Marisa's Ramblings http://marisachenery.com/blog From the mind of Romance Author Marisa Chenery Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:09:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 New Yahoo Group http://marisachenery.com/blog/2010/09/02/new-yahoo-group/ http://marisachenery.com/blog/2010/09/02/new-yahoo-group/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:09:27 +0000 Marisa Chenery http://marisachenery.com/blog/?p=241 So today I took the plunge and opened a new Yahoo group. Unlike the one I set up for my monthly newsletter, this one everyone can post. You can discuss my books with me, or just hang out :) . Hopefully I get some takers. I plan to be post a lot on the group, and do some chats when I have no releases, to post some excerpts you won’t find on my website or on the publisher’s. I’ll probably throw some contests into the mix as well.

If you’re interested in joining my new group, you can find it HERE. I haven’t posted anything yet, because I don’t want to be talking to myself :) . But I will be posting something very soon.

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New Ellora’s Cave Contract http://marisachenery.com/blog/2010/08/29/new-elloras-cave-contract/ http://marisachenery.com/blog/2010/08/29/new-elloras-cave-contract/#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:41:03 +0000 Marisa Chenery http://marisachenery.com/blog/?p=238 This morning, my Ellora’s Cave editor offered me a contract for the 4th Ra’s Chosen book, Embrace the Hunger. It was a great way to start off the day. I don’t have a blurb for it yet, but I’ll post it once I finish edits. I plan to start writing the 5th Ra’s Chosen book, which doesn’t have a title yet, sometime either at the end of September or the beginning of October. There is only 6 books in this series, but I’ve come up with a new series idea that is sort of along the same lines as Ra’s Chosen. It won’t be a vampire series. I’m thinking shape-shifter.

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Longed-For Hunger Was Released http://marisachenery.com/blog/2010/08/20/longed-for-hunger-was-released/ http://marisachenery.com/blog/2010/08/20/longed-for-hunger-was-released/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:01:34 +0000 Marisa Chenery http://marisachenery.com/blog/?p=235 Longed-For Hunger

The third book in my vampire Ra’s Chosen series, Longed-For Hunger, was released today at Ellora’s Cave. This one is Denger’s story. You can find it at EC’s site at this link http://www.jasminejade.com/p-8570-longed-for-hunger.aspx. The blurb is below.

I’ve also finished and submitted the fourth book in this series, Embrace the Hunger, to my EC editor last week. I just have to wait to hear back from her.

Blurb:

Denger is a hunter, spending his nights on the streets of Phoenix fighting the undead who threaten unknowing humans. It’s in his blood. It’s what he knows. But a new knowledge has taken hold. Like other warriors before him, he must hunt for a different kind of prey altogether. His mate. Once he finds her, nothing will keep him from claiming what is his. Nothing but her, that is.

After the death of her husband three years ago, Nyx is content to spend her evenings at home, wrapped up in the vampire romance novels she loves. But when she collides, literally, with a man who could have stepped out of the pages of one of her books, she begins to think living her love life through romantic tales may not be the way to go. But as with any good story, there’s a plot twist. Once she discovers Denger’s true nature, she must decide if she can risk her heart and live a life where truth is stranger than fiction.

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A Tournament Knight’s Cover http://marisachenery.com/blog/2010/08/15/a-tournament-knights-cover/ http://marisachenery.com/blog/2010/08/15/a-tournament-knights-cover/#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2010 22:31:48 +0000 Marisa Chenery http://marisachenery.com/blog/?p=231 A Tournament Knight

Today I received my cover for A Tournament Knight, which is a historical that will be published at Liquid Silver Books. I finished the edits for this today as well. So all I need now is a release date. Below is the edited blurb.

Blurb:

To the world, Jacqueline is dead. When her father kills her twin in a joust, she claims her brother’s identity to see revenge. Worried at being discovered and taking tentative steps out into the world again, it never occurs to her that she may meet the one man who can make her wish she was still alive.

Sir Terric Aubrey, a landless knight, works the tournament circuit hoping to make enough money to buy land. He hasn’t thought much beyond his next win. He certainly doesn’t expect to find the woman he wants for his wife facing him across the jousting field.

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New Cover http://marisachenery.com/blog/2010/07/20/new-cover-2/ http://marisachenery.com/blog/2010/07/20/new-cover-2/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:10:12 +0000 Marisa Chenery http://marisachenery.com/blog/?p=229 Longed-For Hunger

I now have the cover for my third Ra’s Chosen book, Longed-For Hunger. This one will be out at Ellora’s Cave on August 20th. So exactly one month away. I’m writing book four right now that I’ve called Embrace the Hunger and is Akori’s book. The blurb for Longed-For Hunger is below.

Blurb

Denger is a hunter, spending his nights on the streets of Phoenix fighting the undead who threaten unknowing humans around them. It’s in his blood. It’s what he knows. But a new knowledge has taken hold. Like other warriors before him, he must hunt for a different kind of prey altogether. His mate. Once he finds her, nothing will keep him from claiming what is his. Nothing but her, that is.

After the death of her husband three years ago, Nyx is content to spend her evenings at home, wrapped up in the vampire romance novels she loves. But when she collides, literally, with a man who could have stepped out of the pages of her books, she begins to think that living her love life through books may not be the way to go. But as with any good story, there’s a plot twist. Once she discovers Denger’s true nature, she must decide if she can risk her heart and live a life where truth is stranger than fiction.

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Forever Claimed Now Out http://marisachenery.com/blog/2010/07/20/forever-claimed-now-out/ http://marisachenery.com/blog/2010/07/20/forever-claimed-now-out/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:43:03 +0000 Marisa Chenery http://marisachenery.com/blog/?p=227 Forever Claimed

I knew there was something I forgot to do yesterday :) . The second book in my Wolves of East Anglia series, Forever Claimed, was released yesterday at Noble Romance Publishing. You can find it on their website HERE. The blurb is below. They also have a different excerpt from what I have posted on my own website.

