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Update: November 14, 2011
A new short story has been added to the Freebies section. Enjoy!
Update: November 1, 2011
Happy November! Just to let you know, we've added a couple of deleted scenes from Hunt the Moon to the freebies tab. Enjoy!
Update: October 29, 2011
Just
added a new thing to the website, under the Freebies tab above: deleted
scenes from the novels. Up right now is an unused chapter from Death's Mistress,
the second Dorina Basarab book. If you haven't read the book, it
won't make much sense to you (and would be pretty spoileriffic.)
But if you read and liked the book, it might give you a
chuckle.
Update: October 22, 2011
Our Halloween contest has ended and we have winners! Check them out (and see all the other amazing entries) on the Contests tab above.
Update: October 9, 2011:
We've been getting in some awesome entries for the Halloween contest this year. Most
are for the text part of the competition, but some very talented people
have sent in some great manips, too. Want a sneek peek? To
check out some of the early entries, just go to our Facebook page
(the link is above.)
Update: September 24, 2011:
A new Q&A has been posted on Facebook, #18. To access it, or any of the previous ones, just hit the link above. To ask a question, please message us through FB or drop us a line at KarenChance@hotmail.com.
Update: September 22, 2011:
Our 2011 Halloween contest has been posted to the Contests link above. Have fun and good luck!
Update: September 10, 2011:
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Under the heading of interesting trivia connected to the books comes this:
The
woman to the left is Lady Macbeth, as portrayed by Ellen Terry at
the Lyceum Theatre in London in 1888. She's wearing the famous
beetle gown, decorated with 1,000 beetle wings from the jewel beetle
(which has naturally irridescent, jewel-like wings). They and the
dress can be seen closeup in the photos below, which show it being
restored to its original condition. It wowed the crowds and critics
alike at the time. Oscar Wilde commented about Terry arriving at
the theatre by saying: "The street
that on a wet and dreary morning has vouchsafed the vision of Lady
Macbeth in full regalia magnificently seated in a four-wheeler can
never again be as other streets."
Read more about the dress, and its restoration, here or here. |
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Left: A close up of the "jewels" on the dress.
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Update: September 9, 2011:
We've been doing a little sprucing up around here lately. A few of the changes:
1) A new timeline has been added to the Books page, for those who requested it.
2) Some interview links are now available on the Author page.
3)
The complete 78 card Dante's tarot deck can now be downloaded as
a zip file. See the Clairvoyant Corner tab for the link.
Update: September 1, 2011
Robert Hafer, who correctly identified Ealdris as a lamia, is the winner in our audio contest. Congrats, Robert!
Update: August 20, 2011
A new contest has just been posted on the Contests link. Enter to win a copy of Hunt the Moon on audio!
Update: August 8, 2011
We just received word, Fury's Kiss,
the third Dorina Basarab novel, will be published in July 2012!
We also hope to have another Cassie book out that year; more on
that as info becomes available.
Update: August 7, 2011
The ebook for "A Family Affair" is now available for download. The link is on the freebies page.
Update: August 6, 2011
A
free novella, "A Family Affair" is now available on the freebies page!
Hope you enjoy (and feel like your
patience was rewarded)! By the way, the Smashwords edition will be up soon, for those who prefer an ebook.
Update: June 25, 2011
We have winners in our Chicks Kick Butt contest! Congrats to Michelle Fishman-Cross and Joanne Owen!
Update: June 22, 2011
We just received word that Hunt the Moon
held the New York Times bestseller list for a second week! To say
a big thank you to everyone who helped make this possible, we're
holding a contest forChicks Kick Butt,
our latest anthology. There's two copies up for grabs this time, so the
odds have never been better! Just check out the Contests page for
info, and good luck!
Update: June 20, 2011
The
fantastically talented Leanne Dormody wrote a song for us! We're
so excited! It's based on the Cassie Palmer series, and is
absolutely beautiful. She explains that she wrote it
after reading the chapter in Embrace the Night "where Cassie first sees Mircea on the bed
and he looks deathly, which is when she vows to make sure the spell would be
broken between them." Leanne was kind enough to allow us to share it with all of you. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did!
LYRICS:
I still hear your voice,
calling from afar,
reminds me to touch
the dark.
Silenced by the fear,
of all left behind.
Gives me time to
embrace the night.
I will not be tied.
I will break this bind.
