Hello, kittens! A Cozy New Year's Surprise is now available to my Cup of Catnip and Furry Tales subscribers in my unlimited subscription community. Ember is back and about to discover another unique and magical treasure at the Enchanted Emporium. I hope you enjoy the story! Nyx Want to join my subscription community? https://reamstories.com/nyxhalliwell…
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I love the color purple. Also, pink and silver. Occasionally, black and white (like Princess Winnie's fur!)
Purple is my favorite, though. Every time I wear it, someone compliments me. I swear, they are my people! I should start a club for purple lovers. My favorite mug is purple and I have a box of purple pens.
Experts claim that a person’s favorite color says a lot about their personality. Whether you fancy blue tones or red shades, the colors you prefer offer fascinating insight into your character.
‘Character’, hmm…I’m pretty sure most of my characters love purple, too!
So what does that say about us? I looked it up and found this: Those who love purple are intriguing, lovely, and down to earth. I like it!
This month, my cozy author bestie, Molly Fitz, is spotlighting me in her REAM community AND she's holding a super magical giveaway!
Check out her Cozy Kitty Club and be sure to enter the giveaway!
That's why I created and love my Cozy Corner Reader Community where my very special readers get exclusive short stories from me, along with early access to all of my books. I love to share recipes, pictures of my pets and plants, puzzles, and coloring pages with my VIP readers!
This is my grandkitty, Princess Winnie. She's fond of catnip, bingo, and sleeping in a basket on the dryer. Her majesty would love for you to come play with us! https://reamstories.com/nyxhalliwell
This year, I'm releasing a new Candy Shop Witch Series and planning to get out two of those books, maybe three. I'll also publish Phantoms Are Forever in the Confessions of a Closet Medium series.
My Cup of Catnip tier enjoys fr.e.e updates, early access to new stories, and special, exclusive short stories just for you. I also send you puzzles, recipes, and more for only $5/month (you're buying me a cup of tea!).
The Furry Tales tier is only $7/month and includes my complete library, as well as everything in Cup of Catnip. It's the best deal and buys me that cup of tea along with a new toy or treat for Princess Winnie once a month.
Come join us! We'd love to have you!
Nyx and Winnie
P.S. Did you know that you can FOLLOW me for F.R.E.E? Just hit the purple FOLLOW button and you'll get all my writing updates. https://reamstories.com/nyxhalliwell
It's almost Christmas, and no matter what holiday(s) you celebrate, I hope you're surrounded with the magic of this season!
I'm so excited to announce that I have a new, magical REAM subscription.
Do you love my stories? Would you like to get them sooner than at retailers?
If you love sweet, paranormal cozy mysteries with a hint of romance, hop over to https://reamstories.com/nyxhalliwell and hit the Follow button!
Upgrade to one of the paid tiers and you get early access to all new releases, as well as exclusive stories, recipes, puzzles. It's only $5 a month for my Cup of Catnip level and $7 for my Furry Tales level.
I hope you'll check them out. I'm adding full-length books to the Furry Tales level this month and continuing into 2024. For only $7/month, you'll have access to all my ebooks and audiobooks, along with exclusive short stories that aren't available at retailers, and the bonus fun stuff.
Soon, I will also have an important announcement about several collaborations I'm doing next year with other authors and a candle maker!
Meantime, I'll be sending out personal emails next month to my paying REAM subscribers, asking for feedback on what YOU want more of. I want you to feel the love and know that my cozy corner is for you. You have input in what you want to read in 2024, so please let me know.
What a delicious season. The cool weather and falling leaves make me want to curl up with a cup of tea and a good story. Also, candy! How about you?
Thank you to everyone who helped launch the release of Wedding Bells & Psychic Spells. Your support and reviews made my whole month! I can’t wait to get started on the next Ava caper, but in the meantime, I’m working hard on the new 2024 Candy Shop Witch series. I plan to have three books to release next year for you, and I hope to share snippets of them with you soon.
Ghosts and marriage…what a combo, right? How would you feel if a few ghosts showed up on your wedding day to shoot your intended?
