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Sunday, July 1, 2012

July Releases


Judy Astley - I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY
Bantam Press
Hardback
£16.99
Viola is a bit disaster-prone and this includes having had little luck with men.  Her first husband (the completely lovely father of daughter Rachel) was gay and her second was a philandering actor who was killed in a car accident while leaving Viola for his mistress.  She's rented out her house and is recuperating at her mother's home for a while.  When on her first real night out since the accident,  a puncture lands Viola’s car on a traffic island at midnight and she comes across a man there stealthily planting a quince tree, she doesn’t expect this to lead to adventures that involve guerrilla gardening and a summer full of surprises, disasters, fun and flowers.
 @judyastley
 Facebook.com/Judyastley



Jill Mansell A WALK IN THE PARK
A Walk in the Park
Headline Books
Paperback
 5th July.
£7.99
Romantic comedy set mainly in Bath, a bit in the Lake District...
It's been a while, but Lara Carson's back in Bath and lives are set to change as a result. Because Lara left her family and boyfriend Flynn eighteen years ago without a word to anyone. Why has no one heard from her since? Her childhood best friend Evie is thrilled Lara's back and able to share her happiness. Evie's about to walk down the aisle with her dream man, Joel. Or so she thinks... Then there's Flynn Erskine, even more attractive now and stunned to see Lara again. The spark between them is as strong as ever, but how's Flynn going to react when he discovers the secret she's been keeping from him? Oh yes, there's a lot of catching up to be done...

Kate Lace COX
Arrow Books
Paperback
£6.99
Gorgeous men in lycra, sex, intrigue and nailbiting rivalry set in the glamorous world of rowing in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics
















Christina Courtenay THE SILENT TOUCH OF SHADOWS
Choc Lit
Paperback
£7.99
What will it take to put the past to rest?
When a professional genealogist is harassed by a ghostly presence and decides to do some research on her own family tree, she uncovers a six hundred year old love story.









Amanda Grange PRIDE AND PYRAMIDS
Sourcebooks
Paperback
£9.99
The Darcys get pulled into the Regency craze for Egyptology in this sequel to Pride and Prejudice

Liz Fielding THE LAST WOMAN HE'D EVER DATE
Harlequin Romance
Paperback and eBook
$4.99
Claire Thackeray: Hardworking single mom and gossip columnist. Hoping for the inside scoop on sexy billionaire Hal North, aka her teen crush!
Most wary of: Gorgeous men who set her heart racing. (Been there, got the T-shirt—and the baby!)
Hal North: Bad boy made good. Back in his hometown as new owner of the Cranbrook Park estate. Determined to put his troubled past behind him.
Most wary of: Journalists—especially pretty ones, like new neighbor and tenant Claire Thackeray.




Annie Burrows AN ESCAPADE AND AN ENGAGEMENT
Harlequin Mills & Boon
paperback and ebook
Lady Jayne has vowed only to marry for love.  But where is she going to meet anyone even faintly interesting when her grandfather guards her so zealously?  Cue one pair of breeches purloined from a junior footman, a makeshift rope and an open bedroom window...












Sheila Newberry YOUNG MAY MOON
Robert Hale
Hardback
Price £18.99
On the silvery sands of Westwick, Suffolk, just before her sixteenth birthday, Young May Moon, as she is known to family and friends, fyulfils the promise made to her late father and becomes the Punch and Judy lady.  Assisted by her younger sister Pomona, Young May Moon discovers that performing is in her blood, as four years earler, from this same place, their fiery mother Carmen, a flamenco dancer absconded with the preacher from the rival entertainment.  The girls are befriended by the O'Flaherty family, also lodging at The Swan, and May experiences first love and the pain of parting...  



Vanessa Devereaux I'M ALL YOURS (Book Two of the Perfect Pairing series)
Evernight Publishing
e book
July 16th
Kyle and Evie only think they hate one another...well, that's according to Sadie Sutton who thinks with a little casting of a spell and the help of Perfect Pairing, these two enemies will soon be lovers











Kat Black PLEASURE BOUND
Ellora's Cave
Novella
$4.45
Sam Tyler is thrilled to discover that her lover is whisking her away for a weekend of exotic luxury as a treat for her birthday. As a woman who knows just what she wants—her man all tied up like a living, breathing present—she’s quick to take advantage of his generous mood and begins planning a surprise of her own. One that turns out to be a hell of tough ask for a man who insists on always being in control. Does Adam had the strength it takes to surrender?








