Less Than Three Press is pleased to present Desert Fire by T.T. Kove, the second book in her Legends and Lore series. You can buy Desert Fire from the LT3 Book Market for just $3.99!

Brand is a man adrift: he is wolf shifter and fire mage, a traitor to his people for saving a friend on whom he turned his back long ago, a friend who no longer has need of him. He has no place to call home, no one to call family or friend, and no idea where he belongs. With nothing better to do, he decides to seek out the infamous dragons in the firelands, curious to see if their fires will be hot enough to burn a fire witch, to see if perhaps a place that welcomes fire might have a place for him…

Treasure by Megan Derr now available! | Giveaway winner

Less Than Three Press is pleased to present Treasure by Megan Derr, the first book in The Lost Gods series. You can buy Treasure from the LT3 Book Market for just $6.99!

Congratulations to giveaway winner Cole for being lucky number 24 and winning a free copy of Treasure!

Nine gods ruled the world, until the ultimate betrayal resulted in their destruction. Now, the world is dying and only by restoring the Lost Gods can it be saved. Nine hundred years ago, the Dragons of the Three Storms, gods of chaos, tried to destroy their land of Kundou. Only by rising up and slaying the Dragons and stealing their power was Kundou saved. Now, that power resides in the royal family and grants them the right to rule. But that power comes at a terrible price, and Prince Nankyokukai is determined that he will be the last to pay it—even if it means surrendering his chance with the man he has waited for his entire life.

Serial updates

Check out this week’s serial updates, including…

• The conclusion of One for Sorrow by Sylvia Winters, part of our Something Happened on the Way to Heaven serial anthology
• Chapter 20 of Saving Liam by Sasha L. Miller
• Part 2 of The Odd Wick by Megan Derr, part of our Wick series

You can find all current and past chapters on the serial fiction page.

Check out this week’s serial updates, including the conclusion of Runaway Prince by May Ridge, part of our Bad Moon Rising serial. We also have the beginning of Learning to See by Julia Alaric, a retelling of Beauty and the Beast, part of our Fairy Tale serial. You can read all current chapters from the serial fiction page. To read past fairy tales, click here.

Giveaway! Treasure by Megan Derr

Would you like a free copy of Treasure by Megan Derr, coming on out January 25th? Less Than Three Press is giving away a free copies of the ebook to a random winners! To enter the drawing, leave a comment answering the question what is your greatest treasure?

The Rules:

• One entry only! You can write a sentence or an essay, but it is all equal to one.
• Contest is open from now until 8:00 p.m. Eastern time on January 24, 2012.
• Winners will be chosen randomly.
• The free ebook will be emailed to the winner’s inbox, so be sure to specify a valid email when leaving your comment!

For a second chance at winning, check out the Less Than Three Press Goodreads Group for a second giveaway! Enter in both contests to maximize your chances of a free copy of Treasure. (In the event the same person is picked for both contests, the winner of the Goodreads giveaway will be redrawn.)

Vixen release postponed

Due to production delays, the release date for the f/f romance anthology Vixen has been moved to February 29, 2012. Our apologies for any inconveniences this may cause.

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This week in serial updates, we’ve got the conclusion of The Fairy’s Assistant by Sasha L. Miller, part of our Fairy Tale serial and Part 2 of The Were Curse by Sasha L. Miller, part of our Bad Moon Rising serial. You can access all current and past chapters from the serial fiction page.

October Sales and Giveaways!

LT3 will be offering weekly sales on our paranormal stories throughout the month of October, so get ready to stock up on tales of werewolves, vampires, ghosts, and more! We’ll also be doing a number of giveaways throughout the month on our GoodReads group, including free ebooks, paperbacks, and gift certificates to the LT3 Book Market, so be sure to check that out as well!

New ebook! The Trouble with Magic

Less Than Three Press is pleased to present The Trouble with Magic by Sasha L. Miller, now available in the Book Market for just $6.99!

A trinity of stories about magic, and all the trouble that arises when magic and emotion collide. The Dragon Slayer—Tane has been banished to a remote village and bound there by magic. With nowhere else to go and nothing better to do, he has taken the village under his care and protects it by killing the dragons that plague the area. Then he meets a dragon that refuses to die properly, and brings with him a whole new set of problems. Striking A Balance—Nikkai is long used to suffering for and because of his brother’s actions. Getting arrested for Tane’s crimes, however, is a bit much. In prison, however, he unexpectedly encounters someone else acquainted with his brother—a foreign man of unusual magic, who agrees to help him because of a debt owed to Tane. Alongside his new, intriguing companion, Nikkai breaks out of prison and sets off to speak with his brother. Family Business—At last free of his debt of honor, Ashei returns home with his new lover at his side, reluctant but braced to reunited with the family he has not seen for a long time—a family that is furious with him for turning away from their life of crime.

