Award Winning Debut Novel
2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Live Stream
Watch the award ceremony!
I’m on stage at 38:00 minutes in.
American Library Association Conference 2023
See the Featured Authors and Books at the ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition in the Headline Books Inc. and Zoom Into Books booths in Chicago, IL, at McCormick Place June 23-26!
Podcast Interview
I was invited to the 2023 American Library Association Conference in Chicago. It was an honor to participate as an award-winning author. Burke Allen from the Big Time Talker Podcast interviewed me about the book. Watch it here!
My Mind Is Not Yours:
Welcome to Tarot Tori City
Young Adult - Urban Fantasy, Mystery, Paranormal, Thriller
"Nothing can escape these eyes!"
Apparition Vision - the power capable of deciphering people's souls. Female sleuth Florian Lilly Cobblestone is meticulously mastering this supernatural power.
Florian sees everyone’s unique spirits while hers remains unseen.
She seeks help from psychologist Dr. Ronaldo Von Nirvanas. As he studies Florian’s abilities, they encounter criminals hiding in Tarot Tori City.
This is the beginning of an eccentric genius detective vs. criminal masterminds series. Prepare for dynamic battles of wits with bizarre elements.
(Contains Acts 1-4 Tarot Tori Gate, Flourishing, Ghosts, and Relinquishing Sovereignty)
Available now!
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About the author
Eliot D Esparza
Eliot D Esparza is a rising author with a fire lit under him to bring My Mind Is Not Yours to life. With a bachelor’s in liberal sciences, his fictional world-building is thorough. Eliot is from North Carolina, USA, and has engrossed himself with astronomy and science since a young age. He has an avariciousness for the most entertaining science fiction possible. He’s an award-winning finalist in the 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards (NGIBA)
I love this whimsical yet suspicious air over this entire story -- there's this great balance of lightness that always has a slight shadow of danger and "when is the other shoe going to drop?" that keeps me turning these pages.
- Bianca Orellana
Author of
We Are Eternal
More Reviews on Goodreads
Available in these formats:
More from the MMINY Series:
eBooks $2.99 each & Paperbacks $5.99 each
These are the Light Novel Novella versions of My Mind is Not Yours.
“Welcome to Tarot Tori City” contains Light Novels 1-4 as an omnibus.
Light Novel #5 is coming soon!
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Tarot Tori Gate
Light Novel 1
Act 1: Chapters 1-9
Florian Lilly Cobblestone can see spirit animals!
Explore the early years of the aspiring detective as she finds her calling in her first-ever case!
“What happened to the hermit crab?”
The ghost of a hermit haunts 7-year-old Florian Lilly Cobblestone. She seeks guidance from psychologist Dr. Ronaldo Von Nirvanas without mentioning her anguishing secret.
Flourishing
Light Novel 2
Act 2: Chapters 10-20
14-year-old Florian Lilly Cobblestone encounters a girl impersonating her identity. A restless spirit manifests lurking behind them. Amid Florian’s search, a banquet begins.
This is the start of Florian’s biggest case yet!
“No one messes with my friends!”
Ghosts
Light Novel 3
Act 3: Chapters 21-30
Florian Lilly Cobblestone and Dr. Ronaldo Von Nirvanas tail masterful criminals to their hideout. A mouse wearing a snake outfit, an angler gorilla frog, a drooling lizard, a steaming cheetah, an embedded centipede, and a mimic octopus, all intertwined with their leader, the devil.
Can Florian catch them before they catch her?
“I won’t let them hurt anyone!”
Relinquishing Sovereignty
Light Novel 4
Act 4: Chapters 31-40
After the murder of a beloved friend, Florian Lilly Cobblestone must prepare for the banquet. Against all odds, ‘she’ faces the mayor of Tarot Tori City. Florian relinquishes her sovereignty and obtains her true self.
Will Florian’s first deduction go according to plan?
“I’ll keep practicing until I get it right!”