DIY Fabric Ornament
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Materials:
Scrap ribbon or fabric
Twine
Twig
Instructions:
Cut-up fabric or ribbon
Tie to twig in a simple knot
Repeat until twig is full
Cut ends
Attach twine for hanging
The Devil Chronicles, #2
by Kay Freeman
Date of Publication: February 10th 2024
Publisher: Kay Freeman
Cover Artist: Consuela Parra
Genre: Contemporary Gothic Romance
ISBN: 979-8-9853618-4-1
ASIN: B0CQ4KH1K9
Number of pages: 247
Word Count: 68,180
Tagline: She was supposed to be my wife, not my rival’s slave.
BLURB
I promised to go legit. The truth—I can’t. It’s who I am.
When I break the news, River returns my ring and relocates like I knew she would. I don’t tell her the rest. My only hope, he sees the engagement is off and decides our deal is too and leaves her alone.
If he doesn’t and takes her, she’ll become his and I'll never escape the hell I've created.
River's shoulders slump. "I can't believe you're doing this, Cruz." She collapses onto my throne, carved from ebony. I purchased the piece at auction. It was a steal. In the past you had to come from royalty to sit on one or kill someone who did. Most people today don't feel comfortable sitting on one unless it’s in jest. You need a large ego to do it, which suits me fine. No one sits on it but me. River realizes she's made a mistake and gets up quickly. Her face crumples. "Why must we?"
"I thought I could, but I can't. I've lived in The Palace since I was twelve and—"
River staggers toward me. "You promised. You said we'd be a family. You're going back on your word." Her forehead wrinkles.
"I can't give up a business I'm good at it. I've done it a long time and—"
"You have Monsters now. It's a nightclub, and it's legal, not against the law like…" But she holds the rest of her words, while holding her hands at the same time. She doesn't call it a whorehouse, a brothel, or any of the other nasty names people use to describe what I do.
"Be realistic, River. Monsters doesn't come close to earning enough money. It’s just another Chicago nightclub. I make ten times the amount in receivables in a single day with The Palace. I'm sorry, River, but I can't give it up, or any of the others…yet. I've got too much overhead."
"But maybe someone else can run it and—"
"I can't; no one else can manage the women."
"When will you
be ready to marry and give up the brothel?" River twists her engagement
ring. The smell of burning sage is the only thing keeping me strong. I want to
take back my words before I say them. Do anything to stop what's coming. But it
has to be done. I need to make her go. I'd said several chants to build my
strength earlier, but it won't protect us from what will happen when I say
these next three words.
Author Info
Kay Freeman spent the early part of her career as a professional artist. She's shown her work throughout the United States under her professional name, Kay A. Klotzbach. She was awarded two Geraldine Dodge fellowships for her paintings from the state of New Jersey. Kay was a full-time art professor in South Jersey for over twenty-three years and was granted a Princeton mid-career fellowship for her teaching and her community-based learning projects from Princeton University.
Kay decided to pursue her passion for writing after her manuscript, Truth Moon, was selected by Romance Writers of America's RAMP program in 2021, which led to the publication of her debut novel, Truth Moon, by The Wild Rose Press. Kay has gone on to self-publish four other novels. She also writes a publication for romance authors, What Do Romance Authors Think About, a free newsletter, on substack.
Freeman is passionate about contemporary gothic and suspense romance. Kay loves to balance dark characters with more spiritual ones when writing her novels, providing ways for heroes and heroines to transform themselves into better people. Besides her passion for art, reading, and writing, she loves blues music, tequila, her husband Barry. This list is not intended to be in any particular order. Kay lives in Wilmington, DE, in a mid-century, modern kit home designed by Donald Scholz that she and her husband are still in the process of restoring.
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