#AtoZChallenge Day 18: Redcliffe

Posted on April 20, 2013 by SpookyMrsGreen

Redcliffe is a fictional town, and the location for a series of novels set in Cornwall, England. I was bemused to learn that there is a real town of Redcliffe in Australia, and I only discovered this fact after the publication of my first book Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel).

My fictional town is actually modelled on the seaside town of Looe, with a little influence from the fishing village Polperro. I decided to call it Redcliffe because it sounded romantic, and I could work a folklore element into the series.

#RedcliffeNovels: Shopping in Looe, Cornwall inspiration for LGBT fantasy book series by Catherine Green of SpookyMrsGreen.com mindful parenting and modern pagan lifestyle blog. Image credit Cornwall Pictures website.
#RedcliffeNovels: Shopping in Looe, Cornwall (Image credit Cornwall Pictures)

#AtoZChallenge Day 18: Redcliffe

Jessica Stone and Elizabeth Gormond moved to Redcliffe and bought the local bookshop about five years ago. They loved the seaside town, and it was a refreshing change to their home city of Manchester. Jessica feels a strange connection to Redcliffe, but she never understands what that is until she meets the Mason brothers. She subsequently discovers that her friends are keeping secrets, her local pub is not the refuge it previously was, and Redcliffe forest is a dangerous place to be alone.

Location is key throughout my Redcliffe novels. In Love Kills (A Redcliffe Novel), we follow Jessica as she experiences intense spiritual and magical changes up on the cliff top above the Ship Inn. She experiences visions and meets ghosts from her past out on the seafront, and she cannot even find solace on the busy town pier with its gaudy amusement arcades, fast food outlets, and chattering tourists.

I am fascinated by Redcliffe, and the town is very real to me, having been inside my head for such a long time. It brings together elements from all the holiday places I have visited in the UK, and throws in a few romantic ideals along the way. In the third novel Love Redeems (A Redcliffe Novel), Jessica steps outside the town on her adventures, but she always returns home in the end.

Now I invite you to check out my fellow #atozchallenge bloggers. You will find some weird and wonderful articles, and we can all make new friends. See you tomorrow for the next letter in our #atozchallenge.

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#AtoZChallenge Day 17: Quandary

Posted on April 19, 2013 by SpookyMrsGreen

The alphabet letter for today has thrown up a rather unusual word for my theme, but one that I find oddly appropriate to describe the nature and content of the Redcliffe novels LGBT fantasy book series.

I have to thank my mother for this one, because I was struggling to appropriate a letter for the challenge. Mum very helpfully stepped up and filled in the blanks, quite literally!

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Excerpt from Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel) #TheRedcliffeNovels by Catherine Green

#AtoZChallenge Day 17: Quandary

As a writer, I love words. It goes without saying really. I love traditional, old fashioned prose. There is something tantalising and delicious about reading a paragraph or page of words that perhaps no longer frequent our daily language. Quandary is one of those words. I like the sound of it. I like to roll it off my tongue and savour the sound, emphasising the ‘d’ and softening the ‘y.’ It is a good, solid, useful word.

Jessica Stone is well and truly in a quandary throughout the Redcliffe novels series. In fact, her life seems to spiral out of control the minute she meets police detective Jack Mason in Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel). Not only does she struggle with the depth and strength of her romantic feelings for the man, but she has to discover just why they are pulled together so powerfully by forces beyond their control.

Moving into Love Kills (A Redcliffe Novel), and Jessica’s quandary moves beyond the bounds of romantic love. She makes her decision to stay with Jack and support him, but at huge moral cost to herself. She makes difficult decisions, she carries out activities that she would never even have considered before meeting the Mason brothers, and she struggles with her conscience as she battles anger, guilt and rage.

Finally, Jessica meets the ultimate quandary in the third novel Love Redeems (A Redcliffe Novel). Her romantic life is once again into thrown into disarray, she questions everything she has ever known about relationships and the nature of love, and she steps way over the line into unfamiliar territory. Phew! It certainly is one wild ride!

Now I invite you to check out my fellow #atozchallenge bloggers. You will find some weird and wonderful articles, and we can all make new friends. See you tomorrow for the next letter in our #atozchallenge.

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#AtoZChallenge Day 16: Public House

Posted on April 18, 2013 by SpookyMrsGreen

To my mind, the pub is a British institution. I could be wrong, but this is the impression I have been given during my lifetime so far.

The public house has been a part of British culture since the days of early civilisation, back when people used coaching inns and taverns as meeting places, temporary accommodation, and centres for social activity. They were also reputed as places of illegitimate activities, such as the tales of smugglers and pirates in the Ship Inn pub in my Redcliffe novels LGBT fantasy book series.

