Bloodfever's on sale in paperback, just in time to prepare yourself for the September 16th release of Faefever!
Need
a little FEVER refresher? The serial podcast of Darkfever (free
courtesy of Brilliance Audio and Bantam Dell) has been a tremendous
success! Check it out at www.darkfeverpodcast.com. Get the super-cool widget
to add to your blog, myspace page, or email to your friends. If you
like this feature, let us know in the comments on the podcast page, or
at my Message Board,
because the more positive feedback we receive on this fabulous new way
of bringing a book to you, the more likely it is similar things will
happen in the future.
Hungry for more than a refresher? The Scifi.com site is hosting a Karen Marie Moning "mini-site" where you can not only play the fun and challenging Mac vs. the Shades Game, but you can read the first THREE chapters of Faefever! Chapter 1 is up with more to follow.
Also, visit my Blog
where I recently added two more chapters of The Lady Lies (a romance
novel that I wrote back in 1994 that was never published but is a hoot
to read) and check out the cutest pink iPod Leiha put together that
plays the Official Fever Soundtrack.
And as always, stop by my Message Board. There's a wealth of speculation, hints and FAQ available. It's a lot to sort through, but there are many hidden gems.
Stay
tuned as we gear up for the September 16th release of Faefever. We have
something so hot, so sexy, so rocking-awesome-cool to show you, that
will be posted along with the newly re-designed homepage of karenmoning.com some time during the first week of September.
Bloodfever's on sale in paperback, just in time to prepare yourself for the September 16th release of Faefever!
Need a little FEVER refresher? The serial podcast of Darkfever (free courtesy of Brilliance Audio and Bantam Dell) has been a tremendous success! Check it out at www.darkfeverpodcast.com. Get the super-cool widget to add to your blog, myspace page, or email to your friends. If you like this feature, let us know in the comments on the podcast page, or at my Message Board, because the more positive feedback we receive on this fabulous new way of bringing a book to you, the more likely it is similar things will happen in the future.
Hungry for more than a refresher? The Scifi.com site is hosting a Karen Marie Moning "mini-site" where you can not only play the fun and challenging Mac vs. the Shades Game, but you can read the first THREE chapters of Faefever! Chapter 1 is up with more to follow.
Also, visit my Blog where I recently added two more chapters of The Lady Lies (a romance novel that I wrote back in 1994 that was never published but is a hoot to read) and check out the cutest pink iPod Leiha put together that plays the Official Fever Soundtrack.
And as always, stop by my Message Board. There's a wealth of speculation, hints and FAQ available. It's a lot to sort through, but there are many hidden gems.
Stay tuned as we gear up for the September 16th release of Faefever. We have something so hot, so sexy, so rocking-awesome-cool to show you, that will be posted along with the newly re-designed homepage of karenmoning.com some time during the first week of September.
1:55 PM PDT, September 18, 2006, updated at 7:39 PM PDT, September 29, 2006
It seems there’s been some confusion about my new novel, DARKFEVER so I thought I’d do a plog to set the record straight.
I love to read. You name it—I read it. I love romance, I love thrillers. I love mysteries, crime, sci-fi, fantasy, well-written biographies, literary fiction and comics. What am I looking for that leads me through so many different genres?
A darn good story. One that makes me feel, one that takes me away somewhere, one that entertains and shows me new and fascinating things along the way—the same things I look for in my own writing.
I also like to know what to expect when I pick up a book. I understand and respect that my readers do, too.
That being said…
When Mac O’Connor first stormed into my life and began telling me her story I was fascinated…and confused.
I said, “Is this a romance?” And she said, “Hush, I’m talking.” And I said “Excuse me, do you know I write single-title romances?” And she said, “Yes, but they’re paranormal and they’re all connected, aren’t they?” And I said, “Well, sort of, but I write in third-person.” And she said, “Well you’d better buck up and figure out how to write in first-person because I’m stuck in Dublin, surrounded by vampires, Irish mobsters and death-by-sex-Fae, and I’m supposed to find this stupid book of dark magic and my sister is dead and I want revenge and you have to write me out of this mess.”
As I was mentally forming a polite but firm refusal, in no mood to put my sexy and successful Highlanders on hiatus, she snapped, “Don’t even think of telling me ‘no’. You’re the one who put me here. If not for you and your MacKeltars and Adam and Aoibheal none of this would be happening to me. Now fix it!”
That got my attention. I sat back and listened for a while. And I discovered Mac was right. While I’d been busy in Scotland, chronicling the tales of the MacKeltars, I’d not thought to consider the ramifications of their exploits on a grander scale. Not once had I looked to Ireland, to the original settling place of the seductive and dangerous Fae. Not once had I checked on the Unseelie prison to make sure it was still holding its prisoners. Nor had I cast so much as a brief glance at the walls between the Fae and mortal realms, or I would have seen the danger we were in.
I began DARKFEVER immediately—the first of five MacKayla O’Connor novels in my new FEVER series.
When Mac started talking, I realized I had a story that couldn’t possibly be told in a single four or five or even six-hundred page novel. Not in any way that would do justice to the complexity and wonder of the forbidden, shadowy world she was telling me about.
The question I keep hearing is: Is DARKFEVER a romance?
No. DARKFEVER as a stand-alone is not a traditional romance novel. There is no happily-ever-after at the end of Book One and, while there is a great deal of sensuality and sexuality, Mac does not fall in love and marry a hero in the first book.
So what is DARKFEVER?
It’s the first installment of a story told over the course of five novels that is a romance, and a fantasy, and a mystery and even part thriller.
Is there sex in my FEVER series? Absolutely. Is there romance? Definitely. Does it all happen in the first book? No. It happens when it’s time.
I sincerely hope DARKFEVER makes you feel, and takes you away somewhere. I hope it entertains you, and shows you new and fascinating things along the way.
For more on the FEVER series, including monthly contests and a soon-to-be posted photo tour of Mac’s Dublin, please visit www.karenmoning.com.
Karen Marie Moning is a graduate of Purdue University where she completed a BA in Society & Law. Her first novel, Beyond the Highland Mist was nominated for two RITA's, won a Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award, and made Ms. Moning Waldenbooks bestselling debut romance author for 1999. Her third novel, The Highlander's Touch was awarded the prestigious RITA, at the historic Saenger Theatre in New Orleans in 2001. Her fourth novel, Kiss of the Highlander was selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the best mass market novels of 2002. Her fifth novel, The Dark Highlander was chosen as one of… Read more
Karen Marie Moning is a graduate of Purdue University where she completed a BA in Society & Law. Her first novel, Beyond the Highland Mist was nominated for two RITA's, won a Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award, and made Ms. Moning Waldenbooks bestselling debut romance author for 1999. Her third novel, The Highlander's Touch was awarded the prestigious RITA, at the historic Saenger Theatre in New Orleans in 2001. Her fourth novel, Kiss of the Highlander was selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the best mass market novels of 2002. Her fifth novel, The Dark Highlander was chosen as one of the Top Ten Favorite Books of the year by Romance Writers of America. Her novels have appeared on USA Today, Publishers Weekly and the New York Times bestseller lists.
