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Status Update & SUCCUBUS, INTERRUPTED

Hey world! I'm emerging (VERY BRIEFLY) to give a quick update on where I'm at.

I just turned in Midnight Liaisons #2 (for this pen name over here). This book took me flippin' forever to finish. I changed plots about midway and was like, oh, hey! That means I have to go back and rework ALL THAT OTHER STUFF I ALREADY WROTE. Anyhow, it is finally, finally done now but it put me behind on my already-tight schedule.

I'm working on the Jackie/Remy short story, SUCCUBUS, INTERRUPTED. I should have that done in the next week or two. Then it's off to my editor. I'm anticipating that it'll be up and available everywhere in mid-November. Why mid-November if it's going to be finished in another week or two? Well, it needs to be edited for starters. And second, I have a big release coming out under a different name and I'd like to give it a little love and attention for a bit. You know how it goes.

That being said! If you sign up for my newsletter, you will get SUCCUBUS, INTERRUPTED for free AND I'll be sending it out to my newsletter folks a week earlier than it'll be available online for sale. If that's not incentive enough to sign up for my newsletter, I don't know what is. A kitten? Perhaps. As a reminder, my newsletter is purely for new releases - I won't spam you with my favorite soup recipe or what cute things my cats did this week. I have Twitter for that.

Once SUCCUBUS, INTERRUPTED is off to bed, I'm hard at work at Bluebonnet #2 (the second in my Berkley Heat series) and a sekrit novella. Both are due in January, so be prepared for me to be tearing my hair out between now and then.

If you're wondering about SUCCUBI ARE FOREVER, it's still coming! I'm writing as fast as I can, but I have basically a book and a half to write between now and January, and once those are turned in, SUCCUBI ARE FOREVER is my top priority. It's going to come out next spring come hell or high water, and it's going to be a firm wrap-up to the series (for Jackie anyhow) and it'll be a blast. I promise I haven't forgotten. I wouldn't forget! It's just that I have that day job and a contractual obligation to do the ones that they pay me for first.

In the meantime, I'm hoping SUCCUBUS, INTERRUPTED will tide everyone over. And, yanno, that new release.

I posted this on Facebook…

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But forgot to post here! Usually it's the other way around.

Anyhow, here's some chibis of some characters you MIGHT be familiar with. Aren't these cute? I'm in love. (and no, they were not done by my husband).

Click on the picture to see a larger version. Chibi Zane might be the cutest thing ever.

Slave to Her Desires now available!

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Wooo! Finally!

SLAVE TO HER DESIRES is now up on Kindle, Nook, and All Romance Ebooks. Also available on Kindle & ARe is a discounted bundle of SLAVE, FOREPLAY, and ZANE'S TALE that I am calling 'The Succubundle'. (See what I did there?) So if you haven't bought the other two Succubus Diaries stories on your Kindle, you can buy the bundle at a discount.
It's not up on Smashwords yet, so if you are international, you will need to buy on ARe (or wait patiently for a week or two while I upload to Smashwords).

Whee! I love SLAVE TO HER DESIRES, and I hope you like it too. If you're thinking about trying the Succubus Diaries series, but aren't sure if you'll like it, STHD doesn't require that you read the series to enjoy it - it stands alone. If you ARE a fan of the series, well, there's a hint or two about what Noah's been up to in there. I'm just saying. Hopefully this will serve as a little filler until Succubus Diaries #4 hits the virtual shelves.

Here's the blurb for it:

Immortality is not always a blessing. Turned into a succubus against her will, Olivia Rhodes has lived the past 120 years as a slave to her cruel and vindictive vampire master. She’s escaped him, but he’s closing in fast. Her only hope? The fallen angel that abandoned her when she was turned, David Thornton.

But David’s not the cold-hearted monster she’s always thought he was…nor did he abandon her. And when Olivia’s hatred of David turns to desire, will her need for revenge against her vampire master destroy the one beautiful thing in her life, or will she find a way to make David love her despite the creature she’s become?

This novella (34,000 words), features a succubus enslaved to her needs, a sleeping beauty, and some explosive sex on a monastery floor.

(Note: While this novella is set in the world of the Succubus Diaries, it is not necessary to read the series to enjoy the novella.)

EXCERPT:
“I didn’t know that he was cursed,” I said softly, then looked up at Noah. “So how would I lift this curse if I wanted to?”

