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My dear Readers!

This is just to let you all know that I'll be posting the first chapter of Exalted (Sacred Book 2) here on...drum roll please...14 February 2012 (original, I know!).

So come back to my blog on Valentines Day to read the first chapter of Exalted. What better way to spend Valentines Day than reading a love story - or the start of a love story!

Feel free to let me know what you think about Sacred & Exalted. I'd love hearing from you.

You rule!
Farrah Naseem

You can now visit http://www.facebook.com/SacredSeries?... for Sacred on Facebook!

Also, just a week to go before Valentines Day! Remember to come back on 14 February for a preview of Exalted (Sacred Book 2) – I’ll be posting the Prologue. If you have read the Prologue of Sacred, you know what to expect…another story in another time again.

Well, I bet some of you have probably already guessed what (or who) these stories are about. So I hope to see you at my blog on 14 February - and if you’ve read Sacred, please review it on Amazon or Goodreads!

Also, I’d love to hear from you guys on my Blog – leave me comments, suggestions, your view / reviews!

Cheers,
Farrah

Working hard on Exalted - just finished & polished the Prologue. This prologue is almost four times longer than the previous one...which I hope you'll enjoy.

A reader emailed me about Advance Readers' Copy - i.e. whether or not I'll be giving out any. So thought I'll answer it here.

Here goes - not sure if ARC is applicable to ebooks, so I doubt I'll be giving these away.

Now about Exalted's publication date. I truly hope it can be ready by July this year - I am working towards that target. If for some reason I can't finish it by July, it will definitely be available by early November.

Hi Readers

Just posted cover for "Exalted" on Facebook - feel free to have a look!

Two days to Prologue! Make sure you visit my blog!

Cheers
Farrah

Dear Readers!

Happy Valentines Day!

As promised, I have posted the first chapter from Exalted (Sequel to Sacred) on my blog:

http://farrahnaseem.blog.com/

Feel free to have a read & let me know what you think! I’d love to hear from you all; your comments, views – even criticism (as long as it’s constructive).

Hope everyone has a Happy V’s Day!!

Happy reading,
Farrah

Dear Readers

Just to let you know that I’ll be posting the first chapter of Exalted on 29 February! Why 29th, you ask? It’s leap year so 29 Feb won’t come again until 2016!

Hope you’ll be here to read it then – and leave me some comments!

Cheers,
Farrah

Dear Readers

For every first time author, there's usually some level of uncertainty and insecurity about their books.

When I published my book Sacred through Amazon Kindle back in November 2011, I honestly wasn’t sure of its reception by readers! In fact, I didn’t think anyone would buy it & so I didn't even check my Sales Reports – until late January!

Imagine my surprise on seeing that hundreds of copies had been sold – and although until now, I’ve only got four reviews on Amazon, they’re ALL 5-star reviews (yay!).

I’ve posted these here so you can get a picture of what the book is like from some readers’ point of views (and also because I’m so proud of them!!):

1. I was cautious about purchasing the book due to the fact it only had one review. I was unexpectedly surprised at how good it was. This is the first book in a series, and I’m looking forward to reading more! – by Michelle Wyatt

2. I read a sample of this book and just had to finish it! It was a fantastic book that I couldn’t put down. This book had a lot of great twists and magic things to discover. The book ends with a good surprise/twist that leaves you wanting more, which is what a good book should do. I loved the romance, loved the paranormal, loved the guys, and loved the twists. Highly recommend to teenagers and older. Can’t wait for book 2! – by Sara G.

3. Normally whenever I buy book , I look how many reviews book got.. this book only had 3 three review but I was very curious to read book after three chapters I read on author’s blog.
I have to say it was nice and different story from the other books, I liked it a lot.loved all characters, and also loved the prologue mystry which seems to reveal at the end of the book
well I have to wait for second book to find out more. So my new resolution is ” buy the book and judge by yourself rather than waiting for more reviews ”
I enjoyed reading and will buy the next sequal as well.. – by Sky

4. This was one of the best books I read this year! Sasha is so funny and quirky, Ariston is HOT, Connor is the consummate bad boy & Ethan is so adorable!
Sacred is Sasha Stryker’s story, a high school girl, who falls in love with the new guy in town and her life changes drastically. And it Ariston Kavanagh’s story, who comes to a small town for another reason but falls in love instead. And it is the story of Connor Macho, whose determination to stay away from his childhood best friend crumbles when Ariston starts to court her.
Sasha, oblivious to the danger she in, is ecstatically in love until a lioness attacks her in the same park. And a white tiger saves her, in the nick of time. Her world starts to fall apart. From being targeted by an angry Were lioness to Ariston catching Connor kissing her, her perfect love story seems doomed. But her life had not seen the end of its share of catastrophes as dark creatures call Friaries try to kidnap her.
I won’t say more – you have to read it to find out what happens. Suffice to say it has many twists & turns and keeps you hooked till the end! Love love love it – recommend to all! Can’t wait to read the 2nd one – hope the author hurries up!!! – by Anna Hampton

It is always awesome to hear from readers, to see what they think about your work. To me personally, readers' reviews are really important; they boost my confidence & make me work even harder to complete my next book.

So that's all I wanted to share today.

Thanks for reading!
Farrah

The Sequel to Sacred, Exalted continues Sasha & Ariston's story.

When the Friary Lord, Rhys Knight, shows up in Sasha Stryker's bedroom with promises of revealing secrets about her past, she can't help but be curious. After all, he is the only one even remotely willing to explain her abilities to her.

Ariston Kavanagh, the love of her sixteen-short-years life, is strangely mute when it comes to Sasha's questions about Zathea's legend, insisting it had nothing to do with her. If that's true, then how does one go about explaining her ability to see Weres through their mist or to hear them in their Were form?

Then there's Naomi Terranova, who is now openly stalking Sasha, threatening her with dreadful consequences for being Ariston's "chosen one". And when strange men - definitely not Friaries - show up around town that no one but Sasha can see, her stalker list grows...

Hi Readers!

Just found my 1st review from a British Reader on Amazon.co.uk & couldn't wait to share it!

Why, you may wonder! Well, because I am a British Citizen, although I have never set foot in the Great land of Great Britain!

So here it is:

"First off I don't normally write reviews, I browse titles/covers, read book discriptions, read the best then worst reviews and decide to "buy", "borrow", "wish list" or "keep it moving" to the next option. I came arcross this title and decided it was a "borrow". Turns out I was wrong about it just being a "borrow", I should have put it in my "buy" column (stupid me), so I went back to buy the book. As I said before I read many a review and I do see the editing and formatting issues that most point out in their reviews in this book as I have seen in many books in this genre/price point. That being said I do not take that into account in my rating of this book. I saw that not many have rated/reviewed this title so I decided that this book and the characters in it deserved more attention! All I can say is read it because, the girl is smart, funny and extremely endearing. All the guys are swoon worthy including the best friend. The story is different from your average were book and leaves you and the main character with too many question though for some reason, like her, your not too worried about them because you know as well as she does that protection isn't something she is lacking. I'm looking forward to the next book and getting to know how this story unfolds. I hope you will too! ;0)" - From SpaceBetween

So thanks for reading my rambling & come back on Wednesday for the second chapter of Exalted, which is actually Chapter 1...

Cheers!
Farrah

Dear Readers

It's 29 February and as promised, I've posted the first chapter from Exalted on my Blog at the following link:

http://farrahnaseem.blog.com/

Hope you enjoy reading it!

Cheers
Farrah

p.s.: I will post Chapter 2: Deadlocked, too! But haven't decided when yet - will let you know soon!