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Cat Johnson's next Task Force Zeta novel, the long awaited sequel to Model Soldier, titled A Prince Among Men, is available as of October 1st. In addition, Cat is finishing up proofing Rough Stock (a rodeo threesome to be released December 1st) and starting work on the next rodeo book. Cat will be signing her backlist at the Book Fair Saturday October 4th in Collingswood, New Jersey all day. Her cyber appearances include an interview October 1st on Dark Diva Reviews, guest blog spots on the Linden Bay Romance MySpace blog the first week of October, and an interview with Allie Boniface on her blog on October 15th. And don't miss the online press coverage! Amy Ruttan is busy finishing Book 2 of her Enchantress series, The Sorceress. Book 1, The Fey, will be released in February of 2009. Meanwhile, Amy is participating in The Raven Scavenger Hunt beginning October 1st. She's also featured this month at The Romance Studio. Charlie Cochrane, Erastes, Lee Rowan, and Alex Beecroft will be chatting on the Coffee Time Erotic loop on the 18th of October. 
What else is Charlie up to? She's desperately trying to make Stewart and Coppersmith co-operate as she gets Lessons in Power (Book 4 in the Cambridge Fellows Mystery series) ready for content edits. Book 1 in the series, Lessons in Love, is due to release on November 1, 2008. Charlie's reward for all this hard work? Tickets to see Hamlet with David Tennant and Patrick Stewart at the end of the month. Alex Beecroft is working on a m/m surfer novel titled The Boys of Summer. She's also having a mad 18th Century clothes-making spree, because she has to make a man's shirt, waistcoat, breeches and frock-coat before the first weekend in October. Alex tells us she's quailing at the thought of all those hand-sewn buttonholes! 
J.K. Coi wants to introduce you to Sarah, the heroine of her new book, The Trouble With Destiny! Sarah is witty, saucy, and sarcastic...the perfect match for Dorian, a hard-nosed, hard-bodied warrior with a dark past. Also, come join in book release fun throughout October. J.K. Coi will be blogging at Love is an Exploding Cigar on October 3, at Bitten By Books on October 15, and at the Linden Bay Romance Blog from October 13-17. On October 14th, she'll being interviewed at Long and Short Reviews. Also, if you're in the New Jersey area, don't miss the Put Your Heart in a Book Conference at The Sheraton at Woodbridge Place Hotel in Iselin, NJ on October 24 and 25, 2008, J.K. will be signing copies of her Immortal Series. Sylvia Shults, author of Trilogy 110: Timeless Embrace, will be attending several book signings in October. On Friday October 10th, she'll be at the Barnes & Noble at the North Park Mall in the Quad Cities (IA) from 6:30 to 8:30. Then, she'll be the featured author at the Midwest Gathering of Authors in Bishop Hill (IL). The event will run from noon until 5 on Saturday and Sunday, October 11th and 12th. Sylvia will get things rolling at noon on Saturday with a reading, followed by a Q&A session.
Rose Middleton's day job takes her surfing, hiking, climbing and mountainbiking through the wilds of Australia...albeit with a dozen teens in tow. As a high school teacher, Rose enjoys being a mentor and guide to today's youngsters, and it gives her the advantage of keeping up to date with the next generation of readers. When Rose needs to escape adolescent hormones, she dives into the calmer waters of romance writing. If her mother only knew! Visit her at www.rosemiddleton.com and www.thehybridseries.com
Behind the Scenes of Rose's Hybrids series
We asked Rose what inspired her to write the Immortals series...
"The Hybrid Series was inspired by three factors: my love of paranormal romance, James Patterson and my cat, Kali. I wanted to write a paranormal romance about shifters that readers could imagine was actually taking place somewhere in the world. Genetic engineering both fascinates and scares me and the moral implications of tinkering with the human blueprint is one of the themes I wanted to explore with the first book, SARI. Of course, spending hours trying to figure out exactly what's going through my cat's head when she's chasing imaginary butterflies had something to do with it, too. I didn't intend on creating an entire series, but when I dug deeper into the bowels of The Facility and found Hawk and Tigress, I knew I couldn't let them disappear into the forest."
Rose Middleton Trivia:
1. I am a Virgo, and the youngest of three girls. Even at 33, I'm the baby of the family.
2. I try to get the gym most days of the week but I am not a gym junkie. Really.
3. My hair was curly until May, 2007, when the curls mysteriously fell out. Now I have straight hair. My hair stylist still can't explain why..
4. I am determined to explore every inch of Australia in my life time.
5. I love the rain, especially in summer.
6. One of my favourite places is Wilsons Promontory National Park, which is located at the southern most tip of the Australian mainland and yes, the sand really does squeak at Squeaky Beach!
7. I am a techno-gadget freak and am fast running out of USB ports on my PC!
8. At the age of 10, I declared that I wanted to become a teacher. By 14, I decided that I was going to specialise in Physical Education. By 16, I was certain which university I would choose for my studies. By 25, I'd met so many of my life's goals that I had to sit down and write some more.
9. I hate vacuuming almost as much as the cat hates the vacuum cleaner.
10. I never have enough time.
What's Next?
 
COMING SOON - Books 2 and 3 of The Hybrids Series! While you're waiting, Linden Bay Romance was able to get this exclusive interview with the notorious Rex Zimmerman, mastermind of the Hybrid project. We asked Rex to explain what inspired what has become his life's work and to comment on the continued fate of the very controversial Hybrid project. "Humans are a weak species. Really, we are so susceptible to disease it's amazing that we managed to climb to the top of the food chain at all. Somehow we did and it got me thinking, what if we took the best animal traits and combined it with the best of human traits? What an incredibly adept creature we'd create. "I know I have my detractors. Look at Sari, she tried to shut me down and even though she wrestled away control of Eco-Corp and the money it provided, I survived. She said my work was unethical and inhumane, but what she does not recognize is the success. Yes, we had some unfortunate failings early on but those days are behind us. Nothing will go wrong and everyone involved from now on will find no fault in my work. I'm sure she will be the last of the naysayers. "I'm proud of my team for finding The Base and resuming the project with minimal interruption. We were set up and ready to go when the babies were born, and we're in the process of preparing the new generation for release. "Did I need to compromise? Perhaps but while I may not be terribly trusting of my new investors, they are at this very moment building me the perfect laboratory. Best of all, no one will ever find it. I've made doubly sure of that. Once we've completed our last relocation, we can initiate the final phase. I have no doubt that when you come face to face with the perfect thoroughbred hybrid, you will understand my passion and you will see the need for this step in the evolution of humans. "I look forward to seeing you become a hybrid, too."
~ Rex Zimmerman
Sent: Oct 01, 2008
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