Jane Wenham-Jones PRIME TIME
Accent Press
Paperback
£7.99
5th July
Laura Meredith never imagined herself appearing on TV she s too old, too flabby, too downright hormonal, and much too busy holding things together for her son, Stanley, after her husband left her for a younger, thinner replacement. But best friend Charlotte is a determined woman and when Laura is persuaded on to a daytime show to talk about her PMT, everything changes. Suddenly there s a camera crew tracking her every move and Laura finds herself an unlikely star. But as things hot up between her and gorgeous TV director, Cal, they re going downhill elsewhere. While Laura s caught up in a heady whirlwind of beauty treatments, makeovers and glamorous film locations, Charlotte s husband, Roger, is concealing a guilty secret, Stanley s got problems at school, work s piling up, and when Laura turns detective to protect Charlotte s marriage, things go horribly wrong. The champagne s flowing as Laura s prime time TV debut looks set to be a hit. But in every month, there s a "Day Ten" ...

Veronica Henry THE LONG WEEKEND
Orion
Paperback
£6.99

In a gorgeous quay-side hotel in Cornwall, the long weekend is just beginning . . .

Claire Marlowe owns 'The Townhouse by the Sea' with Luca, the hotel's charismatic chef. She ensures everything runs smoothly - until an unexpected arrival checks in and turns her whole world upside down.

And the rest of the guests arrive with their own baggage. There's a couple looking for distraction from a family tragedy; a man trying to make amends for an affair he bitterly regrets . . . and the young woman who thinks the Cornish village might hold the key to her past.

Here are affairs of the heart, secrets, lies and scandal - all wrapped up in one long, hot weekend.



Kate Harrison SOUL FIRE
Orion Indigo July 5th
Trade Paperback
£8.99
It's getting hotter on the Beach: as Alice gets closer to the killer, the killer gets closer to Alice. Watch out: Passion burns.
www.kate-harrison.com












Rosanna Ley   The Villa
Quercus Original Paperback
July 2012
£6.99
When Tess Angel receives a solicitor’s letter inviting her to claim her inheritance – the Villa Sirena perched on a clifftop in Sicily - she is stunned.  Her only link to the island is through her mother, Flavia, who left Sicily during World War II and cut off all contact with her family. Initially resistant to Tess going back to Sicily, Flavia realizes the secrets from her past are about to be revealed and decides to try to explain her actions.  Meanwhile, Tess’ teenage daughter Ginny is stressed by college and filled with questions that she longs to ask her father, if only she knew where he was.   Three women, all seeking answers.  Will Villa Serena bring them together – or drive them apart?  





Angela Britnell   IT'S COMPLICATED
Desert Breeze Publishing
Multiple E-book formats
$5.99
Charles ‘Black Ash’ Ashton temporarily abandons his jet-setting lifestyle to avoid being blamed for a multi-million pound poker scam and meets quiet, elegant math teacher Emily Worthing but the odds aren’t in their favor. After a disastrous affair cost Emily her heart and prestigious job she prizes honesty above all things. Ash makes his living at the poker table, where a little deviousness and the occasional white lie never hurt. Ash must leave behind his irresponsible past and Emily searches for the strength to forge a new future. Ash puts all his cards on the table one last time and he and Emily prove they’ve an ace in the hand called love.







Janey Fraser  THE AU PAIR 
Arrow
July 19th
Jilly sets up an au pair business around her kitchen table to make ends meet. Marie-France becomes an au pair in order to find her English father. And motherless eight year old  Lottie is determined to drive away one au pair after another – until she finds the perfect match!

Lynne Connolly IN THE MOOD
Ellora's Cave
ebook
$5.99
The sound of a saxophone drifting out of a Chicago blues club sends Matt
inside, hoping to sign the player for his recording studio. Instead he finds
V. Passion drives them from that moment on, and Matt can’t get enough of her
sweet body and generous spirit. But as a former drug addict who
spectacularly crashed out of the rock band Murder City Ravens, he has a lot
to prove.

V thinks she’s happy with her lot until she receives an offer to join one of
the most innovative and exciting bands in the world. Joining Murder City
Ravens could sever her from Matt forever. How can she join the band when
she’s spending her nights with the man who nearly destroyed everything they
had?

Matt and V have decisions to make that might give them their life’s dream,
but could split them apart. Which is more important, personal fulfillment or
love? Is it possible to have both?




Nell Dixon A NEW BAY WEDDING
Astraea Press
Ebook
£1.30
Emma has been busy organizing her older brother’s lovelife but now Noah plans to turn the tables on his meddlesome match-making sister. But is Ian the best man for this very particular bridesmaid?
£1.30
Part of the Cornish Short and Sweet series.








