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STEPHANIE'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER... Direct from the writer's desk!

May 1 , 2013

Autumn is here, one of my favorite times of the year, and this year the colors seem especially intense. My garden is a rich palette of trees in various shades of red, orange, and gold - just lovely!

I hope you've all enjoyed Henrietta and James's romance in AND THEN SHE FELL, and are just waiting to learn what Mary gets up to. Or, more pertinently, Ryder! Lots more fun and drama to come at the end of June, when THE TAMING OF RYDER CAVANAUGH is released.

Until then, I have a special treat for those reading e-books - The World of Stephanie Laurens booklet has been completely updated, and it now has proper Family Trees - readable ones! Indeed, on my iPad they are even expandable! And best of all, the booklet is totally FREE. And yes, it's available globally, on most if not all major e-book stores. If the links on the Home page don't work for you (I can never be sure anymore!), just search in your region's e-bookstores and it should pop up.

Even if you don't have an e-reader, you can easily download it by getting the relevant e-bookstore app for your computer.

By now, all those lucky readers who scored a signed autographed copy of the e-booklet at the recent live video chat should have received your signed copies - I emailed out the last of them last week! Quite an experience, signing a page in an e-book just as if it was a printed book - very cool - and thanks to the Autography.com people for ironing out the wrinkles.

And there's another, 15 min or so audio interview on Blackstone Audio's website - you can listen, or read a transcript. To access it, click HERE.

The Cynster Quiz is still up. If you haven't had a giggle over which Cynster female character you're most like, give it a whirl? Purely just for fun! Answer five easy questions, and the quiz will reveal which of 5 Cynster female characters you most resemble! Find the Cynster Quiz at: http://snapp.to/Y0sMRn

And then, before you know it, Mary's book, THE TAMING OF RYDER CAVANAUGH, will be released on June 25. The cover, blurb, buy/preorder links, and Chapter 1 excerpt are now up on this site. Email newsletter subscribers have already read this excerpt, and will receive a second exclusive extended excerpt (which will not appear on the website) in the Almost Summer Newsletter on May 15 - so if you've finished reading AND THEN SHE FELL and, understandably, you want to know what Mary does next, but have yet to sign up for the email newsletter...well, the link to sign up is toward the top of the column to the left. Free, easy-peasy, and the list is totally private.

Once again I have to sound a warning - I've had numerous readers in the US email, disappointed that they could not find printed copies of AND THEN SHE FELL in their usual outlets. This is because, sadly, those outlets are ordering fewer copies - not just of mine but of all books they stock - and so they run out very quickly, and these days they do not replenish. Many readers had to turn to online stores to order, and then had to wait for the books to arrive. Don't get caught. If you can't be certain your store will have a copy, preorder, either in your local bookstore or online.

The second in the Barnaby Adair series is now in and done. No title as yet, but, of course, the story brings back Barnaby and Penelope, and Stokes and Griselda, as all four come together to aid Heathcote Montague, the Cynsters' man of business, to solve a mystery that starts with an old lady finding too much money in her bank account.

And now...I'm working on rehabilitating Malcolm Sinclair. Yes, he is back, but he's quite a different man, in many different ways. His book will follow Montague's.

You might also see new covers shortly for the BastionClub e-books - more on that next month.

And in between everything else, I have finally made moves to get my new website design happening - the build is on, but as this is, in fact, a very large site, with so many book pages, plus, of course, the new and wonderful family trees (with all the children to 1837!), that it will take a few months more, but it should be worth the wait.

SO WHAT'S COMING UP NEXT? AND WHEN?

Following Henrietta', and Mary's stories, both out this year, we will have 2 re-issues of novellas not previously available in digital (or as stand-alones), and possibly something new and very different, too, to help you get through the long months until the first half of next year brings the 2nd and 3rd Casebook of Barnaby Adair novels. The 2nd Casebook novel will include the romance of Heathcote Montague, the Cynsters' man-of-business, while the 3rd Casebook novel sees the long-awaited return of Malcolm Sinclair. After that...well, as you'll see once you reach the Epilogue of Mary's book, the Cynsters aren't in any danger of fading away just yet.

My release schedule for 2013 reads:

OUT NOW -

AND THEN SHE FELL- Henrietta's story. Paperback original and e-book, all formats.

UPCOMING -

JUNE 25, 2013 - THE TAMING OF RYDER CAVANAUGH - Mary's story. Paperback original and e-book, all formats.

AUGUST 27, 2013 - RETURN ENGAGEMENT - standalone e-book reissue; previously published in Royal Bridesmaids. E-book only, all formats, no georestrictions.

FALL 2013 -MELTING ICE - my very first novella, long out-of-print, back as a standalone e-book release, all formats, no georestrictions.

2014 - UNTITLED - #2 Casebook of Barnaby Adair - Montague's story

2014 - UNTITLED - #3 Casebook of Barnaby Adair - the return of Malcolm Sinclair.

AND THERE WILL BE MORE BOOKS TO FOLLOW!

We will always keep this web site and this letter up-to-date with all my latest news.

For those who have emailed, thank you for taking the time to drop me a note. As mentioned above (STOP PRESS, left hand column), for exclusive sneak peeks into upcoming works, sweepstakes, and heads-up alerts as new books are released, please join my new and improved Email Newsletter list. If you were a member of the old Heads Up Email List, that's been discontinued, and you will need to join again.

I hope you all enjoy reading my works as much as I enjoy writing them.

Best wishes and happy reading!

Stephanie