It's out, it's out! Yay! Book number eleven in my Grotesqueries collection is finally here, and I can breathe easy.
All is well and perfect in the world because Errol Bricksworth and Edvin Loyola-Norikova are young (too young), in love (overly so), and betrothed at just nineteen (heaven help everyone). Their families aren't very keen on the idea, and with the help of Errol's beloved Uncle Sorrel, an arrangement is made meant to test the lads' resolve to have their happily-ever-after.
It does require three months spent in an old, old gatehouse that's not only home to mismatched furnishings, art, and miscellaneous contents spanning centuries, but a few very active ghosts as well. Errol and Edvin are to be the gatehouse's caretakers while Uncle Sorrel, who owns the property, withdraws with his tiny staff to a cozy cottage tucked away in the wood. And for three months, both young men need to get their hands dirty, learn the rudiments of domestic life as a couple (learning how to cook helps), and get used to sharing space with lives long gone.
Errol and Edvin's youth makes them brave and even reckless as they readily accept the terms, determined to prove those poxy adults wrong. Even those resident ghosts don't bother them, though not all hauntings, apparently, are made the same. Equal parts irritating and unnerving, the ghosts gradually force the lads to think beyond their tiny world of two either through spectral echoes of long-forgotten lives or the quiet guidance of a gentleman known only as "the shadow groom" to former staff.
The Shadow Groom is a humorous re-imagining of the German folktale "The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was".
To celebrate the wide release, I'm holding a BOGO-like sale for the book over at my store. When you purchase a copy of The Shadow Groom, you can get any book from my backlist for 60% off, including my long novellas that are usually priced at 99 cents. Getting my books from my Payhip store is the most direct way readers can support my work. This sale, moreover, will continue until my next book is released in November.
Everywhere else, you can go to the book page at Books2Read for all the links to different online bookstores for both digital and print formats. The e-book is priced at 99 cents, and the print book is $9.00 USD.
Again, thank you for your support, and I hope you enjoy the book!
JULY SALE AT SMASHWORDS
There's also another sale, but this time an exclusive one over at Smashwords. My entire Arcana Europa, Curiosities, Masks, and miscellaneous collections are 50% off with coupons throughout July. It's not a part of their sitewide sale, but something I specifically put together to coincide with it because I don't want all of my collections to be part of their summer sale. So if you have a Smashwords account, go here to my author page to see what's on offer.
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