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  “I’ll definitely take that deal.”

  “But these two demon monsters have to get the girls ready in the morning,” I said. “Set your alarm. I don’t want them waking us up.”

  “We’ll do it,” Graham said, so agreeably that I found that as sexy as anything. He was great at keeping the kids on a schedule and making sure they ate proper meals when the rest of us got caught up in work, while Byron played with them and helped them with homework, true to his word to be a stay-at-home dad when he wasn’t helping establish a familiar library.

  “Mm, goodnight,” I said, closing my eyes. “I hope it worked.”

  I didn’t need to worry. Byron was right. Nine months later, almost on the dot, our son was born. We named him Fiore, which seemed like as good a demon demigod name as any, and despite having the blood of two dark-haired dads, he had golden hair when he was born like me. i had given up my royal blood, but I felt more like me than ever before, and Fiore’s sweet little face reminded me of when Harris was born. But he also had a tail and one black wing and one shimmering Ethereal wing in his pure form, and before long, even as he was learning to walk, his sisters would be giving him wolf-back rides and trying to encourage him to fly, which seemed like a very bad idea.

  “Pretty soon,” Jake said, watching out the curtains beside me, “it’ll be time to put them to work during the summer.”

  “Maybe you’re right. They have too much time on their hands!” I said, watching Hulda put Fiore atop the tallest gravestone and calling out, “Fly!” Jake was already running out the back door before Fiore face planted into grave dirt, and I got back to browsing the latest issue of Hearth Witch Design. Granite countertops, it seemed, were back this year.

  Aw! Over already. This series was just such a fun thing to write during this stressful summer and I usually had the Property Brothers and Home Town and House Hunters and so on running in the background noise to keep me inspired! But if you’re already missing this world, well, you might have guessed that I still have more story to tell about Jenny, Bevan and Lord Variel…and all of familiar-kind. I’m excited to delve into the lives of Jenny, an adorable pastry-chef toad-shifter hoping to overcome her tragic past, and the demons she finds herself inadvertently promised to serve thanks to her oath with Bevan. Will Bevan turn evil or will she redeem him? Can a high demon cope with being banished to Etherium? Devils don’t usually get cast into heaven…

  First, though, it is time for…well, two things. A four day weekend for me to just veg with the latest installments of Delicious in Dungeon, Takane and Hana, and Yona of the Dawn manga…and then, the final book of Rayner, Lisbeth and the vampire clan’s story, Kill Me Softly. It’s been a dark journey for them, and they deserve that happy ending.

  I am keeping busy! And I hope you are all keeping well. It’s been such a hard, hard summer for a lot of people and I am trying to balance the stress weighing down on me and the hope that my stories can bring a little escape and joy.

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  More Romantic Fantasy from Lidiya!

  A Witch Among Warlocks

  Prequel: The Wild-Eyed Boys

  Book One: The Fairer Hex

  Book Two: Boys Over Powers

  Book Three: A Fine Necromance

  Book Four: Battle of the Hexes

  Available in audio!

  Finishing School for Faery Brides

  Book One: Fae Sworn

  Book One: Fae Tempted

  Book Three: Fae Bound

  Forever in Their Thrall

  Book One: Take Me Slowly

  Book Two: Love Me Madly

  Book Three: Kill Me Softly

  Paranormal House Flippers

  Book One: Demons in the Bedroom

  Book Two: Wolves at the Door

  Book Three: Phantom of the Library

  The Sky and Shadow saga, a reverse harem fantasy with epic world building, dragon shifters, and steam:

  Guardians of Sky and Shadow

  Complete Series Box Set

  Available in audio!

  Kingdoms of Sky and Shadow

  Complete Series Box Set

  Brides of the Sinistral Realms

  (Reverse harem paranormal romance)

  Book One: Tempted by Demons

  Book Two: Captured by Dragons

  Book Three: Guarded by Wolves (Coming soon!)

  Fairy Tale Heat

  Every book is standalone and can be read in any order, although some characters might pop up in later books!

  Book One: Beauty and the Goblin King

  Book Two: These Wicked Revels

  Book Three: Rapunzel and the Dark Prince

  Book Four: The Beggar Princess

  Book Five: The Goblin Cinderella

  Book Six: The Mermaid Bride

  Book Seven: Tasting Gretel

  Book Eight: Taming Red Riding Hood

  Surrender of Sleeping Beauty (Darker romance set in the Fairy Tale Heat universe)

  Complete Series Box Set

  About the Author

  Lidiya Foxglove spends most of her time writing, drinking hot cocoa, messing around on the internet, and drinking tea, before reading about 15 pages of any manga with lots of pretty boys in it, and then falling asleep. Sometimes she also does yoga and gardens, but not as often as she claims.

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