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Inspiration for the #RedcliffeNovels: Ship Inn, Cornwall

#AtoZChallenge Day 16: Public House

The pub has always been important to me as an individual. I don’t frequent our local pubs much anymore, since I am raising a young family and my husband works long hours. But when we were younger (and we are not exactly old now!), the pub was our place of refuge and excitement. In fact, just last week I found myself walking along Oxford Road in Manchester city centre, reminiscing about our student days as I walked past our old favourite pubs including The Salisbury and Grand Central.

It was a natural inclination therefore, to include a pub as a place of central importance in my Redcliffe novels LGBT fantasy book series. Since Redcliffe is a seaside town, I had to name the pub in accordance with its location. The Ship Inn seemed perfectly appropriate, and I’m sure I have seen versions of this pub during my visits to Cornwall.

The Ship Inn is introduced in my first book Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel), when our heroine Jessica Stone introduces her close friend and pub manager, Simon Bunce. When we move into the second book Love Kills (A Redcliffe Novel), we discover that the Ship has many secrets concealed within its ancient walls, and even beneath its floors… By the third book Love Redeems (A Redcliffe Novel) we become even more familiar with the abandoned smugglers’ tunnels hidden inside the cliffs, but I don’t want to spoil the surprise!

What does the pub mean to you?

What does the pub mean to you? For me it is a place to be sociable, to meet up with friends, enjoy a meal and a nice glass of wine, maybe celebrate a birthday or special occasion. My father-in-law enjoys exploring pubs that sell locally produced or traditional ales, and these places become central to our family holidays. The pub can introduce you to new bands, weird and wonderful facts in the pub quiz, or even a little game of darts or pool. Yes, the pub is very important to our social circles, and definitely so for Jessica Stone and her friends in Redcliffe.  

Now I invite you to check out my fellow #atozchallenge bloggers. You will find some weird and wonderful articles, and we can all make new friends. See you tomorrow for the next letter in our #atozchallenge.

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#AtoZChallenge Day 15: Occult

Posted on April 17, 2013 by SpookyMrsGreen

The Occult is a subject that I have a personal interest in. I have always been intrigued by stories of witches and ghosts, so it was only a natural progression when I began to explore vampires and werewolves as I grew older.

It is no surprise that paranormal romance became my genre of choice as a writer. I am fascinated by magic and mystery, and the romance that surrounds it, particularly in the Gothic tradition. Therefore it had to find a place in my Redcliffe novels series.

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#RedcliffeNovels LGBT Fantasy Book Series for Adults

Occult

Occult has always been something of a taboo word in my social and cultural circles. The word itself is harmless. It simply means ‘hidden’ or ‘disguised.’ There are many historical reasons why occult became the label given to the study, practise and following of activities including witchcraft, but right now I will explain it in relation to the Redcliffe novels.

In the first book, “Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel),” our heroine Jessica Stone begins by explaining that she is an orphan and has never allowed herself to love other people, apart from her best friend Elizabeth. Jessica’s parents died in a car accident when she was six years old, and no surviving family members came forward to claim her. She lived a lonely childhood with foster parents, and vowed never to be reliant on other people, certainly not in a romantic or emotional capacity.

When Jessica met Jack Mason she could not ignore the bond between them. She later learns that they are soul mates, but she has a lot to reveal about her own nature as we progress into book 2, “Love Kills (A Redcliffe Novel)” and continue the adventures in book 3 “Love Redeems (A Redcliffe Novel).” I don’t want to reveal too much and spoil the surprise, but Jessica is not as human as she might have previously thought. It takes the power of vampires and werewolves to unlock Jessica’s hidden abilities and reveal her true nature.

Now I invite you to check out my fellow #atozchallenge bloggers. You will find some weird and wonderful articles, and we can all make new friends. See you tomorrow for the next letter in our #atozchallenge.

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#AtoZChallenge Day 14: Normality

Posted on April 16, 2013 by SpookyMrsGreen

What is normal? One of the themes throughout my first three Redcliffe novels is that of being normal, of living a normal, human life.

Jessica Stone begins the tale as just another normal, average human, living life with her friends and running her business. By the end of Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel) she emerges from a traumatic incident between warring werewolves, and her life will never be the same again.

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#RecliffeNovels: Looe Harbour, Cornwall (Image credit unknown)

#AtoZChallenge Day 14: Normality

Jessica’s best friend Elizabeth represents an ideal of normality. Liz is happily married to a university professor, and she is pregnant with their first child. She and Jessica enjoy running their bookshop and doing ‘normal’ activities such as shopping, watching TV and discussing the adventures of their friends and family.

