The Florida Authors and Publishers Association, Inc. (FAPA) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) dedicated to providing the most current quality information, valuable resources, professional development, and networking opportunities to its members and the general public with an interest in writing and publishing in the State of Florida and beyond.
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Her whole life they called her a monster. Now she’s the only one that can save them all.
Marissa is used to being alone. She is a half-Naga, living on the streets in a world where colonizing humans are at odds with the native reptilian beastfolk. She spends her time in an abandoned storefront, hidden from society, until she meets Arthur, the owner of a local menagerie. She finds herself drawn to the charming herpetologist, and when her secret is revealed, he quickly enlists her help.
An outcast Naga has been terrorizing the villagers on the outskirts of the kingdom, and Arthur needs to find out why. But as the pair travel across the valley, they realize the Naga’s sudden appearance is part of something far more sinister. Tensions rise, an army forms, and the strange Naga searches for a mysterious treasure. As the secrets of the past begin to unravel, Marissa realizes she’s the only one that can save the Valley of Scales – before it plunges into chaos.
After tending to Adam Blake’s life-threatening wounds, all the “Family” can do is wait…
It is the waiting that is hardest for Linda Stephens. She and Adam had found something special—had fought long and hard in a hostile, dying world despite incredible odds. And now, just when they thought they had found happiness, disaster strikes.
Afraid that Adam could die without knowing who she truly is, Linda resolves to tell him everything. Sitting a lonely, fearful vigil beside his sickbed and hoping he can hear her, Linda starts at the beginning: when the Black Dust fell…
ApollyCon is an annual multi-day author event owned by #1 New York Times and Internationally Best Selling author, Jennifer L. Armentrout. Established in 2015, ApollyCon features authors (who write Young Adult and Adult fiction), vendors, publishers, sponsors, and hosts over 1,000+ readers each year in Washington, D.C.
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Books in the Desert is an exciting author-signing event where readers and authors can showcase their love for all things books.
Atending Authors:
Mimi Francis
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MY-CON is a one-day comic and anime convention in Orlando, Florida. The mystical event is at Avanti Palms Resort and Conference Center- on I-drive. The convention will include all day karaoke, gaming, fan run panels, and board games.
Attending Authors:
Maria DeVivo
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Northeast Florida’s premier Sci-fi, Fantasy, Gaming, Music, Cosplay & Fandom convention!
Attending Authors:
Nick Savage
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South Florida’s up and coming comic, vintage toy collectibles and anime convention, featuring comic creators, pop culture stars, cosplayers and new media talent from across the world.
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Falling in love with his best friend’s sister wasn’t part of the plan.
Mason Adler has been in love with Nate’s sister since they were kids. He thought he’d finally put those feelings behind him until a heartbroken Natasha showed up at their apartment in the middle of the night, needing a place to stay. After she moves in, Mason puts his feelings aside to give her whatever she needs.
Natasha Garin’s life is in disarray. After she leaves her cheating boyfriend, she’s forced to move in with her twin brother Nate and his best friend Mason. Living with two bachelors isn’t easy, especially when long-buried feelings for her brother’s best friend start to surface. Mason shouldn’t be the guy she wants; they’re friends and that’s it. To her dismay, fighting those feelings gets harder with every passing day.
In the fourth book of the Loves of Lakeside series, two friends discover long-buried feelings are more complicated than they ever could have imagined—fighting them might not be worth the battle.
Are you ready to earn some extra credit?
Ali Whippe will make you feel hot for teacher with this 4-book collection.
Despite being a place of higher learning, AbraXus Tasker College’s professors, tutors, coaches, and students get down and dirty. Dr. Jacoby’s one night stand turns into a hush-hush office hours romance. Quiet writer William shows the Tutoring Center goddess Kimberly that erotica doesn’t have to just be on the page. Anatomy-challenged Bree takes on the entire football team in a steamy locker room encounter as the athletic team helps her “study” for her exams. The Cooper twins earn their extra credit, discovering that the school mascot can boost morale at more than just the games.
