Jaci Burton’s Muse

Since October 1st is tomorrow, I thought I’d let y’all know that I have three…yes three…releases in October. Hey, it wasn’t MY idea to release three of my books in October, so don’t blame me for that.

RIDING TEMPTATION Releases in ONE WEEK (have you ordered it yet? )

The second book in my Wild Riders series from Berkley HEAT.

FORBIDDEN FANTASIES Releases on October 14th from Pocket Books/EC. (Click the FF link and check out EC’s awesome contest for this book!)

It contains my novella, LEGEND’S PASSION, which is part of my DEVLIN DYNASTY werewolf series. Scroll down on this page and you can see all the books in this series, and read an excerpt of LEGEND’S PASSION.

THE DARKEST TOUCH Releases on October 28th:

It’s the third book in my Demon Hunters series from Bantam Dell:

Oh, and just fyi:

Nov - HOLIDAY SEDUCTION - The print version of my Samhain book, UNWRAPPED, which will also contain Lauren Dane’s TO DO LIST.

Dec - UNLACED Anthology from Berkley HEAT, with stories from me, Jasmine Haynes, Joey Hill and Denise Rossettii

Dec - UNRAVELED from Samhain Publishing. (Loosely based sequel to UNWRAPPED).

You love me, don’t you?

Whew! Long weekend, and a lot of riding. My butt and my back are sore. But we had fun. There were lots of bikes to ogle, lots of people to ogle, too. I mean there are the regular biker people, folks who come to see the bikers, and then the people who dressed oddly. Seriously, I wish I had gotten some pics of the strange outfits. Like the girl in the white hot pants with pantyhose underneath and the pink haltertop and omg she so needed a bra. Well, maybe it’s best you don’t see a pic. Bad enough I had to see it.

It was hot during the day and cold at night, which when you had the packing crisis I did means I had to buy a new jacket at the Harley Davidson store in Fayeteville.

On Friday night we rode the bike down Dickson St and…I’m not kidding…there were wall to wall people lining the sidewalks, five foot deep, and no one was moving. It was like people sardines. Really scary for the claustrophobic. What a madhouse and I wanted no part of that crush. Yikes!

Saturday morning was much nicer. Crowded, but manageable. Pics below!

These pics are all of Dickson St, the main drag where all the bikes ride up and down…ya know, to see and be seen.

Me and Biker Dude.

Dickson St from the other direction.

And we’ve decided we need a bigger bike

So tomorrow after work Biker Dude and I will be heading to Arkansas for Bikes, Blues & BBQ, an annual event held in Fayetteville. Nothing like spending a couple days with a quarter of a million people packed together like sardines, and add in 100,000 bikes or so. I can’t wait!

We went last year and had a blast. Oh, that reminds me, gotta charge up the camera batteries and actually remember to pack the camera.

Anyway, we’re riding the bike up there, which brings me to my dilemma…packing. We have a small bag on the back of the Harley, and we’ll add a backpack on top of it.

I’m not a light packer. I like to overpack. But on bike trips, overpacking is a huge no no. We take the minimum, which means the jeans we’re wearing, an extra shirt, minimal toiletries and that’s it. (I mean my makeup and hair stuff and shoes alone can take up half a regular sized suitcase). But no. One pair of shoes…my riding boots. Minimal hair goo. Minimal makeup. (You picking up on the whole ‘minimal’ thing here?)

*whimper*

But….but…what if I spill ketchup on my jeans? What if it rains? What if I get muddy?

I know…some tough girl, huh? I like to bring extra clothes so that I’m prepared for any eventuality. But with minimal space (there’s that word again..minimal), that’s not gonna happen. I can’t even pack a blow dryer (fortunately, the hotel has one…or so they say).

Sometimes it’s hard being a girl.

Releasing Dec 23rd from Samhain Publishing!

Beautiful cover, isn’t it? This is my first cover done by Natalie Winters (i.e. author Mandy Roth). She does some amazing covers. You can see some of her work at her blog here.

I wrote UNWRAPPED last year, and lots of readers fell in love with Mitch, a secondary character in that story. So this year you’ll get Mitch’s story in UNRAVELED.

