Saturday, July 1, 2023

Sale: 25% off at Smashwords

For the entire month of July, select C.S. Poe titles are 25% off, only at Smashwords! If you were thinking of starting any of my series like Magic & Steam, Memento Mori, or Snow & Winter, you can pick up the first title in each for 25% off. Check out my profile here for all of the books on sale.

The Engineer (Magic & Steam: Book One) - 1881—Special Agent Gillian Hamilton is a magic caster with the Federal Bureau of Magic and Steam. He’s sent to Shallow Grave, Arizona, to arrest a madman engineer known as Tinkerer, who’s responsible for blowing up half of Baltimore. Gillian has handled some of the worst criminals in the Bureau’s history, so this assignment shouldn’t be a problem. But even he’s taken aback by a run-in with the country’s most infamous outlaw, Gunner the Deadly.
Gunner is also stalking Shallow Grave in search of Tinkerer, who will stop at nothing to take control of the town’s silver mines. Neither Gillian nor Gunner are willing to let Tinkerer hurt more innocent people, so they agree to a very temporary partnership.

If facing illegal magic, Gatling gun contraptions, and a wild engineer in America’s frontier wasn’t enough trouble for a city boy, Gillian must also come to terms with the reality that he’s rather fond of his partner. But even if they live through this adventure, Gillian fears there’s no chance for love between a special agent and outlaw.

Based on the short story, "Gunner the Deadly." Entirely revised, newly expanded, and Book One in the exciting new steampunk series, Magic & Steam.

Madison Square Murders (Memento Mori: Book One) - Everett Larkin works for the Cold Case Squad: an elite—if understaffed and overworked—group of detectives who solve the forgotten deaths of New York City. Larkin is different from others, but his deduction skills are unmatched and his memory for minute details is unparalleled.

So when a spring thunderstorm uproots a tree in Madison Square Park, unearthing a crate with human remains inside, the best Cold Case detective is assigned the job. And when a death mask, like those prominent during the Victorian era, is found with the body, Larkin requests assistance from the Forensic Artists Unit and receives it in the form of Detective Ira Doyle, his polar opposite in every way.

Factual reasoning and facial reconstruction puts Larkin and Doyle on a trail of old homicide cases and a murderer obsessed with casting his victims’ likeness in death. Include some unapologetic flirting from Doyle, and this case just may end up killing Everett Larkin.

The Mystery of Nevermore (Snow & Winter: Book One) - It’s Christmas in New York City, and all antique shop owner Sebastian Snow wants is for his business to make money and to save his floundering relationship with closeted CSU detective, Neil Millett. But when Snow’s Antique Emporium is broken into and a heart is found under the floorboards, Sebastian can’t let the mystery rest.

He soon finds himself caught up in murder investigations that echo the macabre writings of Edgar Allan Poe. To make matters worse, Sebastian’s sleuthing is causing his relationship with Neil to crumble, while at the same time he’s crushing hard on the lead homicide detective of the case, Calvin Winter. Sebastian and Calvin must work together to unravel the mystery behind the killings, despite the mounting danger and sexual tension, before Sebastian becomes the next victim.

In the end, Sebastian only wants to get out of this mess alive and live happily ever after with Calvin.

Reads: June, 2023


I briefly fell off the wagon of reading and writing reviews for new and old titles alike... and by briefly, I mean, since February. Yikes! But I'm back with some recommendations and hope these might be of interest to my fellow readers.

The Persistence of Memory (Mnevermind: Book One) by Jordan Castillo Price

Forget Me Not (Mnevermind: Book Two) by Jordan Castillo Price

Life is Awesome (Mnevermind: Book Three) by Jordan Castillo Price

Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green

London in the Rain by Ellie Thomas

Another Chance for Love by Ellie Thomas

A Trick of the Light by Ellie Thomas

As always, I cross-post to both Goodreads and BookBub and love new followers!

Cover Reveal: The Councilman


Gillian Hamilton and Gunner the Deadly return this December in The Councilman! I'm thrilled to be back in this exciting steampunk world and am deep in the research required for Book 4. The official blurb will be released later, but for now I'm sharing the cover art and pre-order links.

Pre-order Links: books2read.com/TheCouncilman
Release Date: December 14, 2023
Series: Magic & Steam
Book #: Four
Cover Artist: Reese Dante
Audiobook Narrator: Declan Winters

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