Friday Book Club

 

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

Such A Perfect Family Now Out Worldwide

 

Alt Text: "Singh's new suspense novel starts off with a bang, literally, and will have readers guessing from the first to the last pages."  - Library Journal. Such A Perfect Family by Nalini Singh.

Such A Perfect Family is now out worldwide! I hope you enjoy this dark tale full of secrets. 

Such A Perfect Family

 

Alt text: "Singh comes in hot and never lets up in this exhilarating standalone thriller about a man whose string of dead lovers starts arousing suspicion." - Publishers Weekly. Such A Perfect Family out January 2026.

Such A Perfect Family is out today in New Zealand, and will release in the US/Canada as soon as the clock clicks over to midnight, with the international release coming on Thursday!

I hope you enjoy this dark ride that takes you from New Zealand to a desolate house surrounded by forest in Fiji and back again. 

Friday Book Club

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

New Zealand-Set Thrillers

 

Alt Text: Thrillers by Nalini Singh: There Should Have Been Eight, Quiet in Her Bones, A Madness of Sunshine.

Nalini's latest thriller, Such A Perfect Family releases next week!! In the meantime, if you haven't already, it's a great time to dive into her previous New Zealand-set thrillers:

There Should Have Been Eight 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… 

Quiet In Her Bones is a quietly dark story about a woman who vanished ten years ago, and has now been found in the tangled forest only a short distance from her home...still dressed in the clothes she was wearing that night. What happened to Nina Rai? Someone in her exclusive cul-de-sac knows the truth...

And A Madness of Sunshine is 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

Such A Perfect Family

Alt Text: Detective Notes. Date: Dec 3rd. Time: 08:10. Subject: Second interview with Jason Musgrave. Man immediately began to shout that if hte accident was suspicious, we needed to look at "that f**king Romeo who conned her out of at leas a quarter of a million! He probably thinks he's in her will!" Per Jason, the name of the "Romeo" is Tavish Advani. Detective Notes. Date: Dec 5th. Time: 20:18. Subject: Case Status. Forensic mechanic refuses to speculate on anything to do with the Musgrave vehicle, but he did admit that he's already spotted signs of tampering. Case is now a homicide in my books. Perez agrees. Detective Notes. Date: Dec 21st. Time: 14:27. Subject: Lunch with Detective Gina Garcia. Gina did look at Advani as a suspect in the Jocelyn Wai case. Off the record, she stated that "If he did it, he a brilliant psychopath. Scariest thing is he was only twenty-three when Jocelyn died. If you're right about him being involved in Virna Musgrave's death, that's two women in the space of, what, three years? What's the word for an unmarried black widower?" - Uncover the truth in Such A Perfect Family.

Meet Tavish Advani. Handsome enough to be a movie star. Sweep-you-off-your-feet romantic. And with a fatal track record in love. 

Such A Perfect Family (A thriller) - out January 27th / 29th international.

Friday Book Club

 

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

Sweepstakes Featuring Such A Perfect Family

 

Alt Text: Spring Thrills Sweepstakes: A Lie for a Lie by Ren DeStefano, The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives by Elizabeth Arnott, Sanctuary by James Cleary, Safari Murder Party by Rachel Moore, Such A Perfect Family by Nalini Singh, The Insomniacs by Allison Winn Scotch, Family Lies by Karen Rose, Ted Bell's Warmonger by Ryan Steck, Boring Asian Female by Canwen Xu. No purchase necessary. US Residents, 18+. Ends 1/20/26. See official rules at official website.

US residents: Nalini's US publisher is running a Spring Thrills sweepstakes which includes Nalini's upcoming thriller Such A Perfect Family! Click here to enter. Good luck!! 

~Ashwini

Fae Crate Guild Hunter Special Edition Book Set

Want some gorgeous editions of Guild Hunter books 1-3? Check out this special edition!! I’ve seen the artwork and it’s phenomenal!! 

