Fangless Series Playlist

I have been meaning to do this for a while now... and finally here it is! These are all the best songs that I listened to whilst writing Fangless, Bloodless and Fearless. I hope you enjoy the songs that really helped me get into character when writing in the POV of a certain angry, sometimes emotional vampire.

Update

Okay, so some of you may have noticed that A Soul for Love never appeared last month. Well that is because I have put it on the back burner for a while. The reason for this is that when I went back to read though it I wasn't entirely happy with the story, it felt incomplete, so I have shelved it until next year when I will go back to it. In the meantime I am working my way through re-editing the Fangless series. It is amazing how many mistakes you spot when it has been over a year since you last read through it. I hope that once this is done I will be able to release it in paperback.
It feels great being back in Bree and Gabriel's heads again.

Coming September 2014!

More details to follow...

Frostbite Movie Campaign - help bring this great movie to life!

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A little update...

Hi everyone, just thought I would just give you all an update and what I am currently working on. Since the release of the first Elementals book, Earth, I have been hard at work on the second book in the series, Air. I am at around the 50% mark on this but have hit a bit of a wall recently, so am taking a little bit of a break. But don't worry, I will get back to it soon. In the meantime I am currently working on a little side project-which I haven't got a title for as of yet-after an idea for a new short story popped into my head. I am hoping to get this story finished pretty quickly, as I currently have a lovely two weeks off from the day job. Not that it is much of a break with the kids being off school for the summer and my littlest coming down with chicken pox, but I'll get it finished some how.
In the meantime Fangless has finally been made available for FREE at Amazon.co.uk and Kobo.com. It has taken many months of back and forth communication between myself and the lovely people at these retailers, but finally the book is up on their sites. I am also taking part in a few Facebook Author Parties over the next few months, so keep an I out for links for these parties on my FB Author page.
As always, thank you for your continued support and I will update you on future release dates soon.
E.M Reders  xxxx

Not long now!

Sneak Peek at The Elementals book 1 ~ Earth

With not much time left until the release of the first book in my new NY series I thought I would treat you all to a sneak peek from the very beginning of the book. Enjoy :D

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Kaia

“Kaia, get your ass out of bed this instant,” my mother shouted from the kitchen.

I didn’t want to get up. I wanted to stay in this bed for the rest of my short life, hidden away from the world, from all the danger that lurked out there. But that wasn’t going to happen, not when I knew she would be up here in a matter of minutes to drag me out if I didn’t make an appearance soon.

I was an Elemental, one of four very powerful witches that had the very rare ability to control one of the four elements.

I’m Earth.

I had powers that you would normally associate someone like me to have. Gifts over the trees, plants, flowers and so on. But there was more. I also had the power to control the actual earth itself. Create earthquakes, volcanos, and many more cool things.

Well at least that’s what I’d been told I would be able to do when I gained my full powers.

Which will never happen.

No witch is truly granted their full powers until they find their soulmate, their protector. On a witch’s twenty first birthday, they are allowed to cast a spell to find their soulmate. Well tomorrow was my birthday, but I wasn’t turning twenty one, I was turning nineteen.

No Elemental had lived to reach the age of twenty since the original four were killed by the demon Abaddon. Since that day he has been hunting and killing us to stop a prophecy said to foretell his death from being fulfilled. Because of that the Crones, the current leaders of our race, had decided that each Elemental would perform the ritual early, in a hope that they could find and bond with their soulmate, their protector before the demon came for them. 

Well that was all great for them, but I didn’t want to spend what was left of my life tied to man. Worst thing was all the local supernatural groups were going to be there, hoping that one of them would be chosen.  And if rumours were true even some of the Gentry were coming to our dimension for the ritual. Because of my supposed future powers everyone seemed to be invited.

The local wolf pack was coming. But while the other packs I was sure would come willingly, the adults of this pack would likely have to practically drag their mangy, young mutts to the ritual.

I had gone to school with most of them until I was sent away to learn my craft with one of the old Crones, Grace, and home schooled for the last few years of my education. They all hated me, I wasn’t too fond of them… well most of them anyway.

