Mackenzies Audio Books Giveaway!

This contest is now closed. I have contacted the winners! Check your email.

I'm so thrilled that Hard Mated (Shifters 3.5) made the USA Today bestseller list! Celebrate with me by winning a set of three CDs from my historical romance series:

Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage
The Many Sins of Lord Cameron
The Duke's Perfect Wife

I have enough to give away FOUR SETS of these three CDs to FOUR lucky winners. To enter: Leave a comment on this blog w/ your email addy (you can be cryptic). Or, if you are having trouble with blogger, feel free to email me directly: jenniferashley @ cox . net (no spaces)

PLEASE REMEMBER TO LEAVE ME YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS SO I CAN FIND YOU IF YOU WIN!

I'll be taking names through Monday, Sept 10.

The narrator is the same as the one for the first book (Angela Dawes). She does a great job!

Good luck!

Jennifer Ashley
http://www.jennifersromances.com

Award Time--This Week's Good News

The last week has been a pretty exciting one--the release of Firewalker, plus I found out about some awards.

I've been nominated for three Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Awards in three categories:

Jennifer Ashley, Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage (historical)

Allyson James, Stormwalker (urban fantasy)

and the one that amazed me: Jennifer Ashley--Career Achievement in Historical Romance.

Wow. These are nominations only, no wins announced until April. But it's cool!

Over at Amazon, in the Top Ten Editor's Pick in Romance:

Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage was #1! Thrilling! The list is here:

http://tinyurl.com/266yjxj

All this good news, coupled with release week has made things a bit crazy for me! Thanks everyone for your support!

Still Going Strong!

I appreciate all the support of my readers, and I just want to reassure everyone that I am not going away! :-) I'm writing for Berkley now, and all my series will continue in mass market paperback (as well as ebook). Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage was a strong release in July (with Berkley), and I'm looking forward to Primal Bonds (Shifters Book 2) with Berkley in March. I'm also writing more than ever! I'm working on Cam's and Hart's books for the Mackenzie series (out next year), Shifters book 3, and plenty of Allyson James stuff, both at Ellora's Cave and Berkley. (Firewalker will be out in November 2010 from Berkley.) Plus I'm looking to revive my mystery series as Ashley Gardner.

I appreciate everyone's support during this tough time, but rest assured, I'm not finished! I have much more to write, and it's all going to pour out the rest of this year and on through 2012.

Thanks everyone!

Another blog, another giveaway

I'm at the RomCon blog talking about family series (why do you like them? Or hate them and never want to read one again?) I'll be giving away a book from my backlist to a commenter. Come join the fun! http://www.romconinc.com/index.php/conversations/post/441

Other places I am doing interviews / giveaways this week

Say hi and enter to win free books! (of mine. Some are giving away specific titles; others, winner's choice).

Not Another Romance Blog (went up 7/6 but contest continues)
http://notanotherromanceblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/coffee-shop-conversations-q-and.html?spref=tw
Comment to win!

Romantic Times (went up 7/6, but contest continues)
http://www.rtbookreviews.com/rt-daily-blog/jennifer-ashley-and-mackenzie-family-giveaway

The Book Binge (Thursday 7/8)
http://thebookbinge.com/

The LoveStruck Novice (Friday 7/9)
http://thelovestrucknovice.blogspot.com/

More to come next week!

Lady Isabella Official Release and Lots of Giveaways

Yes, it's here! (finally) Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage is releasing tomorrow, July 6! (I've been told that various Walmarts have had it for weeks, but hey, we can celebrate the "official" day. :-)

As part of the celebration, I'm appearing at blogs all week giving away books. Today it's the Borders True Romance blog:
http://bordersblog.com/trueromance/2010/07/05/guest-author-jennifer-ashley-giveaway/
This is a "fun" interview about Lady Isabella, and I'm offering anything from my backlist as a prize. Come and tell me what you like about bad boys!

I'll update on the others when they're up.

