I have read the entire Valkyrie Bestiary Series by Kim McDougall. It is well written, darkly humorous with a multitude of imaginative characters and creatures.
The world has been changed by the Flood Wars that destroyed cities and whole landscapes and allowed magic to escape and take over the land. Terra is angry with what humans have allowed to happen to her world and she plans to take control again. Montreal has become a safe bastion for people to live and survive. It is surrounded by a magically boosted barrier that protects from the terrifying creatures unleashed magic has produced.  Kyra is a creature/pest wrangler. She rounds up and humanely rehomes or adopts the weird and wonderful that are only trying to survive in the confined space of the new Montreal along with the humans and human-like. Elves and vampires and gargoyles are just a few of the inhabitants. Life is a dangerous adventure in this new world and it takes courage and smarts to navigate the shoals. I could not get enough of this series, Kyra, Mason and Gita all became part of my imagination's family. I adored Jacoby who was tiny and fancied himself Kyra lady's apprentice. The world is immersive and the characters unforgettable. If you are looking for an escape from the onslaught of bad news and reality TV, check out this series. I promise you won't regret it!

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At long last, The Stalker, second in the Secrets of the Home Wood series, has arrived! I am thrilled and a little let down at the same time, because with Covid-19, I am unable to have a proper book launch. Everything is still virtual. Nevertheless, here it is and already a 5-Star Readers' Favourite! I will be organizing some give aways. Keep an eye open! Thanks to the wonderful folks at #TellWellTalent for their invaluable help in getting my manuscript ready for publishing.
Below are the links where you can find The Stalker!
Amazon.com Paperback version.  https://amazon.com/dp/0228816378    
Amazon.ca Paperback version. https://amazon.ca/dp/0228816378  
Kindle:: https://amazon.com/dp/B089QVCJBX 
Chapters/Indigos  https://tinyurl.com/yclg89vv 
Barnes and Noble:  https://tinyurl.com/yd68fe7y 
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/the-stalker-22

Hello dear Readers! I have been AWOL for much of 2019. It was rather a jam-packed year between family obligations, birth of a second grandson and completing the sequel to the Secrets of the Home Wood: the Sacrifice. I'm excited to share it with you and very soon, I'll be planning the big launch. I hope you can be there!

Our hero, Jonathon, has been depressed that his parents went back through the portal without him. When the opportunity arises to guide a Grue woman, who has mistakenly come through the portal, back to her home, Jonathon takes full advantage. His grandfather is determined that he won't go alone. Unexpectedly, Jonathon's best friend Marly follows him to force him to tell the secret she knows he has been hiding.
​Once through the portal, the easy task of guiding the visitor to the right path becomes a harrowing run for their lives. 

I just finished reading Virginia McClain's exciting book Blade's Edge. It was a rush to the end, because I couldn't put it down.
The story is a fantasy in a mystical land that resembles Japan in many ways, but not all ways. We follow Mishi and Taka from the time they were children in an orphanage. Their lives divide when their destinies take them on different journeys. An evil council rules the land, who has decreed in secret that female babies born with special power must be destroyed. Mishi and Taka had somehow escaped the fate of so many other babies and lived their childhood in fear of being discovered. Discovery meant instant death. 
A plan to bring down the evil council and expose the decree is in place. Will the childhood friends be reunited? Against all odds, will the evil that has ruled for a thousand years be defeated?
You'll have to read it yourself to find out!

Hello Marshalee! Welcome to my blog couch this morning!Tell us about yourself, Marshalee! I am a Christian for many years now and started writing now for a little over two. I grew up with a large extended family which still is close today. I love nature- I find it very relaxing and peaceful. I love Spanish music and learned how to dance salsa and merengue very well when I was younger, although I don’t do much anymore. I always find Spanish music a lot more romantic and with more feelings than English song, but I never seem to be able to keep myself focused long enough to learn the language properly as I would like. Maybe in future I will. I am Jamaican and have love reading since I was a little child. I didn’t have a television at home until later, so my books were my dearest friends. 

