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Sookie Stackhouse enjoys her job as a cocktail waitress in Merlotte's, a small-town bar in small-town Bon Temps, deep in Louisiana. She's funny and pretty and, thanks to her grandmother, she's very well-mannered - but since not many people truly appreciate her ability to read …

Yay! It always feels great to get things done, doesn't it? Today was jam-packed with stuff. Firstly, even though I started the third (and final) draft of BOUNDLESS a day late, I'm back on track. Last night I reached page 20, and this afternoon I got my chunk done for today. I…

The Darke Academy is a school like no other. An elite establishment that moves to an exotic new city every term, its students are impossibly beautiful, sophisticated and rich. And the more new scholarship girl Cassie Bell learns about the Academy, the more curious she becomes. What sinist…

The Quantum Bomb of 2015 changed everything. The fabric that kept the universe's different dimensions apart was torn and now, six years later, the people of earth exist in uneasy company with the inhabitants of, amongst others, the elven, elemental and demonic realms. Magic is real an…

'The older the zombie, the bigger the death needed to raise it.' After a few centuries, the only death 'big enough' is a human sacrifice. I know because I'm an animator. My name is Anita Blake. Working for Animators, Inc. is just a job - like selling insurance. But all…

I went to bed with a massive headache last night. And woke up with it. :/ I also had an empty stomach, so I couldn't take anything for it until I had brekky. My head feels a lot better, but the rest of my body feels a little wonky. Still, it's no big deal. I'm not sick or …

In the hugely successful EVIL PENGUINS Elia Anie bravely exposed the dark underbelly of the animal kingdom. Now with EVIL CATS she is taking on an enemy far closer to home... Think cats are sweet, fluffy creatures with big eyes that can melt even the hardest of hearts? Think again. Vio…

Being a blood spatter analyst who hates the sight of blood has always made Dexter's work for the Miami PD tough. But it means he's very neat when it comes to his out-of-hours hobby: murder. Of course, the fact Dexter only kills bad people helps too. Now Dex is facing a disturbi…

The weekend was awesome! On Saturday, it was my daughter's 9th birthday - Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you... Anyway, we had a great day. About a month ago, she put together a Wishlist of presies she was interested in. And in the end, we got her everything on there. As w…

It's taken a while, but at last Harper's pretty happy with her life: she's making a living, using her unique talent to help people and she's got a boyfriend. Then her stepfather arrives on the scene, seeking forgiveness for his past sins - the abuse and the drug-use - and…

Anyway. Guess what? The third draft of my futuristic YA novel is now done. D-O-N-E! Yay. I'm very excited about it. Actually, I should be working on the synopsis right now... but you know how I love to put them off until I have no choice but to tackle it. :) The final word count is…

Vampires, werewolves, witches, shapeshifters -- they live among us without our knowledge. Night World is their secret society, a secret society with very strict rules. And falling in love breaks all the laws of the Night World. The apocalypse is drawing near. But four Wild Powers can sav…

Hired to find a boy gene missing in Doraville, North Carolina, Harper Connelly and her brother Tolliver head there-only to discover that the boy was only one of several who had disappeared over the previous five years. All of them teenagers. All unlikely runaways. All calling for Harper. …

I can't believe how quickly the weekend went by! My gosh. Did I blink and it was over? Sometimes it feels that way. I also don't undestand why the weather's gone all shitty and refuses to get any better. Woke up this morning to a beautiful blue sky. Now, it's overcast …

A college class gets more than it bargained for when Harper gives a demonstration of her uncanny talent. Instead of just finding one body in an old grave, she finds two: the original occupant and a recently deceased girl whom Harper had tried, and failed, to find two years previously. To …

Dexter Morgan is busy planning his wedding to Rita to complete his nice guy disguise. But when a student is found burnt, molested and headless - seemingly sacrificed to an ancient god - and Dex is brought in as forensic analyst to help investigate, he realises he could be dealing with s…

Today is hubby's birthday! Yay. Happy Birthday, hubby! Wish we could've had the day together, but such is life. Hope the work day's not too annoying for him today. Well, I don't know what the hell's going on here in Sydney, but it feels like we're entering autu…

I did say last week that I would be here for a while, didn't I? Lol. Personally, I think this is the best goal to have at the moment. My daughter's on school holidays. Today is her third day. Not that I'm keeping count or anything. But when she's around, my whole day …

Vampires, werewolves, witches, shapeshifters -- they live among us without our knowledge. Night World is their secret society, a secret society with very strict rules. And falling in love breaks all the laws of the Night World. This omnibus contains books four-to-six in L.J. Smith's …

Here it is: Isn't my space cowboy... hot? ;) Seriously, it's a blazing cover that was made by Kanaxa. Love it! Wither will be available from Samhain Publishing on December 8, 2009 . I'll post the blurb as soon as it's been approved. Yay. Well, what do you think? PS. I …

It would be much easier to tell this story if it were all about a chaste and perfect love at an Extreme Time in History. But let's face it. . . Daisy is sent to England from New York to live with her cousins for a perfect summer. There are four of them: Osbert, Isaac , Edmond and Pipe…

Miami's best-dressed serial killer is back and on the prowl - as least he would be if he could shake his permanent shadow. Ever since their paths first crossed, Sergeant Doakes hasn't let Dexter Morgan out of his sight. Dexter may well be the Miami PD's blood-spatter analyst…

The sun's nice and bright. There's a slight breeze. And it's very hot. Yep. It feels more like a summer day than spring, but that's just fine with me. As you can see below, I finished reading the first Dexter book. Wow! It was such a cool read. I enjoyed it so much, a…

Vampires, werewolves, witches, shapeshifters -- they live among us without our knowledge. Night World is their secret society, a secret society with very strict rules. And falling in love breaks all the laws of the Night World. This omnibus contains the first three books in L.J. Smith'…