 Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes! Posted by Anna Campbell Mar 10 2012, 12:02 am by Anna Campbell
There have been Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes in Campbellandia over the last year. And I’m finally in a position to let my Banditas and Bandita Buddies know all about them. Huzzah!
October 2012! In North America, I’ve changed publishers from Avon to Grand Central Publishing (I’m still with HarperCollins in Australia). SEVEN NIGHTS IN A ROGUE’S BED (I love that title – it was actually my working title and I’m so glad that Grand Central have decided to keep it) is the first book in my first series called “Sons of Sin”. The link between the books in what is currently projected as a trilogy is that scandal surrounds the birth of each of my aristocratic heroes. I’m currently working on the second book which has a vaguely Scarlet Pimpernel feel and I’m having a wonderful time with the story. Anyway, back to SEVEN NIGHTS IN A ROGUE’S BED. It’s a very gothic take on Beauty and the Beast. I know all my stories are BATB but this one’s really OVERT. In fact, even the characters know they’re in a Beauty and the Beast story, LOL! It opens with brave, beautiful Sidonie Forsythe presenting herself at half-ruined Castle Craven on the Devon Coast to save her sister from a fate worse than death. But while the man she meets might be scarred and tormented, he’s no monster. I fell in love with beastly Jonas Merrick, the ‘rogue’ of the title, and I hope readers will too.
WILL A WEEK OF SEDUCTION . . . Desperate to save her sister’s life, Sidonie Forsythe has agreed to submit herself to a terrible fate: Beyond the foreboding walls of Castle Craven, a notorious, hideously scarred scoundrel will take her virtue over the course of seven sinful nights. Yet instead of a monster, she encounters a man like no other. And during this week, she comes to care for Jonas Merrick in ways that defy all logic-even as a dark secret she carries threatens them both.
Ruthless loner Jonas knows exactly who he is. Should he forget, even for a moment, the curse he bears, a mere glance in the mirror serves as an agonizing reminder. So when the lovely Sidonie turns up on his doorstep, her seduction is an even more delicious prospect than he originally planned. But the hardened outcast is soon moved by her innocent beauty, sharp wit, and surprising courage. Now as dangerous enemies gather at the gate to destroy them, can their new, fragile love survive?
STOP PRESS! THE COVER IS UP ON AMAZON AND YOU CAN PRE-ORDER IT! HUZZAH! ISN’T THIS A BEAUTIFUL COVER? I’M IN LURVE!!!!
Speaking of Anna Campbell books, I’m delighted to say I just heard that my 2011 release MIDNIGHT’S WILD PASSION has finaled in the Birmingham Southern Magic Chapter’s Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence. Even better, my lovely Bandita friend Donna MacMeans has finaled too with her great REDEEMING THE ROGUE. Congratulations, Donna! So I thought I’d hold a giveaway to celebrate my publishing news and also this Award of Excellence final. One lucky commenter today will receive a signed copy of MIDNIGHT’S WILD PASSION.
So obviously that’s your October reading sorted (snork!). What other books are you looking forward to hitting the shelves this year? I know I’m really looking forward to all my Bandita sisters’ releases (that’s a no-brainer) and the new Madeline Hunter series “The Fairbourne Quartet” starting with THE SURRENDER OF MISS FAIRBOURNE this month. Tell me some of your reading plans and you might win MIDNIGHT’S WILD PASSION! How’s that for a deal? TweetPosted in Anna Campbell, anya seton, Australian Authors, Avon Books, Bandita Booty, contests, David Bowie, dunstanburgh castle, Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence, Grand Central Publishing, historical romance, john of gaunt, katherine, Midnight's Wild Passion, series, Seven Nights in a Rogue's Bed, Sons of Sin Comments142 thoughts on “Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes!” |
  
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Always happy to share a David Bowie video and I think Changes is such a great song. Hmm, maybe I can work my all-time fave David Bowie song Heroes into a blog in the future. I think it’s got potential!
A few of you have contacted me asking when the next book is out. The answer is…
Here’s the blurb:
. . . SPARK A LIFETIME OF PASSIONATE SURRENDER?
