Dakota Meltdown Cover!

Wow! I'm thrilled with this cover my August Release DAKOTA MELTDOWN!

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BENEATH THE TEXAS MOON
and this gift set of bookmarks!

Two-book deal!

My editor called yesterday and offered me a two-book deal! Yippee! That's 3 books for 2007! The titles of the three so far are (and subject to change):

Blown Away
Cowboy Sanctuary ( Bodyguards Unlimited continuity)
Trail of Terror

I'm still Snoopy Dancing!

Dreamin' in Dallas Conference

Got back yesterday from the Dreamin' in Dallas Conference. It was a blast. Thanks to all who came to the booksigning on Friday night! Loved seeing you all. It was great seeing my sister Delilah Devlin and all my friends from San Antonio. I had the pleasure of my best friend from high school driving down with me, so the trip was more than just fun! We had a blast!

I've been Invited to a Continuity!

OMG! I was invited to be a part of a continuity with Harlequin Intrigue! I'm so jazzed! It's going to be called Bodyguards Unlimited and it's based in Colorado! I love bodyguars and I LOVE Colorado!! And my hero is a cowboy! I'm sooo jazzed. Can't wait to start writing it! I'll be book #3 of the series and it'll come out in May.

Other news? I turned in LAKOTA BABY - Dec 06 and finished final edits on DAKOTA MELTDOWN - Aug 06. Can't wait to see them in print!

Beneath the Texas Moon is out!

BENEATH THE TEXAS MOON

by

ELLE JAMES

Friends and family are reporting "sightings" of my first Harlequin Intrigue, BENEATH THE TEXAS MOON. It's on the shelves in Wal-Mart, grocery stores and bookstores! I've even received my first fan mail!

For other information on my other Harlequin Intrigues coming out this year, visit www.ellejames.com.

By moving her son to Friendship, Texas, Eve Baxter had hoped to help Joey overcome the trauma of bearing witness to his father’s tragic death. Sworn off men until her son is grown and on his own, Eve resists her attraction to the haunted cowboy, Mac McGuire. But when the town falls victim to bizarre animal mutilations and the death of a teenage girl, Eve realizes she or her son could be the next casualties and reluctantly accepts Mac’s protection.
Plagued by survivor’s guilt, Mac finds an immediate connection with Eve’s little boy and a deep desire to protect the boy’s beautiful mother. With a murderous creature on the loose, Mac fights his own demons of self-doubt the struggle to save the community, the child and the woman he grows to love.

Gearing up!

Hi all!
I'm gearing up for 2006! I have 3 Harlequin Intrigues coming out! Woohooo!!!

Stay tuned for excerpts!

Elle James

Change is in the Air!

I just got back from a 3-week road trip and I'll be packing my house to move! That's right. We're leaving the great and friendly state of North Dakota to move south. And you might ask where? Beats me! We're job hunting and don't know where we'll land. Hopefully, we'll figure it out soon.

In the mean time, I've been working edits for BENEATH THE TEXAS MOON and started brainstorming ideas for my future Harlequin Intrigues.

Romance Writers of America National conference is in a few short weeks. I have so much to do between now and then between prep for conference and packing my household. Stressed? Me? As they say in North Dakota "YOU BETCHA!"

Stay cool!

Elle

What's in a Name?

Ah, the joys of blogging! I've been busy working in my basement, getting my house for sale and not doing much in the way of writing. I have the plot worked out for an anthology I plan to write for Ellora's Cave under my alieas Myla Jackson. I'd love to dive into it and work it in a week. It's only 12,000 words. How hard can that be? Maybe next week I'll get that puppy done! My Harlequin Intrigue got a name change this week from SHADOWS OF THE MOON to BENEATH THE TEXAS MOON. Unfortunately, Rebecca York had one coming out with Berkley in the same month as mine entitled SHADOW OF THE MOON. I still get the "moon" in my title and the book is set in Texas! Full steam ahead! Hopefully, I'll be on the road next week to visit family in the deep south (Arkansas and Texas). Nothing like going from North Dakota to Texas. That's like going from the top to the bottom of the world! A long drive! I'm taking my laptop and earplugs so I can get some writing done! Happy summer!

Welcome to my Blog!

This is my first posting to the Elle James Blog. Oh wait! That would be me! Hope you all will come visit. I had an email from a friend of mine named Lisa who was excited I named a character after her in my book TO KISS A FROG. Not that my friend Lisa is anything like my character in the book. Lisa LeBieu was the snotty little Cajun that got Craig Thibodeaux in trouble with the voodoo queen. My friend, Lisa, is as sweet as they come and she has that really super Cajun accent that makes you want to eat crawfish and go to Mardi Gras! Here's to my friend, Lisa!