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Book 2: The Convergence Theory Book News

Book 2: The Convergence Theory Book News

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Available on Amazon $2.99
So I made a DAY-Of post about the release of my new book here and on twitter but I’m a big believer in NOT SPAMMING my list so after that first day I kind of stayed quiet. But you know, we all have busy lives and don’t always stay up-to-the-minute on our blogroll or RSS feeds. I figure it’s time to make another little post saying Hey, lookit, I published the sequel!

You can read chapter 1 here on my blog.

Blurb:

Walking away from your soulmate is not for the faint of heart…

Following the Matilde Walker murder, Detective Ethan Ellison is back working misdemeanors and minor crimes, but he’s only just begun to realize how much the experience has changed his life.

Meanwhile, Detective Patrick Clanahan would give anything to get the memory of Ethan out of his head. If he can’t have him, and every sign suggests that he can’t, he sure has hell wishes everything at the station didn’t remind him of the other man.

Murder, UST, pining, and emotional turmoil lurk right around the corner for both men as Seattle hurtles to the hottest summer on record and their fates bring them back together in THE CONVERGENCE THEORY, Book Two in the Blood & Bone Trilogy.

This is the tense sequel to THE DUALITY PARADIGM.

Contains explicit M/M and minor M/F content.

Review Copies

As with THE DUALITY PARADIGM, I will be offering review copies for people who are interested. I only ask that you write an HONEST review, state that you received a review copy somewhere in your review, and post your review on the web and link me (Amazon, Goodreads, personal blog etc). If you’re interested in reviewing Book 2 send me an email: liacooperromance AT gmail DOT com.

Book 3 News

So what’s in store next? I’ve got ~33% of the final book in the trilogy written and I’ll be working on that over the next couple of months. Originally i’d hoped to have to ready to be published very soon after book 2 but it looks like early Winter is going to be more accurate. I’ll be posting a sneak peak of the cover and Chapter 1 as we get closet to the release date, so stay tuned!

I’ve also started a tumblr based WIP called The Omega Prince. TOP began life as an exercise in having fun with my writing. I just wanted to write a sweet fantasy AU, not of our world, that examined Alpha/Beta/Omega dynamics in a non oppressive culture. IDK about you but I get sick and tired of fantasy AUs that are just our world, with all of its prejudices and misogyny, and the serial numbers scrubbed off.

Here’s the first snippet for you reading pleasure:

He was Lord Riven now, the only son of the late Lord Riven.

A middle child, considered spoilt and indolent in his youth through very little fault of his own. It was the prerogative of the peerage to keep their children in the comfortable style to which they themselves were raised. And so the youngest Lord Riven was instructed by tutors in the manor castle, taught to ride and mock fight, and left to enjoy the pleasanter pastimes in life such as hunting every day except Sundurn, which was reserved for feasting.

The son, known to his sisters and closest companions as Dierik, was little seen at the High Court of the King of Lyle, and there was much talk bandied amongst the other houses when his fourteenth birthday came and went without his joining the King’s Guard as was the want of most noble sons looking to distinguish themselves.

No acts of valor, scholarship, or might were thus put forward to advance the young Dierik, and his name was predominantly forgotten until his twenty-fourth year when news reached the High Court that Lord Riven and his household, excepting the son and the youngest daughter, had been murdered in their beds and the manor castle burned to its foundations.

After that, the name Riven was explicably attached to gratuitous rumors ofpatricide and plot though no evidence ever surfaced that the son was in fact the root cause of his family’s fall. The damage was already done. The more greedy and tenacious corners of the court, smelling blood, were quick to circle the floundering house. Within a month expeditionary forces began to make their presence felt all along the Lord Riven’s boarders and shortly after, the son gathered his knights and loyal vassals and marched to his defenses.

That was eight years ago.

You can read along with the rest of it as I write it here: http://lia-cooper-writes.tumblr.com/ and the tag #the omega prince.

