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Welcome to Renaissance, Colorado, where the grizzly #shifter Torben family find their #FatedMates as their lives weave in and out of the local Renaissance faire and the family's pub! #booksky #paranormalromance

The first 3 books are now available as a box set! www.amazon.com/dp/B0GKPDP8Q...
The very cute cover to Murphy Lawless's RENAISSANCE SHIFTERS BOX SET features the title surrounded by silhouetted bears, musical instruments, beers, and Renaissance-Fairey accoutrements. Cover art and design by Malice & Mayhem Book Covers. In OctoBEARfest, Bill Torben accidentally hires up-and-coming rock star Gwen Booker instead of jazz musician Gwendolyn Brooker, and he's never been so grateful for a mistake in his life! Now if they can navigate a path through love, music, and homebrew beer, together they might just get the family pub's Oktoberfest back on its feet! In PARTRIDGE IN A BEAR TREE, drummer Penny's life is one crisis after another until sensible, gorgeous Ashley Torben has everything Penny needs to sort things out again. It starts to look like they might have a clear path forward together—assuming they can survive their first Christmas with Ashley's huge, overwhelming family.... And in RENAISSANCE BEAR, Swordswoman Alis Capellas didn’t mean to live a double life as the Black Knight and a lady fair, but things got out of hand. Now she mostly enjoys her secret and is careful to maintain her cover—until she meets Jon Torben, and keeping secrets starts to feel less and less necessary. Usually careful with her heart, Alis is all in with this pub-owning minstrel!
February 3, 2026 at 9:43 AM
waldolf.bsky.social
#FursuitFriday #Waldolf at the Good Bears of the World #GBW #OctoBEARfest 2019 From left to right Terie Stong, a Toledo Police officer, Waldolf, Jan Troph, #Toledo #Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz, and another Toledo Police officer #fursuit #fursuiter #fursuiting #bear #costume
January 30, 2026 at 12:33 PM
cemurphy.bsky.social
RENAISSANCE SHIFTERS - Renaissance Faires, brewpubs and shifters are the heart of Renaissance, Colorado, where the brewery-owning grizzly-shifter Torben family look for love, friendship and futures with their fated mates! #booksky #paranormalromance #romcom

www.amazon.com/dp/B0DLX2FTZ...
An Amazon series screenshot of Murphy Lawless’s Renaissance Shifters series, with the covers of OCTOBEARFEST, PARTRIDGE IN A BEAR TREE, and RENAISSANCE BEAR featured. The text reads: Welcome to Renaissance, Colorado, a new shifter city by the author of (and set in the same world as!) the best-selling Virtue Shifters books! Renaissance Faires, brewpubs and shifters are the heart of Renaissance, Colorado, where the brewery-owning Torben family--all grizzly shifters--look for love, friendship and futures with their fated mates in a series of funny, charming romantic comedies sure to help take your mind off the world for a while. Cover art & design by Malice & Mayhem Book Covers.
December 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
waldolf.bsky.social
#Waldolf watching a slide show about teddy bear collecting with a very large #teddybear behind him at the 2017 #OctoBEARfest in #Toldeo Oh, #fursuit #fursuiter #fursuiting #bear #costume
November 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
waldolf.bsky.social
This is one of the reasons why I still #fursuit. #Waldolf with some friends at the 2017 #OctoBEARfest in #Toledo OH. .#fursuit #fursuiter #fursuiting #bear #costume
November 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
waldolf.bsky.social
#Waldolf at the 2019 #OctoBEARfest in #Toledo celebrating the 50th ANV. of #GoodBearsoftheWorld @GoodBearsoftheWolrd #fursuit #fursuiter #fursuiting #bear #costume
November 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
waldolf.bsky.social
#OctoBEAR 30 #Waldolf with some of the #helium filled #foil #balloons celebrating @GoodBearsOfTheWorld 50th anniversary at #OctoBEARfest 2019 in #Toledo Oh. #GBW #GBotW #fursuit #fursuiter #fursuiting #helim #foil
October 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
waldolf.bsky.social
#Waldolf joins with Terrie Stong, Jan Troph, 2 Toledo Police Officers, and #Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz, for the Bear gifting at the @GoodBearsOfTheWorld 50th anniversary banquet at #OctoBEARfest 2019. Photo by JM Photography #fursuit #fursuiter #fursuiting #bear #costume
October 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
waldolf.bsky.social
#OctoBEAR 12 Waldolf at the #GoodBearsOfTheWorld #GBotW #GBW #octoBEARfest in 2017 #fursuit #fursuiter #fursuiting #bear #costume
October 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
mikecraghead.com
Join me this October as I weirdify pumpkins! Point and laugh! Throw things!

