Demon Assassins
Series
Witch’s Bounty, #1
Witch’s Bane, #2
Witch’s Rules, #3
by Ann Gimpel
Publisher: Dream Shadow Press
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Romance
Urban
Fantasy Romance with a heaping side of Hexes, Spells, and Magick!
Witch’s Bounty
Demon Assassins, #1
Release Date: September
6th 2016
From The Book Junkie Reads . . . Witch’s
Bounty (Demon Assassins, #1) . . .
Colleen
has a deep-set need to protect, especially those of her kind, witches. There
has been a demon uprising south of her location and she must be enroute if she
wants a chance at helping her fellow/sister witches. She has one major obstacle,
Duncan. He’s not just anyone she can just kick to the side. He is Sidhe. He was
also hot, sexy, and just plain delicious to look at. Duncan was intrigued by Colleen. She had
gust, beauty, and skills. He wanted to know more about his witch.
I
found great characters and a good plot with action, adventure, and romance on
the hot side.
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One of three remaining demon assassin
witches, Colleen is almost the last of her kind. Along with her familiar, a
changeling spirit, she was hoping for a few months of quiet, running a small
magicians’ supply store in Fairbanks, Alaska. Peace isn’t in the cards, though.
Demons are raising hell in Seattle. She’s on her way to kick some serious demon
ass, when a Sidhe shows up and demands she accompany him to England to quell a
demon uprising.
Gutsy, opinionated, and outspoken, Colleen
refuses to come. Witches need her help, and they trump everything else. Despite
breaking a prime Sidhe precept concerning non-interference in mortals’ affairs,
Duncan offers his assistance. Colleen fascinates him, and he wants to discover
more about her. Lots more.
The Sidhe might be the best-looking man Colleen’s
ever stumbled over, but she doesn’t have time for him—or much of anything else.
She, Jenna, and Roz are Earth’s only hedge against being overrun by Hell’s
minions. Even with help from a powerful magic wielder like Duncan, the odds
aren’t good and the demons know it.
Sensing victory is within their grasp, they
close in for the kill.
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Witch’s Bane
Demon Assassins, #2
Release Date: September
6th 2016
From The Book Junkie Reads . . . Witch’s
Bane (Demon Assassins, #2) . . .
Ronin
has been captivated by Rox since they met, but he has had a hard time capturing
her. She lets too many things get in her way including her arrogance. He fully
acknowledges that she is strong and a match for him in every way. But he is not
certain on a strategy to claim her.
With
demons pouring back on to the Earth plains. Things become complicated and
priority must be dealt with first. These two make this a read you will not
forget. Their chemistry is hot. Their tempers are even hotter or should I say
it the other way around. Either way this was a read that could rival the heat
of hell.
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Last of the demon assassin witches, Roz,
Jenna, and Colleen have escaped disaster so far, but their luck is running low.
Demons strike in the midst of Colleen’s wedding, and Roz launches desperate
measures. As she shape-shifts to keep one step ahead of evil, at least it takes
her mind off her other problems. Personal ones. She burned through a couple of
marriages and hooked up with a string of loser men before, after, and in
between. Though she wants to be happy for Colleen, the jealousy bug bit deep
and hasn’t let go.
In Roz’s secret heart, she’s attracted to
Ronin, one of the Daoine Sidhe. He’s so profanely beautiful she can barely
breathe around him, but he’s also headstrong and arrogant. Not good partner
material—unless she wants to end up dusting her heart off one more time.
Ronin set his sights on Roz the day he met
her, and he can’t get her out of his mind. Unfortunately, she’s so prickly
getting close to her requires scheming. He casts an enchantment to lure her at
Colleen’s wedding, but she senses the spell and calls him on it. Demons swarm
out of the ether before he can come up with another strategy. Killing them
trumps everything.
Roz is used to calling the shots. So is
Ronin. Sparks fly. Tempers run hot, right along with an attraction too heady to
ignore.
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Witches Rule
Demon Assassins, #2
Release Date: September
26th 2016
From The Book Junkie Reads . . . Witches
Rule (Demon Assassins, #3) . . .
Jenna
has been the odd woman out for years. She has little control over her magic. Needed
to work on that she meets Kierana. He offers to help her learn more and
control. He finds that he too has become enamored by this intriguing female.
Kierana was aware of Tristan’s claim to this woman but attraction and fates
have a way of making things more complicated. This sends Jenna into a tailspin.
She has developed feelings for them both. What was a girl to do? You guess it. But you will never guess the
way it all comes together and the beauty of it all. The chemistry so mind
blowing and body shaking. Jenna rules this one.
This
final installment, to date, has a lot of the paranormal world involved with
this fight for Earth. Demons, wiches, fae, Shides, faeries, changlings, and
more.
This
one was the one that sealed the deal for me all the way. I am so deeply in love
with this series. I will come back to it again and again. No doubt about it. I will
start with one and move on to the end of the series. Jenna will hold a special
place for me in each book. With her own book being the best of them all. There
are many things that come to life in these pages.
