Last Day of the Blog Tour!

Here's where Kristin and I will be today!  Thanks to everyone who's followed along!

Reading Between the Wines
Books Like Breathing
Kimberly's Bookshelf
The Avid Reader
Mother Gamer Writer
Mary Gramlich
My Foolish Wisdom
Yankee Romance Reviewers
Bitten By Paranormal Romance
I <3 Book Gossip

The Paranormal Blog Tour Continues!

Here are the latest stops!

The Fiction Enthusiast
S.O.S. Aloha
Book Obsessed

Awesome Review AND a Giveaway:)

Not only is Romancing Rakes for the Love of Romance today's stop on Ye Olde Blog Tour, but there's also a lovely review up of Midnight Reckoning!  Always a nice surprise to get, especially when one is nursing a head cold.  I've been marinating in sick kid germs for over a week, so the outcome was pretty inevitable.  Still, a giveaway and a great review!  Good stuff!  

More Giveaway Goodness

Rolling right long, here are some more spots Kristen Callihan and I are touring through.  Check out each sites for reviews and giveaways!

Paranormal Romantic Suspense Reviews
Book of Secrets
Books and Makeup
Drey's Library
Novel Reaction

Two Blog Stops Today!

Kristen Callihan and I continue our internet road trip today with two short interviews and giveaways at the following spots.  Be sure to swing by!

Seduced by a Book
Martha's Bookshelf

More Blog Tour Goodness

Day 2 of the Forever Paranormal Romance Blog Tour!  Kristen and I have short interviews up at Thoughts in Progress, along with a giveaway!  You can also find more giveaways of both FIRELIGHT and MIDNIGHT RECKONING here:
Rex Robot Reviews
Boekie's Book Reviews
Gimme the Scoop Reviews

Forever Paranormal Blog Tour!

LET IT BEGIN!

Today through February 8th, debut author Kristen Callihan and I will be on a whirlwind tour of blogginess!  Kristen's Gothic Paranormal, FIRELIGHT, is already racking up accolades all over the place, and I highly suggest checking it out.  The story beneath that gorgeous cover does NOT disappoint! And of course, there are lots of chances to win copies of my new book MIDNIGHT RECKONING as well:)  Today, we're both interviewed at My Book Addiction and More, and there are giveaways at Love to Read for Fun, Bookhounds, Bodice Ripper Novels, The Book Girl, and Just Another New Blog.  Hope you'll check us out!

Live Chat Today!

I'll be at Book Monster Reviews for an interview, and then chatting LIVE at Literal Addiction from 3-4 EST.  Yes, you can actually see me rambling about life, the universe and everything in real time!  I'm a talker, so I hope to have lots of readers to chat with.  I managed to have technical difficulties last time and nearly lose my mind before figuring out the chat deal (my computer's antivirus pretty much hates everything about the internets), but it was great fun thereafter. 

Happy Saturday!

Release Day! Happy New Year!

It's finally here!  Jaden and Lyra's story was officially "born" at midnight, which is very apt, I think.  What an awesome way to start the new year!  I hope you all enjoy their story...reading through the book still makes me grin.  I love all of my characters, but Lyra Black is someone I wish I could hang out with in real life.  And then there's Jaden...*swoon*

Thank you so much to all the readers and bloggers who've been supportive of the Dark Dynasties series so far.  Writing these books has, no joke, been the fulfillment of a lot of dreams I had when I started this crazy ride.  Here's to an amazing 2012 for us all! 

At Paranormal Haven today!

Come visit me here to win a copy of Midnight Reckoning!

Hope you all had a wonderful holiday...my husband makes a huge Polish feast every year for Christmas Eve, and every year I wonder why I ate so much.  We'll be eating leftover galumpkies for a week.  Also, he totally surprised me and got me the ONE thing I really wanted...an iPad!  All he had to do was wrap up a small "decoy" box and instruct me not to shake it (which you know I did as soon as he was out of the room), and I was completely diverted.  Turns out he'd slipped the real box under the tree as well, and I never even bothered to dig for another gift.  He knows me well.  I'm extremely gullible.

