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Excerpt from Wild Enchantment
I sent ‘Wild Enchantment’, the second book in the Eden’s Dragon series, to my editor. Every time I turn over a manuscript to my editor, I feel like I’m turning in a term paper. At 62, I still have High School related anxieties.
Here’s the WIP (work in progress):
Freedom! Celine filled her lungs with the stale air in the living room where she’d materialized. For one precious day each year she escaped her imprisonment. She dragged a thin-material throw blanket off a nearby chair, wrapping it around her naked body. Soon she’d release her dragon and take to the sky.
Something cold and wet touched her foot. When she looked down, a cat had situated himself across one foot and licked the other. This was the orange tabby the male owner of the house had issues with. She couldn’t understand his contempt for the animal. He was adorable.
“Well, hello there,” Celine said as she picked up the tabby. “Should we go into the kitchen and get you a treat?”
Celine should have left the house and commenced her yearly ritual since she had only a precious twenty-four hours before she transformed back into a ceramic dragon figurine.
She searched the kitchen for a cat treat. There wasn’t a package with a photo of a satisfied cat plastered to the front visible in the ambient light created by multiple appliances. Before she had a chance to begin opening cabinets, the little feline jumped onto the counter and shoved a plastic canister with his paw. What a smart little guy!
After pouring a small amount into her palm, she presented the cat with his treats. He licked her hand between consuming pieces of kibble resembling fish. This was the most she’d interacted with anyone or anything for centuries. She ran her free hand down his long back. His orange fur felt soft to the touch, not coarse.
“You’re a good kitty,” she said. “If you only knew the terrible things Chase thinks about you.”
“Like what?” a female voice from behind her asked.
Celine let out of muted scream and the remaining kibble in her hand went flying, landing across the kitchen floor. The cat jumped off the counter and went after his reward.
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Don’t miss ‘Crystal Enchantment’, Book One in The Dragons of Eden series within the worlds of S.E. Smith’s Magic, New Mexico.
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08GL3TYY1
Other platforms: https://books2read.com/u/brWNrz
Wild Enchantment
Wild Enchantment
Eden’s Dragon, Book 2
The Worlds of Magic, New Mexico
Release Date: February 9, 2021
Blurb:
Celine is cursed. First, every man she’s ever loved died. Secondly, she lives but a day a year, spending countless days trapped within a ceramic dragon figurine. Has she finally met the man who can change her luck?
Alachua Dixon is on the run from his powerful family. Once he meets Celine, Alachua exposes himself to discovery. He will risk everything to possess the woman of his dreams.
When two forces collide in Magic, New Mexico, anything is possible.
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Crystal Enchantment
Crystal Enchantment
Eden’s Dragon: Book 1
The Worlds of Magic, New Mexico
Release Date: October 27, 2020
Blurb:
Eden’s Dragon, not a serpent, tempted Adam into biting into the apple. The male offspring of the original female dragon shifter, the Brethren, vowed to rid the world of their seductress sisters. Fearing for the lives of her daughters, a mother casts an enchantment to transform her offspring into dragon figurines. One day each year, the daughters materialize. If in the twenty-four-hour period they find their true mates, the enchantment will end. For only with their powerful mates by their side will the female descendants of Eden’s dragon defeat the Brethren.
At midnight on Halloween in Magic, New Mexico, a crystal dragon once again takes her human form. A lion shifter from a parallel dimension claims her as his own. If they are true mates, the enchantment will end and together they will face the danger that has plagued the women for centuries.
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Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08GL3TYY1
Designated
Designated
The Zaratan Trilogy: Book 3
Release Date: May 11th, 2018
Blurb:
A journey home…
New challenges to face…
An ultimate decision to be made…
Kara Howard faces her greatest fear when she returns to Earth. She is now the purple faced alien who is designated to represent her new world. All her work to reunite families will soon meet its final test.
No longer able to breathe her home planet’s air, her future must be made galaxies away. Her life is further complicated when the mission is jeopardized by betrayal. Once again, Kara must choose sides in the ambiguous allegiances between families.
She walks a tightrope of her own making between the two men in her life. But her ability to make a final decision is compromised by new challenges aboard the ship. The girl who liked to disappear into the shadows continues to standout, making her a target.
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The True Ruler
The True Ruler
Worlds Apart: Book 5
Release Date: December 20th, 2016
Blurb:
Cassie Jarlyn is a master at keeping secrets. One impulsive act threatens to expose what she had kept hidden for years. She must finally face what destiny has in store for her when she finds herself in the Troyk universe.
Darden Lours fears what will happen to Cassie in his world. He knows he is fighting a losing battle to prevent the growth of her telepathic powers. His desire to build his relationship with her is only tempered by his need to shelter her.
Will submitting to his desire for Cassie destroy everything Darden has fought to protect? Does Cassie have the will power to resist the power of her telepathic gifts?
Get absorbed in the final battle for the Troyk universe and its True Ruler.
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Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01M8K4CK6
Amazon Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01M8K4CK6
Amazon Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B01M8K4CK6
Amazon Paperback: https://www.amazon.com.au/True-Ruler-Evelyn-Lederman/dp/0692798463/
Crystal Enchantment Cover Reveal
COVER REVEAL – Crystal Enchantment
Here is my next Magic, New Mexico cover hot off the press! It’s the start of a new series, ‘Eden’s Dragon’.
Did you know the serpent who tempted Adam was in fact a dragon? Want to know more? Below is the Amazon link. Other platform links will be available in October.
Crystal Enchantment’s release date is October 27th.
Blood Interwoven
Blood Interwoven
The Laurent Blood Legacy: Book 4
Release Date: July 28th, 2020
Blurb:
For centuries, Francois Laurent existed ignorant of the knowledge about the legacy created in his name. Magic that would transform vampire soul mates into day walkers. However, once he finds his own mate, she rejects him and the promise of eternity together in the light.
Jennifer Flynn wakes after a brutal attack to discover she’s a vampire. Her one concern focuses on protecting her daughter from what she’s become and another vampire who wishes to claim her child. To make matters worse, a boy places his future happiness in her lap.
Rather than accept their fates, Francois and Jennifer fight what others believe is inevitable. In Magic, New Mexico style, spells are cast that further complicate matters.
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FROM THE JOURNAL OF TOPPER’S ANCESTOR WHO CAST THE SPELL THAT CREATE THE LAURENT BLOOD LEGACY:
No matter what I do, I cannot bring down Camille’s fever. She drank the bone broth soup I prepared, but there has been no change. I will go into town tomorrow to buy more turmeric.
Camille continues to cry out for the boy vampire. I can no longer dismiss the fantasy she has created in her mind. Her obsession with him seems to be the only thing keeping her alive. Each evening I search for the pale boy Camille described. Every time I leave the house, I fear upon my return, Camille passed in my absence. But I must find the boy.
My child wears the pallor of death. Her breathing shallow, not providing life affirming air. The doctor has bled her for the last time.
Camille cried out for a withered yellow rose. When I handed her the dead flower, I noted dried blood on a thorn. She told me it was his blood. Camille purposely punctured her skin to allow her blood to be interwoven with his. For the first time she muttered his name. They were her last words. Francois Laurent.
I buried my daughter this morning. It seemed fitting the rose be buried with her. I kept the thorn that contained both their bloods. If they could not be together in this life, I’ll find a way to bring them together in a future one.
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