Yes, yes, I’ve been reminded that I’ve been very remiss in updating in the blogosphere lately. September and February are the very most craziest of busiest of insanity months in library-landia because that’s when all the professors want me to teach their students to be good researcher monkeys. This means lots of extra hours prepping class and lecture notes.

Do you care? Probably not. If you’re here, you want a new blog post and my craziness is only interesting if I’m posting about it.

Imagine me sticking my tongue out at you.

All right then. Now that we have that out of the way…

Stuff that’s up with me:

1) I started a new short story. The sequel to If You Believe (which releases next week from Samhain) currently called Believe In Me, and this is Jericho’s story, for those who buy IYB next week. Mason’s story is third. That’s all I have planned in the series so far, but my evil editor has her sick and malicious ways of kicking me into new stories because she loves a series like no other.

2) Rowan Larke and Patti O’Shea help me plotter out another new short story. No idea where I’m sending it or what will happen to it (like when I’ll find magical time in my Schedule o’Doom to write it, but it’ll get done). Stay tuned for more info on that one.

3) I’m making good progress on Every Witch Way, which should release from Kensington in 2011, if all goes to plan. Fingers crossed

I couldn’t agree with this more. Such a pet peeve for me.

Word.

“All Fired Up” by Kristen Painter

Desire can heal the coldest heart—or burn it to ashes.

Alrik Gunn knows from bitter experience that change isn’t always for the better. From the woman who annihilated his Viking clan to the goddess who tricked him into centuries of slavery, betrayal has dogged his existence. The Goddess of Love is going to let him avenge his family, but for a price. As a Phoenix—a merchant of change—he must grant a human woman three chances to change her life.

When former Irish dancer Calleigh McCarthy tosses a carved-bird statue that belonged to her ex into a roaring bonfire, she unwittingly summons an honest-to-god Phoenix. A sexy, irresistible Viking who offers her an unbelievable bonus—three get-out-of-her-crappy-life-free cards. She’ll take it, even if it means guarding her cautious heart against the dark pain behind Alrik’s eyes.

Alrik has vowed never to let love sway him again, but Calleigh’s innocence and kindness throw him off balance. Yet even as his need for revenge fades and his love for her grows, he is bound to let her make her choices without interfering.

One wrongly chosen word, and any chance for happiness—for either of them—will go up in flames.

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