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I designed the cover for The Cost of Power...no AI, in fact as of now all of my covers are mine, either my pix or properly attributed stock photos that come from before 2022.
And if you want to read a mix of SF and Westerns, check it out!
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Now Available...THE COST OF POWER OMNIBUS EDITION Rodeo queen. Exiled heir returning to his powerful heritage. Can their love survive the cost of power? $7.99 at all ebook vendors! https://books2read.com/thecostofpower (background...sunset, silhouettes of a man and a woman facing each other, wearing cowboy hats)
December 3, 2024 at 1:26 AM
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Shameless self promotion time. This is my latest work--The Cost of Power. Science fantasy neowestern trilogy in one volume with Fae, digital thought clones, and more! Includes bonus material not available elsewhere. $7.99 at all ebook vendors!

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Now available...THE COST OF POWER OMNIBUS EDITION. Includes Return, Crucible, Redemption, plus bonus material! $7.99 at all ebook vendors! https://books2read.com/thecostofpower
November 19, 2024 at 9:49 PM
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I'm very proud of the omnibus edition of The Cost of Power which I published last fall. It's one of the best things I've written. #WeeknightWriters
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February 21, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Shameless self promotion time. This is my latest work--The Cost of Power. Science fantasy neowestern trilogy in one volume with Fae, digital thought clones, and more! Includes bonus material not available elsewhere. $7.99 at all ebook vendors!
(Link includes Kindle)
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Cowboy and cowgirl facing each other at sunset. Text reads Now Available...THE COST OF POWER OMNIBUS EDITION. Can love survive the cost of power? $7.99 at all ebook vendors! https://books2read.com/thecostofpower
November 22, 2024 at 8:13 PM
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An intro for the new folx. I write speculative fiction with western-ish settings and lots of complex situations. I like twisty plots. Latest book out is The Cost of Power, which is available either as individual books or an omnibus edition with extras.
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The Cost of Power: Omnibus Edition by Joyce Reynolds-Ward
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November 9, 2024 at 5:07 PM
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Thank you, Joe! My latest release is an omnibus edition of my The Cost of Power neowestern science fantasy trilogy, with added material! Ebook only, alas...it's too chonky for paperback!
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November 19, 2024 at 4:09 AM
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LAST DAYS ON SALE...$4.99 FOR THREE BOOKS PLUS BONUS MATTER
Powerful man. Powerful woman.
But power always has a cost.
Science fantasy. Multiverse. Ongoing relationship. Family issues. Thriller. Western elements. And more.
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November 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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As an indie author, it's all me, so...
Small Business Saturday...last days on sale.
3 books plus bonus matter available, for $4.99 at all major ebook retailers.

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Background: menacing-looking man holding a pistol. Text: Ruby Barkley Martiniere is becoming more powerful...but what does that mean for her marriage? happy book birthday!
November 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Shameless self promotion time. This is my latest work--The Cost of Power. Science fantasy neowestern trilogy in one volume with Fae, digital thought clones, and more! Includes bonus material not available elsewhere. $7.99 at all ebook vendors!
(Link includes Kindle)
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Now Available...THE COST OF POWER OMNIBUS EDITION. Rodeo queen. Exiled heir returning to his powerful heritage. Can their love survive the cost of power? $7.99 at all ebook vendors! https://books2read.com/thecostofpower
November 23, 2024 at 7:18 PM
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The link for The Cost of Power (all three books, Return, Crucible, and Redemption, as well as supplementary material not otherwise available at this time). $7.99 for three books plus bonus material.
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Available now at your favorite digital store!
The Cost of Power: Omnibus Edition by Joyce Reynolds-Ward
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November 16, 2024 at 7:03 PM
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Three books in one plus bonus material not available elsewhere!
SUCH A DEAL.
Link includes Kindle.
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Now Available...THE COST OF POWER OMNIBUS EDITION Rodeo queen. Exiled heir returning to his powerful heritage. Can their love survive the cost of power? $7.99 at all ebook vendors! https://books2read.com/thecostofpower
November 24, 2024 at 6:38 PM
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Omnibus edition on sale for $4.99! Three books plus bonus material...such a deal!

What does it offer?

Relationships.

Corporate scheming.

And a family feud that has lasted for centuries.

