December updates

December has already been busy, and while I tell myself that things will slow down soon, with the holidays almost here, I doubt it :). On the 1st, I finished revisions on Once Burned and sent it off to my editor. Until I get the copyeditor’s change requests on it, I can say that I’m done, heh. The same day, we had a friend come in from Florida to stay with us. He’d hoped to go skiing. Two days before he arrived, the chances of that seemed good because we'd just had some snow. But, once he arrived, he seemed to bring the Florida heat with him and all the snow melted. Eventually my husband found a slope a couple cities away where they made their own snow, so our friend did get to do a little skiing. He left for Florida on the 5th, so right after that, I began decorating for Christmas. I’m hoping for a white Christmas this year. I haven’t had one of those since I was ten.

Because of finishing revisions, rushing to get the house ready for our guest, and other things, I neglected to mention a new release. On November 29th, my e-novella RECKONING came out.

Description: In New Orleans, a pair of undead serial killers are about to turn Mardi Gras into a horror show—unless the immortal hitman Bones can hunt them down first. From Jeaniene Frost comes a thrilling prequel novella featuring characters from her New York Times bestselling Night Huntress series. Originally appeared in the anthology Unbound.

As stated above, RECKONING was originally published in print back in 2009 in the Unbound anthology. It’s still available in print (Unbound retails for around $7.99), but if you want to read it by itself in ebook form, it’s only $1.99. Why does the print version cost more? Because there are several stories in it, not just one. If you’re interested in reading RECKONING for $1.99, but you don’t have an ereader, you can still get it on your pc, laptop, phone, or other device. Details on how are here: http://jeanienefrost.com/discount-ebo...


RECKONING was inspired when I went on a haunted walking tour of New Orleans in 2005 and heard about the infamous husband-and-wife serial killers, the LaLauries. Back then, I’d been shopping Halfway to the Grave, but hadn’t sold it yet. Still, while hearing about the heinous deeds of the LaLauries, I couldn’t help but think that, in my books, they would be exactly the type of evil characters that my bounty-hunting hero, Bones, would have taken a contract on.

Fast forward three years when I was invited to partcipate in a dark fantasy anthology. I knew I wanted to write something from Bones’s point of view, and I wanted it before he met Cat so I could give readers a glimpse of how he’d earned his badass reputation. It was also the perfect chance to utilize my twist on the chilling historical couple, the LaLauries. Since RECKONING is set in New Orleans, expect to see the voodoo queen Marie Laveau put in an appearance, too. You’ll also learn the reason behind Bones’s cryptic comment in Destined for an Early Grave about being banned from the city for several years. As a series timeline indicator, RECKONING takes place right before Bones leaves for Ohio and meets Cat, so his next “hunt” gave him much more than he bargained for :).

Hope you enjoy!