Happy book birthday to When Lightning Strikes! I can't wait for you guys to meet Caixia, Yida, and Lei! This book means a lot to me because it's the first time I've written anything that has even something slightly to do with my Chinese half. I've had Asian characters in books before, of course, but this one really utilizes a lot more, like style of dress, terminology, and some mythology. With that being said, please keep in mind the setting is a completely made up world and nothing follows any actual myth or anything like that.
This is the first in a trilogy and is a YA Fantasy Romance. If you're looking for another MM release from me, don't worry, there's one on April 5th!
For now, here's the blurb and the purchase link! This book is available as ebook, paperback, and on KU.
In a land ruled by Yaoguai and overrun with demons, a girl must put her heart aside to discover her true destiny.
Caixia, better known as the Prince’s Red Rabbit, is a fierce assassin. Sent out by the prince under the cover of night, she’s known for delivering swift justice just as much as she’s known for the single eyepatch she always wears. No one knows what lies beneath the strap of cloth, no one aside from Caixia herself and the royal family.
Or so they believe.
Gods Gold, reincarnated gods thrown out of the heavenly realm and sent to the mortal plane to atone, have ruled over Middlemist for centuries, but they’re a dying breed. Each year less and less of them are reborn as they complete their punishments and return to the Jade Emperor. Now that it’s time for Prince Yida to marry, there doesn’t seem to be any viable candidates left for the role. But just when Caixia and the prince begin to hope this could be the opportunity for them to be together, a girl is found. With two golden eyes.
Lei, the newly appointed Guardian of the West, helps ease some of Caixia’s sadness, filling a hole she didn’t realize she had as the two of them grow closer. But Lei has secrets of his own that he’s keeping, ones that could unravel not only their kingdom, but the entire world as they know it.
In the end, will Caixia choose to stand by the prince she’s always loved, or will she decide to put her faith in the man who helped her see she’s much more than simply the Red Rabbit? As demons plague the city and tragedy strikes, these three will have to unravel the threads of fate and decide who, and what, they really are.
One wrong choice, and the whole world suffers.
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