This post is titled after one of my favorite Goo Goo Dolls songs, which came to me while I was thinking that January has already been here and gone in a flash. I can’t believe it’s *thisclose* to being February already. Wasn’t it just Christmas a couple days ago?

While Pride and Pleasure released last week, it’s technically considered a February release (and the digital versions of it will finally begin shipping tomorrow). During this time that I’m quietly celebrating a book I finished writing in 2009, I’m writing books that won’t release until 2012, while discussing covers/blurbs/promotional plans for books that I finished in 2010 but won’t see shelves for another several months yet. *whew* I guess it’s no wonder that I can’t keep track of time…

On my chat loop the other day, a reader who’d recently finished Pride and Pleasure said she hoped I was furiously typing the next book, to which I replied that my next few books were already done and in the can. I’d love to talk about the books I’ve finished most recently. (I have a new series launching this year!) I’d love to post already-edited excerpts and share sources of inspiration (I confess to posting hero photos…) while they’re still fresh in my mind, but I have to take it one book at a time. Writers always try to make their next book better than their last, so we’re excited about the fresh and new, but we need our last book to sell well if we want to be able to write the next book. One of those “reality intrudes” things. Amid the creative fervor, we have to be business-minded and practical, too. :)

So… since I can’t share much about my upcoming releases just yet, I’d love for you to share the books you’re looking forward to in the coming months. I’m already fiending for Nalini Singh’s Archangel’s Blade. If you haven’t added Lauren Dane’s Mesmerized and Shiloh Walker’s Hunter’s Fall to your list, you should; I’ve read both and they’re awesome. I’m dying for Karin’s Blood Law to release, and I’m so glad Sophie’s Aftertime is only days away. I’ve got Kresley Cole’s Dreams of Dark Warrior pre-ordered for my Kindle, as well as Cynthia Eden’s Deadly Heat (which–like Pride and Pleasure–released last week in print, but tomorrow in digital… *grr*).

As fast as this year is already breezing by, what are the books that make you wish the days would pass even faster? Since I’m still very much celebrating my latest release, I’ll give two commenters their choice of a book from my backlist. Happy Monday!