Sit at your desk, get your pencils out, and pay attention. You’ll be graded on this.
Six friends go for a ride to see what they can … sea!
Oliver Possum didn’t mind a good bicycle ride—but this was a great one! He and his friends ride across the great wide world to have a fun afternoon at the seaside. What could possibly go wrong?
Well, as you know, it’s not much of an adventure until something does. If it all goes right, it’s just a trip. And who wants to read about that?
Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary…
Mary Emyrs finds herself trapped in a mirror world and doesn’t know how—or when—she got there. Bored out of her mind, she spies on a man through his mirror. Suddenly, her eye candy falls into her world, and they have an amazing night of sex!
CJ Galdur can’t stop thinking about his strange rendezvous with the woman in the mirror. Did he really just get laid by the mythical Bloody Mary? He can’t stop beating it to thoughts of her. When he calls for her, things heat up and a dark changeling makes his presence known.
Will Mary be free of the mirror, or will CJ find himself sucked into her world?
On this week’s episode of The Dead Show…
Barrington Prison is no place for the living. When ghost hunters film a reality show in the prison, Snow and Cadence must make sure the ghosts behave and follow the rules. Elsewhere, the spoiled ghost of a young southern belle begins harassing a family. As both the living and dead teams divide and conquer, Cadence and Snow wonder if this all just a coincidence. Or has something more nefarious been set into motion?
What Cadence and Snow don’t know is that the ghost hunters didn’t just bring EMF meters and night vision cameras. They have a new, experimental piece of equipment that could threaten everything—if the prison’s occupants don’t get them first.
Whether told around a campfire or with a storm raging outside, ghost stories aren’t always just stories.
When the power fails in the middle of a storm, Zack and Daniel turn to their father, John Malone, for comfort. Feeling that the boys are old enough to learn the truth about his childhood, John divulges a family secret, one he’s kept locked away, a secret that changed John’s life forever.
In a small Pennsylvania town called Lizardville, Johnny and his friends set out on a weekend camping trip along the banks of Big Fishing Creek. On the first night, as the boys gather around the campfire, Parker shares the legend of the Ax Factory murders. Soon after, strange, mysterious things begin to happen. Little do the boys realize, they have awakened a spirit called Annabelle. She is searching for something and knows the boys are hiding what she seeks. Could the secret lie in an old puzzle box?
As this spine-tingling, edge-of-your-seat adventure unfolds, one question remains: will they survive the weekend?
Blood is a powerful magic, but love is even more so.
Lily Everett comes from a long line of powerful witches. It’s her duty to continue the Everett line and pass her gifts down to future generations. But Lily has fallen in love with Albert Hsu, a vampire, and her family is less than thrilled about their relationship.
With Lily fighting against her family to defend her love, a new threat arrives in town that threatens everything Lily and Albert have built together. Thirty years after running away from his vampire family, Albert’s maker and his brood of vampires return to claim Albert once again. Can the love of a witch and vampire overcome their blood families, or will they have to sacrifice their happiness to appease old hostilities?
After Jack’s death, the young Legends of West Haven are forced to face the changing landscapes of their lives.
A mysterious stranger called Ashby is selling promises of self empowerment to the town’s misguided youth via a mysterious drug which seems to be doing more harm than good. As the death rate rises, Ashby arms himself with lies that could destroy The Nation.
With the adults distracted by their own problems surrounding The Nation, the Legends will have to reach out to the Normals Duncan and Rex to help track down the elusive drug dealer. The team falters, however, as Bri and Duncan’s relationship grows stronger; something not lost on Allison, who still struggles with feelings for Bri.
Together, the friends must help Rex through his revelation that West Haven is not as quiet as it seems, stop Ashby, and overcome their own insecurities about who they are before believing the falsehoods they are told.
Jake has a talent for fixing broken office equipment and satisfying uptight office ladies.
