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Sorry it's been a week since I posted! It's been a busy week. After the whirlwind release of Goddess of the Hunt, I needed to spend some quality time with the family and then hunker down to get some progress made on all this other work…namely the Stud Club trilogy, coming summer 2010! I'm in the middle of writing book two, working on copy edits for book three, and as of this morning looking over the cover blurbs for the whole trilogy. I'm so, so excited about it.

Over the weekend, I had my f

Pictures Worth a Hundred Thousand Words–How my cover art came to be

I've had so many compliments on the lovely cover art for this trilogy, and it's not hard to see why. They are gorgeous–bright colors, beautiful models, full of rich (and accurate!) detail. I knew just from looking at them that a great deal of time and attention went into them, but the process behind cover art is often a mystery to the authors and readers.

About a month or so ago, I had the delight of hearing from the cover artist who painted the cover images. Her name is Doreen Minuto, and she

Talk About It!

If you've read Goddess of the Hunt and would like to chat about the book with me and other readers, I invite you to come on over to the Eloisa James/Julia Quinn Bulletin Board. For the entire month of August, I'll be the book club guest. We're talking about GotH and the other two books in the trilogy. All opinions and questions welcome! You have to register for the board to participate, but it's easy. The EJ/JQ bb members have to be one of the most diverse, welcoming, hilarious, friendly gr

August 1, 2009

Goddess of the Hunt is available in stores now! For the entire month, I'm the book club guest at the Eloisa James/Julia Quinn bulletin board. If you want to chat about Goddess or ask questions about the trilogy, please do stop by! Book Two in the trilogy, Surrender of a Siren, releases on August 25th. You can read an excerpt and find pre-order links here.

TGIF!

Sorry…tried to post this this morning, and just now realized it didn't go through! Better late than never, right?

It's been a fun and fabulous release week - thank you all SO much. Today, I'm wrapping up a week of blogs and interviews over at Romance B(u)y The Book, where I'm blogging about Jeremy Trescott, the hero of Goddess of the Hunt, and posting an exclusive excerpt! And as always, there's a signed copy up for grabs…

A Fresh Pick, and Lightning Round!

Today's stops on the Tessa Dare magical whirlwind online tour:

Goddess of the Hunt is today's "Fresh Pick" at Fresh Fiction!

Among other very nice things, their review says:

Debut author Tessa Dare bursts upon the scene with a high-energy and high-drama romance. She tells the story with provocative words and feverish action. Her cast of secondary characters is unforgettable and set the stage for the next book in this back-to-back series.

Thank you so much, Fresh Fiction!

And I've been interviewed at

The party continues…

Oh, man. Today I woke up with a post-release-day hangover! Yesterday was a blur. I did manage to drag the darelings to a few local stores to sign stock. The wonderful Mr. Dare brought me roses and champagne to celebrate, and we took the family out for enchiladas. All in all, it was terrific! Thank you so much to everyone who helped make it such a fun and exciting release day, on blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and the like.

Today I'm guestblogging at Yankee Romance Reviewers about the heroine of

Let's get this party started!

Woohooo!! At long, LONG last, it is the official release day of Goddess of the Hunt. I am tempted to go into a long, sappy speech thanking everyone I've ever met - but truthfully, it's 1 AM over here and I'm dead tired! That speech will have to wait. (Plus, it's in the Acknowledgments. See page 361.)

I do want to tell you about some fun stuff I'm doing today to celebrate. And as with any good party, there are prizes involved!

I'll be guest-blogging today at Romance Vagabonds about the timely t

July 28, 2009

Hooray! Goddess of the Hunt is in stores NOW! You can find an excerpt, reviews, and purchase links here. I've also added a longer excerpt of the second book in this back-to-back trilogy, Surrender of a Siren. Be sure to check my Diary for the latest guest blog and interview links..

All About Tessa. Plus, freebies!

Tomorrow is the official release date of Goddess of the Hunt, but the troops on the ground tell me it's already showing up on bookstore shelves. We had a WalMart sighting yesterday, and I think a Books-A-Million one. So exciting!

A number of lovely people have interviewed me or asked me to blog with them in the coming weeks, and I'll link to those appearances as they come up. In most cases, there is some sort of giveaway involved.

Today, I've been interviewed by Keli Gwyn at Romance Writers o