HEART OF IRON - Prologue

Good morning, lovelies! Today's the day! We are starting the CaFae Latte book!

You'll find the prologue attached to the bottom of this post, but I want to clarify some things before you begin reading:

This is a rough draft. I'm polishing it up for obvious errors and typos, but it's not a final product. There might be some continuity errors or character arcs that fall flat. If you've read my work Citadel, that took several revisions and rewrites before it reached bookshelf quality. Thus, expect this version of Heart of Iron to be like upper-level fanfiction, at least until I self-edit within an inch of its life.

On a related note, please share your feedback. I don't need to know of any typo or grammar mistakes (unless you spot one that I regularly commit, like if I'm using "cannon" instead of "canon"). But if there's a bit of worldbuilding that doesn't make sense or something needs clarification, let me know! I have a document set aside for revision notes, and that's where I'll put your feedback.

This book is not done. I currently have eleven chapters drafted, including the prologue and chapter one. I've been cranking out about 2-3 per week on days I do not work on TikTok scripts. (On those days, if I have spare time and want to write, I focus on the Accidentally Kidnapped/Lord of Starlight rewrite. This way, I don't burn out on this project early.)

While I've got a nice buffer, it's very possible for me to fall behind, in which case, you might be going without a Heart of Iron chapter for a little while. Still, I will endeavor to give you two chapters a week, one on Monday and one on Friday.

Heart of Iron is a different story from CaFae Latte - THERE ARE DIFFERENCES.

Not big ones. It's the same characters and setting, and you'll see a lot of overlap. Think Marvel Comics vs Marvel Cinematic Universe. I'm taking the original ingredients of the CaFae Latte series and mixing them up in a different way. A way that's slightly darker, exploring a bit of Bob's bloody backstory as well as JC's, as well as some ramifications of having a bunch of fae creatures suddenly running around human society. (Especially the seedy underbelly of society where JC spent most of their life.)

Basically, while the TikTok series is primarily fluff and hurt/comfort, the book is going to have a lot more angst and tension (but still hurt/comfort and a little bit of fluff. Approximately the same levels of sass, too.)

This is why the prologue is free, so you can get a taste. Don't like it, don't read it.

Many of you have asked, will this book get published? Eventually, yes. That's the plan. Once I revise and rewrite the draft I'm letting you read, I'll have my literary agents find a home for it. From there, it depends on who buys which rights: some publishers may want only audio or paper rights, some may want to turn it into a graphic novel or video game, some may want everything. It's completely up in the air, and not likely to be a concern until at least 2024, probably later.

All that said, enjoy the book!

When you're finished with the prologue, here's Chapter One.