Charlotte is an overanxious perfectionist with a propensity to wait for the last minute before turning in her work. When her company Erotic Overseas Adventures tasks her with finishing the fall’s marketing campaign, Charlotte does what she always does: she procrastinates. When she finally gets to work mere hours before the deadline, she finds that the copy machine is broken.
Jake Ryan fixes copy machines for a living. He’s handsome and meticulous– and definitely not a corporate spy.
Charlotte thinks he’s up to no good. He thinks she’s crazy—hot, but crazy. When she finds out she’s mistaken, she will have to do a whole lot of groveling on her knees if she wants the copy machine fixed.
What’s a girl to do?
Albert Turner was only supposed to be visiting Quill Point, but now he may never leave.
Quill Point, Illinois, used to be like any other small town. Most of its citizens have lived there their entire lives. Each of them is a part of a larger community of friends, neighbors, and coworkers.
When the sky changed, no one saw it for what it was: the beginning of the end. Now, as horrors and monsters rise, and the population of Quill Point dwindles, the remaining citizens must try to survive the evil machinations at the heart of this new apocalypse. They are in the middle of something beyond human understanding. Something primal and hostile.
Nothing Will Be Left is the first book in the terrifying Quill Point Chronicles. A cosmic horror anthology series told from multiple perspectives. It’s full of existential terror, body horror, and unknowable destruction waiting to be unleashed.
Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary…
Mary Emyrs finds herself trapped in a mirror world and doesn’t know how—or when—she got there. Bored out of her mind, she spies on a man through his mirror. Suddenly, her eye candy falls into her world, and they have an amazing night of sex!
CJ Galdur can’t stop thinking about his strange rendezvous with the woman in the mirror. Did he really just get laid by the mythical Bloody Mary? He can’t stop beating it to thoughts of her. When he calls for her, things heat up and a dark changeling makes his presence known.
Will Mary be free of the mirror, or will CJ find himself sucked into her world?
In the Tulsa underworld, everyone is connected.
The consequences of Renaldo’s death reverberate through Gabriella’s life. As his mother seeks answers, she learns just how far she is willing to go to get revenge for her son’s murder.
Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Gabriella, Cattle Cop Frankfort Corbin is on the case. After meeting Siriano in prison, Frank is tasked with uncovering what happened to Renaldo in order to destroy the organization he built. Frank quickly becomes ensnared in events that exceed his original mission. He meets the shrewd Kevin Alexander, who is on a collision course with fate and hellbent on destroying the Siriano Organization.
Big cities can feel like small towns, and that is especially true for twins Jerilyn Kissee and Jeremy Hall. Jeremy can’t seem to escape the town he grew up in, finding himself back home after bad luck at the Vegas poker tables. Jerilyn can’t escape her dead-end job or her dead-beat husband Wayne. But when opportunity presents itself in the form of Deputy Tanner Brogdon, it does so with disastrous consequences that affect not only their lives, but Gabriella’s, Frank’s, and Kevin’s in this explosive conclusion to the Tulsa Underworld Trilogy.
An avalanche is the least of Sam’s problems.
On her third outing as a travel writer for “Carmel Today” magazine, former investigative reporter Samantha “Sam” Powers is invited to cover the reopening of the historic Lake Tahoe Mountain Lodge. The press trip has all the hallmarks of an amazing adventure, offering winter activities like skiing with a former Olympian, snowshoeing, dog sledding, and riding in a horse-drawn sleigh.
At the Lodge, a huge storm hits and guests start vanishing. As Sam begins to investigate the disappearances—with help from her best friend Lizzy—she stumbles into the culprit’s sights. When she finds herself dangling off a mountain peak, Sam wonders if her nose for mystery may have taken her too far this time.
“Destination: Lake Tahoe” is the third in the Destination Murder Mystery series, which combines exotic locales and a behind-the-scenes look at the travel industry with the twists and turns expected from a good mystery.
The ocean is vast and deep. What lurks beneath can tear boats asunder.
