When I first wrote “Only Human”, I had a terrible time fitting it into the length required for a short story. I wanted more—more space to explore the characters and their world. Fortunately, my editor agreed. But in the process of turning the story into a full-length book, I discovered the truth of the adage that you can’t step in the same stream twice.

At least, I can’t. The story grew and changed in so many ways that TEMPTING DANGER bears only a passing resemblance to the novella that gave birth to it. This is confusing for some readers. I’m sorry for that. Perhaps I should be more in control of where my stories go, but it doesn’t seem to work that way.

There’s more about them in NIGHT SEASON—they’re secondary characters in that book. But while I originally intended to write a series of stories about Kai and Nathan, right now my editor wants me to focus on Lily and Rule stories. Sadly, I’m not a terribly fast writer, though I live in hope that I can change this. If I ever reach the point that I can keep up with more than one series—get two books out a year instead of one—I may be able to return to Kai and Nathan. (Though with that “can’t step in the same stream twice” lesson from above, I’m not sure they’ll look the same as I originally envisioned.)

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They’re on a small yacht cruising the world. There are still people who desperately want to get their hands on Michael, but the Book of All Magic must remain hidden, or the power balance in the realms—all of them—will shift catastrophically. If you ever see Molly and Michael return to the series, well, you’ll know that some very big and bad stuff is happening. Only two things would persuade Michael to come out of hiding: a direct threat to Molly . . . or something along the lines of the end of the world.

Um . . . eventually you will see Molly and Michael return . . .

We keep all of the book info up-to-date on my Books page. How handy! RITUAL MAGIC is the next scheduled World of the Lupi book and it's due out September 2013.

I'm working hard on the next book in the series RITUAL MAGIC, due out September, 2013. If you read the last book, MORTAL TIES, you may be wondering if Lily's not-so-favorite ghost is back. Yes, he is. So is Grandmother. And Sam. And Rule, of course, and you'll get to know Lily's parents better. It's going to take all them, every bit of power and skill they can muster, to deal with what Robert Friar throws at them this time.

I used to answer this by saying I didn’t know. I didn’t. Now I do . . . but I’m not telling. ;-)