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Thursday, July 10, 2025

The Countdown Begins

Cover for Wicked Ambition by Patti O'Shea

Eleven days until Wicked Ambition releases!

Remember, that special fan pricing will expire two weeks after the book's release, so buying it early saves you money!

Oz and Ayla have been in my thoughts for nearly a year now. Actually, for longer than a year because one scene came to me while I was in the middle of Wicked Suspicion, Case and Nyx's book.

Getting scenes early happened to me while I was writing my first published book, and I'd stop what I was doing to write them down. And always by the time I got to the place where the scene should go, it wouldn't work. The characters had changed too much. Needless to say, I was leery about writing this Oz and Ayla scene down early.

But they were interfering with Case and Nyx and I couldn't get anything written. Finally, I thought, fine, I'll write this scene down just to get it out of my head. I need to get going on the story I'm supposed to be working on.

I grabbed my B6 planner/journal, wrote down all the dialogue and a tiny bit of other information, and hoped for the best. It worked, I was able to get back to Wicked Suspicion.

There wasn't a doubt in my mind that the scene wouldn't work when I got to the place it belonged. Only it did! I was shocked. Shocked! And relieved. I hate writing things that won't make the book.

Let me know what you think of Chapter 16. The second scene. That's the one I wrote more than a year early.