Contest winner!

Just a quick announcement to Yazmina, who won my first author’s copy of THE TAKEN. Shoot me your snailmail addy as per the directions beneath your post and we’ll send the signed book out to you asap — and well before the release date. Congratulations!

I also want to thank everyone who entered to win that sole, lonely copy. I had a great time hearing about all your introverted/extroverted tendencies…and did you know that there’s something/one called an ambivert? That’s someone with an equal measure of both introverted/extroverted qualities. Right down the middle. That’s not me, but it seems some of you might fit the bill nicely. Again, Susan Cain’s book and TED talk are worth a peek. I love any and all sorts of sexy social science, and am reading this now.

For those of you who didn’t grab this copy of THE TAKEN, I promise I’ll be holding more giveaways as soon as I get my author copies. However, to quench your immediate reading needs, two of my Urban Fantasy contemporaries have releases today:

Jaye is celebrating the final installment in her Sabina Kane series with BLUE-BLOODED VAMP. The series is wickedly funny, like Jaye herself, and you can even order signed copies from A REAL BOOKSTORE in Dallas. Give her a read if you haven’t already!

Also:

Rachel Vincent releases the second book in her Unbound adult UF series, SHADOW BOUND. Rachel and I started our publication journey together so I always try to stay up on what she’s doing. That’s not always easy given how quickly she writes, but if you haven’t read her yet (and why not?) then her newest is a great place to start.

As for me, I’m disappearing into my writing cave for a bit while I still can. I have the time and opportunity to make a good run at my edits for the second book in the Celestial Blues series, so I’ll be making headway on that for the rest of this week. If the crick don’t rise.

Hope you’re all reading something fabulous in the meantime.