Greta is a werecat whose tribe plans to sacrifice her during the next full moon. Her only hope for survival is Dayne, a sorcerer who once massacred most of the tribe. What’s that thing they say about the enemy of your enemy?
Click the link and the KEPT PDF will appear in a new browser window. You can print and save from there. This work is both copyrighted, and registered under a creative commons license. You may copy and share it for free, as long as you attribute the work back to me.
There is also a KINDLE VERSION. If you like KEPT, consider leaving a review on Amazon.com at the Kindle link. Unfortunately Amazon.com is the only place I can’t have it for free, so I set the price at the lowest point they would allow me to ($1.00) and they discounted it from there to 80 cents.
KEPT is now also on Smashwords.com
My Smashwords version is in the following file types:
HTML
Javascript
.mobi (If you have a Kindle you can import it with this version. But .mobi is used for other e-readers as well.)
PDF (though not as pretty as my PDF above)
epub
RTF
LRF (Sony Ereader)
PALM Doc
Plain Text
The formatting for Smashwords isn’t as pretty, but it allows you to read it on multiple devices. It’s set up as “Reader sets the price.” You can get it totally for free, or you can put in an amount to pay (like a donation.) I receive 85% of any payments made.
Also be sure to check out: TherianType.com This site is going to serve as the “hub” of this fictional universe. Feel free to start a post on the discussion forum. There is a thread for Feedback on KEPT, so be sure to let me know there what you liked, didn’t like, want to see more of, or less of in future releases!
November 24, 2008 at 11:07 pm
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November 24, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Oooh! I’m downloading mine now…..!
November 24, 2008 at 11:19 pm
hehe yay!
November 25, 2008 at 12:17 am
SO exciting, Z!!!
I’m downloading it, too.
November 25, 2008 at 12:18 am
Yay
November 25, 2008 at 12:42 am
I’ve got it! I can’t wait to begin reading!
November 25, 2008 at 12:51 am
I hope you like it! I have a discussion thread on theriantype.com (on the discussion forum) for feedback.
November 25, 2008 at 1:04 am
Very cool, Zoe! It looks great!
November 25, 2008 at 1:05 am
Thanks, Edie!
November 25, 2008 at 3:30 am
Ya’ know me.
I’ll wait for Mr. Kindle.
Congrats!
November 25, 2008 at 10:35 am
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November 25, 2008 at 11:55 am
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November 25, 2008 at 12:54 pm
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November 25, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Hi Zoe, what a great cover (very important!) and I love novellas/anthologies too so I voted for choice #2. You should listen to us
November 25, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Uh seriously Zoe…I don’t think anyone’s going to click the “buy an organ grinder monkey” button. And anyone *does* have such gall, such a person will find bunch of us lined up and waiting to kick their snarky little behinds!
November 25, 2008 at 7:14 pm
It doesn’t sound like anything I’ve read before but if Kel is excited about it then it’s got my interest! (I’m at a crucial bit of WFS so I MUST finish that first.)
I look forward to it.
Aren’t new books fun?!
November 25, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Hehe Catie. Actually my best friend thought it would be funny to vote for that haha. So she did. And then she re-voted for the one she wanted to try to balance it back out haha. I should beat her with a stick. Though people will do that, cause they think it’s funny haha. We’re just ignoring that part, and hoping people don’t think it means I can’t write, haha!
November 25, 2008 at 8:45 pm
Hey Kit, thanks for coming over to the dark side!
And definitely finish Kel’s book first. WFS is really good.
November 25, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Hey Allison, thanks! I am leaning toward finishing these three novellas first. I pretty much want to make sure that people like KEPT enough for me to make that my focus.
November 26, 2008 at 2:01 am
Oh crap, Spy. I don’t know how I missed replying to you. The kindle edition is loaded, but it’ll take 12-72 hours for it to go live. It’s $1.50, because I can’t make it free. It has to be a dollar or more. And I may go back and just make it a dollar. Kindle won’t let you put anything up there for free.
November 26, 2008 at 5:54 am
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November 27, 2008 at 6:55 am
Hello Zoe,
Do you mind if I announce Kept on ebooksjustpublished.com?
Regards,
Mark.
November 27, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Hey Mark,
Of course I don’t mind! It would be much appreciated, thank you!
Z
November 28, 2008 at 7:24 am
Kept will be announced on eBooks Just Published on the 2nd December (Australian time).
