TELL ME NO LIES
Genre: Steampunk Romance/Thriller
Synopsis: In a world where zeppelins hover over the growing metropolis of San Francisco, Tempest Dumont, the star singer of The Belladonna, has three concerns in life: pleasing her audience, raising hell, and evading the gaze of the law. The last thing she needs is the reappearance of a former flame, convicted airship pirate Jack Tarly, particularly not when the Barbary Coast’s most popular ladies of the stage are being murdered, one by one.
As it becomes clear that Tempest is in the killer’s crosshairs, the stubborn, hot-headed chanteuse finds herself in a race against time to uncover his identity. When Jack deserts her, the only ally she can call upon is her biggest adversary, Adam Davenport, the honorable and upstanding detective sworn to maintain order in “Hell’s Half-Acre.” Their quest for justice will take them from the city’s shadiest dives to its most glittering ballrooms. Along the way, they just might find that love can blossom under the most unlikely circumstances.
Excerpt: TELL ME NO LIES, Scene 1
PATH TO THE PEACOCK THRONE
Genre: Fantasy
Synopsis: Liandre, a sheltered princess who dreams of adventure, gets her wish when the death of her father exposes the terrible secret of her origins, catapulting her into an unexpected world of danger and discovery. Along the way, she’ll cross paths with allies and adversaries, watch legends come to life, and find magic more powerful than any she’s ever encountered. Better yet, she might just uncover the threads of identity she thought lost.
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
Genre: Erotic Romance
Synopsis: Imperial Princess Alaia has never been much of a romantic. Heir to the vast empire of Rhindor, her energies have been occupied by learning the art of statecraft, managing her personal estates, and grappling with the realm’s elaborate web of politics.
It seems a perverse trick of the gods when she finds that she’s lost her heart to not one, but two men: the first, her arrogant but faithful chief steward, and the second, the surprisingly gentle rebel prince whom she has been charged with breaking. Her solution? Choose them both, propriety and tradition be damned. When her decision places the realm in peril, however, she will have to find a way to balance the demands of heart and crown.
August 9, 2011 at 9:39 pm
Love your site! I want the Peacock Throne book, so keep working on it and finish it soon.
And I wanted to thank you for liking my World Building, Part 1 blog at Writers in the Storm. There is a Part 2 if you’re interested.
-Fae Rowen
August 11, 2011 at 8:38 am
Fae, thanks so much for dropping by! I really appreciate it.
The Peacock Throne is next on my list! I’m actually in the midst of doing a lot of world-building for it, so your blog over at Writers in the Storm has been incredibly helpful. 😀
-jamila.
August 11, 2011 at 10:33 am
Awesome! Great work Jamila.
August 19, 2011 at 11:53 am
Thanks, Crystal!
August 18, 2011 at 8:35 pm
Ooo! I love the variety in the pieces you’re working on here… Really fascinating, and the fact that you’re doing the others actually makes me more interested in each individually if that makes sense. Brilliant!
August 19, 2011 at 12:23 pm
Thanks so much for the feedback, David! I really love trying out different genres, and I can’t wait till I can tackle each one.
August 28, 2011 at 12:47 pm
Nice trio – I would pick up any one of them! Saying hi from the Beginning Bloggers at Write Campaign. Looking forward to seeing more from you!
August 30, 2011 at 1:13 am
Thanks for stopping by, Kate. Looking forward to chatting with you as well!
December 9, 2011 at 1:38 pm
Steampunk has become my new favorite genre and Victorian San Francisco one of my favorite places (love that all those gingerbread houses are still standing). So Tell Me No Lies sounds right up my alley. Hope to see it soon!
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