Beyond that, my house is covered in LEGOs.  And my daughter has her face stuck to her new Kindle Fire and may never emerge from her bedroom again.  The house is trashed, but life is good. 

May you all have a relaxing week!

It's Time...

Time for the blog tour to begin!  With MIDNIGHT RECKONING coming out on January 1st, I start roaming the internet today, giving away signed copies and chatting about Jaden, Lyra, and how exactly a cat vamp and a werewolf manage to get together when they make one another's fur stand on end!  Today I'm being hosted by the lovely Carmel at Rabid Reads...hope you'll stop by and try to win the prize!

SHADOW RISING

Okay, so I know that MIDNIGHT RECKONING isn't even out yet, but because of the way ye olde publishing works, it was actually finished a few months ago.  And then, because I love my characters (and am also slightly insane), I wrote the third book in the Dark Dynasties series, SHADOW RISING.  Haven't done edits on it yet, but I do know that my lovely editor is really enjoying it, and as of yesterday I have a final cover AND the cover copy!  I got the go-ahead to share them with you:)  Behold the pretty:

Ancient Secrets, Dark Passions . . .

As one of the Grigori, a noble vampire dynasty shrouded in mystery, Ariane has spent her life hidden away in the desert. Like all of her kind, she is a watcher, fated to observe, forbidden to act. Yet when her best friend Sammael vanishes, she defies all rules and flees her safe haven to bring him home.

A shape-shifting assassin for the House of Shadows, Damien Tremaine is hired to locate Sammael. His hunt for the wayward Grigori leads him to Ariane, the rogue vamp who stands between him and his bounty. Damien never lets emotion interfere with his work, but a single touch from the sexy, beguiling vampire shatters his self-control. Drawn together by their common goal, what begins as an alliance of necessity soon becomes one of desire. But when the secret at the dark heart of the Grigori comes to light, Damien and Ariane must make a choice that could bind them eternally . . . or tear them—and everything they care about—apart.

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I believe this will be out in August of 2012...and I can't wait!  I love Damien, the smartass, amoral assassin from DARK AWAKENING, and he was, as I expected, a lot of fun to write.  Creating a heroine who could handle him was a challenge, but Ariane was more than up to the task:)  You'll be meeting Lyra Black first, though, the fiesty she-wolf who captures Jaden's heart in MIDNIGHT RECKONING...I'm anxious to hear what you all think of her as well.  The way she and Jaden deal with one another was still making me laugh when I was checking the final proofs for the book to go to print. Lots of good stuff coming up!



Midnight Reckoning...and Release Day Approacheth!

Do you know what's sad?  I totally forgot Wednesday was Wednesday, hence the absence of a middle of the week post.  Sorry about that!  I'm cramming in as much relaxation as I can, because tomorrow we head home, and Tuesday I'm off to NYC for RWA '11!  I'm sooooo excited (and nervous, because it's intimidatingly huge).  It's been a lovely week here, and we've decided we're definitely returning next summer.  Wine tasting is one of the most fun things I've done, and I'm bringing home a few bottles to share.  I got my toes done.  I got a facial (wow...need to do that again).  I parked my butt on the deck and watched the kids swim and kayak.  And I read Archangel's Consort by Nalini Singh, which means I will now be salivating over the coming (September) installment of her Guild Hunters series until, well, September.  NEED IT!

Speaking of coming attractions, Dark Awakening is finally almost out!  WOOHOO!  It hits shelves on Tuesday, and I'll be signing it Tuesday evening at the big Literacy for Life signing at the Marriott Marquis in NYC.  5:00-7:30, hope to see some of you there!  I will have my funky Cait Sith tattoos with me to distribute.  And bookmarks.  I even got my suit dry cleaned for this...should be good:)

Finally, the cover for the second installment in the Dark Dynasties series, due out in January, has arrived!  I love it.  Seriously, these covers have made me incredibly happy.  What do you think?

I love it.  Jaden and his wolf.  Hope you all had a great week!