USA Today Bestselling Author of Urban Fantasy Romance and Fantasy Romance
I think I’ve blogged about this before–my obsession with beautifying my Facebook profile. I even started a fan page because I’d heard I could use HTML and actually have control over the design of my landing page. Sad, huh? LOL
What got me thinking on this topic again was I got a new cover, for A Hint of Frost, and I LOVE it. Like I am absolutely madly in love with it and want to paste it everywhere. So I redesigned my Facebook pages to show off my new pretty.
This is how my standard page looks:
Much to my surprise, it’s the one I submitted! 😀
(Polished, of course, but 90% mine! Take that blurbs! I will master you yet! ;D )
Hope dangles by a silken thread.
When the head of the Araneidae clan is found poisoned in her nest, her eldest daughter,Lourdes, becomes their clan’s new maven. If her clan is to survive, she has but one choice: she must marry before her nest is seized. All she needs is a warrior fierce enough to protect her city and safeguard her clansmen. Such a male is Rhys the Cold.
Born the youngest son of an impoverished maven, the only things Rhys has to his name are his sword and his mercenary reputation. His clan is starving, but their fondness for the flesh of fellow Araneaeans makes them unwelcome dinner guests. Torn between loyalty to his clan and fascination with his future bride, Rhys’s first taste ofLourdesthreatens to melt the cold encasing his heart.
Amid the chaos of battle,Lourdes’s sister disappears and is feared captured.Lourdesand Rhys pursue their enemies into the southlands, where they discover an odd plague ravaging southern clans as it travels north, to Arania. Determined to survive,Lourdeswill discover whether she’s worth her silk or if she’s spun the thread by which her clan will hang.
Warning: This book contains one mercenary hero with a biting fetish, one determined heroine who gets nibbled, and an answer to the age-old question, “What does dragon taste like?” Matricide and sibling rivalry are available upon request. The house special is revenge, best served cold.
Join me in a happy dance, won’t you? Blurb writing is a necessary skill for writers, and it’s one I’ve struggled to master. I know it’s silly, but I get such a kick out of seeing my practice pay off in a way that makes me proud to say, “I did that.”
I’ve just updated the page for A Hint of Frost, including the official excerpt.
I am so excited to share this book with y’all! Is it April yet? 😉
As a bonus, I’ll throw in my favorite lines from the book:
“Come, partisan.” I curled my fingers. “Help me bathe, then take me to your home.”
I heard him swallow. “As my maven wishes.”
Okay, so I’m a writer and not a jeweler or advertising exec, and I might have only watched the movie How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days because Matthew McConaughey is hot, but still. I have some pretty Frostastic news.
I signed a contract with Samhain Publishing for A Hint of Frost yesterday. I am ridiculously excited about this book and I can’t wait to share it with y’all. It currently has a June of 2012 release date. I’ll post more information as it becomes available. 🙂
Hailey writes about questionable applications of otherwise perfectly good magic, the transformative power of love, the family you choose for yourself, and blowing stuff up. Not necessarily all at once. That could get messy.
