Fresh Fiction Blog | Natalie J. Damschroder

My day to day life is very dull. I do paperwork at my day job for a chiropractor. I edit marketing materials in my freelance job. Coincidentally, both jobs require a lot of sitting and typing. My kids are older now, the oldest away in college and the youngest in high school and very self-sufficient and independent. So I might drive her around some, and do household chores or run errands. When I get down time, I'm watching the TV shows that have piled up on the DVR or, if we're getting really wild, going to a movie with my husband.

No one would ever want to read about what I do in my real life. Which might be why I write stories about people who are doing anything but real-life-type activities.

Take my Goddesses Rising trilogy. When it starts out, Quinn has a "regular" kind of day-to-day life, if you consider owning a bar and using her abilities as a goddess in a side business "regular." But right off the bat, she's racing off to try to stop a leech who's draining goddesses of their powers. None of them ever get back to normal after that. All three books in the trilogy have battles and bad guys and people struggling to find their place in the world. In SUNROPER, the book that just came out this week, the heroine has sold the inn she used to run and is on a mission to prevent entitled, spoiled young men from taking and using power that isn't theirs.

It's the same with the romance side of things. I've been married for 21 years to a stable, loving, funny, hard-working man who has made it possible for me to pursue my dreams. So of course I write about heroes who fight people all the time. All of them do have those loving, funny, hard-working traits inspired by my husband, but they tend to have more exciting extracurricular activities, like Sam's research-fu (aka hacking) and Gage's "businessman adventurer" lifestyle.

So if you like to read the "anti-normal" in your romance novels, the Goddesses Rising trilogy might be for you. The third book, SUNROPER, just came out this week, and to celebrate, you can get the digital edition of the first book for only 99 cents until January 8.

Under The Moon
Goddesses Rising
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Heavy Medal
Goddesses Rising
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Sunroper
Goddesses Rising
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For additional retailer links, you can go to the Goddesses Rising page on my website.

About the Book

Marley Canton is done being a victim. A year and a half has passed since she discovered her ability to nullify power in those who aren't supposed to have it. She's now on a quest not only to stop the brats who've become addicted to goddess power, but also to find the source of their addiction.

Like Marley, Gage Samargo is tracking down the goddess who went rogue decades ago. Insane with too much power from the sun, she's selling that energy to Gage's younger brother and his friends, who are no longer content to come into power naturally. While they work to find a way to neutralize the goddess, Marley discovers that every time she nullifies someone, she takes on some of the goddess's insanity.

Gage falls for Marley's sharp wit and intense desire to right wrongs. But once he discovers she's turning into her enemy, is it too late to back away?

About the Author

Natalie J. Damschroder is a multi-published author of contemporary and paranormal romance, with an emphasis on romantic adventure. Her 15 novels, 7 novellas, and 15 short stories have been published by Avid Press, Echelon Press, and Amber Quill Press, with current work published by Carina Press and Entangled Publishing. She is a 2012 recipient of the RWA Service Award and two-time finalist in the EPIC eBook Awards romantic suspense category: Fight or Flight in 2012, and Acceptable Risks (which won the category in 2013). She is also a multi-finalist in the International Digital Awards. You can learn more about her at , where you'll also find links to her blogs and social media.

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Comments

My day job isn't very exciting either. It's nice to read about character's whose lives are nothing like mine. Thanks for the special on the first book.
(Amy Kincade 2:52am January 2, 2014)

well my day and night job is being a mommy so it isnt exciting
either. so i am excited to read this book thanks so much for
the giveaway. i love reading books and i love romance novels
and this sounds really good
(Denise Smith 8:57am January 2, 2014)

You guys are why I love being a writer. :) Thanks for coming
by!
(Natalie Damschroder 9:36am January 2, 2014)

Natalie, I love seeing why grand adventure is so appealing even when everyday life IS happy and satisfying -- your explanation makes perfect sense!
(Laurie Schnebly 9:43am January 2, 2014)

Reading books always takes me away from my every day life and plants me right in a wonderful new world!!! Thanks and can't wait to read this book!!
(Bonnie Capuano 9:52am January 2, 2014)

