New Authors

I walked into a bookstore. The result was inevitable. 📚 :) I got the new Mary Balogh and a book by a new-to-me author, Ashley March.

Have you tried a new-to-you author lately? Any great discoveries?

Friday Book Club

Friday Book Club time! What reads are you loving this week?

Allegiance Of Honor Countdown

Counting down to Allegiance Of Honor with favorite quotes from the Psy-Changeling series as voted by readers. :) 

Cover Love: Allegance of Honor Audiobook

Look at the gorgeous North American audiobook cover for ALLEGIANCE OF HONOR!!!! Available June 14th!

Friday Book Club

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

Wild Night & Writing

If you missed the short story "WILD NIGHT" in the newsletter, you can now find it on the Free Short Stories page of the website.

A number of other stories remain newsletter-exclusive - you can access them by joining the newsletter. Just fill in the little form on the front page of the website. Access details are in the automatic welcome newsletter.

~

I'm currently going over the copy edited manuscript of the next Rock Kiss book. Hoping to finalize it this week.

I've also chosen a cover photograph. It was shot just for this book and is gorgeous. I can't wait to share the cover with you once it's done.

No firm release date yet, but I'm hoping for July sometime. :)

It's been a busy time with Allegiance of Honor written, edited, proofed, followed by the same with Wild Embrace, then edits for Abe's book, and handing in Archangel's Heart. I'm excited about all the releases coming this year!

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And last but not least: I shared this little video I took in Antarctica on my Facebook and Instagram, but I know not everyone checks those, so here it is for you. Hope it puts a smile on your face. (Turn up the sound to get the peaceful background noises).

Cover Love: Secrets At Midnight

Phwoar! Here's the cover for the standalone ebook release of Bastien and Kirby's story!! ("Secrets at Midnight" was originally part of the Night Shift Anthology.) It's available for preorder everywhere.

Friday Book Club

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

Cover Love: Wild Embrace

It's raining covers this weekend. Here's the smexy North American cover of WILD EMBRACE, the Psy-Changeling anthology featuring four all new stories! Out August 2016.

Cover Love: ALLEGIANCE OF HONOUR

Look at the pretty!! The shiny new international cover for ALLEGIANCE OF HONOUR!!

Friday Book Club

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

Allegiance of Honor ARC Contest - Winners

The winners have all been notified via the email address used to enter the contest. (If you see your name on this list but didn't get an e-mail, it's because someone else with the same name won.) And the winners are:

Pam (plavi)
Wendy K.
Shira H.
Patricia W.
Sofía H.

Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everyone who entered. If you didn't win, we hope you enjoy Allegiance of Honor when it releases!

Friday Book Club

It's time for the Friday Book Club. What books are you enjoying this week?

Berlin iBooks Event @ the Apple Store

I'll be doing an event with Colleen Hoover and Paige Toon at the Berlin Apple Store on April 25th.

Registration details here. See some of you there!

Friday Book Club

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

London Event

Bring your own books too. I'll sign everything. No pre-booking or tickets. Just come!!

Archangel's Heart Blurb

Coming November 2016, the next Guild Hunter book!

New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh takes us into a dangerous and exhilarating world where a deadly, beautiful archangel and his once-mortal consort are caught in a fury of twisted darkness…

One of the most vicious archangels in the world has disappeared. No one knows if Lijuan is dead or has chosen to Sleep the long sleep of an immortal. But with her lands falling into chaos under a rising tide of vampiric bloodlust, a mysterious and ancient order of angels known as the Luminata calls the entire Cadre together to discuss the fate of her territory.

Accompanying her archangelic lover Raphael to the Luminata compound, guild hunter-turned-angel Elena senses that all is not as it seems. Secrets echo from within the stone walls of the compound, and the deeper Elena goes, the uglier the darkness. But neither Raphael nor Elena is ready for the brutal truths hidden within—truths that will change everything Elena thinks she knows about who she is…

Nothing will ever be the same again.

Allegiance of Honor ARC Contest

CONTEST CLOSED

ALLEGIANCE OF HONOR ARC CONTEST

(International entries welcome)

If you'd like to go in the random draw to win one of 5 Advanced Reading/Review Copies of Allegiance of Honor, send an e-mail to naliniDOTassistantATgmailDOTcom (replace DOT/AT with symbols ./@), with:

- "ALLEGIANCE OF HONOR ARC Contest" in the subject line -

By 10pm, 27th April 2016, New Zealand time.