You
have on me (tonight)
Right there when I saw you
I swore up above, I
would not give up cause I,
Knew right then that you were,
The only reason
I was still in this world.
(Instrumental)
[Fading away]
I still
hear your voice,
calling from afar,
reminds me to touch the
dark.
Update: June 17, 2011
Some
people have asked about the inspiration for Mircea's court in
Washington State. Here are a few photos of the house designed for the
Woody Allen movie Sleeper. It has the right look for the ballroom portion, at least...
...although Mircea's house is set into the side of a mountain...
...in the Cascades...
at night.
Update: June 16, 2011
Publisher's Weekly has just listed Hunt the Moon as #12 on their mass market bestseller's list. Go, Cassie!
Update: June 15, 2011
We just received word that Hunt the Moon is #11 on the New York Times bestseller list for the week of June 11th! It's also a starred entry, meaning it had virtually the same sales as #10!
Hunt the Moon is also #35 on the “Print Hardcover & Paperback (Combined) List”—this is one of the new lists the NYT has, that combines fiction in all formats (hardcover and paperback) and lists them by sales rankings.
Big, sloppy gargoyle kisses to everyone who helped make this possible!!
Update: June 13, 2011
A contest for our last copy of Chicks Kick Butt is now up on the Contests page. Only lasts 48 hours, so get your entry in soon!
Update:
We have a winner! Congrats to Sophie Ren, one of only four people
who guessed that Pritkin is a Conan Doyle fan. Your book is on
the way, Sophie. And for anyone who did not win, look for more
contests to be announced soon!
Update: June 5, 2011
Two awesome new reviews of Hunt the Moon:
All Things Urban Fantasy gave it five "bats" (Near Perfect--Buy two copies, one for you and one for a friend) and said: "I am as surprised as anyone to have book five of a series stand me on my head
and dazzle me, and even more so as I realize I could pick up HUNT THE
MOON and these characters would do it again and again and again." Read the whole review here.
SFRevu said "This isn't just urban fantasy – it's storytelling at its best." Read the whole review here.
Update: June 4, 2011
Update: June 3, 2011
We have more winners! This time, for our newsletter-only Chicks Kick Butt contest. Congrats to Mike Fajardo, Valerie Pattwell and Nikki Shonoiki. Please send us your snail mail addresses so we can get your prizes out to you.
Update: June 1, 2011
Romantic Times Book Reviews gave Hunt the Moon
4 1/2 stars! That is big, because none of us have ever actually
seen them give out 5, so that's about as good as it gets. Anyway, we'll
take it! They had this to say: "After defeating a god, you would think
a girl could get a little R&R, but that is not in the cards for
Pythia Cassie Palmer. There is never a dull moment in a Chance novel,
as the action speeds from high-stakes action to death-defying exploits
guaranteed to keep readers breathless. The evolution reluctant heroine
Cassie undertakes as she begins to embrace her powers has been a
roller-coaster ride. Here’s to plenty more adventures!"
Update: May 19, 2011
We
have a winner! (Or, actually, a group of them). Congrats to the winners of our web page contest:
Gabidullina Roxana
Stephanie Harvey
Lisa L Wynn
Paula Rome
Βίκυ Βακουφτσή
Please send us
your snail mail info so we can get your prizes out to you.
Any unclaimed copies will be reawarded on May 31, so don't
dawdle! And thanks for playing!
If you didn't win, don't worry. We're giving away more copies of Hunt the Moon each week until June 7. Check the Contests link above for more info, and good luck!
Update: May 18, 2011
Touch the Dark
has just been released in Russian--and it's in hardback, baby, yeah!
Probably the only time we'll ever see one of our books in hardback, and
it has us ridiculously pleased. Tell us what you think of the
cover on Facebook.
Update: May 11, 2011
Hunt the Moon has a
trailer! Check it out on the Books page or head on over to Facebook and give us your opinion.
Update: May 7, 2011
The Hunt the Moon
trailer is almost ready to go, and we couldn't love it more!
A
big thank you to everyone who was kind enough to help out, especially
to those who donated their time and considerable talents:
Anne
Judson-Yager (Artemis)
Chad
Strawn (Pritkin)
Heidi
Feldman (Cassie/Director)
Scott
Burn (Mircea)
Edgar
Arreola (Makeup Artist/Hair)
Vera
Kapadia (Asst. Makeup Artist)
Thank you all so very much!
The product of their hard work
will debut here next week, along with some other fun surprises in the weeks ahead as we
gear up for Hunt the
Moon!