Oh my oh my oh MY!!! SQUEE!!!! YAY, Anna! I can’t wait for Seven Nights!! It sounds fabulous (I do so love a good Beauty & the Beast!) and the cover is gorgeous!! Ah, October… *sigh*
So, before then, I’m really excited about Shelly Laurenston’s upcoming Bear Meets Girl (her books just make me laugh and laugh
) and Ann Aguirre’s final Sirantha Jax book…
And the Banditas stories will fill in the rest!
Hey, Fedora, looks like the chook’s going to be raiding your bookcases today. I should have asked him what he’s looking forward to reading. I heard he’s got a soft spot for chick lit!
Hey, cool you’re looking forward to the series. I’ve been so looking forward to telling you all about it but I wanted everything confirmed before I opened my big mouth! Great list of forthcoming reading, by the way!
Have fun with him Fedora
Helen
Hey Fedora! Great list, and great snag on the Golden ROoster! :> Watch out for him today. He kept slipping away from Helen’s place yesterday. I’m not sure HOW he did it, but he was back here, making mischief for a bit, then back at Helen’s place.
Weird. Now, it seems he’s done something naughty.
Fedora, I’m waiting for Sirantha, too. Vel is a great guy, but I’m rooting for Jax and March.
By the way, that beautiful black and white photo is from Jean Cocteau’s 1940s version of Beauty and the Beast. It’s absolutely gorgeous and so incredibly imaginative. Best version ever! Jonas, I’m pleased to say, isn’t quite so hairy!
I LOVE that version, Anna! You’re right. Best. Version. Ever. :>
Jeanne, I always smile when I see that video for Total Eclipse of the Heart. Most of the good stuff in that is filched from BATB by Cocteau.
I am looking forward to JR Ward’s new Black Dagger Brotherhood installment at the end of the month. And I want to read more of your books Ms.Campbell I can’t wait for the new one:) I met Julia London in person last Sunday and she has a new one coming at the end of the month can’t wait for that either-She is a wonderful lady. Will you do a book tour Ms.Campbell?If you come to Texas I would love to meet you in person:)
Gail, I’ve fallen a bit behind with the Black Dagger Brotherhood. I think the last one I read was Phury’s story. Must pick them up again. Sounds like you enjoyed meeting Julia. Sadly, no book tour for me – I’ve actually got to write a book and the journey from Australia is a major time soak. One day!
I think Suz is a big fan of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. She might be current with it.
Hi Anna,
I can’t wait for this new one. Is this series in any way linked to the last one?
As always your faithful fan
Hi Delia! Actually this is my first series. I know there’s loose links between Claiming the Courtesan and Tempt the Devil and My Reckless Surrender but I don’t think they’re close enough to constitute a series. And no, there are no links with the previous books with this lot. Well, not yet anyway. Never say never! Thanks for swinging by and saying such nice things!
And friend
I think I invited you over to sample the products from the new oven, didn’t I?
LOL In my little world in my crazy head I linked the books hahaha
I think they all live in the same world, if that makes sense.
Yup, you are right
And I like that world.
Whoo Hoo Anna
I promise to be patient honestly till October I can’t wait for this one and it sounds awesome can’t wait to meet Jonas and Sidonie love that name were did you get it from? and the castle sounds fantastic as well.
I too am always eagerly awaiting Bandit books I put them on order as soon as I can LOL I tried with yours the other day at Amazon as an e book but not available here in OZ to order yet as an e book
. There are so many that I am looking forward to the list would be endless LOL and my TBR pile is just so huge at the moment I manage to read about 7 to 10 a month but I am sure I buy about 15 a month LOL
I too love David Bowie’s music I have a lot of his albums on vinyl
Have Fun
Helen
Helen, I’m not sure where I first saw Sidonie. Probably in a romance novel, LOL! It’s a lovely name, isn’t it? And I had such fun writing Castle Craven. It’s an enchanted place which is just what you want for a Beauty and the Beast story.
Rogue will be available in Oz as an e-book. They’re just a little bit slower getting everything up on Amazon than our American friends. I was quite surprised myself to see it all up there large as life on Amazon this week!
I have a lot of DB albums on vinyl. I think my fave was Station to Station, the one with Golden Years on it. Love that – at one stage in my life, I played that over and over. Must have driven my flatmates mad!
Like everyone else Anna, I can’t wait for this one. Love your books. I am way behind on my reading. I am not sure whats going on with me must be spring fever or something because every time I set down to read I keep trying to fall asleep. I guess I am going to have to start reading earlier in the day.
