Katie Salidas – författare

Sage Cynwrig has had a steep learning curve during her first few months as an ASSET agent but even green as she is, she knows the first rule about magic is humans aren't supposed to know magic exists.So, when a school bus full of innocent, and very non-magical, kids starts floating in mid-air, that's a pretty big problem.ASSET is supposed to keep things like that from happening. They had one job, right?While the regular agents are working on keeping this magical school bus off the evening news, Sage and Grey, recently promoted to the Shadow Ops team, are assigned to investigate. What they uncover is more than a simple act of magical terrorism.A magic supremacist organization, called the Mystics, with ties to the highest tiers of magical society, have made it their mission to discredit the ASSET agency and expose magic of all kinds to the human population.And you thought your Monday morning was tough. Sage is going to need something a little stronger than coffee to help her with this next mission.

Writing A Book Is Not Simply Putting Words On The Page.Okay, yes, it is literally putting words on the page, but a truly spectacular book is more than just a written stream of consciousness. Crafting a complete and compelling story is work. Hard work. It is late night fights with uncooperative characters, bouts of crippling impostor syndrome, and the taunting blink of the cursor on the empty page as you struggle to pry those unwilling words from the deepest recesses of your mind.Writing looks a lot easier from the other side of the book. You can armchair quarterback all your favorite novelists, but until you put that butt in the chair and bang out that first full draft, you can't truly appreciate the struggle.Stressed Out Authors, The Solution Is Here!In this book you will,Learn the scaffolding of story structure, and how to use it.Capitalize on plotting tips that even a Pantser can get behind.Understand the seven forms of conflict and how to apply them for the biggest payoff.Discover the secret sauce to creating compelling characters.Access cheat sheets to help you revise your story with flair.Utilize word swaps to add sizzle to your scene.Employ simple self-editing practices that will make your copyeditor love you.With over 30 published works to her name, and years spent providing editing, coaching, and publishing help to other indie authors, Katie Salidas is a veteran of the publishing trenches. She's battled writer's block, faced the firing squad of feedback and reviews, felt the sting of an editor's red pen, and sacrificed more than a few of her favorite words for the greater good of a story. She's been in your shoes, and is here to show you, with a little tough love (you'll thank her for it later), how to get through it all and finally finish that damn book you've been dreaming of writing.Your readers are waiting. Write (and edit) that damn book, already!

All Giselle ever wanted was a family... who can accept her for what she is, a werewolf. In a world where supernatural creatures are not out and proud, this has been a problem for 16 year old Giselle. A child of the system, she's been bounced from home to home for as long as she can remember. As soon as the moon calls out her inner wolf, it's back into the system she goes.Against the odds, a new family is found for Giselle. One that may prove the answer to all her dreams and wishes. But this family comes with a deadly secret that could send Giselle six feet under instead of back into the system.Amid factions of warring witches and werewolves, and deadly curses with no hope for a cure, the way will not be an easy one, but if Giselle can call upon her skills as a lone wolf, she may just be able to unearth the truth keeping her from the one thing she's ever wanted... family

Immortality is never guaranteed...As much as Mira dreams of a simpler existence, blood and violence are her way of life. Former gladiator turned freedom fighter, she has carved a trail from New Haven to Caldera Grove and back, freeing her people, the vampires, from enslavement by the humans. But with victory almost within reach, a new and powerful enemy emerges. One who'll be satisfied with nothing less than complete subjugation—or destruction—of all supernat-ural beings.With a secret army of his own, he's more than prepared for any resistance Mira and her patchy rebel forces can offer, and demands their immediate surrender.Never one to back away from a fight, Mira believes she's ready for anything. But with the battle lines drawn she will be forced to make the ultimate sacrifice.Kill or be killed.

Still clinging rabidly to power, the Elites spin lies of prejudice and hatred, stoking the fires of war.The sole driving force toward peace, Mira has sacrificed everything for the cause. In the end, strong as she was, Mira was never enough.It will take the strength of many to finish what she started, and every race – Otherkin, human, and vampire – has much to lose in the bloody days ahead.The only outcomes are peace… or death.

Peace is just a breath between battles for Mira. Hardened by slavery and war, she longs for the simpler life, knowing that it might never be hers to enjoy. There is always another battle waiting to be fought, another foe on the horizon. Peace between humans, vampires, and otherkin may be nothing more than a dream, but Mira holds out hope.It is during this brief respite that Mira is gifted one of her greatest weapons. Though it brings with it memories of a time when she was not so jaded, it also comes with a reminder of terrible pain and loss. Awakening deeply hidden emotions within her, if Mira can use this to her advantage, she'll have a new ally in the next battle to come.

