Herding Polecats: a Magical Romantic Comedy (with a body count) #24, Releasing May 11, 2027.

Coming to a retailer near you on May 11, 2027.

You can preorder now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. (Apple Books coming soon; Kobo Books will not have a preorder until closer to release. My apologies! There is just too high of a chance of the book failing to deploy with long preorders right now.)

When Jimena Lincoln, security specialist with the FBI, is sent to Serbia to rescue the twin sisters of Director Ross, she understands she’s in for one devil of a time.

While the FBI won’t pay ransoms, they will sacrifice promising agents to the cause and launch rescue missions. As someone the terrorists would love to get their hands on, Jimena is perfect for the job: if she can’t get the women out, she can serve as a juicy target while they escape to freedom and return home.

Jimena expects trouble, but herding polecats while dismantling a religious cult determined to bring about the End of Days will test her patience, her wits, and her abilities. Should she fail, they’ll just be the first to die.

For Director Ross’s sake, Jimena will do it all, including sacrifice her dreams, her career, and her future.

The race is on, and the doomsday clock is ticking ever closer to midnight.

~ From the Author:

I have chosen Herding Polecats as my ‘personal enrichment release’ for 2027. I have been having a fabulous time writing it, and it is currently my happy place. The rest of the schedule will consist of the following:

Series finishers and continuations of older titles and things that I finish in my overtime hours/during my leisure time.

For the curious, here are the files currently open on my computer:

• Game On (G.P. Robbins, releasing in November)
• Winter Paradise (Susan Copperfield, releasing in December)
• Failed Colony (R.J. Blain, releasing either in December or January or February.)
• Murder Floof (Bernadette Franklin, releasing either in December or January or February.)
• Whispers (G.P. Robbins, Magical Mysteries in Mundane Miami, no ETA yet.)
• Murder at River’s End (R.J. Blain, Witches of Lunar Creek; new universe, fantasy and sci-fi and portal fantasy hybrid, no ETA, hoping for early 2027; this is a side project.)
• The Art of Keeping Dangerous Books (R.J. Blain, Apothecary’s Secret; new universe, urban/paranormal alternate Earth, no ETA, this is a side project I’m writing on for 20 minutes a day as my happy place.)
• Purple Stained Sky (Leanne Hearst, Romantasy with Dragons, no ETA, this is a side project)
• The Edge of Midnight (R.J. Blain, Witch & Wolf Universe, Declan #3), expected mid to late 2027)
• Herding Polecats (R. J. Blain, Mag Rom Com #24, May 11, 2027.)

Grave Tidings, Lilith Daniels is not yet open on the computer but is expected to release in mid to late 2027.

Preorder Herding Polecats now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Otters, Sirens, Cindercorns, and Spicy Ponies with Bite will receive their copy 3-5 days prior to publication as part of their Patreon subscription.

Preorders for Apple Books coming soon.