I love writing the Confessions of a Closet Medium series, and Wedding Bells & Psychic Spells was no exception. Ava (the reluctant ghost-whisperer) and her friends have the craziest experiences, and I feel like I'm watching a movie play out when they take me along on each adventure.
For this story, I had to research Prohibition and gangsters, how to set up a moonshine still, and figure out a way for a dead witch to terrorize one of the secondary characters. The book releases at retailers on October 3rd. You can preorder it in my store and get it three weeks early (plus SAVE $1), or sign up for any of my tiers to get early access next month free.
Happy October 1st! Wheeee! It's my favorite time of year – apples, cider, bonfires, and Halloween. I want to celebrate by giving you an excerpt from Snow, Sister Witches of Story Cove, releasing Tuesday.
This story takes place at Halloween, so it's perfect to read this month!
A bad apple is about to ruin Halloween, and my fairytale ending depends on the luck of a homeless black kitten.
Runa alerts three seconds before the stranger knocks, coming to her feet, her white ruff snapping to attention and her lip curling in a low growl. The tiny hairs on the back of my neck mimic hers, rising as though electricity is charging them.
“Down, girl,” I tell the wolf-hybrid.
I suspect it’s Esmerelda from the reaction, but Korbin perched in my open window this morning and let loose a hair raising “caw” before lifting into the lavender shade of dawn.
The raven is an omen-hunter, a messenger. Since that rude awakening, I've been waiting for the sign his appearance denotes. Upon opening the door, my morning tea still in hand, I understand his warning. Thankfully, it’s not Esmerelda.
Relief wars with curiosity as I regard the dark-haired stranger on my front stoop. With eyes the color of oak moss, he nods and offers a slightly stunned—if not awed—look. “Er…morning.”
I get that a lot, thanks to my thick, black hair, violet eyes, and pale complexion. Esme used to enroll me in local beauty pageants when I was a girl, and I hated every moment of them. The ribbons I won went up in flames the day my father died and my stepmother became my enemy in more ways than one.
My cousin, Belle, has been working her magick to set me up with men on Fairytale Love, a dating site she claims has made over a million successful matches. I assume this is one of the latest to see my profile. Bold of him to show up in person. “Sorry, not interested.”
“Apologies, then.” His voice is laced with a brogue. Scottish? “Heard you might be in need of an ornamaner. Handyman. Must’ve heard wrong, eh?”
Yep, a Scot, and a handsome one at that. “Wait,” I say as he turns. “Are you applying for the farmhand position?”
The Story Cove Pumpkin Festival is this weekend—hayrack rides, corn mazes, a rubber ducky derby, face painting, pony rides, all kinds of handmade crafts, and, of course, food. The festival is known far and wide for the all-town event, and a big draw is my orchard, A Bushel and a Peck. My regular farmhand and jack-of-all-trades, George, is out with a bad back and I’m up to my ears in jobs that need doing.
The Scot gives a curt nod. “Been on the road a while, but was passin’ through and stopped at the diner. Saw your flyer, asked around. Folks said you’re good people.”
“Did they now? This time of year, I’m quite popular. Other times, some believe I’m working spells and holding rituals. They’re correct, but I don’t tell them that.”
Could be he thinks I jest, but his intelligent eyes tell me otherwise. “Could use a place to stay and I'm good with animals.” His gaze goes to Runa.
The dog wags her tail. She, too, is taken in by an handsome face.
Her partner—Ferrin, the wolf who haunts my woods—wouldn't care for it, I bet.
“The Pumpkin Festival is in two days, and plenty of tourists are already here. The event keeps the farm in the black for the next year, so it’s all-hands on deck. The work is hard, days long.”
“Name’s Broden. Clan Campbell.” He offers a hand. “I’m no stranger to hard work.”
His tanned skin and callused hands speak to that. A black kitten peeks around his booted ankle.
Motioning for him to come closer, I lean down as if to whisper in his ear. His breath catches and my nose captures the scent of forest pine and soap. I pause for half a second, meeting his eyes, dissolving in them. He holds my gaze, doesn’t glance at the slender scar under my left eye that mars my acclaimed beauty. I smile, and as he returns it, I yank out a few strands of his hair.
He yelps, jerks back. “What’s that about, now?”