Info below from Fae Crate:

We’re so thrilled to announce that our next Opus collection is an Exclusive Edition Set of Guild Hunter by Nalini Singh! This collection will have 3 books: Angels’ Blood, Archangel’s Kiss, and Archangel’s Consort. This is dark paranormal romance series for those who enjoy: Badass FMC x Archangel love interest, vampires, angels Thrilling urban romances and forced proximity Alpha males and HOT romance

What to expect with this Exclusive Edition Collection: Exclusive all-new covers by @trueblacktarot Exclusive hardcover designs by @yosbedesign (the stunning graphic above is a sneak peek of what to expect) Endpaper artworks by @gabriella.bujdoso (the full Seven will be making an appearance!) Digitally printed page edge designs Signed tip-in pages Ribbon Bookmarks

These books also will be packaged in a decorative slipcase for protection purposes only. Slipcases will NOT qualify for replacement as this is just to keep the books safe during shipping (in style). You can check our website’s FAQ for more information on our Damage Guidelines.

EARLY ACCESS: February 5th, 5pm EST Active YA, Adult, and Combo subscribers. Subscription renewal must NOT BE SKIPPED OR CANCELLED. Non-qualifying orders will be cancelled and refunded. PUBLIC SALE: February 6th, 5pm EST These are sold as PRE-ORDERS at $120/set + shipping. Estimated to ship in July 2026. Don’t forget to set your alarms so you won’t miss out! REMINDER: This Opus collection contains sensitive themes. Please check content warnings to see if these books are up your alley.

Friday Book Club

 

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

Slave to Sensation

 

Alt Text: Trio of US/Canada Slave to Sensation Covers.

Whether you've been following the series from book one, or started at a later point, tell me what you love the most about the Psy-Changeling universe.

~Ashwini

Goodreads Giveaway: Such A Perfect Family

 

US residents: Nalini's US publisher is running a giveaway on Goodreads for 20 print copies of Such A Perfect Family! The giveaway will run until January 21st.

Good luck! ~Ashwini

Friday Book Club

 

It's the first Friday Book Club for 2026! What reads are you loving this week? And what are some of the new releases you're looking forward to this year?

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from New Zealand! 

I just finished doing yoga and the yoga teacher asked us to consider our own intention for this year. I love that word - intention. It seems so warm and inclusive. 

How about you? Do you like to set an intention (intentions!) whether in the new year or each day/week/month? 

Catch-Up Time

 

Alt Text: Collage of dahlia photos - two photos of individual pink flowers, one with petals of deep pink bleeding into white, other flower of white centre deepening into blush pink at the outer petals, plus a photo of a bouquet of dahlias in mixed colours.

What are you up to as we ease our way out of 2025 and into 2026? 

I did a full tidy up of my study, ready to start new projects and continue current ones. Today, I’m wrangling the dahlia garden thanks to a windstorm yesterday.

Your turn! 

Friday Book Club

 

It's the last Friday Book Club for 2025! What reads are you loving this week? And what have been some of your top reads this year?

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Merry Bookmas

Alt text: Book tree made of copies of Atonement Sky, the new edition of Slave to Sensation, and Archangel's Ascension. An ornament of two angels on a bench sits at the top. Fine tinsel with small Christmas baubles is wrapped around the book tree.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Merry Bookmas from us to you.

It’s been a tough year for our family with the sudden loss of our Dad earlier this year, so this is a strange season for us. Thank you for all your warmth and support. 

We hope that however your year has been that this season is kind, and gentle for you. 

~ Nalini & Ashwini

Holiday Newsletters

 

Alt Text: Holiday Newsletters. Dec 23: Music in the Dance. Dec 24: Short Story #2. Dec 25: Short Story #3.

I sat down to write a newsletter short story and wrote three instead. 

So there will he not one but THREE newsletters going out starting roughly 14 hours or so from now (shift dates by one day if you’re on my side of the dateline).

Each newsletter will have a different short story, beginning with Music in the Dance. 

Please be careful not to accidentally delete! These are not duplicates!

Happy reading!! 

Friday Book Club

 

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

Nalini Singh Thrillers Sweepstakes

Alt Text - Nalini Singh Thrillers Sweepstakes: A Madness of Sunshine, Quiet in Her Bones, There Should Have Been Eight, Such A Perfect Family. No purchase necessary. US Residents, 18+. Ends 12/26/25. See official rules at official website.

US residents: Nalini's US publisher is running a sweepstakes featuring Nalini's thrillers, including the upcoming Such A Perfect Family! Click here to enter. Good luck!! 

~Ashwini