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December 24, 2014
Merry Christmas!
I hope however you celebrate the holidays, you have a lovely day with lovely people and a very safe and happy 2015!
December 23, 2014
One week to until
You get to meet this guy again…Lucas Angelo, hero of Angel in Armani. A man who looks good in, and out of, a suit. Kinda something like this…
December 30 will be here before we know it. For buy links, excerpt etc, visit my website.
December 22, 2014
Some pre Christmas goodies
2 days to Christmas here in Oz…time is zooming by again. To celebrate the festive season, I have two copies of the audiobook of The Devil in Denim to give away to US readers (sorry, rest of the world but there will be another giveaway after Christmas for everyone, promise!) The giveaway is via Audible, so you’ll need an Audible account to download.
To enter, tell me one of your favorite things about either audiobooks or Christmas in the comments! I’ll draw a winner after Christmas so you’ll have time to listen before Angel in Armani comes out on December 30!
November 7, 2014
A short story
So one of the things I wanted to try this year was writing a short story. I haven’t written a lot of short fiction…I think I’m a natural novelist but it’s good to stretch yourself and try something new. When I was working on The Wolf Within earlier this year, I kept wondering about the idea of a short story for that series…a glimpse into something in Ash’s life before. That eventually became The Day You Went Away which is now free at all good e-book stores and Wattpad. So if you’re curious about The Wild Side series, it might be a good place to start and if you’ve already read The Wolf Within or The Dark Side, it’s a little extra about Ash and Dan. I hope you enjoy!
Oh, and the inspiration for the title (and a very good song about regret and lost loves) is this.
October 29, 2014
Books I’m looking forward to – Spring 2014 edition
I have had a very busy year with many books to write and many books out, so I have been not blogging as much as I’d like. So I am trying, while there’s a little easing of the schedule, I thought it was time to talk about other books. Books I need to read. And I thought I’d split the list into books sitting on my Kindle or TBR pile that I need to get to and books coming out soon.
This is just a sampling. The true number of books in my TBR pile and on my wish list is possibly too horrifying to contemplate. I’d need shelves like these…
So herewith, some objects of book lust:
Coming soon (or really not soon enough) books:
Captive Prince Volume 3 by C.S. Pacat (awesome political fantasy (M/M)…addictive stuff)
Anticipation – Sarah Mayberry (go read Satisfaction and then you’ll be hanging out too)
The King – Tiffany Reisz (love this series)
Deep – Kylie Scott (hot rock gods – get on board)
Rogue Spy – Joanna Bourne (historical regency spies and gooorrrrgggeous writing) (out November 4, thank goodness!)
Four nights with the Duke – Eloisa James (always fun, always witty, sexy regency)
The next Megan Whalen Turner book whenever it appears (Her Thief of Eddis series is fab, hanging out for the next book)
It started with a Scandal – Julie Anne Long (another awesome regency writer)
Whatever the next Kelly Hunter book is (Makes grabby hands and impatient toe tapping in the direction of Kelly)
Flirting with Disaster – Victoria Dahl (smokin’ contemporaries)
TBR books:
Burn For Me – Ilona Andrews. (New Ilona series. ‘Nuff said.)
A Flight of Magpies – KJ Charles (Victorian M/M fantasy)
Steles of the Sky – Elizabeth Bear (awesome epic fantasy series with wizards and mysterious horses and much coolness)
A Murder of Crows – Anne Bishop (really unique UF world)
Written in My Own Heart’s Blood – Diana Gabaldon (really really need a free three days or so to sit down and devour this. Outlander. Jamie Fraser. Say no more.)
The Madness Underneath – Maureen Johnson (YA paranormal verging on horror…so I need a bright sunny day to read it because parts of the first book were creeepppyyy)
The Ripper Affair – Lilith Saintcrow (alt-Victorian awesome mystery type series)
River of Stars – Guy Gavriel Kay (another big fat fantasy that I need a few days to devour. That and stealing myself for heartbreak. He always manages heartbreak.)
The Slow Regard of Silent Things – Patrick Rothfuss. (a big fat fantasy novella. Knowing Rothfuss his novellas are probably the length of normal books)
Heroes are my weakness – Susan Elizabeth Phillips (C’mon, she’s SEP!)
Shifting Shadows – Patricia Briggs (Mercy Thompson short stories. Yay!)
The Winter Bride – Anne Gracie (I am behind on my Anne Gracie. How did this happen?)
So there you go. As usual, too many books, not enough time and not enough time machines so I can get the ones I’m waiting on NOW! How about everyone else? What are you hanging out to read?
(The photo, “Bookshelf Porn” is copyright (c) 2014 Jules Morgan and made available under an Attribution 2.0 Generic license)
October 24, 2014
The Shattered Court
And in more news from me….here’s the simply gorgeous cover for THE SHATTERED COURT which will be out April 28 2015.
I note that right now (ie October 25), the kindle version is up for pre-order and is cheaper than usual.
The Dark Side is out now
I’m happy to announce that there’s another M.J. book out in the wild. The Dark Side is out almost everywhere (still waiting on B&N) as of today. Info on where to buy here. This is book 2 in my Wild Side urban fantasy trilogy. If you haven’t read The Wolf Within (Book 1), then more on that here. It’s currently on sale for $1.99 (USD) and will be for another day or so. Happy reading (I’m off to have a glass of bubbly or something…this is book number seven…isn’t that supposed to be lucky?)!
October 16, 2014
Playing on!
I’m very excited to announce that I’ve sold two more New York Saints books to St. Martins Press. Yay!
At the moment the titles are Playing Hard and Playing Fast and I don’t have publication dates yet so all of that good stuff to come when I know it.
For those who’ve read The Devil in Denim, book 4 will be Oliver Shields’ book and then book 5 features a guy we haven’t quite met yet….so he has to remain a mystery a little longer (don’t worry, I know who he is ;D)!
Very happy that I get to play in this world a bit longer!
October 6, 2014
The Wolf Within on sale
To celebrate the upcoming release of The Dark Side, I’ve put the Wolf Within on sale for a few weeks for just $1.99 (USD). Links below! Snap me up while I’m cheap :D.
October 2, 2014
Continuing the cover appreciation
Lawless in Leather now has a cover too! And it’s pretty spectacular.
You gotta love a good set of abs 
This bad boy will be coming to all good bookstores in May 2015. But don’t be sad. You can already buy one of his friends (check out The Devil in Denim here) and Angel in Armani is less than three months away!
