Christine Feehan's Blog - Posts Tagged "celebration"

My publisher is doing something they call Berkley Bookmas and I participated by sending pictures of my Christmas tree and answering a few holiday questions. It was really fun!

Several blogs are running the article about my holiday traditions and you can participate in the $100 giveaway here- Berkley Bookmas

The blogs are wonderful to support authors and books so I hope you'll choose one to go and comment on and share your favorite holiday tradition!

Pick a blog! Check them all out if you like book blogs!

Vampire Book Club

Novel Grounds

Booked & Loaded

Coffee & Characters

Rantings of a Reading Addict

Just Another Book Bitch

The Good, The Bad and The Unread

Literary Escapism

3 Degrees of Fiction

And do celebrate with me early! Judgment Road will be out January 23rd! It's on pre-order now!


Thank you!

I’ve always been a storyteller. I started telling stories as a little kid. I go to bed thinking of stories. I wake up thinking of stories. Sometimes I tell myself, “Christine, you live too much in your head!” LOL




There are hundreds of stories in my brain so when I think about Reckless Road being my 90th book that really doesn’t seem like so many.









Honestly, I can’t write fast enough to get all of the stories out. I’m trying though!

I admit I am surprised that this is my 5th Torpedo Ink book. Originally, these stories were just going to be for me. I wasn’t sure people would want to read an MC series from me. You can imagine how happy I am that readers have embraced Torpedo Ink and I can’t wait for everyone to read Reckless Road since it’s so different from the previous books.

Out of curiosity, what was the very first book of mine that you read?

Can you believe it? There is an official Paranormal Day! I thought we could celebrate by talking about paranormal books and authors we love!




The paranormal books that inspired me most are Jayne Ann Krentz's Gift of Gold and Gift of Fire. I loved them! I knew then that I really wanted to write a paranormal story. I love Jonas and Verity and think you will too! Jayne Ann Krentz is always on my list of recommended authors.





A paranormal series that I really enjoyed and that I recommend is Christopher Rice’s The Burning Girl trilogy – Bone Music, Bone Echo and Bone Victory. This is a mix of thriller and scifi and I think you’ll enjoy it!




Some other authors of paranormal stories that you may enjoy include some of my favorites-

JR Ward




Nalini Singh



Rebecca Zanetti

Now let me know who you’d recommend and what your favorite paranormal book(s) is/are! And if you’re a writer, let me know who most inspired you!

I just hit 50,000 followers here on Goodreads! I’m so excited! I’ve been on Goodreads since February of 2013. I’ve met and interacted with so many amazing readers. I’ve been invited to meet the wonderful people at Goodreads in San Francisco. I’ve met great people there. I’d like to give a special think you to Mimi Chan who has such enthusiasm and a true love of books, authors and readers.




First, let’s reflect a bit.





The year has just flown by. 2022 was a challenge.
I love that readers gave Savage Road a chance and that the book did even better than I expected. Thank you! The fact that this book hit so many bestseller lists just blew me away.

Phantom Game was so fun to write. I appreciate reader following along in this very different direction for the series. Just wait until you read Ghostly Game!
Shadow Fire took us to our first non-Ferraro hero – Eli! The arranged marriage trope is a favorite and this couple ended up such a power couple.

Red on the River was the next in my romantic thriller series. I learned a valuable lesson with that book – I am NOT a good card player. LOL

Dark Whisper allowed me to take some new turns with this series. I got to go back to the Lycans, which I really enjoy.

And then Leopard’s Scar was a surprise even to me! I thought I knew who I was going to write about and then two very new characters came out demanding their story be told first! LOL

2022 was special for a lot of reasons but for me I was extremely proud that this was my son, Brian Feehan’s, first book release- Harmony of Fire. I really enjoyed doing some promo together. We did interviews and went to Hawaii for an event. So much fun!



Now let’s look into the crystal ball toward the future!
I’m hopeful that 2023 will be even better.




Brian has a new book coming out Feb. 21st called Harmony of Lies. I’m so excited for him! He is now a USA Today bestselling author and I hope readers will discover him. His series is so different! And if you'd like a signed and personalized copy of Harmony of Lies you can find it at Gallery Bookshop!



My 2023 line up has new releases, re-releases with new covers and mass market releases!




Recovery Road is my first new release of the year. It will be out January 24th. This is Master’s book and it was a bit surprising for me as well.

Ghostly Game brings us back to Team 3 in San Francisco. I’ve never written a GhostWalker novel quite like this one and I’m so curious as to what my readers will think. That book will be out May 2nd.

Shadow Dance will be released Aug. 22nd. At least tentatively. When the release dates are this far out they are always subject to change. This book takes us to the New York Ferraros where Geno, the head of the family in New York, is our hero. Not to worry, you’ll still see some of our Chicago family.

Dark Memory is the next Dark/Carpathian novel, and it will be released, tentatively, Oct. 3rd. We’re still with the ancients. I’m about to start work on that book very soon.
I am hoping to attend some events this year but can’t really say which ones just yet.

For those of you who have been waiting for a new Carpathian Guide, we hope to that that up in 2023! If you've never seen the guide you can see it on my community. Sign up here.

If you’re still reading this rather long blog, thank you.

To celebrate the milestone 50,000 followers here on Goodreads I thought I’d do a giveaway here from my blog.



Comment which 2022 book you loved most or which 2023 book you’re looking forward to the most and that will put you into the random drawing for a prize. I’ll be drawing three names to receive signed books and one special winner is going to get an amazing gift basket!
I’ll do the drawing on Friday Jan. 6, 2023 at 0900 Pacific Time. I’ll post the name of the winners in the comments on Friday so be sure to come back and look to see if you won!

This is open internationally. Please only post one comment to enter.


Prize includes international translations as well as US and UK-

Dark Ghost - US
Shadow Fire - UK
Savage Nature/ Leopard- Drake - French
Highway to Desire/Vendetta Road - German
Shadow Warrior/Vittoria - German
Dark Tarot tote
CF Pen
Collector Cards
Red on the River Clutch
Stuffed Hippo
Stuffed dog



Good luck everyone!

Let me leave you with a little cheer from my Christmas holiday!