Virgina, I do a lot of reading but I just seem to buy more and more books. It’s an addiction, I tell you! Thanks so much for saying you’re looking forward to this series.
Hi Anna,
October is so far away, but in the meantime I’ll be looking forward to releases by Jennifer Ashley’s “The Duke’s Perfect Wife” and Julie James’ “About that Night.” Have you read the new Sebastian St. Cyr book yet?
Jane, the paperback of last year’s is on its way to me as we speak. I haven’t ordered the hardback. I heard they’re both wonderful!
Jane, I’m also witing for the paperbacks, but it’s hard to resist.
I’m soooo excited about your Sons of Sins series, Anna! I have the Bowie song ‘Heroes’ running through my head now. Must be something to do with your hero, Jonas, sounding so scrumptious!
Congrats also to you and Donna in your Gayle Wilson finals!
Thanks for the congrats, V! Yes, I really think Heroes might get a go when I do a piece on Jonas somewhere along the line. I LOVE that song so much!
Yeah!!! Love the Gayle Wilson awards!!! Congrats!!!
Thanks, Jeanne, and isn’t it great TWO Banditas finaled?
What a cover!
I’m not sure what books I’m looking forward to – given my towering TBR pile, I’m trying not to look at upcoming books. Remove temptation and all that.
Sheree, I share your pain. And the problem is I keep buying NEW books. Just ordered the new Barbara O’Neal. I love her books!
So, so pretty! They knocked this cover out of the park. Can’t wait to see how they live up to it with the next two! Huge congratulations on your first series–it will be wonderful, no doubt!–and on the contest final. What a great year you are having.
I am really looking forward to Jillian Stone’s THE SEDUCTION OF PHAETON BLACK-paranormal investigator which comes out next month, I believe. I thought her recent debut release AN AFFAIR WITH MR.KENNEDY was brilliant. It’s Victorian / Scotland yard adventure romance.
Gillian, isn’t that cover lovely? So glad you love it too. And yeah, be interesting to see what we come up for for the next two! The Mr. Kennedy book sounds really interesting. I’ve been seeing a LOT of buzz on the net about it.
Ooh, that sounds cool!
October is so far away. How am I expected to wait that long? A major case of cover love here. Yes, I do judge.
Mary, it’s interesting – these days I mainly buy on word of mouth, a lot of it from the Bandita lair. Covers aren’t quite as important for me as they used to be. October will be here before you know it!
Hi Anna, I love the sound of this new series! I can’t wait to read it and celebrate it’s success.
Congratz on your new book deal with GCP, I hope it is way better because you deserve the recognition!
Thanks, Flora! A change is as good as a holiday, they say! Honestly, I can hardly believe it’s nearly Easter. I think it will be October before we know it.
Hi, Flora–I love having more Anna Campbell to read!
Awww, thanks, Nancy! x
Hi Anna!
I was wondering why SNIARG was pubbed with Avon in Oz.
I love the title, and the first thought that comes to mind is…seven nights…what happens on the eighth?
I have downloaded so many books on my Kindle that I’m afraid to look. I’m on a women’s fiction tear right now. Two more Rona Jaffe books arrived on the doorstep and I just ordered Bridge of Scarlet Leaves. Thank God I’ve mastered reading on the treadmill at 3.2 mph! Have a wonderful weekend. Good grab, Fedora!
Aha, you’ll have to read the book to find out! I have a wonderful relationship with the local Avon/Harpers office. I’m so glad they decided to continue the relationship here. Interesting about you being on a women’s fiction kick. I’m on a mystery kick. The problem with that is these mystery series are just endless! Romances often bottom out at two or three. Amelia Peabody is 19 and counting!
And I say, GO AMELIA! Grins.
Love them!
Jeanne, at the moment, reading Amelia is like reading romance – Ramses and Nephret are dancing around one another. Goodness, he’s a brooding romantic hero, isn’t he? Not what I expected of the series!
I adore Beauty and the Beast tyhpe books!! I would love to win this… but have added it to my TBR list (just in case). ;o)
Betty, I don’t have any copies of the new book to give away yet. The prize is MIDNIGHT’S WILD PASSION that came out last May (celebrating the Award of Excellence final). Good luck!