Hi Natallie! HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I hope 2014 brings you and
yours Good Health, Continued Happiness and the Best of
Everything else. :) Thank you for having this contest for
your fans and others. Your life seems very exciting to me
and you are amazing to be able to fit all that you do into a
mere 24 hour day. Keep up the Great Work! The "Goddesses
Rising" trilogy is a book set I would Love to read! Although
I will wish everyone "Good Luck" in this contest, I am
secretly hoping that I will win. Hehehe Have a wonderful
day.
(Cheri Minott 10:07am January 2, 2014)

I lead a very boring life. I believe that's why I am such a voracious reader.
It's an escape, lol.
(Vicki Hancock 11:16am January 2, 2014)

Hello author,
Under the moon sounds really interresting i definitely want to read this.
(Hamna Choudhry 12:07pm January 2, 2014)

My favorite thing is to curl up at night with a book. Just love reading and finding authors I haven't read before!
(Barbara Wells 12:24pm January 2, 2014)

Thanks, Laurie! I love when I come up with something that
makes sense to people. LOL

That's exactly how I feel, Bonnie!

Cheri, you're so sweet! Good luck, and may 2014 be your best
year ever. :)

Vicki, I think we all think our lives are boring. I bet
there are parts of yours that would be interesting to other
people. And that is, of course, why fiction is so awesome.
:)

Thanks, Hamna! Good luck!

Barbara, me, too, I almost always end the day with an escape
into a novel. Sometimes a few minutes, sometimes an hour (or
more, with the really good ones! LOL)

Thanks again everybody, for commenting! Happy New Year!
(Natalie Damschroder 12:33pm January 2, 2014)

the excitement to read this is here! sounds great series
(Debbi Shaw 1:36pm January 2, 2014)

The books all look like they would be good to read, thanks for the contest!!
(Carol Oddy 3:46pm January 2, 2014)

Thanks, Debbi and Carol! Good luck! :)
(Natalie Damschroder 4:03pm January 2, 2014)

It sounds like a great read. I love to read it is my way of escaping a somewhat dull life also!
(Denise Austin 4:52pm January 2, 2014)

Sounds like an interesting book and I like paranormal stories. I have a boring life too, but for excitement you can't beat books, movies, and T.V. shows! It's much safer than skydiving.
(Michelle Fidler 5:12pm January 2, 2014)

Reading is my escape from my boring life. Books can take you
anywhere.
(Susan Clickner 6:22pm January 2, 2014)

LOVE YOUR BOOKS THEY ARE FABULOUS. I'M YOUR
BIGGEST FAN.
(Shelly Caggiano 6:53pm January 2, 2014)

Hee! Thanks, Diana! I was pretty proud of that term. LOL

Thanks, Denise! Glad I'm not alone in needing to escape!

Too true, Michelle, too true. :)

Yes, Susan, that's another aspect of it! I love when the
setting is someplace completely unique.

Aww, Shelly, thank you! *tackle hugs*
(Natalie Damschroder 7:13pm January 2, 2014)

I love reading books,because I get to go places I can't go. Thanks for a chance to win your book.
(Linda Hall 7:39pm January 2, 2014)

Hi Natalie, I think most of us read as an escape from normal
life... I know I do. I don't blame you for writing about
things other than normal day to day life. :-)
(Glenda Martillotti 9:18pm January 2, 2014)

I am a operator at a hospital but I get to read at my job.so I love it!!!
(Jennifer Beck 10:13pm January 2, 2014)

I love reading anti-normal. This trilogy is going on my list of books to read. Thanks for the book description.
(Kai Wong 11:30pm January 2, 2014)

Thanks for weighing in Linda, Glenda, Elaine, Jennifer, and
Kai! :)
(Natalie Damschroder 6:24am January 3, 2014)

I love outside the box, I live a very traditional life. I love being transported to another world and into the lives of people unlike me. Thanks for the giveaway!
Happy New Year
(Kimberley Coover 1:39pm January 4, 2014)

ooh - like that cover in the middle!!!
would love to win & read
looking forward to your world
(Pamela Faye Howell 5:08pm January 4, 2014)

I think that one's my favorite of *all* my covers ever,
Pamela. :)
(Natalie Damschroder 11:52am January 5, 2014)

Congratulations on your new release! The Goddesses Rising trilogy sounds fascinating. Love paranormal romance and have added this series to my TBR list.
(Bonnie H 8:27pm January 25, 2014)

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