How is everybody doing?  I feel like I’ve been buried under deadlines for the last couple of months and can now finally breathe a little.  It’s fall where I live, the leaves are turning, and it’s not unusual to have rain, sun, and hail in the same day.  I’m hoping for an early snow, but I don’t think it’s going to happen this year.  I need to organize my thoughts, so I thought I’d do a quick update here to figure out where I am and what I should do now.  🙂

MARKED, Janie’s story, is in the pipeline and is ready to go.  (Release date: 12-22-14). I’ve finished page proofs, which means I won’t see the book again until it releases.  As you might know, Marked is the tenth and final book in the main Dark Protector series.  It was both the most difficult and the easiest book to write so far.  It was the most difficult because so many questions had to be answered and so many threads completed.  It was the easiest for the same reason–I had tons to write and didn’t stop for a second to wonder what to add.  I have to admit, I’m very happy with how Janie’s story turned out, and I hope you like it, too.  I was also really nervous to write it initially because readers have known Janie since she was a child, and now she’s all grown up, so it was a little like watching your niece fall in love with a badass Alpha male.  But I think it worked out nicely.  🙂

I hit send on TOTAL SURRENDER edits this morning, and it’s the longest book I’ve written at 102,000 words (approx. 400 pages).  (Releases 3/14).  This is Jory Dean’s story, and he was so much fun to write about.  My editor says it’s the best book yet, and of course, this makes me both nervous as hell and happy.  I hope you all like it.  This one choked me up a couple of times because those lost, dangerous, wounded soldiers can do that to you.

I’m finishing up Hawk and Dawn’s story (Maverick MT book 4) now, and I’m hoping it has a release date of early next year – but I probably won’t know the date until early next year.  The first scene is really fun with Dawn teaching Hawk a little lesson.  I hope you like it.  The last Maverick MT book hit the NY Times, so of course, I have high hopes for this one, too.

Did you know we contracted for a spin-off series for the Dark Protectors?  We did, and it’s called the Realm Enforcers.  The first book, WICKED RIDE, is already turned in and should have a release date soon.  I’m thinking it’ll be June of next year.  Wicked Ride is about Kellach Dunne (cousin to Moira and Brenna), badass witch enforcer and motorcycle club member.  The book takes place in Seattle, and a few of the Dark Protectors show up, including Dage and Garrett.

Also, I have a brand new series coming out.  We don’t have a name for the series yet, but it’s going to be something different for me.  Yes, it’s still a romance with some pretty hot Alpha males, and I’d tell you more, but I don’t really know more.  A novella will kick off the series, and it’ll be in an anthology with Alexandra Ivy to be released around next September.  Then the three books will be released January, February, and March of 2016.  These will be in mass market print and available at bookstores, online, etc.

Finally, if any of frequent BAM stores, keep an eye out for CONSUMED and SHADOWED from the Dark Protectors, would you?  (They should be available for preorder end of October).  Those books are part of a brand new program between Lyrical Press and Books-A-Million to be in print, with gifts for people who buy them.  I’d love to see those do well so the other DP books could be in bookstores. 

Also, there’s going to be a big party for the program in York, PA at the BAM store on November 8th starting at 2:00pm.  If you are anywhere near York on that day, I will be there, and I’d love to see you! 

Other than that, there’s a boxed set of the first four stories (Fated, Claimed, Tempted, Hunted) in the Dark Protector series releasing on October 13th, Blind Faith (Sin Bros 3) releases in print in January, and then Total Surrender releases in print and digital in March.

Whew.  Okay.  Now I feel organized. 

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We’re about half way moved into the new house.  When we bought it, we decided to kind of take our time and keep the pressure off by just moving a little bit at a time, and we’re almost to the point where we can hire a couple of movers for the heavy stuff.  Except…Big Tone and Junior Tackle (14) keep moving the heavy stuff.