Hi Anna,
what a beautiful cover, cant wait
i check on book depository but still do not show up so i can pre-order ;(
Hey, thanks, Eli. I love the cover too. It’s not up on the Book Depository or Barnes and Noble yet – I guess it’s just too far out at this stage. I’ll let you know when it is!
cobgrats for your upcoming release:). Wish you all the best! Cheers to you
Thanks, Aretha. As you can see, things have been happening!
It is going to seem like forever before October gets here! I love series. The only connection is the scandal of their births, or do they know each other as well??
No, they all team up against the bullies at Eton where they go to school and it forges lifelong bonds.
Oh, and thanks for saying you’re looking forward to this, Dianna! x
What better way to start the day than with David Bowie and word of a new Anna Campbell book! In fact, don’t tell the hockey hunks, but I may have to borrow Mr Bowie to cuddle with, while I read this!
We have so many exciting Bandita books out this year and I can’t wait for them all!
And so many of my favourite authors have books out later in the year – JD Robb, SEP, Tess Gerritsen, Susan Mallery …
I’m super excited about Jessica Andersen’s Nightkeepers series – though sad it will be coming to a conclusion. I’m especially looking forward to Rabbit’s book! And the latest CS Harris – I know it’s just come out, but I haven’t received my copy yet!
Anna, I didn’t know you were a fellow Bowie fan. We must have a fan girl squee sometime! How wonderful that there’s a new SEP coming. I adore her stuff. I’ve got the C.S. Harris from last year coming to me as we speak – it’s only just out in paperback. I’ve noticed people raving about how wonderful the newest one, still in hardback, is.
Ooh, how could I overlook Nightkeepers? Must’ve been morning brain.
Jessica will be here next month with the penultimate book, Magic Unchained. It features Nightkeeper Sven (no relation to our Sven).
Oh, I love it when Jessica visit. She scares the rooster into such a panic with her Mayan prophecies that he’s good for the day!
Hey guys, don’t miss out on lots of fabulous prizes and Romance Bandits craziness over at our dear friend Barbara Vey’s Beyond the Book blog. As well as all the other prizes Barbara has rounded up, there will a Romance Bandits invasion throughout the day – we’ll be giving away instant prizes!! We’d love our BB’s to have a chance to win, so check it out!
Yeah, get thee over there, Bandita Buddies! It’s going to be a hugely fun day! Thanks fo the reminder, Anna!
So much fun!!!
The GR sneaked out if Fedora’s. He’s over at Beyond Her Book–and we discovered he has Sven’s missing key for the supply closet. We’ll be lucky if he hasn’t sold everything!
Hmmmmmm…. my reading plans…. okay….
Today – at 8am – I fell down my stairs and broke a toe. So, I’m not allowed to do anything for the next week but read! How’s that for my reading plans? I have been running around looking at fixing up my garden, cleaning out my house and writing my books and doing a painting when my body decides to plant my butt in a chair in the most obvious way by making me clutz!
So, I’m looking at my books I have begun reading that are by my bed and getting my nose into the ones I was hoping to finish. If I can’t finish them, I’ll put them down for good; if I can, I will and do reviews on them. Otherwise, I’m stuck sitting for long periods of time until my toe heals. And it’s this one here:
http://365project.org/mozette/365/2012-03-10
the one next to the pinkie on the left foot! Not the most comfortable one to break… and I hate breaking toes as they’re the weirdest little things when they heal.
Hugs on the broken toe, Mozette. Those things hurt like the devil!
Perhaps Paolo can bring you something to ease the pain. I’d offer up one of the hockey hunks, but they’re impervious to pain so can be a tad unsympathetic
Yeah, those hockey hunks are so tough!
Oh! Thanks… I need all the help I can get so I don’t walk around my place.
Mum and Dad have offered to help me with my shopping by wheeling me around in a wheelchair they acquired for my Uncle originally, while I get them to buy the items I point out (they don’t want to buy the wrong thing for me from the shops and overspend on me).
A few friends are dropping by after they finish work this week to keep me company and I’m making sure I’m entertained by watching a few dvds I’ve got staring at me from the entertainment unit (I’ve had them for months and haven’t watched them!) as well as reading the books yet to be finished. So, this week will fly by!
And Paulo will be an added touch
Oh, Mozette, ouch! I’ve broken my little toe twice (once you do it, it just seems to run into every little thing after that). It was excruciatingly painful. Hope you enjoy your reading!