Normal life disappears completely when Jessica becomes romantically involved with Jack Mason and his identical twin brother Danny. The men are police detectives, recently returned from a four-year undercover operation in Scotland. It is on their return to Redcliffe that Jack meets Jessica and they fall in love, although they both fight against it in the beginning.

By the time we move into book 2, Love Kills (A Redcliffe Novel), Jessica is lamenting the loss of her formerly human life.  She is now a newly awakened witch, recovering from life-threatening injuries at the hands of werewolves, and in love with a vampire. Danger and trouble seem to follow the Mason brothers wherever they go, and it will inevitably affect anyone who becomes close to them sooner or later.

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Excerpt from Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel) by Catherine Green

Normal life is gone

This danger reaches a peak in the third book, Love Redeems (A Redcliffe Novel). Jessica has been exploring her witchcraft abilities and unleashing her power, surprising the vampires and werewolves with her formerly hidden strengths. It becomes apparent that she could pose the greater threat to the men, and the uncomfortable truth does not sit will with any of them. By the end of Love Redeems, Jessica has to rescue her lover and try to make sense of her new supernatural life and the people that have come to mean so much to her in such a short space of time.

Now I invite you to check out my fellow #atozchallenge bloggers. You will find some weird and wonderful articles, and we can all make new friends. See you tomorrow for the next letter in our #atozchallenge.

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#AtoZChallenge Day 13: Marcus Scott

Posted on April 15, 2013 by SpookyMrsGreen

Marcus Scott is an interesting character from the Redcliffe novels LGBT fantasy book series for adults.

He joins the story about half way through the first book, Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel), and although he was only ever supposed to be a supporting character, he has become quite important to Jessica Stone as the series has progressed.

In fact, both Jessica and I have developed a love affair with Marcus Scott, against our better judgement!

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Catherine Green vampire writer of fantasy books for adults

#AtoZChallenge Day 13: Marcus Scott

Marcus Scott is a vampire and businessman who became friends with Jack and Danny Mason not long after they were turned. Marcus became a vampire during the industrious Victorian era, and his was a tale of passion and lust gone wrong. He was always an ambitious man, even as a lowly stable boy when he was still human, but once he became a vampire all of his aspirations were accomplished. Marcus has even persuaded me to write his own story, a spin-off novella called The Darkness of Love that I am currently pitching to publishers and agents.

Back to Redcliffe, and Marcus causes chaos when he first meets Jessica. Not understanding the depth of Jack Mason’s feelings towards his new, apparently human, girlfriend, Marcus tries to feed from Jessica. At this point she knows nothing about the vampires, and what transpires is a very painful and traumatic scuffle between Jessica and Marcus.

As we move into book 2, Love Kills (A Redcliffe Novel), Marcus begins to suspect there is more to Jessica than meets the eye, and by book 3, Love Redeems (A Redcliffe Novel), he is firmly embedded in her support network. Theirs is a difficult relationship. Here is a short excerpt from Love Redeems, showing a conversation between Jessica and Marcus:

Excerpt from Love Redeems (The Redcliffe Novels):

“Would you have killed me last week, Marcus?” I asked quietly.
“Yes.” he replied.
The world spun around me and I staggered, trying not to faint.
“I thought you cared about me?” I asked, feeling stupid but needing to be clear.
“I do,” Marcus replied, “But you angered me and I was hungry.”
 “So, you would have killed me,” I said, “Just like that?”
“Yes.” he replied again.
“Fuck,” I cursed, “But surely you would feel bad at least?”
 “Of course I would,” Marcus said, “I would be stricken with guilt, but I would learn to live with it.”

Now I invite you to check out my fellow #atozchallenge bloggers. You will find some weird and wonderful articles, and we can all make new friends. See you tomorrow for the next letter in our #atozchallenge.

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#AtoZChallenge Day 12: Love

Posted on April 13, 2013 by SpookyMrsGreen

Love. Now there is a loaded word! The titles of my first three Redcliffe novels pretty much give away the central topic of the stories.

The first is Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel). Yep, it sure does! Much of the action of my heroines and heroes in the Redcliffe novels is drawn from personal experience, although I have exaggerated it slightly for dramatic effect.

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LGBT fantasy book series set in Cornwall. “Love Hurts (The Redcliffe Novels)” #1 by Catherine Green.

#AtoZChallenge Day 12: Love

Jessica Stone is the heroine of the Redcliffe novels. She tells the story of what happened when she finally let down her guard and allowed herself to fall in love. Too bad she ended up doing it with a vampire! And then she had to meet his identical twin werewolf brother. Poor Jessica does not get an easy ride, but at the same time, she gives as much as she  gets. She is not simply the love struck helpless female of traditional romantic sagas. Jessica fights her emotions every step of the way with Jack Mason, and that is probably a hindrance in some situations.

