Buckle your seatbelts! The sixth and final book in the Twin Moons Saga is coming out this summer.
Titled Light of the Twin Moons, this story connects Iselde (a secondary character from Book #5: Champion of the Twin Moons) and Marog (the villain from Book #1: Daughter of the Twin Moons). Marog in this story no longer uses his original name but calls himself Koriolis.
Light of the Twin Moons breaks from some of the patterns set in the previous books in the series:
- The main male character’s name—not the female main character—begins with a “k” sound, and the name actually begins with a K. Earlier book protagonists were:
- Thelan and Catriona
- Falco and Calista
- Uberon and Corinne
- Ishjarta and Cassandra
- Chastian and Coral
- Koriolis and Iselde.
- Both protagonists are (or were) fae.
- The FMC is older and more powerful than the MMC. But let’s face it: when you’re dealing with immortals who are thousands or tens of thousands of years old, the age gap doesn’t really make any difference. They’re both ancient.
Some themes hold true, such as:
- There’s a strong arc of redemption in this story. Marog (aka Koriolis) was the reprehensible villain from the first book. He’s got a long way to go to redeem himself.
- The oracle gets involved, although this time she’s actively manipulating events to suit her purposes. (Let me tell you, Iselde doesn’t appreciate her other’s machinations.)
So, what happens in Light of the Twin Moons? I’m still working on the back cover copy, here’s the gist:
Fed up with her daughter’s defiance, the fae oracle sends Iselde to the mortal realm where she encounters the king of the New Orleans vampires, a fae-turned-demon named Koriolis. Unfortunately for her, she is his one true mate.
The iron of the moral realm infects Iselde. To resist the corruption, she accepts the mate bond, just as the oracle intended. However, mating is only a stop-gap measure; Iselde must return to the fae realm if she’s to survive without turning into a demon, too. The oracle offers them that opportunity, but first they must retrieve a legendary sword: Asi.
Finding Asi requires traveling to the Indian subcontinent. Their search takes them to a derelect temple in India where they meet the Indian god Indra who rather resents having been downgraded from the “maker and destroyer of worlds” to a mere rain god.
With Asi finally in their possession, the oracle returns Iselde and Koriolis to the fae realm and tosses them to the not-to-tender mercies of the midnight and dawn unicorns in the Deepwood. The unicorns lay a compulsion upon Koriolis, needing a demon to exterminate other demons. (Fight fire with fire!) The unicorns release them and they make their way to Djaria, the desert nation of djinns, the hereditary enemy of the fae.
Indra follows them to the fae realm; he wants to reestablish himself as both a mighty god and king. Koriolis and Iselde just want to be left alone, but he cannot resist the compulsion laid upon him. It gets bloody fast. And frequently. The relationship between Koriolis and Iselde deepens, and their trust in each other grows. Iselde asserts her free will and, with the help of the Unseelie King Uberon, manages to break the compulsion enslaving her mate. Koriolis does redeem himself through action, not through words. Iselde is no longer alone or lonely.
Yes, there’s an HEA.
Yes, I have a lot of work to do to turn that into an effective hook.
So, here’s the plan:
- Finish editing and revision by June 30.
- Revise and finish proofreading by July 15.
- Publish by July 31.
In the meantime, I’ve begun writing the fourth and final book of the Triune Alliance Brides series. This book will be the sequel to Triple Burn and conclude Ursula’s story with a bona fide HEA, not a bittersweet ending. Look for this book to come out by December 31.