I. Am. SCREAMING.

It has been brought to my attention that INKED has been featured on not just one but TWO of Book Riot's must-read lists! 🤯 THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY, REALLY BIG DEAL, WHICH I AM STILL TRYING TO PROCESS.

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THE END.

1 year,

2 sore wrists,

3 (ish) realms,

4 complete books,

1,500 novel pages,

364,609 words, and

2,047,152 characters later,

Synced, the fourth and final book in the Gilded Blood series is finished! Last night, after sending the manuscript to my editor, I poured myself a glass of wine and took a loooooong bubble bath.

Today, I'm back at it - formatting digital and print versions, chatting with my audiobook publisher, finalizing the cover and interior artwork, ensuring all preorder links are up and running, designing ads and graphics for marketing, scheduling promotions, and - my favorite part - updating my readers <3 In other words, the work doesn't stop just because the last book is finished. That said, now that the writing is done, I finally get to re-embark on my absolute favorite kind of work: attending conventions and book signings! This spring/summer, I'll be appearing at 5 different conventions in 4 different states, as well as a half dozen Barnes and Noble book signings (dates TBD). To help my readers keep track of upcoming events, we've created a handy dandy events calendar, which will be updated every week.

In the meantime, if you haven't preordered Synced yet, you can get the e-book here or sign up for signed copies here.

To everyone who has supported me and this series during this past year, THANK YOU. I'm not gonna lie - there were times I was tired, cranky, weepy, and daydreaming about throwing in the towel. But you all cheered me on and kept me going, and for that, I am eternally grateful. I can't wait to hear what you think of Synced!

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What in the world does Sol look like?

Gilded Blood readers love putting faces to names, and when it comes to Sol, the smolderingly wicked incubus mob boss, no one can quite agree 😂 So I thought I'd share a handful of examples of what my readers have told me they envision, versus my own vision (which you'll find at the bottom of this post!)

Bruce Willis

Jon Hamm

Dennis Hopper (?!)

Richard Gere

George Clooney

And finally, "The short chubby perverted guy" (Don Corneo) from Final Fantasy 7

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeen in actuality, Talia describes Sol like this:

"I stared up at the second most beautiful creature I’d ever laid eyes on – a silver-haired man with ice-blue eyes, a short, dark beard that faded perfectly into his platinum sideburns, and a smile that could have thawed permafrost. He wore a three-piece navy suit with diamond cufflinks and a crimson silk tie, but the most striking part of his outfit was the ring he wore on his right hand: it held a massive gem, the color of dried blood, that somehow managed to sparkle against a sunless sky. Between his thick, slicked-back hair and his flawless, smooth skin, I honestly couldn’t tell if he was thirty or fifty."

Which, as I envision him, looks a little something like this:

How about you? How did you envision Sol, and was it anything close to his actual appearance?

Along with Talia, Zayn, and Biscuit, the Gilded Blood series has a pretty sexy cast, wouldn't you say? 🤤❤️

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