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erastes gave me the heads up on this one this morning. 'False Colors' is now listed on Amazon, both Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk as available for pre-order. Apparently it's coming out on the sixth of April 2009!

Yay!

I'm seriously chuffed, not only because this is super-efficient of the publishers, but also because I had been afraid I might not be able to keep the title, for fear of people confusing it with False Colours by Georgette Heyer. 'False Colors' is so perfect for the theme of the novel that I would have been really sad to part with it.

Woohoo! Go Running Press!

I also have a new mainstream, tasteful blurb:

For his first command, John Cavendish is given the elderly bomb vessel HMS /Meteor/, and a crew as ugly as the ship. He’s determined to make a success of their first mission, and hopes the well-liked lieutenant Alfie Donwell can pull the crew together before he has to lead them into battle: stopping the slave trade off the coast of Algiers.

Alfie knows that with a single ship, however well manned, their mission is futile, and their superiors back in England are
hoping to use their demise as an excuse for war with the Ottoman Empire. But the darker secret he keeps is his growing attraction for his commanding officer—a secret punishable by death.

With the arrival of his former captain—and lover—on the scene, Alfie is torn between the security of his past and the uncertain promise of a future with the straight-laced John.

Against a backdrop of war, intrigue, piracy and personal betrayal, the high seas will carry these men through dangerous waters from England to Africa, from the Arctic to the West Indies, in search of a safe harbor.

to replace the old one. The change of style takes a bit of getting used to! Now all I need is for the book to be out, and with a nice cover! I can't wait!

Erastes' new novel, Transgressions, for which False Colors is the running mate, is up for pre-order too, with the same release date. I want it to be April now! :)

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In WOS news, a surprise appearance by Admiral Vane has enabled me to get a large info-dump out of the way without too much pain. Tomorrow I tackle the major sex scene.