Please follow the correct format for entry re the subject line, so your e-mail goes into the right in-box. (Your e-mail address will only be used to contact you should you win.)

Since this is an Advanced Review Copy, if you win, I'd ask that you please post a review somewhere before the release date (June 14th) - on a blog, on Amazon, B&N, Goodreads...it's up to you, but it would be much appreciated if you'd post your thoughts somewhere. The contents of the review are, of course, totally up to you.

A note about the ARC - it's substantially the same as the final book, but since ARCs are printed prior to the final round of edits, there are some errors in the text that aren't in the final book.

-Ashwini : )

CONTEST CLOSED

The fine print: Contest is open internationally. One entry per household. No purchase necessary to enter. Winners will be chosen randomly using random.org and emailed on 28th April 2016. Their names will also be posted on this blog at that time. Each winner will have 48 hours from the time of notification to contact us with his or her mailing address, otherwise he or she will forfeit the prize and another winner will be drawn. Void where prohibited.

Friday Book Club

Book Club time! What are you reading and loving this week?

Archangel's Heart

I emailed Ashwini this Lolcat last night after sending ARCHANGEL'S HEART to my agent. Yes, it's finished!! (Much intrigue is afoot in this book!)

Now my editor will read it and get back to me with any notes. It's currently 476 manuscript pages, 125,831 words.

German Release of Archangel's Enigma

Gilde der Jäger: Engelsmacht (ARCHANGEL'S ENIGMA) is out in German!!!! I hope you all fall in love with the gorgeous, wild creature who is Naasir, and with his smart, surprising heroine, Andromeda!!

Dabwaha & Newsletter

SHARDS OF HOPE is currently in the DABWAHA final against the lovely and talented Susanna Kearsley - DABWAHA is a fun March Madness vote-off between books, with the last book standing crowned the winner. You can vote at this link: http://dabwaha.com/, but also, I hope you'll read my note in the next paragraph.

Since I haven't campaigned at all, the fact Shards of Hope is up there is thanks to you my readers. You all rock! Shards wasn't even a nominee until readers wrote it in as a choice - and now it's in the final. No matter what happens, I'm so happy you all still love the Psy-Changeling series after all this time. Thank you for coming with me on this journey and here's to plenty more Psy-Changeling adventures going into the future. smile emoticon

p.s. Make sure you're on the newsletter list. April issue goes out in about 15 hours and it'll include not only a Guild Hunter short story, but a long excerpt from Allegiance of Honor. - xo Nalini

Friday Book Club

Time to talk about your favorite reads this week. Ready? Go!

Good News

Some super awesome news to share! SHARDS OF HOPE, ARCHANGEL'S ENIGMA, ROCK HARD, and ROCK REDEMPTION, all won or had honorable mentions in the AAR poll. Thank you to everyone who voted! Your support means so much to me! ~ xo - Nalini

Friday Book Club

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

What Nalini Does In Her Free Time...

The other night, I decided to have some time off... so I wrote a Psy-Changeling short story AND a Guild Hunter short story. Because this is my idea of fun. :D One of those stories will be in the April newsletter (I don't have time to edit both, but whichever one you don't get this time, you'll get in a future newsletter). If you aren't already a subscriber, just fill in the linked form to join. You'll then get an email asking you to confirm. Click that link and you'll get a Welcome newsletter with links to previous newsletter-exclusive short stories. There's quite a lot of them by now! Any issues, email Ashwini: naliniDOTassistantATgmailDOTcom

Reviewers - Allegiance of Honor

Reviewers: For a *very* limited time, you can request a review copy of ALLEGIANCE OF HONOR via NetGalley.

My publisher is the one who decides which requests get approved or not and they're pretty strict, but hey, if you don't try, you'll never know. Good luck!

