JAYNE with another excerpt from DARK LIGHT

First, those of you who are riding out the fury of Hurricane Gustav (including our brilliant webmaster, Cissy Hartley of www.writerspace.com) please know that we are all thinking of you. We've got all my fingers and toes crossed. You folks who live in hurricane country have guts!


On another note, I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who bought and enjoyed DARK LIGHT. I'm so glad so many of liked the book because I had a lot of fun writing it.


By the way, fans of my ARCANE SOCIETY novels might be interested to know that the first chapter of the next one, RUNNING HOT, is included in the back of DARK LIGHT. Check out that cover for RUNNING HOT! I love it. I think it is my favorite of all my covers ever.

Meanwhile, here's another taste of DARK LIGHT.

"I did not come here to talk about myself," Sierra said. "This was supposed to be an interview with you.” She closed her notebook and slipped it into her purse. “But it appears that isn’t going to happen so I might as well be on my way.”


“You surprise me," Fontana said. "I didn’t think you’d give up so easily.”


She got to her feet. “I don’t mind wasting your time but I’m not real keen on wasting my own.”


“Sit down, Miss McIntyre.”


“Why?”


"Because I am, as the old saying goes, about to make you an offer you can’t refuse.”


"Are you threatening me?” she asked .

“I hope you won’t take it that way.”


"And if I refuse?”


He smiled. “You won’t.”

“Why won’t I?”


“Because I’m going to give you a shot at a real exclusive, the biggest story of your career.”


"Sure.”


“You don’t trust me, do you?” he said.


“No farther than I could throw you.”


He watched her with a steady, unwavering look. “I’m dead serious.”


It was the word dead that aroused all her journalistic instincts. Okay, maybe he was serious.


“This would be a guild story?” she asked warily.


"Yes.”


"What, exactly do I have to do to get this hot exclusive?"


"Marry me."

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Once again, those of you in Gustav's path, please know we are all thinking and worrying about you.

Sincerely,

Jayne