I don't know about you guys, but I am still nursing my holiday hangover. Between the sugar and carbs and nog and all that togetherness, I need a major detox and to sleep for a week.

Alas, time waits for no woman. In addition to starting prep for the Wells New Years Blow Out, I've also got a new book out. Oh, yes, my friends. SILVER-TONGUED DEVIL, while not officially releasing untiL January 1, is hitting lots of shelves and shipping pallets this fine day. Tuesday is kind of the unofficial new release day for most book stores and some online retailers, so enterprising readers might be able to find a copy.

If not, fear not, never fear, because it will be out everywhere January 1. It amuses me, for example, that e-reader owners will wake up on New Years Day with fresh STDs on their Nooks and Kindles.

Here's the skinny on SILVER-TONGUED DEVIL:

CHAPTER ONE Excerpt

Blue lights flashed off the undersides of leaves. Off the tall brick buildings. Off the stoic faces of New York's finest. The cops formed a tight circle around a tarp-covered body next to a Dumpster. Its lid gaped open like the mouth of a shell-shocked witness.

After three months on a steady diet of bagged blood, the aroma of a fresh human kill hooked me by the nose and dragged me toward the crime scene. The humans around me could smell the stink of trash and acid rain and gritty city. But they couldn't detect the coppery scent that made my fangs throb against my tongue.

Delicious. Seductive. Forbidden.

Bright yellow police tape cordoned off the entrance to the park. Spectators gathered in a tight clutch on the sidewalk along Central Park West. Their morbid curiosity clung to their faces like Greek tragedy masks.

I shouldn't have paid any attention. I shouldn't have stopped. And I definitely shouldn't have pushed my way to the front of the crowd.

But the blood called to me.

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SILVER-TONGUED DEVIL

Official Release Date: January 1, 2012

Pre-order from Amazon, B&N, Indiebound.org

Description:

Now that the threat of war has passed, Sabina Kane is ready to focus on the future. Her relationship with Adam Lazarus is getting stronger and she's helping her sister, Maisie, overcome the trauma of her captivity in New Orleans. Even Giguhl is managing to stay out of trouble thanks to the arrival of Pussy Willow and his new roller derby team. But as much as Sabina wants to feel hopeful about the future, part of her doesn't trust that peace is possible.Her suspicions are confirmed when a string of sadistic murders threaten to stall treaty negotiations between the mages and the vampires. Sabina pitches in to find the killer, but her investigation soon leads her down dark paths that have her questioning everyone she thought she could trust. And the closer she gets to the killer, the more Sabina begins to suspect this is one foe she may not be able to kill.