Dear Readers, Happy New Year! I hope that your holidays were warm and wonderful.

This January I’ve launched a new website at www.KarenKendall.com, to celebrate my switch to a new genre of fiction (romantic adventure with a suspense element) and the beginning of a brand new series! I’d pitch it as Alias meets To Catch a Thief. Look for book one, TAKE ME IF YOU CAN, on April 1, 2008. (or you can pre-order now) It introduces an agency called ARTemis, Inc., which specializes in recovering stolen art. Avy Hunt, the heroine, likes to refer to herself as the “repo man” of the international art world—and the game she’s playing is a high stakes, dangerous and action-packed one. As Avy sets out to recover a missing, multi-million dollar antique sword, she has no idea what she’s getting herself into. Cosmopolitan cat-burglar extraordinaire Liam James has nine identities as well as nine lives . . . and they’re all hot, hot, hot! He also has a hidden agenda that Avy doesn’t understand. As the chase intensifies, so does the chemistry between the two. The stakes get higher than Avy has ever dreamed, and she’s up to her neck in trouble. But she’ll test her skills against a sexy thief’s any day, and may the winner take all.   All Best, Karen Kendall