Getting to know you in the New Year – #Hello2016 Hop
We’re ringing in the New Year with lots of giveaways! And by sharing some fun and wacky facts about ourselves. There’s a new giveaway at each stop so be sure to visit them all!
One More Day! Hunter by Night is Almost Here!
I love every book I’ve written, and every character big and small is special for some reason. Every person and place has a little sliver of myself in them somehow, I like to think. No question though, Lee and Alexia from Hunter by Night have something extra special, and when I wrote their book they really came alive for me on the page. I’m thrilled beyond measure to have them finally going out in the world, and I hope you are too. Everyone’s excitement has been overwhelming, and so far the feedback has been great. Everyone says it’s the best of the series, and I’m so happy to go out on a bang.
I also want to take a moment to say thank you here to Damon Suede and Mary Calmes, who beta read for me and spent hours on the phone with me when I was bogged down in plot snarls. And my husband, who spent more hours than I’m sure he cared to listening to me think out loud. Hunter by Night is dedicated to all three of them, with good reason.
Haven’t pre-ordered yet?! Do it now, and have Hunter by Night zapped to your e-reader at midnight, or shipped out at its first possible moment! (I think you maybe can also get your local bookstore to hold it for you, if they have it in stock-I recall doing that before).
Find it at: Apple| Amazon | B&N | Kobo| Powell’s | Booktopia| BaM| Goodreads
If you’re a fan of the series and excited about sharing the Lee and Alexia love, I have some fun things you might wish to use to help get out the good word. So please feel free to do so, and thank you so, so much for reading. I am so thankful to you, my readers, more than anything.
Countdown Widget for Hunter by Night!
26 days until Hunter by night’s release! How do I know? Well I’ve been obsessively checking the calendar, that’s how. Also, I’ve got this cool countdown thingie, courtesy of Viviana, Enchantress of Books (find her at the RT Con for all your book pimping needs)!
Wanna put one on your blog?? Copy and paste the following widget code into the appropriate text area of your side bar, and you’re good to go!
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Cover Reveal Blitz: Bad Idea by Damon Suede
I’m super psyched to be sharing this upcoming release from my friend and critique buddy Damon Suede. Do be sure to put it on your TBR.
Bad Idea
By
Damon Suede
Blurb:
Some mistakes are worth making.
Reclusive comic book artist Trip Spector spends his life doodling super-square, straitlaced superheroes, hiding from his fans, and crushing on his unattainable boss until he meets the dork of his dreams. Silas Goolsby is a rowdy FX makeup creator with a loveless love life and a secret streak of geek who yearns for unlikely rescues and a truly creative partnership.
King of Darkness
I have been so remiss in blogging it is downright embarrassing. I could make excuses and whatnot, but the bottom line is that I get pretty easily overwhelmed these days. But here to please you, I have cover art! And a blurb! And an excerpt! I SO hope it pings on your happy places. King of Darkness releases Feb 1 2012 
from Sourcebooks Casablanca for your vampire romance pleasure. It is available NOW for preorder from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Oh, and don’t forget to put it on your TBR list on Goodreads. 😉
Blurb:
ETERNAL COMMITMENT IS NOT ON HER AGENDA…
Scorned by the vampire community for her lack of power, Isabel Anthony lives a carefree existence masquerading as human—although, drifting among the debauched human nightlife, she prefers the patrons’ blood to other indulgences. But when she meets the king of vampires this party girl’s life turns dark and dangerous.
BUT TIME’S RUNNING OUT FOR THE KING OF VAMPIRES…
Dead-set on finding the prophesied mate who will unlock his fiery powers, Thad Morgan must find his queen before their race is destroyed. Their enemies are gaining ground, and Thad needs his powers to unite his subjects. But when his search leads him to the defiant Isabel, he wonders if fate has gotten it seriously wrong…
Excerpt:
“Jesus, T. What is this place?”
Thad Morgan scanned the sparse industrial interior of the massive warehouse turned dance club. From just inside the doorway, he passed his preternatural vision over the writhing crowd of humans. Most of the populace bounced in time to bass-heavy techno music, stopping only to grope their nearest neighbor. Some gazed upward in awe at a raised platform of fire-eaters, and still more worshipped at a DJ stand opposite the entrance as if it were an altar. A scrolling sign overhead announced something called the Crystal Method. The humans partied with abandon and apparently little regard for their eardrums.
“I think they call it a rave,” Thad murmured to his friend.
And apparently at 3:00 a.m., the night was still young for the party kids in Orlando.
Thad’s hands clenched and released. How were they going to do this? The club was friggin’ huge and packed to the gills, from the crowded floor full of scantily clad dancers with glow sticks to the teeming balconies where couples and even groups were involved in more intimate acts such as massage and… whatnot. It was hard to fathom how in the hell they were going to find the female they were looking for in this place.
Already overheated, Thad pushed up the sleeves of his leather jacket and fingered the scar on his forearm, tracing slowly over the two intersecting lines that flaredinto a Y at each end, like a crude Armenian cross. The
small patch of skin was even hotter than the rest of him
and throbbed in time with the pounding electronic music
that was drilling a hole in his skull. He could almost
swear the scar was glowing, but the haze of laser lights
and cigarette smoke made it tough to be certain.
“She’s in here, Lee. I can feel it,” he said tightly.
Once again, King of Darkness releases 2/1/2012 from Sourcebooks. The paperback can be ordered now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble (You can even preorder on Kindle and Nook and I THINK it will automatically download on the release date!!). And to everyone who’s already contacted me to tell me how psyched they are about the book, thanks so much! Y’all rock my world.