I’ve been working with my publicist and the bookstore where the signing will be held and while I don’t have ordering links YET, I can confirm that I will be signing books the week of July 24th.

A few things I want to mention about the event. It will occur AFTER Forged in Steele has released (A month) but it will be BEFORE BURN releases August 5th. What this means is that if you order Forged in Steele to be signed, you’ll get it AFTER Forged in Steele releases June 25th. However, you will get BURN on release day as the bookstore will have me sign those copies and will mail them so they reach readers by release day.

ALSO, you can order ANY of my titles, even older titles, that you’d like to have signed. THe event is NOT just for the new releases, Forged in Steele and BURN.

It’s also available for INTERNATIONAL readers. The bookstore WILL ship books overseas so anyone is able to participate.

Turn the Page bookstore in Boonsboro, MD is hosting the virtual signing, and in the coming weeks, they’ll post the event on their website along with order links for my entire KGI series and the entire Breathless trilogy. HOWEVER, if you wish to order ANY of my backlist titles, you can email or call the store and they’ll be happy to order whatever title you want and I’ll sign ALL ordered books when I’m in the store on July 24th.

I just wanted to give y’all a heads up because I’ve had many emails and posts asking if I would be doing another virtual signing for those readers who are unable to make it to one of my in person signings this year.

Though I WISH it were possible to visit many of you in your hometowns or in a neighboring vicinity, with my writing schedule, it’s impossible for me to travel that much. Otherwise I’d never be able to publish any books! lol

So a virtual signing is the next best option for readers who aren’t able to attend my “in person” signings and I hope those of you who want signed books will participate so that we can do more of these in the future :))

I will post more info and ordering links the minute I receive them so be on the lookout in the next few weeks!

So if you have any older favorites that you’d like to have signed, the store will absolutely order in any of my titles in addition to the newer titles, Forged in Steele and BURN.

xoxo <3 <3 <3

Maya

Original article: Virtual signing for BURN and Forged in Steele!

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I’ve been telling you guys that I had a NYC signing in the works and that I’d let everyone know when I had everything hammered out. So here is the official announcement for a NYC signing! :)

An Evening With Maya Banks Reader Event
June 19th from 6:00 – 9:00 PM
Opal Bar and Restaurant (http://www.opalbar.com/)
251 E 52nd Street
New York, NY 10022

Meet Maya Banks for an evening of romance and conversation! Maya will mix and mingle with readers and answer questions about her popular books. There will also be a book signing with books available onsite for purchase.

Food and refreshments will be served.

Readers will also have the opportunity to meet the great team from the romance site Heroes and Heartbreakers, who will be offering fun door prizes to readers.

Hope to see many of you there! It’s going to be a blast. Can’t wait to meet y’all!

EDITED TO ADD: This event is FREE and open to the public! Also if you plan to attend or even think you may attend, hop over to the Love Always Facebook event page they’ve created for this signing and you can RSVP on the page. We’d love to see you there!

xoxo
Maya

Original article: NYC book signing/event!

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For U.S. and Canadian readers, Murder By the Book bookstore in Houston, TX is hosting a virtual signing for RUSH and FEVER. The order deadline is March 23 and I’ll be going in to sign all the ordered copies and they’ll be shipped to arrive on release day for FEVER (April 2)

You can order here for your copies of RUSH or FEVER.

ALSO! Since Murder by the Book only ships to U.S. and Canada, my international readers can order copies of my book from Turn the Page bookstore. I’ll be there signing in person on April 6 and if you order a copy by March 25th, I’ll sign the books while I’m there and they’ll be shipped out the following Monday. In addition to RUSH and FEVER, you can also order copies of my backlist books such as my KGI series, my Sweet series, the Colters’ Legacy series or any of my other backlist books that are in print.

To order you can go here and if the book you want isn’t on the ordering page, you can email Janeen Solberg from the website and let her know which book you’d like to order to be signed and she’ll take care of you.

This is a great way to get signed, personalized books if you can’t make one of my in person signings this year!

xoxo

Maya

Original article: Virtual signing opportunity! (international readers too!)

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But also, there WILL be copies of my some of my backlist titles available for purchase. The ticket price of the event includes a copy of RUSH that you can have signed, but in addition to RUSH, they will have Shades of Gray, Never Seduce a Scot, the newly recovered Sweet Series and Colters’ Woman.

If you are GOING and if there is a specific book that you want to be able to buy to have signed, EMAIL ME and let me know and I will make sure that the book is there and available for you. I’ll keep a list of everyone who contacts me with their choices of books so you don’t get there and not find the book you’re wanting to have signed :)

You can email me your book choices at maya@mayabanks.com and please put DALLAS SIGNING in the subject header so I won’t overlook it.

Here’s the link to the event if you haven’t already signed up! And if you’re on the fence or are unsure yet if you can make it, I’m 99 percent sure that you can buy a ticket at the door but I’m double checking that with the event organizer.

It all starts at 2:00 and don’t worry! I know they have a “set time” for the signing but I’m not leaving until all books have been signed and everyone has had their opportunity to get their books autographed. Promise!