Friday Book Club

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

Google Hangout This Weekend

A quick heads up - I have a Google Hangout this weekend with Read for Pixels: Saturday at 6.00pm Los Angeles Time. Here's the link where you can watch the hangout live. Please rsvp! And see you there. smile emoticon

If you're in other timezones, we've worked out times in several locations to help you out: NYC: 9pm Saturday 19th March - London: 1am Sunday 20th March - Berlin: 2am Sunday 20th March - Sydney: 12pm Sunday 20th March - Auckland: 2pm Sunday 20th March

Also, I've donated a Psy-Changeling six pack plus tote bag for their fundraising (and I'll ship it free worldwide). You can see all the items up for grabs by various authors, at this link.

Psy-Changeling Quote

Psy-Changeling fans: I need your help. I've been asked for one quote from the series (just one?!) for a special something. I need you to tell me your favorite Psy-Changeling quotes so we can choose something you love. 

Shorter quotes are probably better. Ready, go!

Writing

I'm currently working on the next draft of Archangel's Heart - all systems are go!

What are you up to?

Allegiance of Honor Cover Reveal

I love this cover so much!!!!! It's PERFECT for this book!!

Friday Book Club

Time to talk books!! Go!

Upcoming Cover Reveal: Allegiance of Honor

Look! A teaser of the ALLEGIANCE OF HONOR cover! Full cover reveal tomorrow, same time, same place!! Spoiler: The cover is amazing a gazillion times over!! Don't forget to come by tomorrow!

Friday Book Club

Book club time! What reads are you loving this week?

Newsletter Sent

The March newsletter has gone out, so if you're a subscriber, you should have received it. I hope you enjoy!!

If you can't see your copy and you're on Gmail, please check all your tabs. And if it's in the Promotions tab, move it to your Inbox - that way, next time, it'll end up in your Inbox. 

On all mail programs, check your spam/junk folders in case it ended up there. 

If it's still missing, or if you subscribed too late, email Ashwini and she'll sort it out: naliniDOTassistantATgmailDOTcomsmile emoticoNaliniDOTAssistantATGmailDOTcom

Talk to me :)

Ashwini reminded me that we're sending out a newsletter this week. I haven't had a chance to write a new short story for it, but I have lots of exclusive never-before-seen excerpts. The question is, which excerpt do you want? 

Choices: ALLEGIANCE OF HONOR or something from one of the four new novellas in WILD EMBRACE. 

Guild Hunter peeps, I won't torture you with early peeks of ARCHANGEL'S HEART yet, since the release is so far in the future. Let me know your choice in the comments!

If you want to subscribe to the newsletter, just fill in this form, then click the link sent to your email. You should then get an automatic Welcome newsletter with links to previous newsletter exclusive short stories etc. Any issues, email Ashwini: naliniDOTassistantATgmailDOTcom (replace DOT/AT with ./@)

Friday Book Club

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Friday Book Club

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

Archangel's Heart

...is the title of the next Guild Hunter book. It will feature Elena and Raphael as main characters, and it'll link back to something Elena discovered earlier in the series about her ancestry.

More to come as I get deeper into writing the book.

Friday Book Club

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

Goodreads Romance Week

Goodreads is holding its annual Romance Week! As part of it, I shared one of the most romantic lines I've ever read - you can find my answer, as well as the answers of a number of awesome authors, on this post.

I'm also answering questions at Goodreads via the Ask the Author function. Even if you're not a member of Goodreads, you can swing by and read the Qs and my answers. I've promised to answer at least twenty!

I'm off to answer some questions now, so my new answers will start to appear shortly and will continue through the week. :-)

Friday Book Club

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

Giraffe Manor

A reader on Facebook shared the following video and commented that it reminded her of Andromeda's breakfast story - it was actually a photograph from this place - Giraffe Manor - that inspired me to write that scene. :-)

Also, I know everyone's waiting to hear about the next Guild Hunter book. Soon, I promise. It's just simple logistics holding things up - I've had back to back copy edits and proofs this month because ALLEGIANCE OF HONOR and WILD EMBRACE are coming out so close together. Soon as I finalize the GH proposal and my editor okays it, I'll share the deets. :-)

The February newsletter has gone out with another Allegiance of Honor excerpt. If you're a subscriber and didn't get it, check all your tabs and your spam folder, and if it's not in there, email Ashwini and she'll re-send you a copy: naliniDOTassistantATgmailDOTcom

Copy Edits & Newsletter

I'm currently working on copy edits for WILD EMBRACE: A Psy-Changeling Collection. Excerpt from that coming soon... but if you want to be sure you always get new excerpts, new free short stories, all the goss etc, don't forget to join my newsletter. Next one is going out on the 4th and there might be something interesting in there. wink emoticon

How do you join the newsletter? Easy! Just fill in the quick form on the front page of my website (it'll take you all of five seconds :)), then click the confirmation link sent to your email address. After that, you'll automatically get the Welcome Newsletter with links to previous newsletter-only exclusives. 

