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TL, Bonnie, and I would love for you to join us as we share the Terran Realm with a new generation of readers.

What is the Terran Realm?

Once upon a time, back in the mid-2000s, an author (me) proposed an idea to her then publisher Liquid Silver Books (later Liquid Silver Publishing) about a paranormal/urban fantasy world where a species with elemental powers lived among the humans. The species, which I called Terrans, were the keepers of the environment, and it was their responsibility to try to offset the destruction of Earth by humans and some greedy Terrans (called Destroyers) who wanted money and power.

I suggested that we could ask authors to write books in this world. Note, this was before Kindle World came along and made such “worlds” much more popular and prolific in the romance genre. Actually, I based my concept on the model used at Sci-fi/Fantasy publishers at the time, i.e. Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, and the like.

Liquid Silver said “go for it.” And I did. After putting together a world bible, we put the call out to Liquid Silver authors and others (I even recruited at writer conventions), asking them if they wished to participate.

The first books came out in 2007 and others soon followed. We also had a fantastic website dedicated to the Terran Realm designed by April Martinez of Graphicfantastic. The beautiful covers you see above are also her work.

After Liquid Silver Publishing closed its doors in 2020 due to the death of its owner, the rights to the books that were still being sold reverted to the authors. And I am happy to announce that two of those authors and myself are re-publishing our books in the Realm. And considering the current concerns with the environment and climate change, these books couldn’t be more timely. And, of course, they are also love stories along with lots of action.

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Here’s a brief overview of the Terran Realm:

The Terran Realm. A world where the Terrans–a species as old as time–secretly coexist in harmony with humans. Their collective consciousness is what keeps the world whole, and their century-and-a-half lifespan ensures corporate knowledge won’t be lost. Or will it?

Keepers: Armed with the very power of Mother Earth, Keepers use their special skill set of Air, Earth, Fire, Spirit and Water to maintain world balance through manipulation of their element. They are one of the most precious resources our world has to offer.

Protectors: The guardsmen of Terrans, Protectors are the muscle with magic that ensure a Keeper is never compromised.

Destroyers: Destroyers seek to annihilate everything KOTE (Keepers of the Environment) fought to establish centuries ago. To a certain extent, they’ve succeeded.

Talisman: A special group of Terrans, who not only manipulate their signature element, but can control it. Born rarely, they are more myth than reality, and their importance and talents have been lost to the mists of time.

I’m happy to announce the first three books in the series are now available.

REDEMPTION, Book 1, by TL Schaefer

When two worlds come together, passion explodes, and the line between loathing and lust blurs.

For most of her life, Warden Brenna Kennedy has guarded a book of lore on behalf of a species she’s been taught to loathe. Over the years, she has become convinced the whole thing is simply a legend. Then a handsome Terran, Donovan Callahan, drops into her life, and Brenna discovers the line between loathing and lust is all too thin.

Corporate bodyguard Donovan Callahan has seen it all, and done it twice. He’s tired, jaded, and really doesn’t give a damn. It takes four horrific events—Hurricane Hugo, Tiananmen Square, the Exxon Valdez, and the Loma Prieta earthquake—to make Donovan realize someone must take action, and that someone is probably him. As a Terran, a preternatural being entrusted with keeping the world in balance, it’s up to him to try and save the world, or watch it all come tumbling down. When he teams up with Brenna, the earth moves—and it ain’t an earthquake! San Francisco will never be the same—and neither will Donovan and Brenna.

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MEASURE OF A MAN, Book 2, by Bonnie Dee

A pure soul plumbs the depths of a damaged heart.

Petty criminal and drifter Ian Black believes in one thing—self-preservation, until the night his path collides with a woman running for her life. The solitary man finds himself entangled in a web of intrigue as he becomes an unwilling accomplice to the enchanting woman besieging his wall of cynicism.

Mirabai Kashi is no mere mortal but a Keeper of the Terran Realm, a species secretly co-existing with humans. Her particular element, Spirit, grants her powers which might heal a broken man but threaten Destroyers bent on eliminating the Realm. As the struggle between good and evil heightens, Mirabai must count on an unlikely ally to help her deliver a mysterious box to KOTE headquarters. Will the ne’er—do-well Black have her back when it counts?

On their journey to protect the world, the pair become lovers and Ian discovers within himself a conscience and capacity for love he never imagined.

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FRUITS OF BETRAYAL, Book 3, by Bonnie Dee

When good guys go bad, and bad girls go worse.

Elyse Greenwood’s psyche is a battleground where good and evil struggle daily. Torn between her Protector tendencies and her Destroyer allegiance, she has yet to fully commit to either the Keepers of the Environment (KOTE) or its nemesis organization.

Justin Foster has long been a respected Protector of KOTE. When a box containing a crucial piece of the Destroyers’ plan for world dominion is taken— along with Justin’s ward Trina, the agent’s loyalty is splintered.  Rescuing Trina may force him to break his solemn vow to protect the Realm at all costs.

Antagonists Greenwood and Foster must work together to defeat Destroyer Raymond Brody and his minions. As more of Brody’s plan for world domination is revealed, the reluctant partners discover the conflict between desire and duty will twist them in ways they never imagined and the fruits of betrayal are never sweet.

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Earth Awakened, Book 4, by me writing as Rae Morgan is Coming Soon. I plan to blog about the extended process of revising the book I wrote in 2008 and was published in 2009. As I like to tell people when they ask why I revise previously written books — “I’ve slept since then.”  I also write and self-edit better now than I did back then. 🙂

The home for the Terran World is at my website. We hope to add more of the “extra” material (character bios and pics) from the old website in the near future. Here is the link to the series page: The Terran Realm Series Page