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Want to Spend a Long, Warm Night with Jean Lafitte? Well, Duh.

Thanks to all of you who signed up yesterday to receive my new newsletter when I get it up and going! You can still leave a preferred email today (or email me at suzannej3523@gmail.com if you don't want to put your email in the comment box) to be added to the inaugural newsletter. .. and read on for a chance to warm up with everybody's favorite pirate Jean Lafitte!

First off, a couple of you mentioned bookplates in your comments. I sort of let my bookplates slide last year, but I do have two d...

Newsletters and Other News--And Win a Box o' Books!

Time to unload some more books so I have room for my current obsession with art supplies. It's confession time. My name is Suzanne, and I'm a marker whore. Who knew? And did you know that cigar boxes make the perfect storage for different kinds of markers? And they're cool looking, and relatively inexpensive.

Yeah, it's a sickness. I should be banned from eBay for my own good. Absolutely banned.

Moving along....I haven't checked yet, but the new episode of Lovely, Dark, and Deep should hav...

Inspiration for Echoes in the Silence with Julie Johnstone and W*n a Book

Please join me in welcoming author Julie Johnstone to Preternatura today. Julie is a member of my Southern Magic RWA chapter, and she's stopping by to celebrate the release of her latest book, Echoes in the Silence, which was released on December 28 by Night Shift Publishing.  Echoes in the Silence is the first book in Julie’s The Siren Saga series.
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New Releases January 4—January 10 and Readers Choice C*ntest

The first full week of the new year rolls in with an amazing number of new releases.  Talk about getting the new year started with a bang--holy cow, but there are a lot of new books out this week! [And if you're reading Lovely, Dark, and Deep, I think Episode 2 should arrive on your Kindle or Kindle app today. I just turned in Episode 7 and am working on 8 as we speak! Once you have read enough to feel comfortable doing so, Amazon reviews are always appreciated :-) ]
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Special Sunday Guest & Charity Offer from Juli D. Revezzo

Today, I have a Sunday surprise for you.  Please help me welcome author Juli D. Revezzo to Preternatura. Juli is dropping by today to celebrate the release of Drawing Down the Shades, which is the second book in Juli’s Antique Magic Series--and the money from all of her sales today to toward cancer research, in honor of Juli's brother. I lost a dear friend in New Orleans, Marilyn, to a rare form of cancer the Saturday after Christmas, so this is a subject near to m...<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>

Romance Writing and Happy Endings with Sarah Gilman and G*veaway

Today, we have the pleasure of welcoming author Sarah Gilman to Preternatura.  Sarah is stopping by as part of her virtual book tour celebrating the release of her latest book, Ashes, which was released on December 30 by Entangled Covet.  Sarah is also the author of the Return to Sanctuary series.
Sarah Gilman started her first novel in third grade. She never finished that story, but never gave up the dream. Her fascination with wings also began at that ag...<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>

Happy New Year and My Inspiration

Happy New Year, everyone!

It was fun reading all of your comments yesterday for Lisa Kessler's post, and I was amazed to see how many of you are scrapbooking. That's a new hobby of mine...sort of scrapbooking/art journaling. I'm even taking a 12-month workshop.

Yeah, I do tend to overextend myself. LOL.

Today, I thought I'd re-share the inspiration for Lovely, Dark, and Deep--or at least the inspiration for Shane Burke, the hero. Shane actually came before the book idea itself, and the opening s...

Dead Body on a Beach? Get Inspired with Lisa Kessler (and Win a Book!)

Please help me welcome one of my favorite folks to Preternatura today! Author Lisa Kessler is stopping by today as part of her virtual book celebrating the release of her latest book, Beg Me to Stay, which was published on December 30 by Entangled Covet. She also has a terrific paranormal romance series, The Night Series, which has a delicious mix of historical and contemporary paranormal. Native American lore, California history. I'm a fan!
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New Releases December 28-January 3 and Readers Choice C*ntest

Happy New Year! (Okay, I'm a few days off.) We ring in the new year this week with quite a few more new releases than the past couple of weeks. (And then, get ready, because the week after that is huge!) 
What do you want to read this week? As always, leave a comment telling me the book you’d most like to win, and maybe random.org will make your wishes come true. Your choice of print or digital unless otherwise stated. International? Of course! As long as Book Depository...<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>

Scene-Snippet Sunday (and Weekly Winners): Lovely, Dark, and Deep Edition

Happy Sunday and almost New Year's!

It's been a great week away from my day job--I'm still working but at least it's from home. And the release day for Lovely, Dark, and Deep is TOMORROW! Thanks to all of you who've preordered--that makes a big difference to publishers and important people like that. (And, yeah, you can click on that link and preorder!). I have a scene snippet below, and some photos of locations over at my Susannah Sandlin website.

So, here's how it works. You purchase LDD for...