I’m excited today because we unlocked the second stretch goal in my Kickstarter campaign. The Blood Brothers map, hand-drawn by Ellen Tribble, will be added to the new editions – the ebook special editions, as well as the new trade paperbacks and new hardcovers.

I love maps, so I’m pretty excited about this addition to the books – it’s the first time I’ve commissioned a map for one of my series!

We have a new stretch goal now, to add NINE family trees. First, there’s the family tree of Jean le Beau and his four sons. That will go in the front of each special edition. Then there are two additional family trees for each book, one for the hero and one for the heroine.

So, when we unlock this goal, the special editions of The Wolf & the Witch, for example, will have Jean le Beau’s family tree at the front, as well as Maximilian’s family tree and Alys’ family tree at the back of the book. The family trees will also be available as digital downloads for all backers. This stretch goal will unlock when the campaign reaches $2900CA in total funding.

Remember that there’s also a stretch reward that ends at midnight tonight!

Every backer who has pledged $25CA or more by midnight tonight will get the ebook of Beguiled, my collection of romantasy short stories and novellas. I’ll send out the ebooks via BookFunnel tomorrow so you can start reading right away.

Come on over to Kickstarter and check out the Blood Brothers campaign! We’re making pretty books together!

My next Kickstarter campaign will feature new hardcover editions of the four Blood Brothers medieval Scottish romances and will run in February 2024. We already had a peek at the dust jackets for the new editions in this blog post. (They’re also on the landing page for the Blood Brothers series.) And we saw the new cover illustration for the case laminate of The Hunter & the Heiress in this blog post, the one for The Dragon & the Damsel in this post and the one for The Wolf & the Witch in this post.

Today, we’re having a peek at the new illustration for The Scot & the Sorceress:

I love this illustration of Nyssa and Murdoch!

Here’s a digital mock-up of how the book will look when printed, with the dust jacket on the left and the case laminate (which is underneath the dust jacket) on the right:

The exciting thing about these new illustrations is that they’ll also be available on new trade paperback editions. For the first time, I’m creating trade paperbacks with duplex covers – that means the inside of the cover will be printed with the new illustration. The outside of these trade paperbacks will look like the dust jackets for the new hardcovers. I’ve ordered copies of the new editions for The Hunter & the Heiress and will show them to you as soon as they arrive, but here are digital mock-ups of the trade paperbacks with duplex covers:

This means that there’s a more economical option to add these books to your keeper shelf. The trade paperbacks with the duplex cover will be available either signed, or dropshipped from the printer. For US addresses, there will be no extra postage charge on the dropshipped books. The new hardcovers will only be available signed. This gives me the chance to make sure that each book is perfect before it’s sent on its way.

The preview page for the Blood Brothers campaign is live at Kickstarter now, and you can follow it to be notified when the campaign launches. February 12 is the big day!

Follow the Blood Brothers campaign.

My next Kickstarter campaign will feature new hardcover editions of the four Blood Brothers medieval Scottish romances and will run in February 2024. We already had a peek at the dust jackets for the new editions in this blog post. (They’re also on the landing page for the Blood Brothers series.) And we saw the new cover illustration for the case laminate of The Hunter & the Heiress in this blog post and the one for The Dragon & the Damsel in this post..

Today, I’m showing off the new illustration for The Wolf & the Witch. Here are Maximilian and Alys. I love how this came out!

Here’s a digital mock-up of how the book will look when printed, with the dust jacket on the left and the case laminate (which is underneath the dust jacket) on the right:

Just one more!

The preview page for the Blood Brothers campaign is live at Kickstarter now, and you can follow it to be notified when the campaign launches.

Follow the Blood Brothers campaign.