Brit Blaise - Lady in a Box made number 3 on the April bestsellers list at Amber Quill Heat, making the fourth month in a row Brit has had stories on the bestseller lists.

Kari Thomas - Hunted Mate, a steamy-hot Paranormal Romance will be released in ebook and Print formats from Black Lyon Publishing JUNE 1, 2008. Temptation Unleashed will be released MAY 2, 2008. This is a steamy-hot paranormal romance that has garnered great reviews!

Varina Martindale - agent Jessica Faust of Bookends, Inc. requested the synopsis and first three chapters of Eulalie.

Lily Rose Moon - Ny agent Jessica Faust asked for the first three chapters of the romantic suspense Transitions. 4th Times The Charm, a Faery Rosette at The Wild Rose Press, is still #2 on the Faery Rose bestseller list, and spent 4 weeks on the main bestseller list on the publisher's website.

Kris Tualla - Agents Rachel Vater of Folio Lit and Michelle Grajkowski of 3 Seas, plus editor Angela James of Samhain, requested synopsis and first chapters of A Woman of Choice at the Desert Dreams Conference.

Brit Blaise - sold her second book this month. Galaxy Gone 2 Wild will be released in the second week in May. She signed her third contract in a month. Unchained Melody is short erotic contemporary for Amber Quill Heat and will be released in the fall. This is her 27th contract with Amber Quill, and 31st in all.

Brit Blaise - 4 stars for Slayers Inc from RT! "Blaise will blow you away with her dynamite book. Heroine Jenna will have you pumped and ready to kick some vampire butt!"

Crystal Davis - received a request for full manuscript of Samuel's Gift from The Belfrey Literary Agency.

C. C. Harrison - is happy to announce that her debut book, The Charmstone, is a finalist in the Colorado Romance Writers 2008 Award of Excellence contest. Winners will be named in May.

Brit Blaise - is pleased to announce the arrival of a new contract with Amber Quill for Light My Fire. Also, The Blood Club made the AQ top ten bestsellers list for the third month in a row.

Shelley Coriell - is pleased to announce her manuscript, The Lost, has finaled in the 2008 Golden Heart Contest in the Contemporary Single Title Category.

Kathryne Kennedy - Double Enchantment, the second book in Kathryne Kennedy's RELICS OF MERLIN series has a cover! The first novel, Enchanting the Lady, recently received a Shooting Star Award from RealmsOnOurBookshelves.com (And two five star reviews.) ParaNormalRomance did a I DREAM OF GENIES spotlight on magical romance featuring several romance books, including Enchanting the Lady.

Amber Dayne w/a Amber Scott - has been offered a contract for Wanted, an erotica with a touch of time travel and western flavor, by Liquid Silver Books.

Karen Weirich w/a Karen Mack - has just been offered a contract from Wild Rose Press for her romantic suspense, Dangerous Magic.

Brit Blaise - January releases took three spots on the February bestseller lists at Amber Quill. The Blood Club is #6 for Allure and #7 for Amber Heat. Cave Creek Cowboy Menage is #10 for the Heat list.

Kari Thomas - has three new books coming out - Temptation with Samhain Publishing, Hunted Mate with Black Lyon Publishing and Seducing the Hero with Wild Rose Press.

Terri Dunham w/a Terri Molina - received her cover art for Her Will, His Way. Also, she had two more agent requests for her romantic suspense, Forget Me Not.

Mackenzie McKade - was one of ten authors to receive the Best Author of 2007 Award from All Romance Ebooks. Other authors receiving the award were Carol Lynne, Maya Banks, Bianca D'Arc, G.A.Hauser, Emma Wildes, Sean Michael, J.J. Massa, Annmaria McKenna, and B.A. Tortuga.

Tina LaVon - The Arizona Education Association interviewed Tina about writing Liquid Hypnosis for an article in the next issue of The Advocate, the AEA Newspaper.

Allyson James - two new books to be released - the 2nd book in the "Mortals" series - Mortal Seductions at Berkeley Heat. The 3rd book in the "Dragon" series - The Dragon Master at Berkeley Sensation.

Jennifer Ashley - The covers of Jennifer Ashley's Immortals: The Gathering and Immortals: The Calling won first and second place, respectively, in the paranormal category of Houston RWA's "Judge a Book by It's Cover" contest. Another Immortals book (The Darkening by Robin Popp) won fifth place.

Translation/publishing rights for the first 3 books of Jennifer's mystery series was sold to a German publisher, to be released in serial form, then in mass market paperback.

Vijaya Schartz - sold a comprehensive article about PARIS to View Highlife Magazine, a prestigious Arizona publication, for their summer issue. The article covers the delights Paris offers off the beaten trails, for the discerning connoisseur in sightseeing, food, and fashion.

Brit Blaise - two releases in January made the bestseller lists at Amber Quill…Cave Creek Cowboy Ménage is #1 on the Amber Heat list, The Blood Club is #7. On the Amber Allure list, Cave Creek Cowboy Ménage is #4 and The Blood Club is #6.

Shelley Coriell - is pleased to announce her manuscript, Twilight's Children, won first place in the OKRWA's Finally a Bride Contest, snagging a perfect score of 200 from preliminary judges and garnering a full request from Silhouette Romantic Suspense Editor Natashya Wilson.

Beverly Petrone - Tia Dani, the writing team of Beverly Petrone and Christine Eaton Jones, sold their paranormal fantasy novella, Color Of Dreams, to The Wild Rose Press. To be released in the summer of 2008.

Jeanne Cook - won Celebrate with Style's 2008 "Share Your Most Romantic Story" Valentine's Day contest. http://www.celebratewithstyle.com/site/valentines-day-content-share-your-most-romantic-story-winner . Prize is a $250 dinner at the restaurant of her choice.

Calista Fox - High Voltage will be released March 1, 2008 from eRedSage. http://www.eredsage.com

Shelley Coriell - latest Romantic Suspense manuscript, Don't Look Back, won an Editor's Choice Award from Hilary Rubin Teeman of St. Martin's Press at the San Diego State University Writer's Conference.

Brit Blaise - is elated to announce she won the Brava Novella Reader's Choice Contest with her story, It Can Happen To You.

Bette McNicholas - Farragut Square is currently on The Wild Rose Press suspense best seller list.

Laura Major - in December, she received a contract at Amira Press for her first full length interracial romance titled Mismatched.

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