“Dreamless sleep was like a dark place
that played like a lullaby without sound.”
Dreamless sleep was like being lost in oblivion. But it wasn’t frightening or terrible by any means. It was a dark place that played like a lullaby without sound. It was a slow beating of the heart, contentment, free from thought or stress.
© Sarah Doughty
2016
A small excerpt from Listen,
book 4 of
the Earthen Witch Novels.
Heya, Lovelies,
I’m so happy to introduce my next novel, Enduring The Flames. This is the beginning of a new series within the Earthen Witch Universe, taking place immediately after the events in Stronger Than Blood.
The Earthen Witch World Novels are the individual stories of Aisling’s friends, written in their own perspective. Each novel is a standalone, telling the story of one character. The timeline of each novel may overlap or intersect with the main storyline. These novels are also adult urban fantasy romance.
Zoe Kavanaugh never thought she’d have her chance at redemption, but she never stopped trying to find it.
For a witch, Zoe Kavanaugh was a sorry excuse for one. She should have died years ago. Instead, she became a dark witch, died only to be resurrected — not once, but twice — before being restored as a light witch by the first and most powerful Earthen witch to emerge in centuries.
After devoting her new life to help the Earthen and her friends end the chaos ruling the world’s supernatural community, she’s sent to Austria with the notorious Vlad Tepes on an important fact-finding mission. Her job is simple: help Dracula interview a prisoner. She thinks the mystery of how a weak light witch can assist the most infamous and intimidating vampire the world has ever known and navigating her growing attraction to him are her biggest problems. But she should’ve known better. For Zoe, nothing is ever easy.
Coming August 20th!
If you’re as excited as I am, I’d be honored if you take a moment to do any or all of the following:
Finally, if a future extended sneak peek of Enduring The Flames and other freebies in an ever-expanding resource library sounds appealing to you, sign up for my newsletter. Also, if you’d like to join my Beta team and be among the first to read an advance reader copy of this book, sign up here.
Until next time,
Sarah
P. S. All of my books are and will remain FREE at your favorite retailer.
Heya, Lovelies,
I’m so happy to introduce my next novel, Stronger Than Blood. This is the beginning of a new series within the Earthen Witch Universe, taking place immediately after the events in Safe.
The Earthen Knight Novels are an adult urban fantasy romance series featuring Voodoo practitioner Marcelline “Marcy” Webster and vampire Liam, written from Marcy’s perspective. The mystery of Aisling Green’s world deepens with the discovery of what runs in Marcy’s veins. But that is only the beginning. If Aisling is going to succeed in her quest in reuniting the supernatural world, she’ll need Marcy’s help.
“Voodoo practitioner Marcy Webster thought her family’s massacre was the biggest of her worries when she flees New Orleans. But when she seeks asylum with the vampire known as Liam, she learns the truth goes much deeper.”
Raised by extended family in extreme poverty under the rule of New Orleans’ sadistic Voodoo Queen, Marcy Webster dreams of a better life for her family so they can live — and practice their own form of Voodoo — in peace. After the queen is killed, Marcy’s family is massacred by one gunman in the historic French Quarter. She’s forced to flee the city with her three younger cousins with the shooter in pursuit.
Armed with nothing more than a name — a vampire known as Liam living in Nashville, Indiana, an injured Marcy travels there with her cousins in hopes of finding the only people she believes might be willing to offer them asylum. The last thing she expects when they arrive is to recognize Liam as the man that’s haunted her dreams for as long as she can remember. But with Voodoo attacking by day, nightmares taunting by night, and her would-be killer closing in, that’s the least of her problems. Discovering the answers to why everything is happening is all written in her blood. Will she be able to face the man hunting her, embrace her own unique abilities to protect herself and keep the ones she loves safe before it’s too late?
Coming February 20th!
If you’re as excited as I am, I’d be honored if you take a moment to do any or all of the following:
Finally, if an extended sneak peek of Stronger Than Blood and other freebies in an ever-expanding resource library sounds appealing to you, sign up for my newsletter. Also, if you’d like to join my Beta team and be among the first to read an advance reader copy of this book, sign up here.
Until next time,
Sarah
P. S. All of my books are and will remain FREE at your favorite retailer.
I read somewhere that Sarah sees her writing poetry as a moment, whereas her writing fiction as a lifetime, and when I read this, it made total sense to me because I’ve read Sarah’s poetry for years and it is a moment, a strong powerful smack in the gut moment, but definitely a moment, whereas when I read her fiction, I can see the entire universe is being considered and she is methodical, paced and thorough in her plotting and building of characters.
Just Breathe delivered for me. I was surprised. Sarah knows her art, and she drew me into her world almost immediately.
I’m very familiar with Sarah’s poetry and have always appreciated her blunt and honest way of telling it like it is, that’s why it was a surprise to find out she is equally conversant and gifted with longer art forms. This isn’t just a hobby for her, you can tell she takes her writing very seriously and spends a lot of time ensuring she gets it right.
It doesn’t matter if a character
is a witch or a vampire
and whether those things exist
in our world or do not,
it matters that we believe
as we read that they are real.
That way we become
invested in them.
Aisling (the heroine) is the kind of woman that women can relate to and she isn’t afraid to stand up for what she feels is right. For this reason, Just Breathe is a deeply redemptive book and that alone makes it worthy of reading.
And with this I leave you with one recommendation, pick Sarah Doughty’s work out of the genre and let it Just Breathe.
Special thanks to Indie Blu(e) and Candice Louisa Daquin
for such an eloquent review of Just Breathe.
It was both unexpected and touching at the same time.
I still look back at this review with fondness.
I can only hope that as the series and overall universe has evolved,
Candice’s thoughts still hold true.
To read her review in its entirety, click here.
If you want to give my books a try, look no further.
~ Sarah Doughty
“Dreamless sleep was like a dark place
that played like a lullaby without sound.”
Dreamless sleep was like being lost in oblivion. But it wasn’t frightening or terrible by any means. It was a dark place that played like a lullaby without sound. It was a slow beating of the heart, contentment, free from thought or stress.
© Sarah Doughty
2016
A small excerpt from Listen,
book 4 of
the Earthen Witch Novels.
“Dreamless sleep was like a dark place
that played like a lullaby without sound.”
Dreamless sleep was like being lost in oblivion. But it wasn’t frightening or terrible by any means. It was a dark place that played like a lullaby without sound. It was a slow beating of the heart, contentment, free from thought or stress.
© Sarah Doughty
2016
A small excerpt from Listen,
book 4 of
the Earthen Witch Novels.
“I didn’t know the true meaning of sleep
until I was in his arms.”
It was my favorite place to be. Head resting over his heart. Feeling the steady rise and fall of his chest. Hearing the beat of his heart. I didn’t know the true meaning of sleep until I was in his arms.
© Sarah Doughty
2015
This was one of the
scenes from my first novel,
Just Breathe.
Though it’s not the
final draft version,
the moment was still the same.
“My darling, to say that I miss you
would be an understatement.”
To say that I miss you
would be an understatement.
To say that I’m tired
would be sugar coating
the amount of exhaustion I feel.
To say that I’m struggling
and feel like everything
is falling out of control is like
saying a tornado is just a stiff breeze.
I’m doing everything I can to live up to the high expectations I set for myself and I’m feeling as though I’m drowning in it. I’ll pull through, though. But it’s time to say that I’m only one person and I just can’t keep up.
My plan is to slow down,
but never stop.
Because I have to write.
Because I need to write.
© Sarah Doughty
2015
For the sake of telling the story that needs told. For the sake of my characters, I will go on. But I’ll need one more cup of coffee. One more push. One more encouraging cheer from a friend. But, ultimately, I need to allow myself to breathe a little.
Not too much. Because the demons will take over if I let them. I have so many books I want to read, so many I need to write. It’s time that I learned how to pace myself. After so much pain, I deserve to give myself a break.
“When I first looked into your eyes, I knew.
You were meant to be mine.”
I’ll always remember the day I met you. It started like any typical day. But then I felt it, deep down. I knew you were there.
When I first looked into your eyes, I was mesmerized. It wasn’t so much that their color was the most beautiful I ever saw. Though it was. And it wasn’t that it felt like I knew you, deep down. Though I did.
It was that it felt like those infinite depths of chocolate brown eyes could see right through to my soul.
I didn’t need to know you were meant to be mine in that moment. I could already feel it. I just didn’t want to admit it. And I knew, I was done for.
© Sarah Doughty
2015
This was one of the
first scenes from my first novel,
Just Breathe.
Though it’s not the
final draft version,
the moment was still the same.
Aisling and Connor
will always be my first loves.
“I saw the look in his eyes.
The look that told me how much he loved me.”
In that instant, it was just one look. That was all it took. One look that said everything. I saw the look in his eyes. The look that told me how much he loved me. I didn’t want that moment to end. But as the darkness spread in my vision, I hoped that he could read the look on my face and know how much I loved him too.
Before everything went silent.
© Sarah Doughty
2015
This was one of the
scenes from my first novel,
Just Breathe.
Though it’s not the
final draft version,
the moment was still the same.
Aisling and Connor
will always be my first loves.
Sarah Doughty 