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April updates and sale on Darkness Haunts

For those who don’t subscribe to my newsletter and missed it this morning I wanted to give a few updates. The first is that Darkness Haunts is currently on sale for only 99 cents through to tomorrow night (April 2nd) on all the major retailers. If you know anyone who might be interested in trying the series out, this is a great time to get the first book at a discount since I’m not sure if/when I’ll drop the price again. You can find the purchase links for it here.

In other news…

One of the questions I’ve been asked a lot lately is when the Darkness Shatters paperback will be out. I’m waiting on the hard copy proof to look over, but I expect to approve it and have it ready for sale within the next two weeks. Some of you are also waiting on the audio version of Darkness Shatters. My publisher has set the release date for June 3rd of this year and the CD version is already up for pre-order. They usually don’t have the digital version on pre-order until 2-3 weeks before the release, but I’ll put out another reminder close to then for those who need it.

As far as my publishing schedule on upcoming books go, I’m writing a novel now for an all-new series with the first book releasing in late June. It’s an idea that hit me about a year ago and has been bugging me ever since. I’ve worked on it in bits and pieces over the past months, but forced myself to wait until after publishing Darkness Shatters before putting my full attention on it. This one falls within the dark fantasy genre, but has totally different races/creatures than the Sensor Series. Most of my current readers should find it appealing. Yes, I’m leaving the details vague but I’ll reveal the cover and summary in about a month so you can find out more then.

For Darkness Wanes, book six of the Sensor Series, I expect to have it out in October of this year. That will wrap up the story arc for the main series, but I’ll go on to write spin-offs for some of the side characters and explore more on how *spoiler alert* the world has changed with supernaturals coming out in the open. There will be at least two of those novels (one featuring Cori as the main character and another featuring Micah) and possibly a third if the demand for Kerbasi to get his own novel keeps up. After that, I may do a book seven with Melena and Lucas where I actually keep them together for the plot (try not to be too shocked). Yes, I hear the complaints but keep in mind this is an urban fantasy series, not a paranormal romance so the focus has been different. Book seven would be to please the PNR lovers.

That’s it for now, but feel free to ask questions below if you have any.

January 2015 updates

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I’ve got a few updates for you all. The first is that you can now pick up the Christmas anthology, A Very Paranormal Holiday, on the major retailers for 99 cents. It includes an all-new story from the Sensor Series with an event that will be referred back to in future books (though it’s not vitally important to the overall storyline). There are also some other great paranormal stories in the anthology by other authors including Mark Henwick, Connie Suttle, Debra Dunbar, J.T. Bock, and J.C. Mells. You don’t want to miss it.

You can still get it for free instead if you contact me and are willing to sign up for book release alerts, but the links are below for those who’d prefer to purchase it:

Amazon US– http://www.amazon.com/Very-Paranormal-Holiday-J-T-Bock-ebook/dp/B00S70U4FG/

Amazon UK– http://www.amazon.co.uk/Very-Paranormal-Holiday-J-T-Bock-ebook/dp/B00S70U4FG/

Barnes & Noble– http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-very-paranormal-holiday-susan-illene/1121029785?ean=2940150294042

iTunes– https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/a-very-paranormal-holiday/id957361001?mt=11

Kobo– http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/a-very-paranormal-holiday

I’m hard at work with Darkness Shatters and I’m shooting for a February 25th release date. This novel will be a little different in that it switches to Lucas’ POV occasionally (with him in 3rd person). There are certain parts of the story that just can’t be told from Melena’s perspective and I believe it makes the overall novel stronger with his viewpoint in it. Expect the cover reveal for Darkness Shatters around February 1st. I’ll also be posting the first few chapters of the novel in a few weeks so you can get a taste of what the book will be like.

For the audiobook listeners, Darkness Divides will be out next week on the 20th and Darkness Clashes will be out on February 17th. If you’ve been following along, please do leave a rating/review on Audible. I’d greatly appreciate it!

Also, about the mailing list sign-ups. I’ve got one list that is strictly for new book release alerts. If you requested the Christmas anthology that is the one you signed up for. The only thing you get with that one is an email on the day a new book comes out with links for where to purchase it. Some of you have already gotten it in recent weeks with Tempting the Moon and know what I’m talking about.

If you’d also like updates on my publishing news, special giveaways, and early excerpts from future novels you will need to sign up for the newsletter. All you have to do for that is enter your email address and name to the form on the top right corner of this webpage or click here.

