New Book Reveal!
October 30, 2017
Hello Readers!
I am so excited to finally tell you about my top secret book project. I’ve been working on it since February and now we’re finally ready to tell you all about it!
As many of you know, I love Halloween. I decorate my entire home and we average about three hundred and fifty trick-or-treaters every year. I always ask the older kids if they are at least twelve and they hang their heads in shame thinking I won’t be giving them any candy, but then they gasp in surprise when I tell them they get candy AND a book.
Last year I gave them a choice between Tiger’s Curse and Reawakened.
But, in 2018, I’ll be handing out my brand new book. It’s based on the legend of Sleepy Hollow. My main character is Jack, as in Jack of the Lantern, and he falls in love with a witch named Ember O’Dare.
Here’s the info we’re putting on the cover
Welcome to a world where nightmarish creatures reign supreme.
Five hundred years ago, Jack made a deal with the devil. It’s difficult for him to remember much about his mortal days. So, he focuses on fulfilling his sentence as a Lantern—one of the watchmen who guard the portals to the Otherworld, a realm crawling with every nightmarish creature imaginable. Jack has spent centuries jumping from town to town, ensuring that nary a mortal—or not-so-mortal—soul slips past him. That is, until he meets beautiful Ember O’Dare.
Seventeen, stubborn, and a natural-born witch, Ember feels a strong pull to the Otherworld. Undeterred by Jack’s warnings, she crosses into the forbidden plane with the help of a mysterious and debonair vampire—and the chase through a dazzling, dangerous world is on. Jack must do everything in his power to get Ember back where she belongs before both the earthly and unearthly worlds descend into chaos.
New York Times bestselling author Colleen Houck breathes new life into the spirit of Halloween in this wild, twisting adventure propelled by the legend of Sleepy Hollow.
And here’s the back cover teaser
Ember stood on tiptoe, but she still only came up to Jack’s nose. She was close enough, though, for him to catch the scent of her hair. Taking hold of her shoulders, Jack leaned down, ignoring the warning hiss of the cat. He heard Ember catch her breath. When his mouth was a few inches from hers, he lingered there for a heartbeat and then moved his lips to her ear.
“You’ll never get past me,” he promised.
Stiffening, Ember stepped back, eyes flashing. “We’ll see about that.”
We’re working on the cover right now but we’ll reveal it as soon as it’s ready. I’m so excited to bring you a Halloween book! It has everything from black cats to pumpkins to cauldrons and spells. If you’re a Halloween fanatic like me, you’ll want to add this one to your collection.
And, last but not least, I give you title. My new book, debuting fall 2018 will be called…
THE LANTERN’S EMBER
That’s all for now. Stay tuned for more book news and Happy Halloween!
Colleen
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