Greetings, Roguelings!

I hope all of you paid members have received a little something from me in the mail by now.

The hubs is settling into his new job nicely, and we are just rolling out of a heatwave and into some rainy weather here in Northern California.

The tax season craziness has passed (which is always a relief), and I've been working on house projects a lot - I don't know that I've ever spring cleaned this much. I think that says more about my mental health than my organizational skills. I'm controlling the things in my life that CAN be controlled, you know?

You will probably think this is silly, but originally, I spent so much time on color-coordinating all of my books on my wall shelf, and decided I just can't live that like. Pretty, in this case, unfortunately, is not functional for my brain. So, I spent yesterday reorganizing so that it's no longer pretty but more functional. Ha! Series are now grouped together; unread books are in one area, those I've read are in another. It makes choosing a book to read or put up as book club options SO much easier. It's a small miracle I didn't know I needed in my life. 

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I've been hard at work, writing Fatesworn, which is the third book in the Darkborn saga. The expanded prequel, book 0, Runemarked, comes out in May and ALL members will receive the latest goodies for that at the end of this month - a shinny new ebook and maps included! See the cover reveal here first!! (below).  Book one, Bloodborn, comes out in July, and paid members will receive an early copy of that as well.

As a recap, Darkborn is a saga I am writing under my pen name, Scarlet St. James, and the series is an epic dark fantasy romance saga about four immortal Viking warriors who are betrayed, unalived, and the goddess of death makes a bargain with them. So, the four warriors rise again as something "other" to protect the North. It's like if the Black Dagger Brotherhood and The Witcher had a baby. It will be like all Lindsey stories - it's very character-driven with a gritty emotional texture, only it's Vikings in a Norse-inspired world I conjured. And they are very morally gray characters - I mean, I don't think there's much getting around that if you have to survive on human blood in order to save your people. Trust me, it's a confusing reality for them too. Ha!!!

I'll post more about Runemarked later this week because this series has continued to morph the more books I write in it. Runemarked wasn't "a thing" until about two months ago, and since it's going into Kindle Unlimited, I've had to rethinking my series strategy a bit. Again, more about that later. 

For now, here's the cover I made for it. I'm kind of in love...

I'll be in touch soon! Have a fabulous week! Let me know what you think of the cover and if you're excited for the series.