I’m really chuffed – Manic Readers has given An Impossible Mate a lovely 4.5 star review.
“….makes this a real standout in the saturated world of paranormal MM Romance….. the life the men lived just burst forth off the pages. I’m very happy to see it’s the start of a series because there are many more tales to tell about Matt’s pack!”
A Liar’s Moon, second in my Strength of the Pack series, is released on December 11th and is now available for pre-order at a 10% discount.
A handsome stranger walks into the Elk Ridge diner and into Jason Nichols’ heart. The first time Jason speaks to Riley Clark, he falls a little in love. By the time he sleeps with Riley, he’s head over heels. But Riley is a man on a mission. And that mission is to expose the secret Jason’s pack is protecting.
Another lovely cover from Christine Kirchoff for the second book in this series. I think she’s captured both Jason’s and Riley’s characters perfectly – yes, Riley really is that smirky and cocky. Till you get to know him. Then he’s worse.
A Liar’s Moon is released on December 11th.
So, this is something a little different for me – my first blog tour, which is a review tour for An Impossible Mate. There are five stops on the tour, and once it’s completed, one commenter will be drawn at random to win a $15 Amazon gift certificate or B&N eGift card (winner’s choice).
So please, do drop in on any of the blogs which are so generously participating in the tour to see what they thought of the book and get your name into the draw!
November 20: Books on Silver Wings
November 27: Sharing Links and Wisdom
December 4: The Fuzzy, Fluffy World of Chris T. Kat
December 11: Dalene’s Book Reviews
December 11: Long and Short Reviews
I’m pleased to share that I’ve just signed the contract for the third book in the Strength of the Pack series, Red Moon Rising. It’s due to be released in February next year.
I came so close to calling this series the Argent series, but eventually decided against it because while that strand of shifter mythology is key to what happens in the books, I felt it might give the impression, wrongly, that the whole series revolves around one character. As the books are getting written and the relationships between pack members, old and new, are developing, it’s becoming clear to me that I made the right decision. No wolf is an island, and all that. Especially not this lot.
Before I started reading about wolves for my Strength of the Pack series, my knowledge of them was gleaned entirely from multiple readings of White Fang as a child (and by multiple readings, I mean somewhere in the region of thirty. I loved that book).
Having spent far longer of late than I should reading about wolves’ behaviour, communication, body language and pack structure, not to mention watching videos of adult wolves playing with one another and with little fuzzy cubs, I am fast falling in love with these fascinating, complicated and toothy creatures.
One or two things I stumbled across in my reading I found particularly interesting, though to anyone with a knowledge of wolves already, they are undoubtedly very old news.
I’ve just been reading about a recent study which discovered that black wolves’ coat colouring derives from the historical mating of wild grey wolves with black dogs.
I found that to be interesting in a fairly abstract way, but that’s all. Until I read this quote from Robert Wayne, one of the academics involves in the study:
“It [the black coat] must have adaptive value that we don’t yet understand. It could be camouflage, or strengthening the immune system to combat pathogens, or it could reflect a preference to mate with individuals of a different coat color.”
So a certain dark-coloured wolf (yes, Karl, I’m looking at you) is now bugging me about his preferences when it comes to a mate. Damn it. So much for my carefully planned story.
Back to the drawing board. Or the blank word processing document….
Instead I am enjoying the dual excitement of release day for An Impossible Mate and the fact that A Gilded Cage has just received a wonderful 5 Sweet Pea review from Becky Condit at Mrs Condit & Friends Read Books. Simply log in below the review to be eligible to win a copy of the book.
I’ve just signed the contract for A Liar’s Moon, the sequel to An Impossible Mate which comes out next month. And I promise that the next book in the series, which I’m currently working on, has a title that doesn’t start with an article!
Listen to different types of wolf howls, again and again, all in the name of research, and only notice after about half an hour that the faithful old Lab is no longer curled up safely snoozing in his basket but is instead stalking around, eyes practically popping out of his head. Oops. Lots of cuddles and a venison ear later, he seems to have forgiven me. I never had these problems when researching the best types of Regency furniture for Our Heroes to have sex on.
Speaking of whom, Carnevalehas received another lovely review, this time from Becky Condit at Mrs Condit and Friends Read Books, who has awarded it 5 Sweet Peas. I’m truly delighted that people are enjoying Perry and Jack’s adventures.
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