The Gripping Beast, approx. 70K Viking time-travel novel, marks #6 on my baker’s dozen list. Hurrah! The finished ms. is due in mid-Nov. so I’ll be busy with that as soon as I send Wolf off. It’s posted under Coming Soon on the Home page already, and I’ll get an excerpt and a blurb up shortly. By which I mean, possibly Monday. The book will be part of Samhain Publishing’s launch line-up. Also in the launch is a contemporary western by Jaci Burton so I’m in amazing company.

I am absolutely delighted to have a home for my Vikings and I’m looking forward to working with Samhain Publishing. The editor is one I’m familiar with, and I’m excited to see what Crissy Brashears will do with this new venture. I’m pleased to be continuing my association with her. (No, I’m not leaving EC. But branching out to other publishers is part of my business plan. And in the case of The Gripping Beast, it didn’t properly belong with EC or Cerridwen because it’s an odd book. Too erotic for CP, but due to the historical characters and setting, wrong language for EC.)