Release Day!

So today is what I’m calling the “soft” release day for The Vampire Narcise, the third book in my Regency Draculia series.

When I say soft release, it means that the book will start to show up in stores; they can start to put it out (they aren’t supposed to before now, but sometimes they do).

A hard release, or lay-down date, means that they absolutely cannot put the books out until that particular day–and usually the publishers pay the bookstores a fee to make sure that doesn’t happen. That’s usually the case for big name authors or ones who are being launched “big” so that the first week sales aren’t affected by a rolling release/availability.

Anyway, Narcise is available as of today…unless you’re reading her on an e-reader, in which case, the publisher isn’t making it available until June 1. (Sorry about that.)

There are reviews beginning to roll in, and I’m delighted with the response. Narcise was both a difficult and easy book to write. Oxymoronic, I know, but true. It’s dark and it pushes boundaries and breaks rules, and as one reviewer said, “It’s not for the faint of heart.” (Bookpage.com)

I hope you’ll let me know what you think of the book and if you see it in the stores this week or next. Here’s a link for a non-spoiler review, and also one for The Vampire Dimitri (I enjoyed reading this review because it made me chuckle) that I have to share. I love reading reviews that are just as entertaining as the book, showing that the reviewer clearly has not only a sense of humor, but “gets” the book.

The Vampire Narcise, reviewed by Love,Romance, Passion.

The Vampire Dimitri, reviewed by Dangerous Romance.

And yay me on blogging two days in a row!