Noah gave me a wry look. “You could try the old fashioned way.”

A kiss to wake up a sleeping prince, like in the fairy tales. My stomach churned at the thought. I’d known that I’d have to sleep with David to survive – my succubus instincts had accepted that part of the bargain – but for some reason, a kiss was…personal. Romantic. Tied to emotions that I couldn’t possibly feel. I didn’t want to kiss the man I’d just spent the last century hating. To make matters worse, I wasn’t even sure that my hate was justified. I brushed my fingertips over his cool face again, thinking hard. Did I want to wake David up? What would I say to him? I wanted to hold onto my anger, but what…what if he woke up and it was totally unfounded?

Who was I if I wasn’t bitter with hatred for both of my masters?

I shook my head. This was stupid. It was just a damn kiss. I leaned in and slid my hands under his neck, pulling his face toward mine and pressing my mouth against his. His lips were cool, unyielding against mine, but the feel of them evoked a strong surge of emotion in me that I didn’t like. I stroked my tongue into his mouth, parting his lips with my questing. Like it or not, I needed David, and his being cursed was a damn nuisance and an even bigger pain in the ass than I’d anticipated.

And he tasted better than I remembered, too. That was galling. Perhaps it was just my succubus curse, which was due to drive me insane within hours. Perhaps it was something to do with the Serim themselves, but his mouth was sweet under my own, and as I brushed my tongue against his, I felt a spike of desire.

I had to kiss the bastard. I hadn’t expected to like it. Disgusted with myself, I dropped his head. It thunked back against the pallet and made a hard noise that my disgruntled psyche found oddly pleasing. And I watched him, waiting.

Sure enough, David’s jaw moved slightly, then flexed in a yawn, and as I watched, his eyes fluttered open.

God, he was beautiful.

God, I hated him.

God, I was so, so confused.

Slave To Her Desires cover

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Cover art!

I'm bound and determined to have the book up by the end of next week for sure. What do you think?

Jill Myles, that other name, and that 4th Succubus Diaries Book…

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I’ve been sitting on this for a few weeks, trying to figure out the best way to put this out there. Bear with me while I try to get my bearings straight. Let's see if I can recap this without totally confusing everyone.

A few people have noticed that my next book is up on Amazon. Yay! A few people have also noticed that there's a different author name on it.

Yup. For multiple reasons – some of them including branding, and some of them including sales, I’m going to be writing additional books for Pocket under a different name and not Jill Myles. It’s not my intention to be coy or deceitful or try to make you all think that I’m leaving my Jill Myles stuff behind – not at all! Mostly it’s about differentiating the two series in the minds of readers and buyers. I hope that makes sense.

I’m sure this brings up additional questions as well, like…will you continue to write as Jill Myles? Yup, I will! I will continue to self-publish under Jill Myles. I’m going to have a Succubus Diaries novella up by the middle of April, as long as edits on it don’t eat my brain.

And remember that Jessica Clare pen name for the contemporaries? Yeah, I’m writing under that too.

Isn’t this a whole hell of a lot of names to remember? Yes, yes it is. So I’m going to try and make it as easy on you as possible. I’m putting together a newsletter that you can subscribe to so you don’t have to keep track of it. I’ll only email you when I have a release, so it won’t be a constant spam-fest. Best of all, if you sign up for my newsletter, I’ll give you a coupon for a free download of one of my Smashwords books.

This brings me to the 800 pound gorilla in the room. When is Succubus Diaries #4 coming out?

Well. Pocket has declined a 4th book in the series. The sales just aren’t there. I could try and make it pretty and say that it’s because of e-books, or pirates, or distributors not carrying my books, or me not advertising it enough, or the Mayan Prophecies, or something. That it’s not me. The truth of the matter is…the sales just aren’t there for Pocket to carry a 4th Mass Market Paperback of a series that is not performing. It IS me, to an extent. Maybe it’s the economy, or something in the water, but there will not be a 4th Succubus Diaries book from Pocket. It is what it is, and I’m not unhappy at Pocket for making a business decision. I’ve seen the numbers.

