Heart of Obsidian Special Edition

 

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.

I’m incredibly excited to be part of the Paranormal Romance Royalty crowdfunding campaign, which has now launched! 

Heart of Obsidian is getting a gorgeous collector’s edition hardcover and stunning new character artwork of Kaleb and Sahara!

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.

Archangel's Heart

 

Alt text - quote from Archangel's Heart: "Never lose your heart, Elena. No matter if the world tells you it makes you weak. Immortals have so much power. It is good to have a weakness."

Friday Book Club

 

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

Upcoming New Zealand Events

 

A reminder about two upcoming New Zealand events, happening tonight and tomorrow night:

*We Read Auckland: Sinners & Secrets, with Nalini and fellow author Chris Blake, hosted by Fiona Sussman. 6:30-7:30pm, Thursday 6 August, Glenfield Library, Auckland. This is a FREE event but registration is required. Click here for more info.

*Hamilton Book Month: Hearts & Pages, with Nalini and fellow author Catherine Robertson. 6:30-8pm, Friday 7th August, Central Library, Hamilton. This is a FREE event, no registration required. Click here for more info. 

~Ashwini

August 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 August newsletter goes out in approximately 14 hours and may include a new short story...

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

Upcoming In Person New Zealand Event

 

It's Hamilton Book Month! Join Nalini and fellow author Catherine Robertson on Friday 7th August at 6:30pm at Central Library, Garden Place, for their chat event, Hearts and Pages. This is a FREE event, no registration required. Click here for more info.

~Ashwini 

Friday Book Club

 

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

Whitcoulls Top 100 - Angels' Blood

 

A while ago I did a Facebook post asking readers to vote for Angels' Blood in New Zealand bookstore chain Whitcoulls Top 100 list. I said that if it made it onto the list, I’d take photos in Whitcoulls stores complete with wings? Well, it has begun!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH for voting!! I can’t believe that my 2009/2010 (international) book baby is on the list!! 

Huge thanks also to Lucy from Whitcoulls St Lukes Mall (Auckland) who was so welcoming and asked me to sign all the Guild Hunter books they had in stock. Go grab your signed copies before they run out!

In case you were wondering, I was not the least bit normal while taking these photos. See pics to get a few glimpses of my shenanigans. 

More photos to come over the year, because these wings, they’re traveling.

Upcoming In Person New Zealand Event

 

Join Nalini and fellow author Chris Blake, in conversation with novelist Fiona Sussman, discussing their thrillers, Such a Perfect Family and Softly Calls the Devil. Happening on Thursday 6th August at 6:30pm at Glenfield Library, Auckland. This is a FREE event but registration in required.

~Ashwini

Friday Book Club

 

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

Travels in New Zealand

 

Alt text: Image from a high point of a beautiful blue green sound (similar to a fjord), with still water in the center and mountains all around, some topped by clouds. The water weaves through the sound, in and around the mountains and the small island in the middle.

A pic from my most recent adventure around New Zealand. There was hiking involved. I have to say the views made it worth the effort! What’s your idea of a fun vacation…and does it involve hiking boots? 

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...

Friday Book Club

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

Cold Redemption North American Cover Reveal

Alt Text: Two transparent faces looking at each other. On the left is a man’s face, on the right a woman’s. She has tight curls. The background, which you can see through and around them is water and mountain and forest in tones of midnight blue and shimmering rose-gold and dawn.

I’m so excited to share this beautiful, beautiful cover!!!!! I love it with all my heart!

Huge thanks to Tony Mauro (art) and Rita Frangie (design)!!

Nalini's Official Readers Group

 

Alt text: Join Nalini's Official Readers Group.

A reminder about Nalini's Official Readers Group on Facebook, a great place to connect with other readers and discuss all of Nalini's books!

~Ashwini

Guild Hunter Quiz: Illium

 

Alt text: Guild Hunter Quiz: Illium. 1. What is Illium's nickname? 2. Which drink does he detest? 3. What colour are his eyelashes? 4. Who gave him his first sword? 5. What does he like to call Dmitri?
6. Who are his parents? 7. Which club did he like to frequent when Elena first knew him? 8. Where is his favourite bakery located? 9. Who is older, Illium or Aodhan? 

How well do you know Illium? 

Post will be updated with answers later in the week.

~Ashwini

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1. Bluebell
2. Champagne
3. Black dipped in blue
4. Raphael
5. Dark Overlord
6. Aegaeon and Lady Sharine
7. Erotique
8. Harlem
9. Illium

Friday Book Club

 

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

Storm Echo

 

Alt text: Wild Woman Magazine "Scary but Sexy" Column with image of blue-toned book cover with man and woman's face in silhouette and image of Golden Gate Bridge in background and words Nalini Singh, Storm Echo (available now). Next to book cover text: Ivan Mercant: Telepath, 6.2, black hair, killer blue eyes and ice-cold sexiness. Here's the tea, wild women. This fine specimen of manhood has long floated under our radar. How, we do not know. The man is so hot that certain bear ladies were willing to risk freezer burn to get close to him. And it is thanks to our lovely bear readers in StoneWater that we now have knowledge of Mr. Ivan Mercant. They tell us that he attended their alpha's mating ceremony to another Mercant (covered in our special mating issue!), slayed many a heart, and left without a backward look. Oh ouch. We know you're all wondering about the scary part of this. Word is he's a security specialist - and that the bear dominants confirm they wouldn't pick a fight with him unless they meant it. Because the man doesn't play if you come for him or his. Wild Women, can we say swoooooooooon?

Catch-Up Time

 

Alt text: Image of woman sitting on a bed, wearing a fancy dress headpiece and mask playing on a handheld device and words: When you're cleaning your room and you get distracted by stuff you found.

What did everyone get up to over the weekend?

~Ashwini

Friday Book Club

 

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