EMERALD EARTH

Book One of The Witch Brothers Saga Is

Available For Pre-Order !!

Announcing the June 28th release of Emerald Earth, the first book of The Witch Brothers Saga.

Cursed by an intolerant father, love seems out of reach. When he finds his perfect match lying broken on the side of the road, not only does he have to fight for love, but now he must also fight for his life.

New Pen Name for Fantasy Books!

Adam J. Ridley

According to the survey I conducted a few months ago, I learned not all of my fans want to read fantasy, and of course, a lot of fantasy readers don't care for romance either. 

So,  I've decided to create a new pen name to differentiate the two.

Of course, my novels will always have a bit of a romantic twist to them, but my fantasy books won't all be romances as I don’t guarantee a happily ever after in my fantasy books. 

I am, however, a sucker for a love story, so whether you are reading my Adam J. Ridley books or my Blake Allwood books, you can always expect a little love between the pages.

BLAKE ALLWOOD's

Melody Of The Heart

Contemporary Romance

Jonas's life is entwined with a mechanic he must train to compete in a prestigious piano competition. Will he succeed or will he lose his career and the man he's fallen in love with?

I've always loved fantasy novels, and have been wanting to try my hand at writing them for a while. I will say I never guessed at how difficult writing fantasy would be for me.

Why, you ask? Well, let's just say, it's very difficult to build a new world, remember all the unique characteristics of your different characters, and "pants your way" through a book. Yes, it's 100% an issue of not wanting to outline. All you English teachers, I can hear you cheering... :(

As I said earlier, Adam J. Ridley will be the pen name I use to differentiate my romances from my fantasies (as so many of you requested in a previous newsletter survey.)

Anyway, the Witch Brothers Saga has been a long time coming. I started this series in 2019 and wrote a bit, then sat on it, wrote a bit then sat on it, then finally, thanks to the covid lockdown in 2020/21, I got serious and now, after much ado... My first fantasy books will be coming out to play.

Romance vs Fantasy - to be honest, the Witch Brothers Saga books really are a bridge between the two genres and i think a lot of that has to do with the fact that I've been writing Romance for many years now.

The brothers all have a HEA but also some cliffhangers. I know, I can hear the hissing from the romance lovers even as I write this. But, y'all... it wouldn't REALLY be a fantasy series without them, at least that's my opinion and since I am the writer... lol

Okay, enough of all that. I'll be dropping all three Witch Brother's books this summer. June (book one) July (book two) and September (book three.) 

In October, we'll get back to my contemporary romances with a Roctoberfest release. More on that later. Then finally in November and December I'll drop at least one holiday book, maybe two if my editors are able to get to them both.

My guess is Melody Series books 2 and 3 will be coming out in January/February of next year. 

So, lots happening y'all. It's so fun to have you with me and my goal is to release at least one newsletter a month. If possible I MIGHT get two out, but no promises... Sorry!

Blake Allwood's Book Catalogue

Novellas

The Transitions Series

The Chance Series

The Big Bend Series

The Romantic Series

The bookstore has been a big hit with both authors as well as readers. We are literally adding new books weekly and our goal is to have over 500 LGBTQ+ Ownvoice author books by the end of June.

If you haven't noticed, we have changed the name. You can now find us at www.bibliopride.com.

The Future: 

Blog/newsletter: Our first goal is to develop an email list that allows authors to provide their books to you, as well as share articles about their process of writing. Hopefully that newsletter sign-up will be available in June.

Genre Specifications:  Unfortunately, Amazon and other retailers tend to classify all LGBTQ+ books into the romance categories. This is frustrating, especially for our horror writers/readers. So, one of our biggest goals is to ensure that readers can find the genre they are looking for by creating easy to use filters.

Volunteers Needed: If you'd like to volunteer to help us build the bookstore's website, please let me know. At the moment this is 100% a labor of love, so we could really use volunteers at this point in the game!

Stay tuned as we continue to grow our bookstore.