#pumpkincarving
#halloween
#HalloweenWars
VISIT WEIRDO PUMPKIN CARVER Mike Craghead OCTOBER 2025 As seen on TV: Halloween Wars, SEASONS 7 & 14, FOOD NETWORK & HBOMAX Oct. 4: Fortuna Apple Harvest Festival 10 to 4 p.m., 9 Park St., Fortuna, CA Oct. 5: Organic Matters Ranch – with Special guest weirdo ALAN SILVA 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 6821 Myrtle Avenue Oct. 11: Sequoia Park Zoo’s OctoBEARfest 4 to 7 p.m., 3414 W St., Eureka. Oct. 12: Eureka Natural Foods, McKinleyville 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 2165 Central Ave, McKinleyville Oct. 18: Organic Matters Ranch 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 6821 Myrtle Avenue, Eureka Oct. 19: Eureka Natural Foods, Eureka 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 1450 Broadway, Eureka Oct. 26: Sequoia Park Zoo’s Boo at the Zoo noon to 4 p.m., 3414 W St., Eureka. Visit mikecraghead.com for pumpkins and other silly things.
September 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
cemurphy.bsky.social
A VERY MEOWY CHRISTMAS: www.amazon.com/dp/B0BMZPHJK...

BUCK THE HALLS: www.amazon.com/dp/B0CP8WV3X...

KOALAFIED FOR LOVE: www.amazon.com/dp/B0D516XS8...

OctoBEARfest: www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVN8QXN...

#romcom #romanticcomedy #paranormalromance #booksky #cozyromance #novellas #novels
The very cute cover to Murphy Lawless's A VERY MEOWY CHRISTMAS features a golden bobcat in silhouette against a dark red background. Hearts, sparkling diamonds, and surround the title. There's a silhouetted image of a small town with a big gazebo to one side, and the series title, Virtue Shifters, is featured above the gazebo. Cover art and design by Indigo Chick Designs. The very cute cover to Murphy Lawless's BUCK THE HALLS features a golden deer in silhouette against a dark blue background. Hearts, sparkling diamonds, and snowflakes surround the title. There's a silhouetted image of a small town with a big gazebo to one side, and the series title, Virtue Shifters, is featured above the gazebo. Cover art and design by Indigo Chick Designs. The very cute cover to Murphy Lawless's KOALAFIED FOR LOVE features a golden koala in silhouette against a purple background. Hearts, sparkling diamonds, bouquets, and wedding rings surround the title. There's a silhouetted image of a small town with a big gazebo to one side, and the series title, Virtue Shifters, is featured above the gazebo. Cover art and design by Indigo Chick Designs. The very cute cover to Murphy Lawless's OctoBEARfest features the title displayed around an electric guitar, with grains in the corners, a silhouetted bear and rock star lady, and a bunch of cute pub-oriented accoutrements, 'cause Oktoberfest. Cover art and design by Malice & Mayhem Book Covers.
July 31, 2025 at 11:48 AM
thebookqueen.bsky.social
$2.49 ✦ OctoBEARfest by Murphy Lawless
He's a grizzly shifter running his family's brewery. She's a rock musician hired for the annual Oktoberfest at the brewery.
KU Title
Paranormal Romance (MF) | amzn.to/4eipHGT
OctoBEARfest (Renaissance Shifters Book 1)
Amazon.com: OctoBEARfest (Renaissance Shifters Book 1) eBook : Lawless, Murphy, Murphy, C. E.: Kindle Store
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June 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
thebookqueen.bsky.social
$2.49 ✦ OctoBEARfest by Murphy Lawless

He's a grizzly shifter running his family's brewery. She's a rock musician hired for the annual Oktoberfest at the brewery.

