Thanks, and about that bribe...

Thanks to everyone who voted for Up From The Grave in the DABWAHA competition! Our bracket had a record turnout, however, Up From The Grave did not advance. Still, it was really cool to have it in the contest at all, let alone to have it make it past the first round. Plus, I loved the book that did advance (Magic Breaks) and it was written by my bestie, Ilona Andrews, so I am very happy for her. If you're following DABWAHA (and it's a great way to get reading recommendations) be sure to vote for Magic Breaks and Burn For Me in the coming brackets! If you haven't read them, I highly recommend both because Ilona's books are as fabulous as she is :).

Some of you might be wondering, what about that bribe you offered if you won? Since you didn't, are you not going to write an Ian book now? *grin* As I mentioned, Ilona's one of my BFF's, so when she Tweeted this during our fake Twitter fight, she was right:

 

I'm also pretty sure @Jeaniene_Frost will write Ian, win or lose. So you might as well vote for Kate and be rewarded with Curran POV!

— Ilona Andrews (@ilona_andrews) March 21, 2015

After I finish the Night Prince series, the next front runner for  a vampire book is Ian. As many of you know, I've said for years that Ian is moving closer to his own book, and if I didn't already have a story in mind for him, I wouldn't have offered his book as a bribe. However, as mentioned, I still have to finish the Night Prince series (one more book), plus the Broken Destiny series (two more books) so, an Ian book is still a little ways off. You will see him pop up in the final Night Prince book as a side character, though, and having Vlad and Ian interact together should be a lot of fun to write.

Before you ask, I'm not revealing who the heroine is for Ian's future book yet. To give you a hint, she has appeared in the Night Huntress series before. That's all you're getting out of me at the moment, so you are welcome to take your best guess, but I will neither confirm nor deny any of them yet ;).

That's it from me. Thanks again, happy speculating, and hope you're enjoying your Sunday!