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February 13, 2016
Pre-order Dangerous Boys now!
Woohoo, it’s live!
Only US$0.99c for a limited time, available exclusively from iBooks Store!
Written in the StarsbySara Hantz
If Megan messes up one more time her parents will pull her out of boarding school and she’ll never see Dan—the guy she’s been crushing on since forever—again. So when she accidentally crashes a friend’s car, she needs topay for the repairs… somehow. Desperate, she decides to useher way of knowing stuff to sellpsychic dating advice. How h...
February 5, 2016
Dangerous Boys cover reveal
It’s Saturday! Which means….
It’s cover reveal time!!!
The Downunder Young Adult Authors Present:
But wait, there’s more :)
Thought you might like a sneak peek at the stories in the Dangerous Boys anthology, too:
WRITTEN IN THE STARS
by Sara Hantz
The Best Laid Plans…
If Megan Russell messes up one more time her parents are going to pull her out of boarding school and life as she knows it will be over. The thought of never seeing Dan again, the guy she’s been crushing on since forever, fil...
February 1, 2016
Of rock stars, sagas and beasts
Can’t believe it’s February already… and that my holidays are over. Yep, I’m starting a newfull-time job tomorrow and it’ll be a while until I accumulate any annual leave, so any time spent reading books in the future will most definitely be a luxury. Sigh….
Speaking of books:
If you haven’t already checked out Nalini Singh’s Rock Kiss series, then I would encourage you to do so ASAP. I got a handy dandy gift card for Christmas, and caught up on the series over the holidays. And I can assure...
Dangerous Boys are just around the corner!
As I mentioned in a post last month, I’mparticipating in an anthology with fourawesome-sauce Downunder Young Adult authors… whom I can now reveal as: Ebony McKenna, Vanessa Barneveld, Robyn Grady and Sara Hantz. *apologises for the loud fangirlySQUEES!*
Our anthology is titledDANGEROUS BOYS, and will shortly be available at a heavily discountedspecial pre-order price: watch this space for blurbs and pre-order release details.
Here’s a sneak peek at the novella-lengthstoriesthat will comprise...
January 25, 2016
The Breathless List
Hi all,
Just a quick bit of news to share with you all :)
The Breathless Listof romancesby Australian and NewZealand authors published in 2015 is out, and the 9 “best of the best ” favourites have been listed…
… andFreaks Under Firemade the list!
WOOT! I’m so raptto have one of my booksconsidered, let alone have it makethe final list. And I’m just stoked thatDee took a chance on this series andfell in love with theteen cyborgcharacterthat I created.
Huge congratulations to the otherauthors wh...
January 12, 2016
Resolutions and a new release
I don’t think I’m alone in saying I’m glad 2015 is done and dusted… and here’s hoping 2016 is a vast improvement!
As for New Year’s resolutions: I haven’t made a single one. Frankly, I don’t need theangstthat follows all mybest intentions re self-improvement going terribly awry when life throws me curveball. But if I were into goal-setting, then my goal for 2016 mightbe summed up in oneword: “balance”.
For starters, I’m gonna do my level best to findsome.
You know the kind of thing I’m talkin...
December 24, 2015
Christmas Wishes
It’s Christmas Eve here in New Zealand. And by the time I finish posting this it’ll be around 15 minutes shy of midnight. So I just wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas — hope you get lots of hugs from the special people in your life!
To my readers: a special thanks for all your support of me and my books over this past year. It’s been a tough one on the personal front, but a new story will be coming soon, I promise.
And may 2016 bring you all much happiness, loads of great reading,...
December 18, 2015
Agent of Change
For me,November’s standout read was Agent of Change by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller. This was the first book set in the Liaden Universe, but according to Ms Lee’s website, chronologically, it’s around book 9. If that sounds a little confusing, then check out this explanation on Sharon Lee’s websiteabout the correct reading order.
In short, the Liaden books are more of a “universe” than a series — love that explanation!
Now if you’ve learned anything about me as a reader while reading these posts...
November 28, 2015
Booktrack’s got a special offer on Freaks!
Hi all,
You might recall me mentioning that last Christmas holidays I decided to experiment with Booktrack, a company that gives you access toall sorts of cool sound-effects, music, ambiance effects etc., that let’s novices like meeasily add a soundtrack/special effects to ourbooks. And the book I chose to soundtrack was Freaks of Greenfield High. Because, you know, kick-ass teenage cyborg getting into all sorts of interesting situations:)
Anyhow, I had so much fun adding a soundtrack to the...
November 13, 2015
October was all about finding a balance
Warning: this October Reads post doesn’t focus solely on my favourite reads for the month of October. Soif you’re cravinga quick recommendation or three and want to move on:
1. For the futuristically/paranormallyinclined do try Silver Master by Jayne Castlebecause, among other awesomeness (such as a romantic suspense-filled plot) there are futuristicDUST BUNNIES!
2. For the historical romance fans check out When a Scott Ties the Knot by Tessa Dare because Madeline! And Logan! ZOMG, they are j...
