Catch Up Time

 

Alt text: Close up of branches showing pale pink cherry blossoms against a bright, pale blue sky.

Cherry blossoms outside my study window. They make so happy. 

Spring has sprung in New Zealand. How’s it going in your corner of the world? 

Friday Book Club

 

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Upcoming Virtual Event: Cold Redemption

 

Alt text: Nalini Singh Virtual Event. November 30, 7:30PM ET. East City Bookshop in Conversation wtih Gretchen Schreiber.

Virtual event alert for a discussion on Amara and Pax!! My two *completely* expected and straightforward characters. 

Can’t wait to talk Cold Redemption with the awesome Gretchen Schreiber on November 30th 7.30pm ET! Hosted by East City Bookshop. Click here for details.

So, any theories and thoughts on these two and their story? 

Cold Redemption Pre-Order Special (International Edition)

 

Alt text: Chapter Book & Tea Shop -Pre-Order a Signed Copy of Cold Redemption

Pre-order a signed copy of the international edition of Cold Redemption from Chapter Book & Tea Shop and receive a special price of NZ$29.00 (excluding shipping) while the first shipment stocks last! 

~Ashwini

Friday Book Club

 

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

Silver Silence

Alt text - excerpt from Silver Silence, Chapter 15 epigraph: Ain't no party like a bear party. It's the hangover that's the problem. Worth it. Carpe-the-diem! Wolves are cool, bears are fools. Didn't get an invite to the party, huh? -Graffiti on a Moscow wall, each line written by a different unknown individual over successive days prior to erasure by the city works department.

Cold Redemption - East City Bookshop Pre-Order Special

 

Alt text: East City Bookshop Pre-Order - Cold Redemption by Nalini Singh. Each pre-order comes with a signed bookplate. Releases Dec 1, 2026.

Pre-order Cold Redemption from East City Bookshop and receive a signed bookplate with your copy!

~Ashwini

Friday Book Club

 

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Fiji

Alt text - collage of five photos: 1) Gentle, clear blue ocean waves coming into soft powdery sand, the scene framed by coconut fronds. 2) Jetty going out into a pristine clear ocean in jewelled blue and green, with a small bure (traditional Fijian thatched house) at the end. 3) Pale pink hibiscus flower. 4) Vivid magenta double petalled bougainvillea flowers. 5) Brilliant sunlit blue-green ocean framed by lush green tropical foliage.

Fiji, how I've missed you.

Quiet in Her Bones

 

Alt text - quote from Quiet in Her Bones: What if I'm the monster I'm chasing?

In this gripping thriller set in New Zealand, New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh takes you into the twisted world of an exclusive cul-de-sac located on the edge of a sprawling forest.

My mother vanished ten years ago.
So did a quarter of a million dollars in cash.
Thief. B*tch. Criminal.
Now, she’s back.
Her bones clothed in scarlet silk.

When socialite Nina Rai disappeared without a trace, everyone wrote it off as another trophy wife tired of her wealthy husband. But now her bones have turned up in the shadowed green of the forest that surrounds her elite neighborhood, a haven of privilege and secrets that’s housed the same influential families for decades.

The rich live here, along with those whose job it is to make their lives easier. And somebody knows what happened to Nina one rainy night ten years ago. Her son Aarav heard a chilling scream that night, and he’s determined to uncover the ugly truth that lives beneath the moneyed elegance…but no one is ready for the murderous secrets about to crawl out of the dark.

Even the dead aren’t allowed to break the rules in this cul-de-sac.

Friday Book Club

 

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September Newsletter

 

Alt Text: centre image of a stack of three newspapers, with a cup and saucer next to it filled with a hot drink with steam rising from it, with text "Nalini's Newsletter" above it, surrounded by five "clouds" with the following text inside them: Reading Recs!, Appearances!, Travel Photos!, Breaking News!, Exclusive Extras!

The September newsletter went out yesterday and included a super early excerpt of Cold Redemption!

If you want to be sure you get all the news and updates from Nalini, make sure to subscribe (it’s free to join via the blog or the front page of the website, and you can download two ebooks worth of free newsletter shorts when you sign up). 

~Ashwini

Slave to Sensation Twenty Year Anniversary

 

Alt text: white bookshelf with selection of Psy-Changeling and Psy-Changeling Trinity paperback and hardcover books, with Slave to Sensation placed with cover facing forwards.

Nalini posted this on her Facebook page over the weekend. Sharing here for those of you who aren't on FB.

~Ashwini

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This book of my heart released exactly twenty years ago today. I wrote it compulsively, obsessively, with intense love for the world and the characters, at a time when my writing career wasn’t in a great place. I didn’t know if anyone would ever read SLAVE TO SENSATION, but I had to write it. 

I could’ve never imagined that I’d one day take this photo where STS would be surrounded by multiple bookshelves of books that all began with a scared Psy and an angry changeling and a world on the brink of unstoppable change. 

It seems fitting that just this past week, I wrote a scene featuring Lucas and Sascha for the 2027 Psy-Changeling book. How far they’ve come!

I’m so incredibly grateful to all of you who picked up this book, and who continue to walk with me into the Psy-Changeling world. You are the reason I can do what I love, and why this world continues to burn bright. 

A very special shoutout to my agent Nephele Tempest and my editor Cindy Hwang, who loved STS from day one, and have been an integral part of this journey. 

