Dear Reader, Love Christine Amsden

 

Dear Reader,

Dear Reader…

 

Oh, you’re about to read my newest book, Knot of Souls! You’ve made a great choice, really. Don’t mind me looking over your shoulder to see how you’re reacting. Can you believe I still get a little nervous when I release a new book, even after twenty years? Every single time. 

 

Knot of Souls is something I’m really proud of. It’s unique – there aren’t a lot of body-sharing stories out there – and more than that, it’s written to be a ray of hope in otherwise bleak times. 

 

I got the idea at the end of 2020, after a grueling pandemic year spent working social media for two state senate campaigns. Politics is always fraught, and that year, I had a front-row seat to some hateful, trollish behavior that has become the hallmark of political discourse. I found myself thinking that we don’t’ even talk to each other anymore, we just try to score points. So after the election, I retreated to my computer and wrote three words:

 

Write something happy.

 

Joy got a name before she got a plot. :) 

 

As it happens, it’s hard to write a tone or mood you don’t feel, so “happy” was a bit of a stretch, but I did manage hopeful.  Specifically, I wanted to fan the flames of hope that two very different beings at cross-purposes can work together and even connect with one another. I want to believe that when we do that, we come out stronger on the other side. 

 

The relationship between Joy and Shade is the heart of what makes this story unique, and also what makes it so good. This story is not a romance – body sharing doesn’t lend itself to anything so straightforward – but it’s as intimate a relationship as I’ve ever dreamed. 

 

I loved writing this book, and I hope you love reading it, too. 

 

Sincerely,

 

Christine

 

P. S. Okay, fine, I’ll stop looking over your shoulder now! 

Christine Amsden is the author of nine award-winning fantasy and science fiction novels, including the Cassie Scot Series.

Speculative fiction is fun, magical, and imaginative but Christine believes great speculative fiction is about real people defining themselves through extraordinary situations. She writes primarily about people, and it is in this way that she strives to make science fiction and fantasy meaningful for everyone.

In addition to writing, Christine is a freelance editor and political activist. Disability advocacy is of particular interest to her; she has a rare genetic eye condition called Stargardt Macular Degeneration and has been legally blind since the age of eighteen. In her free time, she enjoys role playing, board games, and a good cup of tea. She lives in the Kansas City area with her husband and two kids.

Author Links

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Two souls, one body …

When Joy wakes up in an alley, she knows three things: she was brutally murdered, she has somehow come back to life … and she is not alone. She’s been possessed by an inhuman presence, a being that has taken over her dying body. That being is powerful, in pain, and on the run from entities more dangerous than he is.

Shade, a Fae prince on the run, didn’t mean to share the body he jumped into. Desperate and afraid, accused of a murder he didn’t commit, he only sought a place to hide—but if he leaves Joy now, he faces discovery and a fate worse than death.

Forced to work together to solve multiple murders, including her own, Joy and Shade discover hidden strengths and an unlikely friendship. Yet as their souls become increasingly intertwined, they realize their true danger might come from each other … and if they don’t find a way to untangle the knot their souls have become, then even the truth won’t set them free.

Knot of Souls is a stand-alone buddy love fantasy that forces two very different beings to work together … and come out stronger on the other side.

Knot of Souls is available at Amazon.