Atonement Sky

 

Alt Text: Quote from Atonement Sky (Out Now) -"I have missed you all my life without ever knowing you."

A little bit of falcon-related news from our corner of the world:

The Bird of the Year has just been announced and this year's winner is the kārearea falcon. It is New Zealand's only falcon, capable of speeds up to 200km/h.

(The Bird of the Year contest has been running for twenty years and was started by Forest & Bird NZ to raise awareness of the conservation threats to many endangered native birds.)

~Ashwini

Friday Book Club

 

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

A Madness of Sunshine

 

Alt Text: Quote from NYT Book Review - "Nalini Singh's gorgeous descriptions...add a palpable air of danger to the 'harsh and unforgiving landscape' of this beautiful land 'at the bottom of the world.'" A Madness of Sunshine - On sale now.

An atmospheric thriller set in a remote New Zealand town. What if you knew one of your neighbors or friends was a murderer...but you didn’t know who... Who would you trust? 

~Ashwini

Spring in New Zealand

 

Alt Text - collage of flowers: yellow kowhai, pale yellow daffodils, red fresias, white hebe.

How was your weekend, my lovelies? Spring has sprung in NZ, and I managed to get out in the garden to do some tidying and pot up seedlings. What about you? Relaxing weekend?

Friday Book Club

 

The Friday Book Club is now open. What are you reading and loving this week?

Storm Echo

 

Alt text: Wild Woman Magazine "Scary but Sexy" Column with image of blue-toned book cover with man and woman's face in silhouette and image of Golden Gate Bridge in background and words Nalini Singh, Storm Echo (available now). Next to book cover text: Ivan Mercant: Telepath, 6.2, black hair, killer blue eyes and ice-cold sexiness. Here's the tea, wild women. This fine specimen of manhood has long floated under our radar. How, we do not know. The man is so hot that certain bear ladies were willing to risk freezer burn to get close to him. And it is thanks to our lovely bear readers in StoneWater that we now have knowledge of Mr. Ivan Mercant. They tell us that he attended their alpha's mating ceremony to another Mercant (covered in our special mating issue!), slayed many a heart, and left without a backward look. Oh ouch. We know you're all wondering about the scary part of this. Word is he's a security specialist - and that the bear dominants confirm they wouldn't pick a fight with him unless they meant it. Because the man doesn't play if you come for him or his. Wild Women, can we say swoooooooooon?

Archangel's Heart

 

Alt Text - Quote from Archangel's Heart: "The world might attempt to tear them apart, but the only way it would ever succeed would be through death."

Friday Book Club

 

It's time for the Friday Book Club! What reads are you loving this week?

Psy-Changeling Quiz: SnowDancer Pack

 

Time to test your knowledge of the SnowDancer pack! Answers will be added later on in the week.

~Ashwini

1. How many SnowDancer lieutenants are there? Ten
2. Who is their alpha? Hawke Snow
3. Name the alpha's second. Riley
4. Where is their den located? Deep in the Sierra Nevada.
5. Name a human member of the pack. Ju/Kieran/Sam/Saul/Sing-Liu/Tanya
6. What is the name of the R&D company in the middle of their territory? SierraTech
7. Name a pack that occupies territory bordering SnowDancer land. DarkRiver/WindHaven
8. Who is their tracker? Andrew
9. What is the youngest lieutenants nickname? Russian Bridegroom
10. Which pack do they have a non-aggression pact with? DarkRiver

Rock Hard

 

Alt Text - Quote from Rock Hard: Gabriel Bishop was a gorgeous man. Charlotte could admit that in the privacy of her own mind. Too big and muscled and dangerous, but gorgeous. Like a tiger was gorgeous. Right before it ate you.

Have you tried any of Nalini's contemporary romances? Which ones are your favourite re-reads?

~Ashwini

Friday Book Club

 

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

Resonance Surge

 

Alt Text: Quote from Resonance Surge - "I don't touch people." "I'm not people. I'm a bear."

Such A Perfect Family

 

Alt Text: Flames all over the page with a large family home burning up beyond the flames. Tones of deep orange with dark edges dominate, with a glow in the centre.

Look at this incredible, powerful cover!! Created by the fantastic Rita Frangie. 

Such A Perfect Family (A thriller)

Coming January 2026

A man with a deadly past marries into the perfect,  respectable family in this riveting thriller from New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh. . . .

A woman buried.

A woman broken.

A woman crashed.

A woman burned.

And the man who knew them all.

Love at first sight, a whirlwind Vegas wedding, a fairy-tale romance.

For forty-three days, Tavish Advani has been the happiest man in the world—until his new life turns to ash, his wealthy in-laws’ house going up in a fiery explosion. His badly injured wife lies in a coma, her family all but annihilated.

Tavish thought he'd left the sins of his Los Angeles life behind, but it’s not so easy to leave behind an investigation into the deaths of several high-profile women—all of whom he'd professed to love. Tragedy and death follow him no matter where he goes . . . but this time, he knows he’s truly innocent.

Desperately trying to clear his name as the authorities zero in, he begins his own investigation into the fire—and learns that his wife’s picture-perfect family may have been nothing but a meticulously constructed mirage. The truth is much darker than anything Tavish could’ve imagined. . . .