News and Updates

Yet another crazy week in Catherine's life. First of all I wanted to remind you about a great place to find Indie bestsellers. Check out Indie Reader ~ I'm not just yakking about them cuz I'm on their list...but because they are doing some great things to promote self published authors.

As some of you know, I'm #8 on the E-Book Fiction list on the New York Times Bestseller list this week. Which just rocks my world. And I'm #45 on the USA Today list. I'm not sure why when you look under Romance I don't come up...but oh well.

I'm getting ready for my blog tour for Highland Shifter. There will be giveaways so be sure and keep an eye out for that.

I'm over at Emma Lai's blog today talking a little bit about Highland Shifter, so come on over and wave.

That's all for now...off to write another chapter in Married by Monday. Have a great week everyone.

Highland Shifter is Available NOW!

Highland Shifter is Out Now!

Yep, that's right. Simon and Helen's story is out on Kindle, Nook, Smashwords and Print. whatever your pleasure, you can read the next chapter in my time travel series.

I went through great pains to make sure Simon's book was all his own. Don't be shy if you haven't read the others in the series. Here is what others are saying about Highland Shifter.


"If you've not yet read BINDING VOWS, which precedes HIGHLAND SHIFTER, or the other titles in the MacCoinnich Time Travel Romance series, don't let that discourage you from grabbing this one right away. Ms. Bybee does such a fantastic job of world building in HIGHLAND SHIFTER..."  ~ Sarah Ballance

"I LOVED this book, it has definitely become my favorite in the series." ~ Holly

Enjoy 300 pages of time travel and romance for only $2.99.

Happy Reading

Catherine

Six Sentence Sunday from Highland Shifter

I'm but a couple of weeks from releasing Highland Shifter... so how about a lil' taste.

“You’re not crazy, lass.”

She voiced a short humorless laugh and brought her glass to her lips. “Sanity is being able to judge and reason sensibly. I’m not falling into that category. Against all sensibility, not to mention everything I’ve ever been taught in life, I’m starting to believe everything you’ve been telling me since we met.” She took another swig from her glass and squinted her eyes as the amber liquid went down. “And you just jumped into a cage with wild gorillas. That’s not sane, Simon! Not sane at all.”

Highland Shifter, Simon's story, will be here by mid February. Be sure and read your way to this book starting with Binding Vows...

Time for a sample of Highland Shifter~

Highland Shifter

By USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author

Catherine Bybee

Helen Adams has a knack for finding lost objects, but the Simon McAllister she finds isn’t what she expected. The missing California teen is now a grown man—a kilted, sword wielding, Highland warrior.

A mysterious Druid book and Helen’s sixth sense send her to Scotland in search of a missing boy. After being attacked by strange men dressed in medieval garb, a handsome, desirable hero answering to the boy’s name rescues her. No one is more surprised than she to find herself in sixteenth century Scotland. Unable to deny the reality of time travel, Helen discovers smoldering passion with a man destined to leave her.

Simon has lived his Druid life in two very different worlds, two vastly different times, and when Helen practically lands in his lap, he knows his life is about to change forever. There are enemies in California lying in wait for her, and an army in Scotland closing in on his family. Simon is the only person who can protect her. But when she learns his most guarded secret, will she still want him? Can Helen love a Highland Shifter?

Excerpt:

Simon stepped closer and felt the heat of her skin. She smelled of the strawberry shampoo she used in her hair. Helen’s hands slid from her hips and fell to the side.

“’Tis time we clear up a few things in your lovely head about me.”

He stepped closer, and Helen, the wise girl, took a step back until her bottom met the edge of the desk. She reached behind her to steady herself and keep from falling.

Like a predatory cat cornering his prey, Simon towered over Helen, watching her body twitch as her eyes travelled over his.

“Really?” Her voice wavered. After clearing her throat, she asked. “Like what?”

Simon licked his lips and glanced at hers. “I’m not evil.”

“Uhm….” Her eyes never left his mouth while he spoke.

“And I’d never lure a child into my presence.”

Simon leaned into her, their thighs touched and Helen’s breathing started to quicken. He placed one hand on the table beside her, leaving her very little room to escape should she want to. From the hunger in her gaze, and the heat coming off her body, he didn’t believe she would.

“A woman, however, might tempt me to entice her attention.”

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To be released in February 2012

Paperback

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E-Book

Highland Shifter Cover Art!

Here is is... the next book cover and the first with those nice lil' letters next to my name... you know... USA Today Bestselling Author - Whoot

Well... talk to me? What do you think?

News and Updates

NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS!

I'm home from our winter trip in the RV... aka The Big Rolling Turd... we had a great time traveling the southern section of the western states. We visited the snow, let the kids get good and wet, then moved to the dryer claimant of the southwest. All in all it was a nice vacation without a lot of drama or frozen pipes. Good times.

Now, onto Bybee news:

I'm working quickly on edits for Highland Shifter. And yes, I'm working with an editor. I learned with Wife by Wednesday to always have a third and forth set of editorial eyes. I missed a few things in Wife by Wednesday and many a reader has let me know it.

Live and Learn!

The cover for Highland Shifter is AMAZING! - Once the final tweak is done I'll post it here for all to drool over.

NEW NEWS:

I have pulled Before the Moon Rises and Embracing the Wolf away from the publisher. It's all amicable, but the bottom line in my world is a cover sells a book. I think BTMR is judged by the sweater vested man on the cover and I think that has kept this short werewolf novella from readers hands. The cover for Soul Mate is amazing and this book has done very well since its release. As for Embracing the Wolf... again, this cover doesn't scream paranormal romance and it should. I'd also like to put this book in print. It will be a shorter print book, but maybe after I revise it a little I can give it the glory it deserves. So, dear reader... these books will be reissued as self published work sometime in the early spring.

MEET THE AUTHOR NEWS:

I'm going to the Romantic Times Convention in Chicago this April. Because of policy changes with The Wild Rose Press I won't be able to sign my time travel books at the 'big book' signing, but I will try my best to sign books at the ebook / indie book signing. And I will have table time at Club RT. So, don't be shy and come on over so I don't look like a geek all alone! LOL

No update yet on Married by Monday... I'm still working on Carter and Eliza's story which has a ton more meat than Wife by Wednesday. I hope to make this book a little longer as well.

Simon, Simon, Simon

For my time travel readers out there, I know you'll know who I'm talking about. As some of you know, I'm about 3/4 of the way through writing Simon McAllister's story - That would be book 4 in my time travel series. He's a tough one, I tell ya. Unlike the other three books, which really worked as a trilogy, this book has an entirely new 'bad guy' and a whole new set of characters that my readers will get to know. Don't worry, I can't leave the MacCoinnich's in the dust. I love 'em all too much for that.

However, Highland Shifter, the title of Simon's story, will be worth the wait. I want the next three books in this series to stand alone but connect enough so that those of you who love series romance will pine for the next book. Nothing tickles me more than to have readers send me an email, or comment on my blog, facebook, or twitter to let me know they look forward to more from these characters.

The challenge of this story for me is removing the image I once had of Simon... ie, the picture I added to the top of this blog, and growing him up to be a hero fit for a romance novel. Same thing with Amber, to the right - and Cian ie, picture at the bottom of the post. ~ They were kids in the last book. Now they're adults. They all have a story to tell.

There will be some surprises in this story, some familiar faces from the past and the present. Most of all, you'll be able to fall in love with every page.

Happy weekend, everyone!