Update:
April 7, 2011
We
have a Facebook page! Yes, we have joined the madness.
If
you're on Facebook and you'd like to help with a project we're
doing (more on this later), give
us a "Like". But please do not Poke the gargoyles.
They
tend to get snarly.
Update: November 4, 2010
Hunt the Moon,
the fifth Cassie Palmer novel, has a cover! Penguin has a
reputation in the industry for some of the most attractive,
eye-catching covers, and we think it's well deserved. How
about
you?
Update: October 3, 2010
Two
new character images are now available online. Louis-Cesare's
portrait is
up in the gallery and another Pritkin portrait is available on the
short stories page.
Update: October 1, 2010
The Mammoth Anthology of Paranormal
Romance 2 is due out October 12 with
a bunch of great fantasy shorts. Our story, "The Gauntlet,"
is a
companion piece to "The Queen's Witch," and will be available
here
for free once the book is out. But in the meantime, we
wanted to show you a preview of Ida's beautiful
cover.
Check back on the 12th for the story itself, and enjoy!
Update: September 20, 2010
Congrats to Molly Wyatt, Marissa
Burt, Beth Neal and E.A. McCora, the winners of the audiobooks for Death's Mistress.
Please send us your snail mail info and we'll get those right
out to you.
Update: September 19, 2010
Four audio books for Death's Mistress are
up for grabs. First come, first served. You want
one? Give us a yell before they're all gone.
Update: September 2, 2010
Sample chapters of Hunt the Moon, the
fifth Cassie Palmer novel, are available on the Books page, or click here.
Update: August 13, 2010
Congrats
to Melody Stone, Derek Pohl, Elizabeth Cerna and Sharon Stogner, the
winners of our audiobook contest. Just send in your
snail
mail address and we'll get your prizes right out to you.
Enjoy!
Update: August 12, 2010
New audio books just in, this
time for Midnight's
Daughter. They go to the first four people to
write in and let us know you'd like one.
Update: August 11, 2010
Congrats to Ida Larsen, the
talented artist doing the short story covers and the
character
portraits for the gallery. One of the gallery images was just
featured in a
British
photoshop magazine as an example of great technique. Way to
go,
Ida! If you'd like to see more of her work, you
can visit
her on the web here.
Update: July 10, 2010
Congrats
to the winners in our audio giveaway: Mairead Jones, Sandra
Dias,
Roksana Gabidullina and Katrina Player. Ladies, please send
in
your snail mail info if you haven't already done so. If
anyone
fails to claim their prize, it will go to the next name on the
list. Thanks to everyone who entered.
Update: July 9, 2010
We just received author's copies
of the audio version of Curse
the Dawn. They'll go to the first four people
who write in and tell us they want one.
Update: June 30, 2010
The
date for Cassie Palmer #5 has been set: June 2011! Yes, it's
a
long time off, but we're happy to finally have a pub date.
More
info will be posted as we receive it. And yes, for those who
have
asked, another Dory book is in the works as well.
Update: June 29, 2010
We received a note today that
may be of interest to those with friends or family with disabilities:
Hello,
Karen Chance.
I
saw the blurb on your website from
a while back saying that your books are being put into audio and that
you were
pleased because the sight impaired could now read them.
I
am a volunteer for Bookshare, an
organization that makes books available to individuals with verifiable
print
disabilities, and most of your books are in the collection. A
friend and
I are currently working on Death's Mistress and it should be added soon.
The
books from Bookshare can be read
via Braille, audio, or on the computer. For more information,
please
visit www.bookshare.org.
Thank
you for writing such enjoyable
books.
Christina
We
regularly get, and turn down, offers to advertise on the site (hey,
it's tacky enough). The only ads, if you can call them that, are the
bookshops listed on the Books page, and they don't pay to be there.
They're simply people with small businesses who have helped
get
the word out about the series since day one, and it's our way of saying
thanks.
We're also not being paid to flog Bookshare, in
case anyone is wondering. But we checked them out and they
seem
legit. They're a nonprofit organization which receives free
copies of books and periodicals from publishers, and then transfers
them into formats usable by those with impairments that make reading
difficult. The service is free for students
and charges a
small fee ($25.00 set up and then $50.00 per year) for adults. Sounds
like a decent deal if you know of someone who likes to read but is
having trouble finding books in a usable format.