Thanks very much and enjoy Thanksgiving (especially those candied yams!
November 28, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Hey Mark,
Thanks so much! I’ll be sure to check it out!
November 28, 2008 at 1:05 pm
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December 3, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Does Smashwords let you review your book in each format before publishing? When you sent it, did you have typical book formatting (single space indented paragraphs), or was everything left adjusted with spaces between the paragraphs. (I probably should have e-mailed you this question…..)
December 3, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Hey Suitecat, no that’s okay, on the smashwords site, they have a guide you can read on how to format there. But no, you can’t preview any of it. What you do is follow their formatting directions, then upload your file. Then you can check it in the online versions (They say usually the HTML catches any really goofy formatting issues.)
It’s not perfect, but that’s why you’re going to have the simplest file possible. (Directions in the file creation guide on the site.)
December 4, 2008 at 3:36 pm
I think you should not write by committee. Do what you want to do; that’s why you’re an indie.
December 4, 2008 at 3:47 pm
eh, I was doing “market research” to see what might fly better. I already knew what I wanted to do, I was just looking to see if it had any support behind it.
December 6, 2008 at 6:50 pm
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December 9, 2008 at 8:01 am
[...] happy to welcome Zoe Winters to my home on the web.
Zoe has a great paranormal novella, KEPT, that she is offering for free to readers on her site. (Come on, free! That’s the best kind [...]
December 13, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Hey there, just read “Kept” and I am so glad that you are still writing. I found you through your BtVS “Fallen Angels” and “Prophesies and Fate” and have missed your writing. Glad you are still sharing your talent with the world. I loved “Kept” by the way. Hope you write more in this verse. I would love to see the characters developed more. Thanks for sharing.
December 13, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Hey IT, thanks for following me over to original fic. I’m glad you liked KEPT!
Pretty much everything I’m writing is in this “verse.” But I have two more novellas directly in this series.
Next year I’ll be combining KEPT along with the other two novellas into my first print release.
Thanks for reading!
Z
December 17, 2008 at 8:34 am
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January 4, 2009 at 12:09 pm
[...] KEPT is by no means “perfect” in design or layout, I am a work in progress. But KEPT was a free ebook and I couldn’t “afford” to hire a top notch cover artist and interior layout artist, so I had to learn enough to get by, and I’m still on that learning curve. [...]
January 11, 2009 at 6:53 am
This was interesting and witty. A page turner.
January 11, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Thanks, Alice! I’m glad you liked it!
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January 27, 2009 at 5:07 pm
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March 3, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Love the cover. Hope its selling well.
March 3, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Thanks! I designed it myself.
March 4, 2009 at 11:11 pm
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April 12, 2009 at 5:46 pm
I didn’t know you had this out Zoe! I am so glad I found it, I hope you finish Save My Soul and publish it soon, you know how much I loved it.
Lis
April 21, 2009 at 12:36 am
Hey Liz, thanks! I hope you like it. My first print release is going to be the novella trilogy but the year after that I’m releasing Save My Soul
May 25, 2009 at 3:06 am
I LIEK your wizard. He’s wonderful.
May 25, 2009 at 3:10 am
Thank you, wench! I like Dayne as well.
June 4, 2009 at 8:20 pm
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June 23, 2009 at 7:40 am
Wah Hoo!!! I just downloaded “Kept”. Thank you very much!!
June 23, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Hi there, Lisa! Hope you like it.
June 25, 2009 at 9:13 am
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July 6, 2009 at 9:38 am
[...] Zoe Winters has started a trilogy of paranormal romance novellas. In her first novella she writes about a woman, Greta, whose destiny is to die unless she gets and evil sorcerer, Dayne, to help her and protect her. Along the way they fell in love. Then the betrayal of parents and the threat of doom start to complicate their relationship. Though with the help of an unexpected “friend” the day is saved, but all is far from well. This book can be found for free on her website. [...]
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September 23, 2009 at 8:58 am
I don’t know If I said it already but …Cool site, love the info. I do a lot of research online on a daily basis and for the most part, people lack substance but, I just wanted to make a quick comment to say I’m glad I found your blog. Thanks,
A definite great read..
-Bill-Bartmann
November 3, 2009 at 6:05 am
I’m going to read ‘kept’ too! ^^
November 3, 2009 at 9:18 am
Thanks! Hope you like it!