Blurb

Out for a walk on her fist evening of her holiday in Norwich, England, Kamryn finds herself literally knocked on her butt by a gorgeous hunk of a man named Algar. He is quick to apologize when he helps her to her feet, and holds her hand a little longer than necessary, but he still reluctantly rushes after the man who he had been chasing. Kamryn returns to her hotel, sure she won’t see him again.

Algar quickly takes down the werewolf sired by Fenris the wolf, in the hopes of finding the woman he’d knocked over before she disappears. After following her scent, only to come to a dead end at the hotel’s elevator, he plans to return in the morning to wait for her to put in an appearance. When she does, he finds she stirs his wolf as much as she stirs his body.

Certain she is the woman meant for him, meant to be forever claimed by an immortal werewolf warrior, he knows he can’t let her go, even if she comes to fear what he is.

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More Good News http://marisachenery.com/blog/2010/07/14/more-good-news/ http://marisachenery.com/blog/2010/07/14/more-good-news/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:08:39 +0000 Marisa Chenery http://marisachenery.com/blog/?p=225 And some more good news today. The third book in my Ra’s Chosen series, Longed-For Hunger, now has a release date. It’ll be out on August 20th. I don’t have a cover for it yet, but I’ll post it here once I do. I’ve posted the excerpt for it on my Excerpts page on my website HERE. I’ll post the blurb below. Tomorrow I’m starting to write the fourth Ra’s Chosen book. I can’t wait to get started. This one will be Akori’s story.

Blurb

Denger is a hunter, spending his nights on the streets of Phoenix fighting the undead who threaten unknowing humans around them. It’s in his blood. It’s what he knows. But a new knowledge has taken hold. Like other warriors before him, he must hunt for a different kind of prey altogether. His mate. Once he finds her, nothing will keep him from claiming what is his. Nothing but her, that is.

After the death of her husband three years ago, Nyx is content to spend her evenings at home, wrapped up in the vampire romance novels she loves. But when she collides, literally, with a man who could have stepped out of the pages of her books, she begins to think that living her love life through books may not be the way to go. But as with any good story, there’s a plot twist. Once she discovers Denger’s true nature, she must decide if she can risk her heart and live a life where truth is stranger than fiction.

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Another Contract http://marisachenery.com/blog/2010/07/14/another-contract/ http://marisachenery.com/blog/2010/07/14/another-contract/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:53:19 +0000 Marisa Chenery http://marisachenery.com/blog/?p=222 Today I received another contract offer from Liquid Silver Books. This one is for the third Roxie’s Protectors book, Leif’s Surrender. Here’s an unedited blurb, and as always, I’m not too thrilled with it. But it will at least give you a taste of what the book is about.

Blurb

Leif had always sworn he would never allow himself to become mated, but when he meets her at a grocery story buying pregnant Roxie ice cream, he finds his world turned upside down. Fighting his mating urge, he finds himself drawn to his would-be mate. If he can only resist her, he hopes he can hold out long enough to let it run its course without claiming her as his. The cashier that rings through Leif’s purchase, Jaden of course noticed him in her line. He is so good looking, she knows with her plain looks and the glasses she wears, he’d never notice her. But when he returns to the grocery store the next day and kisses her senseless in front of the whole store, she can only hope she’ll see him again.

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New Contract http://marisachenery.com/blog/2010/07/07/new-contract-2/ http://marisachenery.com/blog/2010/07/07/new-contract-2/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:38:25 +0000 Marisa Chenery http://marisachenery.com/blog/?p=220 I signed a new contract today with Liquid Silver Books. It’s for the historical I had published with New Concepts called A Tournament Knight. I had orginially submitted this to LSB back in late 2006. Tina Burns, who is now publisher, loved it but couldn’t offer me a contract because LSB didn’t have their Sterling line then, their sweeter romances. She always called A Tournament Knight the one that got away. I subbed it on Monday and just from reading it three years before, Tina jumped on it and had a contract offer sent my way. That is the fastest one I’ve ever gotten. It only took about a half hour. I’m really thrilled that A Tournament Knight has a new home, and that Tina loved it so much that she offered me a contract so quickly.

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Jager’s Mate Was Released http://marisachenery.com/blog/2010/07/05/jagers-mate-was-released/ http://marisachenery.com/blog/2010/07/05/jagers-mate-was-released/#comments Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:47:53 +0000 Marisa Chenery http://marisachenery.com/blog/?p=218 Jager's Mate

The second book in my Roxie’s Protectors series, Jager’s Mate, was released today at Liquid Silver Books. This is Jager’s story, if you haven’t already guessed. I’ve written the third book, Leif’s Surrender, and it’s subbed to LSB. I’m just waiting to hear back about it. I had fun with that one.

You can find Jager’s Mate on LSB’s web site here:

http://www.liquidsilverbooks.com/books/jagersmate.htm

Blurb:

Daylen is a cop, and a good one. When she discovers two men sword fighting in an alley during one of her nightly patrols, she confronts them, ordering them to put down their weapons. One of the men takes off running, surprising her with his speed. With one man left, she knows she’ll have to take him down when he ignores her demands. With her suspect in her grasp, her world turns upside down when he pins her to the ground and kisses her senseless.

Jager knows no wilting flower, werewolf or mortal, would ever survive as his mate, but this cop has all the right moves. Her scent leaves no doubt this mortal woman is his, and after tasting her lips, he knows claiming her will be a challenge. The bigger problem, however, might be her obsession to arrest him whenever they meet. As their passion flares, he’ll do anything it takes to make her his mate.

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