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The Summer Sale continues! Get The Brigadoon Boondoggle for 99 cents US!

“Michiko.” She stopped and looked back at Puck. “Sometimes, you can’t have everything go your way,” he said. “Sometimes you have to make the best of a bad situation, make a bad choice.”

“Maybe so,” Michiko said, barely keeping her emotions in check. “But this isn’t a game. This isn’t something you can decide by flipping a coin. Maybe you see it differently, but all I see are refugees who are scared because they may lose their new home and a lonely girl who can’t even afford warm clothes. And I have to help them, all of them. It’s why I do this.” She turned and walked away.

“Good luck with that,” Puck said to himself as he stood up. A moment later, he added, “Then again…if there’s anyone who can do it, it’s you.”

The countdown is on! Get the second Monkey Queen book, The Brigadoon Boondoggle, for just 99 cents at Amazon.com! This sale will run for exactly one week and will end at 11:59 PM PST on July 22. It’s limited to Amazon.com, but by the end of the day we’ll have a sale going in all the Amazon stores. Don’t forget to look for this awesome cover by Willow!

Art © 2015 by Willow. Design by Alchemy Book Covers.

Art © 2015 by Willow. Design by Alchemy Book Covers.

Michiko, the hero known as the Monkey Queen, and geek girl Beth McGill thought it would be easy. They’ve become good friends since they started working together to save the world, why not become roommates? Of course, that was before the kitchen fire. And the broken bedroom door. Not to mention the cranky guinea pig.

But they have bigger problems ahead. A shady real estate deal has left two new groups of Emigres arguing over a meadow. Other Emigres are vanishing without a trace. And enemies old and new lurk in the woods, in the shadows, even in dreams.

Can Michiko and Beth stop the darkness that lies ahead…or will they be the next victims? 

 

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Pluto

There are many things I could be blogging about tonight. I could be talking sales. I could be promoting cool stuff by friends and by total strangers. I could put up more photos and work Groot into them somehow. But I think all that can wait for another day.

Humanity is capable of many acts of pettiness, of cruelty, of evil. What’s amazing is that, every once in a while, we manage to get something right. And one of those moments is taking place before our eyes, now that we get to see the first close-up photos of Pluto (and Charon). We’re seeing and learning so many amazing things, and it’s a tribute to everyone involved that New Horizons worked so well and is bringing us so much info.

Here’s to hoping that, where space exploration is concerned, we won’t call it a day. There’s so much more to discover out there, so many wonders in the universe. I may not be around to see it, but I hope that someday we return to the moon, stand on Mars and the asteroids, fly alongside a comet. I hope that someday, humanity finally gets its act together, leaves pettiness and cruelty and evil behind, and proves itself worthy of traveling to the stars.

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I guess I should have blogged in bed, my pillow wrapped around my head

Another reminder: Only three days left to get your copy of the first Monkey Queen book, Of Introductions And Abductions, while it’s on sale for 99 cents US! And you can stay tuned to this blog for further sales and other updates, like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter (we’re @MonkeyQueenBks) or sign up for our mailing list! More after the cut. Continue reading

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The Summer Sale ends July 15!

The Monkey Queen smiled. “I need you, Beth. How would you like to help me save the world?”

Beth had not expected to hear that. “M-m-me?” she said.

“Yep!”

Beth stared at Michiko. She saw the scarf drifting in the evening breeze, Michiko’s smile, the excitement and joy in the Monkey Queen’s eyes. The geek girl part of Beth stirred, the part that wanted to chase Golden Snitches, stand with the Browncoats, ride on the Catbus, the part that wanted to take the wheel of an airship and set a course for the second star to the right. And that part almost said, When do we start?

The Summer Sale is nearly over! If you haven’t read the first Monkey Queen book, Of Introductions And Abductions, it’s on sale for 99 cents US, 0,99€, £0.99, and other reduced prices on Amazon through July 15! We’re now available only on Amazon, for Kindle devices and apps, and part of Kindle Unlimited, so KU members (and Amazon Prime members with Kindle devices) can read all four Monkey Queen books for free! Just search your local Amazon or Amazon.com for “Monkey Queen”!

And the other three Monkey Queen books – The Brigadoon Boondoggle, Under The Stars Of Faerie and A Tiding Of Magpies – are just $2.99 each, and there are more sales coming soon! Check back here for more details, like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter (we’re @MonkeyQueenBks) or sign up for our mailing list for the latest updates!

Remember – the sale on Of Introductions And Abductions ends July 15! Look for this cover, with wonderful art by Willow!

