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Friday, April 1, 2011

April Releases

Benita Brown MEMORIES OF YOU
Headline
14 April 2011
£5.99 Paperback
£4.99 Kindle

As the thirties lead into the Second World War, four siblings face an uncertain future in this novel of love, loss and the enduring strength of family.

Look inside and read an extract: http://tinyurl.com/4os77fn




Lesley Cookman MURDER TO MUSIC
Accent Press
April 11th
£6.99 paper

The eighth in the Libby Sarjeant series.










Anna Jacobs MOVING ON
Severn House
28 April

Molly Peel lacks confidence after years of put-downs by her husband. But when she's ignored at her own daughter's wedding and no one visits her in hospital, she finds the courage to make a new start.


Dilly Court A MOTHER’S SECRET
Arrow Books
14 April 2011
£5.99 paperback

Convinced that the man she had hoped to marry has been killed in battle, Belinda is forced into an arranged marriage and made to give her precious baby to a foster mother.







June Davies OVER THE HILLS
Dales Large Print
1 April 2011
£11.99 (soft cover)

World War II is over and Ellen about to marry her sweetheart when an alarming telegram sends her racing home to the faraway Dow Hills, where she faces a choice that could break her heart . . . 



Karen Abbott HOLD ON TO YOUR DREAMS
F. A. Thorpe
April 2011
Paperback price - £8.99

Forced to work as a servant after her father's financial ruin, Emily's dream of marrying her sweetheart was destroyed - until a chance meeting with a friend from her schooldays brings hope of a future.






Karen Abbott A MOST REBELLIOUS DEBUTANTE
Thorpe Large Print
April 2011
£18.99 hardback

Exiled from Society after a shocking experience with a rebuffed suitor, Lucy encounters the notorious Lord Rockhaven - but why is he in hiding? Should she run whilst she can - or stay to help him?






Mary Nichols THE KIRRILOV STAR
Allison and Busby
Hardback £19.99

Nov 1920, Russia is in the grip of Civil War. Four-year-old Lydia Kirillova is separated from her family and the only clue to her identity is the opulent jewel concealed in her petticoat. Struck by her plight, diplomat, Sir Edward Stoneleigh takes her to England and adopts her. But can her past be put behind her?





Kate Hardy ST PIRAN’S: THE FIREMAN AND NURSE LOVEDAY
Mills & Boon
1 April 2011
£3.30, paperback

Can shy nurse Flora help fireman Tom bond with his orphaned nephew? And can Tom awaken the passion that Flora tries to hide?






Charlie Cochrane LESSONS IN TRUST
Samhain
5th April 2011
£8.65 paper

When Jonty Stewart and Orlando Coppersmith witness the suspicious death of a young man at the White City exhibition in London, they’re keen to investigate - especially after the cause of death proves to be murder.






Freda Lightfoot HOUSE OF ANGELS
Allison & Busby
12 April 2011
£4.79 ebook

The Lake District, 1908. It seems as though Livia, Ella and Maggie Angel lead a charmed life on a large country estate. But since the death of their mother, their family home has been far from a quiet haven as their bullying father is determined
to marry off the girls to his greatest advantage.





Freda Lightfoot STORM CLOUDS OVER BROOMBANK
W. F. Howes
£19.50 Large Print

Meg Turner is at last doing the job she loves. But life as a sheep farmer - unusual for a woman even in war time - proves tougher at times than she expected.

(Second in the Luckpenny Land series.)





Annie Burrows CAPTAIN CORCORAN’S HOYDEN BRIDE
Mills & Boon
1st April 2011
Paperback: £3.99

Craving respectability, Aimee Peters applies for a job as a governess. But she soon discovers men can be as devious and dangerous in the wilds of Yorkshire as they were in London's seedy underworld.





Fenella J Miller LADY ELEANOR’S SECRET
$4.99  e-book
15th April 2011
ISBN tba

Will Lady Eleanor's happiness survive the revelation of her secret?









Nell Dixon DANGEROUS TO KNOW
12th April
ebook -price to be confirmed

Jerome Mayer is tall, dark and dangerous to know. Normally Gemma would run a mile, but with a freshly broken heart maybe it’s time for this good girl to take a walk on the wild side.







