Welcome
to the first in our news series ‘New Releases’ brought to you by Sheila Riley.
Each month Sheila collates a list of the latest releases by members
of the Romantic Novelist Association.
Liz
Harris, successful writer and RNA Library Liaison, also sends the
list to libraries across the country along with her quarterly newsletter.
Libraries receive a lot of catalogues from publishers, and Liz has it on good authority
from a number of libraries that they value the list she sends.
It
must make their job much easier, to have a highlighted list of books they can
trust.
So
here, without further ado, is the list of September Releases:
Carol MacLean
HER HIGHLAND LAIRD
Ulverscroft
Fleeing
her unfaithful fiance, Lara finds herself in the cool summer of the Scottish
Highlands.
Here
she meets Cal, the brooding Laird.
As
romance turns to love, Cal is called back to America and his own painful past.
Will
their love survive or will Lara's Highland Laird prove to be only a summer
romance?
Louisa Heaton
SEVEN NIGHTS WITH HER EX
Book
shops and Amazon.co.uk
Neurologist
Beau Judd heads to the wilds of Yellowstone National Park
to
take part in an Extreme Medical Survival Course, expecting to find adventure
and
something completely different. Instead, she finds the man that jilted her at
the altar twelve years ago.
Cardiologist
Gray McGregor once had to make a dreadful decision, but now, reunited with
Beau,
can
he win back the woman he loves in just Seven Nights?
Ellie
Holmes
THE
TREGALIAN HOARD (First in series)
With
her engagement in tatters, Portable Antiquities specialist, Jonquil Jones,
moves
to Cornwall for a fresh start. When a report arrives of a treasure trove that
has lain
hidden
underground for centuries, can Jonquil, with the help of the landowner’s
handsome son, Drew Danvers,
uncover
the ancient landscape’s secrets in time or will plundering treasure hunters
beat them to it?
Set
against the stunning backdrop of the Cornish countryside and combining heart
and soul with a dash of danger.
Zara Stoneley
THE HOLIDAY SWAP
e-published
2nd
September
Can
a quaint, cosy, traditional Christmas mend Flo's heart?
Can
a sunshine-filled break in buzzy Barcelona give Daisy the courage to turn down
an unexpected proposal?
Join
the two girls as they swap homes and rediscover the important things in life in
this heart-warming,
festive
rom-com about love, friendship, and making your dreams come true
Susie Vereker
TROPICAL SHADOWS
Independent
Publishing Platform /Endeavour Press
Buy
on line
Published
3 Aug 2016
Julia’s
teenage sister Emily has been thrown in jail on a South-East Asian island for
alleged drug smuggling.
What’s
more, Emily's baby daughter is missing. Emily put her child in the care of a
trusted friend who has since disappeared
and
no one can find them. Leaving her disgruntled husband behind in England, Julia
flies to the rescue.
She’s
desperate to find the baby and get Emily out of jail, seeking help from anyone
she can, including the British Embassy,
the
Prince and the enigmatic Doctor Duncan.
Rosemary Morris
MONDAYS CHILD.
Amazon
E-published.
4th
September, 2016
In
March 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from exile in Elba.
In
Brussels, 18 year-old Helen Whitley, knows that war with France between Britain
and her allies,
is
inevitable. A talented artist, Helen is aware of the anxiety and fear
underlying
the
balls, breakfasts, parties, picnics and soirees, held by the British.
In
an attic, she paints scenes and portraits in which she captures the realities
and
emotions of daily life during the hundred days before the Battle of Waterloo.
Rachel Ennis
‘SUMMER LOVING’ (Polvellan Cornish Mysteries
5)
Accent
Press
Available
on Amazon.co.uk
5th
Sept.
Jess
Trevanion’s relationship with Tom Peters is in trouble.
Trying
to prove a woman innocent of infidelity she uncovers long-hidden secrets,
then
Ben and Morwenna’s wedding plans are turned upside down by two huge shocks.
Freda Lightfoot
FORGOTTEN WOMEN
Lake
Union Imprint (Amazon Publishing)
epub,
print on demand and audio
Available
on Amazon, Gardners, Kobo,Barnes & Noble, etc.
It
is 1936 and Spain is on the brink of civil war. Across Europe, young men are
enlisting in the International Brigade
to
free their Spanish brethren from the grip of fascism, leaving sisters and
lovers at home.
But
not all women are content to be left behind. In England, Charlotte McBain and
Libby Forbes, friends from opposite sides of the class divide,
are
determined to do what they can; in Spain, Rosita GarcÃa DÃaz, fiercely loyal to
her family and country, cannot stand by and watch.
Three
brave women, inspired by patriotism, idealism, love and even revenge, dare to
go into battle against tradition and oppression.
Tying
them all together is Jo, Libby’s granddaughter.
