February 12, 2025

Romance Month 2025

For a writer of Romance, I'm not really keen on Valentine's Day. HOWEVER, that doesn't mean I don't like the idea of promoting Romance BOOKS this time of year.

AND because it's also Black History Month, I will recommend some brilliant Black Romance Authors whose work I adore! There are soooo many Black authors I love love love, so this is a very brief and not even close to complete list of some Romance authors to check out (if you haven't already!) Farrah Rochon writes a lot of great Romances, but I think my particular favorite are the Boyfriend Project books. Check out Rebekah Weatherspoon's books for a mix of super hot and remarkably sweet. Kwana Jackson's books, particularly for me Real Men Knot, are all wonderful. She also writes as KM Jackson. Finally, Celestine Martin's Paranormal Romances are adorable. I love the entire Elemental Love series. Especially if you're looking for cozy paranormal slow burn romance. Just delicious!

So! Go forth and purchase lots of lovely reading!

Now! On to my own books. LOL. I have a couple of new releases AND the official prelaunch page to the new Kickstarter is up!

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Kickstarter first! I'm very excited about this one. This will be for the entire first season of The Dragon Thief series put together into one big omnibus edition, which will get a relatively nice paperback edition and a super fancy deluxe paperback edition!

For more, visit the prelaunch page and please consider following that page so you'll be notified the minute it launches! This helps the launch get off to a good start, too, which helps the campaign as a whole. Thank you!

This should be lots of fun. I'm really looking forward to seeing this deluxe edition created!

City background, flying dragon to the left, Large image of book with purple/orange cover, large golden key, and decorative sprayed edges to the right. TEXT: The Dragon Thief Series, Ask dragon questions, get dragon answers... Deluxe Special Edition Omnibus, link www.kickstarter.com/projects/katsimons/the-dragon-thief-series-season-one-omnibus-deluxe-edition

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And on that note, for new releases this month, I am officially starting the new season of the Dragon Thief!

Season Two is going to be lots of fun. We shift gears ever so slightly and add a team into the mix for Myra and Christopher and that...complicates things, but is also proving fun. The new book, THE CROWN OF KINGSHIP JOB is out now at my store, and available for preorder wide. It will come out from the wide vendors in April, so if you want to order from one of them, highly recommend the preorder so you don't forget (I'll remind everyone, too, though *grin*)


The Crown of Kingship Cover,  with dark cityscape in background, large flying gray dragon to the right, heroine facing away from viewer but looking back over her shoulder, dark hair and dark tank top and pants on, TEXT: The Dragon Thief Series, THE CROWN OF KINGSHIP JOB, Kat Simons
THE CROWN OF KINGSHIP JOB
A Dragon Thief Story, Book 7
Season Two

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Preorder At Other Vendors (Releases April 9, 2025)

New relationship, new heist, new disaster waiting to happen

Dangling from the side of a building in Manhattan, late at night, with glass cutters at the ready, Myra confronts the start contrast between her old life as a solitary cat burglar and her new life…as the girlfriend of a dragon shifter prince. A dragon shifter prince with a soft spot for damsels in distress and a habit of finding Myra even when she doesn’t want to be found.

What’s a magical thief to do? Falling hard for Christopher did more than throw Myra into the world of the dragon shifters. Navigating a relationship with someone who cares whether you live or die proves a lot more complicated than she expected. She adores Christopher. But she finds this new life an adjustment.

So when he presents her with a new potential job, she hesitates. Until she learns it involves rescuing a damsel in distress. Christopher’s Achille’s heel. How can she refuse to help him with that? Discovering the job requires all her skills, help from some new people, and the lurking menace of an old rival, guarantees Myra accepts this quest.

Because if they can’t steal back the stolen treasure, the dragon king will lay waste to the city she loves. And everyone in it.

Don’t miss this exciting return to the romantic urban fantasy DRAGON THIEF series! The start of a new season of adventures, heists, and danger for Myra and Christopher. Only this time, they’re not alone.

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I also have a second story from HAUNTS AND HOWLS AND FAIRY DALES releasing as a standalone eBook this month! It will be out everywhere on February 25th and is available for preorder now.

This one is another Irish set, pretty weird fairytale story, which I hope readers will enjoy! For my print readers, the best place to get this story is still in the collection.


Cover art for To Dance in Fallow Fields at Midnight, with a gray-green background of forest and fields and wooden fence in foreground. Image is foggy and mysterious. TEXT: Kat Simons, THE DANCE IN FALLOW FIELDS AT MIDNIGHT, Published in Haunts and Howls and Fairy Dales, Resist the call to the dance when the Fae are about at night...
TO DANCE IN FALLOW FIELDS AT MIDNIGHT
Out February 25th

Resist the call to the dance when the Fae are about…

Becks rented the country cottage in Ireland to live out a long-held dream of writing in Ireland surrounded by history and myth and some good Irish beer. But the difficulties of the real world followed her to the Emerald Isle along with a frustrating case of writer’s block. Deadlines, business issues, and a novel that decides not to write itself leave Becks wandering the fields, looking for inspiration. Or even just a little of that magic she’d hoped to capture on her trip.

Hearing laughter in a fallow field, mysterious mists crawling along the rich dark soil, and a warning from the local pub owner leave her wondering what magic those fields really hold. What creatures lay beyond that thin mist. What dangers taunt her during the dark nights with music that calls her to the dance.

Becks discovers much more than she bargained for on her trip to a country cottage in Ireland. Including a threat that feels all too real. And a call to a world that, if she dares enter, could lead down a path to her destruction.

Author’s Note: To Dance in Fallow Fields at Midnight is also published in the contemporary fantasy collection HAUNTS AND HOWLS AND FAIRY DALES.

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And finally quick reminder to visit The Café at KatSimonsBooks for new free short story reads this month! Frank at the Café is available for a few more days. Then I have an adorable Sapphic romance especially for Romance month releasing on the 15th, called Betty and Al at the Café!

Remember, if you miss a story and want to catch up before the collection of stories releases in July, you can pick up each of the stories individually from KatSimonsBooks.

Logo for The Cafe at KatSimonsBooks, circular gold line with leaves, The Cafe at KatSimonsBooks writting inside in gold, with golden outline drawn cup of coffee and stack of books.

Until next month, happy reading!!

~Kat