Please join me in thanking Berkley Publishing for taking up this series (as well as the Pride Mates series) when I was looking for a new home. They stepped up with a fantastic cover, made LISM a lead, and got it out as quickly as they could. Yes!

They also allowed me to provide an excerpt for The Many Sins of Lord Cameron in the back of Lady Isabella, to show you a little bit where I'm going with that (although Cameron refuses to play by the rules; love an unpredictable guy).

Please enjoy Lady Isabella--and win something! I have backlist books in need of a good home. :-)

Updates

A big THANK YOU to those of you who played my 3-week trivia contest. It was fun for me, and I hope you enjoyed it! The third and final winner was Scorpio who posted here on my blog. Congratulations! I loved hearing about which heroes you loved--though Ian Mackenzie is a big favorite, I was pleased to see shouts for Alexander, Grayson Finley, Mick, the Shareem (Rees, Rio, Aiden, Ky, Calder), Malcolm the Black Dragon, Liam of Pride Mates, James Armdore (swoon), and more.

ONE WEEK left to the release of Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage. Please visit my website, where I've updated the Mackenzies page, plus made updates to my Coming Soon page: http://www.jennifersromances.com/NewSite/Mackenzies/mackenzie_main.html
and http://www.jennifersromances.com/NewSite/comingsoon.html

The first chapter of The Many Sins of Lord Cameron is available in the back of Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage, plus I'll be posting that (and a blurb) soon.

What I'm working on now (that will be coming soon for you):

1. Firewalker (edit/proof stage: Firewalker will feature the first chapter of Shadowwalker)

2. Shifter Lovin' (finished, with my editor, they're working on cover and edits)
(Shifter Lovin' is now available for preorder on Amazon and Borders online.)

3. "Double Hexed" for the HEXED novella with authors Ilona Andrews and Yasmine Galenorn (writing)

4. The Many Sins of Lord Cameron (writing)

5. Shadowwalker (writing)

All of this is due to my editor very, very, very soon. Please send me good vibes that I can make it without falling over!!

Third and Final Week to Win Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage

Thanks to all your answers last week (which was, indeed, The Pirate Hunter!, though I counted any answer for the drawing). My winner was Nancy Y who posted on Facebook. Congrats!

One final chance to win, and this is a VERY easy question:

Who is your favorite Jennifer Ashley (or Allyson James) hero? Or, if you haven't read my books, which of my heroes do you think you'd like to read about?

A list of my current releases are:
http://www.jennifersromances.com/NewSite/books.html
and:
http://www.allysonjames.com/books.html

Post your answer here or over on Facebook, and you'll be entered to win the final ARC of Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage.

Good luck!

Chance to win an ARC of Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage

All right, is everyone set for the trivia question?

What Jennifer Ashley novel has one of her vacation pictures incorporated into the cover? :-) The photo here is my vacation pic, taken in 2003.

The book will be found on the Books page of my website: http://www.jennifersromances.com/NewSite/books.html (I'll post more hints if it proves not to be obvious!)

Post your answer here to win an ARC of Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage.

Have fun!

And the winner is....

Mina Burrows, who posted right here on my blog. Stay tuned for Trivia question #2, posted tomorrow, in this space! Thanks everyone for reminding me how much I loved Perils of the Heart. (Which, by the way, is still in print! *g* And now in ebook, of course. Heck, it's even available in Russian.)

Trivia Contest!

Win an ARC of Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage weekly for the next 3 weeks. Answer the question to be entered in the drawing (any answer will enter you).

WEEK 1 QUESTION: What is the title of Jennifer Ashley's first published novel?

Hint #1: Answer is easily found at: http://www.jennifersromances.com/

Hint #2: It's NOT The Pirate Next Door

Post answers here or on my FB fan page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jennifer-AshleyAllyson-James/94603953921

I will draw one winner every Saturday for the next three Saturdays!

New and beautiful video for Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage!

The new video for Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marraige! Video by Kendra at Creations by Kendra. I love it!

