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Ami Blackwelder

Ami Blackwelder is a teacher and writer with a BA in English who has lived in Asia for 8 years. Her short stories and poems have been published in magazines and newspapers across the globe. She won the Best Fiction Award while acquiring her Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Central Florida. She placed as a semi-finalist in the Laurel Hemingway short story contest and her work was subsequently published.

She writes historical and paranormal romance novels that focus on the forbidden aspects of passionate love where class, culture, religion, time, death, and species differences are all obstacles. Her unique characters and their awkward nuances  invoke strong emotions in readers, making them real, in spite of their fantastical nature. She creates worlds of past, present, and future with detailed scenes and descriptive images which provide a supple canvas for these original, paradoxical characters to exist.

Find out more about her at amiblackwelder.com

Ami Blackwelder

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Prisoners of Pride

Prisoners of Pride begins where The Gate of Lake Forest ends, with Evelyn having returned to Emeralusia and Michael alone in the forests of Colorado mourning her absence. When Michael Cole graduates, he is compelled to re-enter Evelyn’s mystical world to save her from the dangers in her world, despite the warnings from the elder council. He embarks on a journey he never could have imagined and must be stronger than ever as he enters an Emeralusia torn by war and death. As the two lovers reunite and love is rekindled, ancient secrets and ancient words are revealed, challenging their loyalties to humans and elves. The dark elf Eris rallies his forces and Emeralusia is falling to ruin. Will Michael and Evelyn and the other elves survive?

ISBN: 978-1-926760-45-2
Word Count: 83,000
Published: Coming September 2010


price: US$ 7.99
The Gate of Lake Forest

Within a small Colorado town, there's a quiet forest entrenched in almost-forgotten local folklore. When high school soccer player Michael Cole sees the new girl Evelyn, walk into his senior English class he is forever changed. His passion for the mysterious, secretive girl takes him deep into the mystical world of which she is a part.

As their separate worlds collide, Evelyn and Michael embark on a magical journey into perilous realms where dangerous creatures are determined to defeat them. Will their forbidden love be able to sustain them? Find out in the first novel of this romantic elfin novel saga.

ISBN: 978-1-926760-26-1
Word Count: 92,000
Date Published: January 2010 (Second Edition: September 5, 2010)


price: US$ 7.99