May 16, 2009

Signing - Borders Books in Middletown, NY
2-6 p.m.

I’ll be there, along with my friends, New York Times Best Seller Jacquelyn Frank, Cat Johnson, Tilly Greene, Stella Price, Allie Boniface and Philippa Grey-Gerou. We’ll be at the Borders in the Crystal Run Mall from 2-6. Hope to see you there!

Did somebody say zombies? Yes, indeed, I’ve been writing a zombie novella for the past few weeks which will appear in a Brava anthology in January 2010. This is my first book for Kensington and I couldn’t be more thrilled! Especially as my story will be teamed with one by the lovely and talented, Zoe Archer.

My story for the anthology, tentatively titled “Simon Says” features an experiment gone horribly wrong, turning dead Marines into zombies. Special ops soldier, Simon, is the only person ever known to have survived a zombie bite, which makes him the perfect man to hunt them down. When the zombies close in on his former girlfriend, a Navy doctor, the lovers are reunited. They face the zombie menace together, forging a new relationship.

That’s it, roughly. It still needs a little polishing, of course. From what I understand the anthology will have two stories. The other is a zombie historical. (Those zombies sure do get around!)

Zoe describes her contribution to this anthology as follows:

“In THE UNDYING HEART, Major Sam Reed, a veteran of the Crimean War, is on the trail of the man who turned him into the living dead.  All Sam cares about is vengeance, until he crosses paths with Cassandra Fielding, a girl from his youth.  Cassandra’s a grown woman now, and hasn’t forgotten Sam, nor the infatuation she once had for him.  A strange twist of fate has put them on the same hunt, for the same black-hearted villain.  Cassandra is about to learn that this dark, dangerous Sam is not the boy she once adored.  And Sam discovers that being dead doesn’t protect him from falling in love.”

Sounds pretty cool, doesn’t it? Stay tuned for more news as it becomes available... and beware the zombies! >:-)

Fantastic news! Check this out:

Samhain Publishing is pleased to announce our next Kindle title giveaway. From November 10 to November 16, 2008 – Maiden Flight from Bianca D'arc will be FREE for the Kindle. This title is the first in her Dragon Knights series and it has been well-received from the readers.

So if you want to read the story where my Dragon Knights series started, check out the FREE Kindle version of Maiden Flight! Here's a little bit about the book:

War is coming for the knights, dragons and a damsel who is not quite in distress, but finds her heart's desire in the strong men of the Border Lair.

A chance meeting with a young male dragon seals the fate of one adventurous female poacher. The dragon's partner, a ruggedly handsome knight named Gareth, takes one look at the shapely poacher and decides to do a little poaching of his own. Sir Gareth not only seduces her, but falls deeply in love with the girl who is not only unafraid of dragons, but able to hear their silent speech, which is a rarity. He wants her for his mate, but mating with a knight is no simple thing. To accept a knight, a woman must also accept the dragon, the dragon's mate… and her knight too.

She is at first shocked, then enticed by the lusty life in the Lair. War is in the making and only the knights and dragons have a chance at ending it before it destroys their land and their lives. But there's nothing a knight enjoys more than a noble quest and winning the heart and trust of a maiden is the noblest quest of all.

Hope to see you there! :)

BTW, this also means that in all likelihood, Sweeter Than Wine will also be available in print at the NJ RWA conference in October.

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This is the new cover for the new, HUGELY expanded version of my first vampire novella, One & Only, which will be out on November 7th from Samhain Publishing.

One & Only

A deadly crash forces the hand of one lonely vampire. Should he save the one remaining human survivor, or end it all for both of them? Destiny has surprises in store after his fateful decision…

Charmed by an intriguing mortal woman upon boarding a doomed mini-bus, vineyard owner Atticus Maxwell saves her life after the vehicle crashes over the side of a rain-slick mountain road in the dark of night. Only her faint heartbeat calls him back from the edge of his own oblivion. He'd almost given up on life — until he caught sight of her.

Lissa is heading for a conference at the mountain resort in a last-ditch attempt to find a job. What she finds instead, is the love of her life. When he saves her from the wreck, she learns quickly that he is not quite human. He's weakened from his injuries, but he gains strength from drinking her blood. Now that she knows what he is, she is even more fascinated by the man who stirred her latent psychic abilities from the moment she first saw him.

Breaking the news of her rescue by one of the most eligible, if reclusive, bachelors in the valley to her closest friends, Lissa gains acceptance for Atticus and the relationship that seems to have blossomed overnight. Things are moving along according to their plan when Marc LaTour, the Master Vampire of the region, reveals the accident that brought Lissa and Atticus together might not have been an accident after all. He warns them to be careful, but without knowing who their enemy is, all they can do is try to be careful as they go about their lives. Will it be enough?

"Jaci's Experiment" by Bianca D'Arc

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Genre: Red Hots!, Romantic SciFi-Futuristic

ISBN: 1-60504-127-0
Length: Novel
Price: 5.50
Publication Date: August 5, 2008
Cover art by Anne Cain

Love…the grandest experiment of all

Resonance Mates series

As a young Alvian lab tech, Jaci knows her place in the orderly, emotionless society her race has established on the planet Earth. While preparing a batch of experimental skin patches, she is accidentally exposed to a gene-altering agent. In a matter of days, she's assaulted with raw, primitive, forbidden emotions she has no clue how to handle. If her superiors find out, she's a dead woman.

Her only hope is to seek help from the human test subjects held captive in pens below the city.

Before the aliens came, cousins Mike and Dave used their psychic abilities to their advantage in business dealings. Now they use them to stay alive, keeping a sharp telepathic eye out for ways to help themselves and others improve their lot…or escape. Their friendship with Jaci has always been more than simply captives and caretaker. Now that her DNA has changed, their shared resonance is the stuff of legend.

Inevitably, Jaci's emotions expose her to deadly Alvian justice. Suddenly she's in the race of her life, seeking the only safety she's ever known…in the arms of her human Resonance Mates.

Warning: This book contains graphic language, ménage a trois, naughty dreamwalking and scorching hot alien loving.

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