Announcements/Updates

I was thrilled that the novella I penned as Allyson James ("A Little Night Magic" in Hot for the Holidays) made it to the finals in the RITA contest (RWA's annual contest for the best romances). It is the standalone "prequel" to my upcoming UF/paranormal romance series Stormwalker (out in May 2010).

I'm working hard on the next Shifters novel, as well as the next Mackenzie novel. Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage is in the can, ready to come out as scheduled in July 2010. I will be posting an excerpt soon!

I have updated my website a little with corrections and new stuff, including new promo items. Check it out (http://www.jennifersromances.com/ )

Drumroll... Cover for Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage

This is Book 2 in the Highland Pleasure series (or the Mackenzie series; the book following Madness of Lord Ian.)

Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage will come out in July of this year, from Berkley Sensation.

I'm pleased with the cover--I told the cover designers that Isabella wears a blue ballgown at one point, and this is what they came up with. Pretty.

If you have not read the first book, this is a Victorian set historical romance series. You can read book 2 as a standalone, though of course you'll encounter characters from the first book.

As time nears, I'll be posting more about the book, excerpts, and so forth. You can read about the series as a whole at The Mackenzie Series Page.

Catching Up

I've been amazingly busy the last several weeks, writing, revising, writing some more. I have a whole slew of books coming out next year--see my "Coming Soon" page for a complete list:

http://www.jennifersromances.com/NewSite/comingsoon.html

Somehow I have three series running (Stormwalker as Allyson James; Mackenzies and Pride Mates as Jennifer Ashley). I love the books, but it makes for lots of work behind the computer!

I have seen the cover for Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage. It's beautiful, it's almost ready, and I'll post it as soon as I've got it!

Shopping Early for Book 2 in Lord Ian series

I saw this morning that Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage is up for pre-order on Amazon. It's out next July--I call that stocking up early! :-)

No cover yet, but link is here:

http://www.amazon.com/Isabellas-Scandalous-Marriage-Jennifer-Ashley/dp/0425235459/ref=sr_1_25?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257097942&sr=1-25

Or click here if that doesn't work

It's also at Good Reads for Good Reads folks:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7070067-lady-isabella-s-scandalous-marriage

Exciting!!

Updates

I finished and submitted the manuscript of Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage, where it now awaits my editor's eyes. We're working on the cover, and I've seen the back blurb which I like (not the art yet; that will be a month or so).

That book will be published by Berkley Sensation in July 2010. More (blurbs, cover, excerpts) as we go!

I have added a bunch of information about the upcoming Pride Mates book, which introduces a new series (another one, can you stand it?), which will come out in Feb. 2010. Click here to go to the series page and read about Shifters, along with a message by my hero, Liam.

What's next? I'm currently working on a couple of things in my Allyson James manifestation (book 2 of Stormwalker, and an erotic novella for a Heat anthology), plus Lord Cameron's story as Jennifer Ashley.

So much to do! Take care.

Working week

After a weekend mix of fun with friends and bad family news all around, I'm back to work.

One thing I like about being an author is my relief when it's Monday again and I disappear back into writing. Not that my weekends are so terrible, LOL. But I no longer view the working week with dread.

I think stepping away from a project is always good. Last week I spent working on revisions to Pride Mates, and this morning I opened up Mac and Isabella to see how they were doing. Looking at the book fresh shows me where I need to fix things that I was oblivious to before (too caught up in the story).

I'm really liking Mac. I know everyone loves Ian, and he's a hard act to follow, but Mac is funny and wicked with a warm heart, a man who loves so deeply it hurts him. Since this is a romance novel, we all know how it ends ;-), but his journey is the joy. You'll see Ian again and his other two brothers, Mac and Cam, and meet a few new secondary characters.

So I'm back to work. Last Friday my Berkley editor and I were talking about the cover of Stormwalker, my upcoming contemp. fantasy/romance series. Sounds like it will be cool--though I won't see that art for a bit yet. That book will be written under my Allyson James psuedonym.

I could chat all day, and often do, but for now--back to work!