Eclipse of the Heart (7 page)

What’s next? Another book is coming out in late May or early
June. Check out my blog, FB page, or Twitter to see when it is coming and the
title of it!

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This book wouldn’t be nearly as good if it weren’t for my
beta readers! Thank you so much to:  Bree Buras, Dawnya Goode, Dorene Johnson,
and Diane Velasquez. You ladies have done a brilliant job at making sure my
mistakes are small, and my story stays on track! Thank you from the bottom of
my heart!

I am involved with a writing group that Michael Anderle
started. When I first joined there were six of us, now there are almost 150!
Some have published many titles already, some are industry people, and some are
just starting out like I was when I first joined. This group has encouraged me
from the start and helped me to fine tune everything from my book covers, to my
blurbs, even to certain passages in the books. Thank you all for sharing your
knowledge and love of writing!

Book cover images purchased from 123RF:
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Cover illustration by Dawnya Goode

Eclipse design by Michael Anderle

This is book number 4! I can’t believe I have written over
80K words so far in this one story. It is amazing how the world has created
itself. I started off with ideas and notes all jotted down. And once I started
the story unraveled itself. I was supposed to kill off a few more people in
this book, but for some reason those people wanted to stay a part of this world
a little while longer. And I was originally going to do 4 books in this story
and then move on to another main character while staying in this world. But
B’Lana’s story has demanded a 5
^th
book. There is even an Origins
story that is running around in my head. It will start off being told from
Lancer’s POV and it will tell the true prophecy about B’Lana as well as the
truth behind the origins of the Sennafae and the rippers. There is so much
there that past leaders did not want us to know so they took it out of the
history books and burned any documents that spoke about the truth. I will most
likely write that after book 5, as long as book 5 ends the way I expect it to
at this moment.

And the love triangle has taken a very different turn as
well. I originally planned for B’Lana and Lancer to get together after a small
flirtation with Ash. I never intended for Ash to fall for B’Lana. But now
Lancer is trying to put some distance between himself and B’Lana! Why? It all
has to do with the origin story. Lancer will tell us what he has been thinking
and why he is putting the distance there. But does that mean that Ash wins the
girl? I don’t really know yet. Come on over to my Facebook page and let me know
who you want B’Lana to choose.

Thank you all who have read my books, and especially thank
you to those who have read the notes at the back of my books! I really
appreciate it and I would love to hear what you think. Please leave reviews at
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respond to you all.
J

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Squad 1 – the good guys:

B’Lana – Main character who started out as a human and
became a fae hybrid, she is a member of Squad 1.

Lancer – Leader of Squad 1, fae warrior who changed B’Lana
into a hybrid.

Ash – Asst. Leader of Squad 1, fae warrior who cares deeply
for B’Lana.

Squad 2 – the good guys:

Toren – Current Leader of Squad 2 in LA. Friend to B’Lana,
Lancer, and Ash.

Cash – Asst Leader of Squad 2 in LA. Friend to B’Lana,
Lancer, and Ash.

Other good guys:

Commander Terra – Leader of the Earthen West Coast Squads of
Fae Warriors. He is in LA.

Fillie – Dragonette who is bonded to B’Lana.

Netty – Best healer on Sendryl. She occasionally visits LA
when they need a great healer.

DeeDee – B’Lana’s human best friend. They grew up together
and are basically sisters.

Xandrie – Fae warrior who is a friend of Ash. She used to
date Lancer but left him for Cash. Who she later broke up with.

Callie – Cash’s sister

Anise – Ash’s sister

Hybrid Sennafae – A human who has been transformed into a
fae. There hasn’t been one for almost 200 years. Until B’Lana.

Fae Warrior – Short for Sennafae warrior. B’Lana calls all
of them fae.

Some of the bad guys:

Cove – Ripper who works in the men’s clothing store, he
called Merv to the mall after meeting B’Lana.

Ripper Master – He was in charge of the rippers in the LA
area. He held B’Lana captive in the sewers.

Hybrid Rippers – a human who has been transformed into a
ripper, or vampire. Also known as a Nosferatu. They have very limited brain
functions. Blood and killing is all they think about.

Others:

High Judge Cyrus Tepal – Presided over Lancer’s trial and a
member of the High Council.

Sennafae – These are the fae warriors from Sendryl. They are
on Earth to keep the rippers from kidnapping and changing human beings into
hybrid rippers (aka Nosferatu).

Rippers – These are the vampires we see on Earth. They were
once Sennafae hundreds of years ago. Now they are the offspring of the Sennafae
who contracted a disease but were healed of said disease. On Sendryl they look
like a hung-over version of the Sennafae with bags under their red eyes. On
Earth they develop the vampire look, they have bright red eyes with dark red
spider web veins around their eyes.

Sendryl – The home planet of both Sennafae and Ripper. It is
another dimension from Earth. There are portals all over Earth that lead to
various places on Sendryl. There is also one known portal on Sendryl that leads
to another world, but it has been determined that it is too dangerous to go
there so that portal is closed.