December Releases

Louise Allen THE OFFICER & THE PROPER LADY
(#7 in Regency Silk & Scandal continuity)
Harlequin Mills & Boon
December 2010
£4.33
The worst rake in the army, a proper young lady in search of a respectable marriage - and the battlefield of Waterloo. Two lives are changed forever. 

Elizabeth Chadwick THE LEOPARD UNLEASHED
Sphere paperback (new edition re-issue)
6th December 2010
£7.99 Also Available in e-format.
The 12th century. Renard FitzGuyon returns to England from the Holy Land, bringing his exotic mistress with him. But he’s about to be married to his betrothed, jealous rivals want to kill him, and the
country is going to hell in a handcart.

Talli Roland THE HATING GAME
Prospera Publishing
1 December 2010
£1.90 For Mattie Johns, reality TV just got a little too real.








Jan Jones THE PENNY PLAIN MYSTERIES
People's Friend (weekly magazine)
Part 1: 27 Nov 2010 (on sale Wednesday before)
Part 2: 4 Dec
Part 3: 11 Dec
Part 4: 18 Dec
85p or thereabouts A jigsaw from the past propels Penny to a puzzling future.

Janet Woods STRAW IN THE WIND
Severn House
30th Dec
£11.99
18 years after her birth Serafina Finn learns that she's not an orphan. But will her newly discovered family accept her as one of them? 

Charlie Cochrane LESSONS IN SEDUCTION

Samhain Publishing

£8.99 

7^th December 

The suspected murder of the king’s ex-mistress is Orlando Coppersmith and Jonty Stewart’s most prestigious case yet. At the hotel where the body was found, Orlando goes undercover as a professional dancing partner while Jonty checks in as a guest. It helps the investigation, but it also means limiting their communication to glances across the dance floor. It’s sheer agony.

A series of anonymous letters warns the sleuths they’ll be sorry if they don’t drop the investigation. For Orlando, the letters pose a more personal threat. He worries that someone will blow his cover and discover their own deepest secret… The intimate relationship he enjoys with Jonty could not only get them thrown out of Cambridge, but arrested for indecency. 

Carol Townend BOUND TO THE BARBARIAN
Mills & Boon
December 4th 2010
£13.99
Once a slave, maidservant Katerina has promised to convince Commander Ashfirth Saxon that she is an Imperial princess, but the longer she keeps up the deception, the less she wants to deceive him…

Sarah Mallory DISGRACE AND DESIRE
Mills & Boon
December 2010
£3.99 Eloise Allyngham is known as the Wanton Widow, but she is not what she seems and Major Jack Clifton is determined to discover the truth…..

R. F. Long SONGS OF THE WOLF
Samhain Publishing Ltd.
7th December 2010
$15.00 / £9.46
A love transcending race and culture…a love worth a fight to the death.

Freda Lightfoot HOSTAGE QUEEN
13 December
£10.79 and available in ebook format
The first in the trilogy of Marguerite de Valois; a spirited, voracious beauty of the sixteenth century French court.

Victoria Howard RING OF LIES
Vanilla Heart Publishing
1st December 2010
$14.95

Grace isn't aware her husband died under mysterious circumstances until he leaves her a Florida beach house. Now a handsome FBI agent is her protector and her sister appears with suspicious intentions.

Vanessa Devereaux MISTAKEN IDENTITY

Cobblestone Press
December 3rd, 2010
Hannah gets more than she bargained for when she agrees to a night of fantasy with a total stranger. 

Cara Cooper TANGO AT MIDNIGHT
My Weekly Pocket Novel
December 2010
£1.60
When tango and salsa dancing ignite passion in a sleepy market town, Nicci Tate has secrets to hide if she is going to save her fledgling business. 

Nell Dixon CRYSTAL CLEAR
Ulverscroft Large Print
1 December
£16.99
When it comes to love, nothing is ever Crystal Clear

Jan Jones FORTUNATE WAGER

Ulverscroft Large Print
1st December 2010
£16.99
Secrets and subterfuge on the Regency racecourse - a Newmarket Regency

Margaret Mounsdon MEMORIES OF LOVE
People's Friend Pocket Novel
18 November 2010
£1.85
James Bradshaw was Emily's new boss, a man she had got sacked from his deckchair attendant's job by spraying details of his love affair in pink graffiti over Madame Zara's caravan.

