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It's Officially Spring!

Happy Equinox!
Welcome to spring!
The calendar may say it's officially spring but it still looks and feels like winter outside. But there is now hope for warmer weather and the first flowers of spring.

Wintery Saturday

This was the view out the window this morning. Spring may only be a couple of days away, but winter is hanging on.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day, the day when everyone is a little bit Irish. :)

Weekend Book Club--Echoes in Death by J.D. Robb

I recently read ECHOES IN DEATH by J.D. Robb, the 44th book in the In Death series. It has it all--action, mystery, a kickass heroine and an incredible relationship between Eve and Roarke. This series just keeps getting better and better.

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As NY Lt. Eve Dallas and her billionaire husband Roarke are driving home, a young woman―dazed, naked, and bloody―suddenly stumbles out in front of their car. Roarke slams on the brakes and Eve springs into action.

Daphne Strazza is rushed to the ER, but it’s too late for her husband Dr. Anthony Strazza. A brilliant orthopedic surgeon, he now lies dead amid the wreckage of his obsessively organized town house, his three safes opened and emptied. Daphne would be a valuable witness, but in her terror and shock the only description of the perp she can offer is repeatedly calling him “the devil”...


While it emerges that Dr. Strazza was cold, controlling, and widely disliked, this is one case where the evidence doesn’t point to the spouse. So Eve and her team must get started on the legwork, interviewing everyone from dinner-party guests to professional colleagues to caterers, in a desperate race to answer some crucial questions:


What does the devil look like? And where will he show up next?

The Dalakis Vampires are Back!

I am thrilled to announce that the Dalakis Passion vampire series is back, starting with Harker's Journey, the erotic novella that started it all.

This is a revised edition of a previous published book.

Harker's Journey
Dalakis Passion, Book 1

From the first moment Johanna Harker read Bram Stoker’s Dracula, her life changed forever. The book unleashed an obsession with vampires that was all the more compelling for the intensely erotic dreams that filled her nights. It wasn’t long before she was consumed with thoughts of the dark creature who returned to ravish her in her dreams again and again.

Abandoning any hope of finding a flesh-and-blood man who can fulfill her, Johanna resigns herself to pouring all her energies into her demanding job by day and her enthralling fantasies by night. But when her job takes her to the fabled Carpathian Mountains of Transylvania to meet her company’s largest client, she’s suddenly overcome by the thrilling sensual promise of the secretive and demanding Cristofor Dalakis, the very man who’s been haunting her dreams.

But Cristofor, the enigmatic and formidable patriarch of the Dalakis family, is harboring a dark family secret and makes it clear he will use his every skill to seduce and possess Johanna. And as Johanna realizes that her every fantasy may come true, she also makes the haunting discovery that it may come at a terrible price.
SMASHWORDS * AMAZON * NOOK * KOBO *

Weekend Book Club--Brighter Than the Sun by Maya Banks

I love the KGI (Kelly Group International) series by Maya Banks. This week I read BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN, book 11 of the series. It's everything you'd expect and love in a KGI book--action, suspense and, of course, romance. This is one series I can read again and again.

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The Kelly Group International (KGI): A super-elite, top secret, family-run business.
Qualifications: High intelligence, rock-hard body, military background.
Mission: Hostage/kidnap victim recovery. Intelligence gathering.
Handling jobs the U.S. government can’t...

As the last unattached member of the Kelly clan, Joe is more than ready to risk life and limb on any mission he’s assigned to, but when it comes to love, he’ll keep his distance. He’s content to watch his brothers become thoroughly domesticated. 

Zoe’s had nothing but heartbreak in her life, and she’s determined to start over with a completely new identity, thanks to her college friend, Rusty Kelly. But it’s the gorgeous smile and tender words of Joe Kelly that begin to weaken her resolve to never risk her heart again. And Joe will have to put everything on the line to save Zoe, when secrets of her past resurface—and threaten to tear them apart…


What are you reading this week?

Cover Reveal--DRAKON'S PREY

Check out my GORGEOUS cover for Drakon's Prey, book 2 in my Blood of the Drakon series. It will be releasing on April 24th, so mark your calendars.



And, if you missed it, here is the cover for book 1, Drakon's Promise. It's available at most e-retailers.


Find buy links at Entangled Publishing: https://entangledpublishing.com/index.php/drakon-s-promise.html

Weekend Book Club--Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas

This past week, I read DEVIL IN SPRING, the third book in The Ravenels series, by Lisa Kleypas.

I loved it.

The first two books are Cold-Hearted Rake and Marrying Winterborne. Honestly, Marrying Winterborne was one of the best, if not the best, historical romance I read last year.

If you love historical romances that are a bit different from the rest, try this series.

BLURB:

An eccentric wallflower  . . .

Most debutantes dream of finding a husband. Lady Pandora Ravenel has different plans. The ambitious young beauty would much rather stay at home and plot out her new board game business than take part in the London Season. But one night at a glittering society ball, she’s ensnared in a scandal with a wickedly handsome stranger.

A cynical rake  . . .

After years of evading marital traps with ease, Gabriel, Lord St. Vincent, has finally been caught by a rebellious girl who couldn’t be less suitable. In fact, she wants nothing to do with him. But Gabriel finds the high-spirited Pandora irresistible. He’ll do whatever it takes to possess her, even if their marriage of convenience turns out to be the devil’s own bargain.

A perilous plot  . . .

After succumbing to Gabriel’s skilled and sensuous persuasion, Pandora agrees to become his bride. But soon she discovers that her entrepreneurial endeavors have accidentally involved her in a dangerous conspiracy—and only her husband can keep her safe. As Gabriel protects her from their unknown adversaries, they realize their devil’s bargain may just turn out to be a match made in heaven .

Reminder that Samhain Publishing is Closing

As many of you probably know by now, Samhain Publishing will be closing their doors at the end of the month.
Starting March 1st, you will not be able to purchase any Samhain books. If you need some books to complete a series you’re reading, please don’t hesitate to buy them. Make sure you have all your books downloaded from the website as you will no longer have access to them once the site is gone.
I’ll be working to try to bring at least my more popular Samhain series back out again. More on that when I’m able to share. Please be patient as it will take some time to sort things out.
I’ve loved being a Samhain author for the past 11 years. A big thank you to Crissy and the rest of the Samhain team for all their hard work and for taking a chance on my books and giving them a home.

March Newsletter

 

The March issue of AWAKENING DESIRES—the Newsletter of Romance  Author N.J. Walters—is now available.

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