Check it out!
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Ruby Barkley has just found out that her boyfriend isn't who she thinks he is...and does she ever have a lot to figure out, fast. happy book birthday!
November 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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On sale for $4.99--three books plus bonus material.
Biobots. Multiverse. Scheming, powerful families with a feud that goes back centuries. Supernatural elements along with digital. Pacific Northwest settings. And two strong people in love.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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WEeelll...how about a science fantasy with a contemporary western setting, digital thought clones, a multiverse, European water spirits, and corporate wrangling over mind control technology? Trilogy with bonus material. $7.99.
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Available now at your favorite digital store!
The Cost of Power: Omnibus Edition by Joyce Reynolds-Ward
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March 16, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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For the Martiniere Family Saga...the Legacy starts with Inheritance.
The three books of the People of the Martiniere Legacy are standalones. A Different Life can be read independently.
Or...The Cost of Power omnibus is on sale for $3.99. Three books plus extras.
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February 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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I was overwhelmed by these reviews of the first book. And yes, Ruby and Gabe's relationship faces some tough, significant challenges, especially in the second book...
$3.99 at all ebook retailers.
Three books plus bonus matter outtakes written for worldbuilding.
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The first book got these powerful reviews...now check out the whole series! 3 books plus bonus matter. On sale for $3.99 "Gabe and Ruby's story is at the heart, a romance...the novel does a great job in showing a relationship and a romance that is NOT at its beginning, and featuring mature adults working through a major challenge to that relationship." Paul Weimer, THE SKIFFY AND FANTY SHOW. "There is just so much weighing on all the characters as they move through every decision...." M.L. Clark, BETTER WORLDS THEORY
February 19, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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LAST DAYS ON SALE...$4.99 FOR THREE BOOKS PLUS BONUS MATTER
Powerful man. Powerful woman.
But power always has a cost.
Science fantasy. Multiverse. Ongoing relationship. Family issues. Thriller. Western elements. And more.
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Background: menacing-looking man holding a pistol, finger on the trigger. Text: Gabriel Martiniere has some big problems... and they start and end with his family. happy book birthday!
November 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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So...this is really a book of my heart. While reorganizing my office today I found notes from planning it over two years ago.

Trilogy in one book with bonus matter.
On sale for $3.99 at all ebook vendors.

Oh, and happy Valentine's Day, Ruby and Gabe.

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Background--woman and man in western hats in silhouette, sunset behind them. Text: Their love persists across multiverses...but can they survive this one? Three books plus bonus matter. On sale for $3.99 at all ebook vendors. "There is a shadow that seeks to batter our world into nothingness. It is our task as Martinieres to keep it at bay." Etienne Martiniere
February 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Does science fantasy work? Because I've got a nice chonky trilogy with Fae, digital thought clones, a multiverse, and lots of woo. And plenty of scheming. Oh, and the Carolingian mythos makes an appearance.
Now Available...The Cost of Power Omnibus Edition. Rodeo queen. Exiled heir returning to his powerful heritage. Can their love survive the cost of power? $7.99 at all ebook vendors! https://books2read.com/thecostofpower
November 20, 2024 at 1:27 AM
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Working on some writing process essays and thinking about what I've done with this trilogy and what I was trying to do; considering how to apply some of the detail design that makes The Cost of Power one of my better works to the next story.

Just about ready to do it.

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Background: silhouette of woman blowing smoke from a gun barrel against a background of flames. Text: The first book got these powerful reviews...now check out the trilogy! $3.99 for all three volumes plus bonus matter! "I vividly remember so much of this book...there's a lot in there and then it sticks with you which is a testament to the confidence of the writing..." M.L. Clark, BETTER WORLDS THEORY "There is plenty of social and technological speculation in the novel, particularly around the aforementioned nanotechnology and its uses, from things ranging from farms to the quasi-psionics that the Martiniere family has...There is a good mix of these unfamiliar elements with more ordinary elements so that this future feels like an extension, and not a foreign country." Paul Weimer, THE SKIFFY AND FANTY SHOW
February 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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This was a suicide and I’m the next president of the United States.

#PowerPlays #RussianPolitics #SuspiciousDeaths #PoliticalClimb #TheCostOfPower #NothingToSeeHere #SuicideOrSilenced #GlobalGame #DarkPolitics #WhosNext #Putin #Russia #Ukraine

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Former Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit died by suicide on Monday, just hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin fired him from the job, officials said.
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July 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Gabe's family wants him back in the Family and the Martiniere Group.
Gabe isn't sure that he likes that idea.
Given the choice, he'd sooner stay on the ranch and design biobots with Ruby.
But...it's not just the Family.
The Family's patron spirit wants him there, too.

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Gabriel Martiniere has some big problems.... and they start and end with his family. happy book birthday!!!
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Hey, try my science fantasy Martiniere books. Like The Cost of Power omnibus.
Or my Bearing Witness neoWestern multiverse novella. That one's on sale this month for $2.99.
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Bearing Witness by Joyce Reynolds-Ward
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April 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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LAST DAYS OF THE EBOOK SALE. $3.99 FOR THREE BOOKS PLUS BONUS MATERIAL.
A mix of science fiction, fantasy, contemporary western, and romance...so what happens when you pair a rodeo queen and the descendant of aristocratic brawlers with supernatural origins?
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Background: couple in western hats silhouetted against a sunset. Text: Their love persists across multiverses...but can they survive this one? "There is a shadow that seeks to batter our world into nothingness. It is a task as Martinieres to keep it at bay." Etienne Martiniere
February 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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LAST WEEK ON SALE FOR $3.99!
Writing this story took me on quite the emotional roller coaster ride. Sometimes it felt like I was throwing the kitchen sink into the mix but...I pulled it off.
I think. Proud of this story.
Three books plus bonus material.
Don't miss it!
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Background: man and woman in western hats against a sunset. Text: Their love persists across multiverses...but can they survive this one? "There is a shadow that seeks to batter our world into nothingness. It is our task as Martinieres to keep it at bay." Etienne Martiniere.
February 26, 2025 at 3:48 AM