New releases!

 Wow.  I haven't been out here since last April.  I guess I have dropped the ball on my blogging these days.  In the meantime, I've had two releases since.  The second book in the Fire and Fae Duet, Kingdom of Fire and Fae came out last October, and the first book in the Faeveil Saga came out on February 10th.  

Welcome to Solstice City—a realm where floating markets dazzle beneath the luminescent glow of rune-powered streetlights. And destiny’s threads entangle Lanae and Draven in a perilous weave.

In a world teetering on the brink of chaos, Lanae and her brother confront their gravest challenge yet. Alestain Firetwill has resurfaced, commanding an army ensnared by his sinister mind control, turning allies into adversaries and family into fierce foes. Racing against time, the siblings must break their parents free from Firetwill’s grip before they’re forced into a heart-wrenching battle against their own flesh and blood.

Meanwhile, Draven embarks on a treacherous journey to reclaim the fabled Dragon’s Heart. With Solstice City freshly risen from its ashes, the city’s fate now hangs by a thread. Should Draven falter, the city will be reduced to cinders once more.

As fire clashes with fae, and magic intertwines with love, the power of family, courage, and loyalty is put to the ultimate test. Can these bonds withstand the overwhelming darkness? The fate of Solstice City—and the world—rests in their hands.

Dive into this electrifying conclusion where every whisper hides a secret, and every shadow might conceal an ally—or a foe. Perfect for fans who crave intricate characters, lush world-building, and plots that keep you on the edge until the very end.

The Faeveil Saga is a sweeping five-book romantasy epic that spans two generations and two shattered worlds. When the goblins raze the fae realm to ash, the last survivors flee through the veil to Earth—only to find a land already broken. War has gutted its cities. Plague has hollowed its people. Civilization has crumbled into dust.

In this post-apocalyptic wasteland, the fae must cling to the last threads of their magic or vanish forever. But magic demands a price. And the only source left to feed their dwindling power?

The blood of mankind.

In a world where survival is war and love is rebellion, the fae must choose: fade into myth… or become monsters.

Magic of the Fae - Faeveil Saga Book 1

Survival isn’t guaranteed. Magic isn’t eternal. And destiny isn’t merciful.

Reya never asked for a crown. She never wanted to lead the remnants of a shattered kingdom. But when goblins raze her homeland, leaving nothing but embers and echoes of the past, escape is the only option. Her parents’ final act opens a portal to Earth—a desperate bid for survival.

But Earth is no haven. It is a war-torn wasteland, where distrust reigns and magic withers. If the fae cannot reclaim their power, they will fall—not to goblins, but to the ruthless hands of mankind.

With Ashur at her side—the palace gardener turned reluctant protector—Reya must navigate the ruins of human civilization, forging alliances where betrayal lurks in every shadow.

Fate once dictated her path. Now, Reya will carve her own. And this time, destiny bows to her.

Grab your ebooks from my direct store under the Fantasy and Fantasy Romance section here: https://books.jetaylor75.com/

Until next time,

Ciao,

J.E. Taylor

 

April New Release!

WHISPERS OF FIRE AND FAE is out NOW!

Enemies by birth, allies by fate. Experience the sizzling tension between Lanae, the fierce fae, and Draven, the city's last dragon, in "Fire & Fae Duet". Can love defy centuries of hatred?

Welcome to Solstice City, a place where floating markets shimmer under the glow of rune-powered streetlights and where fate pulls sworn enemies into an electrifying dance of magic and mystery.

Lanae, a fearsome fae warrior whose blade is as sharp as her wit, fights for the honor of her realm. And Draven, the last of the mighty dragons, hides in human guise, haunted by betrayals that nearly annihilated his kind. When an ancient tether cruelly binds their destinies together, they must forge an uneasy alliance.

In a city bursting with secrets, shifting allegiances and forbidden romances spark against a backdrop of political intrigue stretching its deadly threads across fae and magical realms alike. Yet, a darker danger looms in the shadows of Solstice City. As realms collide and mythical creatures flood the streets, Lanae and Draven, alongside a playful griffin named Nero, must unravel the sinister force threatening to shatter the world’s fragile balance.

Dive into this thrilling fantasy romance where fire meets fae, magic intertwines with love, and redemption hangs in the balance. Every whisper holds a secret, and every shadow could be an ally—or a foe. 

The Fire Fire and Fae Duet is perfect for fans of Helen Scheuerer, LJ Andrews, and Penn Cole.

Order your copy of Whispers of Fire and Fae HERE!

