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    Deadly Sting bookmarks available …

    Deadly Sting bookmarkI now have bookmarks available for Deadly Sting, the eighth book in my Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series that will be released on March 26, 2013.

    Shown at left is the front of the bookmark. The back features the covers of the other Elemental Assassin books.

    Bookmarks are free to readers, bookstores, libraries, reading groups, etc. However, please note that I do ask folks to send me a self-addressed stamped envelope with two first-class U.S. stamps (90 cents) on it in order to get the bookmarks (this helps me cover postage costs).

    If you are overseas, I ask that you send me a SASE with at least $2 in U.S. postage on it or include that much in international postage coupons with your envelope.

    Also, whether you are in the U.S. or overseas, be sure that your return envelope is large enough to hold the bookmarks, which are 2 by 8 inches. 

    I still have bookmarks available for the other books in the Elemental Assassin series, as well as for those in my Mythos Academy young adult urban fantasy series. You can get bookmarks for either series or for both. Just include a note in your SASE stating which bookmarks you want. To find out how to get the bookmarks, e-mail me.

    Hope everyone enjoys the book when it comes out.

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    Deadly Sting e-book cover revealed …

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    Deadly Sting e-book coverSo today, I thought that I would share the e-book cover for Deadly Sting, the eighth book in my Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series.

    The cover at left is what you will see if you buy the e-book.

    However, the print books will have a step-back cover, just like Widow’s Web did. That means that on the Deadly Sting mass market print books, that there will be a red flap that will be the outer cover. You open up the red flap, and you will see the interior art of Gin (shown at left), just without the text that will be on the e-book cover. You can check out this blog post to see the print covers and what I’m talking about.

    The cover artist is Tony Mauro, who has also done the other covers in the series. Once again, I think he’s done an excellent job capturing Gin and the story.

    Also, here is the book description for Deadly Sting. As always, if you don’t want to be spoiled, you may want to skip reading the description:

    Red is definitely my color. Good thing, because in my line of work, I end up wearing it a lot.

    Most people shy away from blood, but for an assassin like me — Gin Blanco, aka the Spider — it’s just part of the job. Still, it would be nice to get a night off, especially when I’m attending the biggest gala event of the summer at Briartop, Ashland’s fanciest art museum. But it’s just not meant to be. For this exhibition of my late nemesis’ priceless possessions is not only the place to be seen, but the place to be robbed and taken hostage at gunpoint as well. No sooner did I get my champagne than a bunch of the unluckiest thieves ever burst into the museum and started looting the place.

    Unlucky why? Because I brought along a couple of knives in addition to my killer dress. Add these to my Ice and Stone magic, and nothing makes me happier than showing the bad guys why red really is my color.

    Deadly Sting will be released on March 26, 2013. The book is up for pre-order at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, and other online booksellers. You can read the first chapter here, although please note that this chapter has spoilers for Widow’s Web, so if you haven’t read that far in the series yet, you may want to avoid reading the chapter.

    Anyway, hope everyone enjoys seeing the e-book cover.

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    Nightingale, Bigtime book #4, e-published …

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    NightingaleI’m happy to announce that I have e-published Nightingale, the fourth book in my Bigtime superhero paranormal romance series. Huzzah!

    Here’s the book description:

    Anxious brides. Drunken businessmen. Panicked partygoers. As Bigtime, New York’s premiere event planner, Abby Appleby is capable of handling almost any crisis, but even she’s not prepared when she finds herself in the middle of a fight between superhero Talon and his ubervillain nemesis Bandit. Abby manages to save Talon, but the superhero is temporarily blinded, so she takes him back to her loft, where the two wait out a snowstorm. During a blizzard that shuts down the city, Abby and Talon grow close, and he starts calling her Nightingale because of her love of music and singing.

    But Abby is afraid of what Talon will think when he can see the real her, so she conceals her identity from the sexy superhero, and they go their separate ways. However, Abby discovers that Talon is looking for Nightingale, looking for her — and so is Bandit. The mercenary ubervillain thinks that Abby has information that belongs to his boss, the mysterious Tycoon. Abby knows that she’s in serious trouble and that not even Talon — or the Fearless Five — may be able to save her …

    So this book is a little different than the others in the Bigtime series in that Abby and Talon are front and center, instead of the members of the Fearless Five, as in the previous books. In this story, the Fearless Five are more minor characters, although they, along with Lulu Lo, do appear.

    For those of you who remember, Abby was an event planner who helped Bella Bulluci with the museum benefit in Jinx. I thought writing about Abby and a new hero would let me expand the Bigtime world a little bit and bring in some new characters and places in the city for folks to read about.