Any issues, let Ashwini know: naliniDOTassistantATgmailDOTcom

Friday Book Club

Friday Book Club time! What are you reading and loving this week?

Guild Hunter Series

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Glimpse of Allegiance of Honor

When I first started writing Allegiance of Honor, I thought it would be a fun book filled with updates on the main characters (and a few others). I forgot how nothing in this world ever stands still. So what I ended up writing was a book that updates us on the characters but also moves the plot forward significantly - including a humdinger of a curve ball no one saw coming.

Now that I've teased you unmercifully, here's a glimpse of one of the fun catchup moments in the book. Hope you love it!

Excerpt from ALLEGIANCE OF HONOR

Out June 14, 2016

Lucas had had to chase Naya around the aerie at bedtime last night—her walk might still be a little shaky, but she was a rocket when it came to crawling. Dressed only in a diaper, she’d laughed uproariously and said a loud, firm “No” each time Lucas caught her and put her in her crib.

After which she’d clamber out—she’d figured out how to escape a month earlier—and the game would begin again. 

Of course, since Lucas was a cat, he’d been having just as much fun as their daughter. Sascha, meanwhile, had sat in the living room with a cup of hot chocolate and just indulged in the sight of her mate playing with their cub.

She’d had to pretend to be stern when Naya ran over and pleaded her case with loud sounds and wild gesticulations of her hands. “No, Naya,” she’d said, biting her tongue in an effort not to laugh. “It’s time for bed. Go with Papa.”

At which point, Naya had growled at her, eyes sparkling with mischief.

And Sascha had cracked, laughing so hard she’d had to put down her hot chocolate before she spilled it. Lucas had shaken his head as Naya plopped down on her diaper-covered butt and joined in, clapping her hands at having made her mommy laugh. 

“No discipline.” Lucas had mock-growled at her before picking up their misbehaving baby. “And you”—a growly nuzzle that made Naya laugh harder and pat his stubbled cheek—“time for bed.”

He’d finally got her to sleep—by walking around with her pressed up against his bare chest.

Copyright © 2016 by Nalini Singh

Longer excerpt(s) coming soon...

Friday Book Club

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

Allegiance of Honor

Got the copy-edited manuscript of ALLEGIANCE OF HONOR. My editor loved it. No major changes. You are getting ALL the words!!

Wild Embrace: A Psy-Changeling Collection

WILD EMBRACE

August 23rd, 2016

Kindle, iBooks
Amzn, B&N, BookDepo, Penguin
(more pre-order links to come as they go live - please let me know if you find one we've missed! international links not yet available.)

The “alpha author of paranormal romance”* presents a stunningly sensual collection of four all-new Psy-Changeling novellas, in which taboos are broken, boundaries are crossed, and instincts prove irresistible...

Echo of Silence
In a deep-sea station, Tazia Nerif has found her life’s work as an engineer, keeping things running smoothly. But she wants nothing more than to break down the barrier of silence between her and her telekinetic Psy station commander...

Dorian
A changeling who can never shift lives a life of quiet frustration—until he learns how to let his leopard come out and play...

Partners in Persuasion
Still raw from being burned by a dominant female, wolf changeling Felix will never again risk being a plaything. But for dominant leopard Dezi, he’s the most fascinating man she’s ever met. She just has to convince this gun-shy wolf that he can trust the dangerous cat who wants to take a slow, sexy bite out of him…

Flirtation of Fate
Seven years ago, Kenji broke Garnet’s heart. Now the wolf packmates have to investigate the shocking murder of one of their own. And the more Kenji sees of the woman Garnet has become, the deeper he begins to fall once more. But even his primal instincts are no match for the dark secret he carries...

*Booklist, starred review

Friday Book Club

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

Shards of Hope out in paperback!

