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CHRISTINE RAINS
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Happy Holidays!
I'm in a festive mood this month as we've gotten more snow before Christmas this year than we ever had since we moved to this area decades ago. It gives me a warm, cozy feeling, which leads me to read and write a lot of warm, cozy stories. I've been concentrating on my contemporary romance pen name this year, and I haven't put out anything else for myself. I intended to write a cozy fantasy LitRPG, but the idea slipped through my fingers. If I don't jump on a story when it's
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Dec 22, 20252 min read
Early Christmas Treats!
"I've read a few litRPG books, and this was definitely one of the best! It's like the old DnD cartoon where friends end up in a dangerous land and bicker about money, love and philosophy, like how friends do. Throw in some genuine surprises and graphic gore, and you have a tale any DnD player can get behind." GRAB YOUR COPY OF SHUDDER OF SPECTERS HERE! " Far from average, Christine Rains manages to tie together hot sexy, geeks, costumes, humor, and best of all, romance in one
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Dec 5, 20251 min read
End of Summer Freebies
FREE today through September 2nd! School is in session and summer is nearly at an end. We're coming up on my favorite season of the...
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Aug 30, 20251 min read
Review of Madame Antic's Hotel Grotesque
Blurb: In an alternate Victorian era replete with aerovehicles, automatons, and other electrik wonders, factory worker Anthony Reynolds...
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Jul 21, 20252 min read
Fireworks With Free Books in July
Happy Canada Day and Happy Independence Day! I'm not one for fireworks. You'll find me inside comforting my pets when the fireworks are...
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Jul 1, 20251 min read
Mother's Day Freebies
I'm celebrating all the moms and like-moms out there. We deeply appreciate all the hard work you do. While I can't give you all your...
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May 9, 20251 min read
The Starlight Prince Release Day & Giveaway!
Clare Dugmore's Spicy Fantasy Romance THE STARLIGHT PRINCE is available now. Paperback coming soon! https://books2read.com/TheStarlightPr...
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Mar 25, 20252 min read
Review of Step Into Christmas
Blurb: Get ready to sleigh into the holiday spirit with Step Into Christmas, a heartwarming collection of short stories, each one...
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Jan 20, 20251 min read
Happy New Year!
FREE today through January 5th! I'm starting off 2025 right with offering a free ebook. I want to be extra kind and generous this year...
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Jan 1, 20251 min read
Review of The Librarian of the Haunted Library
Blurb: My escape from a creepy clown lands me in a town straight out of a fever dream. And guess what? I become the new librarian after...
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Nov 25, 20242 min read
A Halloween Treat!
FREE October 28th - November 1st! It's my favorite time of the year, and I wanted to give a treat to all my awesome readers. Blight of...
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Oct 28, 20241 min read
Review of The Death Witch
Blurb: The world was destroyed by angry gods at the end of the 22nd century, but humanity survived. Now it's AL 1040 and the world is a...
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Oct 14, 20242 min read
Review of Deep Curse: A Mermaid Romance
Blurb: A thousand year curse. A mythical creature of the deep. Is true love enough to save a cursed mermaid? Arik Grayson has made the...
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Aug 5, 20242 min read
FREE Summer Reads
ALL THREE BOOKS OF THIS HILARIOUS EROTIC ROMANCE TRILOGY ARE FREE! Starting on June 23rd through to the 27th... The final thrilling book...
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Jun 23, 20241 min read
Review of NPCs (Spells, Swords, & Stealth #1)
Blurb: What happens when the haggling is done and the shops are closed? When the quest has been given, the steeds saddled, and the...
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May 13, 20242 min read
Review of The Blacktongue Thief
Blurb: Kinch Na Shannack owes the Takers Guild a small fortune for his education as a thief, which includes (but is not limited to)...
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Feb 12, 20243 min read
Over 250 FREE Fantasy and Paranormal Romances
ONE DAY ONLY! FaRoFeb is hosting an incredible event that has so many free books. My e-reader is going to hate me when I download so many...
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Oct 18, 20231 min read
Release day for Blight of the Necromancer (Khthonia #3)
When offered a choice between tedious research or fighting a dragon, the players always choose the dragon. Even when they’re dangerously...
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Oct 13, 20231 min read
Review for The Fox and the Briar
Blurb: Neither of us will bow, so one must break. Princess Briar Rose has been betrothed to Seelie Prince Loren since her naming day—the...
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Jun 26, 20232 min read
Review for Defy the Stars
Blurb: Circus grunt. Charmer. Fire wrangler. Growing up within the grind of the enchanted Circus Faire, Crew’s unique talents have...