Louise Allen INNOCENT COURTESAN TO ADVENTURER’S BRIDE
(The Transformation of the Shelley Sisters #3)
Mills & Boon
December 2010
£3.19
An innocent from a brothel fleeing from the law, an adventurer with a score to settle - two scarred souls who have to learn to trust before they can love.

Louise Allen WALKS THROUGH REGENCY LONDON
Non-fiction
Obtainable via www.louiseallenregency.co.uk
December 2010
£8.50 UK (incl p&p)

Ten walks through modern London to find the ghosts and relics of the "long" Regency. Illustrated in colour with original prints 

Short Stories

Sheila Norton  ‘A Christmas Story’
‘Yours’ magazine
14 December
Christmas Day isn’t going well for young Sophie or her estranged parents, but the discovery of an abandoned newborn baby on their doorstep changes everything. 

Location Location Location - Cara Cooper Tells Us OUr Conference

So, here we are finally after all that planning and packing. Greenwich and the Old Royal naval College must be the best location ever for a conference and it's fitting that we should be here for the 50th anniversary celebrations of the RNA. Why is it so fabulous? First of all there's the journey here. Those of us with delusions of grandeur could have travelled by boat like Cleopatra. Wafting down the Thames in a stately manner to Greenwich's pier you could easily imagine you were on the Nile in Egypt because temperatures here have soared to 30 degrees, the sun is relentless and it is hot, hot, hot! For the historical writers amongst us arriving by river is a fabulous journey affording views of the little pebbly beaches along the Thames where fans of metal detecting often find fragments of chain mail and ancient coins.

For most of us though we arrived at Greenwich by underground as I did. Changing at Canary Wharf was a real revelation. I'm a Londoner born and bred but it is years since I have been to Canary Wharf and I was last there while it was still under construction. Now fully fledged it looks for all the world like the financial district in New York. Modern, striking and teeming with smartly suited and booted commuters. If we don't quite have skyscrapers we do have the tower at Canary Wharf with its distinctive pyramid top. As you walk past the coffee shops in the concrete piazzas to the Docklands Light Railway, bright red electronic lights dance around the top of the buildings proclaiming today's share prices. All very whizzy and high tech. I resisted the urge to stop for an iced tea - did I mention it's hot, hot, hot here?

Then, when you reach Greenwich itself, you are catapulted from the very modern back into the past. MPs used to journey down in barges during the whitebait season to feast at the Trafalgar Tavern on the little fishes caught freshly from Thames then fried in batter. We feasted there last night at our gala dinner in cocktail and evening dresses, fanning ourselves and dripping delicately in the sweltering temperatures - did I mention it is hot, hot, hot? As we sat under the huge chandeliers, portraits of great naval heroes like Nelson and Hardy gazed down on us (oops, I am told 'gazed' is an overused word in our world of Mills and Boon and chicklit)...Correction. Nelson and Hardy peered sternly down at us, looking for all the world like the alpha males they were. As we looked across the Thames to the modern city beyond, and we gently melted in the heat I couldn't help smiling to think that we may well have been sitting in one of the rooms where Dickens took  friends to dine. Copious amounts of alcohol were drunk, after all we had to stay hydrated in these unreal temperatures.

Finally there is Queen Anne Court, stately, grand buildings shimmering whitely in the heat where, as you walk to the conference sessions across the brown baked grass, snippets of divine music filter out as the students practice. Greenwich is the perfect location, for the perfect anniversary of our perfect Association. Oh, and did I mention it is hot, hot........?

Cara's latest book is LEAVING HOME

Ulverscroft
July 2010

'Flora Canning's bags are packed for her new life in New York, but a family tragedy leaves her with her sister's baby, and a mysterious stranger Nate Campbell who has his own reasons for wanting a relationship with Flora and the new baby.'

July Releases

Here are the releases for July from members of the RNA...

