Friday Book Club

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

Also, I have a quick interview today in USA Today's Sci-Fi Encounters where I talk a little about Shield of Winter, and about Bluebell. :)

RITA, Silhouette Desire Deal & Eye Candy

I have a story to tell. First up, I'm kind of a night owl, because often, that's when my brain seems to kick into high gear. Last night, I was up till 4am working on ARCHANGEL'S SHADOWS.

So, when the phone rang at 7am, I answered it, had a perfectly rational conversation and hung up. Ten minutes later, my eyes flicked open and I thought: Did she say HEART OF OBSIDIAN has been nominated for a RITA Award?!

I checked the list of finalists on the website and yes, Kaleb and Sahara's story is a finalist in the Paranormal Romance section of Romance Writers of America RITA Awards! Wooho! I ate a peanut butter cupcake with dark chocolate icing for breakfast to celebrate. :D

Alas, I ate it too quickly to take a photo, but here's a photo from the last time I baked a batch. And here's the link to the recipe at Sally's Baking Addiction. (Warning: the site is a vortex - once you enter, you will find it difficult to escape. I say that as someone who looooooves baked goods! Her recipes work really well for me - both the usual version and if I substitute gluten free flour.)

Click the link to see the full list of RITA
nominees.

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Also, A few hours ago, it was a UK deal, and now I have a North American deal - one of my Silhouette Desire books is on sale for $1.99: SECRETS IN THE MARRIAGE BED.

Check it out if you'd like to get a glimpse of where my career began. The six Desire novels I wrote are all short contemporary romances, no paranormal elements, but they're still me. :-)

So far the deal's showing up at Amazon. I'll keep an eye out for other links but if you spot it first, please leave a note in the comments for other readers.

Here's the excerpt link.

Also, if you're hunting up the Desires in paperback, I've been told two (Awaken to Pleasure and Awaken the Senses) will be reprinted in one volume later in the year in the US, under the title AWAKE.

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And last but not least, some eye candy! This gorgeous, gorgeous photo was brought to my attention by Under the Covers book blog on Twitter. The reviewer asked me if he was a good representation of Vasic. Answer: Oh my goodness, YES! (The model is: Goran Jurenec).

March Newsletter

The March newsletter, complete with an excerpt of Shield of Winter is currently going out (give it a couple of hours to make it to your Inbox, as the program tries a few times if it's bounced).

If you're a subscriber and you didn't receive it, check your spam folder to make sure it's not stuck in there, then drop Ashwini a note and she'll see what's up. Same goes if you joined too late to receive this newsletter. Her email address is: naliniDOTassistantATgmailDOTcom (replace the words DOT and AT with . and @).

The excerpt will also be available on the website with the next set of website updates. 

I hope you enjoy!

Writing

I'm currently going over the final typeset pages of SHIELD OF WINTER, trying to catch those sneaky typos.

What are you up to?

Shield of Winter & Newsletter Reminder

There was a man standing on the path between the snow-kissed trees. No, not a man. A soldier. Over six feet tall with broad shoulders, his posture was unyielding, his stillness absolute, his eyes a chill gray, and his hair black.

- from Shield of Winter (June Psy-Changeling release)

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A quick reminder that the first 2014 newsletter will go out toward the end of February, complete with a free short story (there was no January newsletter). If you aren't yet a member, just fill in the form on the top right of my website's front page and then click on the confirm link you get in your email - you'll then automatically get a welcome newsletter with two shorts "Poker Night" and "Knives and Sheaths".

If you don't get the link in your email, contact Ashwini and she'll see what's up (naliniDOTassistantATgmailDOTcom). Or if you somehow missed out on the two shorts in the Welcome newsletter despite being a member of the newsletter already, let Ashwini know and she'll make sure you get a copy. :-)

UK Cover: Shield of Winter

Check it out! :-)

Writer At Work

Hello everyone! Dropping by to say I'm going to be a bit scarce online over the next couple of weeks. I'm deep in the final draft of SHIELD OF WINTER. :-)

Cover for SHIELD OF WINTER

The gorgeous cover for Shield of Winter is now up at Heroes and Heartbreakers. I love it! Hope you do too :)

German Cover: SHIELD OF WINTER / PFADE IM NEBEL

Look!! The gorgeous cover for the German translation of Shield of Winter out super early. I love it!!

Writing :-)

I'm hard at work on Shield of Winter. This is a complex story with multiple threads, but Ivy and Vasic's story is at the very core.

What are you up to?

Friday Book Club

It's time to talk books! What are you reading and loving this week?

p.s. Preorder links for Shield of Winter (Psy-Changeling #13) are starting to pop up, so check out your favorite store. Don't worry if you don't find it yet - it's a June 3, 2014 release, so it's very early! The other links will slowly go live. :-)

Writing

I'm hard at work on Shield of Winter (Psy-Changeling #13). Almost through this draft and while it's still rough, I can feel it taking shape.

What are you up to?

Archangel's Legion and Psy-Changeling #13

Today is an awesome day. Not only did ARCHANGEL'S LEGION receive a starred review from Publishers Weekly that calls the book "intense, vivid, and sexually charged", I have the okay to announce the title and blurb for Psy-Changeling #13.

Ready?

Here you go!

SHIELD OF WINTER by Nalini Singh

Coming June 2014

“The alpha author of paranormal romance” (Booklist) draws us back into her extraordinary Psy-Changeling world, a world torn between violence and peace, passion and ice...

Assassin. Soldier. Arrow. That is who Vasic is, who he will always be. His soul drenched in blood, his conscience heavy with the weight of all he’s done, he exists in the shadows, far from the hope his people can almost touch—if only they do not first drown in the murderous insanity of a lethal contagion. To stop the wave of death, Vasic must complete the simplest and most difficult mission of his life.

For if the Psy race is to survive, the empaths must wake…

Having rebuilt her life after medical “treatment” that violated her mind and sought to stifle her abilities, Ivy should have run from the black-clad Arrow with eyes of winter frost. But Ivy Jane has never done what she should. Now, she'll fight for her people, and for this Arrow who stands as her living shield, yet believes he is beyond redemption. But as the world turns to screaming crimson, even Ivy’s fierce will may not be enough to save Vasic from the cold darkness…