Victoria Connelly THE PERFECT HERO
Avon, HarperCollins
21 April
Paperback: £6.99

When a new version of Jane Austen's 'Persuasion' is being filmed in Lyme Regis, Kay Ashton can't help but fall in love with the actor playing Captain Wentworth. But is the really her perfect hero?










Kate Lord Brown THE BEAUTY CHORUS
Corvus, Atlantic
1st April 2011
Hardback: £16.99
Perfect Paperback: £12.99
Kindle: £7.99

Romance, glamour and adventure in the skies: an enthralling debut inspired by female pilots in World War Two.  166 women signed up to fly Spitfires and bombers from factories to airfields across the country. It was an adventure that would cost many their lives.  To the fighter pilots, they are ‘the beauty chorus’.









Short Stories:

Victoria Connelly PARIS IN APRIL
My Weekly
16th April

Will a holiday in Paris mean a long-awaited proposal?


JL Merrow BLAZING JUNE
Lesbian Cops Anthology
Cleis Press
1 April 2011
RRP £10.99

Single mum Carla calls the police to help out her elderly neighbour - and ends up making a connection she hadn't expected with the WPC who comes to her aid.


Monday, January 3, 2011

January Releases

Jan Jones THE KYDD INHERITANCE
Hale
January 2011
£18.99
Secrets and skullduggery in Regency England  -- a 'Newmarket Regency' prequel.
http://jan-jones.blogspot.com












Benita Brown MEMORIES OF YOU
Headline
06 January
£19.99
As the thirties lead into the Second World War four siblings face an
uncertain future in this novel of love, loss and the enduring strength of
family.

Anne Bennett KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING
Harper Collins
6th January 2011
Cost - £6.99
The story of a family torn apart by war

Isabelle Goddard REPROBATE LORD, RUNAWAY LADY
Harlequin, Mills and Boon Historical
11 January 2011
£3.99
London 1817: one woman, one man, two escapes, but what will happen when their old lives catch up with them?












Chrissie Loveday FOR THE SAKE OF LOVE
Chivers
January 2011
Passion and intrigue awaited the ambitious journalist Amanda but could she
abandon her career for the love of a tennis star?

Chrissie Loveday FRAGILE STRENGTH
People's Friend Pocket Novel
January 27th 2011
£1.80
Nellie Vale fights to support her family through the 1920's depression in
the Potteries. Talent, determination and many jobs finally lead to success
and romance.
Lily Baxter WE'LL MEET AGAIN
Arrow Books
6 January 2012
£19.99
Meg Colivet falls in love with a charismatic German Undergraduate at an
Oxford May Ball, but when she meets him again he is the enemy who has
invaded her peaceful island of Guernsey.


Karen Abbott THE NEW LORD WESTLAKE
Thorpe - Linford Romance
January 2011
£8.99
Timothy Harding, the acknowledged heir of his grandfather, the late Lord
Westlake, is shocked to discover his grandfather had an elder son who was
sent away in disgrace, following a series of scandalous incidents. When a
stranger is seen riding on Westlake land, the whole of Kelsham is thrown
into a frenzy of curiosity....


Margaret Mounsdon AN ACT OF LOVE
Thorpe
£8.99
When Abbie Rogers decides to invertiew glamorous actress Diana LaTrobe in a
quest to find out why she gave her father a diamond brooch, she unearths a
family secret that will changer her life forever.

Susan Palmquist A THIEF TOO MANY (Regency Historical)
Noble Romance
January 24th, 2011
Sasha and Philip both have the same goal; recovering the necklaces stolen
during a game of cards but eventually discover they need something more
valuable in life...each other.

Monday, March 1, 2010

March Publications




Julie Cohen – NINA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF GLOOM
Little Black Dress
£5.99
It's the funny, fast-paced story of a shoe-loving chick-lit heroine who loses everything and is forced to live in a run-down Gothic building with some very odd inhabitants. More than that, it's the heartwarming, emotional story of a young woman learning who she really is and what's important in life.