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Jenna’s a special witch, sort of, when her
magic works, which it often doesn’t. One of three remaining demon assassins,
she and her sister witches, Roz and Colleen, are Earth’s only hedge against
being overrun by Hell’s minions. On the heels of Roz’s and Colleen’s weddings,
Jenna is headed for the U.K. when a demon confronts her. Any other witch could
teleport out of the plane, but not her.
Frustration about her limited power eats at
her. It would be pathetic to get killed for lack of skills a teenager could
master.
Tristan is a Sidhe warrior, but his primary
gift is attunement to others’ emotions. He fell hard for Jenna, but hasn’t had
an opportunity to act on their attraction beyond a few kisses because she
returned to Alaska, and he’s been in the field fighting demons.
As seer for the Sidhe, Kiernan is haunted by
visions, particularly an apocalyptic sending that seems to be coming true. A
confirmed bachelor, he doesn’t understand his attraction to Jenna, but it’s so
strong he can’t fight it. After a while, he doesn’t even try, despite
recognizing Tristan’s claim to her.
Startling truths surface about Jenna’s magic,
and then there’s the problem that she’s falling in love with two very different
men. At first she believes she has to pick one of them, but her spirit refuses
to walk away from either. It’s impossible to choose between a seer with dreams
in his eyes and a beautiful man who intuits her every need. Standing on the
verge of Earth’s destruction, will she defy convention and follow the song in
her heart?
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Ten Tips for Becoming a Better Writer
Thanks so much for hosting me on your blog. And for
inviting me back. I take that as a compliment.
1. Read. Read a lot. Not
just in the genre you want to write in, but in other genres as well. Learn to
recognize why you like (or don’t like) a particular book. Be able to pick out
plot threads, tension, pacing, and character development. If you can’t see them
in other people’s writing, you won’t be able to work those things into your
own, either.
2. Write every day. Even if
it’s only a few hundred words. At the beginning, don’t worry about aiming for
whole stories. Write scenes. Learn to work with words on your screen.
3. Consider writers’
software like Scrivener. I don’t use it, but I know lots of writers who swear
by it. I probably shouldn’t admit this, but what I use in lieu of
Scrivener-type software is storyboards and three-ring binders. It’s how I keep
my characters and my words and the mythologies in my different books straight.
I think you need something. Otherwise, when you go through a story for first
edits, you find embarrassing things like your characters’ names having changed.
Or their hair color.
4. Find a good critique
group. Or at least a couple of critique partners. You need other sets of eyes
to go over your writing and tell you where the plot holes are, or why a
particular character doesn’t work. We just can’t do that for ourselves. Also,
your partner, mother, BFF, etc. can’t do that for you, either. It won’t help
you to have someone gush over your work. Even NYT bestselling writers have a
phalanx of people looking over their shoulders, starting with their literary
agents.
5. Get good and familiar
with grammar. They don’t teach it in school like they did when I went an
embarrassingly long time ago. Do any of the rest of you remember diagramming
sentences? Can you list the various parts of speech? Of a sentence? Do you know
why we avoid adverbs and only rarely begin sentences with gerunds? If you know
all that stuff, great. Some of it still gives me fits, like lie versus lay. I
still have to think that one through. Or farther versus further.
A bit more on #5. Do not
rely on Word’s grammar checker. It’s wrong nearly as frequently as it’s
correct.
6. Develop a thick skin.
Writing is a skill, much like any other. It takes time and dedication to hone
your craft. I’ve been grateful for every single review I’ve gotten, even the
bad ones, because they’ve highlighted areas I need to focus on.
7. It takes many elements to
create a great story. You need three dimensional character who blaze off the
page. You need a plot with enough interwoven threads to hold a reader’s
interest.
8. Tension and pacing move
the plot forward. None of us are born knowing how to do all those things.
Characters were always easy for me. I had to teach myself plotting, pacing, and
holding tension.
9. Learn to proof your work.
It’s a skill. Your chances of publication will improve dramatically if your
work is close to error-free.
10. Don’t give up. If you
want something, work for it. We don’t truly appreciate what comes to us too
easily.
What about the rest of you? Did I miss something you
think is critical? Love to have you weigh in.
Author Info
Ann Gimpel is a national bestselling author.
A lifelong aficionado of the unusual, she began writing speculative fiction a
few years ago. Since then her short fiction has appeared in a number of
webzines and anthologies. Her longer books run the gamut from urban fantasy to
paranormal romance. Once upon a time, she nurtured clients, now she nurtures
dark, gritty fantasy stories that push hard against reality. When she’s not
writing, she’s in the backcountry getting down and dirty with her camera. She’s
published over 30 books to date, with several more planned for 2016 and beyond.
A husband, grown children, grandchildren and wolf hybrids round out her family.
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