Aden and Zaira's story is now out in paperback. Hope you all love the book!

Antarctica

A couple more photos from my recent trip to Antarctica as I continue to go through them. Hope you enjoy this glimpse of the beautiful frozen continent!

Taken from just outside the bridge of the ship on a day so clear it was crystalline. I used no filters in the above shot, did nothing fancy. It really was that clear and beautiful.

See the tiny dots at the bottom? Those are people. We hiked a long way to get this gorgeous shot of Neko Harbour!

Psy-Changeling Mug Giveaway - Winners

Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway! Since so many people entered on the Goodreads blog feed as well, we decided to pick two winners. :-)

So congratulations to The Fiction Empress and momokaachan.  Drop me a note (naliniDOTassistantATgmailDOTcom) with your shipping address.

~Ashwini

Friday Book Club

Time for the first Friday Book Club of 2016! What are you reading and loving this week?

Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone!! I hope it's an amazing one for all of us.

Lots of good stuff coming up this year - the Shards of Hope paperback is now out and the ebook price has also dropped.

My next release will likely be Abe's book in the Rock Kiss series (no exact date yet, but I'm working hard on it!).

After that will be Allegiance of Honor, followed by Wild Embrace (featuring all new Psy-Changeling stories), then will come the next Guild Hunter novel (more info to come within the next months as I write it). 

Also of course, you'll continue to get free short stories and exclusive deleted scenes through the newsletter. The final 2015 newsletter went out a couple of days ago and it included a new Psy-Changeling story.

If you subscribe and didn't get it or subscribed too late, email Ashwini:
naliniDOTassistantATgmailDOTcom and she'll send you a copy.

To subscribe, just go to the front page of the website and fill in your email address on the form. You'll then get a confirmation link in your email and once you click that, you'll automatically get a Welcome newsletter with links to access previous newsletter-only exclusives.

Here's to an incredible 2016!!!!

Shards of Hope Signed Hardcover Giveaway - Winner

Congratulations to Zahra Take, who has won the signed Shards of Hope hardcover! Zahra, drop me note (naliniDOTassistantATgmailDOTcom) with your shipping address. :)

~Ashwini

Psy-Changeling Mug Giveaway

Giveaway now closed.

Who wants this fun Psy-Changeling mug? One lucky person is going to win it!

To enter the giveaway, just leave a comment about anything you like! International entries welcome.

Thank you all for being so amazing this year!!!

Giveaway will close at noon New Zealand time on January 2nd 2016. Random winner will be chosen and posted here on or before January 5th, so please check back to see if you've won. Winner will have one week to claim the mug. Void where prohibited.

Friday Book Club

It's time for the final Friday Book Club of 2016!! How about doing something special this time around and listing your favorite reads of the past year? Ready, go!

Shards of Hope Signed Hardcover Giveaway

Giveaway now closed.

Shards of Hope is out in paperback on December 29th in the US/Cananda, and 31st December! To celebrate, I'm giving away a signed hardcover of the book.

If you already have the hardcover, I'll swap it out for another one of the books from my backlist, winner's choice (so long as I have a copy available).

To enter, leave a comment naming some of your favorite fictional heroes! International entries welcome.

Good luck!

Giveaway will close on 8am December 28th EST. Random winner will be chosen and posted here on or before December 31st (technology permitting), so please check back to see if you've won. Winner will have one week to claim the book. Void where prohibited.

Friday Book Club

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

Fun Stuff

Spotted some local wildlife at the airport. ;-) 

Allegiance of Honor

ALLEGIANCE OF HONOR. 148,017 words. 524 pages.

Friday Book Club

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

My latest read was Tanya Huff's An Ancient Peace, a spinoff from her awesome Valor series. Loved this book too.

Okay, your turn!

Friday Book Club

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Deewani Mastani

A little Bollywood for you today. I love the costumes and the incredible set. It's from an upcoming historical romance/drama about a ruler and his second wife, a warrior princess.

2016 Release Update

Two things:

Secrets at Midnight, my novella from the NIGHT SHIFT anthology, will be out as a stand-alone ebook on August 2, 2016. Follow the link to read an excerpt.

