“Fanatics! Inevitable Honeymoon Crashers” is finished!

Hello Readers!

I’m filled with exclamation marks! (Sounds like a medical issue honestly.)

After a year and a month of writing, we’ve finally finished Fanatics! Inevitable Honeymoon Crashers.

This is the third of four books in The Gates of Westmeath series and honestly my current favourite.

Our characters are happily married and on a chase for all the peices of Kennedy’s magical gem. They’re not the only ones though, aliens and Fay alike are going to try and get there before them. It’s a treasure hunt and race across the world, with stops in Ottawa ON, Montreal QC, Hope BC, Parry Sound ON, Paris France, and the magical archives of the Library of Alexandria.


The next step for us is editing and sending it to beta readers. Once that’s done (hopefully a few months) then we submit to our publisher and if they like it, it should be published, if we’re lucky, in 2027 or 2028.

We’ve only been publishing one book per year and next year will be the thrilling sequel to Crushing It!, and in 2026 we have slated a book called Faymous, which is a fun portal/Fairy book.

If you’re interested in being a beta reader, and you’ve read the first two books, please contact us. We have two spots available.

Good Reading,

Éric

Until you get to read this awesome new book why not read the first two?

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Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests by Jen and Éric Desmarais is available now!

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Add it to your “Want to read” on Goodreads here!

Jen and Éric have stories in The Siren’s Song Vol. 1

Hello Readers!

Do you want a free ebook of short stories? What if they include exclusive stories from Jen and I?

The two stories are:

Funky Looking Chickens by Éric

A paranormal military mission goes sideways when they meet up with some strange birds. Things get extra complicated when the team lead discovers his ex-girlfriend on the scene.

Find out how Mr. Therien from The Baker City Mysteries became a Gatekeeper.

A Concert Tail by Jen

When a mermaid wants to go to a concert things seem impossible, but that word doesn’t exist in Westmeath.

Meet some new, and a few familiar, characters from Westmeath, the city featured in the series The Gates of Westmeath and Lucky in Love.

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There are also plenty more awesome stories in the book.


Enjoy!

Stay safe and be kind,

Éric

Never Have I Ever Urban Fantasy MC Edition

Hi Readers,

I saw a list of Never Have I Ever retro things and I thought it would be fun to make one for Urban Fantasy main characters.

Give your MC 1 point for everything that applies:

  1. Been haunted by their past
  2. Had a family member or close friend betray them
  3. Fall for someone who wasn’t quite human
  4. Gotten into a fight they couldn’t win
  5. Pissed off someone important/dangerous
  6. Died, seemed to die, or faked their death
  7. Travelled somewhere otherworldly
  8. Experienced a power curve that’s practically vertical
  9. Lost their memory
  10. Owned a store, restaurant, or other business
  11. Taken on an apprentice/squire/intern
  12. Given in to carnal desire after a fight
  13. Was nursed back to life by their enemy
  14. Got a magical tattoo or other body modification
  15. Had more than one love interest vying for their attention
  16. Dealt with a prophecy
  17. Quoted pop culture during a fight
  18. Poisoned, cursed, kidnapped, or enslaved
  19. Discovered your dead parent was keeping secrets
  20. Time travelled

Our Results

How do your favourite main characters add up?

Éric

Book Contract for The Gates of Westmeath Book 2

Hello Readers,

Renaissance Press has agreed to to publish the sequel to Assassins! Accidental Matchmakers.

The Gates of Westmeath Book 2 Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests will be published, hopefully, June 2024!

Thank you for reading!

Jen and Éric

Typesetting Assassins! Accidental Matchmakers

Hello Readers and book lovers,

The typesetting for Assassins! Accidental Matchmakers has started. This is the first version called an Advanced Reader Copy that will go to reviewers and people who will blurb the book.

One of the perks of being with a smaller press and being a professional typesetter (AKA: Internal Layout Artist) is that they let me do the insides.

I’m really excited for this book and I can’t wait to share it with everyone… Unfortunately, unless you’re getting an ARC, you’ll have to wait until September.

Social Media

We have a lot of different things planned for promotion. The first will be creating new social media accounts.

Stay tuned for the saga or the 38 year old trying to figure out social media that isn’t fifteen to twenty years old. (Google+ is still a thing right?)

Éric