KU Title

Paranormal Romance (MF) | amzn.to/4eipHGT
This is the cover for OctoBEARfest by Murphy Lawless.
June 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
cemurphy.bsky.social
OctoBEARfest is a #KindleDeal for a few more days! #booksky #romancesky #readersky
cemurphy.bsky.social CE (Catie) Murphy @cemurphy.bsky.social · Jun 11
My rock & roll romcom OctoBEARfest is a #KindleDeal this month on .com and .ca! #booksky

Pub owner & grizzly shifter Bill has hired the wrong musician for the Oktoberfest weekend—and punk star Gwen is going to rock his world!

.com:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVN8QXN...

.ca:
www.amazon.ca/B0CVN8QXN6/?...
The very cute cover to Murphy Lawless's OctoBEARfest features the title displayed around an electric guitar, with grains in the corners, a silhouetted bear and rock star lady, and a bunch of cute pub-oriented accoutrements, 'cause Oktoberfest. Cover art and design by Malice & Mayhem Book Covers.
June 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
cemurphy.bsky.social
My rock & roll romcom OctoBEARfest is a #KindleDeal this month on .com and .ca! #booksky

Pub owner & grizzly shifter Bill has hired the wrong musician for the Oktoberfest weekend—and punk star Gwen is going to rock his world!

.com:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVN8QXN...

.ca:
www.amazon.ca/B0CVN8QXN6/?...
The very cute cover to Murphy Lawless's OctoBEARfest features the title displayed around an electric guitar, with grains in the corners, a silhouetted bear and rock star lady, and a bunch of cute pub-oriented accoutrements, 'cause Oktoberfest. Cover art and design by Malice & Mayhem Book Covers.
June 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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$300-$700 covers:
The very cute cover to Murphy Lawless's OctoBEARfest features the title displayed around an electric guitar, with grains in the corners, a silhouetted bear and rock star lady, and a bunch of cute pub-oriented accoutrements, 'cause Oktoberfest. Cover art and design by Malice & Mayhem Book Covers. Available at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVN8QXN6/?tag=mizkit-20 The cover of CE Murphy's MAGIC & MANNERS features a young woman in Regency dress, holding a book in one hand and a fireball in the other, in front of a tall, blurred bookcase. Cover art and design by Fringe Element. Available at https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CI33LOI?tag=mizkit-20 The covers to the first 4 Guildmaster Saga novels by CE Murphy. They feature a young brown-skinned man facing off against a number of different monsters: a sea serpent, a stone, a dragonfly-like glass beast, and a vast red dragon. Art by Aleksandar Sotirovski. Available at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084GRJV31/?tag=mizkit-20 The cover for CE Murphy's THE CARDINAL RULE features a woman, gun in hand and wearing a striking red trenchcoat, striding toward the camera, with a sepia-toned Rome in the background. Cover art and design by Indigo Chick Designs. Available at https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PND12DM?tag=mizkit-20
June 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
cemurphy.bsky.social
oooh hey #booksky! My #ParanormalRomance, OctoBEARfest, is a Kindle deal this month on .com & .ca!