How true! And sleeping is a completely different thing altogether! You’re constantly putting your foot outside the covers, then it gets cold, but if you bring it in, it’ll hurt jsut to have the covers resting on it. But then, if you pull as sock on, it irritates the hell out of it…. so you end up having an ice cube on the end of your leg all night.
Oh well, shows us how much we ignore our toes until we really do something to them, eh?
A few posts ago, you guys did a post on mugs; and encouraged me to do one on my own… here it is!
With photos too!
http://mozetteslibrary.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/which-mug.html
Fun post, Mozette. Cassondra will be stoked she inspired another post on mugs, I’m sure!
Thanks, Anna. I will be doing another one on the sets of mugs I have. There’s my Loony Tunes set of 5 mugs, and then two others that are lovely mugs that I have too. I use them a lot; or when company comes around so everyone gets the same – or similar – mugs. It’s fun to do things that way.
CONGRATULATIONS! I saw the new cover on Amazon the other day and was bowled over by it. Simply gorgeous!
Love my Gothics and, of course, anything written by you, dear Anna, so I’ll be counting down the days until SEVEN NIGHTS IN A ROGUE’S BED (love this title!) is released. As for the second book in the series: vaguely Scarlet Pimpernel and written by you? I’m so there!
Lots of wonderful books I’m looking forward to this year. Of course, all of the books by the Bandits go without saying. Then there’s A WEEK TO BE WICKED from Tessa Dare (3/27), BETRAYAL by Christina Dodd (4/3), BRIDE OF THE HIGH COUNTRY by Kaki Warner (6/5), A NIGHT LIKE THIS by Julia Quinn (5/29), WILLOW SPRINGS by Toni Blake (6/26), WILDER by Christina Dodd (8/7) and on and on and on. So many wonderful books. Not nearly enough desert islands to escape to!
Thanks so much, PJ. I’m so excited I’ve been able to share the cover and the blurb of the new book. Man, your TBR pile must look worse than mine! As you say, such a lot of fantastic books on their way this year. I’ll have to get that reading clone into gear!
Anna, I love the sound of this book. Can’t wait to read it!
What book am I looking forward to? What books am I not? All the bandita books, of course. Ann Aguirre will wind up her wonderful Sirantha Jax SF romance series in the Fall. I’m hoping Sirantha ends up with March. Ann will have the next in her Corinne Solomon series out in April.
Catherine Mann has a new book out now that I just picked up.
Sabrina Jeffries is starting a new series.
I’m very much hoping Brandon Sanderson will wind up the late Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series this year. I stopped reading along about book 6 because the thousand-page tomes were coming every 3 years and I couldn’t retain the many storylines during the intervals. When the last book hits, I’ll go back and read straight through.
A. C. Crispin is releasing her Starbridge SF novels, and I’m catching up on those.
Linda Castillo is continuing the Kate Burkholder Amish Country mysteries, and of course C. S. Harris has anothere Sebastian St. Cyr out.
I’m assuming Dianna Love and Sherrilynn Kenyon will continue Belador.
So I have a lot to read.
I’m heading over to Beyond Her Book now. Back later.
Goodness me, Nancy! You’re going to have to do nothing much but read to keep up with all of that!
Thanks for saying you’re looking forward to the new book – it’s been a while. So glad the books will be out a bit closer together after this.
Me, too! Multiple releases, yay!
While I’ll do my best with the reading, I fear the TBR pile may grow. I’d whittled it down a bit, and then there were all these March releases. . . .
Nancy, I spent a fortune at the Book Depository when I got final approval on Rogue. The TBR pile is taller than the house at the moment. Hoping to whittle it down a bit today.
I know how THAT works! Good luck.
Hi Anna -
You know I absolutely LOVE that title and your cover is so beautiful as well. The blurb sounds dramatic and Hollywoodesque
. My birthday is in October so your new release is like a personal gift LOL. Thank you Grand Central.
This is horrible to admit, but as my TBR stack is already teetering, I haven’t kept abreast of new titles emerging outside of the lair. I’m excited to see so many new titles listed in the responses – I’m taking notes. Looks like another fabulous reading year in the making.