Check out my next Kickstarter scheduled to start at the end of June. It is currently in pre-launch and you can follow it to be notified when it goes live!

The Fire & Fae Duet Special Edition includes:

6 x 9 inches with 615 pages

Special Colored End Pages

Color Chapter Headers & Breaks

Holographic Foiled Case Laminate Hard Cover with Sprayed Edges

White Ribbon and Blue & White Tail bands

The duet includes Whispers of Fire and Fae and Kingdom of Fire and Fae.

Backing this Kickstarter will give you access to Kingdom of Fire and Fae, the second book in the Duet, up to 2 months prior to general release. AND if you grab the special edition, you'll also get an exclusive bonus scene only available to my Kickstarter backers. Fun things like digital stickers, digital bookmarks, and chibi character cards are also available!

Follow my Kickstarter HERE!

March Giveaway!

I need to make room on my shelves so I am giving away some of my hardcovers and softcovers that are duplicates.  So if you would like to enter to win one of the 15 prizes listed, you can enter HERE!

Check out my next Kickstarter that is in pre-launch:

The Fire & Fae Duet Special Edition includes:

6 x 9 inches with 615 pages

Special Colored End Pages

Color Chapter Headers & Breaks

Holographic Foiled Case Laminate Hard Cover with Sprayed Edges

White Ribbon and Blue & White Tail bands

Backing this Kickstarter will give you access to the second book up to 2 months prior to general release and if you grab the special edition, you'll also get an exclusive bonus scene only available to my backers. Fun things like digital stickers and chibi character cards are also available!

Follow my Kickstarter HERE!

Until next time,

Ciao

JET

 

2024 Year in Review

2024 turned out to be my slowest publishing year.  I wrote three new books (Elvren Assassin, Angel Born, and Hunter's Moon). Released two of those along with an omnibus set for the League of Supernatural Assassins. I also released a special eBook omnibus set of all the books that center on the Ryan family.  And Hunter's Moon was included in the Moonlight Duet Kickstarter that I did in November.  Hunter's Moon will be released to the general public in February. 

I am almost done with the first draft of Whispers of Fire and Fae, which is scheduled for an April Release. And then the follow up to that book will be out in the fall of 2025.   

Why the slower pace, well we had some big trips this year and we retired in September, so I've been trying to get my writing schedule in order and a plan for my publishing schedule.  Instead of four to six books published a year, I am slowing the pace for both living life reasons as well as budgeting reasons. 

My writing income is not large enough to sustain four to six books per year at this time, so I am adjusting to meet a goal of spending only what I bring in for royalties. Thus the cut back.  I love writing and it has given me some extra cash over the years. I will continue with the hope that I am in the right place at the right time with a release that goes viral.  Until then, I'll just keep plugging along and have a modest publishing plan in place as I navigate this new retirement normal.

I hope you attained what you wanted this year and wish you all a Happy New Year and a stellar 2025!

Until next time,

Ciao

JET

New Release and Kickstarter news!

 Oh, man. It's August already?  Well, I'm rolling with the 'A' month I guess, since I haven't been out to my blog since April.  Sorry I've neglected you all here, but life has been busy with trips and summer and gearing up for retirement from the day job.  

But I was able to squeak out a book during all this craziness.

If you liked The Ryan Chronicles, Fire Cursed, and The Death Chronicles II, you'll love the wrap up in Angel Born! 

Angel Born

For thirty years, Crystal Jenkins has hidden in the heart of New York City. After her mother succumbs to illness born of Lucifer’s touch, Crystal is handed a flyer that alters her life.

Crystal finds an entire bloodline she never knew existed, but her lineage is more unique than their Nephilim heritage.

And being an angel offspring of Lucifer puts her on a collision course with the one man that has the power to destroy her.

Grab you paperback copy here!

And your ebook on August 20th here!

If you buy it direct from my shop through the link, you don't have to wait!

And now for some Kickstarter news, I am hoping to do a special edition paperback of Wolf Moon with foiled title and fancy edges.  I have a sample and it's stunning. But with this Kickstarter, you'll also have early access to the sequel Hunter's Moon. This will be the only place it's available until AFTER I send out the special editions for the Kickstarter.  Once I get 150 followers on my Kickstarter prelaunch page, I'll launch my campaign. So get on there and follow if you'd like an early copy of the new book before anyone else can get it in the wild!

Click here to follow my prelaunch page!

Until next time,

Ciao.

JET

April Snow Showers? And New Release news!

