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Romance My Heart

Posted on by Alexandra Gardner

Be Still My—OMFG!!!!

“OMGGGGG, QUEEN! IS THAT WHAT I THINK IT IS!?!? SFJKLSDAJFKJ!!!”

Yes, my lovely Chaos Minions, it is! It’s the Light of Chaos Series Collection: Volume 1 (Books 1-3) — and it’s FREE February 3 – 6, 2025.

Did I mention it has an EXCLUSIVE BONUS CHAPTER that isn’t available anywhere else?

Want More Stuff to Set Your Heart Aflutter?

“Wait!!!! There’s MORE!?!?!? GO OFF, QUEEN!!!!”

Y’all know I’ve always got more for ya. Ready for it?

I’ve partnered with over 200 Fantasy Romance writers to bring you this one-day-only FREE EBOOK PROMOTION that focuses specifically on *Fantasy* Romance genres: Paranormal Romance, Monster Romance, High Fantasy Romance, Modern High Fantasy Romance, and Historical Fantasy Romance.

Here’s just a sample of the 200+ titles to look forward to… including the brand new 3-in-1 Light of Chaos Series Collection!

So, for today only (February 3, 2025), you can follow this link to indulge your inner binge reader by downloading as many free ebooks as you want. I know I’ll be looking for some new authors (and I may have already found a few that I’ve been stalking while waiting for the sale to go live 😈). I hope you find some new favorites as well!

Who needs Valentine’s Day when y’all’s eReaders gonna be stuffed with mild- to steamy-AF romance? We celebratin’ early! Don’t need no IRL person to love ya. Y’all’re dreamy just the way ya are. Enjoy yourself (if ya know what I mean 😉).

✨💅🏻✨

**(emoji pattern sparkle-nails-sparkle = me thinking I’m a baddie)**

**I also realize this aside will look really weird to anyone for whom the emojis don’t render correctly**

😅

Have I Stolen Your Heart Yet?

Remember how I told y’all that my editor had access to Coven Witch (Born Elementals 2)? Well… Let’s just say: I was right! The manuscript passed her editorial exam with flying hearts! As in: The manuscript really is almost ready to make its pending ✨debut✨.

Take that, Writing Hydras 🐉! Sneaky little asshats. You can’t hold me down! (I mean, you can. And you do. But I’m winning atm, so gargle these lady balls!)

😳 Oh. Hi, y’all. Didn’t see ya there…

Once the final edits are put in place, I’ll be peeling the hydras’ eyes for ARC victims 😎. I’ll also be battling them for finding time to create a signup form… But I’ll send out the info when everything’s ready. Then the selected victims will get a free Advance Reader Copy of the ebook in exchange for their honest review. 😇

To thwart future hydras from creeping up on me and delaying my #AuthoringAdventure again, I’ve created an editing and publication schedule for me and my editor to keep track of due dates. Hydras like to invade her life, too, so I’m hoping the schedule keeps us both on track in spite of any new hydra heads making an appearance.

Being a one-woman indie publishing house and an indie author is rough… pray to the goddess for each of us 🥹. We could really use all the Good Vibes. Especially her. Cus I’m not her only client, gods love her beautiful soul. And she’s my full-service editor AND publishing house.

Get that woman a drank! No! A massage. She needs all the massages.

In addition to the schedule, I’ve already created Amazon preorder pages for each title that will be published this year. They’re currently not available to the public. It’s a new-to-me feature, for one, but I don’t have cover art for those titles yet so I’m holding off on making them live.

I’m Missus Steal-Your-Heart

“👀 Queen, did you say EACH TITLE!? As in, there will be MULTIPLE books this year!?!?!?!?”

Indeed I did ✨💅🏻✨.

My goal is to release four new titles this year (three novellas and Light of Chaos # 5). Two novellas are just shy of being ready for formatting. One novella is making me pull my hair out by the roots. And Morrigan’s Curse is… well, I’ll be lucky to have any hair left. But I am DETERMINED to get y’all some quality reading for y’all’s TBR shelves.

Tentative publication months (subject to hydras):

  • 🖤 April: Coven Witch (Born Elementals 2)
  • 🖤 June: Morrigan’s Curse (Light of Chaos 5)
  • 🖤 August: “Untitled” Novella (lol, I’m actually just keeping y’all in suspense. It has a title. But it’s part of an unnamed project, so I don’t want to spoil it just yet 😎)
  • 🖤 October: Sibling Charm (Born Elementals 3)

One-two-three-four! I’ve just stolen each of your heart chambers!

