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Hi all,

For the rest of March, I'm putting my contemporary romance, WICKED GAMES, on sale for 99 cents. Here's the link:

And here's the blurb:

Abby Lewis never pictured herself on the survival game show, Endurance Island. She’s just not the ‘survival’ type. But when her boss offers her a spot on the show and the opportunity of a lifetime, she packs her bags and heads to the tropics to be a contestant.

Once in the game, it’s clear that Abby’s in over her head. The game itself is full of competitive, aggressive people, and no one’s more aggressive than sexy, delicious – and arrogant – Dean Woodall. Sure he’s clever, strong, good at challenges, and has a body that makes her mouth water. He also hates Abby just as much as she hates him. That’s fine with Abby; she’ll just ignore the jerk.

But the rules of Endurance Island are working against them. Abby and Dean are teamed up – alone – on the beach. It’s either work together, or go home. Stuck with no one else’s company but their own, they learn they do make a good team after all. And that with just a little bit of kindling, the flames of hate can quickly turn to flames of passion…

This book features enemies, lovers, enemies who become lovers, and lots and lots of tropical heat.

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Right now it's available on Nook and Kindle. If you're international, I'm going to try and get it up on Smashwords this weekend if at all possible, so please be patient with me. :)

Length: 59,000 words

So I said that the next thing to go up on the Kindle/Nook ebooks would be a Succubus Diaries short. I lied, you guys! I forgot about WICKED GAMES, which is another short romance that I'd written. It's a contemporary this time - no dinosaurs, no werewolves, no men in mirrors.

 

Here's the cover (can we just pause to drool for a sec?), and here's the blurb.

Abby Lewis never pictured herself on the survival game show, Endurance Island. She’s just not the ‘survival’ type. But when her boss offers her a spot on the show and the opportunity of a lifetime, she packs her bags and heads to the tropics to be a contestant. Once in the game, though, it’s clear that Abby’s in over her head.

No one’s more competitive than sexy, delicious – and arrogant – Dean Woodall. Sure, he’s clever, strong, good at challenges, and has a body that makes her mouth water. He also hates Abby just as much as she hates him. That’s fine with her; she’ll just ignore the jerk.

But the rules of Endurance Island are working against them. Abby and Dean are teamed up – alone – on the beach. It’s either work together, or go home. Stuck with no one's company but their own, they learn they might just make a good team after all.

And Abby learns that with just a little bit of kindling, the flames of hate can quickly turn to flames of passion…

This book features enemies, lovers, enemies who become lovers, and lots and lots of tropical heat…

 

I realize that this seems like a veritable flood of projects lately! But I assure you that it looks worse than it is. ISLAND HEAT was written for Nanowrimo back in 2006, I think? WICKED GAMES was written about 2.5 years ago. I signed with my agent and told her I was writing a book! A contemporary romance! About a reality TV show and two contestants that fall in love. She wasn't interested in it, but I finished it anyhow and it ended up being a little shorter than your regular romance (it falls a hair under 60k). And it's just kind of sat on my computer for a long time. Ditto MIRRORLIGHT, which was sort of inspired by an old A-Ha video.

 

Anyhow, that's the last one to go up until the end of this month, I believe, when I'm hoping to get up SLAVE TO HER DESIRES (the Succubus Diaries novella with the new characters).  If you read this (or any of my e-book projects), I'm curious to know what you think!

 

 

Thanks to the awesome powers of some truly wonderful critiquers, I got wonderful feedback on how to fix my novella, and spent all weekend tweaking due to their suggestions. The result is now up on Kindle and BN.com for 99 cents.

The description:

When Cora Grames is abandoned in England at a haunted castle, she feels very sorry for herself…until she sees the sexy man in the mirror that only appears to her. And when she finds out that she can touch him, he suddenly becomes more than a fantasy. But how can she fight for a man that doesn’t exist in her time?

This novella (19k) includes a man that might be a ghost, a neighbor that might be a fairy godmother in disguise, and possibly sex involving a mirror.

If you read it, please let me know what you think!

So if you are a member of Pocket After Dark and have not yet read my 1st book, you can totally do so for free right now on the website! GENTLEMEN PREFER SUCCUBI is one of the monthly free reads over on PAD. It costs nothing to join and they offer free reads monthly, as well as sneak peeks of other books. In addition, the more you participate on the PAD site, the more points you win toward actual paper copies of books. It's a pretty neat network, and if you like romance you should check it out (if nothing else, for the free stuff!).
GENTLEMEN PREFER SUCCUBI is available on the main page there. You can't get a download (sorry!) but you can turn the pages and read on the website. I hear it's a good diversion at work. Not that I'd do such a thing, of course...

Whew, it's been a long 11 months since my last release! I thought that it would never get here, and yet it snuck (sneaked?) up on me.

MY FAIR SUCCUBI, book 3 in the Succubus Diaries, has arrived!!! *throws confetti*

Well, technically, it arrives at midnight, but it's showing up in stores everywhere (and has for the past week). For those of you that have followed the series, I hope you'll like the direction things turn in this one. For those of you that have NOT read the series and are looking at picking it up, you can read this one without reading the others. You'll have a more in-depth picture of what's going on with the characters if you DO read them, but you are by no means lost (hopefully) if you start with MY FAIR SUCCUBI.

I've been getting some questions about this book, and I thought I might answer a few while I have you captive.