Update: June 9, 2010
A
new portrait of Mircea is now available in the gallery. The
first
image can still be seen in the short stories section.
Update: May 25, 2010
Dorina's
portrait is now available on the gallery page. It was done to
fit
a short story that will be appearing in an anthology next year.
We think it looks very Dory!
Update: May 14, 2010
The ebook version of "The
Queen's Witch" is now available on Smashwords. Just
follow the link on the short stories page.
Update: May 13, 2010
"The
Queen's Witch" is a short story featuring Kit Marlowe which is now
available on the freebies page. As
soon as possible, I will have it converted and available on Smashwords
as an ebook. Enjoy!
Update: March 15, 2010
We've just found out that Curse the Dawn
and the first two Dory books will be recorded by Tantor media as audio
books! This is something we'd hoped for, because some of our
readers are sight impaired and have no other way to keep up with the
series. Happily, it looks like the audio versions may be available as
early as this summer.
Update: February 22, 2010
We
just found out that the Cassandra Palmer and Dorina Basarab
series
have been sold to Eksmo publishing to be translated into Russian.
That makes nine languages total for the series!
Update: January 20, 2010
We've just been informed that Death's Mistress is
#25 on the New York
Times' bestseller list for January 31, 2010. You
go, Dory!
Update:
January 15, 2010
We're happy to report that Death's Mistress
made it to #135 on the USA
Today bestseller's list, and to #15 on the Publisher's Weekly
list. Thank you to all who have
supported Dory's series!
Update:
January 13, 2010
Great news! We just
found out that Death's
Mistress is #14 on the New York Times
mass market bestseller's list for January 24, 2010! This is
the
first time a Dory book has hit the top fifteen, so we're all
celebrating around here. Also, our anthology Inked
made the extended list at # 34. A big thank you to everyone
who
made this possible, and we really hope you are enjoying the books.
Update: December 31, 2009
The Inked contest has
ended and the winner's names have been posted on the contest page.
Congrats to all, and happy 2010!
Update: November 20, 2009
In
really cool news, we're happy to report that BOTH Death's Mistress,
the
second Dory Basarab book, and Inked,
our anthology with lovely ladies Marjorie M. Liu, Yasmine Galenorn and
Eileen Wilks, received 4 1/2 stars from Romantic Times magazine!
That's actually a bigger deal than it probably sounds: we're sure that Romantic Times
has given out five star reviews before, but we've never actually seen
one of the elusive creatures. Ever. So this is about as good as it
gets. Here's hoping that everyone out there enjoys them as
much!
Also, for anyone who didn't catch it, the second sample chapter of Death's Mistress
was posted on schedule. But the link is at the bottom of
chapter
one, and judging by the emails we've been getting, it may not have been
too obvious. But it's there--we swear.
Update: August 8, 2009
A sample chapter of Death's Mistress is
up on the Books page. Another will be posted next month.
Also, we're happy to report that Touch the Dark
will be translated into Turkish. The rights have recently
been
acquired by Pegasus Yayincilik TIC and the translation will be
published in 2010.
Update: July 13, 2009
The
cover art for Inked is just in and we love it!
The first chapter of our
novella, "Skin Deep", can now be read on the Books page.
In other news, Curse
the Dawn will soon appear in German and Mandarin,
and Touch the Dark
has been licensed for translation into Hungarian!
Update: June 11, 2009
We've just found out that Touch the Dark
will soon be available in Italian. The rights have been sold
to
Fanucci Editore and the translation will appear on the shelves within
the next two years. That makes seven languages for
Cassie: English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin
and
now Italian!
Also, our novella for the Inked
anthology due out next year has been finished and approved.
It's
called "Skin Deep" and came in at a whopping 40,000 words! It
follows the adventures of Lia, the half-werewolf war mage from our
previous short stories "Rogue Elements" (in the Wolfesbane and Mistletoe
anthology published last October) and "Vegas Odds" (in the Strange Brew
anthology coming out July 7). The first chapter of "Skin
Deep"
will be posted to the Books page in July, so watch this space.
Update: April 15, 2009
We're thrilled (and extremely
surprised) to announce that Curse
the Dawn
debuted at #7 on the April 26, 2009 New York Times Bestseller list!
It also hit #110 on the USAToday list! All
we can say
is a huge thank you to everyone who helped to make this
possible. We couldn't have done it without the fans
who believe in this series and love the characters as
much as
we do. Thank
you so very much!
