Release Day

Almost escaped me. I've been crazy busy. The kids are involved in activities this summer and the start ups are starting. Sumo is in Karate, Boo starts soccer and is in Guiding ... which I am a leader. Oy.

I can't believe the month is almost over, and with it brings the standalone sequel to Gladiator's Revenge, GLADIATOR'S ATONEMENT.











Here's the blurb:


When Eratos gains his freedom from his violent master he has only one thing on his mind—atonement. He chases his former master Thelonius back to Antioch, and a ghost from his past emerges from the shadows, none other than his master’s wife—a woman who hates the man as much as Eratos does.

Helena detests her husband, but thankfully he is never home and doesn’t desire her. Now he has returned home to lick his wounds and Helena wonders what has him so nervous. When she spies a shadow lurking she is thrilled Eratos has returned and realizes why her husband is fearful.

Helena decides to get her own revenge on the man who destroyed her life, and to finally taste ecstasy in the arms of Eratos, the man who stirred her dormant passions long ago. Eratos has thought only of Helena from the moment he first saw her, and having her under his former master’s nose sounds like sweet revenge indeed.

But Thelonius stands in their way, a man who they both want dead.

Year in retrospect

It's been a wild year as I tried to clamour out of a funk and get back after 2009 knocked me off my feet with a high risk pregnancy and absolutely no writing.

2010 my Muse came back--well, really she returned in June of 2009 after I delivered, but I needed that time to get WIPs finished and books written to get ready for 2010.

I had four releases in 2010:


ENEMY ENCHANTRESS a re-release of Enchantress The Fey was released in July of 2010 from Eternal Press.

















SORCERESS FROM THE SEA which is a re-release of Enchantress The Sorceress released in September 2010 from Eternal Press.












HEALER OF THE HEART released from Eternal Press in December 2010.























GLADIATOR'S REVENGE from Ellora's Cave released in December 2010, which was a long awaited redubt to EC. My last release with EC was February 2009 with Hard Candy.











I also made a couple sales which will be coming out in 2011:

MALE ORDER a Quickie from Ellora's Cave
GLADIATOR'S ATONEMENT coming from Ellora's Cave

AND my debut under my paranormal/urban fantasy name A.C. Ruttan INCARNATE is coming from Samhain Publishing.

I also had a freebie HOLLOW by A.C. Ruttan which is available here

My site and blog were redesigned and I lurve them. That is my year in a nutshell. It's been a crazy one, but a great one. Now, if I can only match the releases for next year to this past one. I have a good head start with 3. LOL!

Happy New Years my friends.

ALIVE!

No, I'm not dead under this mound of snow, and yes it is a mound. We got another 25 cms last night and it's still snowing. I shovel one spot and by the time I get back it looks like I didn't even shovel at all. It's like old adage of a grain of sand or pushing a boulder up a mountain for eternity. *sigh*

I've been quiet because I've been sick and just busy with holiday prep and writing. I'm working on my third gladiator book and another little short that's been fun to write.

I have some good news though! I sold the second gladiator book to Ellora's Cave. It was titled Blood Atonement, but it's getting retitled to something else. I'll let you know when I get a confirmation on the title.

Other than that I'm bracing for Christmas. I'm really looking forward to the Christmas holidays and hibernating for a couple weeks with lots of baked treats, hot chocolate and watching Christmas specials with my kidlets.

Fantastic Review & Other Assorted Things

So I got my first reader review for Gladiator's Revenge and I couldn't be more thrilled. The reader absolutely adored it and I'm over the moon. I had been worried about Taranis's reception. SO YAY!

I'm still sick with a sinus infection, and the last time I had this it turned into walking pneumonia this summer. I'm having a hard time breathing and I'm praying it's not another relapse. Boo! I have WAY too much to do, like write the third book for my Ancient Rome series.

Tuesday is my release from Eternal Press, the third book in my Enchantress Series Healer of the Heart.

Also Christmas is coming, and though my decorations are up my baking is sorely falling behind. Hoping I can get over this infections hump so I can start to bake again. I have BIG baking plans this Christmas, like Pioneer Woman's Rum Cake, Nanimo Bars, Yule Logs and Oreo truffles. Mmmm.

We're also in a snowsquall warning and supposed to get 8 inches of snow. It's starting to feel a lot like Christmas here.

So how are you this fine Sunday?

New Release-Gladiator's Revenge

It's been a long time since I had an Ellora's Cave Release, and I'm absolutely thrilled that Gladiator's Revenge is now available. I had so much fun researching Ancient Rome and writing this story.

I hope you enjoy Taranis' story as well.

You can read an excerpt here.