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New Book Giveaway!

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Hi everyone!

On April 1st, my new book The Stone Sings True releases on Amazon! In celebration, I have some exciting news.

First of all, the first book in my Caelum Stories, The Ghost and the Real Girl, is available for FREE on Amazon for the next week! This is a great chance to get introduced to the world of Caelum and its characters.

Second, I have a special event just for The Stone Sings True! Read on below for more details:

Every single crystal mentioned in this book is a real crystal of varying rarity. How many of the unnamed crystals can you name?

Yellow, brittle, similar shape to quartz: ____________

Colored gold, blocky shape, crumbles easily: ____________

Rarer, purple, shaped like quartz: ____________

Cloudy blue, rhombic structure: _____________

Cloudy white and common: ________________

Deep blue, sharply faceted, brittle: ___________

Navy blue, high copper content: _____________

How many do you think you got? Let me know in your review of the book! The first person to get all of them right will get a special crystal bundle as a prize!

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The Wheel Continues On…

Posted on by Avery Carter

Hello everyone!

I have a very exciting announcement to make. After I finished writing The Ghost and the Real Girl, I thought I was finished with stories from Caelum, but it seems I wasn’t quite done yet.

All her life, Adi has felt at home underground. The daughter of copper miners, it was expected that she would follow her parents’ into the Red Mines as soon as she was old enough. Only now, she wakes to find gemstones in her bed every morning, and veins of copper find their way to the surface whenever she walks past. At first, she rejoices, thinking that her parents won’t have to work for days on end, but soon it becomes clear that each time she brings something to the surface, it vanishes from below, making the mountain crumble underneath them.

She does her best to hide her new abilities, but the small town she has lived in all her life turns on her, cursing her as a witch. That is, everyone except for Wren, the keeper of the mine’s glowfrogs. The two strike up a fast friendship, with Adi’s gems buying everything they need, and Wren singing them to sleep every night.

Suddenly one day, an earthquake buries her father and the other miners under ten tons of rock, trapping them deep underground. Adi must summon all of her new magic to find a way through the caves that snake their way through the mountain before they run out of air, water, and hope.

A companion to THE GHOST AND THE REAL GIRL, THE STONE SINGS TRUE is a story of endurance, family, and finding your place when the ground shifts beneath you.

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Launch Party!

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It was quite lovely! We had a few people talking about it online, and it was a lot of fun!

The setup for the launch party (ft Grace’s tail in the background)
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Launch Party

Posted on by Avery Carter

Hello everyone!

A quick reminder that the rescheduled launch party of THE GHOST AND THE REAL GIRL will be this Saturday, 11/12, at 7:30 pm KST! That’s Saturday morning for my EST folks, and really heckin early for my West Coast folks, but never you fear! It will be streamed on my Instagram at my_graceless_heart, and saved afterwards if you’re interested in watching.

There will be an Author Q&A, tarot readings, and some fun giveaways! I hope to see you there!

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NEW BOOK ALERT

Posted on by Avery Carter

Hello Everyone!

It feels like only yesterday that I released a book (it was less than a year ago, Avery. That’s basically yesterday in book publishing times) and now I’m releasing another! You may have seen it on my Book Series page already, but here’s the full run-down of everything to expect from my new release: THE GHOST AND THE REAL GIRL.

When Sera is hired to rob a 200 year old grave, the last thing she expects is the ghost of Lady Clementine de Quill rising up to scold her for it. Though her world is full of magical echoes from a not-so-distant past, a ghost is unheard of, and what’s more, no one else can see or hear Clem. Sera tries everything to get rid of her– selling the items she took from her grave, bathing in saltwater, even putting herself through a religious smoke cleansing from the Church of the Wheel. Nothing works, and Sera finally resigns herself to having a ghost follow her around for the rest of her life.

Despite their differences, a partnership begins to bloom between them, but just as they settle into their new routine, Clem begins to fade, flickering in and out for longer and longer periods of time. It becomes clear with each time Clem vanishes, there’s a chance she won’t come back. There’s only one problem: Sera can’t imagine life without her anymore.

Featuring an LGBT relationship and an autistic protagonist, THE GHOST AND THE REAL GIRL is perfect for fans of WARM BODIES by Isaac Marion and THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern.

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