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  6. What a cute and lovely way to let everyone know about your friend’s book! Look forward to checking her out. I do have the first few books in the series but haven’t had to a chance to read them yet. Plus, Grace Draven!

    Enjoyed seeing you all in Houston!

  7. ROTFL I did get worried, then I saw Jeaniene’s name, and I was ok, let’s see:

    I laughed so hard!!!! I think I woke up some neighbors.

  12. ??? That’s funny. I think she’ll be ok as long as she doesn’t invite them in or try to leave her house. ?.
    I am really looking forward to the new book on the 30th either way.

  13. As a Transylvania born and raised not 30 minutes away from Bran castle, I feel I must deeply apologise for this postal mistake.
    I shall bring it up with the Dark Coven at the next neighbourhood night watch meeting.

    • As a reporter from the Broomstick Breaking News I have to ask how this could happen. I’m sure our readers woud like to know as well why the Dark Coven didn’t use a better postal service and which steps they intend to take if their requests will not be taken.to heart…
      Perhaps you could pass on my inquiries?

      • The Count himself has asked me to pass this on:
        “The matter appears to be a simple mistake involving one of our over-eager Priority Mail Bats. My instruction was simple *Take it to Ilona for approval* I meant my darling wife, Ilona Szilagy- alas, misunderstanding ensued and Ms Andrews received the missive instead. Please pass my best wishes to the Broomstick periodical which I enjoy immensely with my cup of blood in the early evening”.

        • Many thanks for the fast answer. Many of our readers will be delighted to see, that such outstanding individuals are enyoing our news as well.

  14. Wow. Your imagination simply has no bounds! Does this mean you are itching to write a vamp centered series? I’m dying to see the next step in this line of thought!

    So, did you get a phone call?

  16. That’s hilarious! Can’t wait for her reply and the new book!
    Y’all are truly blessed to have the friendship y’all have!

  18. This is so great!! I really love seeing a glimpse of the relationship you have with other authors

  21. Well that was AWESOME! I’m so glad that we get to see the fun you all have. Tight friendship. I am looking forward to reading Ian’s book.

    Thank you for the giggle.
    Peace light and love. K?

  24. Oh snap! The KD book cover has been avenged! *looks toward JS’s website* can’t wait to see how she’ll respond! Thanks for sharing in the fun!

  28. This is just pure hilarious genius… ? Can’t wait for Ian’s book…. And now can’t wait for her response…

  29. Can’t wait to read Jeaniene’s new book. I’ve just finished listening to the entire Night Huntress audio books again for the umpteenth time.

  32. LMFAO!!!!!!!

    At first I was like “Nooooooo! Don’t open the mail! It’s a felony!!” Then I saw the name Jeaniene. lololol

  33. I can see the tassels waving with laughter. Looking forward to Ian’s book. And thanks for letting us be a part of the family feud . It’s good to have friends.
    P.S. I am rereading Iron andMagic, really love Bucky. And starting to like Hugh a little better.

    • Usually it’s the Secretary of Undead Affairs who deals with this. But she doesn’t use the print seal, so it may be the Count himself. He’s rather bored at times and as far as I know, an avid reader.

  43. Haha. I hope Jeanine provides notes of the meeting in 3 days! I’d love to be a bat on the wall for that one 🙂

  44. Uh oh, I predict a counter letter will soon be sent to Ilona from the SUITS (Sympathizers of Unfair Treatment of Shapeshifters).

    • Correction. Sympathizers of Unfair and Irresponsible Treatment of Shapeshifters. I’m always forgetting the I’s.

  46. (((Sighing with relief)))
    Oh, it’s just a threatening letter fromThe Ministry of the Undead. I thought it was something serious like warning letter for misappropriating the word “Cocky” .

  53. Zooterkins! What to do, what to do? I thought this a fake when I read a time limit of three days; rather than three nights, that is. But then I saw it was from the Master of the Dark Coven. It was obviously referred to a higher (lower) power by the vampires.
    Dire circumstances, indeed!

  57. Laughing so hard it is difficult to type! My first thought, on reading the title, was that some idiot tried to trademark “Magic”! You have definitely given my mid morning a boost. I needed the boost because one of the 4 year olds in the kindergarten where I volunteer has given me their cold.

    I don’t understand it. I am a fanatic about hand washing and hand sanitizer. It must be those wretched UNCOVERED coughs and sneezes. I do wish parents would try to instill that skill in kids before sending them off to school. Cough cough cough. Thank you, again, for my morning laugh. Cough cough.

    • I teach high school and I understand your pain. (I got to be sick over the winter holiday last year- mild case of the flu- because one of my students showed up really sick for exams). However what really helps is Airborne (spelling?) and EmergenC. I take them as a preventative when the coughing and sneezing starts in my classroom. They won’t always stop you from getting sick but they usually make it so you end up with a milder version that doesn’t last as long.