Richard Shaw, an insurance investigator from Lloyds of London, arrives in Rio de Janeiro in 1851. He is there to discover why so many of the great sailing ships of the world are disappearing in the south Atlantic, never making it to or from the Pacific Ocean.
From each side of the continent, two ships set sail: one helmed by Captain Peech to hunt for treasure and the other ferrying passengers like Cassandra Coulter, who only hopes for safe passage. Both ships encounter murder and supernatural forces. When the survivors unwillingly rendezvous in Cape Horn, they run straight into Richard Shaw.
The Sea of the Vanities is a supernatural sea adventure that answers the question: should death be feared? Or is it a mercy?
“It looks like its tail is broken! Let’s make sure it gets home!”
Young mermaid Kimmi has been chosen to raise a baby sea dragon until it is large enough to live with its parents in the open ocean. Although warned not to go beyond the reef with her young charge, after Kimmi’s necklace breaks and the pearls scatter, they forget the warning and swim out to find the lost pearls.
When a ghost net threatens the mermaids’ kelp garden and the sea creatures who live there, Kimmi and Snappy must be brave in order to save the day. Will they make it back to the safety of the reef?
How far will they go to rescue the ones they love?
Esmerelda and Freddy have spent lifetimes trying to find the prison of the demon Don Marcos so they can break the curse and find Freddy’s lost love. Everything seems to be lining up, but Don Marcos’s prison slips through their fingers yet again. When a new demon rises to take his place, they must trust their friends with the truth and hope they can end this curse.
Meanwhile, Diego and Alex are attacked by a wolf-like beast that no one wants to admit knowing about. Determined to get to the truth and stop the Big Bad Wolf from getting to Alex, Diego heads out into the city as Shadow Guardian. With Alex watching his back in the command center, Diego will stop at nothing to stop this threat to his community—and his boyfriend.
When death comes, life can at last begin again…
Which will prevail: Life or Death? Iapetos has come back into the lives of Talib and Hotan, but what will happen when his own memories come flooding back? Hotan must come to terms with his emotions regarding his father while also deciphering his newfound feelings for Abigail.
Meanwhile, Iapetos faces past regrets and must decide whether to let the past continue to haunt him or choose a life more fitting for who he wants to be. Talib can only wait for judgments to be made and decide if he even has the right to intervene in a century’s worth of familial struggles.
Includes bonus materials from the author including artwork, a complete list of Immortals and their powers, playlists for all three books, and the backstory of the trilogy.
Jake Nilsen is a touring stand up comic with a penchant for one-liners and one-night stands.
In this 8-book collewhitection, Jake travels from Milwaukee to Jacksonville where he meets fifteen beautiful women and tickles more than just their funny bones. Experience sexual conquests like nothing before as each city leaves fond and fondling memories of ladies like Lydia, Alyssa, Carrie, and even Molly!
Readers looking for puns and naughty humor will find the Stand Up, Lie Down set tantalizing and entertaining. Yoga instructors, book sellers, artists, professors, and bartenders are on the menu as Jake travels from one club to the next facing the club managers, swapping sex stories with his wingman Curtis, tripping in his old pick up truck, and enjoying the occasional fourth wall break.
Finn’s a piece of shit, but you’ll root for him anyway. Faith’s no better, but he loves her just the same.
After years of writing songs for corporate labels, record producer extraordinaire Finn Fairlane moves from the Big Apple to The City Beautiful to redefine his career. While working with a choice client, he runs into Faith Suibhal, the love he left behind to chase fame and fortune.
Realizing he still holds a torch for her and hoping she holds one for him, he sets out to prove he has changed his ways since their split almost twenty years ago. With more than one woman vying for his affections and his heart strings pulled in every direction, Finn will have choices to make and situations to explain.
Finn Fairlane: The Complete Package compiles the three books of The Fairlane Series into one beautiful edition for the discerning reader. Give yourself everything you deserve. Give yourself … the complete package.
There are things that go bump in the night … and slither beneath the sheets.