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? I am a Christian Romance/Thriller Author. Although I said romance, I don’t base books solely about boy-meets girl and fall in love. What I write are more dramatic stories that eventually end in a romance. So you will find a lot of tragedies and setbacks as we have in life and also how we overcome them, but all through the principles of Christ. I like to unwind with a good romance movie or a book when I am not writing. I have been growing more in creating covers and like to explore my creative side. I try to work on ads that reflect bits of my books to draw readers in.  

What inspires you to write? I get inspiration from the Holy-Spirit. He gives me either just an image or a dream and from that I have to pray and trust the Lord to bring that story to life. I guess in doing so I am reminded that the story isn’t just about me even though he allows a lot of my own experiences to create the characters and story.

Tell me about your journey as a writer. I didn’t think of being a writer while growing up. I loved reading for as long as I can remember, but never thought about writing until 2003 when I went to Italy and came back with an idea for a romantic story. When I started it the Lord took over that story and turned it into something else. I wrote my first book-Predestined Love then and kept on my computer because I had no idea what to do next and left it in God’s hands to open the door for it to get published when the time was right. In a way I wasn’t sure of myself as a writer and thought this was a way to prove if it was God’s will for me to be a writer. 

When did you start and how do you keep the creative juices flowing? It was until 2015 when my younger brother took sick and I went with him to the hospital, that I met an author-Claudette Brady-Beckford who shared a brochure of her books with me and we started talking, which got me introduced to self-publishing, amazon and all the works. I honestly can’t say how I keep my creative juices flowing. As I have said earlier, all the ideas come from the Holy Spirit. He gives me what I need to work on for a period and I work with it. Since I have been learning as I go I have five books overall written during these first two years. I haven’t published three yet. God is teaching me everything at His pace, and by teaching me I mean everything from writing the books, creating the website, promoting, to working on the book covers. But I know other books will be ready as soon as these five are all published and available for sale.   

Give us the elevator pitch for your book. At present I am working on marketing The Path of the Chosen Warriors and this is the pitch I like most. “Who will triumph? Will the evil forces of Abaddon defeat the Christians? Will Ruth and Joshua escape from Sodom Shadows and return to their home in Shiloh City?”

Do you have a favourite character in your story?  Well I like Hannah. She helps to build my faith when I find sometimes I want to let the things around weary me. 

Who is most like you? Ruth is more like me in a lot of ways.

Who would you like to see play your characters in a movie? I never thought about whom, I only wanted persons who would best reflect the characters and what they represent.

Do you have a routine? Not really, I try to get everything else done first so I can work without having to think about what else I need to go do.

What do you do to market your book? That’s still a working process and still learning, but at present I use all the social media and my website to promote books. I use picture ads to help draw in reader and get their attention. I can’t say which is working the greatest for me so far but Facebook has been the place where I have interacted most with readers who have subscribed to my website and read and reviewed my books. 

Who are your three top author crushes? I have always loved classic literature. My favourite authors are Charles Dickens, Victor Hugo and Emily Bronte. I liked Barbara Cartland too. 

Who would you most like to meet? All my favourites are dead but I read a few romance books based on highlanders and liked Karen Marie Moning Highlander series. I would like to meet her.

What are your future plans for writing? To keep writing books as the Lord instructs me shining light in the lives of readers.

What words of wisdom would you share with aspiring authors? Perseverance, endurance and don’t let negative or critical comment cause you to want to quit, but use them to improve where you are criticised most. God has a way to use other to help us become better.

Thanks so much for joining me this morning, Marshalee!
Dear Readers, you can check out Marshalee's links and sites below!
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Website: https://inspiringchristian.wixsite.com/marshaleepatterson
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Marshalee-Patterson/e/B00TOW21HU/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1511551189&sr=8-1
Kobo:https://www.kobo.com/ww/en/search?query=Marshalee%20Patterson&fcsearchfield=Author
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/authormarshaleepatterson/