Thanks so much, Donna. I’ve got to say I was completely chuffed when they decided to keep the title. After seven books now, I just assume the title will change! And that cover is ooh la la, isn’t it? I just loved it to death from the moment I saw it. Honestly, there are so many great books coming out of the lair, that’s a whole TBR pile in itself, isn’t it?
I’m taking notes too, Donna! I’ve had my head buried in finishing a book and haven’t been following what’s come out. This is like my own personal book-shopping service!
Oh, you’ve rumbled my wicked plan! I too am looking for recommendations and the Banditas and Bandita Buddies know the best books to buy!
Wait!! Wait!! I’m behind on everything!! Stop the Clock!! Give me a chance to catch up!! Oh my, more great reads coming!! Thanks so much for the advance notice!! Wonderful covers!!!
Thanks so much, Cate! Seeing I got the cover confirmed this week, seemed like a great opportunity to let everyone in the lair know what’s happening with my books. Paolo is very excited!
I think after I’ll add all these books on my BookMooch wishlist, there’ll be over 3000 books on that wishlist. Trying to shorten that list has turned out to be hopeless…
Minna, I promised myself after my BIG blowout at the BD that I wouldn’t buy books for a coupla months. That didn’t last – bought Barbara O’Neal’s latest yesterday. Can’t help myself.
Holy Cow… more fun over here!! Don’t know where to be.
Jeanne, that invasion over at Hey, the invasion over at http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/beyondherbook/?p=5718 is just CRAZY!!!
I’m giving away a book in half an hour, guys, so make sure you swing by!
Anna, I forgot to say congratulations to you and Donna! I wish you both luck.
I Second That!!!
Thanks, gals! Lovely thrill!
Hurrah!!!! Lots of hoopla and excitement going on for the Lovely FoAnna!!
Congratulations on the move to Grand Central, the nomination, and the release of 7 Night, which I think will be the best ever!
Wow, Jo, thank you so much! As you say, much mayhem in Campbellandia. Those peasants are revolting – clearly they need a shower!
oh YAY! Looking forward to this Anna, I LOVE scarred heroes and BATB tales. Lots of changes indeed, but it’s all good! I have TBR BOXES I have so much to read, and also I recently won a kindle so stuff is piling up on that, too! But looking forward to more from Lorraine Heath’s new series for one thing~ ;D
Hey, thanks, Karyn. Actually I’m going to be really interested to see the Kindle figures for these books – I think the e-market is such a major player now. Hey, we LOVE Lorraine Heath here in the lair!
Hey, Anna! You get the most gorgeous yellow covers! Congrats on the new release! I can’t wait to pick it up!
Susan, I seem to have an affinity for beautiful yellow covers. Isn’t this lovely?
What an AWESOME cover! I so love the Beauty and the Beast fable, maybe that’s why I enjoy your books so much
It is second only to the Ugly Duckling. Any plans to write along that line? My TBR pile is so huge I don’t know what I am looking forward to, so many books so little time.
Beth, actually there’s a touch of Ugly Duckling in Midnight’s Wild Passion – and Cinderella! I loved writing the ballroom scene where he waltzes with her in that book. Such fun. Thanks for saying you love the cover! Me too!
Yay, a new Anna Campbell book! And that’s a beautiful cover. Very lush.
Beauty and the Beast stories are among my very favorite stories, so woohoo that this is another in that vein!
Congrats on the Gayle Wilson award final.
Thanks so much, Trish, for the congrats and the cover love. I think Beauty and the Beast is so powerful because it’s about transformation through suffering. Always works for me!
That’s so exciting!!! I’m going to go add it to my wishlist as soon as I’m done writing this comment!!
The cover is gorgeous, and I love the book title, I’m glad they kept it as well!
My TBR list is just ENORMOUS right now there are some any amazing books out there and I have a hard time saying no to anything that catches my eye.
Aislynn, lovely to see you here. Is it your first visit to the lair? You must come back – we mix a mean margarita. No, the mean cabana boy mixes the margarita. Need to get that right! LOL! Thanks for adding 7 Nights to your wishlist. Sounds like you’re a book addict too.
Anna, sorry I’m late to the party! had to stop though and say YAY!!!!!!!!!!! to your fabbo news. I love the cover of ROGUE and as one of the few people who’ve read it in draft form I have to say readers are going to have a wonderful time with Jonas and Sidonie. Beauty and the Beast made ultra sexy and intriguing. What a book! I’m so looking forward to reading the rest of this series. Sons of Sin sounds so promising.