Rosy Thornton THE TAPESTRY OF LOVE
Headline Review
8 July 2010

A rural idyll: that's what Catherine is seeking when she sells her house in England and moves to a tiny hamlet in the Cévennes mountains. Her divorce in the past and her children grown, she is free to make a new start, and set up in business as a seamstress. But this is a harsh and lonely place when you're no longer just on holiday. There is French bureaucracy to contend with, and the mountain weather, and the reserve of her neighbours - including the intriguing Patrick Castagnol. And that's before the arrival of Catherine's forthright sister, Bryony?
http://www.rosythornton.com


Janet Gover GIRL RACERS
Little Black Dress
July 8th
£6.99

Fasten your seatbelt! It's a red-hot race to the finish line as two women take on the men in a gruelling car rally through Australia's Snowy mountains - and discover that winning isn't always about being first across the line.

www.janetgover.com

Kate Walker A GOOD GREEK WIFE?
Harlequin, Mills & Boon
2 July 2010
£3.19

He was declared missing at sea – but now notorious Zarek Michaelis has returned and is ready to take control. He wants his business back - but does he still want his wife?
http://www.kate-walker.com
http://kate-walker.blogspot.com/

Rachel Brimble THE ARRIVAL OF LILY CURTIS
July 23rd
The Wild Rose Press
$13.99 print or $6.50 eformat

At the mention of an arranged marriage, Elizabeth Caughley feels her life is over at the age of three and twenty….so she hatches an escape plan. She will reinvent herself as a housemaid. Overnight, Elizabeth becomes Lily
Viscount Westrop wants nothing more than his legacy to be passed to his own son one day. Even though he feels insurmountable pity for the unborn child already, he knows how much pain a broken promise can cause and will do what is right. But with the arrival of his new housemaid, his plans are thrown into disarray. Lily is funny, feisty and the most beautiful creature on earth – Andrew is thunderstruck. But if anyone suspects how much he wants to ravish her and endlessly love her, Andrew’s lineage will be in peril. And he cannot let that happen…
www.rachelbrimble.com

Chrissie Loveday FOR THE SAKE OF LOVE
My Weekly Pocket Novel
July 1
£1.55

Amanda meets rising tennis star, Sacha Manon. They are immediately attracted to each other but she fails to admit she is really seeking an interview for her magazine. A whirlwind romance and the future looks great .. until he learns the truth about her job ...

Chrissie Loveday LEARNING TO LOVE AGAIN
Chivers
Large Print Edition

Following her husband's death at sea, Anna is trying to build a new life for herself and little daughter. Dare she risk allowing another man into her life? Especially one who is a medic on call for the lifeboat service.

http://www.ChrissieLoveday.com
http://www.Rough-Clay.com

Kate Hardy NEUROSURGEON... AND MUM!
Mills & Boon
July 2010
£3.19

Neurosurgeon discovers love in the most unexpected place.
http://www.katehardy.com
http://katehardy.blogspot.com

Liz Fielding SOS: CONVENIENT HUSBAND REQUIRED
Harlequin Romance
July US
She's about to lose everything, he's been left holding the baby - they haven't talked in years, but maybe it's time to call a truce.

http://www.lizfielding.com

Janet Woods SALTING THE WOUND
Severn House
$10.99

Charlotte Honeyman jilts her long-time swain, and on the spur of the moment marries a stranger. His pride damaged, and his matrimonial plans overturned, sea captain Nick Thornton threatens to take revenge. Charlotte's younger sister Marianne, takes pity on Nick and secretly boards his ship, where she meets with an accident. Nick regards Marianne as the perfect tool with which to get his own back, but in the process falls in love. The rift between the sisters widens, and scandal erupts when it becomes apparent that Marianne is expecting Nick's child. Then fate intervenes to change the course of their lives, perhaps forever...

Sarah Mallory WICKED CAPTAIN, WAYWARD WIFE
Mills & Boon
£14.50
Large Print Edition

Evelina's peaceful life is overturned when she marries Captain Nick Wylder - and is immediately widowed! A swashbuckling adventure romance.

www.melindahammond.com

Cara Cooper LEAVING HOME
Ulverscroft
July 2010

'Flora Canning's bags are packed for her new life in New York, but a family tragedy leaves her with her sister's baby, and a mysterious stranger Nate Campbell who has his own reasons for wanting a relationship with Flora and the new baby.'

