Alt text: image of a pale pink sequined bird Christmas tree ornament, with a pale pink "tail" made of long ribbons.
People, I have a problem. I cannot resist the lure of new Christmas tree ornaments. Above is the latest addition to my collection.
So I bring to you today the holiday edition of our "Confessions" series. Tell me all about what you can't resist purchasing at this time of the year.
~Ashwini
A special pre-holiday newsletter is going out in approximately 17 hours, so keep an eye on your inbox!
If you're not yet a subscriber, you can sign up via the blog, or the home page of Nalini's website. If you have any issues with receiving or viewing the newsletter, drop me a note: nalini.assistantATgmail.com (replace the word AT with the symbol @).
~Ashwini
Alt text: Romance Author & Reader Events. Event: Melbourne. Date: Oct 4 2025. Attending author name: Nalini Singh. RARE25. Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Convention Centre Pl, South Wharf VIC 3006, Australia.
Tickets for RARE Melbourne 2025 are on sale now! Click here for more details and to purchase tickets.
~Ashwini
Alt Text - quote from Angels' Blood: This was the kind of job that made legends out of hunters. Of course, to be a legend, you generally had to be dead.
If you could spend the day with one character from the Guild Hunter world, who would you choose?
~Ashwini
Alt text: Romance Author & Reader Events. Event: Melbourne. Date: Oct 4 2025. Attending author name: Nalini Singh. RARE25. Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Convention Centre Pl, South Wharf VIC 3006, Australia.
Guess who's coming to RARE Melbourne 2025?! (Tickets will go on sale November 30th at 9pm Melbourne time.)
~Ashwini
Since Nalini is going to be writing a short story or two for the holiday newsletter, let's discuss which characters you would most like to see in the short stories.
If you're not yet a subscriber, you can sign up via the blog, or the home page of Nalini's website. If you have any issues with receiving or viewing the newsletter, drop me a note: nalini.assistantATgmail.com (replace the word AT with the symbol @).
~Ashwini
Alt Text - quote from Play of Passion : Her touch locked the air in his throat, threatened to steal his words, his soul.
If you lived in the Psy-Changeling world, who would you want to be mated to - a human, Psy, or changeling?
~Ashwini
Congratulations Heather F., you've won signed international paperback editions of A Madness of Sunshine and Quiet in Her Bones! Drop me a note (nalini.assistantATgmail.com - replace AT with symbol @) to claim your books.
Thank you to everyone who entered. :-)
~Ashwini
Today, it's all about confessions. I'll start - last year, I said I wouldn't buy any more new dahlia varieties since I was out of garden space unless I sacrificed the lawn...but they're so pretty and there are so many varieties...my friends, I dug a whole new garden and broke a garden fork in the process!
Your turn! Don't leave me all alone out here in confession land.
GIVEAWAY CLOSED
It's giveaway time! Up for grabs is one set of signed international paperback copies of Nalini's standalone thrillers A Madness of Sunshine and Quiet in Her Bones.
To enter the random draw, simply leave a comment on this post or on the Goodreads feed of this blog post. If you usually leave comments as Anonymous, please leave your first name and the initial of your last name on your comment in case you are the winner. International entries welcome.
Entries close Sunday 17th November at 11pm New Zealand time. One entry per person. Void where prohibited. The winner will be chosen from the combined blog and Goodreads comments. Winner's name will be posted on the blog on Monday 18th November New Zealand time. The winner will have one week from the notification date to claim their prize.
Good luck!
~Ashwini
Alt Text - Quote from Shield of Winter: The man I was, the man I am, the man I will be, the man I want to be, they all belong to you. Always.
Where would you teleport to if you could teleport like Vasic?
~Ashwini
Alt text: Kindle Daily Deal - There Should Have Been Eight. Now $1.99.
USA & Canada folks: Nalini's standalone thriller There Should Have Been Eight is a Kindle Daily Deal! It's $1.99 for today only. If you don't already own the ebook, now's the time to grab it for a great price!
~Ashwini
Alt text - Quote from Archangel's War: My love for you is the deepest truth of my existence. Spring and summer, fall and winter, I would spend all the seasons of my life with you.
Alt Text: Welcome to the age of Trinity. Psy-Changeling Trinity Series: Silver Silence, Ocean Light, Wolf Rain, Alpha Night, Last Guard, Storm Echo, Resonance Surge, Primal Mirror.
Which is your favourite book (or books!) in the Psy-Changeling Trinity series?? And what do you love most about the series?
~Ashwini
COMING MAY 2025
New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh takes us back to her breathtakingly passionate Guild Hunter world, where an impending transformation will be both an ending and a beginning…
Aodhan and Illium. Adi and Blue. Sparkle and Bluebell. Friends become lovers, their future a wild unknown.
Finally reunited in New York, they must now learn to navigate the monumental shift in their relationship. But for these two members of Archangel Raphael’s legendary Seven, there is no time to rest. As they investigate a case for the Tower that echoes the darkness from Aodhan’s past, they will be forced to confront not only the scars that mark them both, but the promise of a vast power that flickers in Illium.
The threat of ascension has haunted and troubled Aodhan’s Blue for too long, the forces of change immutable and without mercy...and uncaring of Illium’s fierce wish to remain part of the Seven. Change is a constant in an immortal’s life, and this new horizon will bring with it both terrible heartbreak and a joy extraordinary enough to reverberate through time…
Hello my lovelies! I've been in the writing cave for a good while - now I emerge blinking like a mole. 
How are you doing? It's spring in NZ, so I'm tempted to head into the garden store and buy some colorful seedlings for the garden. Though of course, once I walk into a garden store, somehow my entire shopping cart gets full!
Alt Text: "Singh writes with gripping passion and an acute eye for social commentary, all while delivering a divinely engaging mystery." (Entertainment Weekly). There Should Have Been Eight. In paperback October 15.
Alt Text: Quote from Heart of Obsidian - "I saw wild, dangerous beauty. I saw devotion. I saw you."
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Alt Text: Join us for a Romantic Rendezvous in 2025, with special guest Nalini Singh. More than 100 romance authors across four epic events, with panels, luncheons and a signing. 22 March - Brisbane, 23 March - Sydney, 29 March - Melbourne, 30 March - Perth. Join the FB group: arr2025attendees.
Nalini's coming to Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth next March! Tickets for individual sessions are on sale now. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.
~Ashwini
Alt Text: Berkley Strong Female Leads& Reads Giveaway. No purchase necessary. US residents, 18+. Ends 10/10/24. See official rules at official website.
US residents: Berkley is running a sweepstakes, and There Should Have Been Eight is one of the featured titles! Click here to enter. Good luck!!
~Ashwini
Alt Text: Quote from Archangel's Lineage - ...the weight is too great. They will fall. And all beginnings will come to an end. I see this in the river of time.
USA & Canada folks: Nalini's standalone thriller There Should Have Been Eight is a Kindle Fall Event Deal! It's $2.99 for a limited time. If you don't already own the ebook, now's the time to grab it for a great price!
~Ashwini
US residents: Berkley is running a sweepstakes, and There Should Have Been Eight is one of the featured titles! Click here to enter. The sweepstakes will run until September 23rd. Good luck!!
~Ashwini
Alt Text: There Should Have Been Eight: paperback out September 12 UK & NZ, October 15 US & Canada, December 10 Australia. "The wild finale will leave you gasping." - Book Reporter.
There Should Have Been Eight is out in paperback in the UK and New Zealand!
This is a locked room mystery except the ”room” is a gothic ruined mansion in New Zealand’s Southern Alps. It features seven friends, one huge secret, and a reunion that goes quietly, terribly wrong…