Pub owner & grizzly shifter Bill has hired the wrong musician for the Oktoberfest weekend—and punk star Gwen is going to rock his world!

www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVN8QXN...

www.amazon.ca/dp/B0CVN8QXN...
The very cute cover to Murphy Lawless's OctoBEARfest features the title displayed around an electric guitar, with grains in the corners, a silhouetted bear and rock star lady, and a bunch of cute pub-oriented accoutrements, 'cause Oktoberfest. Cover art and design by Malice & Mayhem Book Covers.
June 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
cemurphy.bsky.social
i LOVE this serieses' cover art! Malice & Mayhem Book Covers are the designer! www.mmbookcovers.com/services/
The very cute cover to Murphy Lawless's OctoBEARfest features the title displayed around an electric guitar, with grains in the corners, a silhouetted bear and rock star lady, and a bunch of cute pub-oriented accoutrements, 'cause Oktoberfest. Cover art and design by Malice & Mayhem Book Covers. The very cute cover to Murphy Lawless's PARTRIDGE IN A BEAR TREE features the title displayed around a drum set, with poinsettas in the corners, a silhouetted bear and partridge, and a bunch of cute Christmasy and wintery accoutrements, including mittens, a gingerbread man, five golden rings, candy canes, and beer, 'cause it's set at a pub. Cover art and design by Malice & Mayhem Book Covers.
May 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
cemurphy.bsky.social
I'm modestly good at keeping my website's front page updated but I'm EXTREMELY good at keeping the "Books" page updated!

catiemurphy.com/books will give you everything that's available and a number of things up for preorder.

There's a lot there!
A CE Murphy Starter Guide image which contains box set images for the urban fantasy series The Walker Papers and the YA epic fantasy series The Guildmaster Saga, as well as front cover images for REDEEMER, a 1940s urban fantasy, DEAD IN DUBLIN, a cozy mystery written under the name Catie Murphy, and OctoBEARfest, a paranormal romance written under the name Murphy Lawless!
May 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
waldolf.bsky.social
#ThrowbackThursday #Waldolf with some friends at the 2017 @GoodBearsoftheWorld #GBW #GBotW #OctoBEARfest #fursuit #fursuiter #fursuiting #bear #costume
May 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
waldolf.bsky.social
#Fursuit #fursuiter #fursuiting #bear #costume #Waldolf at the 2018 #GoodBearsOfTheWorld #GBW #OctoBEARfest in #Toldeo #Ohio. #Waldolf helping donate teddy bears to the #LucasCounty Sherriff's Department. More info about GBW is at Http://Goodbearsoftheworld.org
May 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
waldolf.bsky.social
#ThrowbackThursday #TBT #Waldolf at the Good Bears of the World #GBW #OctoBEARfest 2019 From left to right Terie Stong, a Toledo Police officer, Waldolf, Jan Troph, #Toledo #Mayor
Wade Kapszukiewicz, and another Toledo Police officer #fursuit #fursuiter #fursuiting #bear #costume
January 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
colleencricket.bsky.social
If you like awkward but sweet and are ok with shifter romances, you might try OctoBEARFest. The first true attempt at a first kiss is *deliciously painful.*
January 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
cemurphy.bsky.social
What I Did This Year, by CE (Catie) Murphy (Lawless):

WEAR WOLF: www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVGLGS4...

DEATH OF AN IRISH DRUID (out in Jan): books2read.com/irishdruid

OCTOBEARFEST: www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVN8QXN...

PARTRIDGE IN A BEAR TREE: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DLX4X1N...

(links affilate. more next post.)
The cover for Murphy Lawless's WEAR WOLF features a hunky tailor with no shirt, a wolf, and rich sumptous background fabrics in blue and gold The very cute cover for Catie Murphy's DEATH OF AN IRISH DRUID features a stone arch over a well, and two Jack Russell terriers poking around a scenic green background with a rainbow overhead. The cover for Murphy Lawless's OCTOBEARFEST features the title wrapped around an electric guitar, the silhouettes of a bear and a rock star woman, and musical instruments and Oktoberfest stuff on a playful background. The cover for Murphy Lawless's PARTRIDGE IN A BEAR TREE features the title wrapped around a drum set, the silhouettes of a bear and a partridge, and musical instruments and Christmasy stuff on a playful background.
December 31, 2024 at 2:11 PM