Here’s the blurb:

Mitch Magruder, rich, successful, wildly popular surfer and entrepreneur, is always on the lookout for the next big wave or the next great deal. So when he’s home for the holidays, he jumps at the chance to build one of his famous hotels right on the white, sandy, Florida beach where he grew up. The only thing standing in his way is Greta Mason.

Divorced with two children, Greta welcomes the struggle to make ends meet at the ramshackle beachfront motel her father left her. The motel means everything to her, and no amount of money—or hot nights of persuasion—offered by gorgeous, sexy Mitch is going to change her mind. No matter how much his touch unravels her defenses.

For once, Mitch finds he’s the one doing the chasing, and Greta’s doing more than throwing a monkey wrench into his perfectly orchestrated world. She’s making him think about things he’s never considered before, things other than the pursuit of money. Things like settling down with right woman.

Now if only he can convince her he wants more than hot sex, moonlit nights, and her hotel…

RIDING TEMPTATION releases two weeks from today from Berkley HEAT!

He’s a biker working undercover for the Feds. She joined the Wild Riders for reasons of her own. Together, they’re burning up the asphalt and tearing headlong into danger and passion…

Ever since runaway Jessie Matthews teamed up with the gang of special ops bikers, the Wild Riders have thought of her as their kid sister. Except for Diaz Delgado. Over the past few years he’s been watching the budding of a ripe young woman. Jessie’s glad somebody finally sees her for who she is—and she’s thrilled it’s Diaz. His dark good looks and killer body have tempted her since day one.

Diaz’s unbrotherly urges have been hard to fight but the last thing he’d want to do is hurt Jessie and break up the gang. But when they both go undercover to infiltrate a group of killer survivalists, he knows it’ll be hard to keep his distance—especially when the mission takes a risky turn. Now Diaz has no choice but to open himself up to the one woman who may be strong enough to take him on.

You can order the book here at Amazon .

I’ve received some great reviews already!!!

Keitha Hart of Romantic Times Bookreviews Magazine said: The second novel in the Wild Riders series is a sexy, fast-action thrill ride!

Jennifer at Wild On Books said:

RIDING TEMPTATION has it all – action, suspense, romance, and sensuality all wrapped up in a story that will keep you on the edge of your seat and have you clamoring for the next story in the WILD RIDERS series!

How about an excerpt? (after the jump)

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I have a case of the disappearing weekend. Where did it go? What did I do? And now it’s Monday again.

We went to Arkansas on Saturday. The Harley store there had demo rides and Biker Dude wanted to test ride some of the other bikes. So we took a day trip and had a great time. Sadly, I left my favorite sweater in a restaurant between here and there. . Now I need to replace it.

Sunday was all about laundry and NASCAR. But I made the mistake of lying down on the sofa and I slept during the last 100 laps. (Note to self: Nap during pre-race, not the end of the race).

Anyone watch the Emmy Awards last  night? Biker Dude commented that we don’t really watch a lot of the shows that were award winners. So maybe our TV watching tastes are….obscure. Or eclectic.  Oh well.

This week it’s all about revisions. Yes, still. I’m really hoping to finish it up this week. Fingers crossed.

How was your weekend? And what’s on your agenda this week?

I’m over at the Writeminded blog again today for the TGIF Giveaway. I’m offering up RIDING WILD as a prize, so go enter for a chance to win!

The Writeminded Blog, where I reveal my super secret addiction.

Come on over to see what it is!

Usually I get interviewed. But Katiebabs started up a new blog and asked some authors to interview her! How fun.

So I’m interviewing Katiebabs on her new blog, BABBLING ABOUT BOOKS AND MORE!

Go see how she answered my hard hitting journalistic questions ( ) and while you’re there, check out her great new blog!

I can finally post my good news!

You know that proposal I was working on?

Bound, Branded & Brazen has sold to Berkley Heat in a two book deal!

Bound, Branded & Brazen is a contemporary erotic romance about three sisters who own a ranch and the hot cowboys they have some fun adventures with. I can’t wait to write it!