Avon sent us beautiful flowers. The card reads: Not long ago, Jeaniene Frost also sent me flowers with a card for secret reasons. Here is what that card. Also someone sent us Russian candy. Thank you so much. The candy was delicious! Dear BDH, please do not send candy! We have no self-control. We mean
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Chapter 13
EMERALD BLAZE is #5 on New York Times Bestseller list and #4 on USAT, which means that last week we had the #4 bestselling book in US in all categories. 🙂 Thank you os much for making this release special. It means so much to us. We are posting the next chapter of Ryder for
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Watermelon Bandits
Yesterday we ordered grocery delivery and the only slot we could get was between 8:00 and 9:00 pm. Normally, the grocery delivery person texts us right away after dropping our purchases off on the porch by the front door. This time the text took a little bit to arrive, maybe 10 minutes. I don’t know
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Post-Release Brain
To give you an idea of what it’s like to write after the release week. For reasons of COVID and other factors, we have to finish Ryder as fast as possible, so I am not getting the few days off I needed. Here is how bad things are. Nick worried me. Years ago, before Nick
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The Stench
The fat black-and-white squirrel struck last night. We were all hanging out and playing computer games after the last day of promo, and then there was a stench. It was quickly discovered that dogs had gone outside and I didn’t realize and shut the back door. In my defense, Kid 1 leaves the back door
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Put Down That Cow
The good, the bad, and the ugly. The Bad: Please stop sharing Cool Aunt. It’s an exclusive reward. You’re putting us into a difficult position with readers and bookstores. The Good: We will be doing a zoom event today with Sonali Dev, Eloisa James, and Beverly Jenkins, whose series Blessings has just been picked up
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Happy Book Birthday
The EMERALD BLAZE is out today. We hope you’re enjoying the read. I’m going to be scarce this week, both because we have to make words happen and because all of the energy right now is going into the appearances. Boy, it’s hard on Zoom. Normally we can read the room a little bit, but
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EMERALD BLAZE: Spoiler Thread
HERE BE SPOILERS This is a place to discuss the book. Don’t read the comments unless you’ve finished EMERALD BLAZE. You have been warned.
EMERALD BLAZE: A tour of Houston
The EMERALD BLAZE is almost upon us. In celebration of Hidden Legacy, a couple of lovely readers went on tour of Houston. You can see their adventures here. Quick reminders: Facebook event tonight: https://ilona-andrews.com/appearances/
Not Again
Nykie: Mom, there is a fat black and white squirrel in the back yard. Kid 1: No! No! Nykie: Dachshund genes triggered. Attack protocol activate. Mad sprint initiated. Fat squirrel! How dare you come into our back yard?! Meet your doom! Skunk: Oh crap. There is a small dog with big teeth running straight for
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Chapter 12
Surprise! Regeneration made me hungry. I had to regrow several pounds of skin, as creepy as it sounded, and my stomach was screaming for calories. If I didn’t give it some, it would shut me down. I found a chunk of ham in my fridge and a loaf of bread I had made the night
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EMERALD BLAZE: Promotional Post
One of my friends chided me for not promoting EMERALD BLAZE enough. Because you know, it’s not like it’s on the website’s front page and every third post talks about it. So here we go, a promotional post. We made book. Book good. Buy book and read book. Book, book. Woo. I am now whole
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