Posted in Book Winners on February 28, 2010| 5 Comments »
We have winners for Under The Gun by HelenKay Dimon! Congrats ladies, hope you all enjoy the book!
Email me your address at mad @ romancereaderatheart.com (without the spaces) within 48 hours or a new name will be chosen.
Posted in C - D Authors, Contemporary, Guest Blogger, Harlequin Intrigue on February 24, 2010| 26 Comments »
A good agent never lets the job become personalâŚ
Who wanted her dead? That’s what Claire Samson wanted to know. On the run and alone, there was only one man she trusted to find her. Recovery agent Luke Hathaway was the best at locating and saving, and she needed the best if she wanted to live. But the handsome agent who promised salvation had some conditions of his own. If he were to help, she needed to stick close by his side. Very close. And the only thing more dangerous than her current situation was the way Luke made her feel. From the protective look in his green eyes, she could tell he felt the same. But every second that brought them closer together was also ticking toward an explosive confrontation that might tear them apartâŚ
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Poor Defenseless Hero
Hello everyone and a huge thank you to Fatin for inviting me to blog today. I always love coming here!
I’m here to celebrate the release of my first ever Harlequin Intrigue, UNDER THE GUN (March 2010). I’ve been writing sexy contemporaries for Kensington Brava for about five years, but this was my first try at a category romance. Before I submitted to Intrigue, I read about 50 of them. I loved the strong heroes, smart women and fast pace. It seemed to me like the perfect opportunity to torture a hero.
Yeah, you read that right. (more…)
Posted in Book Winners on February 21, 2010| 4 Comments »
Only one winner this week!
Wins a copy of Pieces of Sky by Kaki Warner.
Congrats Chey!
Email me your address at mad @ romancereaderatheart.com (without the spaces) within 48 hours or a new name will be chosen.
Posted in Guest Blogger, Historical Romance, January 2010, W - Z Authors on February 17, 2010| 36 Comments »
Fall in love with the first book in the Blood Rose trilogy-a romance of the Old West by a phenomenal new talent
On a stagecoach traveling through New Mexico Territory, Jessica Thornton is a long way from the cool mists and lush gardens of her native England. An authoress and milliner, she carries the weight of a scandalous secret-a horrible shame that has brought her to the West on a desperate search for the only family she can trust: her brother.
No one prepared Jessica for the heat and the hardships. And no one prepared her for a man like Brady Wilkins. For, despite the rancher’s rough-hewn appearance and her own misgivings, Jessica must put her life in his hands after their stagecoach crashes. And she begins to see the man behind the callused hands and caustic wit. A man strong enough to carve out a home in the wilderness, brave enough to fight for his own, and passionate enough to restore her faith in herself-and in her heart.
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Iâve been asked why I chose to write about the West, especially since Historical Western Romance is a small subgenre and one that doesnât have many openings for new authors. In truth, I didnât consider any of that. When I sat down to write Pieces of Sky twenty-five years ago, I had just finished one of those ghastly early Western-type stories where everyone spoke like a dimwit, waved guns around, and were such stereotypical caricatures it was painful to read. I thought surely I could do better.
So I set out to write a Western love story where the setting was as much a character as the humans (i.e. sweaty, dusty, dangerous), and the humans were mostly believable (i.e. sweaty, dusty, possibly dangerous, and definitely flawed), facing obstacles that were a little more challenging than ânow whereâd that dang cow get off to.â In other words, I wanted it to be as real as I could make it without completely grossing myself out. (more…)
Posted in Guest Blogger, K - L Authors, March 2010 on February 15, 2010| 5 Comments »
Coming to a bookstore near you in March:
She had the darkest of pasts. And he had everything to lose by loving her. Laura Foster, free from the bondage of an unspeakable childhood, has struggled to make a new life for herself. Now the owner of an elegant boardinghouse in Glory, Texas, she is known as a wealthy, respectable widow. But Laura never forgets that she is always just one step ahead of her past. When Reverend Brand McCormick comes calling Laura does all she can to discourage him as a suitor. She knows that if her past were discovered, Brandâs reputation would be ruined. But itâs not only Lauraâs past that threatens to bring Brand downâitâs also his own. When a stranger in town threatens to reveal too many secrets, Laura is faced with a heartbreaking choice: Should she leave Glory forever and save Brandâs future? Or is it worth risking his nameâand her heartâby telling him the truth?
âI love this part of a quilt – when all of the fabric selections, pattern decisions, cutting, making of blocks, laying out of the top, the borders, all of it, starts to come together as you begin to sew the blocks into a TOP. For me, it’s one of the best parts… seeing everything that you’ve thought about, and worked on, coming together…â
Natalie Barnes, Beyond the Reef
So began a recent email from a dear friend and quilt designer, Natalie Barnes. Over twenty years ago, Nat inspired me to begin quilting again and I like to think I inspired her to start a fledgling quilt pattern company, Beyond the Reef, which has grown by leaps and bounds ever since.