Mary Nichols – THE CAPTAIN’S MYSTERIOUS LADY
Mills & Boon

£3.79
Captain James Drymore has one purpose in life: to hunt down the men who killed his wife, but when he sees a beautiful young lady in distress, he allows himself to become distracted for the first time…

Mary Nichols – THE VISCOUNT’S UNCONVENTIONAL BRIDE
Mills & Boon
£13.99
Having discovered she was adopted, Louise flees to her birthplace to find her family, but Viscount Leinster, a member of the Piccadilly Gentleman's Club is sent to ensure her return…

Kate Johnson w/a Cat Marsters – MAD, BAD & DANGEROUS
Ellora's Cave (ebook)
24th Feb
$7.99 (approx £6)
Baelvar is gorgeous, charming, insane, childish and mildly psychotic. He’s also mated to Kett, who’s brilliant, bitchy, violent and more than a little psychotic herself. It’s a match made in heaven, except for one tiny detail…Kett doesn’t want to be mated to anyone.
Cover attached.

Kate Johnson w/a Cat Marsters – HARDEST OF HEARTS
Changeling Press (ebook)
19th Mar
Price TBA (approx $4)
Emma and Aidan can't keep their hands off each other. There's just one little problem: she's sworn to kill all vampires and he likes the taste of blood a little too much.
http://etaknosnhoj.blogspot.com
http://catmarsters.com



Janet Woods – STRAW IN THE WIND
Severn House
25 Mar 2010
Price: £19.99
The stand-alone sequel to Salting the Wound
1835, England. Serafina Finn, is abandoned to an orphanage. Eighteen years later, her father dispatches detective, Adam Chapman to find her. Adam falls in love with, Serafina but even if he can prove her identity, will her real family accept her?



Maggi Sherwin - PURE SILK
Total-e-Bound
March 29, 2010
£2.49
Disappointed in love, impuslive Ellie Tobin embarks on a friends-with-benefits relationship with animal welfare investigator Greg Hudson. He is not really her type, but Mr Wrong is out prove that he is her Mr Right.















Trisha Ashley – CHOCOLATE WISHES
Avon, HarperCollins
When Chloe's grandfather opened a museum of witchcraft in the Lancashire village of Sticklepond, there was bound to be some conflict with the local vicar, though perhaps not quite the sort that artisan chocolate maker-Chloe envisaged!








Fiona Harper- HOUSEKEEPER’s HAPPY-EVER-AFTER
(released as a 2-in-1 with Jessica Hart's 'Oh-So-Sensible Secretary')
Mills & Boon
£4.99
Modern-day Cinderella story with a barefoot heroine and a dashing hero.
















Jo Beverley - TEMPTING FORTUNE
Everlyn Publishing.
March 22nd 2010
6.99
Portia St. Claire's struggles to save her family from her brother's folly ensnare her in the wickedness of Georgian London.















Rosie Harris - WHISPERS OF LOVE
Arrow Books
4th March 2010
£19.99
Would she ever be free from her past?









Liz Fielding - CHRISTMAS ANGEL FOR THE BILLIONAIRE
Mills and Boon
Large Print Library Edition
A change of identities, a mishap in a dark lane and a very irritable prince charming - not quite the adventure Lady Rose had been looking for.

Liz Fielding - A POINT OF PRIDE
Linford Romance
LP Library Edition
When Gil Blake returns to Melchester there is good news and bad news for Casey O'Connor. The bad news is that her father is broke. The bad news is that Gil will bail him out - for a price.

Karen Abbot - A MOST REBELLIOUS DÉBUTANTE
Robert Hale
£18.99
Rebellious Lucy Templeton, determined to marry only for love, is sent to stay with her elder sister in the country after refusing a number of advantageous offers of marriage. There she meets the notorious Lord Rockhaven--but why is he in hiding? should Lucy run whilst she can? Or stay to help him?

Karen Abbot - THE FARRINGTON FORTUNE
F.A. Thorpe in the Linford Romance series - Large Print
Whilst heading to London to visit her wealthy Godmother, Patricia is in involved in a carriage accident that throws her into the path of Mr. Darvill, a very eligible 'parti'. After hearing a derogatory comment about her opportune invasion of his privacy, Patricia wilfully declares herself to be a 'wealthy 'heiress'--little realising the consequences of her piqued response.



Short Stories

The Homecoming by Janet Gover
Your Cat Magazine - March Issue.
Could a charming cat and a strapping young stockman convince Bec to return home from the city?


Janet Gover - The Heavenly Child
My Weekly Magazine - March It was one small step for a man - a giant leap for a woman.www.janetgover.com