“Best genre-blending novel of 2023.”–A Look Inside Blog
Bonding Weekend is a darkly romantic supernatural rock fantasy—Rockmantasy, I’ve termed it— that will take you on a wild romp through the Atlanta underground club scene. You’ll meet rock singer/bartender Jake Reece, who just wants to be a rock star but his obsession, a fallen angel in the guise of a girlfriend from his dark past, thrusts him into the dangerous world of magic by binding him to a coveted amulet of fallen angel prophecy. He’s surrounded by a wild cast of characters like my demon slayer trio led by Marci Stone who live double lives as strippers in Atlanta Midtown. You’ll meet the eccentric coven cast of the band Dark Promise, who live in the much storied stigmatized Nightmare Mansion, haunted by Jake’s dream band. These guys can’t wait to return to the flesh and join Jake on his quest to save the Queen of the Fallen and, oh yeah, be larger than life rock stars! Needless to say, there’s lots of magic, sex and partying going on in this infamous house as a showdown with the Darkened approaches during the Bonding Weekend rock fest. This prequel lays the groundwork for my upcoming Rock God Series. Get to know the gang while I work furiously on Angel Hunt!
Rock singer Jake Reece doesn’t know what to think when stripper/violinist Josephine shows up at his Medusa’s bartending gig wanting help. Her ambition to become a violin virtuoso succubus is not anything he wants on his plate. The girl is desperate, though, and she is hauntingly similar to the girl in his psychic dreams driving him to create a visionary book and rock opera. When she’s found dead from an overdose on the magical designer drug Rapture, Jake goes after the drug lord Thorn with the help of his stripper/hunter girlfriends fronted by Marci Stone. In the meantime, the magic festival Bonding Weekend is bringing all manner of danger, including the succubus Felicity and her symphonic goth act Dire Portent. Jake doesn’t believe she could ever seduce him into her folds—but he wasn’t counting on Josephine returning as a vengeful spirit to betray him.