 The young of the pack and my coven had never really gotten along. I still couldn’t believe that they were actually coming. It wouldn’t be one of them that were picked; there was no way in hell that one of them would be my perfect partner, the one to make me stronger.

No fucking way!

There were two things I was dreading about the ritual, one I was actually casting the spell, having to do it in front of so many people. A shiver ran through me every time I thought about it. You see the thing about a spell of that power, and most spells of that nature come to think of it, was that it had to be performed naked. How embarrassing. Believe me I'm not ashamed of my body. My C sized chest was perfect as far as I was concerned. Nicely shaped hips, trim waist. The vine tattoo I had running up the right side of my body. I had no complaints. But having to stand there in front of all those people, people I knew, naked! Well it terrified me.

I was hoping that I might be able to talk the coven into letting me wear a robe of some sort. I mean this was usually preformed at a much older age, by what my mother would call more mature witches.

I mean come on; I was still a virgin for crying out loud. I didn’t want everyone seeing what I had never even shared with another before.

The other thing I was dreading was that a certain wolf from my past would more than likely be there. I just hoped that in the years since I had left he had found his truemate and not have to come.

Dragging myself out of bed, my clothes all wrinkled from the night before, I headed down stairs to face the troll that I called my mother.

I know you are probably wondering why I was wearing yesterday’s clothes to bed? Well it’s a simple case of too much fun with the girls celebrating my birthday, and a very large bottle of Sambuca.

“I’m up. Happy now?” I moaned stumbling into the kitchen and collapsing into the nearest chair. My mother was stood in her usual spot by the sink, staring out the window. At what I had no idea but there must be something out there that she liked to look at, as she always seemed to be glaring at something.

We looked so similar that it was plainly obvious that we were mother and daughter, from the back at least. Same slim figure with small curves. Same shoulder length auburn hair. Same face, minus the wrinkles in my case. But it was at the eyes where the similarities ended.

While my mother had stormy grey eyes, mine were green, but not your normal green. Oh no, heaven forbid that my eyes be normal so I could pass by as a normal person. No, the only way I could describe my eyes would be to call them a dark leafy green. For years I had hidden them behind sunglasses or in later years coloured contacts. When I had gone to train with Grace, my coven’s Crone, after the first year of putting up with it she had demanded I stop hiding them and accept that they were a part of me.   

“Happy that my only daughter was so drunk last night that she couldn’t grasp the door handle, never mind place the key in the lock. What would have happened if you were attacked? You were in no state to protect yourself. You made yourself vulnerable… again. You girls really have no idea what is out there in the dark.”

“Are you kidding me?” I snapped wincing at the volume of my voice. Quietening it down a little I continued, the venom staying in my voice. “Mum, I have spent the last five years studying nothing but the paranormal world. What’s out there. How to fight them. There is not one thing I do not know about this world, or any other for that matter. Tomorrow is my birthday, more than likely the very last one I will have. So I'm sorry that I upset you by deciding for one night to forget the terrible fate that is looming over my head, and has been my whole life, and live for once.”

This was an argument we had had many times over the years since I had realised what my powers meant and that my life would be cut short in not so many years.

“The ritual will change that. Your protector will be able to save you from danger.”

“Keep telling yourself that Mother. I on the other hand will continue as if the rules have not changed and live every second I have left as I want to. Happy,” (if that was at all possible), “and having fun with my friends.” 

Grabbing a cereal bar out of the cupboard I fled, putting an end to the argument for now, but knowing that it was only a matter of time until it started up again.

Grabbing my phone I called Dyanna, my best friend. She was in an even worst state than me the night before so there was a chance that she wouldn’t even be up yet, but I needed to get out of this house before things took a turn for the worst with my mother. It took a few tries but eventually she picked up the phone.

“What?” she croaked.

“Shit, you sound ruff as fuck.”

“Of course I do, I drank a full bottle of Sambuca almost by myself, while you lightweights got pissed on just a few mangy shots.”

“So not true and you know it. I had almost the same amount as you.”

“Keep telling yourself that. Anyway what do you want? I was having the best dream and you interrupted it.”

“Really? What was it about?”