Margaret Mounsdon LONG SHADOWS
Linford Romance Library

Fiona Dalrymple is shocked to learn that Doreen wasn't her grandmother. Then when she discovers she also has a brother her life changes completely, especially when her new brother disappears and she sets out to look for him.
mounsdma@sky.com
www.margaretmounsdon.co.uk

RNA Members' Publications Coming out in May

RF Long SOUL FIRE
Samhain
May 4, 2010
$15.00
Iron born and iron bred. Trust not iron, it will see you dead.
http://www.rflong.com
http://www.twitter.com/rflong

Cara Cooper HEALING LOVE
Ulverscroft
1 May 2010
£8.99
If Dr James Frayne keeps his secret, he risks losing his job. Can Becky the Practice Manager save him from himself?

Sarah Duncan KISSING MR WRONG
Headline Review
13th May 2010
£7.99
Lu's looking for Mr Right, so why is she falling for Mr Couldn't be more Wrong?
www.sarahduncan.co.uk
www.sarahduncansblog.blogspot.com

Elizabeth Chadwick TO DEFY A KING
Sphere
May 6th £14.99
£14.99
Spirited Daughter. Rebellious Wife. Powerful woman. A story of huge emotional power set against the road to Magna Carta.

Mary Nichols THE VISCOUNT'S UNCONVENTIONAL BRIDE
Mills & Boon
May 2010
£3.79
As a member of the renowned Piccadilly Gentleman's Club, Jonathan Leinster has been instructed to ensure the return of a runaway. Little does he realise that meeting spirited Louise Vail will change his life for ever… Having discovered she was adopted, Louise has fled, hoping to find her family – but handsome, charming Jonathan stops her in her tracks! His task is simple: escort Louise promptly home. Yet all he wants to do is claim her as his own.

Beth Elliott APRIL AND MAY
Robert Hale
£18.99 / £13.99 from www.halebooks.com
A secret mission in Constantinople forces the heroine back in contact with the man who abandoned her.
http://regencytales.blogspot.com

Liz Fielding A WEDDING AT LEOPARD TREE LODGE
with Three Times a Bridesmaid, Nicola Marsh
May 2010
£4.99
The wildest celebrity wedding in a game lodge in Botswana gives Josie all kinds of problems - Gideon McGrath being the biggest of them.

Janet Woods WITHOUT REPROACH (LP)
Severn House
May 10th 2010
£19.99
Kenna Mc.Kenzie defies her conniving guardian and finds love on the streets of Edinburgh

http://janet-woods.com

Kate Lace MOONLIGHTING
Little Black Dress
May 2010
Jess is a special constable with the Met Police but her day job, or rather night job is working as a pole dancer at Shoq nightclub and she is very careful to keep both jobs very separate. When her two worlds collide her life and her love life are both put on the line.

Brigid Coady THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD
EVEN MORE TONTO STORIES Anthology
Tonto Books
May 6th
"Even More Tonto Short Stories" is the third collection by acclaimed publisher, Tonto Books. This collection sees experienced writers brought together with new and exciting writers to create an anthology packed with original, quirky, dark and compelling fiction. It is compiled and edited by Caroline Smailes.

Portia Da Costa A GENTLEWOMAN’S PREDICAMENT
Harlequin Spice Briefs
1st May 2010
$2.99
A frisky and inquisitive Victorian widow gets more than she bargained for when seeking "Intimate Advice to the Gentlewoman".
http://www.portiadacosta.com

Jennifer Bohnet DANGEROUS HARBOUR (Three Part Serial)
My Weekly
Starting May 29th

Toni Sands SOME VIRGINS LEARN QUICKLY
SEX IN THE CITY- PARIS (anthology edited by Maxim Jacubowski)
Accent Xcite
May 10
£7.99 www.xcitebooks.com
In this second collection in a series of erotic stories, Helen finds sensual temptation in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower.