Direbound updates & questions for you, dear reader
Official first newsletter! ... and we'd love your input!
Hello and welcome!
We’re so glad to have you all here, and excited to start sharing some sneak peeks from Direbound very soon! We are finishing up a round of edits and hoping to get the draft to beta readers before the Christmas holiday (fingers crossed).
Which, speaking of — if you signed up to be a beta reader and you did not receive an email yesterday, shoot me a note to let me know, as that probably means either it fell into the spam filter or something else went wrong! Reach us at: sablesorensenauthor@gmail.com
Over the past few weeks, we also finalized the release date (February 26th!) and finished making final tweaks to the cover. It’s feeling real!
In the meantime, since we are new to this whole author newsletter thing, we’d love to hear what you would find most interesting and fun from this newsletter going forward. Whether you are a veteran reader and get lots of newsletters, or rarely read a newsletter from an author, all opinions are welcome; we would love to know what kinds of things you like best!
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Also, in case you’re reading this thinking, Hmmm, which book is Direbound, again? Here’s a quick refresher on the book:
In the realm of Nocturna, perpetually at war, humans lucky enough to bond with powerful direwolves are forced into brutal gladiatorial battles. Only the victors earn the right to join the king's army as his elite warriors - the Bonded.
Meryn has never dreamed of being one of the bonded direwolf riders. She’s made peace with her life scraping by in poverty in the shadows of the castle. But when her sister is kidnapped by the enemy, Meryn joins the army to find her and forges a surprise bond with a savage direwolf, Anassa.
Thrust into the vicious competition, Meryn and her wolf must fight against the other Bonded who are eager to punish weakness - like Stark, the cruel and powerful alpha of their rival pack and his malicious wolf, who seems to be fixated on torturing Meryn.
And the target on Meryn’s back only grows as she gets closer to the Crown Prince - who vows to help her and protect her.
But the castle is hiding dark secrets, and the competition should be the least of Meryn’s worries…
And a quick refresher on us:
Sable Sorensen writes spicy dark romantasy and is thrilled to be launching her debut novel DIREBOUND into the world this coming February. Sable is the pen name of two good friends and fantasy fangirls who teamed up to write books that feature strong heroines, spicy romances, and the never-ending fight between those in power and those who would defend the weak and vulnerable.
Instagram: @sablesorensen & Tiktok: @sable.sorensen
If you made it this far, thanks so much again for reading. & more updates soon!
Sable Sorensen