Check out this week’s serial update! We’ve got Part 3 of Case 010: Paragon of Beauty, part of Megan Derr’s Dance in the Dark, Chapter 6 of Saving Liam by Sasha L. Miller, and Chapter 9 of Mohegan: Native Instincts by India Jackson! You can access all current and prior chapters for all of our serial stories from the serial fiction page.

Winners of the Dance with the Devil ebook giveaway!

Congratulations to the three winners of the our Dance with the Devil giveaway! Check your inbox for your copy of Dance with the Devil by Megan Derr!

• Amber Wheat: Creatures, huh? I really am partial to demons because you never know what you’re going to get with a demon. Sometimes they are truly evil representations of all things bad and sometimes they are just misunderstood citizens of a place that outsiders deem “hell”. Demons come in all different shapes and sizes. In some stories they have grotesque appearances and can be spotted by the hero immediately, sometimes they wear gorgeous skins and take the hero in with a charming appearance, and sometimes they are the normal, everyday people walking down the street. I especially like it when the demon is the hero and the “hero” is actually a manipulative, backstabbing, selfish douche. And the horns, I especially like the horns! I love smartass demons, one in particular comes to mind… Becket! I love Becket, and my heart broke when… well never mind, go read the story, it broke my heart. Becket is a fantastic demon, just enough demonness and just enough smartass, and just enough hopeless romantic! Team Becket for the win!
• Rylie: I’m going to have to say dragons as my favorite. I haven’t read a book or story yet, either eastern or western, where I disliked the dragons. Being able to fly must be amazing. I do love that Mercedes Lackey had a subspecies called bookwyrms and their hoard was rare books.
• Ananas: I’d love to run into a shapeshifter. not necessarily a were anything, but I’ve always loved the idea, and how (in general) they are associated with tricksters. at least in my mythologies.

Dance with the Devil now available in the Book Market!

You can now find Dance with the Devil by Megan Derr in the Book Market for just $6.99!

In a world of demons, goblins, witches, sirens, werewolves, vampires, and so much more, it can be difficult to determine who is guilty of what and why. Chris White is a detective who fearlessly investigates this supernatural world, himself a unique product of it. He will take any case brought to him, but has a particular affinity for helping those who inhabit the poor districts of his city. From strange rituals and runaway vampires, to fighting sorcerers and confronting a demon lord, this paranormal detective will face any challenge—even a dance with the devil. Read an excerpt…

Submission Deadline: Vixen

Submissions for the Less Than Three Press call for submissions Vixen, our femmeslash anthology, will close on July 31, 2011. If you are currently working on a story for this anthology and are unsure that you’ll finish by the deadline, please contact us; we are happy to grant deadline extensions if necessary. For more details on our open submissions, see our submissions pages.

Check out this week’s updates, including the conclusion of The Wolf and the Moon by Kayla Bain-Vrba, part of our Bad Moon Rising series. We’ve also got Chapter 6 of The Fairy’s Assistant by Sasha L. Miller, part of our Fairy Tale series. You can access all current and past serial updates from the serial fiction page.

DANCE WITH THE DEVIL GIVEAWAY

Would you like a free copy of Dance with the Devil, coming out July 13th? Less Than Three Press is giving away three free copies of the ebook to random winners. To enter the drawing, tell us what your favorite supernatural creature! Do you pant after werewolves? Long for vampires? Will only a ghost suffice? Is there a particular character from that novel you’ve read fifty times? Step right up and tell us what creature you’d love to bump into in the night!

The Rules:

• One entry only! You can write a sentence or an essay, but it is all equal to one.
• Contest is open from now until 8:00 p.m. Eastern time on July 12, 2011.
• Winners will be chosen randomly.

The free ebook will be emailed to the winners’ inbox, so be sure to specify a valid email when dropping your comment!

NEW EBOOK! A DELICATE GAME BY SASHA L. MILLER

Less Than Three Press is pleased to offer the new ebook A Delicate Game by Sasha L. Miller free of charge! This free ebook is available in PDF, ePUB, and HTML format!

Even masters of the game can meet their match… Elio and Sestro are beautiful, seductive, and talented—in more ways than anyone knows. They are known for taking lovers back to their room to share for the night—but each lover only enjoys one night with the notorious brothers. Practically no one realizes the true nature of the lovers they choose. It is a game they created, and which they play masterfully. Until they choose a lover who proves that the best way to win a game is to ignore all the rules… Warnings: This story features a threesome and incest.

We’ve also updated our other free ebooks, Lilacs and Seconds by Megan Derr and Darkling Mine by Andra Sashner, with HTML and ePUB formats as well! (Previously, these titles were only available in PDF format.)

