Jen Desmarais is the creator of the sex education game Blush and co-author of “Assassins! Accidental Matchmakers” and “Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests.” “Crushing It” was her first solo novel.
Find her on Instagram @JenDesmaraisAuthor
You can also find a short story by Jen in “Nothing Without Us Too”, and a novella in “The Mystery of the Dancing Lights”.
Co-founder of JenEric Designs, she creates unique geeky crocheted items. Her blogs The Travelling TARDIS and How I Taught My Dragon have been nominated for the Prix Aurora Awards over 2018-2024.
She lives in Ottawa with her author husband, daughter, son, and their library of over 3000 books.
Join us tonight for an online launch of Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests, the second book in The Gates of Westmeath series.
As a bonus, Renaissance is going to be revealing the cover designs for their fall releases, so you can get a sneak peak of some of the great stories they have coming out soon.
More details were added to the Facebook page since the creation of this post.
It will be broadcast live to Renaissance’s YouTube channel here!
Hello Readers!
Join us online this Thursday at 7pm to launch Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests.
It will be live streamed on Youtube (Keep an eye on the facebook event for the link)
There will be prizes, books, and a sneak peak at the Fall book covers from Renaissance.
See you there!
Éric and Jen
Join us at the Ottawa Small Press Book Fair! Meet some of our authors and grab one of our featured titles including Iris and the Crew and Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests, as well as Dissatisfied Me and Crushing It, which have sequels slated to come out next year!
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We look forward to seeing you there!
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Kennedy gripped the flying monkey’s head with both hands and quipped, “There’s no place like home.”
Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests by Jen and Éric Desmarais
Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests by Jen and Éric Desmarais is available now!
Hello Readers,
The book is finally here! Get the second instalment of The Gates of Westmeath from your favourite bookseller.
The week before Kennedy and Jason’s wedding is busy. There are cake tastings, dress fittings, a formal ball, and, as their superhero personas the Phantom and the Wraith, fighting monsters.
These behemoths are destructive, smell like snack food, and are only after one thing: Door Tech Industries technology.
Adding to the chaos are their friends and families; Jason’s grandmother has returned after having been missing for half a century, Kennedy’s mom is dead-set on keeping things traditional, and Jason’s best friend is kidnapped before the rehearsal.
Kennedy and Jason just want to get married, preferably before the next monster attack.
The second book of four in The Gates of Westmeath series.
Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests by Jen and Éric Desmarais is available now!
Enjoy!
Jen and Éric
Hello Friends, Family, and Fans;
The Travelling TARDIS is nominated for the Aurora Awards.
The Voter’s Package is available for download! Make sure you’re logged in, and then go get your books.
Voting started June 8 and runs until July 13. Please consider The Travelling TARDIS, nominated in the Fan Writing and Publication category. Thank you to all who nominated us!
Happy reading!!!
The Aurora Awards are awards “for excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy works and activities.” They are administered by the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association.
It’s a fan-voted award with awesome people.
Sign up, get ebooks, read, and then vote for your favourites. It’s a great deal and you’ll love the books.
So go to https://www.csffa.ca/ and click on the “Become a Member” button.
Stay safe and be kind,
Éric
Hello Readers,
It’s unusual in both Urban Fantasy and Romance to have a series in which the leads fall in love and get married quickly. It’s even rarer to see a happy couple working together without the angst of miscommunication or “dark secrets from their past” adding to the drama.
So why did we decide to write a wedding with no romantic angst for the second book in The Gates of Westmeath series? There are two main reasons.
The first being that these two characters fell in love fast and hard. They are not tentative people, and once they’ve made up their minds, they stick to their plans. So unless we introduced some sort of drama, it would be an odd outlier in their behaviour.
Second was that we were excited at the idea of writing a wedding in this world and with these characters. Their romance arc has always been about trusting each other and becoming partners, and this felt like the next logical step.
Adding monsters to contrast the wedding preparations and family drama was a delicious challenge.
