This book is finally out, and I am really excited about it. I write all kinds of stuff…crime, urban fantasy, and romance. This story pulls together my love of crime fiction together with urban fantasy, along with some of my favorite themes…trouble, redemption, and the power of friends and family to help you transcend your challenges.

It also comes full circle for me, work wise. I’m one of those people who has had a million jobs in her life. I’ve worked as an aerobics instructor, administrative assistant, cocktail waitress, house painter, mother’s helper, office temp, ID checker, Mom, artist’s model…on and on I could go.

And I worked as a lawyer, too, for a while.

Nicole’s storefront office brought me back to my own past, and to some of the most fulfilling work I’ve ever done.

I represented clients in the cities of New Haven, Connecticut, and Buffalo, New York, and the work was gritty and satisfying and soulful. Chasing Nicole Farmer down the streets of Amistad reminded me of the bittersweet victories and searing defeats my clients experienced in their lives, and how lucky I was to get to work with them and help them achieve their goals.

Standing up for my clients’ legal rights taught me how to stand my ground. It was a long, wild ride, and I don’t think I would have become a novelist if I hadn’t had the chance to do it.

I hope that you enjoy the story!

Buy it here: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Apple Books | Kobo

To celebrate the release of the third book in the LADY LAZARUS trilogy, I am pulling out all the stops and embarking on a wild and wonderful journey into the Internets. Here is a list of all the wonderful places that I will be visiting over the next couple of months or so. I keep adding stops, so if you are a blogger, author or reader and you would like me to come out and visit your cyber-home in the course of my epic adventure, just give me a shout.

At each stop, mysteries and secrets will be revealed, you’ll learn about the dangerous world of Magda Lazarus, and there will be prizes and presents and giveaways for all. It’s going to be such a blast!

Without further ado, here are the stops scheduled so far. I’ll do my best to keep this list updated and current:

February 13             Seeing Night Reviews

February 19             The Book Pushers

February 28             Fangtastic Books

March 4                       Butterfly o Meter

March 5                       Basia’s Bookshelf

March 7                       The Qwillery

March 8                       Bibliophilic Monologue

March 11                     Bibliophilic Book Blog

March 13                     Vampire Book Club

March 14                     Joyous Reads

March 15                     Night Owl Reviews

March 19                     All Things Urban Fantasy

March 20                     Paranormal Haven

March 21                     Short N Sweet Reviews

March 22                     My Bookish Ways

March 25                     Bitten By Paranormal Romance

March 27                     Romancing the Book

March 28                     Urban Fantasy Investigations

March 29                     Author Melanie Atkins

April 5                          Tez Miller

April 8                          Let Them Read Books

Come find me! I’ll keep you posted on the twists and turns of my journey to seeing this trilogy complete and on the bookstore shelves. And hopefully I’ll get the chance to express my gratitude to all of you, who I’ve had the privilege of meeting along the way.

A lot of fun stuff to share…

But first, a quick update on how things are going out here. I got slammed along with the rest of the tri-state area by Superstorm Sandy and the big snowstorm that came the week after. So I have been offline for a long time. It gave me time to think (and scheme) and ultimately that is all for the good. But I am still reeling from the  suffering of all the people here who are still grappling with the aftermath of these storms. And also amazed by the awesomeness of so many of my friends and neighbors :)

On to the stories. I have stories in two new anthologies that are coming out in the next few weeks, and wanted to show you the beautiful covers and give you a quick overview of each. I had such a great time writing these two very different stories, and will give you the heads up again when they go live.

“The Phoenix of Mulberry Street”

A short story set in the rich, lush, gorgeous historical fantasy universe of Mercedes Lackey’s Elemental Masters. Muckraker and Fire Master Jane Emerson rescues a mysterious little match girl and does battle with a robber baron with a dragon’s lust for treasure. Magic on the Lower East Side in 1885…I loved writing this story, in this world. Publishers Weekly called this story “complex and evocative.”

I think the other stories in this collection are masterful! Out December 4th…here are some purchase links for you:

Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/elemental-magic-mercedes-lackey/1111364146

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Elemental-Magic-All-New-Tales-Masters/dp/0756407877

Book Depository: http://www.bookdepository.com/Elemental-Magic-Mercedes-Lackey/9780756407872

“Fade Away and Radiate”

A futuristic tale of betrayal and redemption on a faraway snow-blasted planet. Set in my Netherwood universe, and featuring Anika Bowman, an interplanetary gardener running  for her life from the truth back on Earth. She can’t resist the brash, sexy as hell, genetically-modified soldier hell-bent on saving her from corporate murderers…love found in a dangerous time.

This looks to be an amazing anthology of futuristic romance stories, coming out in January — I’m looking forward to reading these stories myself. Here are the buy links:

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/The-Mammoth-Book-Futuristic-Romance/dp/0762446013

Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-mammoth-book-of-futuristic-romance-trisha-telep/1108942654

Books A Million: http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Mammoth-Book-Futuristic-Romance/Trisha-Telep/9780762446018

Happy Thanksgiving to all!