The Glass Cage, Book 2 of the McKenna Crime Series

It's just been signed with Siren-Bookstrand but Skylar Sinclair has already designed an amazing cover!

Valentines Week with the Siren Authors!

For Valentine's Day I'll be joining twenty-three other Siren authors from February 7 through the 13th on both the Siren Readers loop and our blog to celebrate cupid and romance. Come on by and talk with us about romance and join in a few contests!

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SirenBookstrand/?yguid=73632744 and

http://sirenbookstrand.blogspot.com/

His Eyes is now available for pre-order!

I got the word today that His Eyes is now available for pre-order at Siren Bookstrand (www.siren-bookstrand.com). When Detective Mike Malone met Melanie Hughes he thought he asked all the right questions....there was one he didn't ask.

The Glass Cage, Book 2 of the McKenna Crime Series

Good news! The Glass Cage, Book 2 of my McKenna Crime series has been signed with Siren-Bookstrand with a release date in July 2010!



Skylar Sinclair will be doing my cover -- she's amazing! Check out her cover for His Eyes with is due out with Siren soon!

Check out Kylie Brant's new contest and her Mind Hunters series!

http://kyliebrant.com/contest.php


Check out Kylie Brant's newest contest at: http://kyliebrant.com/contest.php and if you are looking for some great reading check out her latest series, Mindhunters: Waking Nightmare, Waking Evil and Waking the Dead from Berkeley Sensation. Kylie's own words say it all: Brilliant criminologists, unlimited resources, infinite time.....the bad guys can still run, but they cannot hide. I've been a fan since she captured my attention with Last Warrior and each book has gotten better and better. Mindhunters is clearly the most explosive yet!

The Spell is now available for pre-order at Siren-Bookstrand!

This is just so cool! My romantic suspense with paranormal overtones is now available for pre-order at the Siren site! Check it out!


http://www.bookstrand.com/product-thespell-15844-330.html

Got my Cover for The Spell!

Didn't Skylar Sinclair do an amazing job?

The Spell - my cover and edits

After a grueling round of first edits and some re-writing that I feel pretty good about, I heard from my publisher, Siren-Bookstrand that The Spell is with a line editor and should be coming back my way. It's always a boost when I feel that something doesn't quite fit but I can't quite put my finger on it and an editor succintly gets it. I cut almost 10,000 words from the story and feel it is much tighter.

Meanwhile, Skylar Sinclair has given me yet another brilliant cover. NOW we can see just what Ryan Michaels looks like!

Michael's Flight - Descendants of Earth Book 2

While Ryan waits for his edits in the Spell, Michael La Rosa is about ready to launch in Michael's Flight, debuting in 5 days at eXtasy Books, (http://www.extasybooks.com/). Following his friends Jason and Miranda's wedding Michael takes flight for what he thinks will be a short vacation to Littan Moon, the vacation spot that orbits Miranda's home planet of Eadron. A meteor storm sends him to the far side of the galaxy and the planet of Thermodon, named after the principal city of the Amazons on Old Earth. Ruled by those warrior descendants, Michael meets his match.

Michael's Flight is coming July 15, 2009 at eXtasy.

Michael's Flight - Descendants of Earth Book 2 - My Cover!

Is this not a gorgeous cover? Don't you want to land him? Michael's Flight will be released July 15, 2009 with eXtasy books. (http://www.extasybooks.com/).

Michael's Flight - Descendants of Earth Book 2

When I wrote Jason's Accord I meant it to be a stand alone book. It wasn't until my editor, Bea, talked to me about one of the characters, Michael, that I saw future books and a series. This is Michael's story and my edits arrived today.....yikes!

Fortunately my editor at eXtasy is one of the best people I know and an outstanding editor.

Her Eyes

I was thinking about my post for this week and realized in all my excitment about new contracts and other goings on in my life I hadn't said much, if anything about the books I have out. Her Eyes is the book that led me to His Eyes which will be out with Bookstrand later this year. It also has a special place on my writer's shelf. When Jennifer Cloud and I heard about the first face transplant surgery, the woman in France, we talked about it, both of us seeing it from not just an author's perspective but in each others. She writes horror/thriller and I write mostly sweet romance although I've been known to go a bit spicey. I told her it sounded like the start of one of her fantastic horror stories where the person who donated the face had issues and wrecked havoc on the new person's body. Her response was it sounded more like one of my sweet romances where you get the chance to come back and do it right. Her Eyes evolved from there.

Catherine White tries to murder her husband and his dog save his life by attacking her. She ends up with a face transplant and before long Frank begins to see changes in his wife. Catherine is kinder, gentler, most affectionate in bed. A neighbor suggests that perhaps there is a walk in and Frank begins an oddessy of finding out just who is wife is. Before he can though, Catherine makes another attempt on Frank's life.

That brings Detective Mike Malone on the scene and Mike has his own story in His Eyes.
In Her Eyes, based on the adage that the eyes are the window to the soul, we ask the question, when you look into her eyes, what do you see?