On
a related note, the Cassandra Palmer series is being published in
France by Bragelonne Editions. Touch the Dark should
appear
in 2010, with the others following shortly thereafter.
Update: April 12, 2009
We've
been asked if there are plans for a fifth Cassandra Palmer
novel. The answer is yes. As soon as a definite
date is set,
we'll be sure to post it here.
Don't forget to look for "Vegas Odds", our short story in the
Strange Brew
anthology this summer, and the second Dory book, Death's Mistress,
on January 5, 2010.
Also, a big thank you to everyone who bought Curse the Dawn. It
took ten long months to complete, and was easily the most
labor intensive book we've ever done. It's also our favorite
and
it's wonderful to finally have it on the shelves. We
just hope you have as much fun with it as we did!
Update: March 26, 2009
Great news! Touch the Dark and
Claimed by
Shadow
are going to be brought out in Portuguese by Edicoes Gailivro in
Portugal. The tentative publishing date is 2010.
Update: January 28, 2009
Curse
the Dawn has a trailer. Visit the Books link above
to get a
preview of the most exciting Cassie Palmer yet!
Update:
January 26, 2009
We've just learned that Midnight's Daughter, the
first Dory Basarab novel, has been picked up for publication in German
by Piper
Verlag. On that same note, the sequel, Death's Mistress,
has a cover! Well, a preliminary one, anyway. We love it--what do you think?
Update:
November 21, 2008
Great news--We just learned that
Embrace the
Night and Midnight's
Daughter will be
brought out in Spanish by La Factoria de Ideas, the same
publisher
who licensed the rights to Touch
the
Dark and Claimed
by Shadow.
Update: November 6, 2008
"The Day
of the
Dead" short story is now available online for free.
Go to
the Books page, or just click here.
Update: October 31, 2008
The first two chapters of the
fourth
Cassandra Palmer novel, Curse
the
Dawn, are up on the Books page.
Update: October 30, 2008
We just received some very good
news.
It looks like there will be a sequel to Midnight's Daughter,
called Death's Mistress.
It should
appear around this time next year. More on this when we have
a
definite date. What a
great Halloween present!
Update: October 25, 2008
Thanks to everyone who made Midnight's Daughter
a New York Times
extended list (#26)
and a USA Today
(#117)
bestseller!
Update: October 14, 2008
The trailer for Midnight's Daughter
is now up on
the Books page. Enjoy!
Update: September 29, 2008
Ever
want to read an anthology story but didn't really want to buy the
entire book? Yeah, us, too. So we were intrigued by
Penguin's newest thing, e-Specials. They've decided to offer
certain novellas and short stories as individual purchases.
One
of these is our novella "Buying Trouble", originally published in the On the Prowl
anthology last
year. It is a nice companion piece to Midnight's Daughter
and, at $2.99,
it won't break the bank. If you're interested and have an e-reader (Mobi
/Kindle, Sony, Adobe,
Palm,
or MSReader)
you can take advantage of the new e-edition.
It will be available
on 10/14 through
Sony, Amazon, Mobi, or at www.penguin.com.
We have a very limited supply of Midnight's
Daughter
magnets free to anyone who wants one. Just send us your snail
mail address. But don't wait too long; we expect to run out
soon.
Update: September 24, 2008
We
just learned that the Cassandra Palmer series will be published in
Chinese! King-In Publishing in Taiwan will be bringing it out
within the next 18 months. Now, if only we could read the
translation!
Update:
August 26, 2008
New
cover art just in! Curse
the Dawn has a cover, and we couldn't be happier.
Like the
book, it's
tough, gritty and a little bit quirky.
Update: May 31, 2008
A new contest for summer has
been added to the contest page. Have fun, and have a great
summer!
Update: May 22, 2008
We are happy to report that
the fourth Cassandra Palmer book will be entitled Curse the Dawn.
A tentative publication date of April 2009 has been set.
Update: May
21, 2008
Lots
of news this month:
Embrace the
Night stayed on the NYT and USA Today bestseller lists for
three weeks! Thanks again to all who made that possible.
Tantor Media
will be
offering the first three Cassandra Palmer books on audio!
We're
very excited about this, since it is the first time any of our work has
been recorded. We don't have a release date yet, but will let
you
know as soon as we do.
Claimed by Shadow
has sold to La
Factoria de Ideas S. L. and will shortly be translated into Spanish.
