Kate Brian's Blog

Hey, PRIVATE fans!

I've got an important, but fun, warning to share with you. If you visit this blog tomorrow, you may not recognize it! I've been working with my website guru friends to give Private a new look, and tomorrow, 12/8, I'll finally be able to share my fully redecorated website with all of you.

In addition to redecorating my blog, I'm going to be sharing it with a few of my trusted friends, so the voice of the blog won't always be mine . . . but, of course, you'll always know when it's me by my "

New look and new bloggers aside, this blog will still be dedicated to the PRIVATE and PRIVILEGE books, as well as some of my other novels. And there are some big things coming up for the PRIVATE series, too! My next book, The Book of Spells: A Private Prequel, arrives on 12/21, and then Ominous will pick up where Vanished left off . . . with The Book of Spells to be exact.

Change can be scary . . . but I promise the new site will be fun, and commenting on the blog will be much easier! Check back tomorrow and let me know what you think!

Savor each page, ladies (and gents!), because after PURE SIN, there's only one last installment in the Privilege series . . .

Kelsey Sanders was our "Reed" last summer, when she starred in the webisode version of Private. So I thought I should let you know that she's back online in the hot new web series Hollywood is Like High School with Money.

This time around, Kelsey plays Taylor Henning, a small town girl who feels like a fish out of water working in the movie industry. The show also stars Ian Harding - the cutie who plays Ezra on Pretty Little Liars - and there's a cameo featuring Whitney Port from The City...

WE HAVE NOELLE LANGE. IF YOU GO TO THE POLICE, SHE DIES. IF YOU GO TO HER FAMILY, SHE DIES. IF YOU GO TO THE HEADMASTER, SHE DIES. YOU WILL FOLLOW OUR EVERY INSTRUCTION TO THE LETTER, OR SHE WILL DIE. THE GAME IS ON, REED BRENNAN. THE PRIZE? NOELLE'S LIFE.

Reed gets this note on the very first page of VANISHED. Talk about a rude awakening – not that Reed slept much at all after Noelle's disappearance the night before. The first of many eerie texts Reed will receive, this fateful message...

Last year at this time, fans in the U.S. were watching PRIVATE together online. Now you can watch it on your TV or find it on iTunes. All twenty episodes of the first season of PRIVATE have been edited together into one feature-length movie, so you can watch the whole thing non-stop from Reed's arrival to the final shocking scene! The dvd also contains lots of bonus features, which include a sneak peek at Chapter One of THE BOOK OF SPELLS, The Private Prequel.

If you're looking for PRIVATE, ...

You've been waiting patiently ever since Noelle disappeared at the end of SCANDAL . . . so what happens next? Start the first chapter of

VANISHED and find out!

I know--I deserve a good talking to for having been gone so long. I am very, very sorry. But I return bearing gifts and hope that you'll be able to forgive me! The next book in the PRIVILEGE series won't arrive until June 8th, but you can get an early look at SWEET DECEIT HERE!

I've really missed you! More blog entries soon--along with news about some big events for privatenovels.com. Stay tuned!

For those of you who haven't read SCANDAL yet, I've got three words for you: Billings Literary Society. I won't tell you how it fits into SCANDAL, or how it all ends...but I have to confide that it's one of my favorite parts of this latest PRIVATE book. In fact, I like it so much, I think I'd like to start my own chapter of B.L.S. for PRIVATE fans like you.

What do you say...would you be interested?

You've been so patient, and now the wait is over! Today SCANDAL is finally available wherever books are sold in the U.S.

Will the Billings Girls stick together? What's next for Reed and Josh? Does everyone's favorite girl from Croton, Pennsylvania have what it takes to start a secret society? SCANDAL has all the answers. I hope you enjoy it!

If you're ready for SCANDAL, you can order your copy in the PRIVATE Shop. As always, I can't wait to hear what you think, but please use SPOILER...

The next time you're feeling like the weight of the world is on your shoulders, I hope it eases your mind to think that Reed knows exactly how you feel. When SCANDAL arrives on 3/9, she'll have her hands full trying to keep the Billings Girls together as they're scattered across campus. She'll also be forced to deal with Josh and Ivy, up close and personal. And then there are Reed's unexpected St. Barths' souvenirs: her long distance "friendship" with Upton, and her newest classmate, Sawyer. ...