Tumblr Announcement

Tumblr Announcement

Hi all! Taking a little side-jaunt from all of the Blood & Bones excitement this week to announce that I’ve created a new tumblr for myself, which you can find here: http://lia-cooper-writes.tumblr.com/

I wasn’t really using the old one so I deleted it a bit ago but I had this idea. I really want to write something fun. As much as I do like the Blood & Bone trilogy it is, personally, exhausting to write. But thats not unusual. ALL of my projects (of which i have more than I care to list here, let’s just say that it’s a LOT) are kind of exhausting.

I want to write something fun.

I want to write something FOR fun.

I sat down this morning and just started typing and suddenly I had 300 words and it was fun, and it was off the cuff, and it’s probably going to spawn a whole novel.

BUT I’m not going to write it in scrivener (not at first, at least, it will end up there eventually).

I know some people use wattpad and love it. Ive posted stuff there, never seen a response, and ultimately it’s not my sandbox. Tumblr is my sandbox (now that fandom has effectively moved there from livejournal if you kwim).

SO, going forward I’m going to try something new by writing short snippets of my fun medieval story over at my tumblr, probably not more than a couple hundred words per day, unplotted, totally just like “whatever happens, happens” as an experiment and also as a reprieve from more serious projects.

Feel free to follow me over there, send asks, reblog, etc! And don’t worry, I won’t be abandoning this blog by any stretch. This will still be HQ for all official books news!

http://lia-cooper-writes.tumblr.com/

~Lia

The Reading Corner: A Rogue By Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean

The Reading Corner: A Rogue By Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean

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Not too long ago I would have protested that I was not by any means a fan of historical romance. And maybe calling myself a “fan” is too strong even now but I think I might be standing on shaky ground either way.

Last time on The Book Corner I raved about Untamed by Anna Cowan—a book I described as a sexier Jane Austen. It had regency romance, gambling, and an alpha female protagonist. Apparently these are some of my favorite things.

a rogue by any other name sara macleanThis week I’m reviewing A Rogue By Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean. A Rogue is the first book from Sarah’s Rules of Scoundrels series, which I picked up as a KDD at the end of January. I first heard about the Rules of Scoundrels books from the DBSA podcast and have been dying to read one ever since.

I had very little idea what A Rogue was about when I started reading it beyond that it was a Regency historical romance. I can’t say I didn’t know gambling would be a central theme in the story—after all, the 4 scoundrels are all co-owners of London gambling hell—but in my brain it didn’t really connect with Untamed until I was halfway through the opening scenes where our hero—Bourne—loses his inheritance in a card game.

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Overall, the writing in A Rogue was quite good and the relationship between the hero and heroine was more or less above board, for an historical. I didn’t stay up all night reading it, desperate to get to the end, and I wasn’t particularly thrilled with the heroine but it was an entertaining read. I found the pace lagging a little through the second half. At times it felt like the two protagonists kept having the same argument (about their feelings or lack of feelings) over and over again, to the point that I probably would have only given the book a 2 ½ or 3 rating but for the ending. The epilogue includes a short scene between Cross—one of Bourne’s business partners—and the heroine’s younger sister that made me laugh out loud and cry, “Shit, now I have to keep reading!” Not kidding, I yelled shit in the middle of my empty house. 1 part dismay, 3 parts delight.

I should probably make more of an effort to judge a book based solely on its own merits and not compare it to anything else but in some ways it comes down to taste. The alpha heroine in Untamed was a huge draw for me. A Rogue features a much more demure heroine whose spent her entire life being passed over by men. And while she does stand up for herself by the end—including playing cards in the hero’s stead—she never reached quite the breathlessly HBIC presence displayed by Kit. Or maybe it’s that it took her too long for me to be really satisfied with her character growth.

Will I keep reading Rules of Scoundrels? Yes, definitely, as I find them for sale. If you enjoy Regency, demure heroines, childhood friends and more alpha male heroes A Rogue By Any Other Name is a good read.

Book Launch News

Lia CooperJust a reminder that my first book, The Duality Paradigm (Blood & Bone Book One) is now available for sale.

Two beings do not compete, rather collaborate. They contribute to creation in a coequal way.”

