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Hi all! Fabulous news! Hatsept Heat, Vampire Council of Ethics Book 3 is up on the Samhain Publishing coming soon page. To get a look, click here.

I also received the cover for the Pocket Books anthology that will contain Jaguar’s Rule. It’s called DOING IT THE HARD WAY.

I’d love to know what you think.

TJ

I’m blogging over at The Danger Zone today about gorillas in Rwanda.

I’ve done something to my right arm. It’s painful when using the computer, so I’m off to rest and recover. It’s a sunny day today, so I’m thinking I’ll be lazy and sit in the sun for a while. I hope all mothers out there had a wonderful day.

I have a special guest over at my blog today. Jennifer Leeland is talking about the character who refuses to die. She’s also giving away a download of her recent release, Taking Command.

Come on over and say hello. Tell us what makes a character stand out for you.

Shelley

I have two interesting news items from New Zealand for you today. I know there’s lots of talk on the Internet re authors complaining about reviews and reviewers complaining about authors comments about reviews. It seems we’re quite well-behaved as a group compared to the restaurant owners in Auckland. Several top Auckland restaurants were given bad grades in a recent review by Metro. They struck back in an ad with a recipe for “Preparation of Metro Food Critic Testicles”.

Readers were encouraged to take a “very sharp knife, slice through the sort of skinnie muscley stuff that you find surrounding each of the Metro Food Critic Testicles (there should be two testicles, they can be hard to find)”.

And the Metro Food Critic’s comment - The testicles should be served with a side of “Sour Grapes”. You can read the full article here.

The other item of interest, or at least I found it fascinating, was the thawing out of the 490 kg squid at TePapa museum in Wellington. The colossal squid was caught in the Antarctic waters of the Ross Sea in 2007 and was frozen to preserve it. There’s been all sorts of discussion about defrosting the squid, since it’s not as easy as thawing out a packet of sausages. Here’s the photo gallery showing shots of the squid and you can also check out the webcam showing live action of the defrosting.

In writing news, I’ve received a wonderful review for Fancy Free with a Five Angel rating and also a Recommended Read award. Rachel C from Fallen Angel Reviews said, “Ms. Munro gives us hot sex scenes that have your blood heating and your palms sweating. But that’s not all you get with Fancy Free, you also get laughter, emotion and suspense. Ms. Munro has you guessing the whole time, and with the curiosity of what might happen next riding you, you can’t help but turn the pages until you reach the end. This is the second book by Ms. Munro I’ve read and it certainly won’t be the last. Fancy Free offers everything—steamy sex, at times slap stick laughter, nail biting suspense and of course let’s not forget the cast of supporting characters; they alone are worth the price on the cover. Don’t miss this great read.” You can find the entire review here.

And finally, are you a Cold Play fan? From Tuesday 12.15 UK time they’re giving away a free download of their new song - Violet Hill. Here’s the link.

I’m a guest over at Jenyfer Matthew’s blog today. I’m talking about my new release, WANDERLUST and also giving away a download of Playing to Win.
Come over and say hello to go into the draw to win.

I’m also over at Naughty and Spice and Pink Fuzzy Slipper Writers talking about exercise and bottom spread.

I’m hosting the Home Alone partay over at the Samhain Cafe yahoo group. We’re telling SECRETS AND LIES! Come join us. It’s hoppin’ !!

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/samhaincafe/
TJ

Wanderlust is out today from Cerridwen Press. Buy your copy here.

Wanderlust By Shelley Munro

Not many people live their dream, but I’ve been incredibly lucky. I’m Anna Tietjens, and I work as a tour leader for Wanderlust Adventures.

My current tour is through incredible India. It should be a breeze, except my younger sister is joining in New Delhi. Things are not exactly civil between us — a childhood full of upheaval didn’t help — and our parents have insisted she travel with me or not at all. I see fun times ahead. Now my boyfriend has turned up without warning. Don’t get me wrong. I really like Sebastian Brady. The sex is good, spectacular even, but meeting a few times a year is enough. I mean, I’m not looking for love or happy ever after.

But worst of all is the bad luck I’ve been having recently. One of my passengers died in Syria, and now it looks like my co-driver might have to leave the tour. Despite the exotic location, it’s not exactly smooth sailing, and I’m starting to think someone is out to halt the tour…

Adventure into Romance
with Shelley Munro

I had my first ever in life, real, honest to goodness book signing yesterday! It was a hoot! Fellow EC author and friend, Lise Fuller, put the whole shindig together (she’s fabulous, ya’ll!) I also met Cobblestone Press author, Diana Bold, who joined us in creating all kinds of mayhem.

We got together at Beth Anne’s Book Corner in Colorado Springs. I tell you, the independent book stores really have our backs. They simply love for authors to come and hang out at the shops and talk to the patrons. And eat lemon cake…and german chocolate cake. Even the lady from the Baskin Robins ice cream store next door came over bearing goodies.

We even met a guy who makes, yes MAKES by hand, chain mail armor. We got some really good pictures, too. I’ll post ‘em here…as soon as I figure out how to get them off the camera!

I left my house Saturday morning with a big, heavy box full of card decks, book marks and, of course, books, including bunches of copies of CARINIAN’S SEEKER, WILD WINTER and FERAL FASCINATION. When I got home, I carried only 4 books into the house. Sold out of Carinian’s Seeker (no surprise there, boy I love that book) and almost all the others.

Not bad for a first book signing! I hope all the others (which have yet to be scheduled, heh-heh) go just as well.

Pictures coming…and no laughing at my chipmunk cheeks!

TJ

Today I’m guest blogger at The Romance Studio where I’m talking about Wanderlust and Itchy feet.

I’m also appearing at eCataromance’s suspense evening.

And finally, I have a guest at my blog today. Stacia Kane is talking about why she loves to blog and is giving away a prize. Come along and say hello.

Shelley

Fancy Free is out from Ellora’s Cave today. Yay!! I’m so excited to have another Ellora’s Cave release.

To celebrate, I’m guest blogging at Lillian Feisty’s blog where I’m talking about Condoms and the Romance Writer.

I’m also answering Danette’s Fantastic Five questions over at her blog and giving away a download from my backlist.

I hope to see you there.

Shelley