I have a shelf at my home where the family comes in my room this is kinda open to everyone where the books sit. I have several of your books along with 3 shelves of the same sort of books. Lauren Dane, Maya Banks just to name a couple. A cousin of mine was walking through my room with an aunt and they saw the books. I happen to be on the other side of the wall setting the table. It was said that they couldn’t believe I would read something like that with my sons in the house. (my boys are 3 and 9). I came around the corner and said to them, “Its not like I am reading it to them as a bedtime story. The boys know these are my books and they don’t get into them.” They both looked at me like I was speaking in a different laungage or something. They didn’t talk to me for the rest of the night.

The second time I had to defend myself on reading one of your books was when I was at B&N. My 9yr old was reading one of his books and I was sitting there with your book in hand and a couple others off to the other side of me. A woman came up and told me that I had no right to be reading those with him sitting so close to me. I told her that I have every right to read whatever I choose to read and he is reading his own book. If she would like I would be willing to give her my copy of the book so she could see what she was missing out on. She looked at me like I was crazy. My son told her she needed to go away because her talking was interfering with his reading time. I thought she was going to pop. She turned bright red and walked away. One of the employees came up as she walked away and told me that he could have helped but he was all to happy to she her get told off by a child. I thought it was funny.

Thank you, Betty. However, must tell you that Sexy Beast 9 is the last one I’ll be in, but I can promise a killer story! Now that I’m also doing The Demonslayers, I just don’t have time to write the novellas, too, and do a good job. I refuse to rush my books…they have to evolve as I’m writing, and while I do write fast, I’ve learned I have limits to what I can do and do well. I’m writing future Wolf Tales a little longer, though, to compensate for the lack of novellas in between, and the novels will continue to release twice a year–January and July.

LOL! Kate.
Maybe that will be my next tattoo. Lucky number 19.

Thank you, Kathy! Your comments are much appreciated…and yeah, it’s confusing for new readers who don’t realize that the stories in the Sexy Beast anthologies are very much part of the series. That’s my fault–I can’t write a novella in my Chanku world and NOT make it connect to the rest! I guess my thinking is much too linear…

Sheesh, Stacy! Guess I should quit complaining about my mother not liking my books. No one every tried an exorcism on me–I don’t blame you for moving out! Good luck to you.

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