      Hope you feel better soon 🙂

    • My dad is 74 and he never covers his coughs or sneezes. He also claims he doesn’t know how to blow his nose, so he always goes to the bathroom to do it… he knows better, but I guess it’s too much trouble for him.

  59. Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha…
    “Do they have silver in their genitals to increase sexual pleasure”???

    Can’t stop laughing from the picture in my mind…

    Thanks!

  60. A revenge served dead cold. Or hot-blooded. Can’t decide.

    An impossomable situation, to be sure. Happy vampires. Next Unicorns and Harpies.

    On to check Ms Frost’s blog…

  61. Here’s hoping Jeaniene Frost defies the “cease and desist order! Too funny, lol. Thanks for the mid afternoon laugh.

  65. Wow, I wonder if Laurel K Hamilton got one? I mean Jean-Claude is not only a breathtaking gentleman but engage vet happy. Anita keeps killing all the bad broody ones.

    Lol. So funny

  69. I have knowledge of all the angst-ridden vampires in the letter except for Jerry Dandridge! Okay! So he hails from 1985, Fright Night. lol… with a Colin Farrel remake at some point and a comic book. Watched this on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8LCGVV0m8ms
    I honestly cannot remember if I ever saw that movie or not, but all I got out of the video is that Prince Humperdink is a mean vampire.

    • Humperdink? Isn’t that the bad bad prince from the “Princess Bride”? Vampire? Really???

      • Yes! 🙂 I think I’d laugh through Fright Night, as Princess Bride is only movie role that he represents to me.

  72. Ok, I’ll bite (pun intended).
    When I wake up tomorrow I’ll do some digging (again !) but not in SOME GOTHIC CEMETERY…but rather in Amazon…

    Soon weekend…and then the kids go on holliday…
    I have some freetime coming up !

    Nice !

  74. Well, I wonder if Deborah Harkness got a letter from the good Master of the Dark Coven too. Not only do her vampires, like Matthew Clairmont, have happy lives but they have children too!!

  79. A contest where the person with the best response gets a prize like a crucifix, a vampire tooth or a lock of the Master of The Dark Covens hair would not suck.

  80. Hello to the Author Lords!

    So I THINK Ilona mentioned she reads manga, and now I am wondering if you have ever read Ibuki Satsuki’s ‘Yi Chui Wu Tiao Man Ji’. Technically it’s a manhua but I love this one. It’s mostly a lighthearted story with AMAZING art but the characters are so well fleshed out that is rare for many manga that I wanna know what you guys think of it.

    • Non spoilery sample:

      mangakakalot.com/chapter/yi_chui_wu_yue_tiao_man_ji/chapter_43
      In case anyone is interested

  81. Thank you, Ilona Andrews. I ROFLOL when I read the blog and letter this am and upset the pup and his kitten. Really did upset them as I had been MIA for almost 48 hours and they were convinced they had been abandoned with full food and water bowls when I rolled in last night at o dark hundred. Grin. Well, i had told them before I left I had to go take grandmother to a funeral. Also, it did take a lot longer than planned due to the detours for washed out by hurricane Florence bridges. And he is still a puppy and was a puppy mill pup…

    So I really enjoyed laughing today. Thank you for that. Oh yes, I do not read Ms Frost so I sent link to my sibling who does. She is the one who gave me an Ilona Andrews book for Xmas years ago because I read too much science fiction. Grin. So I hooked her on Patricia Briggs.

    I had a problem last week of teens removing mail from roadside mailboxes. Sheriff deputies responded and found suspects. I do not know yet if they recovered my neighbors stolen mail but postmaster is not happy. Our latest mail carrier who seems to be competent so far, after we, the route occupants, got rid of the one who put mail in boxes based on GPS not actual numbers on boxes after 3 months of daily misdelivered mail, is only on 4th week. So maybe Ms Frost or the Master of the Dark Coven got the GPS oriented mail carrier.

  82. While hilarious, no need to worry. It’s obviously a fake. The “Dark Coven Master” used the American dating convention, not the European day/month/year. So Jeaniene doesn’t have to be concerned, except about who would possibly send the fake ominous warning to her? Any candidates?

  83. Hi everyone in the UK … nothing to do with the above post, but I’ve just noticed Amazon UK has Iron and Magic as a Deal of the Day (Sat 6/10) at 99p!!! You have 5 1/2 hours ….

  84. I love this! And the later follow up post! I showed these to my daughter and she just walked around the house laughing!

    It’s wonderful to have friends that you can play with and joke around with!!

  85. How considerate that they left a print, even if it is not their own print. I hope that’s acrylic paint, because blood born pathogens…..ugh now that’s scarey. Me, I’d send that puppy in to the PD, you know, because you can and you paid for it with tax dollars.
    I too would like to see Cat & Bones hunt this threat down.

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