What Order Should I Read the Books?

I did something sensible on my website today: I created a page listing the oh-so-many series I write, and within these, the order in which the books should be read. Hallelujah! Nothing frustrates me more as a reader than not knowing which is book 1, book 2, etc.

So I decided to make my own crystal clear:

http://www.jennifersromances.com/NewSite/seriesorder.html

If you have questions, let me know. I'll make adjustments to the page as necessary. I plan to do another for my Allyson James site (which will be the same, but the Allyson James books will be at the top).

Giving away Hot for the Holidays at Romance Crush Junkies

I'm being featured at Romance Crush Junkies this week: http://erjunkiesreviews.blogspot.com/, and giving away a copy of Hot for the Holidays. They've done an interview in which I talk about all kinds of things, like chocolate, guitarists, and what I'm writing under all my pseudonyms (and why). Stop by if you can!

Madness of Lord Ian in Hardback

The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie is now available in hardback at the Rhapsody and Doubleday book clubs for about $13.

Link:

http://www.rhapsodybookclub.com/pages/nm/product/productDetail.jsp?skuId=1049535682

Doubleday link:
http://www.doubledaybookclub.com/pages/nm/product/productDetail.jsp?skuId=1049535690

I'm going to buy one for my mom so she can put it on her special shelf. (My mom's equivalent of hanging my stuff on the refrigerator. :-)

Interviewing Nalini Singh

Please join me over at The Chatelaines (http://www.thechatelaines.blogspot.com) for an interview with the incomparable Nalini Singh (we're giving away a book, of course). :-)

Shopping Early for Book 2 in Lord Ian series

I saw this morning that Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage is up for pre-order on Amazon. It's out next July--I call that stocking up early! :-)

No cover yet, but link is here:

http://www.amazon.com/Isabellas-Scandalous-Marriage-Jennifer-Ashley/dp/0425235459/ref=sr_1_25?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257097942&sr=1-25

Or click here if that doesn't work

It's also at Good Reads for Good Reads folks:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7070067-lady-isabella-s-scandalous-marriage

Exciting!!

Updates

I finished and submitted the manuscript of Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage, where it now awaits my editor's eyes. We're working on the cover, and I've seen the back blurb which I like (not the art yet; that will be a month or so).

That book will be published by Berkley Sensation in July 2010. More (blurbs, cover, excerpts) as we go!

I have added a bunch of information about the upcoming Pride Mates book, which introduces a new series (another one, can you stand it?), which will come out in Feb. 2010. Click here to go to the series page and read about Shifters, along with a message by my hero, Liam.

What's next? I'm currently working on a couple of things in my Allyson James manifestation (book 2 of Stormwalker, and an erotic novella for a Heat anthology), plus Lord Cameron's story as Jennifer Ashley.

So much to do! Take care.

Happy Official Release Day!

Today is official release day of two books for me:

A Christmas Ball anthology ("The Longest Night," by Jennifer Ashley)

Read an Excerpt here:
http://www.jennifersromances.com/NewSite/Books/ChristmasBall.html

and



Hot for the Holidays ("A Little Night Magic," by Allyson James)

Read an Excerpt here:
http://www.allysonjames.com/alittlenightmagicexcerpt.html

Ready for Christmas??

(OK, I'm so not! But maybe the stories will put you in the mood!)

Updates

Ah, I love finishing things. I just typed THE END on Mac and Isabella's story. It's just the draft--will be tearing it apart and putting it back together in a couple of days, but for now, Ahhhhh. (I love Mac, though; am looking forward to the second draft with him.)

I updated my website with some new stuff:

Freebies (I have goodies sitting in my house--might as well give them away!)

New covers/links/excerpts on my Coming Soon page

New excerpt for A Christmas Ball (out first of Oct.)

New contact info for snail mail--sending cards through my publisher takes forever (it could be months before they send them along to me).

I have much more to write, but it's nice to relax for half an hour!!

Autistic/Asperger's characters

Inspector Lewis Sunday night (on PBS), featured a character, an Oxford student, who had Asperger's. The character reminded me very much of Ian Mackenzie! He never looked straight into anyone's eyes, he knew what time he arrived anywhere to the exact minute and how long he stayed, was an artist who could draw anyone rapidly after a quick glance, he knew the social things he was "supposed" to do, but didn't really understand or much care why, and he was the master of the nonsequiter. The actor who portrayed him did a wonderful job. The character gets a lot of air time, and it was a good mystery.

You can watch the show online until September 13:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/lewis/watch.html

Ooooo, Pride Mates

...is up for preorder on Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0843960051/ref=nosim/speculativefic051-20

Click here if that doesn't work.

They don't have the pretty cover, but it looks like this here picture. Pub date is Feb. 2010!!



More about the book on my Coming Soon page: http://www.jennifersromances.com/NewSite/comingsoon.html
Plus I'll be updating my page soon with all kinds of cool info about the series.