Charity Mason is a web designer, writer, songwriter, musician, and artist living in rural North Idaho.

Charity's second novel, A Night Borrowed, is due to be released on October 1, 2009. A Night Borrowed is the sequel to Night Cry, Charity's first novel, which was released in 2005 and is being re-released this year. An unrelated novel, Devil's Handiwork, is also nearing completion.

Charity has Bachelor of Science degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (Communication and English), and is two semesters away from receiving her Master's degree in Communications and Leadership from Gonzaga University. Her academic plans include continuing her higher education and working toward a law degree after graduation.

Charity owns and operates Crescent Moon Design Studio, a web design, Internet marketing (SEO), and graphic design company. She started the company in 1998 as a hobby, but it quickly became her full-time job. She began working and promoting Crescent Moon Design Studio full-time in 2004.

In her spare time, Charity is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, pianist, and songwriter for her band, Make Me Shiver. The band's first album, Too Much To Dream, was released in 2006, and is made up of songs written entirely by Charity. The band is currently playing local shows and working on their second album, Moonshine Valentine, which is due to be released in October 2009.

For more information about Charity and her projects, please explore the links to the right.

Nearly two years have passed since Rhiannon found Dominic's murdered body following the Battle of Hastings, leaving her pieces of Bròn Seud behind, as well. But, now that Dominic has returned, the normal life she always wanted and that she's carved out for herself has disappeared, replaced by the returning curse of the Sorrow Stones. She must now go get the magical gems she abandoned, and embrace the magic she once shunned so that she can send Dominic home. When Weylin returns in the body of a man Rhiannon trusts, she must immerse herself into the legend of the mystical gems to learn how to be rid of the evil man once and for all.

Seattle vice detective Dominic Williams - a few months into his coma recovery - goes looking for Rhiannon St. Clair, a Chicago college teacher who also had dreams of being in the 11th century while comatose. He is determined to find answers about how and why he ended up in medieval Scotland, and he believes this Rhiannon holds the key. But when he finds out that she is looking for her father's murderer and the ancient, mysterious book the killer stole, he finds out he may have gotten himself into a situation that may challenge everything he thought was real... and may be more than he can handle.

As the two timelines begin to collide, Rhiannon must give herself over to the true power of Bròn Seud to protect the secrets of the shimmering gemstones and to prevent the curse from ever taking Dominic away from her again.
ISBN: 0-9825563-0-6
Available October 1, 2009! Pre-order your copy now!

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The dream came to Rhiannon the night her husband died. An ancient magic is her birthright, and it has called upon her in the form of five gemstones known to her people as Bròn Seud—Sorrow Stones. Dominic, her husband’s brother and a soldier for the Scottish king, Malcolm Canmore, holds her only hope for finding out the secrets of the stones: he offers a way for her to get to Normandy, where the answers to the endless circle of questions lie. Rhiannon must first reconcile the burgeoning desire she feels for Dominic, and find a way to escape the clutches of a priest that is not what he seems before she will be able to reveal the immortal secrets hidden in these dangerous gems. Set in Scotland, Normandy, and England in the tumultuous year 1066, Night Cry delves deep into the mysteries of an ancient Pictish legend wrapped around a love that will take Rhiannon to two continents, the pivotal Battle of Hastings, and two very different lifetimes.
ISBN: 0-9825563-1-3

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Make Me Shiver's second full-length album, Moonshine Valentine, is set for release on October 30, 2009. The album contains twelve tracks; Charity wrote eleven of the songs. Pre-order from Make Me Shiver by clicking the "Buy Now" button below.
(Cover photo by Richard McSwain for Hometown Digitals; concept by Jeffrey Mason; photo editing by Crescent Moon Design Studio.)

Charity's music is available on the full-length, 2006 album from her band, Make Me Shiver. The album, entitled "Too Much To Dream," contains eleven songs, all written by Charity. Make Me Shiver is currently rehearsing songs prior to going into the studio on their follow-up album, tentatively titled, "Moonshine Valentine."
On sale right now for only $6.99!
(Cover photo by Jered Hoffman; concept by Charity Mason; photo editing by Crescent Moon Design Studio)

Get "Too Much To Dream" :

1. From Make Me Shiver's Web Site (more vendors available from this site, including iTunes)
2. From CDBaby
3. From Amazon.com