If you haven’t gotten your copy yet, you’ll certainly want to grab it while the price at Amazon is less than $10!  You can buy The Next Always now!

About the Book

The historic hotel in BoonsBoro, Maryland, has endured war and peace, changing hands, even rumored hauntings. Now it’s getting a major facelift from the Montgomery brothers and their eccentric mother. As the architect of the family, Beckett’s social life consists mostly of talking shop over pizza and beer. But there’s another project he’s got his eye on: the girl he’s been waiting to kiss since he was fifteen…

• Berkley Trade; Original edition
• November 1, 2011
• ISBN-10: 0425243214

You can now pre-order Nora’s upcoming April 2012 hardback release, The Witness!

Book Details:

• Published by Putnam Adult
• April 17, 2012
• ISBN-10: 0399159126

Book Description:

Not available yet.

If you’re a fan of Amazon’s pre-order capability, you should have received your email today confirming Nora’s November 1st release. The first book in her new, upcoming trilogy about the Inn BoonsBoro. I love the idea of this series, so I’m eager to see if the wait has been worth it…I’m sure it will be. Though the wait for the next book…not so sure! I’m eager to read series closer together. But I guess that’s the breaks.

If you haven’t ordered your copy yet, the cost is still $9.60 as of today. If you buy it in the store it might be cheaper but highly doubtful. So check it out…and buy The Next Always now!

For those who enjoy Nora’s books (and the frequency with which they are published!), you might be surprised to find that while the first book in Nora’s new trilogy—the Inn BoonsBoro books—will be released in November 2011, you’re going to wait until May 2012 for the next installment: The Last Boyfriend.

While the average is about six (6) months apart for her books in general, her ‘Fall’ series/trilogies are usually released a lot quicker. We found the last series (the Bride Quartet books) were the start of the new releasing schedule…at least a little…in that they were released an average of four months apart. But this new series appears to be releasing almost six months apart.

Are we ready for the queen of romance to slow down the publication of her traditional romances?

If you are a fan of her J.D. Robb books you might be okay with this…as she’s working on other books for that series at the same time. But those who were fans long before the Robb days might just be a bit disappointed in the number and frequency of her releases.

As for the annual single title romance hardback she puts out each year followed by the paperback version released around six months to a year later (yes, her latest Chasing Fire won’t release in paperback until April 2012 a year after the hardback!), I garner she’s going to keep that up for now.

From what I found on ADWOFF’s message board, Nora said this about her upcoming 2012 hardback single title release:

Right now I’m working on the 2012 hardcover. As a teenager our heroine has her first rebellion and as a consequence witnesses brutal murder. This brilliant, socially awkward girl goes under the protection of the US Marshalls, but things go horribly wrong. Some 12 years later, with only herself to depend on, she’s still on the run. Until she meets the charming and tenacious local chief of police in the quiet area of the Ozarks where she’s trying to settle down.

Sounds great, doesn’t it?

I guess the moral of my post…change is hard but in this case, it isn’t up to us. Heck, it probably isn’t even up to Nora. Who knows? What I do know is that I’m glad she’s still releasing anything.

For your copies of Nora’s latest, check out these links to insure you get the best “pre-order” price:

Chasing Fire

The Next Always

The Last Boyfriend