An Ancient Empire – A New Frontier

Award-winning author, Jeannie Lin, brings the drama and sensuality of Tang Dynasty to life in tales of honor, romance, and adventure. Come and explore the Golden Age of China in these stories inspired by Jeannie’s lifelong love of historical romance and the wuxia (martial arts) genre.

Check out the Butterfly Swords promotion page for more details on the September-October launch celebration, the book trailer, and excerpts.

Learn more about the history and legends behind the scenes in the Extras section. Check out the FAQ in the About section for commonly asked questions and the Blog for Jeannie’s thoughts on life, the universe, and everything. For updates on upcoming books and events, sign up for the Newsletter.

Upcoming Releases

Butterfly Swords - Available October 2010 from Harlequin® Historical

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On the way to her wedding, Ai Li discovers a plot against her family and escapes with butterfly swords in hand. When a blue-eyed barbarian rushes into a throng of bandits to save her, their journey takes them across the Tang Empire and to the very edge of honor, loyalty, and love. (Winner of the 2009 Golden Heart for Historical Romance.)

The Taming of Mei Lin – Available now from Harlequin® Historical Undone

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When a corrupt local official wants to take Mei Lin as, not second, but third wife, she rebels and makes an outrageous declaration — she’ll only marry a man if he can defeat her in a sword fight. She has managed to fend off the local thugs and village hopefuls, but then a tall, mysterious stranger comes into town…

Release Day, Launch Celebration, Blog Tour & Art!

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2010

12:10 am

If I could describe what’s inside my head right now, it’s like the first trip to Disneyland when you’re walking down Main Street and, oh my gosh, everything looks amazing and smells so good and the moment you turn your head there’s something new.

And you don’t want to miss any of it in case Mom and Dad never take you here again.

I’m a published author, finally…

It’s my release day for The Taming of Mei Lin! It’s also my digital release day for Butterfly Swords. Yes, indeed. You can buy the digital version of Butterfly Swords and The Taming of Mei Lin from eHarlequin. “Mei Lin” is also available via Amazon or Barnes and Noble. If you want a hard copy of Butterfly Swords, you’ll have to wait for October 1st. One more month…I’m bouncing with excitement.

Official Launch Celebration kicks off

The official launch celebration kicks off today. Spread the word and be entered in the celebration drawings to be held September 15, October 1, and October 15. Fans and friends have already started spreading the word. Check out the official Butterfly Swords promotion page at http://www.butterfly-swords.com

The blog tour also kicks off today. I’ll be giving away download codes for The Taming of Mei Lin from eHarlequin at a couple guest blogs. The first one is today The Ruby-Slippered Sisterhood where I blog about “Writing Short and Not So Sweet“. Check out the rest of the Blog Tour for the rest of the month and October.

Warrior Women Month

To celebrate my feisty heroines and honor the strong women who inspired them, I’m dedicating September to Warrior Women on my blog. I’ll be featuring interviews from three kick-butt warrior women throughout the month: Wing Chun instructor Mandy Sayah, stuntwoman and Ninja Warrior Luci Romberg, and swords expert Linda Heenan. We’ll also be chatting about our favorite heroines – real and fictional throughout the month.

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Artwork for Butterfly Swords

I saved the best for last. I was so thrilled to sell my first book, that I splurged a little and commissioned artwork from one of my favorite DeviantArtists, Wendy (Cha Cha) aka schumy330.I’ll be adding an autographed, color print of this to the Grand Prize drawing.

Her depiction of Ryam and Ai Li nearly brought tears to my eyes. I even love the little palanquin in the background and the armored soldiers. *sniffs*

P.S. Yes, I know that’s a jian she’s holding and not a butterfly sword (dao). It’s PERFECT and GORGEOUS.

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@Lori_Ella Must be something in the air. I need to brainstorm happy ideas (view) 56 mins ago

@briaquinlan That one is okay. :) The proposal is sitting in my agent's inbox. This last one was just too melancholy. (view) 56 mins ago

@JenniferLeeland Yayyy...*trails off* At least it was a short story. ;) (view) 1 hour ago

@JenniferLeeland I know...I'm still moping a little *sigh* (view) 1 hour ago

Okay, hard decision time: story I'm writing isn't going to work. Must switch gears. *sigh* (view) 1 hour ago