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The current news for 2011 can be found on the Home
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Leap of Faith by Kate Willoughby is coming out October 26
from Liquid Silver Books. It’s a story for anyone who ever
fantasized about a man decked out in a loincloth.
Dawn Halliday’s hot Highlander novella Winter Heat
will be released by Penguin/NAL on November 3 as part of the A Highlander
Christmas Anthology.
The Seeking Kiss by Eden Bradley, an erotic /vampire/urban
fantasy/menage novella from Samhain, the first book in her new Midnight
Playground series, will be out on October 20.
Also, Eden’s latest erotic novel from Bantam/Delta,
The Beauty of Surrender, will be out October 27. This is a two-part
erotic novel with a Shibari rope bondage theme.
Charity Hammond submitted her erotica short story The Sunset
Hour to Harlequin Spice Briefs. She also entered the Dorchester/Textnovel
contest.
Krista Johnson finished her novel—an 85,000-word single
title contemporary romance with comic elements. She also entered
it in the NYC Love and Laughter Contest.
Rochelle Staab received a request for the first fifty pages
of her first novel from agent Betsy Amster.
Scholastic Books has asked Carol Hughes to develop two Middle
Grade series for them based upon a 2 chapter critique for the first
series.
Lynne Marshall sold her ninth Medical Romance to Harlequin
Mills and Boon on October 1st. It will be out in August, 2010.
Suzanne Lazear received a partial request for Stakes &
Corsets from Scott Egan at Greyhaus Literary Agency. Harlequin Teen
rejected her YA Interfluit.
Suzanne also finished her urban fantasy manuscript Renegade:
After the brutal murder of her fiancé, Bonnie Petrova returns
to Stornholdt after seven years’ freedom in the human world.
But Bonnie’s no longer sure she wants to lead the life she
left behind, and her sworn enemy is not going to leave her alone
until he gets his own revenge.
Carol Ericson finished her manuscript and sent it to her
editor at Harlequin.
Donna Beltz w/a D.B. Reynolds took first place in the published
category of the RWA Utah Heart of the West contest, and the final
judge, Miriam Kriss of the Irene Goodman Agency, requested her full
manuscript.
Eden Bradley contracted a four-story erotic romance series
with Samhain-The Celestial Seductions Series, which will be four
short novellas, will be released over the next year.
Georgie Lee sold a contemporary romance titled Labor Relations
to Avalon.
Jenna Ives' sexy novella The Initiation Of Isabella was
released by Samhain on September 29 and made the bestseller list
at My Bookstore And More two days later!
Dawn Halliday’s hot Highlander romance, HIGHLAND
OBSESSION, released on August 4 from Penguin/NAL Signet Eclipse.
KB Alan’s second book, ALPHA TURNED, comes out with
Ellora’s Cave on August 21.
Carol Ericson writing as Mia Varano’s novella, THE GEE SPOT
was released at eRed Sage.
Leigh Court took 2nd place in the Passionate Ink "Stroke
of Midnight" contest in the Futuristic/Fantasy/Sci Fi category
for her story THE EDGE OF TIME. Her story, THE BET, was released
last month in the Secrets Vol. 27 Anthology.
Cecelia LeBaron won an honorable mention in the “Fool
For Love” contest put on by the Virginia Romance Writers
for her paranormal TO BITE OR NOT TO BITE.
Lucy Woodhull finished her first manuscript and submitted
it to a publisher!
Suzanne Lazear’s YA paranormal, INTERFLUIT, received
several more rejections and requests, including a request for
a full from Book Cents Agency.
Her story TRICKING THE TREATERS got rejected from Shimmer Magazine
She sent STAKES & CORSETS (steampunk romance for adults)
to an editor at Ace who was twittering about wanting steampunk.
She also received a request for a full from Jim McCarthy at
Dystel & Goodrich!
At conference, INTERFLUIT got 2 fulls, INNOCENT DARKNESS (WIP,
steampunk YA) got a partial, STAKES & CORSETS got 3 fulls
and a partial, and STEALING SEATTLE (WIP Urban Fantasy) got
a partial.
Robin Bielman’s paranormal, TAKE ME TONIGHT, is a
finalist in the Maggie Awards.
Erica Barton got a request for a partial from an agent
at conference, and she also got a request from the Marsal Lyon
Literary Agency for her historical romance THE WAY TO HIS HEART.
Kathy Bennett is a finalist in the Orange Country Chapter's
Orange Rose contest with her manuscript A DOZEN DEADLY ROSES.
Also at conference, she received requests from two agents for
A DOZEN DEADLY ROSES.
Tanya Hanson’s OUTLAW BRIDE has finaled in the Romance
Through the Ages contest sponsored by Hearts through History,
the online RWA chapter dedicated to historical romance. Her book,
MARRYING MINDA, was released on June 5 from The Wild Rose Press.
Maggi Gentle submitted her first manuscript to four agents
and received one rejection.
Christine London’s first print book was release in the anthology
METROPOLITAN PASSIONS Vol. 2. Also, her book, Leap Of Faith, has
been contracted with Awe Struck Publishing for February 2010 release.
Charlene Sands won the 2009 Bookseller's Best Award for
her Silhouette Desire DO NOT DISTURB UNTIL CHRISTMAS.
Her book TEXAN’S WEDDING NIGHT WAGER—Book #3 in
the Texan's Cattleman's Club continuity—is available now
on Amazon and Eharlequin, and in bookstores in September. So
far, it is an Eharlequin Top Ten Bestseller for August.
Last but not least, she was invited to do a Christmas Anthology
for Harlequin Historicals for 2010 along with Cheryl St. John
and one other Unnamed author!
Trish Albright’s adventurous historical romance SIREN’S
SONG won the 2009 Write Touch Readers Award. Siren's Song is also
a finalist for the 2009 Beacon Award
Trish received an offer for a new two book deal with Dorchester
Publishing to continue her historical adventure series. And she
has a new contract to be part of a 2010 Christmas Anthology for
Dorchester that will include Mary Balogh!
Lynne Marshall's current UK Mills and Boon release ASSIGNMENT:
BABY has received 4.5 stars from Cataromance
and 5 stethoscopes from Book
Illuminations.
Evie Byrne’s vampire romance Called By Blood, released
from Samhain Publishing.
Jody Brightman finaled in the Great Expectations contest
with her second book, Apollo Rising.
Robin Bielman’s contemporary single title, Designs
on You, is a finalist in the Launching a Star contest put on by
the SpacecoasT Authors of Romance.
Carol Ericson’s Harlequin Intrigue, Circumstantial
Memories, released this month. She also sold two more books, her
fourth and fifth to Harlequin Intrigue! These books will be released
in January, 2010 and May, 2010.
