The polls are now closed. You have spoken-spoken–spoken—hear that ominous echo?

For the erotic short story series, you have chosen:
A firefighter series, featuring a single fire station and the firefighters’ off-duty playmates

For the longer, more romantic project, you chose:
Recently dragged from Hell, a powerful godlike dragon seeks to steal his old lover from the vampire king

Some of y’all even recognized that story as the next one in the Dark Realm series. If I’d mentioned that I already had 100 pages written on the disgraced ex-cop story, would that have made a difference? grumble-grumble

A few of you even offered ideas for titles for the firefighter stories. I had some really funny ones from “The Real Max”—funny story there too about how he and I first met…

Anyway, I have my marching orders, now I have to plot the firefighter series. If you have any suggestions for the types of stories you’d like to see, you know I’m always open.

For the next few days, I’m going to be talking about Lone Heart, my next Samhain book, which releases next Tuesday. It’s available for pre-order now if you want to go ahead and start the buzz!

After that, there’s nothing on the schedule for release until the Cleis collections begin to roll out this summer. I have to get writing to keep you hungry mamas fed! Next up? Here’s a list of what’s on my plate right now:

1) A dragon wooing his virgin sacrifice with the help of a knight
2) The next book in the lesbian vampire series, Femme Noir, for Ellora’s Cave
3) The next Lone Star Lovers story, Two Wild. That title is evolving. It begs the question, for what?

While I work on these projects, I’ll be working on your menu selections. Y’all have a wonderful weekend! TGIF!