I guess April is certainly coming in like a Lion - we're supposed to get another foot of snow this week.  Where was all this white stuff back in January and February?  Anyhow, I had a new release yesterday! Yes an April 1st release.  The second of my contributions to the League of Supernatural Assassins is out now! 

THE ELVREN ASSASSIN

Mya is missing. And the Director wants her back. Or worse, dead.

Avery’s mission was to find Mya, the lost assassin, who stepped through the portal to Eleka and disappeared. If Avery finds her, she must bring her home, or if Mya is unwilling to return, Avery must kill her.

But Mya was the only assassin at the complex who saw Avery as a person. She even gave her the name Avery instead of only the numbers issued to each assassin by the Director.

This is not a job she wants. But she’s one of a handful of assassins with fae blood, and she has no choice but to follow the Director’s orders. If she fails, her handler will pay the price.

And he has angel blood like she does, which makes him the closest thing to kin that she has.

Her only hope is to find Mya and convince her to come home. Or Avery will witness her handler’s death before her own.

Grab your ebook here!

Grab your paperback here! 

And in other news, I have the option for my fans to get my books directly on my website. All you need to do is click on the picture of the book you'd like and you'll be taken to a direct purchase page for that book with the description and the option to buy.  The hard covers and paperback books are at a steep discount from the retail prices, so check it out!

Until next time,

Ciao.

JET

March Madness Paperback Giveaway!

Are you ready for a giveaway!

How this will work: I post on the specified social media platform with daily questions that you will answer in the comments in order to be in the drawing for that day's prize! Prizes for each day are below and the commenting is answering the question in the post. And I promise, it will be easy to answer - like favorite books, movies, television show, song, characters, etc.  You have 24 hours to comment - commenting will end when I post the next day's giveaway on the appropriate platform.

Prizes per day are as follows:

Oh, and the mystery gifts are very cool prizes, those are worth commenting on for a chance to win!

I will reach out to each winner daily via private message right after the prior day's giveaway closes to get your mailing information and get that giveaway in the mail! 

Good luck and until next time,

Ciao.

JET

Direct e-book sales now available!

 

I am happy to announce that I have launched a new direct sales site for ebooks here:  https://books.jetaylor75.com/

You can find all my titles here as well as my socials!

My direct store offers most of my titles at a discount.  Check it out and grab your favorite series bundle or single titles!

Happy reading!

Until next time, 

Ciao,

JET

December New Releases!

 

December is a busy month in general and this year I have 3 releases on top of the regular holiday hustle and bustle. Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a safe and happy New Year!

Check out the new releases below: 

 

The Fallen Valkyrie Duet - Out NOW!

Set includes Ancient Goddess and Modern Goddess! 

The hardcover includes a bonus epilogue!

Christmas Wish - Coming tomorrow December 5th! 

Available in ebook only!

Silent Night Trilogy - Coming December 12th! 

Trilogy includes Joy, Silent Night, and Christmas Wish!

Available in ebook and hard cover!

Until next time,

Ciao,

JET.

November is here and winter is coming...

MODERN GODDESS is out today! Have you grabbed your copy? The paperback is stunning! 

This month is going to fly by so quickly.  We are visiting with family and then spending Thanksgiving with my daughter and son-in-law and relatives down in Connecticut.  And December seems to be following in the same path, but at least we will be able to enjoy our new play room!  Pool and shuffleboard anyone?

And speaking of Christmas, I do have another Christmas book coming out on December 5th!  It's a continuation of Chrissy Kringle's adventures and brings in a new character.  Check it out!

I'm sure I'll be posting for CHRISTMAS WISH again in December, but if I get sidetracked by life, I wish you a very merry holiday season and I'll see you in the New Year! 

Until next time,

Ciao,

JET

 

The Lost Summer

 

CHEERS to the lost summer.

I just realized I haven't paid attention to my blog at all since we received the new refrigerator. A lot has happened. Some fantastic, and some not so much. 

And even through the crazy time, I was able to publish two books with a third coming at the beginning of next month and a Christmas short story coming in the beginning of December.

We started July with a wonderful birthday kayak ride on Big Squam lake here in New Hampshire.

And then we stepped into the twilight zone for the next few months. It all started with what was supposed to be an awesome trip to Alaska...

We saw a little of Mt. Denali from the park as you can see here. And we saw a grizzly playing with her cubs. We saw some other amazing things...

 

 Yet this beautiful scenery didn't keep Covid or the flu at bay. Which is tough when you're traveling with three elderly adults in their 80s.  Needless to say it was a rough journey home.

