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When Hurricane Helene devastated communities in western North Carolina, author E.V. Everest organized a charity anthology with the help of R.L. Perez and a team of authors all willing to pitch in. The result?

Over 2,000 pages of romantasy stories in one volume, with proceeds going to three charities local to the affected area.

Of Storms and Stardust Charity Anthology

Every story in Of Storms and Stardust was donated by an author who wanted to help. I contributed my YA dystopian PNR novelette, To Thaw a Phoenix Heart, about an ice phoenix raised to hate humans and the talented teen architect who just wants a chance to help her community rebuild in a cold, dystopian future.

Of Storms and Stardust is a limited-run charity anthology, so it’s the ONLY place to get To Thaw a Phoenix Heart until it ends in early 2025.

Here’s how you can get it:

Order Direct

Order from Amazon

Order Now (Universal Book Link)

All proceeds go to:

Homeward Bound of Western North Carolina

MANNA Food Bank

Samaritan’s Purse

I hope you’ll grab a copy, and if you do, please consider buying direct! Buying direct means a higher percentage of royalties make their way to charities, without the 2-3 month wait to receive them from Amazon. Thanks to direct sales, the Of Storms and Stardust organizers have already been able to make over $1k in donations to the three charities listed above!

Happy reading 🙂

Cheers,

CKB

This indie author has been on my author TBR for a while, and also on my Kindle! Known for her romantic fantasy, Alisha Klapheke is back with her sequel to Stolen by the Shadow King (my current read! It’s very fast-paced and I can’t wait to see where it’s going in the romance plot. It’s all very fun so far). Look at just one of the pretty covers of Rise of the Fire Queen!

And a giveaway for series swag and a $25 Amazon gift card is happening on Instagram right now. Check out my account for details on this giveaway through Book of Matches Media!

Synopsis for book one, Stolen by the Shadow King:

A human witch. A dangerous elven king. A betrothal set to save the world.

When the vicious king of the shadow elves drags Maren to the underworld and claims her as his fated match, she fights to escape.

But when Maren learns she is the legendary seer of the underworld, everything changes. She discovers a magical poison spreading, and the only way to save both realms from complete destruction is to bind her power with the king’s to heal the land through their union.

Maren isn’t heartless. Of course, she’ll sacrifice herself to save her beloved family and the world. And her feelings for the protective, mercurial shadow king are changing…

When another shadow lord steals the key to the king’s power and demands Maren’s hand in marriage, she realizes what evil truly is in the underworld.

Now, she must either fight alongside the king and hope they don’t run out of time to save the realms, or surrender to the evil lord and stop the poison’s spread before it’s too late.

Maren can still save the realms, but it will require a true sacrifice of the heart.