Sweetwater, my historical Western, is out on September 29 from Riptide. I’m really excited about this one. I mean, I get excited about every book I write… eventually. Actually, I go through these stages: 1. Writing. Whee! This is fun! 2. Submitting. Oh dear God, what was I thinking? I can’t WRITE! 3. Acceptance by a publisher. What is WRONG with these people? This book is terrible! Surely they can see that? 4. Editing. My brain hurts. Make it stop. 5. Publication. Oh wow. Look. I made a book. 6. A long time after publication. Oh, okay, this isn’t as terrible as I thought. It might actually be okay… And the whole crazy cycle starts again! But I am actually excited about Sweetwater. I’ve written historicals before, but nothing set in the American West. Sweetwater wasn’t my idea, you see. Rachel Haimowitz from Riptide decided that she wanted someone to write her a historical western, and she sent me an email asking if I’d do it. And I laughed and said “Why not?” Luckily I didn’t stop to think about how much research would be involved — Sweetwater isn’t a long book, but it took a hell of a long time to write — because otherwise, this book wouldn’t exist. Sometimes, the smartest thing you can be is totally reckless, right? And maybe it’s because it was such hard work, but Sweetwater is also the book I’m most proud of. If you read it, I hope you enjoy it.   Wyoming Territory, 1870. Elijah Carter is afflicted. Most of the townsfolk of South Pass City treat him as a simpleton because he’s deaf, but that’s not what shames him the most. Something in Elijah runs contrary to nature and to God. Something that Elijah desperately tries to keep hidden. Harlan Crane, owner of the Empire saloon, knows Elijah for what he is—and for all the ungodly things he wants. And Crane isn’t the only one. Grady Mullins desires Elijah too, but unlike Crane, he refuses to push or mistreat the young man. When violence shatters Elijah’s world, he is caught between two very different men and two devastating urges: revenge and despair. In a boomtown teetering on the edge of a bust, Elijah must face what it means to be a man in control of his own destiny, and choose a course that might end his life . . . or truly begin it for the very first time. You can preorder Sweetwater here at Riptide (and read an excerpt!), or here at Amazon.