I hope that you're enjoying the summer! I don't know what the temperature is where you are, but it is hot here in Florida. Speaking of things that are hot, I recently posted two extended excepts featuring everyone's favorite pyrokinetic vampire, Vlad, from my upcoming novel INTO THE FIRE. You can read these excerpts by clicking here, and Ian fans, he makes an appearance as well :).

 

In audio book news, my novella Night's Darkest Embrace is now available in single title audio format. This story is unrelated to any of my regular series, so it's a fun romp into a new world with new supernatural creatures. Here is the audio cover and description:

Some of you might remember Night's Darkest Embrace from the Haunted By Your Touch anthology. It's a long novella (about 130 pages in digital; 3 hours in audio) that also came out in single ebook about two years ago. Now, it's finally available in single audio with the fabulous Tavia Gilbert narrating. I'm so pleased to have this finally in audio because I want everyone to get their stories in the format that makes you the happiest. Listen to a sample or order your copy at Downpour, Audible, iTunes or your favorite audio retailer. Read the first two chapters from Night's Darkest Embrace here.  

ONE FOR THE MONEY, A Night Huntress Novelette

A romantic getaway for vampires Cat Crawfield and her husband Bones is cut short when they're called on to guard a spoiled heiress with a price on her head, and an undead hitman on her trail. What starts as a simple bodyguard job ends up being a fight for survival that neither Cat nor Bones saw coming. Order from:  Amazon, iBooks, Nook.

Now, why did I separate this novelette into a single after it was originally published in both the Death's Excellent Vacation and the Magic Graves anthologies? A couple months ago, I was able to splice out the audio of One For The Money as a single for readers who weren't interested in the other stories. However, that presented a new issue. With the audio available as a single but the ebook only in anthology form, I couldn't sync the product pages together. Instead, readers would have to go to totally different pages and look for different titles (with different covers, too!) to see both the audio version and the ebook. Since that was an understandable hassle - plus it created confusion - I split the ebook out so that now, both the ebook and the audio version are under the same title and cover, with the formats all synced together on the same product pages.  

 

If you haven't already read One For The Money, I hope you enjoy this story featuring Cat, Bones, a spoiled heiress, and Justina getting the chance to actually be heroic for once (true! :).

 

Next up is the German edition of Bound By Flames, titled Im Bann der Sehnsucht. I know my German readers have been waiting a long time for this, so I'm thrilled that it's finally available. I'm also posting the cover because I think my German covers are so pretty. This one is no exception, although a mistake was made and Leila was given red hair and green eyes instead of black hair and blue eyes. Hey, now you can see what Leila would look like with dyed hair and colored contacts ;). Order Im Bann der Sehnsucht from Amazon.de or your favorite German retailer.

Finally, a short while ago, I posted a Q&A on my website blog, but then forgot to include it in my newsletter (bad author, no cookie!) Here it is, and maybe it answers something that you were wondering about. 

 

Will the Night Prince series really end at Into The Fire?

Yes, Into The Fire is the final Vlad and Leila novel. I know I had said that originally about the third book, Bound By Flames, but I REALLY mean it this time.

Who will be the next character to get a novel?

Ian will be the next character to get his own book(s).

Who will be the heroine in Ian's book(s)?

I'm not saying yet. I will say that she has previously appeared before in the Night Huntress series, but that's all I'm saying, and I will neither confirm nor deny any guesses in the comment section except to say that it's NOT Justina.

Why do you say "Ian book(s)" instead of "Ian's book" or "Ian's books"?

Until I finish writing the story, I don't know if Ian will have only one book (which was my original intention for the Night Huntress series, if you can believe that), or will have two books (my original intention for the Night Prince series) or if he will end up having more books (see: both the Night Prince and the Night Huntress series.) Since I obviously fail at estimating a correct number of books before I start writing a story, I'm not even attempting to do that this time.

When can we expect Ian's book(s) to come out?

This is a guess - and as I have just proved, I am bad at guessing - but I would estimate that the earliest Ian's book(s) would release is late 2017. Early 2018 is probably more realistic because I have three more books coming out before Ian would get his chance.

What about the Broken Destiny series?

Book two, The Sweetest Burn, and book three, The Brightest Embers, will release back-to-back in the summer of 2017. The Broken Destiny series will end at book three, and I can say that with confidence because I'm done writing the second book and the third book is already plotted out in detail (a miracle for me since I almost never plot out anything in detail before writing a book!)

What about Timothy, the fourth prisoner who was sent to the New South Wales penal colony with Bones, Spade and Ian? They all think Timothy's dead because they haven't heard from him in decades, but is he really dead?

Timothy is alive, and he has a very good reason for hiding from his best friends for all these years. I intend to explore that in a future book, which is why I won't say more now or it would spoiler.

Will you ever write about Katie when she is older?

[Warning: SPOILERS AHEAD. Don't read this answer if you haven't read Up From The Grave yet!] I would love to write about Katie when she is older because I already have very specific story ideas about her. Plus, it would be fun to showcase Cat and Bones in their most difficult role yet - as parents of a headstrong young woman ;).

Do you have any other appearances scheduled for 2016?

I only have one more appearance this year, which is Nola StoryCon, the convention I'm co-hosting along with Melissa Marr, Ilona Andrews, Kelley Armstrong and Jennifer L. Armentrout. Most of the events are sold out, but no tickets are required for the public signing, and there are still tickets left for the Crescent City Brunch. Click the link above to see the other 30+ bestselling authors attending Nola StoryCon and to get more info.

That's all from me. Have a wonderful summer!