Also a big virtual hug to Deidre Knight, who was the one who saw my manuscript come into The Knight Agency submission inbox way back when, and said, I have just the agent for you. Deidre, you were so right.

And to my family - thank you for being here from day dot, when I declared I was going to be a writer, despite not knowing any writers or anything about the publishing industry. You rock so hard. 

Happy Birthday SLAVE TO SENSATION!!!

I’d love to hear your memories of finding STS and this series!

Friday Book Club

 

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

Heart of Obsidian Special Edition - Campaign Ending Soon

 

Alt text - Paranormal Romance Royalty. Five Iconic Paranormal Romance Novels, Reimagined: Heart of Obsidian by Nalini Singh, Lover Awakened by J.R.Ward, The Darkest Night by Gena Showalter, Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night by Kresley Cole, Hot and Badgered by Shelly Laurenston.

A reminder that the Paranormal Romance Royalty crowdfunding campaign, which includes a gorgeous collector’s edition hardcover of Heart of Obsidian and stunning new character artwork of Kaleb and Sahara, will be ending soon!

The other authors in the set are some very familiar names: Shelly Laurenston, Kresley Cole, Gena Showalter, and J.R. Ward.

Click here for more information.

Atonement Sky

 

Alt Text - Quote from Atonement Sky: "Putting yourself in the line of fire isn't an act of penance that'll wipe out the past." "No...but it might save a number of futures."

Friday Book Club

 

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Immortal Insider Magazine Interview with Venom

A reader got in touch recently, asking if it would be possible to get a copy of an interview with Venom, which is no longer available on the site where it was first published. I thought it would be fun to revisit it! So here you go - Venom's first (and last!) interview with Immortal Insider magazine. 

~Ashwini

Alt text: Look what we’ve unearthed! It turns out Venom lost a bet to Dmitri a few years ago and, as a result, had to grant an interview to a reporter from Immortal Insider magazine! Immortal Insider Magazine EXCLUSIVE! Have we got a treat for you! Thanks to the Tower, we have the FIRST EVER interview with one of Raphael’s deadly (deadly sexy that is!) seconds. After a spirited battle at the Immortal Insider office, Missy Lemon won the right to conduct this interview (though she did permit us to slip in a few questions of our own.) Without further ado, we give you VENOM!Thanks so much for agreeing to this interview Venom. Do you mind if I call you that? It’s my name. Of course! I’m just so, so delighted to have this opportunity to sit down with you. I’ve never been in the Tower before. It’s quite large. And there are so many powerful vampires. Don’t worry. We don’t snack on reporters. Usually. Such a great sense of humor! Okay, I better ask my questions. I know I only have fifteen minutes. So the first question comes from everyone back at the office. They’d like to know what you look for in a woman.

 

Alt text: I don’t have to look for women. They come to me. I definitely have no argument there. But how do you choose? Is it… to do with the taste of their blood? I was raised a gentleman. I don’t bite and tell. The girls are just going to swoon over that! And oh, wow, your smile. I need a cold shower right now. I think I’ve forgotten my next question. In that case, let’s end the interview and share a drink for the remainder of the fifteen minutes. You can tell me all your most wicked dreams. Goodness, you make it hard to concentrate, but I promised everyone an interview. Okay, I’ve found my question list. Working for the Tower is something many mortals and immortals alike dream of. Describe what it’s like working in the Tower? How is Dmitri as a boss? I don’t work in the Tower. I’m part of the Tower. It is as much in my blood as the land where I was born. As for Dmitri… I’m afraid that would be unprintable.

Alt text: Is that Dmitri on the balcony outside? Something seems to be making him laugh hysterically. I didn’t know he laughed. He won’t be laughing for long. You have six minutes left. The girls will never forgive me if I don’t ask this next question. What’s so far been your best/most memorable experience since you were Made? That one’s easy. I once beat Dmitri so badly in a fight that he whimpered. I can’t quite imagine that. Gosh. Are there any other Tower secrets you can reveal? I keep my friends secrets, but I don’t mind revealing that Dmitri is addicted to Hunter’s Prey. He even buys the merchandise. You should see his office. Plastered with Hunter’s Prey posters. I’m sure the producers of the show will be thrilled to hear that! I know I only have a minute left, but I have one final question. We’ve heard rumors that you can shapeshift into a snake. Is that true? I’m going to murder Dmitri. Print that.

Friday Book Club

 

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A Madness of Sunshine

 

Alt text: Two covers of A Madness of Sunshine and quote from Publisher's Weekly -  "...[an] exceptional first crime novel...".

If you haven't yet tried one of Nalini's standalone thrillers, A Madness of Sunshine is a great place to start! What if you knew one of your neighbors or friends was a murderer...but you didn’t know who... Who would you trust? 

~Ashwini

New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh welcomes you to a remote town on the edge of the world where even the blinding brightness of the sun can’t mask the darkness that lies deep within a killer…

On the rugged West Coast of New Zealand, Golden Cove is more than just a town where people live. The adults are more than neighbors; the children, more than schoolmates.

That is until one fateful summer—and several vanished bodies—shatters the trust holding Golden Cove together. All that’s left are whispers behind closed doors, broken friendships, and a silent agreement not to look back. But they can’t run from the past forever.

Eight years later, a beautiful young woman disappears without a trace, and the residents of Golden Cove wonder if their home shelters something far more dangerous than an unforgiving landscape.

It’s not long before the dark past collides with the haunting present and deadly secrets come to light.