“Wolves. Hot, sexy as fuck wolves.”

“Wolves are not sexy, their flee-bitten mutts.”

“Well the ones in my head aren’t. Anyway what’s up?”

Sighing, “I need to get out of here for a while. Any chance I can come crash at yours tonight before the ritual tomorrow?”

“Of course. I think Grace was expecting you anyway. She started cleaning out your old bedroom last night and hasn’t stopped organising it since.”

Grace was the Crone that had trained me in my craft. She was over two hundred years old but looked no older than thirty. She was also Dyanna’s great, great, great, great grandmother. And treated me just like a member of the family.

Before I had left for my training I had been on a one way path to destruction. Dyanna had really helped put me back on the straight and narrow. Believe me we were no saints and still got into plenty of trouble, but I was in a much better place now than I had been back then.

“Wouldn’t surprise me, she knows everything.”

“Tell me about it. When I stumbled in this morning she was stood waiting on the other side of the door, mop and bucket in hand.”

“A mop and bucket?”

“Yeah, the moment I made it through the door I puked up all over the floor. She made me clean up the whole lot, and finish my daily chores before she would allow me to head up to bed. She’s so cruel.” 

We finished up our phone call and I quickly packed a bag for the night, remembering to pack my small bag of potions that I carried everywhere in case of emergencies, before heading back downstairs to tell my mother I was staying with Grace for the night. Unsurprisingly she had no problems with me staying with Grace, though I did tell her that I was staying there so we could go over the ritual again. That was something we really should have gone over before now but I had been putting it off, not wanting to talk about something I really didn’t want to do.

Slinging my stuff into the back of my car I set off on the two hour journey to Grace’s cottage. My friends could just use magic to get there but I had to be careful about everything I did with magic, in case the demon was searching for me. Sometimes it really sucked to be the powerful one.

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Earth will be available to download June 24th.

The Elementals Book 1 Trailer ~ Earth

New Earth Excerpt

Earth Release Date!

Cover Reveal!

For those of you that don't follow me on Facebook, i set my self a target of writing 30,000 words before i released the cover to my next book The Elementals ~ Earth. I have now reached that target, so here it is. I hope you guys like it. Let me know what you think.

Fearless is now live

Fearless, the Final book in the Fangless Series is now available to buy at Amazon.

Fearless Trailer

Fearless Trailer: http://youtu.be/PTZGgdGOI2g

Another new teaser!

I have no idea why the red eyes never show up when I post this picture on here but her eyes should be blood red. :(

New Fearless Extract

The Monster Below -New Update

It's taken some time but the latest part to my first YA book is now up on Wattpad.

http://www.wattpad.com/story/11414503?utm_source=android&utm_medium=other&utm_content=share_reading

First Draft Complete!

Well I've finally done it, I've finally finished the first draft of Fearless, and just in time too as I head back to work this weekend. Looks like I will be spending a lot of time editing in the canteen.
Anyway I am so looking forward to everyone that has followed Bree and Gabriel's story reading this book, roll on April. But now comes the hard part, the weeks of editing, in which I will probably add another 10,000 words as usually.
There will be plenty of teasers and excerpts released over the next months leading up to the release date, which will be announced as soon as I know the date.
Fingers crossed for a smooth editing process, and not too many changes to make.

Fangless Permanently Available for FREE!

Thats right, from now on Fangless will be available to download for FREE via numerous retailers. It is already up on Smashwords and the new price will soon be changed on Amazon also. I am hoping that very soon in the future it will be available from other retailers like iBooks etc.

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/311865

Fearless Teaser

New Fangless Trailer - with a little surprise

Check out the new trailer for Fangless, which a little surprise at the end...
Yes its there, the cover for the third and final book in the series... Fearless.
Due for release Spring 2014

Happy New Year!!

Just want to say Happy New Year to everyone 2013 has been an interesting year for me with the release of my first book, followed by three others. While feed back has been slow going at times it gas been positive and I couldn't be happier with the reviews and comments I have received. I am hopeful that 2014 will be even better, with the release of Fearless and a number of other books I hope to write.
Have a great year everyone!