And the resulting aftermath of this was ugly, and still after three months, time hasn't eased the nightmare at all. Especially when those you've helped show zero gratitude.

And then September rolled around and a happy occasion pulled us momentarily out of our perpetual nightmare.

My son got married!

And I released my first book since the spring and then October brought the next book release!

 

And next month this book comes out!

So now that you've heard about my summer and fall, tell me some interesting things about your summer or fall.  I'd love to hear about beach parties and camp fires. Or any special events that still leaves a smile on your face. Hit me up! 

And here's to a much better fall and winter season!

Until next time, 

Ciao!

JET

Follow up on the #Whirlpool experience

 

The last blog outlined what we had to do to actually get the refrigerator taken care of by Whirlpool. With the timeline given of another four weeks.  Well, it didn't take four weeks.  It only took two. We got a new refrigerator delivered on June 9th. They took the old one as well. And it was a pleasant experience.  

It is still working three weeks later. Knock on wood, please. 

We are hoping that when we return to our camp after our Alaskan excursion at the end of July, it will still be working.  

So, while it was a major pain in the butt, Whirlpool actually came through in the end.  

However, we are still going to write to the company, telling them of our experience and that when they decided to roll out the new closed system, they should have made sure they had technicians willing to service them.  I'm not sure any company out there has service people that can service the new closed systems that our government mandated as of 2022.  

Think on that for a moment. 

Any of the new refrigerators built after January of 2022 have this new system. If no one fixes them, and they are still under warranty, these things will end up in landfills.  How is that better for the environment than the old Freon systems that actually could withstand a swing in temperature. These could be left in the garage all year without an issue, or in our case, the trailer at the beach. But the new systems have issues with temperature swings.

We plan on wrapping the refrigerator in the off season.  And we'll unplug it this time even though the power in the campground is turned off for the season at the end of October.  Hopefully that will help and we don't have to do the same thing next year.  

If you find yourself in a similar situation.  Keep on them. They eventually will make you whole, you just have to be diligent and firm.  Not nasty - although there were a couple times I failed at this, but after taking a breath, I was able to curtail the snark. 

Anyhow, now we are off on an Alaskan adventure.  I'll be sure to post pictures when I return. And then in September, I have a new release! 

Until next time,

Ciao.

JET.

 

My Whirlpool warranty experience.

 

My Whirlpool warranty experience.

This nightmare began on the eve of April 30^th when I took the ice cream out of the freezer in our seasonal camp in Maine.  The ice cream was soupy. 

We checked the ice – and it was water. So we moved the items (just a couple) to our neighbors freezer and contacted Whirlpool online since it was a Sunday and very late.  The website wouldn’t let us schedule a service appointment either. The refrigerator was under a year old by days (May 3^rd) and shouldn’t have been broken.  At that time, we thought it was just the freezer, but we woke up to hot air blowing in the freezer and refrigerator.  Thankfully things were still cold enough to not be spoiled, and our friend saved the day by letting us use their refrigerator.

We called for service on May 1^st. And the person was kind enough to get a service man – but they wouldn’t be able to make it until the 9^th.  Okay – well we got the email with the service person’s name and number and I texted that it was no longer just the freezer but the entire refrigerator.  They came the very next day.  Well, they don’t service the R600 sealed system in the refrigerator.

So, we contacted Whirlpool after he left, mid-day on the 2^nd.  They contacted the other service people on their lists to ask if they service the R600 sealed system. No they didn’t, so the person escalated the ticket to a department that does searches that are wider than the immediate service area.  That would take 7 business days. And they might call us to ask if we wanted to find a repair man on our own and they’d reimburse us. I did tell them at that time, that we expected Whirlpool to do the legwork on finding someone to service their product under warrantee.  That was May 2^nd.

We heard nothing for the next couple days until the 5^th when a person called to ask us just that because they were having difficulty finding someone to service the sealed system.  Well, I said no thank you. We expected Whirlpool to find a service person. At that point the woman said it would be seven business days from the 5^th.  We said nope – this was started on the second and that’s when this escalated process clock started, so they already had three days into that count – so they only had 4 more days before this should be escalated for product replacement. We asked to speak to a supervisor at this point and the request was denied.

They didn’t call again.  We called on Tuesday on the way home from the beach. And insisted on speaking with a supervisor. Said supervisor towed the company line that we had to wait until the 7 day service level was satisfied.  So we called on the 12^th after the 7 days had expired and we did not hear a peep from the company.  The 7 business day mark was at the end of the day on the 11^th.  We gave them till the end of the day on the 12^th.

