So many of my friends are posting on social media about the vacations they are, or are about to go on, and I’m here in my office, feverishly working to finish the final details so that Getting Back to Oz Book Three: Almira’s Heart can get out into the world on time.

Am I jealous?

Okay, maybe a teensy bit. But I am more excited to get this incredible book out into the world. Besides, most of them have promised to take my book with them and send me pictures of them reading it when they reach their amazing destinations!

So how about you? Is this summer a va-cation or a stay-cation for you and your family?

Well, until I can arrange for my next vacation, I am going to keep putting my heart and soul into this writing thing. It’s sort of like giving myself homework for the rest of my life, but I will let you in on a little secret: this is the BEST homework ever!

Have you pre-ordered your copy of Almira’s Heart yet? You can click on the image above (or below) and get your copy now before it goes live next week, all for about the price of a fancy coffee at Starbucks (but without all the calories!).

Last week’s question — tell me what your favorite classic novel is to enter to win a PAPERBACK copy of the first book in the Getting Back to Oz trilogy, Winnie’s Courage — made me so nostalgic as I  was reading through all of your replies! Please help me congratulate SHIRLEY E. for winning the giveaway! Shirley, I will be reaching out via email for the details to get your signed copy of Winnie’s Courage mailed out to you!

P.S. – next week I will be sending out a “mini” newsletter each day, Monday through Friday, with games and giveaways to celebrate the launch of Almira’s Heart, so you will have FIVE times the opportunity to win some really fun prizes! I can’t wait to see you there!

You guys, I can’t believe it’s almost here. In two weeks, the third and final installment of my Getting Back to Oz trilogy will be available for all the world to read. This is a journey three and a half years in the making, and I have to admit, I will be a little sad to say goodbye to these incredible characters that have lived in my head for so long. My greatest hope is that you–my wonderful readers–will love them as much as I do, and enjoy their adventures for years to come.

Best of all, if you just. can’t. wait. (I know that I can’t!) for the 25th, Book Three is available for pre-order on Amazon right now! Click the link here or on the image above to order your copy now, and have it delivered to your Kindle device the day it’s released!

Want to know a little bit more about this fantasy adventure series that turns your favorite childhood fairy tales on their heads? Keep reading!

The Emerald City of Oz.
Two witches destined to destroy each other. 
A magic compass leading to salvation … or ruin?

When a charismatic stranger arrives in Oz, it plunges the land into chaos, tipping the already volatile relationship between the Good Witch of the North and the Wicked Witch of the West into all-out war. 

Before the final blow can be dealt, Almira West– the wicked witch herself– is ensnared by an old, old magic contained in a magic compass by a powerful witch ages ago, and finds herself transported into foreign lands both wild and dangerous, with not one, but two unusual companions. 

Forced to rely on Kansas farm girl Dorothy Gale and San Diego book lover Winifred Jones, Almira battles monsters, mad queens, and magicians in an effort to get back to Oz. Unaware of the threats that await her return, Almira will need every ounce of cunning and magic she possesses to keep her friends and herself alive long enough to defeat her enemies and reclaim her throne. 

Pick up this exciting conclusion to Jess Reece’s Getting Back to Oz trilogy today and join Almira on her quest to restore the balance of power in Oz, avenge her murdered family, and redeem her hardened heart.