One of the most fun things about being an author is emailing your cover artist with the vision of your cover and then seeing it brought to life. It really never gets old.
This book has been a long time coming. This book…no, this entire series, hit me hard and fast. I wrote the first draft of the first book by hand in a leather-bound journal (which I still have) in August of 2012. It went through several iterations before it finally made it to the version it is today. Details changed but the overall plot stayed the same.
I wanted it to be the right story for the right time. I knew what I wanted the story to be, but I felt like it just wasn’t there yet. Even when I had a contract with a small press publisher, my gut told me it wasn’t the right time, that it wasn’t ready yet. I terminated the contract and held onto the book for a little while longer. Then it was rejected by every agent that read the genre.
Why did I write this book? Because I had to. Because something deep inside me was pushing me toward it. It’s hard to explain, really. There’s just some inherent need to tell this story.
Anyway, I wanted to give you a little history of how this book came about and why it took me so long to write it and release it.
It’s something I’m very proud of and really excited to release–FINALLY!–after all these years. Since it’s been with me for so long, I decided it would be a birthday present to myself this year. Release date is May 27. Let me introduce you to Anna Walker.
Anna Walker has the unique ability to step into people’s dreams. When a catatonic woman is brought to the hospital where she works, her curiosity overrides her common sense and she “walks” inside the girl’s head.
Worst mistake ever.
Now she’s on the radar of a fallen angel, Azriel, and her calm, quiet world is turned upside down. Azriel demands she use her walking talent to find the Horn of Gabriel, one of five Holy Relics, or lose everything dear to her. Even worse? His Heavenly counterpart, a messenger angel, insists on hiring her for the same job.
Her refusal to help comes at a steep price. When Azriel frames her for murders she didn’t commit, it forces her into the quest for the holy relic. Torn between good and evil, she becomes trapped in her own nightmare when she uncovers a family prophecy claiming she’s the Keeper of the Holy Relics.
Anna must make the most important decision of her life—accept her duty as Keeper, and the only person who can stop the coming war between Heaven and Hell—or stand back and watch the forces of good and evil destroy mankind.
Now available for pre-order.
