Kristina Elyse Butke writes fantasy filled with magic, dark curses, and true love. Her time living abroad in Wales and Japan inspires her writing through the fantastical settings and creatures she creates.
She has an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University and is an experienced speaker at various conventions in the state of Ohio. She has published with ExFic, First Class Literary, and Synaeresis magazine, and is currently a writer at Comics Beat covering manga and anime. When she isn’t geeking out with cosplay or manga and webtoons, she enjoys her time forest bathing and traveling.
You can find out more about Kristina at her website, www.kristinaelysebutke.com. Find her on Twitter/X at https://twitter.com/kristinaebutke.
Son of the Siren
Sometimes love is a curse, a twisted, unnatural obsession.
Such is the dark magic of a siren’s song, the power of which half-siren Lirien witnesses for himself as he watches his mother sing his father, the King of Ardeth, into the sea. In a fruitless attempt to reverse his father’s fate, Lirien sings the siren song himself, not knowing its true power is seduction. Instead, he ensnares his stepmother, the Queen, with its hypnotic melody.
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Featured Books
Cry Wolf: A Brown and de Luca Novel (Brown & de Luca Return Book 1)
A short, riveting thriller that resets you in the Brown and de Luca Universe just in time for GIRL BLUE.
“Shayne has hit the jackpot with the pairing of self-help author Rachel de Luca and Detective Mason Brown. …she is a master storyteller.” –RT Book Reviews on Innocent Prey, a Brown and de Luca Novel
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Flora Flowerdew & the Mystery of the Duke’s Diamonds (Flora Flowerdew Victorian Mysteries Book 1)
London 1888
Flora Flowerdew has a secret. The former Florrie Gubbins, music hall dancer, is now Madame Flowerdew, one of London’s most renowned spirit mediums. But it’s actually her beloved Pomeranian dog, Chou-Chou, who can see the ghosts.
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A Dutiful Daughter No More
When Mary Elizabeth Rose’s father marries a much younger lass in hopes of siring a male heir, Mary sees her chance to escape her role as his chatelaine, but fears his next step will be to betroth her to a stranger. She has a different future in mind—with a sometimes charming, sometimes difficult and arrogant wounded Highlander.