    Nightingale is available for $3.99 at the following sites:

    Amazon

    Barnes & Noble

    iTunes (you will have to open iTunes on your computer)

    Kobo

    All Romance Ebooks

    Sony

    Smashwords

    I figure posting the e-book on these sites would let me hit most of the e-readers and e-book formats out there.

    Nightingale is around 94,000 words. You can read the first chapter here.

    I don’t have any plans to do a print version of Nightingale at this point. I just don’t have the time in my writing schedule to do that right now. However, if there is enough interest in the book, I may write some more e-books or e-stories in the Bigtime series. Again, we’ll see what happens.

    Anyway, I hope folks enjoy this return trip to Bigtime. Happy reading!

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    Guest blog: Edie Ramer on Yum-yum love …

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    Today, I’m please to welcome Edie Ramer to my blog. Edie is one of my author friends. She’s the author of Stardust Miracle, Dead People, and other books. Take it away, Edie:

    YUM-YUM LOVE

    Edie RamerOne of the things Jennifer and I have in common is a love of cheese. A few years ago, she recommended a favorite cheese brand to me, unaware that the cheese factory is located in a tiny “unincorporated community” not far from my house. If I remember correctly, the only other business in the area is a bar.

    The village of Miracle, Wisconsin, in my Miracle Interrupted series is a bit bigger, with a population of 629, but the place that employs the most people is still a cheese factory. There’s also a small grocery store, a beauty salon, a bar/restaurant, and a fine Italian dining restaurant. In my novel-in-progress, Miracle Pie, the heroine makes pies and delivers her pies to area businesses and residences.

    I love Italian food, I love pies, I love cheese, I love my cat, I love my dogs. And miracles. I really love miracles. So why not put what I love in my books? In Jennifer’s second Bigtime book, Hot Mama, the fiery superhero Fiera can eat enough to feed a dozen people and she never gains weight. I can imagine what fun Jennifer had writing that character. (Fiera shows up in Jennifer’s latest Bigtime book, Nightingale, which I thoroughly enjoyed.)

    Miracle LaneI also love men that love women and vice versa. A few years ago, a friend blogged about yum-yum love in books, comparing to antagonistic love. A heroine and hero who actually like each other, compared to a heroine and hero who dislike each other but can’t fight their wild attraction. That stuck with me, because unless the author is skillful, I don’t always believe in the antagonistic romance plot.

    So far, most of the books I’ve written have the yum-yum love. Probably my least yum-yum couple is in Dead People, my second published book. And they aren’t antagonistic as much as two people with prickly personalities. When you read my stories, you know that after The End, when the heroine is PMSing and grouchy and bloated, the boyfriend/husband is still going to love her. And when he does something stupid (which is bound to happen, because he is a man), she’ll love him, too.

    Like Jennifer with her Bigtime series, the main characters from one Miracle Interrupted story will show up in future stories, which is fun for me and I hope for readers. The third book, Miracle Lane, is just released! I’m excited about it. Here’s the description:

    She forgot how to hate, and now she’s learning how to love …

    Brain-damaged Nia Beaudine can’t remember her life before The Accident. Someone intentionally ran over her and left her for dead. Now she’s living in the ‘witch’s house’ she inherited in the village of Miracle, relearning how to live on her own. Well, almost on her own – the talking cat helping her cope is a bonus. But when a hate-filled family member shows up with a gun, Nia knows she needs real help.

    Former Army Sergeant and PTSD sufferer Rob Ackerman regularly covers for his identical twin, the village constable, and answers Nia’s emergency call. This strange young woman immediately sees he’s not his brother. In return, he sees that the only way she can fully live in her new life is to find out why someone in her old life tried to kill her … and might try again.

    As they dig up Nia’s past, the attraction between them grows. Their brains may be damaged, but their bodies and hearts are working just fine.

    GIVEAWAY TIME

    Stardust MiracleEdie is generously offering an e-copy of Stardust Miracle for giveaway. To enter, just leave a comment on this post and answer the following question: What kind of yum-yum love would you put in a book?

    The giveaway is open to those 18 and older and will run through midnight EST, Wednesday, Oct. 24. The winner will be randomly chosen and announced on the blog on Friday, Oct. 26.

    ALL ABOUT EDIE

    You can find Edie at her website, Facebook, and Twitter. She’s very proud of being a co-editor of Entangled, a Paranormal Anthology, with all proceeds going to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. There are 11 authors, and three are New York Times bestselling authors – including Jennifer! The e-book is only $2.99. Buy it, enjoy it, and help find a cure for breast cancer.

    In addition to her paranormal and sci fi romances, Edie is enjoying writing her new Miracle Interrupted magical realism series. The novella Must Worship Cats is the first book. If you love cats, that’s the book for you. The next two novels are Stardust Miracle and Miracle Lane. For the pie lovers, Miracle Pie will be available in December.

    Thanks so much for being here today, Edie.