As always, welcome to the Chaos—and don’t forget the FREE romance ebooks!

With love 🖤,
Your Queen of Chaos

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Work-In-Progress Wednesday # 2

Posted on by Alexandra Gardner

Yas, Queen! Progress.

Happy New Year, and may the gods ever be in your favor…

Hope the holiday season treated you well. I spent my Yuletide week running around like a tree with its branches lopped off. Kinda hard to get anything done without limbs, y’know? And with roots holding ya in place… heh.

I spent the 25th with my grandma, but instead of the Christmas movies I thought she might want to watch, we went “old school” on they asses. Trust me when I say: You haven’t lived until you’ve shared the glory that is White Chicks with your 90-year-old grandma. She chuckled the whole way through, even sometimes dabbing at her eyes with a tissue during the emotional scenes. Sometimes those endings just like to jostle your contact lenses.

Now, to our regularly scheduled program…

In my previous, very short Progress Update post, I mentioned life is a hydra, and it’s after my head. Problem is, my head doesn’t grow back. So I keep on keeping on, fruitlessly trying to slay the beast. That said, I have made some progress toward future publications.

While publish dates are still TBD, I want to revisit some of my previous updates about my #AuthoringAdventure.

After agonizing over the opening chapter of Coven Witch (Light of Chaos: Born Elementals # 2), I’ve gone ahead and passed the current manuscript to my editor for initial review. While I feel like the draft is well on its way to the next stages (as far as content goes), that remains to be seen. Editors have a keen eye, and I might be overly confident in my assessment LOL. You can find the tentative book blurb on the Born Elementals series page.

Look forward to a cover reveal at some point, as well as the opportunity to receive an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review. If selected, please do honor the agreement for an honest review. When the hydra stops trying to bite my head off, I’ll create a sign-up page, along with expectations. But that’s also a beast for another day.

Speaking of that series, in early 2024, I published my FREE novelette Elite Hunter (Light of Chaos: Born Elementals # 1). On March 1, 2024, I published an extended-length chapter that serves as an official epilogue to Elite Hunter. You can download the FREE chapter at the end of Elite Hunter on amazon. It directly follows the last chapter of Elite Hunter and is from Rin’s POV. So, if that gives you a reason to keep reading and to not come for my head (like the damn hydra), please wait to kill me until after you’ve seen a glimpse of what’s to come next in the World of Chaos.

BookFunnel hosts the epilogue, and it will prompt you to sign up for this newsletter, but that’s an *optional* feature (and obviously, some of you are already signed up), so feel free to bypass that option. Since the document is an ePUB, BookFunnel will give you several options as to which platform you wish to read it on. It will require you to verify your email before you’re redirected to the download page.

“But, Queen,” you’re saying, “what about the main series? Where’s my next Light of Chaos?”

Well, that has been spanking me. So much so that me and Morrigan’s Curse might as well be lovers in the night. (Shanelle ships it). I’d honestly hoped to have it published by November 2024, considering how long I’ve been working on it, but: RE: hydra. It’s only just recently gone through the first round of content edits, and that was with me hating sections of it. So. Yeah.

You get the picture.

As always, welcome to the Chaos.

With love 🖤,
Your Queen of Chaos

**If you downloaded Elite Hunter prior to March 1, 2024, you will need to download the epilogue directly through the BookFunnel link. My plea to you: If you are able to, please download Elite Hunter through amazon. Downloads through amazon increase my visibility to potential readers. As we well know, algorithms affect data across all platforms. Meaning, without engagement, your listings / social media posts / etc. might as well exist in the Void. Please help me escape the Void… it’s dark in here.**

P.S. Don’t forget to like, comment, and follow below ☺️!

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~~The best way to support authors is to rate and review their work. It draws the attention of new readers and tells them exactly what there is to love! Your reviews very well may be the difference that encourages someone to pick up a series and become a rabid fan.

TBH, we could all use a little more fandom in our lives.
~NewShips ~NewFanFicFodder ~NewFanArt ~NewLove

So, go forth and rate and review! Authors everywhere will give you puppy dog eyes of love.~~