Likewise, the Dorina Basarab novels have been picked up for
publication in the UK, Australia and New Zealand by Penguin UK.
The review contest recently ended. A big thank you to all who
took the time to write a review of ETN. It's sometimes
difficult
to put into words just what worked/didn't work for you about a novel,
and we really appreciate those of you who made the attempt. A
random drawing was held of all entrants and we have a winner: Alina D.,
please contact us with your snail mail address and your preferred prize
(ipod Nano or iTunes gift card). And if the former, please specify
color.
Update:
April 9, 2008
We're very pleased (and even
more surprised) to announce that Embrace
the Night is #6 on the New
York Times
bestseller list for April 20, 2008! You know what, let's bold
that: Embrace the Night
is #6!!! Huge
thank yous to everyone who helped make this possible. We love
the
series and we're so happy and grateful that you do, too. No cute little
comments this time, just honestly--thanks so very, very much.
Update: April
5, 2008
We've
had a lot of people ask, so thought we'd mention that, yes, there is
another Cassie Palmer novel in the works. The tentaive
publication date is April 2009. More information will be
posted
here as soon as we get things a bit more nailed down. And a
big
thank you to everyone who made Embrace
the Night, the third Cassie Palmer novel, a USA Today
bestseller for week ending March 30!
Update: April 3, 2008
Hey, Herself is guest blogging
over at Penguin
this week to celebrate the publication of Embrace the Night.
Some of the content will be familiar to regular readers here,
but
a good bit is new stuff, too. Check it out if you get a chance!
Update: March 20, 2008
A
new newsletter just went out containing the names of our recent contest
winners. If you didn't receive one, check out the online version above
and see if you won!
Update: March 2, 2008
A new, live-action version of
the Embrace the Night
trailer is up on the books page, or you can watch it here.
Update:
February 15,
2008
New cover art just in! We're thrilled with the cover
for Midnight's Daughter,
the first Dorina Basarab novel, which will hit the stands
in October 2008. We think the gritty, urban feel of
it
really represents the tone of the story. Check it out!
We also recently received the
cover for Wolfesbane
and Mistletoe,
the Christmas anthology that includes our story "Rogue
Elements."
As usual with Charlaine Harris's covers, it has a quirky,
funky
feel we really like. Check it out below. A
description of
our story has also been added to the Books page.
Update:
January 22,
2008
It
always happens: we put out a newsletter and then we get more news.
The Cassie Palmer series has been picked up for publication
in
German by Piper Verlag! No
news about publication dates
yet, but we'll keep you informed. Glückliches neues Jahr!
Update:
January 19,
2008
The
short
story "Rogue Elements" has been accepted for the Toni L. P.
Kelner/Charlaine Harris anthology Wolfsbane
and Mistletoe, to be published in October 2008.
Other authors participating include Donna Andrews, Keri
Arthur, Patricia Briggs, Dana
Cameron, Alan Gordon, Simon
Green, Toni
Kelner, J.A. Konrath, Nancy Pickard, Kat Richardson, Dana Stabenow, Rob Thurman and Carrie
Vaughn. The
anthology is all about werewolves and Christmas (what a
combo!) and should be fun.
Another short story, "The Day of the Dead" featuring
Tomas, will be published in the Mammoth
Vampire
Anthology by UK publishers Constable and Robinson
in July 2008. Keri
Arthur, Jenna
Black, Alysson
James, Caitlin
R. Kiernan, Vicki
Pettersson, Lilith
Saintcrow
and Shiloh
Walker are also on board for that one.
Update:
January 14, 2008
We've
just received word that the Cassie Palmer series has been picked up by
Penguin UK to be published in Great Britain and Australia/New Zealand.
W00t! To celebrate, a graphic novel (aka comic
book)
version of the
first chapter of Embrace
the Night has been posted to the books page, or
you can see it here.
Update: December 7, 2007
What's
that you say? You wish we'd get off our lazy butts and do a
book
trailer? Well, all right then. See it on the Books
link
above, under Embrace the Night.
Update: November 12, 2007
We're pleased to
announce that the Spanish language rights to Touch the Dark have
been sold to La
Factoria de Ideas S. L. That's right. We're
corrupting the world, one language at a time.
Update: October 26, 2007
Scary, isn't he?
Although he
has nothing on the old man.
From our
motley crew to yours, a very spooky Halloween.
