Hi Terri, and hello to my fellow romance fanatics here at the board.
I've been following this thread all week knowing that my reading requirements are huge and still I've ordered the books.
I'm ashamed to say that I'm a Nicki Styx virgin but that will soon be remedied. I can't wait to sink my teeth into the first installment.
My question Terri is should I read the series in order to get all the nuances of the characters?
And I can't wait to read all your books and am really looking forward to the new series.
I just recently for the First Look club here at B&N read Hush Hush which is about fallen angels but is a YA read and also JR Wards new series about them starting with Covet. So this is so right up my alley.
Thanks for being here and talking to all of us.
From your future fan. 
Melanie, when I started the series I gave no conscious thought as to whether I wanted to do a Christmas setting for any of the Nicki books, but since it's a continuing series and the book itself was going to be released just before the holidays, it made perfect sense. I intended Silent Night, Haunted Night as a modern-day version of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, Nicki Styx style. 
Three spirits come to visit Nicki in the night, and make her look at life in a different way. Only in Silent Night, they're the ghosts of the villianess's past, present and future (mother, maiden, crone), not Nicki's, and they're evil as all get out. Little Kate was creepy, wasn't she? LOL
The number three is amazingly common (three Fates, three Wise Men, three Little Pigs, three ring circus, three strikes you're out), and the more I ran across it, the more I began to wonder about it. Most people think that midnight is "the witching hour", but it's actually 3am, if any of my paranormal research is to be believed. It's believed to be the hour that the veil is thinnest, and I think you'll find that deaths in the early morning hours are very, very common, as are paranormal experiences like "old hag syndrome" and ghost sightings. Who knows about these things? I really con't claim to be an expert, I just do a lot of research. (Maybe too much!)
The idea of the three Fates being three different ages is not entirely unheard of - the Celtic goddess Brigid was often depicted with the three different faces of mother, maiden, crone. Another fascinating topic I wanted to include in the storyline - that's the problem with enjoying your research too much, there's always something else to write about!
Hi Debbie!
No, you really don't need to read the books in order. I worked very hard to ensure that each book is a stand-alone read. While I occasionally mention events that happened in other books, I give enough backstory snippets to make it sure it's not confusing, without overdoing it. (At least I hope I do!) 
Perhaps someone who's read the series has an opinion?
>>Is Selene going to make an appearance in Sammy's series?<<
Selene is a part of Sammy's world, but she's not going to be the main focus of it, by any means. Part of what I'm enjoying about this new series is the worldbuilding itself - creating the creatures that surround Sammy in his kingdom of Darkness, while keeping him grounded in the real world (if that makes any sense). He's existed for eons, and it makes sense that there would be other creatures besides succubi like Selene for him to interact with.
Tell me, by the end of Silent Night, Haunted Night, had you figured out what Selene's real problem was regarding her feelings for Sammy, and why she was really going after Nicki?
Terri
Terri_Garey wrote:
>>Is Selene going to make an appearance in Sammy's series?<<
Selene is a part of Sammy's world, but she's not going to be the main focus of it, by any means. Part of what I'm enjoying about this new series is the worldbuilding itself - creating the creatures that surround Sammy in his kingdom of Darkness, while keeping him grounded in the real world (if that makes any sense).
Tell me, by the end of Silent Night, Haunted Night, had you figured out what Selene's real problem was regarding her feelings for Sammy, and why she was really going after Nicki?
Terri
I don't think I really realized it until their very last confrontational scene together. But then it made perfect sense, far more sense than any other motivation would have. I kind of liked them together in a weird way.
