Spell For Sophia Release Day!

Spell For Sophia re-releases today with a fabulous new cover by AM Designs.

Read it on Kindle Unlimited or purchase it for $2.99 on Amazon.

Deceived and kidnapped by her outlaw bio-parents, Sophia Perez-Hidalgoresorts to thievery and arson to escape. Then Fate delivers her into the arms of Shiloh Breaux Martine and his grand-mère, a voodoo priestess living deep in the bayou. Now Sophia’s survival depends on her mastering magic and the supernatural.

Breaux knows Sophia is trouble — but he’ll time travel through New Orleans’s dangerous past and risk his bright future to protect her. 

Sometimes the worst scars are the ones you cannot see.

The Teen Wytche Saga

A spell book charged with aiding true love morphs into a new type of magic 

with each girl who possesses it.

New to the Teen Wytche Saga?
Learn more here.

Writing Young Adult Fiction: A Chance to Do-Over High School

“You can tell what age an author got stuck in by what genre he or she writes.”

I think it was Lin Oliver who, years ago, said the above quote, right after she had introduced an author who had skateboarded up to the podium at a Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators conference. I remember thinking at the time, Uh oh. Then I’m still reliving high school!

The Do-Over Aspect

Although my teen years are but tiny specs in the rearview mirror, I love reading and writing Young Adult fiction. Maybe it is the Do-Over fantasy aspect. YA stories allow readers to recapture the deep emotions they felt in high school. Friendships, betrayals, first love, peer pressure — the highs and lows play out on the page. Adding paranormal elements — dragons, demons, witches, vampires, werewolves, gods and goddesses, amps up the stakes. Those who thought high school was tough, can read a paranormal YA and think, at least the Mean Girls at my school weren’t vampires.

Paranormal YA stories intoxicate with What if? I was well into adulthood before I became a shaman. But what if I could have commanded shamanic skills in high school? Would I have misused my magic? It would have been tempting to use spirit flight to spy on my secret crush. My high moral code might have justified my placing a binding spell on a bully, instead of placing a protection spell on myself. Then who would have had the karmic lesson to work on?

Maybe I am stuck in my teen years. Maybe the Teen Wytche Saga is my Do Over. Luckily, the company is interesting and there is always hope that Love and Good will triumph. How about you? Why do you love reading YA?

Copyright 2018 Ariella Moon
Adapted from"My Fascination With YA Fiction" by Ariella Moon, published on 12/9/13 as a guest post on Fly High Blog.

New Young Adult Mermaid Series by Denver Evans!

Do you love mermaid stories? 

Shallows by Denver Evans has an intriguing premise. The first book in a new series, you can read it for free on Kindle Unlimited, on purchase it for $0.99 on Amazon.

A luminescent mermaid. A bookish inventor. A terrible truth.

Blurb:
The sea isn't safe. Only the bravest and strongest become sailors. Luminescent mermaids roam the depths and the shallows, mouthing words no one can hear, never surfacing.
Raised all his life in an island fishing village, bookish Emerson Kadwell has always been warned away from the shore. But an infant memory of a song and the lapping of waves continually draw him.
When Emerson finds a mermaid stranded in an isolated part of the shoreline, the truth about his past and hers will change his world forever.
A luminescent mermaid. A bookish inventor. A terrible truth.

Shallows is a clean YA fantasy novel with elements of paranormal and romance. It is the first in a series.

See Shallows on Amazon

About Denver Evans
Denver is a fun-sized person who dislikes talking about herself in third person. (Feels pretentious, ya know?) She lives with her handsome hubby and an army of small gnomes that look suspiciously like the two of them combined. She spends her days desperate to write a good story without too many dumb typos.
She thrives on hearing from her fans. (Like, really!)
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Palm Springs Book Signing!