On the 12^th, they hadn’t been successful in finding a service person who worked on the R600 sealed system.  So they needed to escalate to the Product Review team – who had 7 business days to review the case.  And you guessed it – no one called.

We called on the 23^rd – and it took close to 2 hours to finally get someone who looked at the case because they were trying to tell us that they had a repair person as of the day before. Which one of the calls, the customer service person was reaching out to the repair service to confirm they worked on the R600 closed system. She didn’t think they did. And that call was disconnected before we got an answer. So another call to the Product review team and an argument with the customer service person resulted in her looking further into it.  When she came back on the phone, she said we had waited long enough and were due a replacement. And then proceeded to tell us the replacement process takes 3 to 4 weeks.

This is where we are today. She also indicated that if the replacement arrives scratched or damaged, we have the prerogative to refuse delivery. Then we’d have to call them again.  I don’t know if I am expecting another piece of garbage to be delivered to our door or not, but the idea of having to deal with the company again has my teeth on edge. Not with how they’ve treated us so far to date.

We had friends to lend a hand and the means to get a small refrigerator to hold us over, but someone that does not have either of those things is at the mercy of this horrifying process. They apologize with such empty platitudes each call that it is absolutely sickening. They profess to know how hard it is. They do not and it is aggravating that they continually offer empty apologies and still do nothing to help until their process SLA is fulfilled. Going 2 months without a working refrigerator is outrageous in this day and age in the United States.

What is even more sickening is having a company that pushes out a product that has no one to service it and offers a warrantee that the company must go through this process to service. They knew on the second that no one in the service area worked on this sealed system, yet they drew this out another 21 days in the hopes that we would drop it. This is an atrocity for a company as big as Whirlpool. And it is a slight to all consumers who are lulled in by the once great product name. And this is not just something we are going through – it is all over the posts on social media. 

Whirlpool pushed out a product with a manufacturers warranty that they CANNOT support and they make the customer jump through hoops to get service or replacement.

I will return to continue this nightmare in three weeks if we haven't heard from the company. 

Until the next episode of this nightmare - Ciao.

2023 Winter Releases

 Considering I haven't written a blog post since December, there's a lot I need to catch you all up on. Like Shadows & Fate which is coming out on February 7th and will be in Kindle Unlimited!  My contribution is Pack Magic. This set is packed with some amazing fantasy romance from authors like K.N. Lee, May Sage, LJ Swallow and Melle Amade to name a few.  Pick it up today! 

She’s a hybrid alpha scorned by her pack, until he arrives.

Daughter of a tribrid and a flame-touched alpha werewolf, Erica Young’s course in life should be set. Except no one wants a phoenix-werewolf with a taste for blood to be their alpha.

When the head of the werewolf council shows up with a possible candidate to take her place in the pack, sparks fly.

Logan Blaez, the prodigal son of the council head, is willing to challenge Erica for the role of alpha, even if that means a fight to the death. Until he lays eyes on her.

Now he wants to claim Erica as his mate and rule as her alpha.

Too bad Erica isn’t willing to submit, or give up her birthright.

Another big release is all ten Fractured Fairy Tales in this lovely package. The hardcover is out now, but the ebook is being released on February 7th as well! If you haven't read my fairy tales, getting the set will save you a whopping $10 versus buying all ten ebooks! 

Speaking of deals, check out Savage Magic!  Young Blood is my submission to this Free Paranormal Romance set.  

And I have been busy making my series collections into hard covers.  As of this particular moment, I have ten hard covers out in the wild and two more should be coming by the end of February. 

The next release that is concrete on my list isn't until October.  But it is part of a shared world that you'll hear more on in subsequent blog posts. 

Until next time,

Ciao.

JET

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Santa needs protection for his Christmas Eve ride around the world and who better to provide than his daughter Chrissy. Check out Silent Night if you want a little Christmas nostalgia!

SILENT NIGHT

JOY - A Silent Night Prequel

And for those special gifts to put under your tree, check out my special edition hardcovers! 

Order now to be sure to receive them in time for Christmas!

Night Hawk Trilogy (Amazon only)

The Ryan Chronicles: Amazon

The Ryan Chronicles: Barnes & Noble

Season of the Dragon: Amazon

Season of the Dragon: Barnes & Noble

Shades of Night: Amazon

Shades of Night: Barnes & Noble