My internet at home died. Will try to post Daisy tomorrow, I swear. Sowwiez.

(I can’t haz internets?!?!)

…and the winner is Mona, comment #19. You win any book you want from Nalini’s backlist. Please email me with your info and we will send you your prize ASAP. Thanks again to Nalini Singh for blogging with us!

Blatant Promo (but connected to this post) - I’m currently running a contest to celebrate the Sep 2nd release of Hostage to Pleasure. You can read the details on my blog, and, if you haven’t entered yet, there’s still time to win that lovely gift certificate.

My aim with the contest is fairly simple – to spread the word about the book’s release. And as a bonus, I’m hopefully giving readers something fun to think about. Is it working? I think so.

Staying on that topic, today, I want to pick your brains on the topic of author/book promotion. What gets you to pick up a book? What kind of contests do you like to enter? Have you seen any marketing idea that really struck you as interesting and different?

Everyone who leaves a comment goes into a draw to win a book from my backlist (not including HtP).

Bam,

I can’t believe summer is officially over. Of course, I didn’t bother reading the entirety of an email sent out by our HR department, so I’m in business casual today and everyone else is in suits. I’m glad I set such a delightful example for all of the people that work for me. Of course, with summer over, I suppose I owe you a few reviews. Let’s start with the fabulous: Hostage to Pleasure.

Yes, yes, I’m a Nalini Singh fangurl. In the middle of this book, I actually had a serious fangirl moment and nearly embarrassed myself. I came thisclose to writing Nalini an email detailing why I loved the book and how happy I was that she has continued to develop fascinating characters in a series that has a choke hold on my attention. I think I might have been on hormone overload, but the Psy/Changeling series continues to fascinate and delight with complex characters, twisting plots, and strong continuation of story lines. As I’ve noted in every review, it is important that you read the prior books in this series. If you don’t you will be missing out on fantastic writing, characters, and important plot points.

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