Liquid Crystal is finally out! It’s the story of two
mermen and their lucky lady. If you want to know how merpeople make love
underwater, look no further!
Anyway, it’s here:
And you can read an excerpt here:
One of the delays was in the cover
art. In the original, something went wrong. The hero’s head was supposed to fade
into the scene, but in the event, his nipple reappeared right on the parapet of
the bridge! Since it was a similar colour to the bridge, nobody noticed it until
last week. So I saved it from appearing in dozens of Cover Fail blogs!
And the other outlets are slowly
rolling out. It’s on special offer for December, at 99 cents, so you could save
yourself a bundle if you pick it up now!
So, other news. I’ve signed a new
contract, for four brand new historicals, but not under the Lynne Connolly
name! So it’s hush-hush and very exciting, but since it’s all new, I can’t
really say too much more, and I probably shouldn’t be telling you that much. I’ve
spent all the last few months working for this new project.
Plus, something I can tell you about,
and a cover reveal!
A new story, called Lightning Unbound,
will be appearing at Samhain in spring next year. I’m more than thrilled about
this one, it’s a project that is dear to my heart. I worked it through a few
years ago, but when the rock star series and the Cougar Challenge series proved
so popular over at Ellora’s Cave, I concentrated on those. The first book came
very close to publication, but the publisher went bust, and I tucked the book
away on my hard drive.
But I never forgot this one. It’s set
in the mid-eighteenth century, and it has strong paranormal elements. Two of my
interests are mythology and the way it feeds into the zeitgeist, and of course
history. I blended the two where it seemed most appropriate. I can promise that
the books will be as rigorously historically accurate as any of my historical
romances. But the addition is the paranormal element. I promise there are no shape-shifters
or vampires. I’ve taken a very different approach with this one. I’ll let you know
more details nearer the time.
But here’s the cover. You like?
When designing this cover, the one
thing we couldn’t find was a decent picture of people in accurate period dress
which hasn’t been used over and over. The alternative was a lovely image of a
lady, but I’ve seen that particular image used a lot recently, which is some
indication of the lack of suitable images.
More news?
Next February has been marked for the
release of “Dispossessed” at Loose-Id. I’ll tell you more about that next month,
but it’s a spin-off series from Department 57. You don’t have to read the
Department first, this is completely new!
Watch for another Dept 57 re-release
in January. I’m so delighted that this series is refreshed, and will reach a
whole new audience. There might even be new books!
So whatever you celebrate in December,
have a really happy one. I’ll be on Twitter and Facebook, obsessing about my
favourite programs, the writing life and music, and I’m preparing for my Trek
Across The Pond next May for RT and other goodies!
Where to find Lynne Connolly
and her Books
My website
The hub of everything I do. It's updated regularly, with excerpts, short
stories and other goodies:
http://www.lynneconnolly.com
My newsletter and yahoo group.
Members get a monthly newsletter, where the news ALWAYS breaks first, and new
excerpts are aired. There is also a free book, available in the Files.
To join, go here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LynneConnolly/
or send an email here:
LynneConnolly-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
UK Historical romance blog:
http://historicalromanceuk.blogspot.com/
My personal blog:
http://lynneconnolly.blogspot.com/
I currently write for Samhain Publishing,
Ellora's
Cave , Loose-Id
, Total E-Bound and Carina Press. So you can find me on their loops and on
their websites.
I write columns for Sybil at The Good, The Bad and The Unread:
http://tinyurl.com/6j42ut
And my email is lynneconnollyuk@yahoo.co.uk
Lynne
Connolly, author of sophisticated and sensual romance
