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    Spider’s Bite e-book now $1.99 …

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    So I have something cool (and economical) to share today: the Spider’s Bite e-book is now available for $1.99 through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other online booksellers.

    You read that right — $1.99.

    Spider’s Bite is the first book in my Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series. So if you ever wanted to try the series or add it to your e-book collection, now’s the time to do it — on the cheap.

    Normally, the e-book would be $7.99, so why is it now $1.99? Well, my publisher, Pocket Books, thought this would be a nice promotion to lead up to the release of Spider’s Revenge, the fifth book in the series that will be out on Sept. 27.

    I think offering backlist titles at a discount is a smart marketing tool. Money is tight these days, and paying $1.99 for a book is a pretty good bargain. I look at book blogs like Dear Author that do posts about discounted reads to see what’s available, and I’m more likely to take a chance on a new-to-me author if the book is less than $5.

    Plus, I know many people are hesitant to start a series that already has several books in it, but I think the $1.99 price will tempt some folks to check out Gin and the rest of the gang. Fingers crossed anyway.

    I’ve been told that the Spider’s Bite e-book will be $1.99 through Monday, Sept. 19. So go forth and purchase if you wish. Happy downloading and reading! 😉

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    By a Thread cover revealed …

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    Some of you have probably seen this already, but here is the cover for By a Thread, the sixth book in my Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series.

    I really like the colors on this one. I think the pops of blue will print nicely with the green. Plus, the whole cover image and the colors tie in with the story. I also like the little touches, like the spider on Gin’s tank top. I’ve been very pleased with all the covers in the series, which have all been done by artist Tony Mauro. My thanks goes out to Tony for another excellent cover.

    Fun fact: According to my editor, this is an actual woman/cover model, and they’ve used her on all the Elemental Assassin covers so far.

    Also, here are some other things that will be happening with the Elemental Assassin series in 2012:

    1) By a Thread will be released in March 2012. The on-sale date will be Feb. 28, 2012.

    2) I’ll be getting bookmarks made for By A Thread later this fall, probably after my blog tour for Spider’s Revenge winds down in October, and I have time to work on the bookmarks. I’ll post here on the blog when I have the bookmarks.

    3) Also, By a Thread is up for pre-order at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Please note that the back cover copy is up at B&N and that it does contain some spoilers for what happens in Spider’s Revenge. So if you don’t like spoilers, don’t look at the cover copy.

    4) The seventh book is tentatively scheduled for an August 2012 release, which means that the on-sale date will be July 31, 2012.

    Those are all the updates I have right now for the Elemental Assassin books. I’ll post more info as it becomes available.

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    And that’s a wrap …

    So the blog tour for Touch of Frost has finally wrapped up. I want to give a big thanks to all the bloggers who hosted me on their sites, as well as everyone who took the time to read and review the book. I really appreciate all you guys do to support books. You guys rock! 😉

    I am in the process of mailing out the books to the folks who won copies of Touch of Frost through the various blogs, as the winners’ info is sent to me. So please be patient if you won, and you haven’t received your book yet.

    So far, the response to Touch of Frost has been really, really good. Folks seem to like Gwen and the world that I’ve created with Mythos Academy. I’ve gotten a lot of nice comments from folks who enjoy the Elemental Assassin series saying that they also liked the Mythos Academy series as well. I was hoping that there would be some crossover readership between the two series, and I’m really happy that folks seem to be enjoying both worlds.

    But now, it’s time to gear up again and start thinking about Spider’s Revenge, Elemental Assassin #5, which will be out on Sept. 27. I’ll be doing another blog tour for that book, starting around Sept. 19 or so and probably running into the first week or two of October.

    In the meantime, I’ll be getting back to my regular Monday-Wednesday-Friday posting schedule here on the blog, as well as linking to everything on my Facebook and Twitter pages. I’ve got a ton of books to review as well as some updates to share on my various books and projects. So stay tuned for more …

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    August book club pick …

    A few weeks ago, I got an email from Sarah over at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books saying that the site had selected Touch of Frost as their Sizzling Book Club Pick for August. Huzzah!

    I was really, really excited about this. I had seen the book club picks on the site before, but I never dreamed that one of my books would be selected. It was a wonderful surprise — one that I’m still grinning about. 😉

    Anyway, there’s going to be a chat about the book tonight, Aug. 24. I believe the chat starts at 8:30 p.m. EST and runs until about 10 p.m. I’ll be joining the chat about 9:30 p.m. to answer questions. You can visit Smart Bitches for more details. Hope to see you there!