Leia Howard - Author

Blood Song (World of Touch of Gray 2; Blood Mystic 1) will be available on Amazon Kindle November 1st, pre-order now.  Enjoy this excerpt! ************************************************************* Vic asks Jay to come to the back of the plane with her to meet with Detective Bodaway. The interior design of the plane is four rows, two seats per row, one seat on each side of the plane allowing for a small walkway between them. The cool thing is that the seats swivel, so they can all face forward, or two seats on the same row can turn 90° to face each other, or they can turn 180° forming a seating area of four front-to-front. Detective Bodaway is in the back row with an empty row in front of him, gee, with his delightful attitude, she wonders why. But his seating choice allows them to form a seating area facing one another. “Okay, we may have gotten off on the wrong foot. I’m Vic MacGillivray and this is my younger sister, Jay. We’re Blood Sages and we’ve been requested to inv...

Blood Song is a short story set in the World of Touch of Gray, the first in the Blood Mystic series featuring Blood Sage sisters Vic and Jay MacGillivray. While this story is stand-alone, there are characters from previous Touch of Gray books featured in Blood Song.   Blood Song is available now for pre-order on Amazon Kindle and will be published November 1st, 2021.  The usual excerpt will be available prior to publication, and character descriptions will be made available within a few days after publication. Book Description:  Strange occurences are afoot in Council Bluffs in the Southern Plains Conservatorship.  An ancient force is stirring, tormenting the sages of Council Bluffs and hungering for blood.  The MacGillivray sibling sages have been called for assistance, and sisters Vic and Jay are dispatched to investigate. They are aided in their investigation by Kai Graham, brother of Gray and friend to the MacGillivrays.  History has a way of repe...

Hello, all.  I apologize for the extended hiatus from the website and social media.   As you all may be aware, I am in healthcare and the past 18 months have been challenging, to say the least.  My first year of residency began in July and I moved to a state 2,000 miles away from where I am from.  It has taken a bit for me to get my bearings, but I am settling in. In book news, I have completed writing Blood Song and it is off to the betas.  My plan is to publish it in November 2021.  The cover reveal, book description, and pre-order link will be posted in mid-September followed by an excerpt sometime in October.  I am excited to share this story set in the World of Touch of Gray with you and hope you enjoy it. As it has been over a year since I have published anything, you may need a reminder about the Touch of Gray series and the World of Touch of Gray.  Feel free to peruse this post . I will be a little more active on Twitter over the nex...

Greetings.  It has been a long time since I have posted (six months) or published anything (one year). I wanted to apologize for the extended silence on my end.  I am wrapping up my final year of healthcare related grad school, and I will be entering into a post-graduate residency program beginning in June.  My current focus is studying for licensing and credentialing exams and moving 2,000 miles away to the East Coast where my residency program is located. During this past year, I have not devoted the time I need to writing nor editing and am therefore behind schedule.  I have most of Blood Song (World of Touch of Gray #2) written, I just need to add about 3,000 more words of story, then begin the editing process.  I am half-way through with writing Keep in Touch (Touch of Gray, Book Four).  My plan this year is to complete writing and editing Blood Song with hopes to publish late 2021.  Then I will see where I stand with Keep in Touch, it will either...

Out of Touch , the first book in the Touch of Gray (TOG) series, establishes the main character Gray Graham.  It touches on the history of the world and why she relocated to another country.  It also delves into Psycepts (those with psychic perception), Gray's touch clairvoyant capabilities, and consulting on police cases.  Several peripheral characters are introduced like the police she works with, her employees at her agency, and some of her friends.  The central conflict is a mysterious border incursion and what it means to her adopted country and the Psycepts that live there.  Amazon Kindle and Google Books The second book in the series, Invisible Touch , expands Gray's world.  We learned a little more about other Psycepts including Gray's siblings, PsyWitch Wendy, and The Sisters Wyrd and Brother Bone (aka Blood and Bone Sages).  We also dive into the world of Psycepts living in Albuquerque and got an inkling of the difference between...

Where we stand (published works): Out of Touch , the first book in the Touch of Gray (TOG) series, establishes the main character Gray Graham.  It touches on the history of the world and why she relocated to another country.  It also delves into Psycepts (those with psychic perception), Gray's touch clairvoyant capabilities, and consulting on police cases.  Several peripheral characters are introduced like the police she works with, her employees at her agency, and some of her friends.  The central conflict is a mysterious border incursion and what it means to her adopted country and the Psycepts that live there.  Amazon Kindle and Google Books The second book in the series, Invisible Touch , expands Gray's world.  We learned a little more about other Psycepts including Gray's siblings, PsyWitch Wendy, and The Sisters Wyrd and Brother Bone (aka Blood and Bone Sages).  We also dive into the world of Psycepts living in Albuquerque and got a...