However, that doesn’t mean it won’t come out. I intend on self-publishing it and releasing it to fans on Kindle/Nook/Smashwords/All Romance Ebooks. If I can squeeze the book in the schedule this year between everything else I’m contracted to write, I will do my darndest to get it out by the end of the year. It might not happen, but it is a big priority to me, because I want fans to have that 4th book that answers what happens with Jackie, the angels, Noah, and that little promise Jackie made to a demon…

There’s still a lot of story I want to cover in that world. I’m committed to continuing to write stories in it, as long as the audience is there. I just won’t be going through a traditional publisher to do so (unless someone comes out of the blue and offers me something!).

But I wanted to let you guys know what is going on. So, to recap.

Jill Myles = That other chick.

New Name and Website of Shiny!

Succubus Diaries #4 will be self-published and is a priority for me, but I don’t have a firm release time-frame.
I’m making a newsletter so you don’t have to remember all these names, just me.

Please feel free to ask questions if you have them – I might not have explained something correctly. It’s all perfect in my head, but what is in my head and what comes out on paper is not always the same thing.

Quickie Update!

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I'm at 25k on SLAVE TO HER DESIRES (the Succubus Diaries Spinoff Novella) and it'll be at least another 6k long before I'm done. I'm hoping to get it cranked out this weekend, but the best intentions, blah blah blah...

I always forget that I slow down a LOT when I get to the end of a story. There's a big, relatively exciting climax to shoe in, the plot to wrap up, and a happy reunion. There's no 'downtime' between scenes, and as a result, it's like a massive brain-dump in my mind. Which makes it slow to spit out onto paper. But I should still get this done by end of March. Of course, what that means is that once the story is done, I need to go back through and edit it, and then send it to betas to pick apart. And then when it's to a point that I'm happy with it, I need to format it and upload it. So I'm running about two weeks longer than I originally anticipated.

This novella is a little darker than the typical Succubus Diaries. There's no Remy and Jackie banter, and Olivia (the succubus heroine of SLAVE TO HER DESIRES and the narrator) has had a hard life and been betrayed many times. But I love her, and I love the hero, and I can't wait to wrap up their story and leave them in a good spot.

All that being said, one of the most exciting things about self-publishing a small project is that you can decide your own cover art! So I thought I'd poll the masses - would you like to see a girl on the cover? Hot guy? Or a couple embracing? A pony? (just kidding, no ponies) Let me know - I love feedback!

Jill

New covers for FOREPLAY and ZANE’S TALE

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So I wasn't super happy with the covers for my short stories. I had my husband redesign them and the new covers are below. What do you think?

The content inside the book is EXACTLY the same. It just has a new, attractive cover. The old ones are still on B&N for the time being, because Smashwords takes a few days/weeks to feed them over. I could pull it down myself and send it through right away, but then the stories wouldn't be free over there, and I do want them to be free.

(The stories are 99 cents on Amazon, but as a reminder, you can still get them for free on Smashwords. Amazon won't let me set them to free, hence the lowest price tag I could give them.)

Cool freebie!

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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...

Quickie update

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I'm hard at work on some tricksy edits for the next book I have coming out. For those of you that read MY FAIR SUCCUBI, the sneak peek back there is the first chapter. The name of the series is Midnight Liaisons, but there's not a book title juuuust yet. We're still going back and forth on that one. Anyhoo, I'm working a subplot (or three) into the book and have been steadily plowing through edits. I started the weekend at page 23 or so and hoped to finish my page edits before the weekend was over.

Erm. I think I have overestimated my capabilities - the new subplots involve a LOT of rewriting (when I do things, I don't do them halfway...). So I'm at page 75. Yeah. Not even close. Still, it's really shaping up into something that makes me happy, so I consider this a win, even if it's a slow win.

I'm hearing reports of a lot of people picking up MY FAIR SUCCUBI. Some places seem to be putting it out late but I'm hoping it's out there everywhere now! (If you see it at Wal-mart or Target, let me know? I will love you eternally). I've also had a few people ask me about ebooks in Canada. I actually had no idea it wasn't available in ebook in Canada. NO clue as to why not. So I'm asking about that, but please be patient with me as I check with my publisher. It might be a few weeks before we get an answer.

Also? I have been playing Peggle like mad for two reasons: One - it sings Ode To Joy when you win a round. Two - the unicorn cries when you leave. CRIES WHEN YOU LEAVE. That makes my soul happy, for some reason.

canada, e-book, ebook

BOOK BIRFDAY!!11!1!

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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.