And WILD EMBRACE, the new Psy-Changeling anthology is scheduled for release August 23rd, 2016 in North America. No news yet on the international release date (Nobody panic! It's early days yet.). Excerpts to come a little closer to the release.

It's not up for pre-order everywhere yet, but where it is, it may be showing up as Wild Embrace: A Psy-Changeling Novel. That's an error that we're fixing. It's an anthology of all new Psy-Changeling material: two normal sized novellas, one supersized novella, one novelette. Lots of Psy-Changeling goodness.

Thanks to Library Addict for reminding me to announce this!

Friday Book Club

It's time for the Friday Book Club. What are you reading and loving this week?

Writing Update

I'm continuing to edit/revise the draft of ALLEGIANCE OF HONOR. Interestingly enough, many of the elements / couples you all want to see have been part of the book from the very start, some in ways you might not expect.

But as you can guess, not everything/everyone will make it into this book. Still, overall, I'm very happy with how many people we get to see! I hope you will be too!!

Now back to it I go! Fortified by the groceries I picked up this morning. :D

Friday Book Club

Friday Book Club time! What are you reading and loving this week?

Writing Update

Writing update: I'm halfway through the semi-final draft of Allegiance of Honor and still adding/deleting as I go. LOTS happening in this book - there's so many connections between the characters. 

Which character would you love to see an update for??

Friday Book Club

The Friday Book Club opening a little late this week. What are you reading and loving at the moment?

RT Reviewers Choice Award Nominations

 I woke up to some wonderful news today. ARCHANGEL'S ENIGMA and ROCK HARD have both been nominated for RT Reviewer's Choice Awards!! Woohoo!! Also, huge congratulations to all my fellow nominees.

Happy Diwali

Today is Diwali, the Festival of Lights. I hope you have a wonderful light and joy filled day!

Friday Book Club

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

November Newsletter Sent

The November newsletter has gone out, complete with a new short story. 

If you're a subscriber and you didn't get it (please check all your tabs and your junkmail), or you subscribed too late, email Ashwini and she'll get you a copy: naliniDOTassistantATgmailDOTcom

p.s. Thank you for all the lovely comments that have already come in on the short. :-)

Next Newsletter

So I wrote the "short" story for the November 5 newsletter... only it turned out longer than usual. I'm thinking, should I split this in half and send it over over two newsletters...then I remembered I already wrote another long short story for the final newsletter of the year, which will go out at the end of December. So you're going to get the entire thing in one go.

To subcribe, click this link.

You should get a confirm link in your email after you subscribe. Click that and a Welcome newsletter will arrive automatically with links to previous short stories/scenes unavailable on the website (includes shorts/scenes from Psy-Ch, Guild Hunter, and Rock Kiss series).

Any issues, email Ashwini: naliniDOTassistantATgmailDOTcom

(p.s. That's Nov 5 in the US, so folks on this side of the dateline, it'll be Nov 6th).

Writing

I just deleted* 16,000 words (64 pages). Excuse me while I go sit in a corner and cry.

Update: 16,000 is now 20,000 (80 pages). On the flip side, I am much happier with this lean and mean book. Promise. Tears are past ;)

p.s. *Actually I put them in a Deleted Scenes file just in case.

Free Short Stories Update

The following previously newsletter-exclusive short stories and deleted scenes are now on my website: Home, A Sip of Eternity, Hide and Seek, Grocery Shopping, and a deleted scene from Archangel's Shadows.

A number of other stories connected to all three of my series, remain newsletter exclusive - you can access these by signing up to receive the newsletter monthly. Speaking of which, I need to figure out what special goody to put in the Nov 5 edition. Hmm... Suggestions?

Friday Book Club

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

Dark Horse by Michelle Diener

I have a book rec for you today. I loved, loved DARK HORSE by Michelle Diener!! It kept me up way too late last night. It's a science fiction romance with great worldbuilding and a wonderful romance between two characters I truly liked. The blurb is below and here's a link to the book's Amazon page - you can click the cover to look inside the book and read an excerpt.

Any of you already read it? What did you think?

DARK HORSE

Michelle Diener

Some secrets carry the weight of the world.

Rose McKenzie may be far from Earth with no way back, but she’s made a powerful ally–a fellow prisoner with whom she’s formed a strong bond. Sazo’s an artificial intelligence. He’s saved her from captivity and torture, but he’s also put her in the middle of a conflict, leaving Rose with her loyalties divided.

