Thanks for having me on
Bibliophilia, Please today! This week I’m kicking off the second half of my blog tour for the first two books in my
House of Arkhangel’sk series from Entangled Publishing:
The Fallen Queen, re-released in mass-market trade paperback in June, and
The Midnight Court, coming August 14. The middle book of the trilogy,
The Midnight Court sees the return of Grand Duchess Anazakia and her demon cohorts, Belphagor and Vasily. Some readers have expressed concern about whether Belphagor and Vasily still feature prominently in the series. I’ll let you in on a little secret: even though it’s Anazakia’s story, my naughty demons are the real protagonists of
House of Arkhangel’sk. They aren’t going anywhere, and they will only get naughtier. One very smexy demon, in fact, will be appearing on the cover of
The Midnight Court, but for now you’ll just have to imagine him in the blog tour banner above, as the artwork is still being finalized.
Of Mushroom Mounds and Fairy Courts
If you happen to be traipsing through the woods some afternoon, you may come upon a circular mound of mushrooms in a clearing where the dances of fairies have left their mark. The scientific explanation for this is a fungal proliferation of mycelium strands in the soil that stimulates a circular growth of new grass, followed by a profusion of mushroom clusters after a rain as the fungus fruits.
I think it’s more fun to imagine the Unseen folk stepping out on a moonlit night for mischief.