Hope to see you there!

xoxo

Maya

Original article: Reminder!! I’ll be signing in Dallas on Feb 16th

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xoxo

Maya

Original article: Target special sale for RUSH!

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Thanks to my wonderful, amazing readers, Shades of Gray was #13 on the USA Today best seller list and #4 on the New York Times mass market fiction best seller list. It also hit the digital NYT, the combined hardback and paperback list and the combined digital and print lists!

Grand slam, guys! And it’s all because of you :)))

Thank you all so very much for making this book such a success. I absolutely couldn’t do it without you!

xoxo

Maya

Original article: Awesome news!

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Maryann, comment #381

Crystal Leo, comment #19

Tim G, comment #118

Ashton Clay, comment #604

Nancy Walden, comment #292

If you won, I need you to email me at maya@mayabanks.com and provide your mailing address so I can get your books in the mail to you!  If I don’t hear from you by the end of the week, the books will go to new winners!

Congrats to you all. Hope you enjoy RUSH! :)

xoxo

Maya

Original article: RUSH winners!

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Hey gang! As promised, I’m going to give away advance copies of RUSH :) And what better way to start off the new year than to give out some pressies!

If you’d like to be entered to win, just comment below and tell me what your favorite read of 2012 was. If you absolutely CAN’T narrow it down to just ONE, feel free to list two or three. But let me know what you read and LOVED this year!

I’ll leave the contest open through Monday, Jan 7th. I’ll be out of town until Sunday. Winners will have a couple of days to respond and send me their mailing address but please be aware! We’re down to ONE MONTH until RUSH releases so you’ll need to check back on MONDAY to see if you’re a winner. If the ARC isn’t claimed in a short time, I’ll award the book to someone else. I want to get these books out to y’all before the book actually releases :)

As always, ALL of my giveaways are open to international readers. No restrictions, so enter and comment away :)

And have a wonderful new year!! Here’s to an even MORE awesome 2013!

xoxo

Original article: RUSH Giveaway (take 2)

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BUT I wanted to take the time to let you guys know how very much you mean to me. 2012 has been an utterly FANTASTIC year for me and I owe every single part of that to YOU. I don’t say these words lightly. I’m not telling you this and don’t mean it. My career is where it is because of READERS. No other reason.

No matter how good of a book or bad of a book I write. No matter what my agent sells or my publisher buys, at the end of the day without READERS going out and buying those books, loving them, talking them up, recommending them and supporting me so wonderfully as you all have done, without YOU my career wouldn’t be possible.

I say this from the bottom of my heart and I hope you all know that I’m utterly sincere in my appreciation and deep love for you all. You’ve made so much possible for me and I want to continue giving back to you, writing really great stories that I hope you’ll continue to love and support as much as you already have.

It is ALWAYS my goal to give readers the best possible book I can every single time I sit down and write one. I know that sometimes it doesn’t work out the way I intend. It’s not possible to give every single reader a book they will love every single time. That’s a fact of the business. BUT my heart is ALWAYS in TRYING to give readers a book that is the best I can make it every single time no matter what. I hate it when I fail and I feel like I let you guys down and it makes me work even harder on the next book because I don’t EVER set out to intentionally disappoint readers.

2013 is shaping up to be a really fantastic year as well. I have a LOT of books releasing and I’m crossing fingers and toes that you guys love them as much as you’ve loved my books in the past.

We start 2013 off with a bang with Shades of Gray in just under two weeks! Yay!

Then immediately following, in February, the Breathless trilogy kicks off with RUSH. In March, Highlander Most Wanted releases. In April, the second Breathless book, FEVER, releases and then in May if you haven’t read the anthology MEN OUT OF UNIFORM with my novella, SOUL POSSESSION, you’ll be able to get it as a digital stand alone.

In July FORGED IN STEELE will release! And then in August the last Breathless book, BURN will release and in September the next Scottish historical which is tentatively titled HIGHLAND EVER AFTER will be coming your way.

Whew! It’s going to be a busy year! And I have many more plans that I’m working on *evil grin* and I hope to be posting more news about more books after the first of the year. I’m going to try VERY hard to get the Tangled Hearts trilogy launched by next fall so cross your fingers that I’m able to make that happen as well :)

I’m SUPER excited about the release of Shades of Gray. You guys put Echoes at Dawn at #7 on the NYT (my best showing to date) and #16!!! on the USA Today which is also my best showing to date on that list BUT I have absolute confidence that together we can rock it out with Shades of Gray and that we have a chance of doing even better with THIS release :))) <3 <3 <3

And if it happens, I’ll have YOU guys to thank for it because you are absolutely the ones responsible for my success.

I want to wish everyone a very happy and SAFE holiday season. I hope you make wonderful memories this season. I know you guys have given me many, MANY wonderful memories of 2012 and I’m looking forward to a terrific 2013 together with you guys.

Much love always,

xoxo

Maya

Original article: A special holiday message for all my readers!

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Congrats to all the winners! Now I need you to email me at maya@mayabanks.com and provide your mailing address so I can get those ARCs in the mail to you this week.

Original article: ARC winners!

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