That’s it for now, but feel free to ask questions below if you’ve got any. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Chained by Darkness audio release today!

Audiobook release and paperbacks

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For those of you who have been waiting for Darkness Divides and Darkness Clashes to be out in paperback, they are both available now. Amazon gave me the kick in the pants I needed to get it done by offering to help out. I think they got tired of waiting for me to do it myself (in my defense, I’ve been busy). Big thanks to the Createspace team for their design work. Here’s the links for those who’d like to pick them up:

Darkness Divides– http://www.amazon.com/Darkness-Divides-Sensor-Volume-3/dp/1502932008/

Darkness Clashes– http://www.amazon.com/Darkness-Clashes-Sensor-Volume-4/dp/1502932180/

You can also find them on Barnes & Noble as well as some other online retailers.

The big release day for the Darkness Haunts audiobook is this Tuesday (Nov 25th). Pre-order for the digital download is now available, but if you’d like to hear a sample of it first click here. Prices for it vary according to how you purchase so for your convenience I’m going to tell you the cheapest ways to get it as of right now. Keep in mind the cost could go up or down at the retailer’s discretion.

1) For those who shop at Amazon and already own the kindle version of Darkness Haunts, you can get the audio version on Amazon here for $3.49. I’m not sure of the price outside the U.S. but feel free to comment and let me know what you’re seeing if you’re in the UK, Germany, Australia, etc and own the Kindle version.

2) If you’re a member of Audible and have downloads left you could get it for free or if you’re new to the site you could sign up for trial membership and get it for free. Here’s the link- http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Darkness-Haunts-Audiobook/B00PKJ2MJ8/

3) For those who do not have Audible membership (or can’t/won’t get it), and also do not own the Kindle version of Darkness Haunts you have a few options. Buy at full price from Amazon or Audible for $27.99, buy it on iTunes for $23.95, or you can buy it on my publisher website (Tantor) for $14.39 at this link- https://tantor.com/darkness-haunts-susan-illene.html

As I mentioned in a previous post, you can also order the CD versions of the audio book. Here’s the links to those:

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

Tantor*

Books-A-Million

Waterstones (for the UK folks)

*Currently, Tantor offers CDs at the lowest cost. You can get the regular audio CD that works in all CD players/computers for $14.99 or you can get the MP3 CD for $9.99 that works in computers and some CD players.

I hope those of you who pick it up enjoy the audio version of Darkness Haunts. You can expect Darkness Taunts to be out on December 16th. The CD version for it and the other books in the series are already up for pre-order, but the digital download versions don’t become available until closer to their release dates. Feel free to ask any questions if you have any!

Audio books for the Sensor Series

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Some of you have asked about this in the past and now I can give you an answer! Recently, Tantor Media approached me with an offer to buy the English language audio rights to the Sensor Series books (up to Darkness Clashes). As much as I love handling ebooks and paperbacks myself, it was actually a relief to sell the rights for the audio and let professionals take care of it all. I simply don’t have the time or the know-how to do it myself (though I respect the authors who do!). This is a company who has handled many well-known authors so I trust them to do a great job.

The details of the deal included me getting final say on the narrator. Last week they provided several wonderful choices. One stood out in particular as being just the right voice for Melena. I’m happy to say Cris Dukehart will be narrating all the Sensor Series books. She has already started recording.

Update– There is now a sample of Cris reading the beginning of Darkness Haunts on the Tantor site here if you’d like to listen.

I’ve also got the release schedule for all the novels. I’m including that below, along with links where they’re available for pre-order (CD versions only). Once I have links to the digital download versions and any other retailers I’ll add those as well.

Darkness Haunts : 11/25/14 (Tantor/Amazon/B&N)
Darkness Taunts : 12/16/14 (Tantor/Amazon/B&N)
Chained by Darkness : 1/6/15 (Tantor/Amazon/B&N)
Darkness Divides : 1/27/15 (Tantor/Amazon/B&N)
Darkness Clashes : 2/17/15 (Tantor/Amazon/B&N)

For Playing with Darkness, it will be included at the end of Darkness Divides since its too short to stand on its own. I’m glad Tantor recognized its significance to the series and offered to include it without me having to ask. Plus it’s a bonus to readers so you won’t have to buy it separately. They’ve also been great at working fast to get the books out and I hope those of you who enjoy the audio formats will be happy with the quality of their work!