Audiobook: The King's Queen

The final audiobook in the Gate of Myth and Power series, The King's Queen, released earlier this month in audio and it is now available for you to listen to on Audible!

Click here to buy it now or listen to the sample!

Here are some helpful links if you want to check out the earlier books in the trilogy:

Book 1: The King's Captive

Book 2: The King's Shadow

Words cannot express how happy I am Champions that this series is finally available for you to enjoy! Thank you to everyone who has been waiting so patiently for Noctus and Chloe to make their audio debut! I hope you loved the final product!

If you haven't had a chance to listen to the first two books, here's a few reviews from book 1 (spoiler free!):

"Excellent narration! I think this was one of my favorite narrations of KM Shea’s books. Smooth, emotive without being irritating. Well performed. I’m sure I will listen to it again."

"The narrator for this series is fantastic. She nails every nuance and manages to communicate panic without being overly shrill. This series is one of the funniest of the Magiford world, and she gets that. highly recommend."

"Based on the bland, cheesy cover art, I was expecting a trashy teen romance, but instead I discovered a book that's been incredibly charming, sweet, well written, & even funny. I can't wait to listen to the next book. The 2 narrators were great too. This is a hard book to dislike!"

Other Audiobook news:

Next up the audio team is tackling the three standalone stories in the Elves of Lessa series. It's too early to guess the release dates for these but we are super optimistic at least the first audiobook will release later this year!

Once fact I can share is these books are once again dual narrated so there will be a male narrator for the male POV scenes and a female narrator for everything else. And we are changing the narrators for each book to match the character personalities!

Once all three of the Elves of Lessa books are released (probably in early 2026) we will start to evaluate other potential audio projects!

Magiford World: Kwik Trip

In Gate of Myth and Power, I mention the gas station/convenience store "Kwik Trip," which is a Wisconsin franchise with a cult following and I realized with the final audiobook releasing later this month it would be a great chance to talk about this place more. (Note that there is an unrelated brand of stores called QuikTrip that aren't based in Wisconsin.)

Unlike a typical gas station Kwik Trip focuses on offering a wide variety of grocery items, and some of the buildings are so large they are more like small grocery stores that happen to have a gas station. They also have a wide variety of lunch-like deli items you can purchase that are reasonably fresh so many people will stop to just get food and not even bother to gas up their vehicles.

And of course they have cheap coffee (including flavored coffees) that you can purchase in extra large size which is why Leila paid them a visit. And lots of good donuts and treats too!

Here's a photo of an actual Kwik Trip donut display:

Why is Kwik Trip so popular?

Speaking as a Wisconsin resident I know from experience that the Kwik Trip gas stations tend to be cleaner (both outside and inside) than the average gas station. And they always have a free air pump in the parking lot that actually works!

They are also located everywhere in Wisconsin at this point and it's pretty common to find two of them across from each other at busy intersections, which has added to their popularity.

The company also has an over-the-top social media presence, and it's easy to find hilarious videos about them on social media. Beyond that, the cult like following of this chain is something else, and it's not that rare for average customers to do their own Kwik Trip social media posts such as wedding couples showing up for a quick photo shoot (no I'm not kidding!).

What gas stations/convenience stores are unique to your region?

Audiobook: The King's Shadow

The King's Shadow released last week in audio and it is now available for you to buy on Audible!

Click here to buy it now or listen to the sample!

Once again the narrators for this series were Katie Koster and Paul Woodson and both of them did a great job. I hope you enjoy this lovely contribution to the Gate of Myth and Power series!

Other Audiobook news:

Reminder that the Book 3 audiobook is available to pre-order and will have a release date of March 14th so only a short wait before you can hear this final book in the trilogy. Click here to pre-order it now!

If you want to know ASAP when a new audiobook is out you can also join my newsletter and signup for the audiobook bonus notifications. My team sends a bonus email to that group as soon as Audible notifies us a new audiobook is live for purchase.

The audio team will be working on the Elves of Lessa series next and we are hoping to have the first one out by the end of the year!