Thanks for the pic of Dunstanburgh too. We were there several months ago on the most glorious day. One of the highlights of our trip so it’s great to revisit.
Congratulations too on finalling in the Gayle Wilson Award. You’re on a roll, Ms Anna.
Thanks so much, Miss Annie. I was thrilled with the TWAOE final – LOVE a contest, as you know. And thank you so much for your help in getting 7 Nights ready to go to my editor. Honestly, don’t know what I’d do without you. Yeah, Sons of Sin sounds kinda intriguing too, doesn’t it? I’m so glad they let me keep the working title for the series as well!
Oops, between here and Barbara Vey’s party, my typing fingers are getting tangled. That’s GWAOE!
I love Beauty and the Beast stories and I am always on the look out for new romances that use that theme! Definitely will be looking forward to Seven Nights in a Rogue’s Bed! Will be high on my list of books to get. Love the cover too. I am also looking forward to Julia Quinn’s next book A Night Like This, Lyon’s Bride: The Chattan Curse by Cathy Maxwell and Tempted by the Highland Warrior by Michelle Willingham and that is just to name a few of the ones I have on my list of books to watch for.
Wow, Joan, great list of forthcoming reads. You’re obviously a historical fan – yay, you! Yeah, I’m a complete sucker for a BATB story too. It always works for me!
Hi Anna, your covers are beautiful…I have to say I havent read your work, but WILL now !
thanks for coming and having some crazy fun at the blog party..and I look forward to reading your work
~Kym
Thanks for stopping by, Kym!
Hi Kym, great to see you over here!
Hi Kym! And then when the gremlins had hit the margaritas and everything went haywire? My, my, my! I thought I was in an alternative reality. So glad that the blog over with Barbara helped you find us. Don’t be a stranger. We have great guests and the Banditas are huge fun (as you probably noticed today!). Mad as cut snakes, but fun!
And thanks for saying you’ll check out the work! Huzzah!
I luuurve the cover of your newest book, too, Anna. Gorgeous!
I’m still trying to catch up on my reading for the last few months, so I’d better not get started thinking about what’s coming down the pike. LOL
Gannon, always lovely to see you. Thanks for swinging by and saying how much you love the cover. I can promise you’ll be seeing a lot of it between now and the end of the year!
Oh, I hear you on having so much good stuff to read – it’s wonderful to have the choice but it can be a bit overwhelming too.
YAY!!!!! Can’t wait for Seven Nights to be out so your readers can enjoy another wonderful Anna Campbell romance. Of course I’m going to gloat and say that I’ve already read this book in manuscript form. It’s Campbell at her best! I think your heart is really in a ruined castle on the coast, Ms. C!
Congrats to you and Donna on the Gayle Wilson final! Well-deserved!
Once I’m finished this proposal, I am going to read the wonderful CS Harris’s next. Can’t wait!
Are you on the hardback C. S. Harris, Madame, or the paperback?
Nancy, I’m on the hardback. C.S. Harris and I share a lovely agent, who has sent me her books in the past and got me hooked! Scratch that, my agent is an EVOL woman! Anyway, I think these books are worth the price of a hardback. I don’t say that about many authors, I can tell you!
LOL! Glad you are enjoying the book. A little recreational reading is always a good thing.
Thanks so much, Christine. And thank YOU for your help in getting it ready to go. You and Ms. West are my go to gals and you’re always such a wonderful help to me. Yay, you! Yeah, I think a castle on a promontory looking out over the sea would really suit me. Although I’d like it to be not QUITE as ruined as Dunstanburgh. I definitely could see myself living at Castle Craven, though. That was a cool crib!
Anna, you’re most welcome and you know I love getting a sneak peek at your work!
Well, right back atcha!
ANNA! That’s wonderful! The cover IS beautiful! Perfect that it has a Scarlet Pimpernel feel to the story as well.
I have a lot of reading to catch up on because just haven’t been reading that much as of late. I am looking forward to your new book in October!
Thanks so much for swinging by, Deb, and saying you like the cover. Actually it’s book 2 with the Scarlet P feel to it. This one’s more Victoria Holtish than that – very gothic which I had great fun with. Clear away your TBR in time for October, my friend!
