Welcome to Weekend Writing Warriors!  I’ve been sharing from my m/m urban fantasy Death by Starlight, and let me tell you, after 100+ temperatures and the smothering cloud of forest fire smoke we’ve been dealing with for the past several days, I would really love to be with Zeke and Alistair out on their boat in the Straits of Juan de Fuca.  I could do without the rampaging mermaid, but other than that…cool fresh air, a hot elf, a crusty old shaman…

Last week, Mellosa went for Zeke’s mermaid bait.  Soon we’ll find out if Alistair is having second-thoughts about his crush.

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Mellosa held the hexed stone in her fist, and with her other hand she reached toward Zeke.

Uh-oh.

He jerked back, aware he’d been falling under her sway.

“She’s here, old man!” Zeke grabbed the back of Alistair’s parka and pulled him from his seat.

“Where?” They were awkwardly changing seats when Mellosa rose from the water and rested her elbows on the side of the boat. Zeke collapsed into the seat behind the wheel, and Alistair froze in a half-crouch, standing wide-legged in the middle of the boat.

The image of mermaids passed down in lore was mostly mythical, a combination of wishful thinking and the faulty memories of drunken seamen. Although human in general shape and form above the waist, once out of the water and free from the seductive enchantment she’d woven around herself, Mellosa could never be mistaken for human.

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Edge of Night 2: Death by Starlight

In Betwixt and Between, Ian and Zeke fought a battle against the queen of the dark realm in order to be together. Now, when they think they might settle into as normal a life as elves living among humans might be able to expect, a new enemy threatens to tear them apart. While Zeke helps the shaman Alistair in his hunt for an elusive mermaid, Ian is called to confront a wicked nymph preying on tourists along Seattle’s waterfront. Zeke and Ian soon discover that the defeated Queen Ysolde has spread her evil into the sea realms, and danger lurks beneath every wave, but it is too late to stop an escalating series of confrontations that lead to disappearances, death and the possible end of light in this world.

As Ysolde plots revenge and a mysterious prince seeks to win Ian for himself, the ancient war between light and dark sweeps Ian and Zeke into its maelstrom of hate, testing their trust of each other to the utmost.

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“I love this author’s imagination and skill, from the magical, emotional, and erotic nuances of the romantic pair, the details of the underground world of the svarta, the remote and glacial world of the liosa, and the characters that support or thwart them. Highly recommended!” ~ Velvet Panic

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