Cryptids are thought to be beings of folklore, crafted to explain the unexplainable. Sasquatch, the Chupacabra, and the New Jersey Devil have become a part of the collective unconscious and are responsible for thousands—millions!—of nightmares. But sometimes, the most frightening thing is exciting.
Join Frankie, Clara, and Abigail as they explore what it means to be afraid—and titillated. For Frankie, that means helping a Sasquatch shifter escape his furry form. Clara sets fire to her own life, and ignites a new fire in Chupacabra’s loins. Abigail loses it all but seduces a Devil at the roulette table.
Honey Cummings offers three tales that will make you tingle … in every conceivable way.
Submit to your pleasures. Ali Whippe cracks the whip with this 4-book collection.
Whether submitting to an old flame, a stranger, or one’s partner(s), it’s tantalizing to test one’s boundaries. For MaryBell, that means finding out what drives James wild. Steve finds out that acts of service earn him Katie’s undivided attention. Sorina’s bratty ways get her into trouble with her dominant husband. Swinging becomes a spicy new kink for Emily and Ryan.
Get on your knees and say “please.”
Dr. Cage explores the minds (and bodies) of his patients, but is he brave enough to find love?
Dr Hunter Cage is an Ivy League educated sex therapist who is not afraid to be hands-on, when the treatment plan calls for it. He knows that sex is an integral part of mental wellness and his unorthodox methods work.
When he leaves small town Pennsylvania to launch a private practice in San Francisco, he looks forward to helping a larger client base with more varied treatment modalities. Dr. Cage is just what the gay men of San Francisco need—he successfully treats men who refuse to bottom (and top!) and sufferers of sexual addiction.
There’s just one problem: he can’t treat himself. Instead, Dr. Cage scours dating apps for men he can spend the night with and send home the next morning. He even hooks up with a flight attendant he has only ever kissed at 36,000 feet. But love has a way of finding a person. Will Dr. Cage know it when he sees it? Or is he destined for loneliness?
Let Dr. Cage writes you a prescription for twelve steamy tales.
Honey Cummings puts a spicy, urban spin on your favorite fairytales!
Submit to a beastly Professor in pursuit for love or even follow Goldie’s appetite for men with beards. Every character comes to life in this interconnected world where some are looking for love while others just want a wild erotic adventure for the night. Whether things unfold at Pinnochio’s office, or heat up at Red’s bar, there’s a little something for everyone.
Join us in this 10-book collection and get c(u)mfy for an adult bedtime story you’ll never forget. Fans will find the steam and laughter a delight whether it’s the idea of wearing that old high school drama troll mask to a masquerade orgy or the hidden toys our Princess Pea can’t help but find all the way back to her bedroom (Why the blender? Or the bowl of cherries?).
Prepare to go on an urban fantasy like no other!
To survive his circumstances—and a serial killer—Vander must make a monster of himself.
Growing up in abject poverty, Vander Masozi faces dangers from all sides: his abusive father, roaming street gangs, predatory police officers, and the premonitions that are becoming more horrifying by the day. He is destined for a short, brutal life. That is, until Alexander Dayton offers him an opportunity to live a more extraordinary one.
Alexander is a wealthy philanthropist, but his intentions are not as pure as Vander—and the less fortunate of Cape Town—believe. He has a connection to a serial killer who also has a vested interest in his success. When it comes to Vander, Alexander must decide whether to put him on a pedestal or leave him in the dirt where he found him.
Can Vander survive unleashing the power growing inside him to save himself from certain destruction?
Sometimes you have to leave home to find where you really belong.
Junior Price desperately wanted to get out of her small town and the demands of her big family. Upon winning a scholarship to an elite private college thousands of miles away, she packed her bags and went to find her place in the world. She soon discovers that she may not be ready to be out on her own.
Mansfield College is full of the rich and the wealthy who play by a whole different set of rules. She tries her best to fit in and follow her heart only to discover that her small-town southern charm doesn’t work on everyone.
Will she become someone she doesn’t recognize to try to make everyone happy or will she find herself and become the young woman she wants to be? This book is a modern-day, coming-of-age retelling of the classic Jane Austen story filled with heartache and friendship.
