Monday

First a link - the AAR Annual Poll for Favorite Books of 2010 is open, so swing by and add your votes.

Also, I've announced and emailed the winner of the Archangel's Consort print contest.

How was your weekend?

I went to a 50th wedding anniversary party. Half a century together and still going strong - how awesome is that?!

Micah

Who is Micah? The hero of Lord of the Abyss, part of a Silhouette Nocturne continuity* I'm participating in with Gena Showalter, Jill Monroe and Jessica Andersen.

I didn't want to mention it until I was sure of the release date, but it looks like the book will release at the end of this year, so you're going to get a bonus release from me!

I'll have more info to share in the next couple of months!

*Four authors, one world.

Friday Book Club

Time to talk books! What've you been reading and loving lately?

I've mentioned Joss's Ware's awesome post-apocalyptic Envy series previously on the blog. Joss has a new book out in the series at the moment, Night Betrayed, so check it out! If you haven't tried this series, her publisher is currently offering the ebook of the first book for a special price.

Okay, your turn!

Open Letter

Dear Readers,

You are wonderful. Thank you for the awesome comments, e-mails, tweets, reviews and more about Archangel's Consort. I treasure each and every one.

:-) Nalini

Cover Love: Angels of Darkness

Love, love, LOVE!!!


This anthology will be out in October. My novella features Noel, the vampire who was seriously injured in Archangel's Kiss.

Update! The artist is John Blumen. See more of his beautiful work here!

Archangel's Consort Release Day Party!!

Contest Closed

Winner: Thank you all for the awesome comments! The random numbers have spoken and the winner of the print is:

Jolene Allcock

Congratulations! An email is on the way to you!

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Archangel's Consort is now out!! I hope you all enjoy the book!! I adored writing it.

Some fantastic new reviews have come in, including this one by Angela at Touch the Night, and this one by Marisa at Heart to Heart: The BN Romance Blog.

To celebrate, I have something special to give away - a print of the gorgeous cover art! (The print is the image only, no text, and roughly 16x20inches in size. And if I'm not mistaken, Tony Mauro, the artist, has signed it!).

To enter, all you have to do is leave a comment on this post.

However, if you have a FB profile, Twitter account, blog etc, I'd appreciate it if you'd share that Archangel's Consort is now out. And if you've read it and loved it, feel free to share that too!

Contest open till Saturday January 29th 2011, 12 noon, New Zealand time. Winner will be chosen randomly via the random number generator at random.org, and his or her name posted in the comments and on top of this post. I'll also email the winner if I have an email address.

International entries welcome. One entry per ISP address, no purchase necessary to enter, odds of winning will depend on the number of entries. Void where prohibited.

P.S. If you'd like to order your own print, you can do so from Tony's website.

Of Chocolate Cake & Scorpions

I've just put up a chocolate cake inspired post over at Oddshots. Swing by and join in the conversation. :-)

Spanish Release: La noche del cazador

The Spanish edition of Slave to Sensation has just released! Here's all the information, plus a link to my Spanish publisher's website.

To all my Spanish readers - I hope you enjoy Lucas and Sascha's story!

La noche del cazador

En una sociedad donde el poder está en manos de quienes niegan las emociones, aceptar el afecto, los sentimientos y el amor puede ser devastador.

Los psi gobiernan el mundo. Lo han conseguido a un alto precio: suprimir todo aquello que les hacía humanos para convertirse en una raza fríamente perfecta. Sascha Duncan, sin embargo, percibe emociones que apenas logra controlar. Si los otros psi la descubren, será «rehabilitada».

Lucas Hunter es el alfa del clan de los DarkRiver, un cambiante ávido de todas esas sensaciones e impulsos que los psi desprecian. Ahora debe introducirse en la cerrada y elitista sociedad de los psi para atrapar a un asesino en serie, y para ello no duda en utilizar a Sascha… hasta que una parte de él empieza a sentirse extrañamente atraído por esa gélida psi que oculta algo.

Serie Psi/Cambiantes, 1

«Nalini Singh nos ofrece frescura, originalidad y unos personajes que desprenden magnetismo. La noche del cazador es una novela magistralmente construida, narrada con sencillez y con la dosis de intriga necesaria para que la atención no decaiga en ningún momento. »

www.rnovelaromantica.com

«Un libro indispensable, incluso para quienes no se hayan iniciado en el género paranormal.»

