I had a lot of fun with my bestie Heather at the Hot & Steamy Bookish Event over the weekend!
I brought my alien boyfriend with me to game night too
He was a good sport and was a great listener while we played Raise your Goblets! I'll give some takeaways on my first in-person author event next week! Stay tuned.
For those of you who are in the Seattle Area, watch out! I'm going to be attending Emerald City Romance Writers NEXT! Look I made a cute little Medusa Chibi! Isn't she cute?
You can check out the event on their website here: https://www.emeraldcityromancewriters.org/2025-author-reader-event
In progress, my author website is undergoing a revamp and will be switching over to Joombla from Wordpress with the help of my author pal, Amy. It's a rather confusing interface, but that's because I'm still learning it, and Amy is so nice about helping me out. Hopefully, we'll have the new website up and running soon!
In writing news, my current project is Her Alien Delegate and book three of Taking Medusa the Dark Gods Rising, currently called Reaping Olympus.
Things to look forward to, is that once I finish Reaping Olympus, I will be gathering materials to do a kickstarter for a special edition omnibus of the whole series with character art, fancy edges, and foiling. There will be different options for the special edition, including a kickstarter exclusive, but we'll chat more about it when we're closer to launching the campaign, after I finish book three!
Until then! If you've read Taking Medusa, or Breaking Fate, what did you think of the story?
Have you shared your thoughts by leaving a review? Us Indie authors survive off of shares, likes, and reviews to reach new readers! Check out my books in KU here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/S.M.-McCoy/author/B07F5T71VW
If you're new here: Here's an author recap: Hi, I'm Stevie. I'm a mom of two kiddos, and I write fantasy romance, and alien romances. I started with writing a YA vampire romance, and I retired the 3-book series because it wasn't the same kind of style as the rest of my books, and I didn't want those books to be the first impression readers got of my writing. I also wrote a sci-fi fantasy mash up Kingdom of Acatalec, got a traditional contract book deal, but it flopped because I wasn't and still am not that great at marketing it. I received my book rights back and will relaunch that book after I finish my Medusa Retelling Series.
That's mythology reimagined if you are like me and believe that the "monsters" of myth and legend were hunted by Greek gods because they were different, because they were a threat to their power and rule. Perhaps, the monsters weren't the bad guys after all, and Medusa wasn't the villain.
Dive into a slow-burn romance, fast-paced fantasy adventure with all the political mechanisms of Greek Myth, and the what-ifs from a different point of view.
Here's what some readers have said about Breaking Fate and Taking Medusa!
✨"Breathtaking romantasy" - N.N. Light
✨"Flipping pages late into the night" - Rebel
✨"It's like watching a movie, only better" - N.N. Light
✨"I couldn't put it down" - Amy's Bookshelf Reviews
✨"Powerful and ever-changing FMC" - Mary
✨"Twistedly Brilliant" - Rose
✨"Mystery of fates and desires... Deliciously Torturous" - Jess
✨"A Fascinating Colossal World" - Sandra
✨"I absolutely love this book!" - LaWanda
✨"Hungry for more" - Jess
✨"This.author.is.EVERYTHING!!!!" - Megan
Dive into a different reality, filled with magic, fates, and gods! Read Medusa's side of the story when her head is finally reunited with her body and the dark gods rise!
Taking Medusa is my slow-burn Medusa Romantasy and if you haven't already, you can start reading right away! Start with Taking Medusa and read on through to the newly released Breaking Fate! Both books are available in Kindle Unlimited and Audible!
Read in KU or Listen with Audible!
https://books.steviemarie.com/takingmedusa
https://books.steviemarie.com/breakingfate
Check out books narrated by me on Audible(US) here: https://www.audible.com/search?searchNarrator=Stevie+Marie
Happy reading, and perhaps you'll find your next favorite read among the featured indie authors below! And for those of you wanting to know the status of where I am in writing the next book, scroll to the bottom!
xoxo
Stevie
Ruby knows she must keep things professional with Silas, but he’s so cute. (Grumpy sunshine)
A unicorn walks into a bar and…wait, what was I saying?
The Fae's Heritage is the 3rd book in the Fae of Whitevale series but is standalone where it can be read in any order:
Orphaned at a young age, Ruby knows nothing about her family. She hires a professional genealogist to help her investigate.
Silas teaches at the local college and runs a genealogy business on the side. He has no interest in a relationship yet feels an undeniable attraction to Ruby.
In his investigations, Silas discovers Ruby’s grandfather is Alwyn, a Fae prince. This means Ruby is a Quarter-Fae princess. Furthermore, Ruby inherited her grandfather’s gift of foresight.
When the wrong people discover Ruby’s heritage, her life is in danger. Silas tries to protect her.
After facing danger together, Silas begins to question his reluctance for a relationship.
Ruby suspects her feelings for Silas may be a mate bond. But before she can tell him, they get kidnapped by evil Unseelie.
Ruby must rely on her newfound powers to make sure she and Silas make it out alive.
Hope you find some great indie reads! Chat soon!
xoxo
Stevie
What I'm WRITING now!
Currently writing Projects: (Yes, I'm always writing in a rotation of projects all at once, and rotate until one is finished. It's how my brain functions. Before this process, I was unable to complete any project at all.) I release around 3 to 4 books a year. This year, I've already released Her Alien Starbreaker, and Her Alien Delegate is almost completed, goal to have Reaping Olympus completed during the summer, and launched in October.
REAPING OLYMPUS: Book three of the Taking Medusa Dark Gods Series (In Progress) Around 7K words in (I've rewritten the beginning too many times to admit to. I really want to make book three better than the previous two books and that has put a lot of pressure on this book.) Check out book's one and two! Taking Medusa and Breaking Fate
RIVEN'S FLAME: a dragon fantasy romance with a Rumpelstiltskin influence and a female dragon hiding within the clan as a male due to an extinction crisis of dragons having less and less female dragons: 28K written
GOBLIN'S TREASURE: a labyrinth darker spicy romance retelling where you don't turn down the goblin king's proposition: 21K written
UNITY UNIVERSITY: a unicorn shifter academy spicy slice of life romance where it's more about relationship building, and not an instant love. It's also an older FMC who turns forty and is both a student and a professor because working for the university also gives her the benefit of taking classes for free to start her life over from scratch.
SKY ROBERT: (Alien Romance books in progress under my pen name)
HER ALIEN DELEGATE
HER ALIEN CAPTOR
MONSTER'S BRIDE
MATED TO THE ENEMY
Start Reading Taking Medusa today in Kindle Unlimited: https://books.steviemarie.com/takingmedusa
Taking Medusa is available in Kindle Unlimited, and Audible!
Add to Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150498806-taking-medusa
Book two is LIVE! https://books.steviemarie.com/breakingfate
Add to your Goodreads shelf: Breaking Fate (Dark Gods Rising, #2) by S.M. McCoy | Goodreads Breaking Fate on Amazon: https://books.steviemarie.com/breakingfate
Check out the Author store and grab the signed hardcover or signed paperbacks! https://payhip.com/BrokenBooksPublishing
Also by me: Do you like Alien Romances?
Check out my Pen Name Sky Robert!
If you would like to help support future books, and this series, you can grab my newest release Breaking Fate on Amazon here or read in Kindle Unlimited! https://books.steviemarie.com/breakingfate
Chat soon!
xoxo
Stevie
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