Winding Down the Office and Wrapping Book 4 to Publish
Moving 4ward Again to Match Growth of an Amazing Year
It has been a while, has it not, lovelies? Thank you for your patience. I meant to send more newsletters, but alas, the move did get the better of me.
I’ve been doing a lot of reflection as I wind down the office, and of course, it has me wondering.
What about this space is so magical that I can carry with me into the next office?
When I started reflecting back a little further, the truth smacked me across the face. The same things that carried over from the last office I had in the apartment from last year that I adore so much. Let’s list them, even, shall we. Not ranked in any order…
• Me
• My family of furbabies
• You all
• My readers
• My one-on-one coaching clients
• My group coaching clients
• My editing clients
• My followers and subscribers on social media
• My books
• My characters
• Their books and characters in many cases
• How all of us deal with life together a day at a time
There’s so much magic in that list. So many of us take things and transform them into epicness worthy of grieving their loss. Worthy of letting them live in nostalgia for bittersweet memories.
I don’t seek to falsely contrive the time that we spend together, and yet, we create such amazing things in the spaces we inhabit without realizing it. As I pack away things that are both familiar to the old office I left behind a year ago to make this one, alongside the new things that are new because of this space we are also now leaving behind, I am grateful for the vigil they hold over journeys we take together.
In many of my spaces, I say thank you for showing up for you first, and as a benefit, you help others along the way. Sometimes, others is just me. I am grateful for you.
I am so excited to show off the new office in the coming weeks and months. I am glad and confident we will make many more moments together worthy of those same heartstrings.
From my soul to yours.
Thank you for supporting all that I do.
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The Merna Annals (Book 4): Bound by Hope and Spirit
[Couples: Vouvry (dracokin) x Maria (vampire); Ian (human/vampire) x Nephtyri (vampire)]
Fate could not be changed.
Ian sacrificed everything by joining the Hunters’ Guild as Imperial Lord Hunter, shattering the Alliance of merna as prophesized. Meanwhile, Elders and allies conduct a desperate search for his mate, Nephtyri. Though paranoia abounds, her Turnlings refuse to give up.
The ghosts of the Arsinoëphorus Alliance, which kept all magical beings bound to one another, linger while the immortals flee. Every wasted sunset tips the hourglass one sunrise closer toward baby Elias’s birth as the prince of all arcane immortals.
Vouvry, the ever loyal dracokin, feels the sting of betrayal. Rather than taking the mantle as the new dracokin Elder, he leaves behind hope and banishes himself into exile. He takes his precious Maria with him, even though her amnesia condemns them to isolation.
In Polish territory, they convert an abandoned monastery into a shelter for misfits and orphans. Tormented by his past affection for her, Vouvry desires a new life with the lovely Spanish vampire. The commonality of their old beliefs might make Christmas a perfect opportunity to kindle a new, shared life.
Without her memories, Maria rebuffs him at every instance. At his weakest, the enemy sends a temptress to lure his pure spirit. Will Vouvry fall for the ruse, or will Maria finally allow herself to feel the love he has for her? Will they realize the danger and prevent further heartbreak?
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The years bring turmoil as rumors and betrayal coalesce into anarchy, and loyalties among the merna realign. Find out what will happen in The Merna Annals, an epic paranormal fantasy romance series, which contains a diverse host of magical heroes caught in the human world, fighting to save their fates and their loves from a desolate legacy of destruction.
Extended Main Character Blurbs:
Meet Vouvry
As a former Swiss Pontifical Guard, Vouvry thought coming into his life as a dracokin would be yet another unexpected spiritual adventure. Once he joined the Alliance with his found family, he struggled to fit in. He could appreciate the need for power, but he never wanted to wield it. Watching the romances of his siblings blossom, while Maria spurned his love, tightened the barbed wires around Vouvry's spirit. As the Alliance falls apart, Vouvry disappears with his beloved to help her heal. His Christmas wish is that she will recognize her soulmate is not the abusive sire she left behind, but the kind and loyal dracokin standing in front of her.
Meet Maria
Growing up in Castilian Spain as a minor noble wasn't the life Maria dreamed of. She doesn’t recall why she was forced into a nunnery at age five, or how she lost her sight. Her memories are shrouded in flame. Grateful that Abraxas Turned her, she is unaware of how the vampire has manipulated her and misused her loyalty over the long years. She ignores advice from her friends and found family, including that of the dracokin who loves her. Maria returns to what is left of mernakind, a broken version of her former self, but Vouvry refuses to give up on her. Can she trust herself enough to see she has a love worth fighting for?
Thank you for being here. Thank you for taking care of you. You rock!
All my hugs,
Jenna OM
Your Soul Writer
All the best with this new phase in the new office. <3