The Glass Cage, Book 2 of the McKenna Crime Series

A few days ago, right after I signed my contract for The Spell with Siren, I finished book 2 of this series, The Glass Cage and right now it is with a Beta reader. I got to admit, when I wrote the scene with the occupied stolen vehicle I found myself holding my breath, just like I used to on a code 3 run!

The Spell has a home!

Sitting at my desk Monday morning, immersed in editing a brief, my phone rang...my cell phone that is. Coming out of my immersion in the brief I wasn't quite sure I heard it right the first time -- Siren-Bookstrand wanted to contract both The Spell and His Eyes! I bounced in my chair doing my own odd-ball happy dance! It totally made my month!

The Spell will be released in October with Siren and His Eyes in November with Bookstrand. It's going to be a fun summer!

Jason's Accord has hit Fictionwise!

And with a major splash!!!!!!

Debuting at #9 two days ago for eXtasy today it is at #5 and currently #107 out of 6497 in its class. Check it out on Fictionwise!

Seven Wicked Writers

Come and check out the Seven Wicked Writers -- a sinfully delicious author for every day of the week!

http://www.sevenwickedauthors.com/

www.myspace.com/thesevenwickedauthors

www.sevenwickedauthors.com/blog -- where I'll be every Saturday! come check out my inagural day on September 20!

Print Debut for Indentured Bride

I'm totally jacked - I have a book signing tomorrow (Saturday, July 26) with Carolyn Jewel and Margaret Lucke at Waldensbooks in San Rafael! If you're in the area come by and hang out with us!

I'll be signing Indentured Bride and Her Eyes!

Looking for a fun contest?

"8/30 CONTEST - Michael Davis is having a drawing for a paperback copy of his romantic suspense FORGOTTEN CHILDREN. The drawing will close 7/30 and the winner announced on his site. To participate go to Davisstories.com and read the instructions on the "Contest page"

Finding America's Hero -- posted by Ryan Michaels

While we're waiting for our story to be picked up and worked on, we characters from the Spell got together and decided to help out another of our author's characters, Austin Quinn, by telling the world about his contest. It started today and the winner will be announced on November 10 -- the Marine Corps birthday. That's a special day for me too because before becoming an ATF agent I was a Marine. So here's the scoop:


FINDING AMERICA'S HERO CONTEST
In America's Hero Austin Quinn plays America's Hero,
Major Cass Winters IS America's Hero
Now is your chance to nominate America's Hero and Help me find Austin Quinn

America's Hero is my newest time travel and due out with Champagne Books (www.champagnebooks.com) in March 2009. Austin Quinn is a Hollywood hottie and he has played not only some of the greatest heroes America has seen, he's also played such icons as Achilles and Robin Hood in his movies.
Major Cass Winter is a Marine Corps F/A-18 pilot who just wants nothing to do with the Hollywood hunk. Through a freak incident, both are thrown back in time to before the walls of Troy.

FINDING AMERICA'S HERO CONTEST is a two part
contest with hopefully something for everyone.

Part One is your chance to help me find Austin Quinn. His picture will be on, among things, my website, myspace and blog as well as being able to say "I'm the human reality of Austin Quinn from Regan Taylor's book America's Hero".

The winner will have his photograph featured on Austin Quinn's page on my website and on his own blog, a $25 Amazon.com gift certificate, $25 Starbucks gift card, a download of a Champagne book of choice, a jigsaw puzzle of an air craft carrier and an autographed copy of America's Hero when it is released in print.

Details to nominate Austin Quinn with appropriate links are on my website at www.ReganTaylor.com.

Part Two is finding who your American Hero is--is he the young man who shovels snow for the elderly lady next door? The woman who volunteers for the literacy project? A firefighter rushing code 3 to a fire?

From July 4, 2008 through August 31, 2008 you will have your chance to nominate this hero by going to Austin's Blog at http://austinquinn-americashero.blogspot.com and entering a comment on who your hero is. The winner will receive a $25 Starbucks gift card, $25 Amazon.com gift certificate and the download of their choice from Champagne Books.
Both contests will have nominations open until September 1 (Labor Day) the voting will begin for who epitomizes who a true hero is based on the stories told about this amazing individuals. Voting will run until November 10, 2009 (The Marine Corps Birthday and the day before Veterans' Day). (You will need to leave your email so we can contact the winner.)

Very Special Agents by James Moore, ATF Retired

I'm really big on being factually accurate, even in fiction. When I started writing Ryan from The Spell back in 2003 -- yes, it's been through a ton of re-working as I honed Kelly, the heroine -- I tried to find an ATF agent to make sure he was factually accurate. Not a one. They are truly the epitome of the strong silent type.

As an agency they have been bounced around from umbrella agency to umbrella agency and all the while maintained their professionalism. I knew this from things I'd seen, but finding someone to ask about it wasn't happening. Then I came across Mr. Moore's book and what an eye opener. And....he confirmed in the opening chapter that they are indeed the guys who hang in the background do their job and go home.

So, now, with that in mind -- what kind of powerful spell would make even a stalwart guy like Ryan take the left hand lane?