Take Love Kills (A Redcliffe Novel), the second book in the series. Jessica is recovering from horrific injuries inflicted by a werewolf. Her life was saved by her vampire lover, but she still found herself in hospital, and then taking time to recover from her wounds, both physical and emotional. During the course of this novel, she fights with her emotions about both Jack and Danny Mason, along with other personal revelations. By the end of the book, Jessica is driven to kill in order to protect her lover.

Finally, in Love Redeems (A Redcliffe Novel), we get a taste of the joy of love, although not without even more trauma. The wild adventure continues, Jessica becomes a harder and stronger person as  her witchcraft improves, but she also struggles to deal with her emotions and the nature of her love for Jack and Danny Mason. By the end of the story we have concluded the trilogy of what happened when Jessica met Jack, but we are left with many unanswered questions. All will be revealed in book 4, when I get round to writing it!

Now I invite you to check out my fellow #atozchallenge bloggers. You will find some weird and wonderful articles, and we can all make new friends. See you tomorrow for the next letter in our #atozchallenge.

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April A-Z Blog Challenge 2013

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#AtoZChallenge Day 11: Kindred Spirits

Posted on April 12, 2013 by SpookyMrsGreen

The idea of Kindred Spirits is something I have become familiar with during recent years, while exploring shamanism and witchcraft.

My interest began when I started ghost hunting, and when I was able to communicate with ghosts and spirits by myself for the first time. Gradually I became aware of many different levels of energy, natural power, and even different ‘dimensions’ of existence, if you like.

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Excerpt from Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel) #TheRedcliffeNovels by Catherine Green

#AtoZChallenge Day 11: Kindred Spirits

A kindred spirit is a person with whom you feel an instant connection. You may not know them personally, or it may be someone you have grown up with. The connection will be instinctive. If your kindred spirit is a sibling, relative or close friend, you will find yourself intuitively knowing whenever they need help or when they are happy or troubled. They will have the same response towards you. It also becomes appropriate for your lover or life partner, if you have found the person that seems to ‘fit’ your soul.

In the Redcliffe novels LGBT fantasy book series there are many kindred spirits among my characters. The first ones that we meet are Jessica Stone and Elizabeth Gormond. The women might as well be sisters, since they feel so comfortable and familiar with each other. Perhaps they shared a past life or two, I don’t know. All will be revealed as the series continues… Then, Jessica meets the Mason brothers, and once again finds herself with people that she knows instinctively. Their relationship is slightly more prickly, but she cannot leave them alone once she meets them, and they feel the same about her.

Unexpected Kindred Spirit

Marcus Scott is a rather unexpected kindred spirit. When Jessica first meets him in Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel), he mistakes her for food, and she struggles to accept him as Jack and Danny’s friend. Gradually, he wins her trust, finding himself unable to leave the enchanting witch alone. Against his better judgement, he pursues her, which alternately causes anger and passion between the two. Moving into Love Kills (A Redcliffe Novel), Jessica has to admit that she relies on Marcus because they are connected on a spiritual level, as much as she detests the fact.

In Love Redeems (A Redcliffe Novel), the complicated relationships between our kindred spirits are tested to the limit. Jack Mason has to fight his vampire maker, and that is a near-impossible task for him. Danny Mason has to fight his urges towards the young and naïve witch, Jessica Stone, while protecting her from his agitated wolf pack. Marcus Scott is unsure of where he stands with Jessica, but knows that he will remain loyal to his friends Jack and Danny no matter what. Throughout all of this, Elizabeth Gormond must decide where her friendship and sisterhood with Jessica is heading after the revelations of vampires and werewolves in their formerly safe and innocent seaside town of Redcliffe.

Now I invite you to check out my fellow #atozchallenge bloggers. You will find some weird and wonderful articles, and we can all make new friends. See you tomorrow for the next letter in our #atozchallenge.

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April A-Z Blog Challenge 2013

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#AtoZChallenge Day 10: Jessica and Jack

Posted on April 11, 2013 by SpookyMrsGreen

Jessica Stone and Jack Mason are the heroine and hero of my Redcliffe novels LGBT fantasy book series. At least, that was my original intention. It is funny how the characters write themselves once you give them some freedom!

Jessica is a strong-willed woman, and when she embarks on her  new relationship with Jack in the first novel Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel), she has a lot of tough lessons to learn. Jack is quite old-fashioned in his approach, largely because of his age (the vampire is roughly 130 years old!).