The kitten hisses.
I make no pretense about being a witch around town, but if he’s only passing through, he may not know it. “Need to check if your intentions are true.”
Inside, I drop the strands into my cauldron, watching the smoke as it rises. The misty vapor turns green like his eyes.
True intentions, it appears.
But there are three flecks of silver threaded in the green. I watch as they spin and dance, representing three secrets our handsome Scotsman is hiding.
Ready to read the rest? Preorder now and be the first to get it on your ereader when it releases Tuesday!
If you're looking for my Once Upon A Witch series on Amazon, you may have noticed that you can't find those books anymore and the paperbacks show as unavailable.
What's up with that?
The series is no longer published through Whiskered Mysteries. The publishing house has changed hands and authors were given the opportunity to take a buyout offer.
I took it.
What does that mean for the books, and most importantly for YOU, kittens?
Never fear! The series is getting an update and rebranding. Godfrey is working hard on new covers, a new series name, as well as new titles, and the Sister Witches of Story Cove will be re-released this fall at ALL retailers. Yay!
In the meantime, I’m writing Tea Leaves & Troubled Spirts, Confessions of a Closet Medium, Book 6. Tentative release date for that is September. Double yay!
And hubby and I are STILL looking to move this summer, so I have lots of cauldrons bubbling over the fire right now. Please wish us well as we go through the process of moving us and our babies several states away.
I'm super excited about all of it, and I hope you are too. As soon as I have the new covers for the Sister Witches of Story Cove, you’ll be the first to see them! Follow my blog or sign up for my newsletter so you don’t miss out!
Nyx and I are thrilled to have been in the BLACK CAT CROSSING box set with Poison Apple Potion, Once Upon A Witch, Book 3, and thanks to many of you, Nyx became a…
USA Today bestselling author!
Woohoo!
It truly was a team effort and we're so glad to know the other talented and hard-working authors in the set.
Thank you to everyone who supported Nyx and I hope you enjoy all the fun, kitty-centered stories!
Godfrey 💜🐾💜
P.S. If you didn't grab your copy yet, you can still get it for Halloween!
A witchy Cinderella, Prince Charming, magick & MURDER!
I've been waiting for this moment FOREVER! Well, maybe not forever, but for a good six months or more. I signed with Sweet Promise Press to write a NEW SERIES of fairytale retellings and I can FINALLY shout about it!! The first book in the Once Upon A Witch Series,If the Cursed Shoe Fits, releases today!
This cozy mystery is all about a witchy Cinderella who's trying to keep the family business alive and figure out if a pair of shoes, rumored to be cursed, are responsible for several mysterious deaths. There's echoes of the original Cinderella story in this retelling, but my Cinder is a total tomboy, and she has a lot of responsibility on her plate. Enter handsome Finn Starling and her world gets turned upside down before you can say “hocus pocus!” Read an excerpthere!
During the recent pandemic, it's been *weird* to talk about happy celebrations, but one thing many of you have shared with me is that you enjoy taking a break from news and social media and sharing BOOKS. Like many of you, I find solace in reading (and sometimes re-reading) a great story that acts like Calgon and “takes me away” to another place and time. I've been pulling out old favorites and reading them before bed. When things are rough, I find old “friends” are sometimes the best at relieving my stress. Do you have a favorite book you turn to when nothing else appeals?
I truly hope you'll find some comfort and maybe a few laughs when you read If the Cursed Shoe Fits – maybe it will even be one you turn to again when the world seems so out of control.
Fairytales can be an elixir to our worried minds. They help us deal with feeling overwhelmed and fearful. Each book in my Once Upon A Witch Series ALWAYS includes a happy ending. The good guys win, the bad guys get their comeuppance, and love conquers all.
When I was writing this note, I looked for synonyms for “celebration.” This one is my favorite: jollification. Say it out loud! Isn't that a cool word? I love it. It rolls off your tongue and sounds like a great, active noun. So let's celebrate all the little things, even books, that make our world brighter right now, and enjoy some jollification!
Stay safe and keep reading! Nyx 💜🐾💜
P.S. Feel free to share this with friends! Godfrey and I will love you forever if you do
