All this talk of Big News . . .

Okay. I can officially announce what I've been dying to tell you all for close to a month now!

You know those couple books I wrote this summer? CRASH and CLASH? Jude Ryder and Lucy Larson?

Well, HarperCollins has picked up the series and and will be releasing both CRASH and CLASH in paperback on December 18th! That's right, you'll be able to head to your local bookstore and pick up a paperback'd Jude Ryder in two months time. Excuse me one second while I go scream . . .

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!

One more time . . .

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Okay, I feel better. Back to the point at hand.

I've had the opportunity to work with a phenomenal team at HarperCollins who have helped me edit and tighten both books to really make them the best possible stories they could be. I'm so thankful I had an opportunity to revisit them and make Jude and Lucy's story that much better. The newly edited and revised HarperCollins ebook editions will be available on November 13th. The meat and potatoes of the story is the same, we've just added a little more spice and made the story that much better.

As if this news isn't fabulous enough, I've got one more tidbit that I imagine will make all you Jude and Lucy fans happy. Since I felt there was still more that needed telling, there will be a third book in the series.

Yep, a THIRD BOOK!

(I'm going to do my best to keep this scream contained, but no promises.)

The third book is entitled CRUSH and will be coming soon to your e-readers and bookstores everywhere. This story is going to pick up where CLASH left off and is going to be even steamier and the stakes are going to be higher than ever. To everyone who begged and pleaded with me to write another chapter in Jude and Lucy's story, you got your wish!

And just because this post is oozing with awesome, I'm going to leave you with the shiny, new covers the HarperCollins books will have. Stare. Swoon. Ogle. Have your way with them. It's my gift to you this Friday afternoon.

Ladies and gentlemen . . . I give you, Jude Ryder. And Lucy Larson. She's in there, too.

With Jude Ryder.

Jude.

Ryder.

Can someone say sexy stubble? How about cute freckles?


I want to say a huge thank you and extend a virtual hug to my agent, Jane Dystel, for being a pro at what she does and working tirelessly for her clients, and to all the wonderful people at HarperCollins who believed in Jude and Lucy and helped me make their story that much better (Phoebe Yeh, I'm talking about you and your greatness!). I'm eternally grateful.

And to all of my readers and fans who have been through the thick and thin with me, I love you. I say it a lot, but it's true. I'm where I am because you also believed in me and spread the word. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.

Stay tuned for updates in the coming weeks and months. I'll be posting CRUSH teasers and doing fun giveaways along the way.

One more scream to cap this baby off:

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

*Catches breath. Okay, back to the writing and editing cave I go*