Update:
October 21, 2007
Embrace
the Night
bookmarks have arrived! Send us an e-mail if you want one,
and
please remember to include the snail mail address to which you'd like
it mailed. If you've sent us a request in the last couple of
months for promo materials and haven't received them, drop us another
line. Our staff is great with the mayhem, but not so much
with
the filing.
Update: September 20, 2007
Two sample chapters from
the third Cassie Palmer book, Embrace
the Night, have
been added to our new and improved Books page. Check them out
when you get a
chance--we're really excited about this one! A corresponding
new contest is up on the Mailing List page.
Update: August 8, 2007
On
the Prowl is out and our contest winners have been
announced! Please check the Mailing List page to see if your
name
is among the lucky few. If not, don't despair: a new contest
is
on the way! Check back in September for a chance to win
signed
copies of Embrace the
Night,
the third Cassandra Palmer adventure.
Update: May 16, 2007
The third installment of
the
Cassie Palmer series has a name and a new, earlier release
date! Embrace
the Night will be published
in April, 2008. An excerpt will be posted here this
summer.
Watch this space!
Update: April 21, 2007
We're regularly asked
who does the
amazing cover art for our books. It's the fabulous Larry
Rostant. You can visit him and see other examples of his work
here.
Update: April 20, 2007
Well. We hope
you're all
proud of yourselves. Ever since Claimed by
Shadow
somehow landed on the New York Times extended list (#33) and the USA
Today bestseller list (#111) the Author has been even
more
impossible to live with than usual. And believe us, that's
saying
a lot. We've
informed her that the whole thing was undoubtedly a typo, but it hasn't
produced any obvious deflation in the head to body ratio. The
only good thing is that, at the rate things are going, she soon won't
be able to fit through the door of her office, giving us some much
needed rest. Until then, we know who to blame.
Update: April 11, 2007
How to be a literate
bad ass:
One of our Delinquents
sent us
this and we simply had to post it. Thanks for sharing,
Shannon!
Update: April 8, 2007
The sequel to Claimed by Shadow
now has a release
date! Cassie's next adventure will be available in May
2008. Another book in the same universe, Midnight's Daughter,
will also be
out in October 2008. A big thank you to all our readers for
helping to make this series possible!
Update: February 18, 2007
To read two sample
chapters from
our upcoming novel, Midnight's
Daughter, click
here.
Update:
December 1, 2006
To read a sample
chapter from our
novella, "Buying Trouble," click here.
Update: November 3, 2006
The anthology featuring
our
novella, "Buying Trouble", now has a title. On the Prowl will
be released from Berkley in August,
2007.
Trust us, it's hot!
Update: October 31, 2006
Our favorite holiday is
here
again, and in celebration we offer a small gift in the form of the
first two chapters of Claimed
by
Shadow. Just click on the Books link above and
enjoy!
Update: September 29, 2006
The cover art for Claimed by Shadow
is here at
last! We've been biting our talons to the quick in
anticipation,
but it was definitely worth the wait! It is shown on the
Books
link above.
Update: July 31, 2006
Very cool news just in:
we're
going to have a novella called "Buying Trouble" in a collection
including the wonderful Patricia Briggs. It'll be out in
August,
2007, and we'll report on the title and cover art as soon as they're
available. It's going to be one terrific read.
Update: June 6, 2006
Considering the date, we know
that many of
you are out partying like it's the Apocalypse, but we have an
announcement to make anyway:
Touch
the Dark is finally out! To celebrate, we have a
new
contest (which will go online June 7, assuming we're all still here)
after the Author recovers from the hangover she is certain to have
tomorrow.
Dante's first newsletter recently came out with the winners of our last
contest (for really bad supernatural jokes). Wow, did we hit
the
jackpot there! If you would like to receive a copy delivered
to
your mailbox on the few occasions per year we actually get around to
writing one, sign up on the Mailing List page. Thank you, you
may
now resume revelry.
Update: May 10, 2006:
The debut of Touch the Dark is
less than a month
away! Five more reviews have been posted to the Books page
with
more to come soon.
We are pleased to announce that the sequel, Claimed by Shadow,
has been
finished and approved by Roc. Cover art will posted here as
soon
as it becomes available.
For anyone who has yet
to enter our contest, remember that the three
winners will be announced on June 6, so get your names in now.
Update: January 31, 2006:
The first two chapters
of Touch the
Dark are
now up on
the books page. In addition, some new reviews from web sites
with
exquisite taste and discerning judgment have been added.
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