Ooh, I used to read V. Holt a lot when in high school. Sorry for the switch around.
Hey, no worries. Definitely a Scarlet Pimpernel hero in my (and hopefully your!) future!
Wooot! Anna, that’s a fantastic cover, and so glad to hear we won’t have to wait so very much longer for another Anna Campbell book. Very excited for you to be at Grand Central, also. And I love BAB stories just about more than any other, whether the beastliness is internal or external. So I can’t wait for this one.
Congrats on the new gig!
Cassondra, love that you’re another BATB fan. It’s such a wonderful riff, isn’t it? Jonas is beastly outside and in at the start but by the end, he’s just lovely. Well, that’s my opinion and I’m going to stick to it! LOL! The castle is amazingly inspirational – as Annie West says, she’s visited it too. It’s right on a headland looking down on a wild sea and commands the countryside for miles around. Northumberland is full of wonderful castles. Bamburgh is another that’s really worth a visit – another stunning setting. http://www.bamburghcastle.com/ Seriously, check it out! It’s crying out for a romance novel to be set in it!
Ooooh, beauteous!!
Oh, and that castle surely does spark the muse for me.
Lots of possibilities.
Yeah, there’s something about a castle. . . .
Looking forward to Sherry Thomas’ Beguiling the Beauty!
Hey, Mrs. Shukra, thanks for swinging by. Sounds like another Beauty and the Beast story!
Congratulations on your new series! I’m looking forward to your new book.
Thanks so much, BN! Thanks for swinging by.
Hey, guys, thanks so much for a great day of blogging. And thanks for all your wonderful comments saying how much you’re looking forward to the new series.
Don’t forget to check back tomorrow to see who won the copy of MIDNIGHT’S WILD PASSION! Good luck!
I love, love, love the cover for Seven Nights
In A Rogue’s Bed! You really have blessed by
the Cover Goddesses!
I’m going to make a list (remember me, the
Queen of Lists?) starting with the Bandita’s
upcoming release dates. As I come across
authors whose new books I want to read, I’ll
add them to my list!
Pat C.
Pat, a list is a great idea. I love how with some of the online sellers you can set up a wishlist. It reminds me I want to buy the book the next time I’m making up an order. Thanks so much for saying you love my new cover. I think it’s gorgeous!
I’m late but I’ve been over at Barabara’s lol. I am looking forward to all the Banditas books and Kathryne Kennedy has a new one – Lord of Illusion that I’m looking forward to. (That pesky rooster is causing havoc over there lol).
Catslady, wasn’t Barbara’s party amazing? It was so over the top, it broke blogger. You’ve got to be pretty wild to do that!
SO excited about this La Campbell ! I cannot tell you how much I am anticipating getting this book in my hot little hands!
Just today I received my copy of When Maidens Mourn by C.S. Harris !! YOU are the reason I have had this book on preorder forever and it finally came! And YOU are the reason I sit and stare at it when I should be finishing up my current WIP! I have vowed not to visit with darling Sebastian St. Cyr and his new wife, Hero, until I finish His Charming Seductress. WAH !!!!! I also have the latest in the Douglas / Childs Pendergast series COLD VENGEANCE on my TBR when I finish my WIP stack. Along with Madeline Hunter’s latest.
Crawling back into my cave now to finish the )__))(*&*^%%$ book !!
Louisa, you’re such a good source of recommendations for me, I thought it was time I returned the favour. Or on the other hand – BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! My evil plan has worked. C.S. Harris books will take over the world! Good luck with His Charming Seductress. I’m still chuckling over your description of it in the wonderful round table Nancy held this week. Hope she does that again. That was such fun.
What a wonderful news Anna! (Sorry I am a bit late for this party) You must be very happy about a new book and a new publisher.
The only negative news is that we have to wait for so long to read about Sidonie and Jonas…The blurb was delicious.
About David Bowie, ain´t he a master musician? My favourite song by him is Starman, I can listen to it over and over again.
At the moment I am really waiting for Jennifer Ashley´s and Madeline Hunter´s new books.
Serenissima, I love all those ‘alien’ songs by DB. The first song of his I ever heard was Space Oddity – and you know, it hasn’t dated at all. Still sounds wonderful. Glad you’re another fan.
Thanks so much for swinging by to wish me well with my new endeavors. Won’t be long till October!!!