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#RedcliffeNovels LGBT Fantasy Book Series for Adults

#AtoZChallenge Day 10: Jessica and Jack

As the story unfolds, Jessica and Jack find themselves thrown into emotional turmoil when circumstances and other characters intervene to try and destroy their relationship. It begins when Jessica is drawn into a feud between the Mason brothers and a fierce werewolf alpha that they have been tracking for the past four years as part of their police work. The battle takes a turn for the worse, the violence increases, and poor Jessica is attacked by the wolf and almost dies as a result of her injuries.

Moving into the second book Love Kills (A Redcliffe Novel), we find Jessica and Jack coming to terms with their trauma. As a result of what happened with the werewolves, Jessica begins to feel more emotion towards Jack’s identical twin brother, Danny, who happens to be the Redcliffe alpha. Jessica also struggles with her newly discovered heritage as a witch, that has lain mostly dormant throughout her orphan life.

Furious anger and overwhelming love

Tension increases as we race through the Redcliffe saga, with Jessica alternately feeling a furious anger towards Jack, and an overwhelming and powerful force of love. She learns that to love a vampire is to give up a part of your human soul in more ways than one. Jessica finds herself committing acts that she would never even have contemplated before, and Jack is driven to extremes in the torment of his love for a woman that he wants to believe is innocent and pure, and he wants to protect her from the dangers of his life.

By the time we reach the third book, Love Redeems (A Redcliffe Novel), we find the ultimate test for our lovers. Jack is seduced once again by his vampire maker, and Jessica struggles to keep a moral distance from his brother Danny. She teams up with the werewolf alpha to try and save Jack from his downfall, while at the same time fighting with her witch familiar about their relationship with the Redcliffe wolves. Needless to say, it is action packed, tense and very passionate!

Now I invite you to check out my fellow #atozchallenge bloggers. You will find some weird and wonderful articles, and we can all make new friends. See you tomorrow for the next letter in our #atozchallenge.

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April A-Z Blog Challenge 2013

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#AtoZChallenge Day 9: Inspiration

Posted on April 10, 2013 by SpookyMrsGreen

Many people ask me where I got the inspiration for my Redcliffe novels LGBT fantasy book series. Inspiration comes in many forms. That’s a phrase I picked up somewhere a long time ago, and I like the way it sounds.

My inspiration was collected over a period of roughly ten years, when I was finally ready to write my first novel Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel).

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#BookTalk Inspiration for the Redcliffe Novels fantasy book series for adults by vampire writer Catherine Green

#AtoZChallenge Day 9: Inspiration

A large source of inspiration is the beautiful country in which I live. I thought for a long time about where exactly I should locate the supernatural town of my dreams. I live in the North of England, and my home town is in rural Staffordshire. I now live in rural Cheshire. Both counties have their charm and amazing scenery. I also toyed with the idea of featuring the city of Manchester, since it too is a beautiful place.

My Muse decided that we needed a coastal town. My thoughts turned to family holidays, a store of memories and wonderful experiences collected over the years. I hit on the perfect place when I remembered Cornwall. It is a county that has managed to step into the 21st century without comprising its heritage and traditional charm. I can use the old pirate stories, ghost stories and other folklore traditions as part of my tapestry.

Inspiration in Cornwall

There was only one part of Cornwall that I focused on for my inspiration. It was the tourist town of Looe, near the Devon border. I have friends who owned a hotel in that town, and so we would visit frequently for weekend breaks and special occasions. I had lots of time to explore the town, enjoy the beach and the sea, and soak up the atmosphere to add to my memories. I also included elements of the fishing village Polperro, because Redcliffe needed a harbour and it resembled the one in Polperro (with a little creative license).


Inspiration for stories does not only include physical location. I needed inspiration for my characters. Where did they come from? Who are they, really? I cannot answer those questions. On the one hand, yes, I created them all. On the other, they came to me, and offered themselves to my stories. The characters tell their stories from their own experience, and I am simply the translator. Their personality traits and physical appearances are modelled on my own friends, family and acquaintances.

Step into my world

Would you like to step into my world? Then check out the first novel, Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel) for free on Wattpad now for a limited time only. Then you can move on to book two, Love Kills (A Redcliffe Novel), and book three, Love Redeems (A Redcliffe Novel).

Now I invite you to check out my fellow #atozchallenge bloggers. You will find some weird and wonderful articles, and we can all make new friends. See you tomorrow for the next letter in our #atozchallenge.

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April A-Z Blog Challenge 2013

Download your FREE copy of LGBT fantasy short story It’s Complicated (The Redcliffe Novels) and meet the werewolves of Cornwall, England.  Click here. 

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