Romantic Times

«¡Me ha encantado esta novela! De lectura imprescindible para todos mis seguidores. Nalini Singh posee un enorme talento.»

CHRISTINE FEEHAN

Publisher's Website

Serie Psi/Cambiantes

1. La noche del cazador
2. La noche del jaguar – Fecha de publicación: junio de 2011
3. Caricias de hielo - Fecha de publicación: octubre de 2011

Friday Book Club

Time to talk books!

I recently read Here Comes the Groom by Karina Bliss and absolutely loved it.

If Jocelyn Swann weren't so furious she'd probably laugh. Her best friend, Dan Jansen, has launched a campaign worthy of his Special Forces Training to arrange their wedding, from music and minister to flowers and food. What part of no does he not understand?

Their marriage agreement was a tipsy scrawl on the back of a coaster three years ago. It's not a question of love. Of course she loves Dan. She's loved him all her life. If only she could get him to slow down a minute and listen - to be the friend she needs right now - she could convince him that marriage would ruin everything.

Karina writes with such emotional intensity, and her characters are so beautifully textured that I just want to keep on reading about them.

As it is, I'm totally planning to stalk her ask her nicely until she gives me Stand-In Wife, the next book in her SAS series.

If you'd like to read a more in depth review, check out the one at Dear Author. Plus SBTB has chosen this book for their Sizzling Book Club, and Karina will be chatting with them January 25.

Also, some linkage: the lovely Jaci Burton is giving away a copy of one of the Guild Hunter books, and Casee at Book Binge just posted a fantastic review of Archangel's Consort!

What're you reading and loving this week?

Archangel's Blade & Archangel's Consort

I've handed in the copy-edited manuscript for Kiss of Snow, and now it's back to Archangel's Blade, and sexy, dangerous Dmitri.

A couple of fantastic reviews for Archangel's Consort came in this morning (follow the links to read the full reviews):

...oh Raphael. One of the most intense alphas I have ever read about. There is no cracking jokes there is no goofing off. He is alpha, he is archangel, and he means business. In and out of bed. Oh yes

- Mandi for Smexy Books

Ms. Singh's world is one of spectacular fantasy and toe-curling romance where the thoughts, feelings, and weaknesses that make us so very human are highlighted against the fascinating backdrop of the cool indifference that accompanies immortality.

- Jenny for Supernatural Snark

Only a few days before Archangel's Consort releases. I can't wait! Here's an extra excerpt to make the countdown go faster:

From Archangel's Consort
January 25, 2011: U.S., Canada
Feb 10, 2011: UK, Aust, NZ

Unlike Illium, who even with his remarkable wings and eyes of gold, managed to walk among mortals, Aodhan would never fit easily into this world. He was cut in sparkling ice, his wings so bright as to almost hurt human eyes, his face, his skin seeming to be created from marble overlaid with white-gold.

Michaela, that devourer of men, had once said of Aodhan, “Beautiful—but so very cold, that one. Still, I would like to keep him as I would a precious gem. There is no other like Aodhan in the world.”

But Michaela saw only the surface.

Raphael walked to the edge of the space that had no railing, running his eyes over his city. “What did you discover?”

Aodhan tightened his wings to avoid any contact as he came to stand on Raphael’s left. “I cannot understand,” he said instead of answering, “how you can live surrounded by so many lives.” A stark curiosity underlay his every word.

“Many cannot understand your preference for solitude.” He watched as a number of angels came in for landings on lower balconies, their wings silhouetted against the night sky. “You surprise me with this visit, Aodhan.” The angel was one of Raphael’s Seven for a reason, but he was also damaged.

Copyright (c) 2011 by Nalini Singh

Jayne Castle - Obsidian Prey

Contest Now Closed

The random winner of Obsidian Prey by Jayne Ann Krentz is SONIA. Congratulations! Please email me your mailing address at: nalinisinghwrites AT gmail DOT com

I love Jayne Ann Krentz's futuristics, written under the Jayne Castle name. And today, I've got a copy of Obsidian Prey to give away!

Here's the blurb from JAK's website:

Two hundred years after the closing of the energy Curtain that allowed interplanetary travel—cutting off all contact to Earth—the planet Harmony is thriving. Thanks to an abundant supply of amber, which powers not only electrical machines for everyday use but also psychic abilities in the colonists, Harmony has created a stable, progressive community. But when that stability is threatened, resolving an ancient family feud and a fresh lover's quarrel might be the planet's only hope.