Captain Dav Jallan doesn’t know why he and his crew have stumbled across an almost legendary Class 5 battleship, but he’s not going to complain. The only problem is, all its crew are dead, all except for one strange, new alien being.

She calls herself Rose. She seems small and harmless, but less and less abou

t her story is adding up, and Dav has a bad feeling his crew, and maybe even the four planets, are in jeopardy. The Class 5’s owners, the Tecran, look set to start a war to get it back and Dav suspects Rose isn’t the only alien being who survived what happened on the Class 5. And whatever else is out there is playing its own games.

In this race for the truth, he’s going to have to go against his leaders and trust the dark horse.

Allegiance of Honor

...is the title of the next Psy-Changeling book. Release date: June 14, 2016

This is my ensemble cast book where everyone comes back. :) The official blurb should be finalized by the November 5th newsletter, if not sooner.

p.s. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. The Welcome newsletter contains several free short stories not yet available on the website. Any issues, email Ashwini: naliniDOTassistantATgmailDOTcom

Friday Book Club

A late Friday Book Club this week. What are you currently reading and loving?

Writing

A snapshot of the scene I'm currently editing for the next Psy-Changeling book. 

Google Hangout Recording

I did a Google Hangout as part of the Gollancz Festival this weekend, answering lots of reader questions about all three series. Here's the recording! I hope you enjoy. :) p.s. I read out the question before I answer it, so you can skip anything that is a spoiler for you.

Friday Book Club

Woohoo! Time for the Friday Book Club! What are you reading and loving this week?

New Zealand

Repost from my Instagram for those of you not on IG.

New Zealand really has the most astonishingly beautiful scenery. It still startles me sometimes.

Friday Book Club

Time for the Friday Book Club! What are you reading and loving this week?

Rock Redemption

I hope you're all loving Noah and Kit's story! Here's a short video I thought you might enjoy. Feel free to share. :)

Rock Redemption Spoiler Thread

This is where you can discussion Rock Redemption and the other books in the Rock Kiss series, with *SPOILERS*.

This is a reader thread, so if you have questions for me, please email.

As always, be kind and respectful to one another, and have fun.

#1 in New Zealand and Australia

So I just checked my emails after being offline for a couple of hours (writing) and found this! ROCK REDEMPTION is currently #1 on iBooks Australia and iBooks New Zealand!!

Rock Redemption Review

Rock Redemption Cover Shoot: Behind The Scenes

Um...guess my favorite shot... ;-)

Rock Redemption Excerpt 5/5: Natasha Is A Book Junkie

When it comes to friends-to-lovers stories, this is one of the most compelling ones I have ever read, flawlessly written as always, and utterly captivating cover to cover. 

~ Natasha Is A Book Junkie ☆☆☆☆☆review

The final pre-release excerpt is now up at Natasha Is A Book Junkie, along with an amazing review!

If you're avoiding all reviews at the moment, just scroll down past the stars at the end of the review to get to the excerpt.

Happy reading!

Friday Book Club

What are you reading and loving this week?

I just finished Ann Cleeves' The Moth Catcher. I really enjoy the Vera mysteries and this one was no different with its twists and turns - and the wonderful recurring cast.

Okay, your turn!

Rock Redemption Excerpt 4/5: Under The Covers

The fourth new excerpt from ROCK REDEMPTION is now live at Under the Covers Book Blog! You can also enter to win a signed copy of Rock Addiction. Enjoy!

Also, I have a video interview up at Kindle Love Stories where I tackle some fun questions. :-)

Rock Redemption Excerpt 3/5: Smexy Books

"...probably the strongest and most gut-wrenching installment in Nalini Singh’s Rock Kiss series yet." 

- Heroes & Heartbreakers has a wonderful in-depth review of Rock Redemption.

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Today's new Rock Redemption excerpt is at Smexy Books! I hope you all love it! It continues on from excerpts 1 & 2.

Rock Redemption Excerpt 2/5: EverAfter Romance

The Rock Redemption excerpt tour continues at EverAfter Romance today. I hope you enjoy the new excerpt (which links to yesterday's one). :-)