The writings and ramblings of Colette Saucier

Greetings, dear readers! I have exciting news for all of you who prefer to have and to hold an actual book -book rather than a Kindle , iPad , Nook , or whatever: The intense psychological noir thriller  The Widow    is now available in paperback, in addition to all eBook formats and the gorgeous hardcover edition. For a limited time, you can order the paperback edition directly from the Southern Girl Press bookstore for only $12.99 , although it is also available at the regular price from Amazon  (coming soon to all online and "brick & mortar" booksellers). PLUS A GIVEAWAY- Leave a comment below and you could win your very own copy! The Widow is a noir romantic thriller ( What is Noir Fiction? ) with Catherine as the troubled, disillusioned, self-destructive heroine and David, the anti-hero, an undercover DEA agent, who cannot bring himself to trust Catherine nor ignore his obsession with her, which haunts his dreams. The Widow begins with...

Greetings, dear readers! I decided that, as I am having a blog tour for Dearest Bloodiest Elizabeth , and I also happen to have a blog, I might as well participate as well!  Not only are there GIVEAWAYS, but also the eBook version of Book II: The Confession of Mr. Darcy, Vampire , is on sale for 40% off throughout October! (That's only $2.99 US!)  The print version will be available by the end of the month. PLUS - Book 1: Pulse and Prejudice is now available in paperback with a special introductory price of $13.50 - $4.50 off retail! It's available from Amazon , which is great if you have free shipping, or through Southern Girl Press for a dollar less, but then you pay for the shipping. So, without further ado, here is the blog tour post; HOWEVER, I have a special excerpt for you! Enjoy~ Colette Dearest Bloodiest Elizabeth Book II:  The Confession of Mr. Darcy, Vampire Colette L. Saucier Genre:  Historical paranormal romance Publisher...

Gentle Readers, Welcome to this week's My Sexy Saturday ! This week’s theme:  Sexy Today .  So today, there really is no theme except sexy today. Authors are free to post whatever they want within the normal rules. Just make it sexy, sexy and more sexy... I have selected a little snippet from the psychological, romantic suspense Alicia's Possession . Alicia is the last person Detective Mason Crawley should pursue since she is at the heart of his investigation into a disappearance, which eventually turns into a hunt for a killer; but her palpable sadness and vulnerability awaken his Dominant nature and instinct to protect. Is he is falling in love with a woman who is dangerously delusional, a witness to a cleverly-concealed crime, or a murderer? “I’m going to kiss you again.” “No,” she whispered when his mouth hovered mere millimeters over hers. He dropped his hand from her arm to the small of her back and pulled her against him, and she gasped at the unmista...

Good morning, dear readers! Ready for a NEW My Sexy Saturday? This week’s theme is One Sexy Boy ! We all know it just takes one sexy boy to get us going. That boy will turn into the man of our dreams. They can start out on the wrong side of the tracks, the right side of the tracks, the rich side or even the poor side. They can be good or they can be bad, we will love them all the same. They give us hidden looks, a longing gaze, with love’s promise shining in their eyes and all the things that come with love. We love sexy and it’s always so fun to share. So this will sound apropos to nothing, but my laptop decided to stop working over a month ago.  I thought it was an issue with the operating system and tried to wait out my free upgrade to Windows 10. In the meantime, I ran several other checks on it, however, which eventually indicated a problem with the hardware. Well, it is a really old computer, missing the letter 'H' and medical tape holding the power cord in bec...

Good morning, dear readers! It's time for a NEW My Sexy Saturday ~ PLUS I have a special sale for this long Labor Day Weekend! This week’s theme is Talk Sexy to Me ! We know all about talking sexy to me. We know that lovers have a special language that only two of them share. The hidden looks, the longing gaze, the love shining in their eyes all accompanied by those sexy, sexy words. Sometimes, they are whispered, sometimes spoken aloud and occasionally shouted from rooftops.     The Widow is a noir romantic thriller, and in keeping with that genre, the hero and the heroine are flawed, complex characters. He is cynical and incapable of trusting anyone. She is disillusioned and self-destructive, to the point of considering sacrificing herself for an assignment they both know will degrade her. They have only one hope to cling to: Each other. If you read last week's excerpt for Sexy has It , it has the love and the power to melt the world away. Now the rules ...

Greetings! Welcome to a NEW My Sexy Saturday! UPDATE:  Special LABOR DAY SALE!   All eBooks of The Widow are 40% off ! Friday through Monday Only! $2.99 on AmazonUS    AmazonUK    B & N    Kobo     iBooks      Inktera     AllRomance eBooks This week’s theme is Sexy Has It ! Sexy has love, sexy has wonderful. Sexy has the power to change worlds, set people free and everything in between. Catherine is   The Widow in this noir romantic thriller. She is troubled, disillusioned, and self-destructive, desperately trying to run away from the mistakes of her past. With David as the undercover DEA agent who cannot ignore his obsession with her, indeed it does seem as though sexy has the power to set Catherine free... They stared at each other in the flickering candlelight as their bodies moved together, and she resisted closing her eyes, wanting to focus on him, memo...

Greetings, and welcome to a NEW My Sexy Saturday! This week’s theme is A Very Sexy Time ! Releasing this Wednesday, August 5th , The Widow is a noir romantic thriller with Catherine as the troubled, disillusioned, self-destructive heroine and David, the hero, an undercover DEA agent, who cannot bring himself to trust her nor ignore his obsession with her, which haunts his dreams. Here is a short excerpt, about why David might be willing to risk a multi-million dollar DEA operation, or even his life, for her.... The moment the door to the suite closed behind them, David jerked Catherine back against his chest and into his arms, assaulting her mouth, pouring all his pent-up aggression into the kiss. They had never “made up” after their argument, and he wasn’t about to let her raise that icy barrier between them again. But instead of resisting, she flung her arms around his neck, matching his fervor, a conflagration of passion. He untied the knot at the bac...

Greetings, and welcome to a NEW My Sexy Saturday! This week’s theme is Our Sexy Woman! " This week’s theme is My Sexy Woman. Yes, this is our nod to the heroines. You all know what make them sexy and wonderful. Need we say more!" Wow - Could the timing for this week's theme be any more perfect, with The Widow available for Pre-Order this week! It's almost as coincidental as last week's escape of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who was the inspiration for the drug lord Ignacio "El Ratón" Martinez in The Widow . The Widow is a noir thriller, and in classic noir style, Catherine is troubled, disillusioned, self-destructive. Here is a short excerpt - just six sentences - about our heroine Catherine and why David might be willing to risk a multi-million dollar DEA operation, or even his life, for her.... David knew he was staring, but he couldn’t tear his gaze away, desperate for something else to say, some other excuse to keep him there...

Can you believe it is already the 100th My Sexy Saturday ?  I wish I could say I have participated from the beginning and had posted 100 Saturday snippets, but that whole life/career/dreams balance thing always gets in the way. Before I get on with this week's snippet, I want to be sure that you caught the Cover Reveal yesterday for my upcoming the romantic noir thriller The Widow ! It will be released on August 5th , but it will be available for pre-sale on July 22nd. This is the beautiful creation of the talented Dawné Dominique of Dusk til Dawn Designs , so if you missed it, please check it out here . Now on to this week's excerpt.  I decided to take the theme literally . In my modern take on Pride and Prejudice, New Orleans is the equivalent as Kent. (Well, if Hollywood is Hertfordshire, why not?) Throughout the time that Alice and Peter (my 21st Century Elizabeth and Darcy -- don't ask...) are there, Alice is hot and miserable and constantly complainin...