Hey everyone, the year's off to a very busy but promising start, so I'll just cut to
the news and not babble too much this time.
Just before the holidays, the Predators
and Editors Poll was opened, and the best of 2012 were voted on for two weeks.
In the author category there were 75 nominations, and many of them very popular
and well known authors - to my utter amazement I won the poll and was named Best
Author of 2012.
I've also decided to extend my work range
a bit this year and to that end, I have joined the staff at Coffeetime Romance,
so you'll be seeing me popping up there from time to time, as well. I have a
very cool new page there now:
I have a new release coming out on
February 1st called Reckless Assignation. This will be my third
release with Ellora's Cave, and it's a brand new version of an older story from
years back. Here's a quick look at it:
RECKLESS ASSIGNATION
Release date: FEBRUARY
1st
Blurb:
A haunted and abandoned hotel on
Halloween is the setting for a very private party between two lovers, one of
them a world-class, sophisticated intelligence operative who’s trying to teach
his young and innocent lady that curiosity can sometimes take you places you’d
be better not to go. Amid elaborate trappings meant to scare and entice, Rick’s
seduction takes some unexpected but wickedly wonderful twists. But, Rick also
has a lesson to learn, when his past collides with his present, and almost
destroys everything he cherishes most.
Reckless Assignation
A Romantica® erotic romance from
Ellora’s Cave
The old hotel was
eerie in the approaching darkness and she was finding it difficult to hold on to
her resolve to do this without calling Rick. There’d been a weird message on the
machine when she got home—something about discovering a secret she needed to
know. The voice had sounded slightly familiar, although she couldn’t quite
pinpoint why. There’d also been just enough mystery in the vague words to arouse
her interest. The entire situation—the call and her coming here to this
deserted hotel—reminded her of something she’d heard of once, but her efforts to
pull it from memory hadn’t been remotely
successful.
She should know
better than this.
She couldn’t escape
the twinge of conscience that reminded her how often she played out of her
league. When her father had retired from the Agency and started his own private
investigation business, he’d thought his daughter would be safe from the ghosts
of his violent past. More than once, though, Cinthya had paid for the deeds and
decisions of Joshua Bradley’s previous career. This could well be another such
setup, and here she was walking right into it. All she had in the way of
consolation that she wasn’t about to get herself killed, kidnapped or worse was
the deeply rooted intuition that this wasn’t what it appeared. The vague sense
of familiarity she felt gave a small sense of
security.
Her relationship
with Rick wasn’t a point of reassurance either in the creaking darkness of the
forsaken hotel. There were people who knew him and his reputation, and often it
was a point of protection, but here that was irrelevant. It was with Joshua’s
very reluctant blessing that his twenty-year-old daughter had stepped
into a loving relationship with his business partner, the shadowy, sophisticated
and lethal Rick Leighton. The ten-year age difference was only the first
objection her father had voiced when Cinthya had been forced by her own
conscience to open up to him—conscience and the undeniable need to share her
happiness with the other important person in her
life.
Rick’s recent
decision to leave Bradley’s Private Investigations and reenter the life of an
active Company operative set up an entirely new array of potential dangers for
Cinthya. It was a risk she was more than willing to take, but not something that
lessened the worry from her father and Rick.
Cinthya couldn’t
help but wonder what Rick or her dad would have to say about her accepting a
cryptic message to meet an unspecified contact—alone—in an abandoned building.
Was she being deliberately stupid or was she actually safe? Damn! She couldn’t
decide. Instinct and good sense were at war here.
She leapt back in
fright when something clingy and featherlight brushed against her face. With a
cry of disgust, she batted away the filmy cobwebs and peered into the shadowy
stairwell. She was on the second floor, which mean she only had one more flight
to climb. Then she’d have to find room 313.
Against her will,
some of the things she’d heard about this old wreck of a building began to pop
into her head. Some people claimed the Mayfair Hotel was haunted, and those who
lived in the area could tell endless stories about “sightings” and other
mysterious events in the ancient edifice... Read more here: http://www.ellorascave.com/reckless-assignation.html
I've also been setting up a lot of new
places to be found - like I'm not all over the place now, I know. So, you can
check these pages out if you'd like to take a peek:
Found a rather awesome review of my
fantasy novel, as well - this one is only now available in eBook format at all
the big retailers: A 4.5 ribbon review is amazing,
check it out HERE
Also, my last release
was my second Duet with the lovely and talented Brigit Aine - we decided to
bring a little Christmas Magic to life and chose to write a set of connected
stories with a common gift as the link between the generations.
Silver Bells - a romantic
Duet
Sensual Romance - Historical Western and
contemporary
Connected by several generations of
family tradition, a gift originally given back in 1878 finds its way into the
hands and heart of the newest addition to the Hamilton family. The silver bell
earrings are an heirloom blessed by love, and once again the magic of the
holiday combines with the magic of the heart to unite lovers touched by
Destiny.
A Second Chance by Denysé
Bridger
(Historical Western romance)
Blurb: Enroute back
to his home in Montana, Joshua Hamilton is bushwhacked and left for dead. As
stubborn as he is strong, Josh makes his way to the nearest homestead, and meets
Sara Grant. Left alone after travelling to reside with her brother and his wife
only to lose them to illness, Sara nurses Joshua back to health, all the while
trying to deny the tender awakening of love. As the holiday approaches, danger
arrives to threaten the future they haven't even begun to
share.
A Christmas for
Beginnings by Brigit Aine
(Contemporary erotic)
Blurb: Stephanie is
worried that starting over, by moving to Wyoming to work for a guy she's never
even talked to, might be a bit extreme. Cole doesn't know what to expect from
his new cook, but he hopes to take some of the work load off his mom. Together,
they learn that fate is at work, and with a little Christmas Magick, all will be
well.
And, for the Facebook fans, I'm
writing a novel with a partner - but doing it in a group as a "live" project. If
you'd like to watch it unfold and interact with the characters, please join us
here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NewYorkMinutes/
Last bit of news for this month is
also very good. As some of you know, I had a short novella published with Noble
Romance a few years back, but only the one title was ever submitted to them.
I've recently renewed my relationship with Noble, and I am hoping that my first
new novel of the year will be contracted with them over the next month or so. My
goal this year has been to focus on novels - I have three planned, with a
possible fourth outlined and waiting. There will be fewer releases this year,
but I hope most of them will be longer and better books that everyone will
enjoy. I've also signed on to be part of a special new line with Ellora's Cave,
and that story is tentatively being called "Spice and Gypsy Magic" and promises
to be a lot of fun! I've also been commissioned by XoXo Publishing to write a
story called Jackpot City which will be part of a very special sponsorship
project - so if you like a little James Bond thriller, you will probably love
this novella, as well!! More details soon!
May your days be Blessed with happy hearts
and fulfilled dreams - today and always. See you again soon - and thank you all
for your continued support and interest.
Warmest wishes, always~
Denysé
