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The Swithin Chronicles

The Swithin Chronicles

Genre: Fantasy, GLBT romance, (mainly a m/m romance, some bisexuality, m/f – one of the spins is f/f), Novels (R-18)

Available now from Loose-Id

A Word on The Swithin Chronicles

(possible slight spoiler)

I want to state the trilogy is at heart a m/m romance (maybe even a m/m/m romance *wink*) but there are a few m/f scenes that may lead people to believe otherwise. By the end of book three all will become clear, but saying that, you can read book one as a standalone novel. You can also read from book two, but if you read book two the chances are you’ll be curious enough to want to read book three.

Someone described my Swithin ‘Comet’ books as prince and the pauper crossed with Arabian nights. I have to confess I hadn’t thought of that but, it’s a fun comparison. The Swithin are a race that freely take lovers of either sex but Markis, the Swithin Prince, not only has two men in his life but a princess. If you’re wondering why, the answer is simple. Markis is a prince and needs to marry. However, there’s no need to think of them as a true quartet and my little princess will find her own kind of happiness by the end of book three, I promise you!

This series is particularly special to me because if it weren’t for that first novel my father would never have seen a longer work of mine published before he died and that is priceless.

Unleash the Comet… Feel the Power…

Markis Shaver, the Swithin Prince, controls the power of the Comet, which may be the only thing that will act as a deterrent in a war between two vast monarchies – a war that could devastate the natural world and must therefore be avoided at any cost, even if that means killing the many to save the few. As if things weren’t bad enough, he may also have to rescue a princess and face a marriage of convenience and it doesn’t help that Markis is still in training and struggles to control the power when he calls it forth. At times, he also struggles to control his temper, which is quick to react where his feelings are concerned. The lessons, alas, do not seem to be working and he is running out of time.

His personal guard and best friend, Ryanac, disagrees with the old teachings and has always insisted that Markis should embrace love, both emotionally and physically, to control the Comet … but then again, he could be wrong.

When Markis leaves the palace one night to indulge in the luxury of a little solitude, he captures a young man and would-be thief. Out of boredom he decides to play a little game with the street brat but little does he know that in time Uly will teach him a whole new lesson in desire … and love. But if he gives into love physically before he has full control, what will it mean for the world?

If Uly, a street thief, can teach a prince to let go of control, maybe love really can conquer all. Markis is afraid of the ride but maybe he should just unleash the comet and feel the power…

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Behind every great comet there’s a tale…

Markis Shaver, the Swithin Prince, has everything he ever thought he could want. He has Uly Samir — his true love — and he has found happiness again in the arms of Ryanac, his personal guard and best friend. He also has a woman any man would be proud to have as his wife to stand at his side as queen. They are on the way to the Swithin city, his homeland where he will rule as king. He’s also beginning to control the comet. It no longer has its wicked way with him. He should be happy.

Uly has the love of a wonderful man. Markis loves him. He has much to look forward to and more than he ever dreamed of obtaining. He should be in high spirits.

Ryanac has manipulated Markis into embracing love and, as he always believed, it has freed the man he loves from abject misery. It has also rekindled their relationship. He should be contented.

Tressa has a good man for a husband, three men to see to her highly sexed needs, and she has escaped the backward views of her nation. She should be elated.

The four of them have a tedious two-week journey to undertake. What else should they fill these boring nights with but passion? They should be ecstatic … if a little exhausted. So, what is going wrong with their new intimate ‘quartet?’

Markis has also stolen a book and he wants to try a little ‘experiment’ he has found in its pages. He needs Ryanac’s help but it will let Markis deep into Ryanac’s psyche and neither of them are sure this is a good thing. Even worse, Ryanac has always been the tail of the comet, but he might not be the only one following. Behind a great man, there is another, and another … and a woman. Life should be great but even the best of relationships don’t always run smoothly. Alas, personal struggles are not the only enemy…

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This time the Comet’s unleashed…

Markis Shaver is now the Swithin king. He has the love of his life, Uly, as well as Ryanac, his best friend and personal guard at his side. It’s the perfect sandwich but for some reason he’s feeling the squeeze. Ryanac and Uly have yet to fully give in to their feelings… as well as trust each other entirely. Until they do, they will never be complete.

