As the youngest of ten half-siblings, Cassandra Green worries she’ll always been seen as the “baby” of the family, even though she’s about to turn twenty. Life as an art student in New York is peaceful, steady, and with the club at its most powerful and settled, Cass ventures deeper into civilian life, trying to carve a niche for herself among her fellow students. But when her roommate is assaulted, she turns to her assigned Lean Dog protector, Shep, for support.
When he was first placed on Raven Blake’s security detail almost three years ago, Shepherd wanted no part of looking after her teenage sister. Now, though, he’s finding any excuse to stay in Manhattan to keep an eye on Cass. When she lands in the crosshairs of a rich and influential family, he realizes his feelings aren’t just protective anymore.
Book Six in the Lean Dogs Legacy series takes place after Lean Dogs Legacy Book Five, Nothing More, and Dartmoor Series Book Ten, Lord Have Mercy.
I finished writing Beware of Dog on Sunday! Pre-edits, it sits at 365 pages, and 127k words. Much more manageable than my last release, which shall remain nameless here. No sense reliving the shame.
Right now, I'm doing a full read-through of it on the computer, and then it'll go off to my editor. Depending on how cooperative real life is, I'm thinking it'll be about two weeks until release day.
This was a fun one to write. There's some high drama and some angst, yes, a little life-or-death action, because this involves the Lean Dogs, after all. But the romance manages to be lighthearted, and sweet, and spicy all at once. I'm excited to share Cass and Shep with you soon!
As I mentioned last week, this isn't a standalone. It can be read as one, maybe, but to be fully up to speed on who's who, you'll need to have read Long Way Down and Nothing More.
I’m so excited!!
ReplyDeleteI can hardly wait - while I’m waiting I’ll have to reread your last release again - not a chore! I love how we got to see how all of the characters had developed.
ReplyDeleteLauren please don’t feel any shame over LHM. They were a wonderful quartet of books: fabulous story, our favourite characters and another step in the world building at which you excel. Sometimes great art isn’t recognised immediately (cf Vincent Van Gogh). Keep the faith!
ReplyDeleteLHM was an amazing read though I understand the magnitude of the work you did with that endeavour. I read the whole thing as one book. Absolutely loved it, as I do with all your books. I am so, so grateful that you keep sharing your stories about all these wonderful characters with us.
ReplyDeleteCan’t wait! But I think Lord Have Mercy was a masterpiece epic you should be proud of!
ReplyDeleteYay!
ReplyDeleteTwo weeks! I know it will be great. Are Raven and Toly in it? I’ve read Nothing More so many times. I’ve been reading it a lot over the past couple weeks - again.
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