Spring Update

CONVENTION TIME

Hi all! It's that time of year, and once again I'll be at Romantic Times BOOKLOVERS Convention in Las Vegas this year! I'll be there from April 13 - 16th. You can find me on a science fiction panel: The Dangerous, the Devious and the Irresistible on Thursday (April 14), and as usual at the Intergalactic Bar & Grille party on Friday (April 15). This year, we're giving away a special print anthology exclusive for readers who attend the Bar & Grille, so make sure to get there early--only the first 200 readers will get the anthology!

And of course, I'll be signing at the Giant Book Fair on Saturday (April 16th). I'll have the print WARRIOR'S DAWN (yay!) and...drum roll *g*... I'll have the print edition of one of my other pseudonym's books.
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That's right, I actually have another pseudonym. Kat Simons is writing and publishing Paranormal Romance. At the moment, she's up to Book 6 in her bestselling Tiger Shifters paranormal romance series. It'll be book 1, ONCE UPON A TIGER, that I have with me at the signing.

RT is the first time I'll be out and about as both Isabo and Kat so feel free to accost both the me's and ask questions. The book signing is usually open to the public too if you happen to live in Las Vegas, so there's another place to find me. And for convention-goers, the two me's will be at the Saturday evening FAN-TASTIC Day party as well. Find me and say hi!

BOOK UPDATE

Don't miss my latest short story release THE LAST GUARDIAN. It's available in ebook from

Amazon | Nook | Smashwords | Kobo | iBooks | All Romance

This story was originally published in SUM3: The 2006 Zircon Anthology of Speculative Romance Fiction, edited by Jody Wallace and was the winner of the 2004 Zircon Award (during it's inaugural year). SUM3 is out of print now, so I wanted to get the story back out for readers.

As many of you may have heard, Samhain Publishing announced they're closing their doors. When this happens, my Samhain books will revert to me, but have no fear, I'll be re-releasing them. Hopefully they won't be out of print for too long. In the meantime, they're all still available from the usual vendors.

Which brings me to my Ellora's Cave stories. I have gotten the rights back for all those books, and I will finally be re-releasing them all this year. I'm starting with THIEF'S DESIRE and DESTINY'S SEDUCTION, but look for all the books over the course of 2016. I'm really excited about the re-releases because for the first time ever THIEF and DESTINY will have series matching covers! In all the years those books have been available, they've never had covers that matched (or often even revealed their genre of fantasy romance very good!). Well, now I'm going to make sure the covers look like series covers. I'm really excited about that.

Keep checking back for updates. I'll try to let you know what's happening as soon as I do (and more regularly than I have been--you can blame Kat for that as she's been occupying a lot of my time *g*).

In the meantime, Happy Reading!

New Release

UPDATE: Out of Print Books-- I've just about got my rights back for a number of books now, but it does mean they're out of print until I can get them republished. They will be rolling out over the course of the next year so keep checking back for the updates.

NEW RELEASE

KELLYN'S SACRIFICE, a short fantasy romance story, is available at Amazon now and will roll out to other vendors in mid-September. While it's exclusive to Amazon, it's part of their Kindle Unlimited program so if you happen to be part of that, you can read the story for free! But only for the next few months. Kellyn's Sacrifice is a prequel story to THE HERON'S CALL.

And don't miss:

WARRIOR'S DAWN (Fire and Tears, 3) -- Paperback Coming Soon!

For a chance at love, he may have to offer up his last drop of blood.

Branded a traitor, Althir of Glengowyn has resigned himself to life as outcast from his own people—until he’s offered a chance at redemption. A suicide mission to retrieve a vessel bearing the ultimate weapon: the Sorcerers’ true names.  

His companion on the journey is a human woman unlike any he’s ever encountered. Beautiful. Brave. Fascinating. And before he knows it, keeping her safe is more important than his own salvation.

Mina Dawnswealth’s talent for spycraft has kept her alive even as her dreams—and her family—have fallen victim to the war, one by one. Much as she hates the idea of helping the traitor elf, at least she gets the pleasure of burying a knife in his back should he decide to betray her people again. A much easier task if she didn’t find him so compelling.

Only when they’re beyond the point of no return do they discover just how much blood their mission will cost. And how much love it will take to overcome their pasts—if they survive.

Warning: Contains an arrogant ass of an elf hero and a human heroine with a bitter past who would like nothing better than to kill him. Danger, fighting, hard language, magical mayhem, deadly Sorcerers and hot sex fueled by an addictive pheromone. Can we get a “Hell, yeah”?

For a little taste of the book, here's an excerpt!  

Available at: Samhain Publishing | Amazon | B&N | Kobo | iBookstore

FIRE AND TEARS SERIES

1 - Brightarrow Burning

2 - The Darkness of Glengowyn

3 - Warrior's Dawn

NOTE: Just a little update--for the moment Thief's Desire, Destiny's Seduction, Marshall's Guard, and Faery Song/Lady of the Herd are all out of print. I am working on getting the rights back to Siren Singing, Bonfire Night, and Chirstmas Help Her too. Once I have the rights back to all these books, I'll update you on when and where they'll be re-released. Thanks for your patience! And in the meantime...

