The Result of a Straight Razor

Late last year I unleashed Miko the Mako Shark on the world, and in a week, he returns.  The Result of a Straight Razor takes right off where The Consequence of High Caliber ended, with emotions and insanity running high.  Miko has a lot to struggle through in this next book, but he's not without support from his nearest and dearest, as well as certain someones that my other readers may be quite familiar with.

Miko is in mourning.  He is plotting.  Miko is thinking about death and vengeance.  About forgiveness.  And love.  Miko is getting some new tattoos.

I highly recommend anyone who follows both series to read this one before The Inauspicious List (Chance Assassin #3.)  They do overlap but reading The Result of a Straight Razor spoils less of The Inauspicious List than the other way around.

The Result of a Straight Razor will be released on 8/21/2015, and to kick off the release, The Consequence of High Caliber will be FREE from 8/21/2015-8/23/2015.

That new book smell

For anyone who reads my blog regularly, you'll know that summer is my most despised time of year.  We've just gotten out of a horrific heatwave (and will soon be entering into another according to the Weather Channel) but it rained gloriously yesterday, I just turned 29*, and my first ever book, Chance Assassin, is officially in print.

A lot can be said for the digital age.  Authors are able to reach more readers than they otherwise could, I can take books with me on my phone while I'm out walking the dog, but you can't hold the book in your hands.  You can't smell it.  Well, now I can.  And so can you!  You can get a copy at Amazon.com here and I will soonish have my others in print as well.

In other digital news, I'll have updates on the release of The Result of a Straight Razor (Mako Shark 2) with my (hopefully) next blog post, as well as some information on The Inauspicious List (Chance Assassin 3).

Until then, happy reading, whatever your preferred format may be.

*32

Happy June 26th to EVERYONE

That's all I have to say about that.

Coming Soon to an eReader Near You

It's been a busy start to the year, and I'm happy to say that I have some WIPs very close to being finished.

As some of you know, I did a series of hits that took place during Chance Assassin on my other blog.  It's been awhile since I've had time to work on them, but I'm hoping to publish the ones you've read (along with two new ones) as a free ebook collection in the near future.  I mention this because book 3 of the Chance Assassin series just happens to be one of my upcoming releases and I'd like to share a few hits that happen between Les Recidivists and The Inauspicious List.  So for your reading please, you can view my Greatest Hits blog and catch up with Frank and Vincent.  Just a warning, there are major spoilers for readers who haven't read Les Recidivists yet.

That brings me to Chance Assassin 3, of course, which I'm just about ready to send off to beta readers.  The Inauspicious List starts a few months after Les Recidivists ends, with Frank and Vincent happily but perhaps unluckily returning to work.

But before I can publish Frank and Vincent's next book, I have to bring Miko back from that little cliff I left him hanging on.  The Result of a Straight Razor is under final edits and the cover is being worked on.  I'll have more updates closer to publication.

A Time for Reading the Fine Print

As some of you know, I did a post-Valentine's Day sale a few weeks ago.  There's this cool new program with Kindle Direct Publishing on Amazon.com that lets you do countdown deals, and I wanted to try it out.  The countdown program is only available on the .com and .co.uk sites, but I figured I would just manually change the prices on the other sites as well...and there lies the rub.  Apparently you can't change pricing for 48 hours beforehand and 2 weeks after a countdown deal, even in other markets.  So I'm an idiot and I apologize to my European, Canadian, and Australian readers who weren't able to take advantage of the sale.  You can now.  In those markets all three of my books will be 0.99 for the next few days.  Let's call it the Nicole Castle will never be a lawyer sale.

Happy reading, even if you're reading fine print.  :)

A Time for Love

Of course I'm referring to the few days after the dreaded Valentine's Day when you can get all the yummy heart-chocolate for cheap.  I've never been a big proponent of Hallmark's idea of celebrating love but I am a proponent of sales, which brings me to my point.  On February 15th and 16th all three of my books will be discounted to $0.99 (or pounds) on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.

Happy reading and happy V-day.

For the coming year

2014 was a rough year for me in many ways, but I did take some time to look back at a few of the positive things:

I published two books last year, which is awesome if I do say so myself

I had a lovely vacation to see a friend who I never would've met without the power of the internet, and I've met several more the same way *cue hugs and sappy music*

And most of all, I survived the various personal setbacks and I think I'm a stronger person because of it.

So here's to 2015.  I have full first drafts for both The Inauspicious List (Chance Assassin #3) and The Result of a Straight Razor (Mako Shark #2) and at this rate, who knows?  Maybe I can get beat my record and get three books out this year.