Coming November 6!

Oh, I love new cover day! And I love me some Anne Cain covers. Read an excerpt at Samhain Publishing!

And from a review I received from the awesome Ann Aguirre– “It all works. Get this book and don’t stop until you’re done.”

I’m Looking for a Hero Who Won’t Put Baby in the Corner

Man, what a mess. I can barely bring myself to watch TV these days. Everyone throws a hissy fit now and then, but Venus, Venus, what’s up with that? And Kanye was purportedly called a “jackass” by the President. I don’t like Kanye’s music, but there’s no getting around that Venus is one of the most talented female athletes ever.

I used to think I could separate what authors do (rant online, act like idiots) from what they write. I’m not so sure anymore. I don’t care about someone’s political views, but if they pulled the equivalent Venus/Kanye moves, I’d boycott their works. I’ve heard of writers behaving very, very badly at conferences, out of jealousy, alchohol induced idiocy, or whatever.

So who’s your hero? Everyday or big star? Athlete or writer? Today I’d say Patrick Swaze for showing up and working hard, despite his horrific illness.

And I love Derek Jeter for showing up without being an asshole. Born to do what he does, and he seems to love it and not take it for granted. I’m looking for heroes everywhere now. We need more of them. And we need to stop pandering to entertainment’s standard for acceptable behavior. Venus should have been tossed for the season. Kanye should have been tossed off Leno. I didn’t watch because he was on.

Who’s your hero?

A year

The three of us miss you, Mom.

New Release! Woot!

The Egyptian Demon’s Keeper out Tuesday, September 8! Come on, you know you want to… It’s at Samhain Publishing.

Love—it’s the real thing. And complicated as hell…

Archeologist Eliza Schneider assumes her meeting with an exotic stranger in the Egyptian desert was a heat-induced hallucination…until he materializes in New York. She has to give the tall, handsome Egyptian high marks for originality with his pick-up line: they’re fated to save the world together. The master/servant thing goes a long way toward sweeping her off her feet, but it’s easier to believe he’s just another in her long line of poor romantic choices.

Kasdeya, the Fifth Satan, waited eons for his Keeper to find her way to his tomb amongst the ancient ruins. He only has a limited time to convince Eliza that her role is critical to help defeat the loathsome Deumos, a female demon who has laid her claim to bearing his child—a child that will bring down mortals.

Trouble is, Eliza doesn’t even believe Kasdeya is real. If he can’t convince her he isn’t an illusion—and neither is their love—Deumos will win.

Warning: This book is not work safe! May cause hot fantasies about sexy immortals and lead to poor productivity.

E-Rummaging, or My Tour as Reader and Writer

I’m 100% on my New Year’s resolution to buy only electronically delivered books. And all except one have been from what I’ll call Epublishers (that’s a whole ‘nuther subject, right?): Ellora’s Cave, Samhain, Loose ID, Freya’s Bower, Drolliere, even Smashwords. All purchases were easy, smooth transactions. Stories bought and downloaded. Only one complaint. I don’t want these stores holding my name, address, phone number, etc. When I walk into a building and purchase a book, they don’t collect that info from me (and I do only buy with cash generally). Once in a while they’ll ask for my phone number. I always refuse. I don’t think any epublisher needs that information if you are paying with Paypal. Allow me to choose if I want to have an “account” at your online store. Sorry. Get rid of that one.