Finding her fur-ever family, after years lost in the foster care system, brought more drama than little werewolf Giselle had bargained for, especially when it's discovered she's the long lost daughter of the former Regional Alpha, Orion Silverman.After the current Alpha's death, Giselle is suddenly thrust into the brutal arena to prove herself. Her veins might run with the blood of Alphas, but all her enemies can see is a legacy of human weakness, and they'll do anything to prevent this feral pup from taking leadership.In the game of Alphas, claiming the title is the greatest prize, one which most would kill to achieve. But for Giselle to win, she'll have to risk her pack, her family… and her life.

Becoming a vampire is easy. Living with the condition... that's the hard part.Newbie vampire Alyssa never asked for this life, but now it's all she has. Rescued from death by Lysander, the aloof and sexy leader of the Peregrinus vampire clan, she's barely cut her teeth before she becomes a target.Kallisto, an ancient and vindictive vampire queen - and Lysander's old mate - wants nothing less than final death for her former lover and his new toy. She's not above letting the Acta Sanctorum, and its greatest vampire hunter, Santino, know exactly where the clan can be found.With no time to mourn her old life, Alyssa's survival depends on her new family. She will have to stand alongside Lysander and fight against two enemies who will stop at nothing to destroy them.Other Novels in the Immortalis series:Immortalis Carpe Noctem (Book 1)Hunters & Prey (Book 2)Pandora's Box (Book 3)Soulstone (Book 4)Moonlight (Book 5)Dark Salvation (Book 6)

After a few months as a vampire, Alyssa thought she'd learned all she needed to know about the supernatural world. But her confidence is shattered by the delivery of a mysterious package - a Pandora's Box.Seemingly innocuous, the box is in reality an ancient prison, generated by a magic more powerful than anyone in her clan has ever known. But what manner of evil could need such force to contain it?When the box is opened, the sinister creature within is released, and only supernatural blood will satiate its thirst. The clan soon learns how it feels when the hunter becomes the hunted.Powerless against the ancient evil, the clan flees Las Vegas for Boston, with only a slim hope for salvation. Could Lysander's old journals hold the key? And what if they don't?And how welcome will they be in a city run by a whole different kind of supernatural being?Werewolves...Other Novels in the Immortalis series:Immortalis Carpe Noctem (Book 1)Hunters & Prey (Book 2)Pandora's Box (Book 3)Soulstone (Book 4)Moonlight (Book 5)Dark Salvation (Book 6)

It's a desperate time for rookie vampire Alyssa, and her sanity is hanging by a slender thread. Her clan is still reeling from the monumental battle with Aniketos; a battle that claimed the body of Lysander, her sire and lover, and trapped his spirit in a mysterious crystal. A Soulstone. Unfortunately, no amount of magic has been able to release Lysander's spirit, and the stone is starting to fade. Weeks of effort have proved futile. Her clan, the Peregrinus, have all but given up hope. Only Alyssa still believes her lover can be released. In despair, Alyssa begs the help of the local witch coven, and unwittingly exposes the supernaturals of Boston to unwanted attention from the Acta Sanctorum. The Saints converge on the city and begin their cleansing crusade to rid the world of all things "e;Unnatural."e; In the middle of an all-out war, but no closer to a solution to the dying stone, Alyssa is left with an unenviable choice: save her mate, or save her clan. Other Novels in the Immortalis series:Immortalis Carpe Noctem (Book 1)Hunters & Prey (Book 2)Pandora's Box (Book 3)Soulstone (Book 4)Moonlight (Book 5)Dark Salvation (Book 6)

The exciting sequel to Immortalis Carpe Noctem.Rule number one: humans and vampires don't co-exist. One is the hunter and one is the prey. Simple, right? Not for newly-turned vampire Alyssa.A surprise confrontation with Santino Vitale, the Acta Sanctorum's most fearsome hunter, sends her fleeing back to the world she once knew, and Fallon, the human friend she's missed more than anything. Now she has some explaining to do. However, that will have to wait. With the Acta Sanctorum hot on their heels, staying alive is more important than educating a human on the finer points of bloodlust.Other Novels in the Immortalis series:Immortalis Carpe Noctem (Book 1)Hunters & Prey (Book 2)Pandora's Box (Book 3)Soulstone (Book 4)Moonlight (Book 5)Dark Salvation (Book 6)