Allyson James's Blog, page 22

Two cool announcements

FIRST, Yes, my EC editor loved Calder, and his book is a go! So Tales of the Shareem: Calder will be out at Ellora's Cave, as soon as we go through the revision/editing/proofring/publishing process. I'll post when I know a pub date. (If you don't know who Calder is, he shows up for the first time in Tales of the Shareem: Aiden & Ky.)

SECOND, My editor at Berkley asked me to contribute a novella to a HEAT anthology (more erotic romance!). I have no other details about this yet (like title, pub. da

Interview and book giveaway with paranormal author Carolyn Jewel

Join me in congratulating Carolyn on her releases this year:

The historical romance, Scandal, in Feb and

a paranormal romance: My Forbidden Desire, which was released this Tuesday (May 26).

We'll do a giveaway for a free copy of My Wicked Enemy , the prequel to Carolyn's brand new release, My Forbidden Desire,

Click here to read the rest of the interview and win the book![image error]

Dragon Master nominated for another award, plus BN's diabetes auction

Today I found out that The Dragon Master finalled in the Prism contest (FF&P chapter of RWA). Woo hoo! I love that this book is getting so many kudos, because I wrote it at a very difficult time. It's a nice reward.

Not only that, Jennifer Ashley (my other self) finalled in another category with
Immortals: The Redeeming .

Also make sure you drop by Brenda Novak's Diabetes auction: I'm giving away the entire Immortals series (all 8 books), plus the entire Dragon series (3 books). Plus other goodies.

New title in Print (Catch a Falling Star)

One of my EC titles sprang into print today!:

Catch a Falling Star may be ordered here:

http://www.jasminejade.com/p-7313-catch-a-falling-star.aspx

With a cool new cover!!

Right now it's available only at EC. It will take a while to get it on Amazon and other places, so if you want it NOW, click the link above and purchase that way. :-)[image error]

Bargain! Private Places

I just saw on Amazon that they have Private Places on sale for $4.99. It's a big, pretty book, and I did a historical erotic romance for it. So if you've been waffling on spending $14 for it, grab it for $4.99!

Click here

Full URL:
http://www.amazon.com/Private-Places-Robin-Schone/dp/B001QFZLXE/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242395691&sr=1-6[image error]

Wahoo

I just submitted Tales of the Shareem: Calder, to my editor at Ellora's Cave.

A big whew, and a hand rub across my sweaty brow.

Send good vibes for her to love, not hate, it. :-)[image error]

New Excerpt Up!

Not only did I finish and turn in the proofs for Mortal Seductions, I posted the first chapter here: http://www.allysonjames.com/mortalseductionsexcerpt.html

This book contains the most unusual heroine I've written--a former vengeance demon who now brings couples together for Aphrodite. But she misses being a b**ch queen from h*ll. :-)[image error]

Release Day for Jennifer Ashley

My other self is having a big release today, for a hot historical,

The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie!!

If you enjoy my Shareem books, you might like this one, too.

I'm also once again giving away stuff at the Romance Reader at Heart blog, if you want to try to win a backlist book (under any of my names)

http://novelthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/unusual-heroes-who-do-you-love-by-jennifer-ashley/

Party![image error]

Dragon Master Wins!

Now that the list has been posted in the RT Magazine, and the awards are being given out even as we speak, I can announce that:

THE DRAGON MASTER WON THE RT REVIEWER'S CHOICE AWARD! Category: Best Shapeshifter Romance. The other finalists are dang fine authors, so I'm surprised and honored.

Woo![image error]

FREE backlist giveaways--starting tomorrow

Starting tomorrow, I'm going to be blogging all over the place, talking about Lord Ian, and various things, giving away free books (drawn from commentors). Where I give away backllist books, I mean ANY of the backlist, from any name I've ever penned a book under. :-)

Here's a schedule of where I'll be:

04/23/09 The Chatelaines: Excerpts of Ian, Giveaways: http://www.thechatelaines.blogspot.com/

04/25/09 The Plotmonkeys: http://www.plotmonkeys.com/

4/27/09 Emily Bryan: www.emilybryan.blogspot.com