Leia Howard - Author

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...

I have a podcast entitled 'An Indie Author's Life' available on Apple Podcasts and hosted by Podbean . The podcast focuses mainly on the business of self-publishing and promotion as well as some general writing and editing processes.  I keep my Podcast page updated with the monthly release of new episodes, the most recent of which was just released and with the topic of 'Podcasts, A Year in Review' To promote my books, I create short informational videos and post them to my YouTube channel .  Feel free to check them out.  I also have the individual videos linked to the Books  page if you want watch them from my website. I hope you enjoy listening!

Available for FREE today and tomorrow on Amazon Kindle You can purchase previous books in the series at the lengths below.  Enjoy! Out of Touch (Touch of Gray - Book One) available on Amazon Kindle and Google Books Invisible Touch (Touch of Gray - Book Two) available on Amazon Kindle and Google Books Wild and Wicked Ways (World of Touch of Gray 1) Amazon Kindle and Google Books Touch of Gray - Bundle 1 (Out of Touch / Invisible Touch / Wild and Wicked Ways) Amazon Kindle  

Touch Too Much (Touch of Gray - Book Three) is now available on Amazon Kindle .  At the end of this week, I'll also release an updated character list from Touch Too Much.  Happy Reading! It's a new year and Gray Graham is now a member of the Psycept Council of Albuquerque in the Southwestern Alliance Conservatorship, or SWACon.  With her new position comes new duties, including welcoming 5,000 new Psycept residents to the PsyTown area of Albuquerque and helping to orientate them to SWACon life. But not all parties are thrilled with ABQ welcoming the largest group of residents to arrive in the past decade.  Shadowy forces emerge in a shocking attack leading Gray to work with the police and military to untangle the twisted network of foreign interference before more harm can occur. (Novella, approximately 50,000 words) ************************************************************************** Touch of Gray | World of Touch of Gray eBook Bundle 1 is available...

A bundle of the first three Touch of Gray / World of Touch of Gray novellas is now available on Amazon Kindle .  Bundle includes: Out of Touch (Touch of Gray - Book One) Invisible Touch (Touch of Gray - Book Two) Wild and Wicked Ways      (World of Touch of Gray | Wendy Weather 1) Feel free to catch up to the Gray Verse prior to the publication of the next book in the series, Touch Too Much (Touch of Gray - Book Three) which is available for pre-order on Amazon Kindle . Enjoy!!!

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...

Invisible Touch (Touch of Gray - Book Two) is now available on Google Books in addition to Amazon Kindle . Out of Touch (Touch of Gray - Book One) is also available on Google Books and Amazon Kindle . Wild and Wicked Ways, set in the 'World of Touch of Gray' and featuring PsyWitch Wendy Randolph is available for pre-order from Amazon Kindle .  Wild and Wicked Ways continues Wendy's storyline first set up in Invisible Touch.

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.  It also introduces several peripheral characters 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 learn 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 get an inkling of the difference between cons...

I have two printed copies of Invisible Touch (Touch of Gray - Book 2) to give away.  I'll also throw in a print copy of Out of Touch (Touch of Gray - Book 1) with the winners.  The only catch is that is must be mailed within the US, sorry to the other 140-ish countries. To claim one of the two copies, either reply to this post, reach me on Twitter , or submit a Contact Me form.  Limit one per submission and first come, first serve.  Happy Reading! I don't promote the print version of my books much.  I know that people are reluctant to spend a larger amount of money on an unknown author even if they prefer books in print. If you like print books and have enjoyed the excerpts and narrations, feel free to order a print copy: Out of Touch ( US ) and ( UK ); Invisible Touch ( US ) and ( UK ).  As a bonus, if you purchase a print copy of the book, you have the option to obtain an Amazon Kindle eBook version for free as well. Or you can just ...

Wild and Wicked Ways is the first of the "World of Touch of Gray" stories.  There will be three types of stories in WOTOG.  Wild and Wicked Ways will be the first of the Wendy Weather stories. For Wild and Wicked Ways, the main character is PsyWitch Wendy Randolph, Gray's best friend. Another character is introduced in Wild and Wicked Ways, he is a Weather Guide and will be the co-main character to Wendy. [ Spoilers for Invisible Touch below] *************************************************************************** During Invisible Touch, Wendy traveled to Pennsylvania to help heal children who were attacked by a mysterious entity and whose wounds would not heal with conventional medicine.  Wendy was able to help the children, but the entity is still in Pennsylvania and strange things are occurring in and around the woods the children were attacked. *************************************************************************** In Wild and Wicked Ways, Wendy gath...

For the World of Touch of Gray, I previously posted about the countries as well as provided the Geography description from the appendix of Touch of Gray. Now I'll expand on that by giving more of an idea of the conservatorship locations that make up The Greater Tribal Council of the Americas (GT).  Plus the details of Southwestern Alliance Conservatorship regions as Gray lives on SWACon. Here is a not-at-all-to-scale drawing of where the 11 conservatorships of the GT are in relation to one another. So, if written word contradicts this map (I say a city is in US and this map looks like the city would actually fall within GT borders), please consider my written word as correct. My map skills are atrocious, but the below gives you an approximate idea of where the conservatorships are. US = United States (only on the east and includes what we know as Quebec, Ontario, etc) CAN = Canada (west coast and includes Baja Peninsula and Hawaiian islands) MX = Mexico (encompas...

Today brings the final part of the chapter 1 narration of Invisible Touch (Touch of Gray - Book 2). Enjoy! For ease of having all narrations together in one post, below are the first two parts.     Invisible Touch (TOG Book 2) is available now on Amazon Kindle .  Out of Touch (TOG Book 1) is available on Amazon Kindle and Google Books . 

Here is the second part of the chapter 1 narration of Invisible Touch (Touch of Gray series).  Next week will bring this to a conclusion.  Enjoy! Invisible Touch (TOG Book 2) available now on Amazon Kindle . Out of Touch (TOG Book 1) available on Amazon and Google Books . In addition, a new episode of my 'An Indie Author's Life' podcast was released.

The Out of Touch chapter 1 narration was popular, even with subpar production values. Thus, I will continue the tradition with the newest book in the Touch of Gray series, Invisible Touch.  Enjoy the first of three parts. Invisible Touch (TOG Book 2), available now on Amazon Kindle . Out of Touch (TOG Book 1), available on Amazon and Google Books .

First up, a new podcast episode of An Indie Author's Life has been released. It is hosted on Podbean and also available on iTunes.  Enjoy!  Now, for the main feature of the post.  As promised, here are the Psycept Categories and Character lists, updated for Invisible Touch (Touch of Gray - Book 2).  Invisible Touch is available now on Amazon Kindle.  Spoilers below, you've been warned. **Spoiler Warning for both books** _______________________________________________________________________ CHARACTERS Psycepts : Gray Graham - TouchVoyant / Mind Sage Wednesday (Wendy) Randolph - PsyWitch. Gray’s best friend Sisters Wyrd and Brother Bone - TouchVoyant / Blood Sages and Bone Sage       MacGillivray siblings: Libby, Vic, and Jay = sisters; Tiko = brother Professor Philip Biobaku - TouchVoyant / PsyChometrist, co-founder of PAPPA Kyle Ngo - PsySapient / fauna. Husband to Soon Yee Matthias Fischer ...