Balticon!