July
FOUL
PLAY is
now available in paperback! To celebrate, this month we're giving
away a drawing fav, a Spa Basket complete with Slippers
to one lucky reader. It's our way of thanking you all for helping
make our SOFIE METROPOLIS
series such a wonderful success! To enter the drawing, click here
to send us an email -- just write "drawing" in the subject
line. We'll contact the winner for additional info on August 1st.
Good luck and Happy July!
Order FOUL
PLAY
from Amazon.com,
B&N
and Tor-Forge
today.
Pre-Order
WORKING STIFF Now
from Amazon.com
and B&N.
Chat
- Sunday, July 20th from 8 - 11 p.m. at Writerspace.com.
Come on out for Writerspace's annual Beach Party where countless
authors will be chatting and giving away all sorts of fun stuff!
Pre-register to win soon by visiting
Writerspace.com.
We'll be giving at least one book
to a lucky chatter. Hmm...could it be an ARC of WORKING
STIFF...?
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July
This shot was taken at this year's Reader & Writer Get-Together
hosted by Lori Foster and
Dianne Castell. Pictured
above are Lori, PW Beyond
Her Book blogger Barbara Vey (who posted a podcast
of us at her site - click here
to view it!), and Kathy Andrico. This was the first time we were
able to make the conference, and are we ever so glad we did! Click
here to check out some of our experiences in pictures.
Click here to check out our full Blog/Photo
Album.
July
Michelle Buonfiglio of Lifetime.com's Romance
B(u)y the Book Blog earns the honor this month. She's
a hoot and a half! Click here
to read her post on the Get-Together and make sure you tell her
we sent you.
The German
Love
Letter Magazine has included a piece on us and what
our girl Sofie Metropolis would eat for Valentine's Day. (Given
her recent experiences with men, we included items with lots of
garlic and pork...only she probably should have listened to the
male Greeks in her family who insist that both actually stimulate
the sex drive!) Click here
to check out more info on the mag. Our thanks to Kris Alice Hohls
for her warm generosity.
CLEVER AND CAFFEINATED
That's what the Toledo
Blade's Erica Blake has to say about FOUL
PLAY in the Sunday, September 30th Arts section about
the latest Sofie title. Here's more: "After
three books and hundreds of homemade frappes, a spunky and often
caffeinated Sofie Metropolis has proven that she's still worth the
read." Click here
to read the full review.
The latest reviews of
DIRTY
LAUNDRY:
"This fast-paced book captures the colorful Greek community
of Astoria where Sofie navigates between the expectations of her
Greek upbringing and the desires of her heart to be an independent
and strong woman." Greek
Circle,
Fall 2006
"Tori Carrington has a hit with this oddball mystery that is
in the same class as Stephanie Plum... The novel is a delightful
first installment that will have readers laughing out loud."
The
Midwest Book Review, Nov 2006
Too many great books, too little time! But we just had
to make time for these titles:
Walk Past the
Wolf
Scrivener Minion
Commanded
to His Bed
Denise Lynn
Warlord
Elizabeth Vaughan
Dark Obsession
Christine Feehan
Servant:
The Awakening
L.L. Foster
Mama
Terry McMillan
Dead Sexy
Kimberly Raye
Nature
Girl
Carl Hiassen
Riding
the Thunder- The Sisters of Colford Hall, Book 2
by Deborah Macgillivray
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July
Greetings!
Ah, yes. This is the time of year we've been looking forward to
for so long: summer. Which is probably what makes the season so
utterly sweet, especially for us denizens of the upper Midwest.
The lightning bugs are flashing, the tomatoes are popping, and
the gardenias are filling the warm air with their sultry scent.
What more could you possibly want?
Okay, maybe lower fuel prices and less rain. But if everything
were perfect...well, what would we have to complain about?
So put your feet up, grab something cold to drink, and crack open
a good book!
PLAY BALL -
FOUL PLAY AVAILABLE NOW!
A coincidence that even as pro baseball teams everywhere face
off against each other that FOUL
PLAY is available? We think not! (We're getting numerous
reports that readers can't find copies in stores. If this happens
to you, make sure you ask the store to order more!)
Okay, so Sofie's beloved Mets
failed to make the playoffs last year, but that doesn't mean they
can't go all the way in 2008. Go Mets! FOUL
PLAY, the third title in our SOFIE
METROPOLIS series, celebrates all sports dreamers
as it becomes available for the first time in paperback!
In case you missed the hardcover edition last year, here are a
few reviews for FOUL
PLAY:
"Smart,
sassy Sofie knocks the ball out of Shea Stadium in this colorful
concoction." Publishers
Weekly
"If you like Stephanie Plum, you've got to meet Sofie
Metropolis - she's a keeper!" Merry, Annie's
Book Stop, Sharon, MA
"While
retaining all the humor and off-kilter exploits that have made
this series such a delight, Carrington's latest shows Sofie's
growing confidence in her instincts and abilities. This writing
duo excels at delivering both giggles and gasps, and they have
another winner." Romantic Times
Order
your copy from Amazon.com,
B&N
and Tor-Forge
today!