As I read her email, I noticed that her thoughts on how a quilt comes together are not unlike the experience of writing a novel. A writerâs initial ideas about charactersâdeciding who will people the pages of a book and finding just the right setting for themâis much like choosing the pattern and fabrics for a quilt. (more…)
Posted in Book Winners on February 14, 2010| 8 Comments »
Congrats to all of this week’s winners!
Wins a copy of A Tale of Two Demon Slayers by Angie Fox.
Both win a copy of Legend of the White Wolf by Terry Spear.
Wins a copy of Diary of a Confessions Queen by Kathy Carmichael.
Wins any mass market book of her choice courtesy of Dakota Cassidy. Just send me your address and book title & author so I can send them to Dakota.
You all know the drill, email me your address at mad @ romancereaderatheart.com (without the spaces) within 48 hours or new names will be chosen.
Posted in C - D Authors, February 2010, Guest Blogger on February 11, 2010| 153 Comments »
Once a good girl goes bad...
When mild-mannered Casey Schwartz wakes up in jail with no memory of how she got there she realizes two things: something weird is going on and orange is definitely not her color. After her sister bails her out, Casey has more to deal with than a foggy memoryâlike abrupt mood swings and fireballs shooting from her fingertips. But things really go south when a vampire shows up on her doorstep…
Sheâs impossible to resist.
Clayton Gunnersson is seriously hot. And seriously takenâby a demon. In a ritual gone wrong, Clayton tried to free himself from his unwanted bond, but spilled some demonic blood on Casey. So now, Claytonâs spurned mate is inside of Caseyâand sheâs not happy about it. Neither is Casey, who canât escape this bizarre love triangle. Itâs hard enough being possessed by a demon. Falling for that demonâs boyfriend could get Casey killedâfrom the inside outâŚ
Okay, so first, let me holla a big thank you to Fatin for inviting me to blog. Youâre a brave woman, friend. Iâm almost certain she was you know, *whispers* maybe enjoying a cocktail when she asked, the kind with a frilly, exotic pink umbrella and an equally exotic name. In fact, Iâd bet it was probably drink three or so when she thought itâd be a good idea to invite me (heavy emphasis on me), to blog.
So before she throws me out, now that sheâs sober and she canât take it back, here we go. Fatin? You rocketh! (more…)
Posted in A - B Authors, February 2010, Giveaway, Guest Blogger on February 10, 2010| 31 Comments »
Confessions writer Amy Crosby has put her life on hold for the last seven years after the disappearance of her husband, Dan. In writing for âTrue Lies Magazine,â guilt-ridden Amy takes on the abilities her fictional characters confess to, such as the time she thought she was psychic after researching clairvoyants. With fatalistic acceptance of the craziness in her life, she uses humor to cope; but when the home Dan bought for them is about to be foreclosed, her only answer is his having him declared legally dead and using his life insurance policy. Her home is safeâthat is, until she receives a blackmail note. Equal parts mystery and humor, this novel is sure to keep readers guessingâand laughingâuntil the end.
Thanks so much, Fatin, for inviting me to be your guest today! My topic for today is doing research on location.
When I started the research for my new book, Diary of a Confessions Queen, I sent off requests to the Chamber of Commerce in Independence, Kansas where the book is set. This helped me with basic information for my book, but I soon realized I needed to actually visit Independence and walk the streets, so to speak. (And no, for those of you who are snickering, I have not started a new career as a street walker.)
I decided to make a trip to Kansas. (more…)
Posted in February 2010, Guest Blogger, S - T Authors on February 9, 2010| 54 Comments »
In this fourth in Spear’s series, Private Eye Cameron MacPherson and Faith O’Mallery are both on quests that lead them into the world of magical wolves…
Cameron arrives in the Canadian Arctic to search for his partners in his P.I. business who are late returning from a hunting trip. Faith is there to discover what her father had seen in the same area years earlier that had made him lose touch with realityâman-wolves, he called them.
The two tumble into an icy world of enemies bent on destroying the lupus garou kind. As they turn into lupus garou themselves, and bond with the pack that only they can rescue from destruction, Cameron and Faith find their soul mates in each other.
Most have probably heard of brandingâat least when it comes to products. McDonaldsâ golden arches, Wendyâs little girl with pigtails, the Pillsbury Doughboy, the Energizer bunny. Theyâre gimmicks, not related to the actual product, that help buyers remember them.
In the past, I was known as the bear lady, which has nothing to do with my books, but with the fact I make award-winning teddy bears that have been featured in magazines and found homes all over the world. Many still know me as such, just in a different sphere. đ
As writers, weâre told we have to brand our image. Not all writers have a gimmicky branding though, as it truly relates to what we write. When we are known by this image for what we write, weâve done it successfully. (more…)
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