Release dates
So my editor emailed me with my upcoming release dates, which I am excited about! They are as follows:
Mr and Mischief, Mills & Boon Modern, June 2011
The Man Who Could Not Love, Harlequin Presents Extra, June 2011
The Matchmaker Bride, Harlequin Presents, August 2011
Blackmail Babies Duo wit Jennie Lucas (to be titled), Harlequin Presents, September 2011
Now for the confusing part. Mr and Mischief and The Matchmaker Bride are the same book, just with different titles. The Man Who Could Not Love is the US title for my July 2010 Modern release The Bride's Awakening. With all the title changes, it seems like I've written twice as many book as I actually have! The Editorial Office is experimenting a bit with titles, and trying to change them from the Billionaire's Baby formula that has been successful and perhaps a touch overused these last ten years or so. I generally like the new titles, although The Man Who Could Not Love makes me think of a James Bond movie! Anyway we shall see how the different titles sell, for the proof, as they say, is in the pudding (or in the sales figures).
Labels: mr and mischief, news, the bride's awakening, the matchmaker bride
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Blogging at RT Book Reviews site this week!
I was asked to blog about Zoe & The Tormented Tycoon at RT Book Reviews this week, and I'll let you know when I have a link. The subject is the Presents hero who *doesn't* have it all, and can't buy it--and I'm actually not talking about love (although he doesn't have that at the beginning of the book, at least).
I found out this week that Zoe & the TT made the USA Today bestseller list at #99, which is really thrilling. This is the second book of mine to make the list, and it really is a wonderful feeling!
I also should have some firm release dates for my summer books soon. I do have a release date for my UK readers--my serial set in Greece during WWII and contemporary times, The Other Side of the Bridge, is coming out in the magazine The People's Friend in February, and will run through April. Check it out if you live in the UK or in fact Australia! You might not know this magazine, but it is in just about every supermarket or newsagent's--it's thin, with a watercolour illustration on the front, and it retails for about 65p, so it won't to break the bank if you buy a copy! Every issue has 8-9 short stories, some romances, some family dramas, as well as two serial installments--the serials are book length and run one chapter per week.
I started my career writing for The People's Friend--I still remember getting the magazine in the post and sitting down on the sofa and staring at my story in disbelief. I also couldn't believe I was getting PAID to do this--although admittedly not very much! That was in 2001, and I have written for them ever since--some 200 stories, and The Other Side of the Bridge will be my sixth serial. I love everyone there and the magazine has been going strong for over one hundred years.
Let me know if you end up buying a copy of the magazine--I'd love to hear what you think of it!
Labels: blogging, news, The People's Friend
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Website updates and more
Sorry again for the silence. I wish I was a better blogger, I really do! I try to keep up with Facebook and Twitter, but I suppose there are only so many outlets where you can talk about yourself without feeling like a complete egomaniac!
In any case, I have, you might have noticed, updated my website. There are new excerpts and behind-the-scenes for all my releases, including Bound To The Greek, which is on sale online at
mills and boon now in the UK, and Zoe & The Tormented Tycoon, which is in shops now in the US!
I've had some exciting news since I last wrote: I am about to sign a six book contract, so you can expect plenty of Presents from me in the next year or two! I'll be able to tell you a little more about one of those books, which is a little special, in a few weeks.
Meanwhile I just finished the edits on Mr and Mischief, the retelling of Emma out this summer, and have started my new work-in-progress, which has a gorgeous Russian hero and the insouciant American who breaks down the barriers around his heart. It's currently titled Innocence and Experience, and I'm really loving it so far.
And of course amid all this writing, I need to make some preparation for Christmas! With Thanksgiving in the US, Christmas always seems to pop up so suddenly. One minute you're eating turkey and pumpkin pie, the next you're panicking about sending out cards and wrapping presents. I hope at least for those of you in the UK the current snow is putting you in a festive mood!
Labels: just life, writing life
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