Crystal Jordan :: Blog

So, here it is! I got my cover and release date for my Ellora’s Cave story, Black Opals. It’ll be out October 24th!

Here’s the blurb:

Lorna Malone is having a day from hell. She had a one night stand with her best friend, SWAT officer Tyrone Forrester, and had to sneak out before he woke up. She’s an advertising executive and her wild night is making her run late to a photo shoot for her biggest client—Carraway Jewelers. On the way she stops at a gas station and manages to lock her keys—and a small fortune in black opal and diamond necklaces—in her car. Since there’s no way she can let the car out of her sight, and with her Triple A running late, she has to call Tyrone to come Slim Jim her door.

Tyrone is furious when he finds Lorna left him after their amazing night together. He’s wanted her for years, but he got burned in his last relationship. His ex couldn’t handle his dangerous job, so now he doesn’t do serious, he doesn’t do permanent, and he doesn’t play for keeps. But with Lorna, one taste is all it takes to convince him that he’s met his match—if he can help her see that her luscious curves make her desirable.

While he’s willing to rescue her, it comes with a price. And he’s going to make sure she pays up.

No, really. I did. I had to call RG and M to tell them about it.

I was driving home from the store the other day, stopped at Sonic for some chili cheese fries and an Oreo Sonic Blast (dinner of champions), and then pulled up to a light a couple miles later. I’m just thinking I want to get home so I can dive into my yummy goodness when I looked to my right.

And there he was.

I got a full shot of a glowing white ass before he sat down and scooched around in a purple plastic kiddie pool in his front lawn. Then he leans back as casually as can be, cracks open a beer, and just watches the traffic roll by on that very busy thoroughfare he lives on.

Yep.

A naked man. A purple plastic kiddie pool. A king-sized beer. That’s what I call classy.

I just wish he hadn’t looked right at me as I was digging out my camera to get a picture. Foiled!

Then the light changed, I drove on, and instead pulled out my cell to call people and tell them about the random things that can happen when you’re driving home during broad daylight.

Oh holy… I … um …

It’s shipping from Barnes & Noble. Not Amazon yet. But people can buy it. And read it.

Here.

I’m here to pimp out RG Alexander’s dirty, dirty m/m/f menage story. It’s out from Samhain Publishing today. You WANT this story. No, really. You do. I promise.

Here’s the deets:

Lux in Shadow

Two mates. One sacrifice. It’s a challenge that could save them all…or destroy everything.
Children of the Goddess, Book 2

Because of his own carelessness, Lux Sariel lost his lover at the hands of the shaman Gray Wolf, and put his Trueblood family in grave danger. Now he’s been sent on a mission to find and protect his mortal enemy’s sister.

His companion is Arygon, a sexy Alpha who won’t take no for an answer.

When the two men find Sylvain, a sheltered and innocent beauty with power beyond imagining, passions ignite—and suddenly none of them are certain of the future.

No one but the Goddess.

She has a plan that will change everything for Her children, Were and Vampire alike. A challenge that will fulfill the promise of what this unusual threesome have found together…or destroy them all.

Buy it here!

I’m over at the Novelty Girls talking about fear and the conversation I had with my agent when she called to tell me Kensington just offered me another 3 book deal.

So, yay! New books are forthcoming. I’m really excited!

On my way back from my interview, so I have a quiz for you. What’s your personality at 35,000 feet? I have to say, the bit about foreign languages? Sooooo not true.

Your Personality at 35,000 Says…

Deep down, you vastly prefer being with others to being alone. You love to engage people in conversation. You don’t spend much time thinking about your place in the world. You are who you are – and people can just deal with that! Your gift is having good ears. You are naturally musical, and you pick up foreign languages easily. You are inspired by challenges. If something is hard to accomplish, you want to do it. You are happy as long as you are given some personal space. It’s important for you to have your own private life.

Well, if you read the title of this post, you probably sensed that I’m a woman on the edge. And, man, are you so right!

A few weeks ago, I had a telephone interview with a library in northern California. I wasn’t sure how it went…but they called while I was at Nationals to schedule a follow-up interview and they’re flying me out on Thursday and Friday for an all day interview Friday, plus dinner the night before.

Also while at Nationals, I got an email from a library in southern California saying they wanted a telephone interview. So, during the insanity that was RWA, I had an interview. I was pretty spastic and very sure I’d never hear back from them. Well, they contacted me last week to set up an in-person fly-out interview, too. Which means next weekend (going a bit early to scope out the area and hang with So. Cali friends) and the 25 & 26th, I’ll be at that interview.

While it’s good that these places are interested in me, I’m also trying to prep for the beginning of the semester here (because I have to be ready if neither offer or I don’t like either of them), plus writing the three proposals my agent wants, plus writing another Spice Brief submission, plus getting ready for my first NY release on the 26th (SEXY BEAST is coming! Oh my God, hold me!!), plus having to schedule all these travel plans, plus prepping for the actual all freaking day interviews that academia requires.

I’m a little busy right now.

The last day, Saturday, started with the Samhain breakfast.

Where it turned out, Shelli Steven’s dress was eaten by the escalator.

Karen Erickson saved her from being eaten too. *my hero*

Anna J. Evans took it all in stride.

Shelli wrestles with a ketchup bottle while Laurie Rauch, her editor, goes to town on the yummy breakfast.

Gwen Hayes, Angela James, and Karen Erickson chat it up.

Then I filmed an Author Talk interview with Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe. It’ll be up later this month.

And by the end of the day, we were all wiped, lounging in the bar, and ready to head home.

But there’s always time for one last cleavage shot.