Jamel James is in love with his husband, for better, for worse…
Since their initial encounter, the two military veterans have been through a few storms, such as Connor’s step out of the closet to stand up to his family. As a couple, they have built close friendships, family ties, and a community in their New England town. Through it all, their bond is still strong and their intimacy still undeniably hot.
Now a married, domesticated couple with a ten year anniversary on the horizon, Jamel and Connor must navigate dueling work schedules, communication issues, and family drama while trying to maintain the fire they once had. But when tragedy strikes Jamel’s life, the aftermath could affect their happy life and change things between them. Is the perfect match they worked hard for no longer perfect?
The Everstorm is merciless—the people who live beneath it are even worse.
The earth has become a wasteland as a result of humanity’s mistreatment. The sky has been dark for as long as anyone can remember, covered in an infinite roiling mass called The Everstorm. There are no trees. There is no hope. Unless, of course, you’re one of the privileged who live in the protected cities beneath the domes. In these cities, there are trees, parks full of vibrant grass, and even waterfalls—all thanks to the solar energy harvested by those who have no choice but to brave the Everstorm.
Shipley Boden is a low-life working his way into the good graces of the Citizens, hoping one day to be allowed a living space beneath the protective dome. But when he stumbles upon an orphaned girl in the ruins of the past, he decides to deliver her to the nearest settlement and be done with it. When Shipley runs afoul of violent marauders who call themselves The Red Kings, he must draw upon all the knowledge he’s gained. Only now, he has a little girl to think about.
Mike Strong has a face the bad guys like to punch.
Valkyrie City is full of killers, mobsters, and thieves—and that’s just on the surface. In the city’s underbelly lurks something far worse. Generally, the citizens of Valkyrie City are blissfully unaware of the supernatural beings who live among them.
Harvard professor turned soldier Mike Strong returned from the battlefield a changed man. The evil he encountered gave him powers he never thought imaginable. Now he’s on a mission to rid his city of monsters, even if that means taking on a crime syndicate, a demon, and all the possessed contents of a haunted toy factory.
But if anyone is game: it’s Mike Strong. While he’ll earn his fair share of bumps and bruises, you should see the other guy…
The Everstorm is merciless—the people who live beneath it are even worse.
The earth has become a wasteland as a result of humanity’s mistreatment. The sky has been dark for as long as anyone can remember, covered in an infinite roiling mass called The Everstorm. There are no trees. There is no hope. Unless, of course, you’re one of the privileged who live in the protected cities beneath the domes. In these cities, there are trees, parks full of vibrant grass, and even waterfalls—all thanks to the solar energy harvested by those who have no choice but to brave the Everstorm.
Shipley Boden is a low-life working his way into the good graces of the Citizens, hoping one day to be allowed a living space beneath the protective dome. But when he stumbles upon an orphaned girl in the ruins of the past, he decides to deliver her to the nearest settlement and be done with it. When Shipley runs afoul of violent marauders who call themselves The Red Kings, he must draw upon all the knowledge he’s gained. Only now, he has a little girl to think about.
When you’re a superhero’s sidekick, kiss your normal life goodbye.
Elijah Baron isn’t thrilled that his vigilante superhero best friend Kane—better known as Hematite—signed him up for a dating app, even though he’s single and in need of a date for a wedding. He’s even less thrilled that the dating app is so Kane can spy on the mysterious new girl in town, Hannah. Women are going missing in Riverpeak, and Kane suspects Hannah’s sudden arrival may be to blame.
When fantasy author and video game streamer Hannah Cohen moves to Riverpeak, she hopes a change of scenery will help her conquer writer’s block and escape her troubled past. But the more she falls for Elijah Baron, the more her past catches up to her.
As Elijah dates Hannah, he suspects she may have superpowers of her own. Will Hannah and Elijah end up on opposing sides of a superhero showdown, or will they get to live a normal life happily ever after?
