Early Bird

Enthrallment, book #4 in the Collective Obsessions Saga, was released by Club Lighthouse Publishing yesterday:

The press release on my web site went as follows:

George Sullivan reunites with his long-lost love Susan O'Reilly. Their daughter Carly enters into an unholy alliance to secure her position as Liam Larkin's wife. As secrets unfold and more madness takes root, Carly plots a twisted scheme to exact revenge on the Larkin family...

Enthrallment is currently available from the Club Lighthouse Publishing web site. The book will be added to Amazon in July 2012.

Enthrallment is Book #4 in the Collective Obsessions Saga, which chronicles the extraordinary loves and obsessions between two families sweeping a span of more than one hundred years, all set against the backdrop of a Gothic seaside mansion in Maine.

Click here to read excerpts from the book.

Enthrallment was scheduled for release on July 1st, but I'm certainly not complaining that it arrived a week early. I know I've said it before, but the thrill of a new book release never gets old. I also like the cover design, which gives a true depiction of the character Carly O'Reilly in the storyline.

For more, visit the Facebook page just launched for Enthrallment.

Anticipation

Enthrallment is just around the bend...

Click here to see a sneak-peek of the final book cover.

Bloodfrost Revealed

Bloodfrost, the first book in the Bloodline Trilogy was released today.

Meet Noel Gatsby in Bloodfrost, whose nightly dreams take her away from the misery of her pain-wracked, disease-riddled body. The dreams become real when she awakens one morning to find herself completely healed. She soon learns her miraculous recovery comes at a price…

The book is available at Amazon (Kindle) and Barnes & Noble (Nook).

I'm beyond excited about the release of Bloodfrost. It was a true labor of love for me, taking nearly seven months from start to finish. I've already received questions about the book title, which is somewhat explained in the Bloodfrost Q & A:

How did you come up with the title for "Bloodfrost"?

Infection thrives on heat. It's the reason why most hospitals and operating rooms are so cold; it lessens the risks of infection. As I began writing "Bloodfrost," before I created the healers, I decided to use frost in the process of Noel's miraculous recovery. As she's being healed, she feels a coolness running through her veins, as if the blood being replaced in her body is ice cold.

To read excerpts from Bloodfrost, click here.

Writing the two sequels is turning out to be quite an adventure as the story develops more diabolic twists and turns. I'm currently in the early stages of Bloodlust, the second novel in the trilogy, which will hopefully see the light of day by December or early 2013.

Trilogy Unveiled

Plans for a new series of books known as the Bloodline Trilogy by yours truly have been announced. The three novels follow the uniquely magical journey of one family through time. Books in the trilogy include Bloodfrost, Bloodlust and Blood & Soul.

Bloodfrost will be released on Tuesday, 12 June 2012. The novel will be available in Kindle and Nook editions.

To read more, click here.

An official web site for the Bloodline Trilogy was also launched today. To visit the new site, click here.

I began writing Bloodfrost last November, inspired by personal events as well as fanciful dreams. Who wouldn't like to awaken to discover all their physical ailments gone in one fell swoop?

However, life is never that easy, is it? My character soon learns there is a heavy price to pay for her sudden good fortune, which will come back to haunt her in the many years to come.

Typo Time

Proofing copy of the first book in my upcoming but as-yet-unnamed trilogy:

It's not as bad as it looks! I'm not a natural typist - my thumbs always seem to get in the way – so typos are a given. Most of the errors are silly but simple (form instead of from; sued instead of used, etc).

Lucky for me, the fixes have been minor so far.

By the way, look for an official announcement about my new trilogy next week…

Books Buzz

I just received word from my publisher that Enthrallment, book four in the Collective Obsessions Saga, will be released in late June or early July. I wasn't expecting the novel to come out until August or September, so I'm very happy about the early release date.

I also have tentative plans to release the first book in my upcoming but as-yet-unnamed trilogy (unrelated to Collective Obsessions) on June 30th, so my summer is turning out to be very busy indeed!

Pen Stroke @ Noon

With the stroke of a pen (or is it keyboard?), the first book in my upcoming but as-yet-unnamed trilogy was completed around noon today. I started writing the book off-and-on last November, so it took me about six months to finish.

I'm not sure how to describe what finishing a book feels like, only that it's a mixture of relief, sadness and accomplishment with lots of surprise thrown in. It's similar to disbelief and happy elation (copping the phrase "I did it!"), accompanied by utter amazement that I was able to pull it off again. Plotting a storyline and writing a book to the very end is not something I ever take lightly or for granted. As I've learned the hard way, creative spurts are known to vanish into thin air without a moment's notice and when you least expect it.

Now comes the fun part – editing not just once but several times over - and then again and again if necessary. The book came to 140 pages (77,082 words), which is one of my shortest works when compared with the others. As I've said before, I prefer reading and writing long novels, so writing book one in the new trilogy was rather a first for me. Fun, but still a first. However, it works for the storyline. The end leaves off well, allowing me to blend into the second book in the trilogy rather seamlessly. At the moment, my loose time frame puts the finish of the second novel around Halloween.

As soon as I've finished editing, I'll give over more details about the new trilogy. I'm eyeing a release date of June 30th for the first book in Kindle and Nook formats, but making no promises.