Bring Mom to Meet the Authors

Join Fantasy, Poetry, and Inspirational Authors

Ariella Moon

D. Marie Fitzgerald

Ulrike

Saturday May 12, 2018

(The day before Mother's Day)

2-4 PM

Ristretto@The Five Hundred

Palm Springs, CA

Book Release!

Spell For Sophia Available Now For Pre-order!

Spell For Sophia by Ariella Moon, Book 4, The Teen Wytche Saga

 has just been re-released for pre-orders on Amazon. Official re-release will be May 22nd.

 Read it on Kindle Unlimited, or buy the e-book for $2.99.

Order Here

Deceived and kidnapped by her outlaw bio-parents, Sophia Perez-Hidalgo resorts to thievery and arson to escape. Then Fate delivers her into the arms of Shiloh Breaux Martine and his grand-mère, a voodoo priestess living deep in the bayou. Now Sophia’s survival depends on her mastering magic and the supernatural.

Breaux knows Sophia is trouble — but he’ll time travel through New Orleans’s dangerous past and risk his bright future to protect her.

Sometimes the worst scars are the ones you cannot see.

Copyright 2018 Ariella Moon

Radio Interview and Book Giveaway!

My first radio interview!

This Sunday, 11:15 am
http://travelingwithfrancoise.com http://travelingwithfrancoise.com on the "Traveling With Francoise" show.

Money Radio 1200 AM & the “NEW” 100.9 FM

www.MoneyRadio1200.com

One lucky listener will win an autographed copy of SPELL FIRE, Book 3, The Teen Wytche Saga.

Cover Reveal!

I am so excited for the upcoming re-release of Spell For Sophia!

Amanda Matthews of AM Designs created the fabulous new cover.

Pre-orders will be available soon.

Spell For Sophia, Book 4, The Teen Wytche Saga

by

Ariella Moon

Release Date: May 22, 2018

Deceived and kidnapped by her outlaw bio-parents, Sophia Perez-Hidalgo resorts to thievery and arson to escape. Then Fate delivers her into the arms of Shiloh Breaux Martine and his grand-mère, a voodoo priestess living deep in the bayou. Now Sophia’s survival depends on her mastering magic and the supernatural.

Breaux knows Sophia is trouble — but he’ll time travel through New Orleans’s dangerous past and risk his bright future to protect her.

Sometimes the worst scars are the ones you cannot see.

April's Giveaway Winners!

Congratulations to Donna Rickey and Andrea McParland!

You have each won an ebook copy of THE BELTANE ESCAPE!

Please watch your inbox for an email from me.

Happy reading!

Ariella Moon

Happy Beltane!

Today conjures fond memories of Beltanes past when I danced the Maypole with friends.

Beltane is a Celtic fire and fertility festival, and is the last of the three spring fertility festivals, following Imbolc and Ostara. It marks the halfway point between the vernal (spring) equinox and the summer solstice. In ancient times, Beltane celebrated life, the end of the dark time of winter, the beginning of summer, and the virility of the Sun God, known during the festival as the May King or Green Man.

On May Eve, Druids lit the Bel fires (bright fires, balefires) for luck and protection. Witches jumped the flames to fortify the protection spells. Cattle were driven between the balefires to safeguard the herd.

I recreated a medieval Beltane festival in THE BELTANE ESCAPE, Book 1, The Two Realms Trilogy. Here's a small glimpse:

Near the top of the hill, two piles of wood were silhouetted against the sky. Cloaked figures, murmuring among themselves, lurked near the shadowy stacks. Druids.

            Shouts and nervous laughter rang up and down the hill. Cattle on the moor protested loudly as they were nudged towards the lake.

Beltane forms the "ticking clock" in THE BELTANE ESCAPE.

Fenella, Thaness of Thorburn, branded, stolen, betrothed, and lured back centuries in time into Fairy, bears the key to everyone’s fate. She has nine days to cross a dangerous world of magic, unshackle herself from a sorceress, and return through time before her kidnapper destroys all she holds dear.

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Happy Beltane and happy reading!