New Releases & Upcoming Books for the TBR - Nalini Singh

On November the 3rd, I have not one but two releases.

Blaze of Memory continues the Psy/Changeling series and it’s set in the world of the Forgotten - Psy who rebelled rather than embrace Silence (a protocol that erases emotion). A hundred years after their defection, the Forgotten are finding strange new abilities in their population. But, along with those gifts…come deadly costs.

Then, we have the mass market release of the An Enchanted Season anthology, which features my novella, “Beat of Temptation.”

I hope you enjoy both! The links will take you to the backcover blurbs, as well as to full chapter excerpts.

Now, onto today’s topic – all the other great books coming out in the next few months that I’m looking forward to. Here are just a few of the things on my list in no particular order.

Patricia Briggs – Silver Borne
Jayne Castle – Midnight Crystal
Anne Bishop – Shalador’s Lady
JD Robb – Fantasy in Death & Kindred In Death
Julie James – Something About You
Lora Leigh – Lion’s Heat

I could keep going, but I’ll force myself to stop there! So, what’re you all looking forward to?

Everyone who leaves a comment in the next 24 hours goes into the draw to win a copy of the Must Love Hellhounds anthology, which features “Angels’ Judgment,” a novella set in my Guild Hunter universe.

Nalini

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Novellas on my mind - Nalini Singh

I’ve got novellas on my mind. Two reasons for this – my very first novella just came out in the An Enchanted Season anthology; and I’m writing a second one at this very moment.

When I was first asked to write a novella, I thought about the ones I’d read in the past and why the ones that worked for me did so. Here are two factors that immediately jumped out at me.

1. Characters I care about: This is something that’s important in every book I read, but in novellas an author has a shorter time-period to get me cheering for the hero and heroine. So if you’re going to write an unsympathetic hero or heroine, as I reader, I want to be clued in early that this person isn’t as bad as they appear.

2. A complete story: Very important. Even if it’s part of a series, I want a beginning, a middle and an end. A sense of resolution is necessary because often, when I pick up a novella collection, it’s because I don’t have time to read a full book, but want that full book feeling of satisfaction.

So those are two things that I try to keep in mind while working on my novellas. Do you agree with my points? Think I need to add something to the list? And have you read any good novellas lately? What made the story work so well for you?

# Everyone who leaves a comment in the next twenty-four hours goes into the draw to win a copy of An Enchanted Season.

And last, but definitely not least, I want to thank Lee for inviting me to come play on her blog!

Nalini Singh has travelled as far afield as the deserts of China and the temples of Japan. However, it is the journey of the imagination that fascinates her the most. Currently writing the next book in her bestselling Psy/Changeling series—about a race with no emotions, and the sensual changelings who challenge their perfect Silence—she can be found via her website or hanging out at her blog.