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Official cover reveal of Ember to Flame is coming soon! The epic conclusion of the Ashes to Ashes trilogy will release on July 9th, available everywhere books are sold!

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The official title for my fourth book, coming in October of 2024, is These Dark Hours! (actual cover coming soon)

This book is a M/M paranormal romance about Alex, a reluctant psychic who just wants to run his bookshop in peace. Unfortunately, he can see ghosts and when he finds a dead body, he can't exactly explain to the cops that he found it because the ghost led him there. Add in the fact that the man he's been flirting with turns out to be a detective and his best friend is a snarky ghost with a trashy reality tv addiction and you've got a recipe for chaos!

Below is a tiny snippet from early on in the book. His living best friend, Raina, runs a coffeeshop called Buns 'n' Roses with her girlfriend, Camille. Alex has had a bad day and ends up in the hospital.

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As badly as I wanted to tell Raina, I couldn’t bring myself to say the words. I knew I could trust her, but what if I was wrong? I couldn’t lose her, but I couldn’t lie to her face, either.

“I… I found a dead body,” I whispered into the brittle silence. I couldn’t tell her the whole truth, but I could give her something.

“What?!” She clapped her hand over her mouth when it came out as a screech, belatedly stifling herself.

“Out by the lake,” I nodded. “I called the police, but I think I was in shock or something, so they took me here.”

“Are you fucking serious?”

“I wish I was fucking Sirius. The actor who played him in the movies was hot.”

Raina blinked and I could tell she was torn between laughing and slapping me. Both won, in the end, and she was fighting back a smile when she smacked my arm. “Alex, come on. You know what I mean.”

“I know. I just really, really want to forget about it. It was… fuck, Raina. It was bad.”

“What were you even doing out at the lake this early, though? You can barely drag yourself to the coffee shop before nine to meet up with Donovan. I mean, I’m gay as hell and can still see he’s worth getting out of bed for.”

“I mean, I was kind of hoping to be getting into bed with him, but…”

“Alex.” She didn’t smack my arm again, but I could tell it was close.

“You’ve got the whole ‘mom voice’ thing nailed. God help any kids you and Camille decide to have,” I teased. She didn’t take the bait this time, though, just leveled a steady glare at me until I subsided. “I couldn’t sleep.”

“So you decided to go walking in the middle of the night, in November, by a lake?”

Maybe she should be working with Donovan. At least I could practice my lies with her before the actual police inevitably came to question me. I was surprised they weren’t here already, honestly.

“I wanted to get to the old clearing. Remember the one I showed you, on the far side?” It wasn’t much, a tiny outcropping jutting out into the lake, but it was private. Only a few locals knew about it and most didn’t bother walking all that way when there was a perfectly good beach right by the entrance.

“It couldn’t have waited until after sunrise, though?” she pressed.

“It seemed like a good idea at the time. Aunt Lizzie was the one who first took me there, back when I was a kid. I guess I just needed to feel close to her for awhile.” Grief choked off my words. Even after six years, her death still hurt. At least I knew she’d forgive me for using her in a lie like this. She’d want me to protect myself.

“So you took off walking in the middle of the night. Ugh. Men,” Raina sighed, voice heavy with resignation. “You’ve literally watched crime shows with me and bitched about how stupid people are for going wandering in the woods.”

“It’s always the people out exercising and walking their dogs that find the dead bodies. That’s why I have a Netflix subscription and a cat,” I agreed.

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Book two of my M/M fantasy trilogy, Ash to Ember, officially comes out in seven days! There's still time to preorder the ebook and book one, Dust to Ash, is out now (also available in Kindle Unlimited). Both links are in my bio/Linktree.

As an indie author, I appreciate every single reader who takes a chance on my books!

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BIG NEWS FROM NORA’S TWITTER

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1 I feel like the overlap btwn tumblr and twitter is reliable, but just in case. This and TSC are entirely separate projects; the back-to-back reveal of 'em was unintended. 2 One day I want to go through and clean up the EC. See if I can make it a little more coherent without quite as much vodka in the way, see if anything needs tweaking after 8-9yrs of attempting (succeeding? failing?) to heal a bit. Unknown if I'll post the final version or keep it for my own peace of mind. 3 I forgot what #3 was because I got super distracted by the dog. Probably unimportant. 4 December means Trojans, starting with the offense. … 4a - I do not put my character names into google, so there is a non-zero chance of another Sergio Perez incident, but at least I have time to fix it. Sergio will not get changed because he's only mentioned by first name. … 4b - This is the roster as of Jean's senior year (the fall after TKM). I have left off the 6 5th years that were on the line during AftG timeline. … 4c - Hopefully typos are minimal. I typed these out instead of copying 'em over so I wouldn't have to delete all the extraneous info (grade, sub vs starter, relationships, etc)

.. DEALERS ..

Min Cai - 1 Sebastian Moore - 2 Xavier Morgan - 3 - Vice-captain Dillon Bailey - 4 Charles Roy - 5

.. STRIKERS ..

Jeremy Knox - 11 - Captain Ananya Deshmukh - 13 Nabil Mahmoud - 17 Derek Thompson - 15 Derrick Allen - 9 Ashton Cox - 19 Timothy Eitzen - 8 Emma Swift - 6

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I wrote a book! :D I'm pretty fond of it, though I may be a little biased. But if you're looking for a m/m fantasy with a touch of romance and a morally grey snarky antihero, Dust to Ash is free on KU!

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Theodric Rhoan is a tracker, a member of an elite military team tasked with jobs the crown will never acknowledge. While returning home after a long mission, his team is ordered to the base of the Darsheen Mountains, where there are disturbing rumors of soldiers who haven't been seen in over a hundred years. To get there, they have to cross through the uninhabited Morehan Forest, a vast stretch of trees spanning three kingdoms.

Deep in the heart of the forest, they find the impossible: a young man so badly injured he should be dead, yet he clings to life, leaving them with an impossible choice: complete their mission or save this stranger.

Is the mysterious survivor a victim of foul magic or an enemy hiding in wait? The only thing that's certain is that the secrets he holds locked in silence have the power to burn their world to dust and ashes.

Dust to Ash is the first book of the Ashes to Ashes trilogy and is available for free on KU!

🌿A soldier on a mission

🌿A survivor with a deadly secret

🌿A villain who isn't what anyone expects

🌿Found family

🌿Plot-driven fantasy

🌿Magic and mystery

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Happy cozy season aka best season!

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Be gay, do crime

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To this day, one of the scariest, most exciting things I've ever done was publish my first book. I've never put my words out there for people to read before. I still can't believe it's real sometimes.

If a gay fantasy with a touch of romance, lots of magic, and found family sounds like your jam, I think you'd like Dust to Ash!