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Only Skin Deep by Kelex
Enchanted Ink, Book 1
Welcome to the world of Enchanted Ink! For a price, master tattooists can place a beautiful spell directly onto your skin. Want to be wealthy? Beautiful? Loved? You’ve come to the right place. Just make sure the price you’ll pay is worth it as the cost isn’t always in gold.
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Luca Galioto can tattoo just about any spell, but he specializes in healing tattoos. He’ll need to create his masterpiece after his mate, and Salem PD detective, Ash Montgomery brings in a human suffering a curse to end all curses. Luca uses every ounce of strength to save the man—because they both sense he’s their third.
Colby Kennedy doesn’t believe in witches, demons, fated mates, and the things that go bump in the night. Yet he struggles to ignore the deep-seated lust he feels every time he looks at Luca and Ash. No matter his need, he has his brother to care for and a business to run. He doesn’t have time for nonsense.
The demons don’t stop coming, putting everything he holds dear in jeopardy. Luca and Ash, and the coven at Enchanted Ink, are the only things keeping him and his brother from losing everything.
But can he accept their world and his place in it before it’s too late?
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The next morning, Colby sat at his pottery wheel as he had nearly every single day of his adult life, but it was far different that day. Never before had he struggled so much to accomplish a piece. His scarred hand refused to work the clay properly, and every single piece he’d made came out wonky. There were multiple commissions that he needed to complete, and he couldn’t even finish a single piece.
After hours of attempts, he screamed in frustration. He jumped from his stool and tossed an entire shelf of unpainted pottery crashing to the floor. Before he leapt to the next shelf to destroy more, a portal opened in the middle of his studio. He scrambled back, assuming the worst.
Luca slipped out, wide-eyed and searching. “What’s wrong?”
Colby stared at the shards of broken pottery at his feet, and tears burst from him. Luca closed the gap and tugged Colby into his arms.
And Colby let him. It had been far too long since someone comforted him. For years, he had been the strong one. Dealing with his parents’ deaths and managing the house—caring for Daniel. It had been him consoling his brother with no one to offer the same for him. He wasn’t strong enough to weather their new situation alone.
He wanted to trust them, but he barely knew them. How did they expect that he would put his and his brother’s lives in their hands without trepidation? No matter the thoughts and feelings circling in his mind and body.
He wanted to. He so wanted to. It would’ve been easy to follow them with blind faith and accept their help.
Blind faith had gotten him in trouble. He bore the scars to prove it.
As the tears faded, Luca asked, “Want to tell me what the issue is?”
Colby wasn’t ready to speak.
“I mean, I can guess,” Luca said. “You’re overwhelmed by everything you’ve learned and experienced the past days.”
“No,” Colby said. He shook his head as he backed away from Luca. Lifting his scarred hand, he scoffed. “I can’t get this thing to work. Everything I’ve created today is worthless.”
Luca caught his gaze. “By December—at the latest—this will all be gone. You can return to being you.”
“I have orders now. How am I supposed to fulfill them? Without the income, we won’t be able to pay our bills. I’ll be ruined.” Colby slumped onto the stool, not in the mental headspace to manage his emotions. He was simply too exhausted.
“Use me,” Luca said.
Colby eyed him. “What?”
“Guide my hands. Work through me.”
“You want to reenact a scene from that cheesy ghost movie, hmm? I don’t think so.” So why did he want it so badly his teeth ached? The thought of being wrapped in Luca’s arms sent a tremor down his spine.
“I’m being serious. I can use my magic so you can work through my hands.”
“I can’t take more of your magic.”
“I’m fine.” Luca knelt beside him. “I might not’ve been able to remove all of the curse, so let me at least do this.”
“You’ve done more than enough. I can never repay you as it is.”
Luca caressed his cheek. “You have nothing to repay.”
Colby was lost in Luca’s eyes. His heart quickened. He licked his suddenly dry lips. “I do.”
Luca’s smile warmed him from the inside out. “The only repayment we want is for you to be in our lives.”
Colby leaned closer, yearning for the promised connection radiating from the witch. The bond was so tempting. It had been just him and Daniel for so long. The coven was like a family of sorts, and Colby missed having that in his life.
He stepped back, the temptation too much. There was no way he would accept his place in their lives just because they said he was their mate. No matter how right it sounded.
What if it’s just another spell? It might not be real.
“Can I help you?” Luca asked, cocking his head to the side, and looking way too fucking sexy.
“I suppose we can try.” Colby scanned the lump of clay on his wheel, unsure Luca’s plan would work.
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Obsidian Flame Crate’s Special Edition
Enchanted Ink Box
Obsidian Flame Crate is so excited to announce our next special edition, with not one, but two authors!⠀Enchanted Ink is a new shared world series that was first thought up in 2022 at GayRomLit, an mm romance author and reader event. It was at that event that two of our favorite authors came up with the groundworks for writing this series together, one that is full of magic, shifters, spells, and tattoos!⠀We can’t wait for everyone to discover this shared world between authors @authorkelex and @jpsayle_author !⠀
Our exclusive edition will feature:
🔮Only Skin Deep by Kelex and Magic, Demons, and the Hunter by JP Sayle, bound together in one
volume in a cool flip-book style!
🐿️An exclusive dust jacket
🦨Foil design on the naked hardback by @thingsby_diana
🔮Stencil edges by @thingsby_diana
🐿️Exclusive interior formatting by @breathlesslitpa
🦨Signed by both authors!⠀In addition to this beautiful book, we will also have an exclusive pin set to go with the books and a fun tattoo sheet!⠀
The general presale has been extended until August 31st! Refunds and cancelations will only be accepted until the date preorders close!⠀*Note: we will not be revealing the book art before the sale!⠀The price of this mini SE box will be $50 before shipping/tax! As always, thank you @alyesasworldfor the beautiful theme art!
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Get ready for Book 2 coming August 25th
Mondo suffers from a five-year-old hole in his memory and recurrent dreams of two men. On a mission to Salem to determine if demons are murdering humans, his life becomes complicated when the two men are no longer in his head but a reality.
Pierre is struggling. A shocking discovery forces him to make a decision that will bring him face to face with his past – and confront his own guilt.
Eli blames himself for not saving their mate. When he learns the ancestral crystal used in the traumatic events of five years ago is missing a piece, he goes in search of answers, only to find himself back in the same situation. Except this time he could lose everything.
Magic, Demon’s and the Hunter is book 2 in Enchanted Ink series where for a price, master tattooists can place a beautiful spell directly onto your skin. Want to be wealthy? Beautiful? Loved? You’ve come to the right place. Just make sure the price you’ll pay is worth it as the cost isn’t always in gold.
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About the Author:
She loves to create, whether it’s words on the page, gourmet meals, painting, baking, or textile manipulation.
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