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Feb 6, 20233 min read
Celebrating the Settings in TOTEM
Image Credit: Alina Matveycheva on Pexels.com One of my favorite thing about writing and reading is going to places I've never been. TOTEM takes place all across Alaska. It's a gigantic state and most of it is wilderness. It has the highest number of missing persons, but most aren't investigated due to the extreme environment and lack of resources. (California has the highest number of open missing persons cases.) There's a lot of mystery about the US's last wild frontier. An
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4 days ago2 min read
Release Day for Sisters of the Pale Claw
Three sisters. Seven totems. One chance to save the world. Saskia, Kinley, and Ametta Dorn are polar bear shifters descended from an ancient bloodline where spirits, humans, and gods once shared the same breath. Together, the sisters run a home renovation business which specializes in the unique needs of supernatural folks. Their work keeps their community safe, hidden, and rooted in a land that remembers them. When Ametta becomes the target for a ruthless shifter hunter, h
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7 days ago2 min read
Celebrating TOTEM's Covers
Image credit: tran duy anh from Pexels.com I've changed the covers for the TOTEM books far more than any other books I've written. It's one of those things that I have so many ideas in my head, because so much is happening in the series. While it has driven me bonkers at times, I have learned a lot about Photoshop and what goes into making a cover that will hook a reader's attention. I've always liked urban fantasy and paranormal romance covers with people on them. The dynami
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Feb 93 min read
Celebrating 10 Years of TOTEM
Image credit: Dan Parlante on Pexels.com Ten years ago, I published the first novella in my urban fantasy series, TOTEM. It's still the longest series I've written. I love the unique Inuit myths and lore that I wrapped my characters in, and I often long to return to that world. Yet too many new ideas occupy my muse. To celebrate my ten year book anniversary, I have compiled all nine novellas together into one massive collection. I'm releasing it not only in ebook format, but
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Feb 22 min read
Review of Life Hacks for Healing & Harmony
Blurb: It’s not too late to tap into self-compassion and leave your troubles behind. Imagine a life where you don't dwell on problems, conflict, and hardship. Can you reimagine a new reality of self-compassion, replacing your harsh inner critic? The result? Inner calm becomes your default state. What if the secret to joy and contentment isn't hidden at all but waiting to be unlocked through a simple, transformative framework? The Three-Elements-of-Ease will show you how to C
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Jan 264 min read
Review of Space Worms
Blurb: The galaxy just got ridiculous. Space Squad 51 is on the job. Nikili Echols works the docks, living a quiet, predictable life until the freighter Red Dorry is late. When the ship opens, the crew is gone. Orbital Rescue Services Squad 51 arrives, assuring Nikili everything will be all right. But when they go in, screams and roars erupt from inside, and a smear of blood is left at the hatch. Nikili knows the team and crew need help before more ORS teams can arrive. Ste
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Jan 192 min read
January Freebies
Demons vs. Vampires OF BLOOD AND SORROW is FREE January 15th - 19th! In the game of Alphas vs. Omegas, someone is changing the rules so no one wins. KNOT DEAD YET is FREE January 15th - 19th!
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Jan 151 min read
Review of Something in the Walls
Blurb: Newly minted child psychologist Mina has little experience. In a field where the first people called are experts, she’s been unable to get her feet wet. Instead she aimlessly spends her days stuck in the stifling heat wave sweeping across Britain and anxiously contemplates her upcoming marriage to careful, precise researcher Oscar. The only reprieve from her small, close world is attending the local bereavement group to mourn her brother’s death from years ago. Then s
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Jan 123 min read
Review of Hagitude
Blurb: What is Hagitude? It means being at ease with the unique power women embody in the second half of their life. It means having a strong sense of who we are and what we have to offer the world. And a firm belief in our place in the ever-shifting web of life. For the woman who wishes to flourish without chasing eternal youth comes Hagitude. International bestselling author Sharon Blackie ( If Women Rose Rooted ) interweaves myth, psychology, landscape and ecofeminism, re
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Jan 62 min read
Happy Holidays!
I'm in a festive mood this month as we've gotten more snow before Christmas this year than we ever had since we moved to this area decades ago. It gives me a warm, cozy feeling, which leads me to read and write a lot of warm, cozy stories. I've been concentrating on my contemporary romance pen name this year, and I haven't put out anything else for myself. I intended to write a cozy fantasy LitRPG, but the idea slipped through my fingers. If I don't jump on a story when it's
christinerainswrit
Dec 22, 20252 min read
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