“Release!” or “First Flight of ‘The Swan Prince’!”

Oh my gosh, oh your gosh, oh all the goshes everywhere…

“The Swan Prince (Book One of the Wilderhark Tales)” has launched! It is “made available to the public”! IT’S ALIIIIIIVE!

Time to channel all that excitement we’ve built these last several weeks into something productive!

Get the beautiful paperback HERE and/or HERE, with a list price of just $7.99!

Get the Epub for your Nook HERE, only $2.99!

Get the Mobi for your Kindle HERE, also $2.99!

Buy copies for you, for your fairytale-loving friends, for your local libraries!

Facebook about it! Tweet about it! Blog about it! Talk to somebody in person about it! (Yeah, I know, things just got radical…)

And let the world know that NOW is the best time to buy, because each purchase earns up to 7 chances to win exclusive prizes in my Seven Swans a-Winning Giveaway! Just leave a comment below stating how you’ve participated in the “Swan Prince” release-a-palooza (seriously, don’t forget to leave the comment, or I might not otherwise know about your contribution, and that would be sad), and into the raffle your name goes! (A recap of the rules here. Links providing evidence of your actions not mandatory, but appreciated).

I’ll be all over Facebook and Twitter squealing about this for much of the day. Feel free to pop around and remind me to breathe. (: If you’ve already read the book, you speedy reader, you, don’t forget to leave reviews in ALL THE PLACES. And tune back in Tomorrow P.M. when I announce the first giveaway winner!

…I can’t even think of a clever way to sign off, right now. You wanna read me saying something well-put-together? There’s a new book out for that!

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Catching her leg in a bear trap proves the least of Sula’s worries.

Haunted by an enchanted monster from a past she dare not reveal,

and hounded by the perilously perceptive young village doctor, Villem Deere,

the headstrong girl of the woods gambles with fate by binding hers to that of Sigmund, the captivating orphan boy with mysterious nightly business of his own.

The Swan Prince: Book One of The Wilderhark Tales

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An enchantress’s curse turns a spoiled royal into a beast;

A princess’s pricked finger places her under a hundred-year spell;

Bales of straw are spun as golden as the singing harp whisked down a giant beanstalk –

All within sight of Wilderhark, the forest that’s seen it all.

You’ve heard the stories –

of young men scaling rope-like braids to assist the tower-bound damsel;

of gorgeous gowns appearing just in time for a midnight ball;

of frog princes, and swan princes,

and princes saved from drowning by maidens of the sea.

Tales of magic. Tales of adventure. Most of all, tales of true love.

Once upon a time, you knew them as fairytales. Know them now as Wilderhark’s.

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“A great reason to get excited over good, old-fashioned storytelling”

“A beautifully-crafted tale”

“A swift read with a captivating cast”

“Shipley writes with a witty voice, twining traditional beauty and modern storytelling as intimately as the enchanted destinies in her masterful debut novella”