Is this the LAST book in the Succubus Diaries?

No it is not! My next book is in a different series, but there will definitely be more Succubus Diaries short stories and novels. I will give official dates and news when I have some.

Does the love triangle resolve in this book?

Jackie chooses the man she wants to spend her Afterlife with, yes.

Does that mean someone is leaving the series permanently?

I didn't say that! ;) But things do change in this book, and one or more persons are going to undergo some serious changes that will become evident in book 4.

I've never read your books and I'm not sure I'll like them.

That's cool! Books are so totally subjective and I completely understand if people don't like my writing. If you want to try out my stuff, I have free stories on my website, free downloads on Smashwords and B&N, and free sample chapters just about anywhere you can purchase an ebook.
Where is the first chapter of MY FAIR SUCCUBI?

Right here!

Actually, if you click on 'Browse Inside' on that page, you can read the first sixty-something pages of MY FAIR SUCCUBI totally for free. Ditto on the first two books (yay for my publisher!). I believe you can also read the first 75 pages or so by clicking 'browse inside' on B&N also. Samples are good things.

Will we get another short story like ZANE'S TALE?

Yup yup. I'm mentally percolating it right now, but it's not ready for paper yet. Give me a few months.

Can you talk about what will happen in Book 4?

Not yet. It's a weird, persnickity thing of mine where I don't like to discuss manuscripts until they are stamped, signed, sealed and delivered. I'm one of those people that totally rewrites crap in the 11th hour, so I don't like to toss absolutes out there because everything changes, if that makes sense.

Do I need to buy the books at a particular retailer to help you out?

Hell no. If you buy the book, I am happy. I do not care where. A sale is a sale is a sale, and I have never understood fussing at anyone for buying a book in the wrong time zone or location. You are buying my book, and that is enough for me.

Did you know that MY FAIR SUCCUBI is an incorrect title? It should be MY FAIR SUCCUBUS.

It would be 'succubus' if it was referring only to Jackie, but there are three succubi in book 3, and I feel comfortable with the plural. :)

And that's everything I can think of at the moment. Starting at midnight, it'll be available everywhere. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous! I totally am. With the last release, there were some nerves for me, but few expectations. I feel like there are now expectations - from both publisher and fans - and I hope MY FAIR SUCCUBI meets them. To everyone that has bought a book already, or is about to buy one, I just want to say thank you. You guys are awesome.

Annnnnd since I'm a little stressful ball of anxiety, imma go play some Knights of the Old Republic and see if I can make Carth kiss Revan.

Lots of goodies going on this week!

First of all, if you haven't already seen this, you can read the first chapter of MY FAIR SUCCUBI over at the Simon & Schuster website. Yay!!

MY FAIR SUCCUBI also got a lovely review over at Katiebabs's Babbling About Books review blog, and she mentions some tricksy things that I included in the book...including a new character. :)

I also guested over at Parajunkee yesterday, talking about what a day in the life of Jill looks like. Warning - it's kind of sad and lame. ;)

If you haven't already seen this, there's a giveaway of my books over at Patricia's Vampire Notes and I talk a little bit about the mythology of succubi and how I sorta warped it to make my books work.

And there is a BIG giveaway over at All Things Urban Fantasy today! They're giving away all 3 books (3 sets of them!) so check it out.

TWO WEEKS UNTIL RELEASE DAY!!

*runs around in circles*

If you follow Dear Author, you saw this announcement earlier today - the authors have been selected for the Agony/Ecstasy anthology, and I'm happy to say that my story will be included! Yay! *confetti*

It's not a Succubus Diaries story. Instead, it's a quick, fun romp about a girl who's about to get married and has yet to check one item off of her 'bucket list'. It's on the steamy side, which means you can't read this one, Mom.

It should be a very fun anthology, and I can't wait for it to come out. :) Look for it about this time next year.

It's getting that time again...

Goodreads Book Giveaway

My Fair Succubi (Succubus Diaries, #3) by Jill Myles

My Fair Succubi

by Jill Myles

Giveaway ends December 25, 2010.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

Enter to win

Zane's Tale is now available as a free download on the Nook. For some reason, the cover isn't show up on BN.com (which drives me crazy) but it is absolutely free.

(Now if Amazon would take the hint and mark it as free, I would be a happy camper indeed!)

RT Book Reviews posted their advanced reviews of January books online and I was happy to see that MY FAIR SUCCUBI got 4 stars!

They had this to say about the book:

Jackie is back with her oh-so-difficult life, a hot, sexy, fallen angel boyfriend — and hot, sexy, vampire ex-boyfriend she can’t stop thinking about. Poor Jackie! Myles’ characters are spunky and will make you laugh out loud as she puts them through the wringer. The pages turn quickly, and you’ll be sad when you reach the end of the book.

I am told there should also be an ad in January's issue, so I can't wait to see that. I also got in my bookmarks for book 3 (finally!) but am still deciding what to do with them. They are pretty pretty.

Not much Nano progress this week! I am feeling a bit under the weather and hoping i can shake it in another day or so, just in time for a weekend marathon of writing. Luckily I have ALL NEXT WEEK OFF (omg yay) so I am not stressing about things too much.

(Er, speaking of stressing? If I owe you something and you're still waiting for it? drop me an email. I have a few blog interviews I need to send back but they're not due until mid-Dec? So if you are waiting on me...don't? I am a scatterbrain. Email me. :)