Everyone knows magic users and werewolves are intrinsically diametrically opposed…

Seattle Police Detective Ethan Ellison, born into a long line of Quebecois magicians, leads a fairly unassuming life working Theft and consulting on magical misdemeanors. He’s spent eight years building a life for himself in Seattle, far from his father’s shadow. He works hard, lives under the radar, and fucks whoever catches his eye.

Detective Patrick Clanahan, beta-heir to Pack McClanahan, is a tightly wired bundle of rage and guilt, still trying to come to terms with the murder of his last partner.

When a human woman is murdered in werewolf territory under suspicious circumstances, Ethan is reassigned to worked the case with Clanahan in the hopes that he’ll be able to balance out the wolf’s rougher edges.

Too bad they mostly just rub each other the wrong way.

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Free Book 1 Day Only (Contemporary erotica)

Free Book 1 Day Only (Contemporary erotica)

Quick announcement to let you all know that my new novellette Ava, Sublime is available for free on Kindle February 14th (and February 14th only!).

Free book by Lia CooperAva, Sublime is a complex short that navigates a critical moment between the heroine, Ava, and the two men she is sleeping with.

Blurb:

It isn’t always easy to know what you want and what you need.

Ava Novak thought she had her comfortable life figured out. She had a job roasting coffee that she loved and a simple sexual arrangement with Brenden and Patrick. What more could a woman want? But a change in their dynamic sends Ava down a path of serious soul searching while she tries to come to terms with how much of herself she’s willing to give.

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New Release! AVA, SUBLIME (short contemporary romance)

New Release! AVA, SUBLIME (short contemporary romance)

Ava Sublime by Lia Cooper

Short story description:

It isn’t always easy to know what you want and what you need.

Ava Novak thought she had her comfortable life figured out. She had a job roasting coffee that she loved and a simple sexual arrangement with Brenden and Patrick. What more could a woman want? But a change in their dynamic sends Ava down a path of serious soul searching while she tries to come to terms with how much of herself she’s willing to give.

DISCLAIMER This work contains language and sexual content that may not be suitable for readers under 18. This work contains EXPLICIT FEMALE/MALE/MALE CONTENT. Not your cup of tea? Don’t read it. Otherwise, please enjoy.

Genre: Contemporary romance, f/m/m menage, short story

Purchase: $0.99 on Amazon

Review Copies Of The Duality Paradigm

Review Copies Of The Duality Paradigm

Do you read/review ebooks?

Do you enjoy m/m paranormal mysteries?

Are you looking for a free book?

Here’s The Deal:

The Duality Paradigm by Lia CooperI am offering 5  2 free copies of my new release The Duality Paradigm to anyone interested in reading and revieving it. You’ll get a copy of the book and all I ask in exchange is that you write an honest review* (on Amazon, on Smashwords, on your blog, on Goodreads, it’s up to you!).

The Duality Paradigm is an m/m paranormal-mystery-romance. It’s got some sex, gore, violence, UST, and men who have difficulty expressing their feelings 🙂 If this sounds like your cup of tea fill out the contact form below!

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Breaking News! Book Launch: The Duality Principle

Breaking News! Book Launch: The Duality Principle

I decided to bite the bullet over the weekend and release my debut novel into the wilds of Kindle.

Description:

Lia CooperEveryone knows magic users and werewolves are intrinsically diametrically opposed…

Seattle Police Detective Ethan Ellison, born into a long line of Quebecois magicians, leads a fairly unassuming life working Theft and consulting on magical misdemeanors. He’s spent eight years building a life for himself in Seattle, far from his father’s shadow. He works hard, lives under the radar, and fucks whoever catches his eye.

Detective Patrick Clanahan, beta-heir to Pack McClanahan, is a tightly wired bundle of rage and guilt, still trying to come to terms with the murder of his last partner.

When a human woman is murdered in werewolf territory under suspicious circumstances, Ethan is reassigned to worked the case with Clanahan in the hopes that he’ll be able to balance out the wolf’s rougher edges.

Too bad they mostly just rub each other the wrong way.

This is the first of three books in the BLOOD & BONE TRILOGY.

Genre:

M/M romance, urban fantasy

The Duality Principle (Blood & Bone Book One) available for $4.99 on Amazon and B&N Nook