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October Newsletter Winners

10/29/2017

 
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First of all, I'm giving out four copies of DARK SPIRIT because I got a lot of entries this month, and since I have nothing but email addresses, I have no idea where anyone is from, so what I'm going to do is email you the copy of DARK SPIRIT in the format you requested, and will ask you to please let me know when you've received it, so I know you got your prize.

Congratulations, winners, and thank you all for entering!

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Since I last posted, I've learned that the Feral Passions bundle is finally up for pre-order. This is the whole FERAL PASSIONS series, with all three complete books that appeared in the GROWL, WILD, and HUNGER print anthologies with Eve Langlais and AC Arthur.

It's a fun set of stories with a sexy group of werewolves who are desperate to find mates, not an easy thing when you live in a small, rural community in northern California. When they come up with a plan to built a resort and only invite sexy women to come and stay, nothing seems to go as planned. There's some suspense, a little bit of pure, unadulterated terror (I do love a good bad guy) and a whole lot of hot sex

If you click on the cover, it will take you to excerpts of all three books as well as buy links to preorder the bundle. The page is called WOLF GAMES, since that's the original name of the St. Martin's series that encompasses all three authors' books. And yes, I'm just too lazy to change it. This has been a very crazy-busy week, and there's another one starting tomorrow! Damn...

I did get some reading done, and all of the titles are live links that will take you to the author's page for that particular book. Joey W. Hill's VAMPIRE'S SOUL is absolutely amazing. I'm currently re-reading it. Also Nalini Singh's ARCHANGEL'S VIPER, and Elizabeth Hoyt's newest Maiden Lane story, DUKE OF DESIRE. I was also lucky enough to get an ARC of Nalini's newest contemporary romance series, HARD PLAY, called CHERISH HARD. It's coming out November 14, and I am so looking forward to more of these! Love her writing "voice!" All of these are absolutely terrific books, and a big reason why I'm so far behind on Dark Captive. After two weeks of fires and so much smoke in the air we couldn't go outside (and how the firemen do their jobs is hard to imagine, but they are all heroes in my book!) I've taken some time to catch up on my reading along with working on Dark Captive.

Copies of Dark Spirit are going out to the winners in just a few minutes. Please let me know if you get your copy. Winners are (shortened or w/online names) Drkhntrss, Lindal, annpatricia, and jessica m.

Hope all of you are well, that the weather where you live is behaving, and that you find time to read. Don't forget that Wolf Tales 11 Anton, is still available at the reduced preorder price until November 5. It comes out on the 6th.

Be well, 
​Kate

October 2017 Newsletter

10/21/2017

 
Self indulgent Author Pic here, but this is where I'd rather be right now. That's me a few weeks ago at around 4:00 a.m, lying on my back on a picnic bench at Lava Beds National Monument, stargazing. Why, you might ask? Well, because my husband really wanted photos of the stars, but the almost full moon didn't set until around 3:00 a.m. And honestly? It was worth every frozen toe to lie out there beneath starlight and just stare at the heavens.
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We were home for such a short time before the fires hit Sonoma and Napa counties, then moved into Lake County. Another one burned up in Mendocino County. They were terrible, undeniably the worst firestorm this state has ever seen, with financial loss conservatively estimated at over 3 BILLION dollars. Yeah. That's with a B.

Which means it's a really spectacular time to discuss romances. Remember those happy endings? Can we say Kate's done a lot of reading the past couple of weeks? It was the only way to stay sane. Well, that and Doug's totally warped sense of humor. Times like this I am so thankful for the husband who's been beside me now for 46 years. We first got together in October 1971, and it's scary when I think how quickly those years have gone by, but even when things were awful, when we were under an evacuation advisory for over a week, he kept me laughing.

Of course, some of that was him laughing AT me, not with me. Like after we'd packed the car and the motorhome in order to make a quick getaway should an emergency evac be ordered...we went to bed, but neither of us slept all that well, not knowing if we were going to have to leave in the middle of the night. The next morning, we were still here, got up, had coffee, and I decided to get dressed. Only I'd packed ALL my underwear in the "get out of town quick" bags and stashed them in our car. Only I had no idea which bag, so I was out there in my jammies, freezing my ever-lovin' ass off, digging through the frickin' bags at O-dark hundred until I finally found the panty bag. Except the socks were somewhere else. Trust me, the morning didn't get any better.

So, on to better things. Obviously I didn't get a lot of writing done over the past couple of weeks, though enough that Dark Captive is well over half done and moving along faster now that I'm that far along. It's scheduled for an April release. The one that went up for preorder today is Wolf Tales 11, now re-releasing under the upgraded title of WOLF TALES 11 ANTON.
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Dar Albert is the artist--the link with her name will take you to her website, 'WICKED SMART DESIGNS.'

We sent Dar a couple of photos of models that were as close as I could get to the real Anton, and she's pretty damned close. She also did the cover for my other books through Beyond the Page, my agent's assisted self-publishing company that is doing all my Spirit Wild series, among others.

I know a lot of you have read Wolf Tales 11--this one was one of my favorites because I wrote it while Barack Obama was running for president, and I had just realized that his wife Michelle was a ringer for Anton's mate, Keisha Rialto.

In this story, the Chanku are taxed with saving the life of the president and first lady, but the price Anton pays is far beyond what he'd imagined. I found myself rereading the story with a definite sense of nostalgia for the real life president who no longer holds that office.

WOLF TALES 11 ANTON, will be at the presale price of $2.99 until its release on November 6, 2017. On release day, it goes up to $3.99.

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​​original WT 10 cover

I know I said I'm not going to be doing contests, but I decided to give away two copies of Dark Spirit, the first of my indie-pubbed Spirit Wild books, one to a US reader and one to an international reader. Just fill in the contest order form (DO NOT "ENTER" IN THE COMMENTS SECTION. USE THE FORM THAT SAYS CONTEST ENTRY FORM, or you will not be entered.) I don't need a street address, just a working email address and the format you read your ebooks in. I have .mobi, .epub, and .pdf. 

If you want to preorder the book, use the links here as I still need to add them to the books page. I'll announce winners later this week, and I'm going to add some of the books I've been reading when I announce the winners, as I really need to get this up asap.

I hope you're all well, that you haven't been dealing with any huge crisis this past month, though I imagine a large number of you have seen the opposite of wildfires, though every bit as damaging considering all the hurricanes and tropical storms. Please be safe, and if you have the time, find a quiet corner and read a good book. It's the best therapy going. I speak from experience!

Kate
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    I'm a romance author--I really love those happy endings, though I don't mind putting my characters through pure, unadulterated hell before they get there...

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    Contests are back! I'm not totally settled, but really miss giving things away, so ready or not, I'm going to start slow. International entries are welcome, though I will have to limit International winners to ebooks. Postage costs are just too high. Your addresses will not be shared or sold--I respect your privacy. I will only collect addresses if I am giving away print books. I won't be doing that as much because I've got very few print books left in my stash, but I do have other things!

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