 

Art © 2015 by Willow. Design by Alchemy Book Covers.

Art © 2015 by Willow. Design by Alchemy Book Covers.

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getting to the sweet truth

Never let it be said that we avoid the issues of the day here at Monkey Queen Books. We’re about to rip the lid off a controversial issue – after the cut! Continue reading

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time to be…Awakened

Heads up! Author, web designer and all-around awesome pal of us here at Monkey Queen Books, Shei Darksbane, is launching her debut novel on July 21 – Awakening, the first book in the Auralight Codex series! Join snarky security guard Dakota Shepherd as she discovers secrets about herself and the world around her in this new urban fantasy novel! (Be advised that this series is targeted for older readers.) We’ll get publication links up as soon as they’re available, but here’s a peek at the cover:

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There’s also a contest taking place on the Darksbane Books Facebook page! Follow the instructions and you could win copies of Awakening and the upcoming second book, Hunted! And we’re sure that you can do better than this photo:

In related news, I am also Groot.

In related news, I am also Groot.

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Tanabata! Get A Tiding Of Magpies on sale! 99 cents US!

It’s the seventh day of the seventh month! It’s Tanabata! It’s Qixi! Today is the day to join Michiko and Beth as they race to reach the Bridge Of Magpies in their latest adventure! And you can get the fourth Monkey Queen book, A Tiding Of Magpies, for just 99 cents US, 0,99€, £0.99, and marked down at all Amazon stores worldwide! And don’t forget that the first Monkey Queen book, Of Introductions And Abductions, is still on sale as well, for the same price!

Since Tanabata is, at its heart, about love, Michiko asked if she could share some of her favorite love songs! Find some classic (and some obscure) pop gems (it’s what she likes) after the cut! Continue reading

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someone to blog beside him, and you just may be the one

First off, don’t forget that there are two sales on Monkey Queen ebooks going on right now! A Tiding Of Magpies, the newest book, is just 99 cents US, to celebrate 7/7 and Tanabata, through this Wednesday, July 8! And Of Introductions And Abductions, Michiko and Beth’s first adventure, is 99 cents US through July 15! They’re available exclusively at Amazon, on sale at Amazon stores worldwide, and free to read with Kindle Unlimited! More after the cut. Continue reading

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Tanabata sale! Get A Tiding Of Magpies for 99 cents through July 8!

“Anyone could see why the gods wanted today to be the day that Jiao and Yun got engaged,” Beth said. “It’s the seventh day of the seventh month, the day the author and the archer were reunited. It’s Valentine’s Day here. It’s Tanabata. It’s Qixi. And this—” She swept her arm out. “It’s the Bridge of Magpies. The bridge of birds. Built on love and hope. And that’s why I wanted to bring you to this place on this day.”
July 7 is coming! The seventh day of the seventh month! Tanabata! And to celebrate, we’re holding a flash sale, starting now! Get the fourth Monkey Queen book, A Tiding Of Magpies, for just 99 cents US, 0,99€, £0.99, and marked down at all Amazon stores worldwide! Look for this gorgeous cover by Willow! And don’t forget that the first Monkey Queen book, Of Introductions And Abductions, is still on sale as well, for the same price!
Art © 2015 by Willow. Design by Alchemy Book Covers.

Art © 2015 by Willow. Design by Alchemy Book Covers.

“One for sorrow, two for joy.”

When Jiao, a princess from Faerie’s Far Lands, comes to the Wonderland Diner and Tavern looking for help, it’s showtime for the teen hero called the Monkey Queen! Michiko and her best friend and partner in adventure, college student and geek girl Beth McGill, have to rescue the princess’ boyfriend from the minions of a scheming warlord, and then race against time and fend off goblins, ogres and monsters to reach the Bridge of Magpies by the seventh day of the seventh month to fulfill a prophecy.

But Michiko has been hiding something from everyone, even Beth, and no secret is forever. And when that secret is revealed…

Everything will change for Michiko and Beth.

Read Chapters One and Two here, and an excerpt from Chapter Four, “The Author, The Archer, And The King Of Magpies”, here!

 

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win a poster from Willow! (or, I knew I forgot something)

So after I post about Willow’s crowdfunding campaign for her comic The Journey Of Earth reaching its final hours, I realize that I completely forgot to mention her latest giveaway! Head to Facebook and follow her instructions, and you can win your choice of one of three lovely The Journey Of Earth posters! And if her campaign can hit 350 percent, she’ll give away three posters! Both the contest and the campaign end on Friday at around 3:00 PM Pacific time, so don’t hesitate! Act now!

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