WARRIOR'S DAWN, Fire and Tears #3, OUT NOW!

For a little taste of the book, here's an excerpt! The book is available at Samhain Publishing, Amazon, B&N, Kobo, and iBookstore.

For a chance at love, he may have to offer up his last drop of blood.

Branded a traitor, Althir of Glengowyn has resigned himself to life as outcast from his own people—until he’s offered a chance at redemption. A suicide mission to retrieve a vessel bearing the ultimate weapon: the Sorcerers’ true names.  

His companion on the journey is a human woman unlike any he’s ever encountered. Beautiful. Brave. Fascinating. And before he knows it, keeping her safe is more important than his own salvation.

Mina Dawnswealth’s talent for spycraft has kept her alive even as her dreams—and her family—have fallen victim to the war, one by one. Much as she hates the idea of helping the traitor elf, at least she gets the pleasure of burying a knife in his back should he decide to betray her people again. A much easier task if she didn’t find him so compelling.

Only when they’re beyond the point of no return do they discover just how much blood their mission will cost. And how much love it will take to overcome their pasts—if they survive.

Warning: Contains an arrogant ass of an elf hero and a human heroine with a bitter past who would like nothing better than to kill him. Danger, fighting, hard language, magical mayhem, deadly Sorcerers and hot sex fueled by an addictive pheromone. Can we get a “Hell, yeah”?

FIRE AND TEARS SERIES

1 - Brightarrow Burning

2 - The Darkness of Glengowyn

3 - Warrior's Dawn

Book #3 Is OUT!

The day has arrived! WARRIOR'S DAWN, Fire and Tears #3, releases today!

For a chance at love, he may have to offer up his last drop of blood.

Branded a traitor, Althir of Glengowyn has resigned himself to life as outcast from his own people—until he’s offered a chance at redemption. A suicide mission to retrieve a vessel bearing the ultimate weapon: the Sorcerers’ true names.  

His companion on the journey is a human woman unlike any he’s ever encountered. Beautiful. Brave. Fascinating. And before he knows it, keeping her safe is more important than his own salvation.

Mina Dawnswealth’s talent for spycraft has kept her alive even as her dreams—and her family—have fallen victim to the war, one by one. Much as she hates the idea of helping the traitor elf, at least she gets the pleasure of burying a knife in his back should he decide to betray her people again. A much easier task if she didn’t find him so compelling.

Only when they’re beyond the point of no return do they discover just how much blood their mission will cost. And how much love it will take to overcome their pasts—if they survive.

Warning: Contains an arrogant ass of an elf hero and a human heroine with a bitter past who would like nothing better than to kill him. Danger, fighting, hard language, magical mayhem, deadly Sorcerers and hot sex fueled by an addictive pheromone. Can we get a “Hell, yeah”?


For a little taste of the book, here's an excerpt! The book is available at Samhain Publishing, Amazon, B&N, Kobo, and iBookstore.

I'll also be at J.C. McKenzie's blog The Carus Chronicles on August 4th where I talk a little about Althir and reveal a secret. *g* Please stop by and chat!

I hope you'll enjoy Althir and Mina's story. They were so much fun to write!
Happy Summer Reading!

Release Day Approaches!!

The big day is coming fast! The release of THE DARKNESS OF GLENGOWYN is just weeks away (April 29th!). I'm so excited for you all to read this second book in the Fire and Tears series. I think you'll like Einar and Nuala *g*

The book is available for preorder now at Amazon, Samhain Publishing, B&N, and Kobo (that I know of). To celebrate the upcoming release, I'm posting a little excerpt over on my blog. Enjoy!

If you're new to the series, the first Fire and Tears book is BRIGHTARROW BURNING. The second book can stand alone, but you might enjoy it all more if you try the first book first.

And also as a little celebration, the third book in the Fire and Tears series, WARRIOR'S DAWN, is now up for preorder! Because it's out there already, how about I do a little cover reveal? Drum roll, please......

Here it is!

Pretty, isn't it? The cover artist is doing such a fabulous job on this series, I can't thank her enough for the beautiful art.

This third book is about Althir--Ulric from BRIGHTARROW BURNING's rotten brother. I have to tell you guys, he was soooo much fun to write! He's such an ass, but a sexy, fun ass. LOL. I can't wait for you to read his story. And so you know, his heroine, Mina, is well able for him. This book is due out July 29, 2014, so you don't have to wait too long. But around May/June, I'll post a teaser excerpt so you can get a...taste of Althir? *g*

In the meantime, I hope you'll pick up a copy of THE DARKNESS OF GLENGOWYN (seriously, Einar is super yummy!).

Happy Reading!
Isabo