But what do the characters think?
By Juleka J. Jameson
I had the privilege to sit with the Ariki and his future bride, and ask them about the upcoming nuptials.
Juleka: Jason and Kennedy, thank you for speaking with me today. What are you most excited about for the wedding?
Kennedy Fairfield: Getting my family all together with friends and Jason’s family. It’s going to be a whole week of celebrating!
Jason Johnson: The Community Ball. I look forward to introducing Kennedy formally to the Community. She’s made my life so much better just by being in it and I want to share that energy with the Community.
Juleka: Many are surprised by the quick about face from stoic leader to loving family man. What brought about the change?
Jason: Several attempts on my life and Kennedy saving it.
Kennedy: I only saved you the first time.
Juleka: Speaking of saving lives, Kennedy, you were whisked away by the Phantom, Westmeath’s very own superhero. How was that experience and is he as handsome in person?
Kennedy: I was! He even let me put on clothes first.
Juleka: That sounds like a story! Go on.
Kennedy: *laughs* Not really. I was in between outfits at a fashion show. It was quite exciting to be whisked away through shadows, and rather thrilling to trust someone so completely without knowing them. He had a nice jawline, but the mask covered my favourite part of a person – his eyes.
Juleka: Sounds dreamy. Any jealousy about that, Jason?
Jason: Yes, absolutely. I’m extremely jealous that the Phantom has never tried to save me. It would have been very useful several times.
Juleka: Speaking of the Phantom, he and his new partner have been fighting some new threats in the form of giant monsters. Are you worried about an attack on your wedding day?
Kennedy: None of the attacks have been near Oldtown or the church, so I guess we might want to hire security for the shuttle between the two?
Jason: Definitely going to get extra security, but honestly, the Phantom and the Wraith have this well in hand, and if anything happens, the Community isn’t defenceless.
Juleka: Enough politics. Tell me about the dress!
Kennedy: Even my mother hasn’t seen it! I can’t tell you much. I can tell you it’s being designed by the Turgenevas at Seams Likeable, and I hired a lace maker in Baker called Inara Kotosuga who is absolutely brilliant. You’ll have to see it after the wedding. I’ve agreed to let Seams Likeable display it for the rest of the month of June.
Juleka: I can’t wait to see it and thank you for letting me and our photographer cover the wedding. The ball and the wedding promise to be the social events of the year. Do you have any surprises planned that you can let our readers know?
Jason: That’s not how surprises work, Juleka. We are not expecting any surprises. Other than the last minute details, everything should be smooth and expected.
Jason couldn’t be more wrong, find out all the surprises in Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests
Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests by Jen and Éric Desmarais is available now!
If Instagram existed in 2003, this is what Jason would’ve posted during the book Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests.
Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests is an Urban Fantasy Romance. What happens when superheroes plan a wedding? Monsters, that’s what.
Kennedy and Jason are ready to get married. They just have to deal with evaporating monsters first.
Available for pre-order now!
Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests by Jen and Éric Desmarais is available now!
“Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests” is an Urban Fantasy Romance. What happens when superheroes plan a wedding? Monsters, that’s what.
Kennedy and Jason are ready to get married. They just have to deal with evaporating monsters first.
There are several other books and TV shows that have a similar style, in one way or another, to our book. Here are the images I made with all the covers of the style comparisons.
The week before Kennedy and Jason’s wedding is busy. There are cake tastings, dress fittings, a formal ball, and, as their superhero personas the Phantom and the Wraith, fighting monsters.
These behemoths are destructive, smell like snack food, and are only after one thing: Door Tech Industries technology.
Adding to the chaos are their friends and families; Jason’s grandmother has returned after having been missing for half a century, Kennedy’s mom is dead-set on keeping things traditional, and Jason’s best friend is kidnapped before the rehearsal.
Kennedy and Jason just want to get married, preferably before the next monster attack.
The second book of four in The Gates of Westmeath series.
Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests by Jen and Éric Desmarais is available now!
