The writings and ramblings of Colette Saucier

Greetings, dear readers, and Happy Halloween! What an amazing weekend! Had an incredible time at the Louisiana Book Festival on Saturday! (Sold OUT of The Widow - even my own copy!) It was great to see so many repeat readers who had to search to find me... The Saints won on Sunday, and today is the Official Release of the hardback edition of Dearest Bloodiest Elizabeth~Book II: The Confession of Mr. Darcy, Vampire !  (By the way, today is the LAST DAY the eBook versions are on sale for only $2.99 !) If you haven't read Book 1: Pulse and Prejudice , it is now available in paperback, in addition to eBook, audio, and hardback . About Dearest Bloodiest Elizabeth : Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave.  Song of Solomon 8:6  In this lurid, lusty sequel to Pulse and Prejudice, death shadows the newlywed Darcys from Pemberley to the parlors of Regency London to the courtyards of Ante...

Greetings, and welcome to another My Sexy Saturday! We are working our way up to the 100th Sexy Saturday , and it's going to be huge! This week’s theme is Our Sexy Man! "This is all about the sexy men in our books. The young ones, the old ones, the middle aged ones, the ones who turn us on like no other. It’s all about the sexy, hot romance they bring to the pages of the books we read and the books we write. "Again, this theme has no genre, no rules except that the characters we’re talking about are male and sexy beyond all belief." Now as far as I'm concerned, the only thing sexier than Mr. Darcy is a VAMPIRE Mr. Darcy! But as I discussed in my post Devil in the Details , Miss Austen provided little by way of physical descriptions of the characters in Pride and Prejudice . "Her physical descriptions of characters were as explicit as Jane – beautiful, Bingley – good-looking, Darcy – tall and handsome, Charlotte – plain, Lydia – stout, Mrs. Gardi...

Good Morning, dear readers! A long time ago, I participated in the weekly 6 Sentence Sunday blog hop, but then it kind of faded into existence, which resulted in all sorts of manifestations. Thus, I try to keep up with the "My Sexy Saturday"   blog hop with the dictates of a particular theme when I am able. This week’s theme is Our Sexy Best! "This theme has no genre, no rules except that the characters know their other half is better than all the rest. They may have had lovers before but nothing compares to the lover they are with." I had a difficult choice making a selection but this time for a different reason: ALL of my novels have that special moment! How could I choose from just one?  So I put it to a vote on the Austen Variations Facebook group to choose one of my Pride and Prejudice adaptations: Modern or Vampire. Pulse and Prejudice won by a nose (or a fang), and here is that My Sexy Saturday if you care to check it out. I did, however, feel bad...

Welcome to My Sexy Saturday! This week’s theme is Our Sexy Best! "This theme has no genre, no rules except that the characters know their other half is better than all the rest. They may have had lovers before but nothing compares to the lover they are with." Once again, I have had a difficult choice making a selection but this time for a different reason: ALL of my novels have that special moment! How could I choose from just one? I really love the moment in my upcoming romantic noir thriller The Widow , but I think I will draw out the anticipation on that! So I put it to a vote on the Austen Variations Facebook group to choose one of my Pride and Prejudice adaptations: Modern or Vampire. Pulse and Prejudice won by a nose (or a fang); and since this is supposed to be a "sexy" snippet, I have selected six lines from Volume IV: Beyond Pride and Prejudice , which begins immediately after the second proposal and is where I venture off on my own and have a l...

Welcome back to My Sexy Saturday ! " This week’s theme is Sexy Delight." Gentle readers, I have had difficulty trying to come up with an idea for this week's theme. (If you read the full description here , I think you'll understand!) There was one part of it that did strike me in particular: "Still, we want to remind you to think about lovers committing to each other, no matter where they are. The stakes can be high or there can be no stakes." Well, I can't hear the word "stakes" without thinking of vampires! (As in a stake through the heart!) Thus, I have selected an excerpt from Pulse and Prejudice: The Confession of Mr. Darcy, Vampire , where the vampire Darcy realizes he cannot live...or un live...without Elizabeth Bennet following his discovery of her in the hedge maze. (Yes, I installed a hedge maze on the grounds of Pemberley, and all with my little pen!) W i sd om and blood combating in s o ten d e r a b o...

Welcome back to My Sexy Saturday ! This week's theme is "My Sexy Love": " There is something special in writing about love and how two people can find how important it is. It’s special to us as writers if we find a song or a series of songs that epitomize that love story. "We can think of hundreds of love stories that have been inspired by music. The characters they produce are the type that live forever."  Those of you who have read my Pride and Prejudice adaptations know how much music music affects me and becomes an integral part of my plots. (The same is true in my upcoming romantic suspense The Widow .) Thus, I felt I has no choice to cheat just a little and provide short excerpt from both my modern adaptation as well as the story of Mr. Darcy, vampire. So, my dear readers, you may elect to read from the adaptation of your choice, or both if it is your desire... UPDATE:  I am giving away THREE eBooks of each of these novels!  Just leave...

Welcome back to My Sexy Saturday ! " This week’s theme is Sexy Forever. Think of couples who live forever. You know, your favorite vampires, werewolves, even angels or ghosts. We want to know them all. They can be sexy, hot, sizzling and we want to know all about them." And who has been the standard for the sexy silent type for over 200 years? Why, Mr. Darcy, of course! Add the element of immortality introduced in Book 1 of the Mr. Darcy, Vampire series, Pulse and Prejudice: The Confession of Mr. Darcy, Vampire , and we really do have Sexy Forever ! (Here are 13 reasons why Mr. Darcy is the perfect vampire .) Last week, I provided a short excerpt from Pulse and Prejudice to commemorate its re-release, but I always worry about posting the really good or pivotal excerpts because I'm afraid it will affect the enjoyment of someone reading it for the first time. Hence, for this week, I give you a sneak peek at the upcoming sequel, Dearest Bloodiest Elizabeth . I ...

Good morning, dear readers!   I am drinking coffee by myself this Tuesday morning (well, I and my dogs....although they are not drinking coffee. That's a special treat they only get when we have donuts because, of course, they have to dunk their donuts into coffee!), but I do hope you will raise your cup in celebration of the re-launch of Pulse and Prejudice: The Confession of Mr Darcy, Vampire -- exactly four years to the day when I completed the first draft! (Book 1 of the Mr. Darcy, Vampire series.) So what do you want? Do you want an interview about what I'm even talking about? Well, here I am on Austen Variations with a Q&A about the re-release . Do you want excerpts?  Plenty of those here on this blog (as well as some sneak peeks at the upcoming sequel Dearest Bloodiest Elizabeth) . Do you want a giveaway? Then sign up to win one of three beautiful hardbound editions on Goodreads .  How about a sale price? If you order directly from the publisher , yo...