Visit www.sofiemetro.com
for more info on the title and the series.
METRO REPORT
Yes! Sofie IV aka
WORKING STIFF is not only
officially in the can, we've just received the FANTASTIC cover
art. Isn't it great? It will certainly provide some much needed
motivation as we slog through final revisions.
Look for more details on Sofie IV
aka WORKING STIFF
very soon! In the meantime, pre-order your copy now from
Amazon.com
and B&N.
BOOKS ON TAPE
We just received the fantastic news that WORKING
STIFF has been picked up by Books on Tape
for the audio version, its release to coincide with the
book's hardcover debut later this summer. We can't wait to hear
their version of our girl Sofie! Warm thanks to Trident
Media Group's Alanna Ramirez for putting the deal
together.
HOT STUFF!
Now, on to all things hot and sizzling! Namely, our February
Extreme Blaze
SHAMELESS,
which is still available from on-line and used bookstores.
I've got to tell you, this has to be the hottest book we've ever
written. And as such it was by far the most challenging. Just
look at the original flash line, "Two guys, a girl...and
a blindfold!" Um, even this was too hot for Harlequin because
it doesn't appear on the final cover. ;>
Okay. So let's move on to the back cover copy:
An indecent proposal. A friendship betrayed.
One-night-only
anonymous sex with a stranger? Seems too wanton even for Nina
Leonard. Until it's insinuated that the mystery man might be one
of her business partners—two guys she adores who also happen
to be complete hotties.
Out
comes the blindfold, and Nina has the steamiest night of her life.
Now she's got to have more—only, no one's fessing up.
One of her two best friends rocked her world that night. But which
one was it?
If she guesses wrong, she could lose them both….
Judge for yourself if we pulled this one off, then let us know
your thoughts by emailing us at toricarrington@aol.com.
SHAMELESS
launches our INDECENT PROPOSALS
miniseries, with the next title
RECKLESS out in November.
DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR?
 No,
I'm so not talking Xmas Carols, though this news definitely falls
into Gift category. FOUL
PLAY is finally available on audio!
Reader Rebecca Rogers does a magnificent job taking up where the
late Anna Fields left off. Click here
to listen to a sample and to order your copy from BlackstoneAudio.com.
A
GREEK IN GERMANY
 That's
right, our girl Sofie
Metropolis is available in German, retitled Wer
küsst schon einen Griechen! Just check out the
cover for the second title Liebe
auf Griechisch. Click here
for more info on both releases.
The
German Love
Letter Magazine has included a piece on us and what
our girl Sofie
Metropolis
would eat for Valentine's Day. (Given her recent experiences with
men, we included items with lots of garlic and pork...only she
probably should have listened to the male Greeks in her family
who insist that both actually stimulate the sex drive!) Click
here
to check out more info on the mag. Our thanks to Kris Alice Hohls
for her warm generosity.
MYSTERY GUILD & RHAPSODY
FOUL PLAY
is also available through the Mystery
Guild Book Club and Rhapsody
Book Club.
Just as we've updated the look of this site, we've tweaked www.sofiemetro.com
as well. Go and have a look around! And make sure you write us
at toricarrington@aol.com
to let us know whatcha think of both sites. And keep posted
for new recipes and the latest news.
LAST STOP, DITMARS
We've
contributed a novella to Queens Noir, a collection
of crime stories set in the gritty NY Borrough, including mysteries
by Jimmy Breslin, Denis Hamill
and Malachy McCourt. Here's what Publishers
Weekly has to say: "The husband-and-wife team
writing as Tori Carrington (Sofie Metropolis) weighs in with a
gritty whodunit set in a Greek diner in 'Last Stop, Ditmars...'
[T]here’s plenty to enjoy here for Akashic completists and
anyone who’s ever cheered (or jeered) the Mets."
The anthology is available now from Akashic
Books, and features Sofie's uncle
Spyros Metropolis, and is set before she signs
on at his agency. Our thanks to author Robert
Knightly, and Bonnie and
Joe of Manhattan's Black
Orchid Mystery Bookstore for leading us to this exciting
project, and for our TDA
editor Melissa Ann Singer for encouraging us
to take it on. Order your copy now by clicking here.
JULY
DRAWING
FOUL
PLAY is
now available in paperback! To celebrate, this month we're giving
away a drawing fav, a Spa Basket complete with Slippers
to one lucky reader. It's our way of thanking you all for helping
make our SOFIE METROPOLIS
series such a wonderful success! To enter the drawing, click here
to send us an email -- just write "drawing" in the subject
line. We'll contact the winner for additional info on August 1st.
Good luck and Happy July!
Order FOUL
PLAY
from Amazon.com,
B&N
and Tor-Forge
today.
Pre-Order
WORKING STIFF Now
from Amazon.com
and B&N.