Three months ago, Lyra Dore suffered a heartbreak and a hostile takeover—both at the hands of the same man. A descendant of her ancestors' fierce rival. Cruz Sweetwater charmed his way into Lyra's heart and gained access to her pet project, an amethyst ruin. Then he took over the project and took off. When Cruz walks back into her life and requests a private meeting, Lyra convinces herself he's there to crawl and beg forgiveness. Wrong again—he just needs her help. With the project he stole from her.

Five innocent men are trapped inside a chamber in the amethyst ruin, and Lyra is the only one who can reopen the door. Reluctantly she agrees to help. Then Cruz wants her to apply her talents to the rest of the ruin—because no one else can work it. Lyra and Cruz are both harboring psychic secrets. Unknown—and dangerous—powers pulse within the amethyst ruin, and the closer Lyra gets to them, the more at risk she becomes. And now she must decide whether to trust her guts or her heart...

The complete rules for this giveaway are here, but to enter just leave a comment on this post. How about sharing some of your "keeper" books or authors?

(NB: If you're reading this on the Goodreads feed, follow this link to leave your comment/entry on the original post on the main blog).

Monday

I'm continuing to work on the copy-edited manuscript for Kiss of Snow. So much happens in this book - but if I told you what, I'd have to have the men in black coats come and take you away. ;-)

There was a comment on the previous post asking what copy edits meant - I did a guest blog about the editing process over at Book Binge last year that explains it, so swing by and check it out.

How was your weekend?

Friday Book Club

Time to talk books! What're you reading and loving this week?

I'm working on the copy-edited manuscript of Kiss of Snow. Absolutely loving reading the book again.

I put up this little snippet on my Facebook page last night and thought I'd post it here, too:

"Hawke’s lashes came down once. When they lifted back up, his gaze was nightglow, a brilliant ice-blue shot with light. She sucked in a breath, realizing she was talking to the wolf now."

Have an amazing weekend everyone!

Angels' Blood & Archangel's Kiss - Hungary

Aren't these covers just stunning? I love them both.

Look how the skyline changes with the cover for Archangel's Kiss.


Publisher: Egmont Hungary

Kiss of Snow Countdown Widget

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Pets

I've got a post up on Oddshots today talking about pets in fiction. Swing by and add your comments. :-)

Archangel's Blade

...is the title of Dmitri's book.

Here's a line from the book since I'm currently inputting edits from the hard copy draft: Turning on his heel, he began to prowl around her apartment.

You haven't met "her" yet.

More info to come in the next few months (release date is September 2011)!

Friday Book Club

Time to talk books! What're you reading and enjoying this week?

Meljean Brook - Demon Night

Contest closed.

Winner: The random winner of the signed copy of Demon Night by Meljean Brook is Miss Delirious. Congratulations! An email is on the way to you.

I loved this book and I have a wild crush on the hero, Ethan. Wild, I tell you!

And since I totally stalk Meljean at conferences, I have a signed copy to give away.

Explore the seductive corners of the dark, as a forbidden attraction tempts danger under the canopy of the…DEMON NIGHT

Charlie Newcomb worked hard to get her life back together. But all that is shaken when she’s set upon by three vampires desperate to transform her beauty into something evil. Because Charlie is the vital link to something they want—and need. It’s Charlie’s flesh and blood sister, a medical scientist whose knowledge could be invaluable to the predators.

But to get to her, they must first get to Charlie, now under the intimate protection of Ethan McCabe. As her Guardian, Ethan is attracted to her vulnerabilities—as well as her strengths. The closer he gets, the more protecting her becomes not just his duty, but his desire. But will it be enough to save Charlie when the demon night falls?

Here's the link to Meljean's site, where you can read all about her awesome books.

The complete rules for this giveaway are here, but to enter just leave a comment on this post. How about sharing some of your favorite fictional heroes?

(NB: If you're reading this on the Goodreads feed, follow this link to leave your comment/entry on the original post on the main blog).

Writing

I'm busy in my writer's cave. :-)

What are you all up to?

Oddshots

We're talking about favorite books of 2010 over on Oddshots, so come join in the discussion. :)