I have no chairs, no tables, no sofas still in my current home.  We’re sitting on the floor.  Plus, I truly had no idea how often I drag a chair somewhere in this current house to get something off a top shelf.  Without chairs, I have to ask either Tone or Tackle to get stuff down for me.  I’m starting to feel really short.

Tony was a bit, er, surprised by how many pairs of shoes I’ve had in my shoe closet in the other room, and I’ve been shocked by how many dang hats he has.  Hats! 

I’ll take some pictures of the house when I get the chance – right now there are boxes everywhere.  Though my office is awesome, and the new pottery barn desk fits perfectly.  Tony keeps joking that we moved so the furniture would fit.  LOL!  Okay, maybe…

Just kidding.  We moved for the view and the extra room, since we’ve doubled our square footage.  And, BIG UPDATE, now we have Internet at the new house.  So…we can move now.  🙂

Other than that, here’s an update:

• Rising Assets released and hit the top 100 in Amazon overall, and is still there four days later
• Marked (Janie’s story) was sent to my publisher…it’s all written – yay!
• Blind Faith releases on May 6th (Nate and Audrey’s story from Sin Brothers)
• Tamed releases on May 15th  (Caleb and Lily’s novella)

Everyone have a wonderful beginning of April!  Also, Rising Assets is still on the special sales price of .99¢ and will be going back up to three dollars any day now.

I get a notice every time somebody new subscribes to the blog here, and there have been so many new subscribers that I thought maybe I should write a blog.  🙂  Well, if you follow me on FaceBook,  you know I’ve been writing at the lake a lot lately.  There isn’t any internet out there, so it’s pretty great to write.  My husband took the picture of me from inside the cabin, and I had no clue.

The bathtub is still in my backyard, and the parking meter is still in the front.  On all that is holy and pure, I don’t know why.  We live in a very nice neighborhood with normal neighbors.  I very much fear we’re ‘those people.’  Yes, I plan to move both the bathtub and the meter, but they’re heavy.  I’ll figure it out soon.

I had an absolute ball in Atlanta at the RWA Conference, and the workshop I did with Cynthia Eden was a lot of fun.  She’s a fountain of information about serial killers, and she’s an amazing writer.  Kristin Higgins was one of the keynote speakers, and she made us both laugh and cry.  I read her book on the plane ride home and laughed out loud.  People probably looked, but I didn’t care.  🙂  My room was on the 39th floor, and this is a picture at night of downtown Atlanta.  Pretty, right?

I’m heading to Savannah for the Authors After Dark Convention on August 14th.  If you’re anywhere near Savannah, drop by.  It looks like a lot of fun!  I’ll post some updates as the week goes along.

Finally, here are the updates for the series:

Dark Protectors:  TWISTED was released in June and features wolf shifters Terrent and Maggie.  SHADOWED, Jase’s novel, will release in both ebook and print on October 3rd.  The ebook is up for preorder now.  TWISTED, TEMPTED, and TAMED (the three Dark Protector novellas) will be available in print next May, when TAMED comes out.  We’re combining the three into one print book.  YAY!

Sin Brothers:  FORGOTTEN SINS released July 2nd and is going strong.  Unfortunately, it hasn’t been available in the UK or overseas at all, and my editor is working on rectifying that.  Hopefully this month I’ll have some good news.  It’s driving me crazy, to be honest.  The print book will be available in January at all bookstores and online.  Book 2 (Matt’s book) is all finished and will be released this coming December.  I should have a name and cover soon…

Maverick Montana:  The first two books are out and are doing well.  Book three, RISING ASSETS, is tentatively slated for a November release.  I’ll know more soon.  There doesn’t seem to be a plan for print with this series so far, but I’ll keep asking for it.  🙂

That’s what’s going on in my neck of the woods.  I’m hoping to have a character interview or two up soon…keep tuned in and have a wonderful rest of the week!

Also, if you look above at the tabs, we’ve added one for merchandise since people kept asking where to get T-shirts, etc. with our logos.  So…there it is.  🙂