Congratulations to the winners of the Pimp LT3 contest! The winners of the three $10 Book Market are:

• monochrome13
• alyssa
• flyingredpig

Winner of the grand prize of autographed copies of Sandstorm and The King’s Harem by Megan Derr go to tigs!

Winners, watch your inbox for details on claiming your prizes! Thank you to everyone who participated, and keep an eye out for more contests and giveaways in the future!

Serial updates

Check out this week’s serial updates, including the conclusion of Moon Dogs by Erica Kealey, part of our Bad Moon Rising series, and Chapter 2 of The Fairy’s Assistant by Sasha L. Miller, part of our fairy tale series. You can access all current and prior parts of these serials from the serial fiction page.

New ebook! Prisoner by Megan Derr

Less Than Three Press is pleased to offer the ebook Prisoner by Megan Derr!

A man whom all men fear… General Dieter von Adolwulf has led the Scarlet Army of Kria to victory for the past decade, holding the infamous field known as the Regenbogen against Kria’s hated enemies—the deceptive Illussor and the ruthless Salharans. War has waged between the three nations for longer than anyone can remember, but no one has held the Regenbogen as well as the notorious Wolf of Kria and his fearsome army. A man who fears nothing… Returning home at the end of the year, the Scarlet Army is attacked in the dead of night by a single man who manages to kill hundreds before he is finally captured. A Salharan soldier with no name, no purpose but to kill, he refuses to bend to the Wolf who takes him prisoner and forces upon him a despicable Krian name. A man with nothing to lose… When the rest of his army is slaughtered by Illussor soldiers desperately seeking his prisoner, Dieter determines to hold fast—both for answers and in revenge for the men he lost. But answers and revenge are hard to come by when surrounded by secrets and treachery, and the man least likely to kill him is the prisoner who most wants him dead.

Check out this week’s updates! We’ve got Part 1 of Case 009: Beauty in Repose, part of Megan Derr’s Dance in the Dark, as well as Chapters 11 and 12 of Love and Wrath by Kaseka Nvita. Don’t forget to check out Chapter 3 of our third serial, Mohegan: Native Instincts by India Jackson! You can access all current and past chapters from the serial fiction page.

Pimp LT3 Contest!

Less Than Three Press is holding a “Pimp LT3″ contest! Prizes include a set of free, personalized and autographed copies of Megan Derr’s Sandstorm and The King’s Harem, as well as three runner-up prizes of a $10 book market gift certificate! To enter, all you need to do is pimp Less Than Three Press. Link us on your blog, twitter, facebook; post a flyer for LT3 and take a picture! Simply include a link to Less Than Three Press (http://www.lessthanthreepress.com), then leave a comment here with a link to the proof and you’re automatically entered.

Rules:

• One entry only! You can pimp us in multiple places, but you can only enter once (i.e., you cannot leave one comment for a link on LJ and another for a link on twitter).
• Contest is open from now until 8:00 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, May 10.
• Winners will be chosen randomly.

New paperbacks in the Book Market

You can now purchase the following paperbacks from the LT3 Book Market! Click a title for more detail.

This week’s updates include Chapter 2 of Andra Sashner’s Dragonfly and Part 3 of Sasha Miller’s fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty. Check out the new fic from the fiction page! Remember that all of Dragonfly is available free!

New ebooks!

The Missing Butterfly by Megan Derr is now available for sale in the ebook market! We’ve also got three more ebooks by Megan Derr—The Matchmaker, Lilacs, and Seconds, the latter two which are yours for absolutely no cost! Check it out here.

Please note that serial fiction accounts and ebook market accounts are still separate and that the upgrade over the weekend affected only serial fiction accounts.

Password updates

Speaking of the upgrade… if you haven’t reset your password since this weekend, please remember to do so immediately after signing in. This will help keep your account safe and in your hands!

Slogan Contest

Congratulations to Andra Sashner for the winning LT3 slogan—Less Than Three Press: The Way to Your Heart!

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Don’t forget to place your donation bid for 1 signed copy each of Embrace, Living Words, and Of Suits and Swords plus swag for help_haiti’s relief effort.

You can also bid on a 5,000 word minimum fic from Andra Sashner.

LT3 is offering a signed copy of each of its three books currently in print (Embrace, Living Words, and Of Suits and Swords) as well as any 3 items of the winner’s choice from the LT3 Boutique. LT3 will also match the winning donation bid up to $500.

Thread for the bid post can be found here.

Please contact editor@lessthanthreepress.com if you have any questions.

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Author Andra Sashner has an auction for a work of fiction, minimum of 5,000 words, for any of the fandoms she has written in. You can find the thread for her auction here.