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PostHeaderIcon GHOST

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alt I've written the synopsis for the next book, tentatively titled GHOST.  I can't share that here. Not only would it give away entirely too much--you'd end up confused when the book did come out.  My stories seldom follow the synopsis; this is why I send my editor a "synopsis"--note the quotes for irony.

I've also written the opening scene.  I was going to post it here, but it, too, gives away too much--about next January's book, BLOOD CHALLENGE.   So I'm settling for posting this very short snippet:

It was white.  Maybe that’s why she immediately thought ghost.  It drifted on a diagonal like three-dimensional rice paper—translucent, not transparent, its edges too clearly defined for smoke, its shape vaguely human but faceless.  It floated on a steady, nonexistent air current, starting at the left-rear of the range . . . and coming straight at her.

The quick clamp of fear, irrational and immediate, stiffened her spine as it widened her eyes.  As the thing floated closer it stretched out a hand—and yes, it was a hand.  For all the vagueness of the rest of the form, that milky hand was painstakingly clear, from the mound at the base of the thumb to the lines crossing the palm to the band of a ring on the third finger.  A hand, palm up.  Beseeching.

 

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PostHeaderIcon BLOOD CHALLENGE

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Release Date: January 2011

ISBN: 978-0425239193

Returning characters: Rule and Lily

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PostHeaderIcon BLOOD MAGIC

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Release Date: February 2010

ISBN: 978-0425233054

Returning characters: Lily Yu, Rule Turner, Grandmother

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Lily Yu’s world changed when she met Rule Turner, known to the human world as “that werewolf prince.”  It’s been eight months since everyone else’s world changed, too—when the Turning hit.  That shifting of the realms has magic seeping back into the world in quantities unseen since the hot news story concerned a pair of human babes raised by wolves who went on to found a new city:  Rome.

Lily is a homicide cop turned FBI agent.  She works for a special Unit within the MCD—that’s the Bureau’s Magical Crimes Division.   Lily became a cop to stop the monsters , though it was human monsters she had in mind at the time.  These days, the perps she tracks may be a lot more—or a lot less--than human.

In BLOOD MAGIC, Lily and Rule are faced with their most dangerous opponent yet, one the law can’t touch.  One who can’t be killed.  One whose like hasn’t been seen in our world since long before those wolves fostered Romulus and Remus.

Oh, one more thing about BLOOD MAGIC:  Grandmother is back.

Those of you who haven’t read the previous books in my World of the Lupi series may be scratching your head about now.  Someone’s grandmother shows up and you’re supposed to get all tingly?   You might be more interested in some of the other characters in BLOOD MAGIC, like the assassin.  Or the dragon.  Or the ancient, undying enemy willing to wait for centuries to achieve what really matters.

Revenge.

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Release Date: January 2010

ISBN: 978-0425231975

Returning characters: Rule and Lily

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Humans have long been aware of the others in their midst—and not particularly happy about it. Until the Supreme Court’s ruling, it was legal in several states to shoot lupi on sight.

Times have changed. Some don’t appreciate that.

In "Human Nature," Lily Yu turns twenty-nine—a marker she’s decidedly ambivalent about. Her birthday celebration is cut short when the naked, heavily tattooed body of a man is found in a California town. At first it seems like a bizarre ritual killing, but there’s more than magic afoot. The victim, David Pruitt, wasn’t human . . . and years ago, he was Rule’s Turner’s closest friend.

(Note: If you’re following this series, you need to know that the events in “Human Nature” occur before those in MORTAL SINS. It’s April, four months after the Turning; Cynna and Cullen are still in Edge.)

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30To everyone who's asked--and there have been a lot of you!--I have news about the e-edition of BLOOD LINES: it's in production right now.  I should have a firm release date soon, so if you've been waiting for BLOOD LINES to be available as an e-book, the wait is almost over.

EDIT from Katie: The publisher has not been responsive on this subject. We're not sure when the e-book version of BLOOD LINES will be released, but the publisher does claim to be working on it. We're very sorry as we know it's annoying not to have it.

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