There’s also someone out there who wants to put an end to their union and they’re at least prepared to kill Uly to do it. He has to make Uly a prisoner in the palace for his safety but that’s no life for someone who once used to roam the streets.

Then there’s Tressa, his wife, who isn’t acting at all queenly. She’s trying to overcome her restrictive upbringing but even she had thought three men would be enough to satisfy her. Apparently not, for she’s looking for something softer, more feminine. Not that he minds — it’s even a relief — but his life is currently complicated enough. Maybe a few toys will help.

He has to keep Tressa happy, keep Uly safe, stand helplessly by waiting while Ryanac and Uly try to form a lasting relationship and, in the meantime, he needs to locate their enemies. All this while ruling a kingdom and still learning the power of the comet. Even now, he’s still unaware just how much power the comet holds, but someone out there is trying to take the men he loves away from him and soon, everyone is going to find out just how destructive a comet can be, particularly when it’s angry, especially when it’s in love.

This time the power isn’t out to threaten a nation. It will focus on one man. That man will be sorry. The comet is waiting. It wants to be free in the worse way. Love will set it loose. It’s on its way. It’s coming…

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Experience the Trilogy. Available in several ebook formats from Loose-Id.

The Genesis of a Novel

Looking back I can see many influences, some recent, some not so recent. Reading influences would be too many to mention and none are exactly direct. Mostly, they are works that have sat in the back of my mind where small pieces have come together to create something new and whole when I had the right story for it. I know that the novels ‘Karith Karin’ by Jim Grimsley and Carol Berg’s ‘Transformation’ have sat successfully in the back of my mind. Novels such as those and Robert Jordan’s ‘Wheel of Time’ series (thinking largely of Rand in the desert here) helped me explore a vivid and contrasting landscape. Team all this with a visit to Italy and I had the scope to create a rich background and setting. The images I used to illustrate my comet trilogy are all photos and images taken in Italy, although the world of the Swithin is a mix of Arabian and Mediterranean influences. Think of crisp white marble, terracotta tiles, fairy-tale castles, pale desserts, soaring cliffs and deep valleys filled with rich and abundant foliage (all things you’ll find in Italy) and you’ll begin to glimpse their world. This is off-set, of course, by poorer districts with muddy bandit-infested alleys, but this isn’t the world of the Swithin, merely parts of a planet on which they live.

Not all this, however, gave me my story; it merely helped me create the background once I had a story in mind. There cannot be a writer who has not had the age-old question put to them of where do you ‘find’ your stories. The simple answer is everywhere. There’s simply no knowing when an idea will occur. Quite honestly, you might hear an item on the news and put it together with a remark someone said to you six years ago, and suddenly you will have a story idea. I’d like to say there isn’t a type of magic involved in this as that makes it sound as though stories just happen, but truthfully they occur from the intuition and individual ingenuity of the writer and thank goodness, it does. That’s given us a world with rich diversity where magic occurs more often than not.

So where did the story of the Swithin come from? It started with a vague idea with no real direction or richness to it. I saw a man sitting in open parkland, a man out of place, sitting where he shouldn’t be. The hour grew late and shadows loomed towards him. So did a would-be thief. At the time, I had no idea if the thief would be male or female. The idea had no direction or purpose, yet I instinctively knew I had ‘something’. A few weeks later, I was perusing one of many baby-name books I have with the sole purpose of finding a name for a character in another story. These books are useful in many ways, not only for the names themselves but also by reading the interpretations and origins sometimes I’ve developed a ‘feel’ for a character that was otherwise lacking. Although I’ve seen these meanings vary from book to book, they can be useful. I came across Shavar (Hebrew) comet. Something fell into place, clicked inside my mind. I knew who the man sitting on the bench was, and why he was out there seeking peace and solitude. I had my story…