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january 2012

Barbara White Daille's | latest book, The Rodeo Man's Daughter, is a February 2012 release. She'll be autographing at the Dana Park Barnes & Noble on Val Vista on Saturday, February 18, from noon till 4 p.m.

Mackenzie McKade's | Tingle All The Way got a 5 hearts review from The Romance Studio and was selected for their 5 Heart Sweetheart Vote beginning 1/23/12. The reviewer said, "This was such a fun book to read...I mean really, what could be better than a combination of a fairy, Christmas, and lots and lots of sex?"

Kathryne Kennedy | received a starred review from Publishers Weekly for her latest historical fantasy Romance, The Lord of Illusion. PW reports, "The world sings with vivid imagery and fantastic magic." Kathryne also earned a starred review from Booklist ("Kennedy's world-building, featuring an eighteenth-century England ruled by cruel Elven lords facing a rising rebellion of their half-human offspring, is superb") and a Top Pick from RT Reviews ("Superb writing and a fast-moving plot combined with magical passion make this a real page-turner!").

Judith Taysom | is pleased to announce that Desert Breeze Publishing has accepted her Christian contemporary series, The Silver Locket Sisterhood, written as Laurel Hawkes, five books to be published over the next three years. The first, Luck in Love, releases November 21.

Jeanne Cook, | writing as G.J. Koch, has sold the first in a humorous science fiction action & romance series, Alexander Outland: Space Pirate, to Night Shade Books, for release in paperback and eformats on June 5.

Judith Taysom | received a three-book contract for from Desert Breeze Publishing for her Christian Historical Romance series Endless Possibilities under her pen name Laurel Hawkes. A Promise of Possibilities will be published August 21, Hidden Possibilities March 2013, and Unexpected Possibilities October 2013.

december 2011

Shanyn Hosier | released her first novel, a contemporary romance titled Old Enough to Know Better. It's available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords (qualifying for the "premium catalog") and CreateSpace.

Brenda Beagley, | writing as Marin Thomas, announces her twentieth book for Harlequin American Romance will be out February 2012. Arizona Cowboy is the fourth book in her Rodeo Rebels series.

Vijaya Schartz's | Anaz-voohri climbed to number seven on the kindle best-selling list for romantic suspense on December 22, 2011. Vijaya is ecstatic, mainly since this is such a large category. It's the first time one of her books is in the top ten at Amazon.

Deena Remiel's | Relic, the second book in the Brethren Series, will be released on January 27th. Trinity, first book in the Brethren Series, has received 4 1/2 stars from RT Book Reviews and was nominated for Best PNR- Angels and Demons at The Romance Reviews. Finally, Deena has been nominated for Debut Author of the Year at Authors After Dark.

Cathy McDavid | is thrilled to announce her latest sale. She's been asked by Harlequin to write a Rodeo Novella which will be a prequel to the rodeo continuity starting in July 2012. The novella will be offered initially as a free download, then for sale at a reduced price. Eventually, it will be bundled with a couple other novellas and sold as a print anthology. Also, in the same week, she sold Book IV, Mustang Valley Series.

november 2011

Tiffany Bradford | publishing as Tiffany Allee, has sold a paranormal romance/urban fantasy novella series to Entangled Publishing. The first novella releases in January, 2012, titled Banshee Charmer.

Bette McNicholas | received a contract for her Civil War novel, Songs the Soldiers Sang, from The Wild Rose Press.

Annmarie Banks | will hold a launch party for debut novel, The Hermetica of Elysiumat, at Changing Hands bookstore in Tempe on Saturday, December 10 at 5 PM.

Kari Thomas's | ninth published book, Surrender Her Touch, is a paranormal romance with a dragon shapeshifter hero and releases Dec. 7 from Eternal Press.

Kari Thomas | is thrilled to announce the release of her first indie-pub, Sloan's Witch, a paranormal romance short story with a witch for the heroine and a sexy cop as the hero.

Vijaya Schartz | just contracted with Books We Love Publishing for the first book in the Curse of the Lost Isle series, titled Pagan Queen. This title will be released in 2012, with no specific date at this point.

Vijaya Schartz | received another stellar review for Blue Lioness from Coffee Time Romance & More. "Wow! Talk about a real page turner! I absolutely Adored Blue Lioness. Ms. Schartz is an incredible storyteller with a very big imagination...The world building is so imaginative in this story that it just kept me turning the pages late into the night, because I was desperate to see what happened next and to see if Ariela and Starro were going to get their happy ending. If you love science fiction romance with stellar world building, and a beautiful love story, oh, and sentient big cats, then you do not want to miss this one. I for one am going to go out and buy the rest of the books in this series, and I encourage you to do so as well, Ms. Schartz is not to be missed!"

Terri Molina | received 5 Hearts from The Romance Studios Reviews. The reviewer says, "Forget Me Not is the perfect mystery. The clues come together logically and realistically. The action is constant and the characters are very real."

Linda Style | is proud to report to honor our veterans and those currently serving in our armed forces, a percentage of the sales for A Soldier's Secret, January 2012 (available for presale on Amazon.com) will be donated to the Wounded Warrior Project.

Sandy Wright's | Song of the Ancients won second place in the Orange Rose Romance Writers contest last month.

Cathy McDavid | is both floored and thrilled to report that her December release, Her Cowboy's Christmas Wish, was given a 4-1/2 Stars TOP PICK from Romantic Times Book Reviews. The reviewer said, "The spiritual and emotional healing that evolves naturally from McDavid's beautifully written story touches on the fears and realities of homecoming veterans and the families they leave behind, as it neatly dovetails with a charming romance." Nice stuff!!

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