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Jourdan Lane

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Jourdan Lane is a full-time author from Central Texas. She drinks too much coffee and is contemplating changing her permanent address to that of the local coffee shop. She likes her fiction like she likes her chocolate—Dark and Spicy. To stay updated about upcoming releases, please sign up for Jourdan's newsletter or follow along on Patreon. ...more

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I was wondering if you're going to still be writing? Your site is down and there haven't been any posts from you in 8 months, since your last book came out. Is everything alright?

Jourdan Lane Hi Lara,

I am still writing, and working on SM5, as well as trying to reformat older works to get them back up. The last 8 months (I didn't realize it …moreHi Lara,

I am still writing, and working on SM5, as well as trying to reformat older works to get them back up. The last 8 months (I didn't realize it had been THAT long already!) have been... very trying. We've spent much of that time in "crisis mode" and it's difficult for me to write during times like that. I've started a post to update and I'll do my best to finish soon and let people know where everything stands. Things have not been alright, but they do seem to be getting better. The site is back up... just expired while dealing with emergencies. If you still can't see it, maybe clear your browser cache and try to reload it. (less)

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You've began to re-release your stories, but for those of us that already have them, did you change anything or add to them?

Jourdan Lane I'll try to answer in the most non-spoilery way possible. ;-)

For most of them, the changes have been minor. Some change to dialogue/conversations were…moreI'll try to answer in the most non-spoilery way possible. ;-)

For most of them, the changes have been minor. Some change to dialogue/conversations were necessary to really tie everything together, relationship-wise. None of the them change the direction of the series arc as a whole, but I hope they give the added depth that was I thought was lacking before.

Possession is the Soul Mates story with the biggest changes. It really needed some deeper exploration into just how/why that connection came to be. It's much better than before, in my opinion.

Secrets has some of the same, but not nearly as much. If you've read it, you know how it ends, so that really needed a little more strengthening/deepening before we move forward into book 5 and beyond. That takes place mostly in conversation, but I don't think that the changes are great enough that when we get into book 5, you would feel like you missed something.

For the non-Soul Mates stories (Surrender and Stroke of Luck), those have been cleaned up dialogue-wise and had a little depth added where it was lacking due to original word count restrictions.

Hope that helps!

ETA: I forgot to mention INSTINCT, the short story that was originally published in "The Call" anthology. That one will be completely re-written, keeping some of the framework, but looking deeper into Ethan and Noah's background and to where/how they all fit into the series as a whole.
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Average rating: 3.88 · 6,727 ratings · 491 reviews · 24 distinct works • Similar authors

	Bound By Blood (Soul Mates, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 2,222 ratings — published 2006 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deceptions (Soul Mates, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 1,153 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sacrifice (Soul Mates, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 1,055 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secrets (Soul Mates #4) 4.07 avg rating — 816 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Coven Christmas 3.74 avg rating — 301 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mark of the Beast 3.69 avg rating — 257 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clarity (Soul Mates, #4.6) 3.67 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Possession (Soul Mates, #3.6) 3.86 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Surrender (Surrender, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stroke of Luck (Surrender, #2) 3.73 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Bound By Blood in Paperback

The paperback for Bound By Blood is live on Amazon!

Bound by Blood (Soul Mates Series) by Jourdan Lane

You can find an alternate version at other online retailers (B&N, Walmart, Waterstones (UK) and a few others), but it WILL NOT have the images in every chapter. For some reason, the printer refused the files and said, "nope, can't be done."

Um.

Ok.

So, yeah. At Amazon and in the near future I'll open my site for orders of signed copies. Read more of this blog post »

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