Writer's Blog: Blog of romance author Jennifer Ashley

Barnes and Noble is now offering PRIDE MATES as an ebook:http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Pride-Mates/Jennifer-Ashley/e/9781428508033/?itm=1&usri=jennifer+ashleyand Amazon has finally got it in Kindle:http://www.amazon.com/Pride-Mates-ebook/dp/B00390BEG2/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2 Enjoy!...

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I'm so thrilled that Pride Mates has made not only the USA Today top 150, but also New York Times!!! Wow. From what my publisher told me, the book didn't have a huge print run, so its success is due to readers giving it a chance. Thank you! And thanks...

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I am very excited to announce the release of PRIDE MATES, which will hit the stores officially this Tuesday (Jan. 26). PRIDE MATES introduces a brand new series of shape shifter novels.If you enjoyed my alter-ego Allyson James’s Dragon or Shareem series, or Jennifer Ashley’s Immortals series, I think you’ll...

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Pride Mates officially releases next Tuesday, the 26th!Read Chapter One here: http://www.jennifersromances.com/NewSite/shifters/pridemates.htmlAnd a message from the hero, Liam Morrissey here:http://www.jennifersromances.com/NewSite/shifters/Liam.html Releasing the same day, see my short story, "Shifter Made," in The Mammoth Book of Irish Romance, for the tale of how the Sword of the Guardian came to be.I...

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This is Book 2 in the Highland Pleasure series (or the Mackenzie series; the book following Madness of Lord Ian.) Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage will come out in July of this year, from Berkley Sensation.I'm pleased with the cover--I told the cover designers that Isabella wears a blue ballgown at...

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I'm starting my countdown to the new shape shifter series: Pride Mates! (Pub date Jan. 26)For a look at the Shifter world, I've prepared "A Human's Guide to Shifters." Here's a peek:Shifters: Shape shifters of all species, mostly predatory: Most commonly Feline and Lupine. The Fae bred Shifters millennia ago...

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I've been amazingly busy the last several weeks, writing, revising, writing some more. I have a whole slew of books coming out next year--see my "Coming Soon" page for a complete list:http://www.jennifersromances.com/NewSite/comingsoon.html Somehow I have three series running (Stormwalker as Allyson James; Mackenzies and Pride Mates as Jennifer Ashley). I...

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I did something sensible on my website today: I created a page listing the oh-so-many series I write, and within these, the order in which the books should be read. Hallelujah! Nothing frustrates me more as a reader than not knowing which is book 1, book 2, etc.So I decided...

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I'm being featured at Romance Crush Junkies this week: http://erjunkiesreviews.blogspot.com/, and giving away a copy of Hot for the Holidays. They've done an interview in which I talk about all kinds of things, like chocolate, guitarists, and what I'm writing under all my pseudonyms (and why). Stop by if you...

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The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie is now available in hardback at the Rhapsody and Doubleday book clubs for about $13.Link:http://www.rhapsodybookclub.com/pages/nm/product/productDetail.jsp?skuId=1049535682 Doubleday link:http://www.doubledaybookclub.com/pages/nm/product/productDetail.jsp?skuId=1049535690I'm going to buy one for my mom so she can put it on her special shelf. (My mom's equivalent of hanging my stuff on the refrigerator. :-)...

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Please join me over at The Chatelaines (http://www.thechatelaines.blogspot.com) for an interview with the incomparable Nalini Singh (we're giving away a book, of course). :-)...

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I saw this morning that Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage is up for pre-order on Amazon. It's out next July--I call that stocking up early! :-)No cover yet, but link is here:http://www.amazon.com/Isabellas-Scandalous-Marriage-Jennifer-Ashley/dp/0425235459/ref=sr_1_25?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257097942&sr=1-25Or click here if that doesn't workIt's also at Good Reads for Good Reads folks:http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7070067-lady-isabella-s-scandalous-marriageExciting!!...

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I finished and submitted the manuscript of Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage, where it now awaits my editor's eyes. We're working on the cover, and I've seen the back blurb which I like (not the art yet; that will be a month or so).That book will be published by Berkley Sensation...

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Today is official release day of two books for me:A Christmas Ball anthology ("The Longest Night," by Jennifer Ashley)Read an Excerpt here:http://www.jennifersromances.com/NewSite/Books/ChristmasBall.html andHot for the Holidays ("A Little Night Magic," by Allyson James)Read an Excerpt here:http://www.allysonjames.com/alittlenightmagicexcerpt.html Ready for Christmas??(OK, I'm so not! But maybe the stories will put you in...

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Ah, I love finishing things. I just typed THE END on Mac and Isabella's story. It's just the draft--will be tearing it apart and putting it back together in a couple of days, but for now, Ahhhhh. (I love Mac, though; am looking forward to the second draft with him.)I...

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Inspector Lewis Sunday night (on PBS), featured a character, an Oxford student, who had Asperger's. The character reminded me very much of Ian Mackenzie! He never looked straight into anyone's eyes, he knew what time he arrived anywhere to the exact minute and how long he stayed, was an artist...

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...is up for preorder on Amazon.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0843960051/ref=nosim/speculativefic051-20Click here if that doesn't work.They don't have the pretty cover, but it looks like this here picture. Pub date is Feb. 2010!!More about the book on my Coming Soon page: http://www.jennifersromances.com/NewSite/comingsoon.html Plus I'll be updating my page soon with all kinds of cool...

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Today I'm interviewing my favorite erotic romance author, Emma Holly (well, she's one of my favorite authors, period). I persuaded her to come and blog on The Chatelaines, and she'll be giving away a couple copies of Kissing Midnight, her June release. Please come say hi!!http://www.thechatelaines.blogspot.com...

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After a weekend mix of fun with friends and bad family news all around, I'm back to work.One thing I like about being an author is my relief when it's Monday again and I disappear back into writing. Not that my weekends are so terrible, LOL. But I no longer...

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Interviewing author Erin Quinn at the Chatelaines, discussing her debut, Haunting Beauty, and giving away free books! Come and say hi to Erin and read about he book. HB is quite good, an intriguing spin on paranormal romance.http://www.thechatelaines.blogspot.com/...

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It looks like my Dorchester backlist is slowly being added as ebooks on B&N.com. I see Immortals: The Redeeming and Highlander Ever After from 2008 as well as Immortals: The Reckoning from this year. I am totally uninvolved in this process, so I don't know when the rest will be,...

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Bonnie Vanak's "Darkness of the Wolf": A Nocturne Bite from eHarlequin:http://www.ebooks.eharlequin.com/A5C8AF13-B9F3-49A5-8CE1-B5C3F50E4D40/10/126/en/ContentDetails.htm?ID=30621F30-CAC2-47CF-A9A6-463657B4E82B(If that doesn't work, go to www.ebooks.eharlequin.com and search for Bonnie Vanak).Is the cover not to die for? This book costs all of $2.69 at the Harlequin ebook store.Yummy....

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I've updated my Coming Soon page to reflect *all* books and novellas in the next--let's see--two and a half years. Excerpts pop up there as the books get closer. More could be added as I pitch more books/novellas.www.jennifersromances.com/NewSite/comingsoon.htmlI don't think I have my forthcoming EC book up there (Calder): You...

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Out February 2010!...

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Last night at RWA, I won two Prism awards (for best paranormal romances) and came in second in a third category.1. Dragon Master, by Allyson James, Best of the Best!2. Dragon Master, by Allyson James, First Place, Fantasy3. Immortals: The Redeeming, by Jennifer Ashley Second Place, Dark Para.Behold my pretty...

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