Five
decades later she travels to Spain hoping to make sense of a troubling letter
hidden among her grandmother’s possessions.
What
she learns will change all of their lives forever.
Deceit,
heartbreak and a longstanding fear of reprisals must all be overcome if the
deeds of the forgotten women are to be properly honoured.
Fiona Field
CIVVY STREET
Paperback.
Ebook. Hardback
all
good bookshops. Amazon. Kobo.
Susie
Collins's world has fallen apart. Her husband, Mike, has been made redundant
from the army.
But
worse is to come when Susie learns that the family finances are much rockier
than she realised.
Their
rebellious twin daughters can't stay at their fee-paying school and there's
almost no money left to buy a decent house.
These
are desperate times and Susie knows she must find a job quickly. But Mike is
being difficult about her plans and the girls impossible.
How
are they all going to cope? Life is tough for newcomers on civvy street.
Kate Field
THE MAGIC OF RAMBLINGS
paperback
and ebook
8
September 2016
When
Cassie runs away and takes a job as companion to an old lady at Ramblings,
a
Victorian Gothic mansion in a remote Lancashire village, she hopes for a quiet
life
where she can forget herself,her past and most especially men.
The
last thing she wants is to be drawn into saving a community that seems
determined
to
take her to its heart – and to resuscitate hers…
Ruth Frances Long
A DARKNESS AT THE END (Dubh Linn, Book 3)
Traditional
and epublished,
The
final book in the contemporary fantasy trilogy set Dublin: and Dubh Linn, the
fae world that exists
in
the cracks and corners of reality. Angels, fae demons and humans are drawn into
lethal conflict as the
fate
of the world hangs in the balance in the final installment in this urban
fantasy.
Holly,
the fae matriarch, tries to seize the power of heaven for herself, while Izzy
has lost her memory and Jinx is dead ...
Liz Fielding
A SUMMER'S LEASE
Classic
Romance Publishing
eBook
12
August 2016
In
a midsummer's dawn, high in the woods above Beaumont Court, Charlotte Palmer
encounters a man
who
at first sight she thinks is the ghost of Harry Beaumont, the buccaneer who
built the Court in the 16th centu
Angela Britnell
YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT
e-published
13
September 2016
What
if you didn’t want to fake it anymore?
Sarah
and Matt meet on a European coach tour and find themselves in a fake relationship
for their own reasons.
But
as the holiday ends they realise they’re not happy with their pretend
relationship and want the real thing.
Elizabeth Bailey
IN HONOUR BOUND
Releasing
mid-September
Orphaned.
Abandoned in a house of strangers, one as cruel as her only relative.
Will
her guardian Richard save Isolde or use her for his own ends?
Juliet Greenwood
‘THE WHITE CAMELLIA’
Traditionally
published paperback and ebook
September
15th 2016
Cornwall,
1909. A family ruined, a house lost.
Bea
Tressillion finds new hope among the suffragists of the White Camellia ladies’
tearoom.
Sybil
hates the Tressillion family, but falls in love with their lost house and
garden.
Threatened
by terrible danger, will Bea and Sybil prove enemies, or allies?
Mary Jayne Baker
THE HONEY TRAP
Traditionally
published ebook (paperback published 3rd November)
19th
August 2016
Angel,
a young journalist looking for her next big scoop,
is
sent by her editor to set up handsome - and married - film director Sebastian
Wilchester
for
a scandalous exclusive. But what happens when pretence turns to passion, and a
kiss and tell becomes something real?
Jennifer Young
RUNNING MAN
e-published
21
September
At
21, Giorgia Manfredi is a wealthy Cinderella in a golden cage.
Trapped
in her family's business — a luxury hotel on Italy's Lake Garda —
she
yearns for a normal life.
When
jogger Danny Davies rescues her from a mugging, Giorgia finds that love comes
at a price,
bringing
with it hostility, deceit — and conflict.
Can
she forgive those she loves and find happiness with the man who’s stolen her
heart?
Lizzie Lane
WAR ORPHANS
Amazon,
Supermarkets, bookshops
In
the first week of war 350,000 household pets were put down.
A
puppy left to die finds refuge with an orphaned child,
gives
new hope to a grieving old man and leads to a young woman falling in love
About Sheila:
Sheila has been a member of the RNA since 2004. She’s written four Annie
Groves novels for Harper Collins and is also a member of the
Historical Writers Association and The Society of Authors. She is now
writing under her own name.
Thank you Sheila and good luck to our members
with their latest publications.
Sheila Walsh started the North West meetings way back in the early
1980s being very involved in the RNA. She was RNA chairman and then a Vice
President. She held
these meetings twice a year at her house. Sheila was also president of
Southport Writers’ Circle. She also attended Swanwick, where I can remember her
giving me lots of advice and encouragement when I first started writing back in
the 80s.