APPEARANCES
Friday-Sunday,
September 5-7th, 2008
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church's
Annual Greek-American
Festival
We'll be signing from 6-8 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, and
may come back on Sunday!
Sunday, November 5th, 2008
Monroe
County Library's
Writers on the River
Ellis Reference and Information Center
3700 South Custer Road
Monroe, MI 48161-9716
Phone: (734) 241-5277
noon - 3:00 p.m.
September signing schedule shaping up. Keep posted!
CHAT
Sunday,
July 20th from 8 - 11 p.m. at Writerspace.com.
Come on out for Writerspace's annual Beach Party where countless
authors will be chatting and giving away all sorts of fun stuff!
Pre-register to win soon by visiting
Writerspace.com.
We'll be giving at least one book
to a lucky chatter.
Click
here for more chat/appearance
info.
BLOG/PHOTO
ALBUM ADDITIONS
Click here to view
the photo journal entries of everywhere we've been over the
past few months, including:
Readers
& Writers Get Together
Monroe
County Library’s Writers on the River Book Fair
Books by the Banks
Festival
Ohio Library Council's Annual
Convention
Medina's Writers Live
The
Stately Raven Grand Opening
Toledo
Greek Fest
Schlachter
Family Reunion
Books
& Co. July 10th, 2007
The
Paperback Outlet, June 18th, 2007
Mystery
Lovers Bookshop's Annual Festival of Mystery
INTERVIEWS
New interviews are up at Romance Divas,
Love Romances, The Romance Readers Connection, All About Romance
and Bookjunkies:
Romance Divas
Love Romances
Romantic
Times Cameo
The Romance Readers Connection
All About Romance Interview
Romance
Junkies Interview
Also, the following may also be of interest:
From
McCoy, With Love - Bonus Interview
A
Real McCoy Bonus - 'A Day in the Life'
A
Real McCoy Bonus - Writing Tips
Click here to check out more
interviews.
AY, CARUMBA!
Our Harlequin Blaze Forbidden
(the first in our Sleeping with Secrets miniseries) has been
printed in hardcover for the Spanish market. Can you say Pasion
Prohibida? Check out the full listing at Amazon.com
by clicking here.
Then take a peek at all the various incarnations (including
more Spanish language editions) of our titles at amazon.com
by clicking here,
and at amazon.ca
(Canada offers UK reprints with some pretty awesome covers)
by entering Tori Carrington as the search criteria.
A
GIFT FOR YOURSELF OR OTHERS
Want to personalize your book purchase as a gift to yourself
or someone else? Send an SASE to P.O. Box 12271, Toledo, Ohio
43612 and we'll send you a signed bookplate. Or, if you'd like
a cover flat of any of our books, mail us a 9" x 11"
self-addressed envelope with two first class stamps and we'll
send you one, depending on availability.
Here’s
wishing you a sizzling summer!
Very truly yours,
Lori & Tony
aka Tori Carrington
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April 2008
SOFIE METROPOLIS #3
In Paperback Now
"The problem
with this 3rd book in the series is that now I have to wait...to
find out what Sofie gets into next. Mysterious, funny, romantic
and sometimes poignant, Sofie will be worth waiting for."
Joyce Ann, PW
Beyond Her Book Reviewer
Order from Amazon.com,
B&N
and Tor-Forge.
Order in Hardcover from Amazon.com.
In Audio from Blackstone.
September
2008
SOFIE METROPOLIS
#4
**PRE-ORDER
NOW**
from Amazon.com
and B&N.
The
week before Halloween, a body disappears from Sofie’s Aunt’s
funeral home. It might be a holiday prank, but Sofie’s barely
begun to investigate when she’s handed a truly hot case: prove
the innocence of someone already on trial for murder!
Click here for excerpt.
**PRE-ORDER
NOW**
from
Amazon.com
and B&N.
On Audio from
Books on Tape soon!
February
2008
Shameless
Book I of 3 in our Indecent Propoals miniseries
Two guys, a girl...
and a blindfold!
Click here
to read an excerpt.
Order from:
Amazon.com
Barnes
& Noble
Or order in book or ebook format from
eHarlequin.com
(Fresh
Stock Now Available!)
January 2008
Queens Noir Short
Story Collection
Our short story features Sofie's uncle Spyros
Metropolis and is set before she signs on at his agency.
ISBN 1933354402
Akashic
Books
"The
husband-and-wife team writing as Tori Carrington weighs in with
a gritty whodunit set in a Greek diner in 'Last Stop, Ditmars...'
[T]here’s plenty to enjoy here for Akashic completists and
anyone who’s ever cheered (or jeered) the Mets."
Publishers Weekly
Order from:
Akashic
Books
Amazon.com
FOUL
PLAY
ISBN 0-765-31743-5
Book Three
Starring
Sofie Metropolis
Forge Hardcover
That's right, Book Three in the series is on store shelves
now!
Available
from
Amazon.com
Barnes
& Noble
Greek
America e-Store
In audio format from:
BlackstoneAudio.com
Click
here for a
printable version.
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