Doyle Inspiration

In honor of the RELEASE of Book 2: Ice Cold Moon, the inspiration for my cold vampire Doyle needed to be shared. If you always hated the trope of the one guy in the harem holding out until the last book by being stand-offish, rude, and generally an alpha-hole... well, you're not alone. Doyle may be all of those things, but Victoria's about to find out just how quick ice can break.

Doyle (no last name, because he's super old and forgetful)

Age: what's age, really? He entered deep sleep and woke in the 1880's and had to relearn a lot about society.

Magical Status: Mage-born turned Vampire

Alignment: Mastery in Ice

Study/Occupation: Arcanist- he studies magic and a Tutor/Teacher within Wildeward Academy

To read more about Doyle and just how he got his name and more hints as to when he turned check out Ice Cold Moon releasing July 1st to KU!

Hyde Inspiration

Hyde is purely so much fun to write, because he uses so many Victorian phrases and slang. He's rough at the edges, used to being a wolf, and before he met Victoria, he and his brother were always in the thick of trouble.

Edward Hyde

Age: 37*

Magical Status: Werewolf born

Alignment: Fire

Study/Occupation: "Warbark" - the werewolf version of a war bard. His song can instill bravery or fear into the masses. Hyde, of course, has authority issues...

*Were-shifters mature slower. So the more time spent in their wolf forms leaves them younger in human form. Their lifespans are usually doubled of a mundane if they ever live long enough to reach old age.

Ice Cold Moon

OMG! Cover Reveal!

So, I (finally) finished up edits and apparently formatting went a lot faster this go around (because I kinda know what I'm doing now) which means.... *drumroll* Book TWO is now live for PRE-ORDER! Set to drop on July 1st.

ALSO - *deep breaths* I've put it on Booksprout for ARC reviews for the next two weeks. I hope I've done everything right there. Here's hoping. I'm a nervous ball of tension. Self-publishing is super stressful.

Without further ado, the blurb: 

What’s a witch without a coven? Just a mage with no focus.

My name is Victoria Grey. My five familiars died to protect me from my curse and now I’ve been sent away from society to learn to control my magic. Magic that’s taking unexpected twists as it grows.

This is Wildeward: Academy for magicals and monsters. Home for lost souls. Asylum for those they want forgotten.

Blood and magic wove a spell upon my heart. Five men of Wildeward answered its call:
Jekyll and Hyde, the werewolf brothers; Frankie, the shy doctor who believes he is a monster; Achoris, a smoking hot but sleepy oracle; and Doyle, my reluctant vampire. But can I keep them?

Winter is here and exams have me on edge. With an uncanny new student wanting all my attention, the creepy Dr. Stein still making my skin crawl, and the b-witch Regina threatening to take what’s mine, I've got enough on my mind. Never mind my search for the perfect gifts and trying to see the warmth of the cold moon season.

The Yuletide is officially on my naughty list.

Victoria Inspiration

So many pretty pictures for Victoria, I had to narrow them down for aesthetic purposes. Edwardian era witches are not really a thing. Except for Mercedes Lackey's Elemental Masters series, which is probably one of the biggest inspirations for Wildeward. So, there's a lot of Victorian overlay mixed with some fantasy.

The Honourable Victoria Grey - daughter of Baron Wendell and set to inherit the barony

Age: 21

Birthdate: Oct 31

Magical Status: Mage-born

Alignment: Earth

Spoiler set for Book One: Hunter's Moon below!