DJ Kirby MY DREAM OF YOU
Punked Books
Ebook
£1.53
One summer’s day, Betty let love carry her a step too far. That exquisite sun dappled afternoon became one of her best memories, but also the catalyst for the worst experience of her life. Now elderly, Betty has been running from her past since she was a teenager, and it’s about to catch up with her. Will the experience be as awful as she fears, or wonderful beyond imagining? 









Sheryl Browne SOMEBODY TO LOVE
Safkhet Publishing
Paperback or ebook
1 July 2012
£ 7.99 ,$12.99, EUR 9.99
Somebody to Love…How do you tell her?
After a turbulent marriage to a man who walked off hand-in-offshoot with something resembling a twig, divorced mum, Donna O'Conner, doubts happy endings exist. She'd quite like to find herself an Adonis with… pecs …and things. Alas, that's not likely, when her only interest outside of work is hopping her three-legged dog in the park, carrying a poop-scoop. In any case, Donna isn't sure she'd know what to do with an Adonis if she fell on one. When PC Mark Evans comes along, gloriously gift-wrapped in blue, however, she can't help wishing she did.
Mark, a single father, is desperate for love. He doesn't hold out much hope, though, that there is a woman out there with a heart big enough to love him and his autistic son. Enter big-hearted Donna, plus three-legged dog. And now Mark has a dilemma. Pretending not to mind her house-bunny chewing his bootlaces, he's smitten with Donna on sight. Should he tell her his situation up-front? Announcing he has a child with autism spectrum disorder on a first date tends to ensure there isn't a second. Or should he skirt around the subject, which amounts to a lie? When one lie leads to another, can he ever win Donna's trust back? Admit that he didn't trust Donna enough to let her into his life?

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Septmember Releases

Christina Courtenay TRADE WINDS
Choc Lit
30th September
£7.99
"Marriage of convenience of a love for life? - Scotsman Killian Kinross
goes to Sweden to make his fortune, but ends up married and on a daring
voyage to China instead ..."


Freda Lightfoot THE RELUCTANT QUEEN
(sequel to Hostage Queen)
Severn House
30th September
£19.99
Sixteenth-century France. Gabrielle d’Esrées’ one wish is to marry for love,
but her mother sells her as a mistress to three different men before she catches
the eye – and the heart – of Henry of Navarre, King of France.


Lynne Connolly EMOTION IN MOTION
Ellora's Cave Publishing
10th September
$5.99
Jack Hargreaves returns to his old college in Oxford to follow up a lead
on an old enemy. He finds the enemy, but also Shere, an Egyptian shape-shifter.












Kate Lace A CLASS ACT
Little Black Dress
30 September 2010
£6.99
When lady-of-the manor Tilly, meets skater-boy Ashley and it’s
love at first sight, the one thing they have in common is that they
both live on an estate. But their social differences are their downfall.


Chrissie Loveday HER HEART’S DESIRE
Ulverscroft Large Print
September 30th
£8.99
Zara has put her whole heart into making her catering business a success
but enigmatic Oliver wants her heart for himself ... should she trust him?


Dilly Court THE RAGGED HEIRESS
Arrow Books
16 September 2010
£5.99
Rescued from a shipwreck, orphaned heiress Lucetta Froy wakes up in
hospital with no memory of her past, but when two ruffians claim to be
her brothers she finds herself in a desperate struggle to prove her identity.


Anna Jacobs CHERRY TREE LANE
Allison & Busby
13 September, 2010
 £19.99
1910: When Mattie flees from Swindon and her stepfather, she nearly loses
her life in a storm, but then fate steps in to offer her a new chance of happiness.

Catherine King A MOTHER’S SACRIFICE
Magna (Large Print)
1 September 2010
£20.99
'She would do anything to keep her family safe . . . .'

Liz Fielding HER WISH-LIST BRIDGROOM
Liz Fielding/Jackie Braun/Natasha Oakley GORGEOUS GROOMS
Mills & Boon By Request £5.99
Juliet's lost her bloke, lost her job and mislaid her mind.
Things can only get better, right?  Wrong...

Liz Fielding A WEDDING AT LEOPARD TREE LODGE
Mills & Boon LP Library Edition
In which Josie wrestles with taffeta, table plans and a room shortage.
And Gideon takes advantage.
  
Margaret Mounsdon SONG OF MY HEART
People's Friend Pocket Novel
23 September 2010
£1.80
Andi Cox accepts a job looking after the daughter and niece of pop music
icon Jas Summers.

Rosie Harris AMBITIOUS LOVE
Arrow
8 September 2010
£19,99
Would Fern Jenkins ever find the love she longed for....


Louise Allen VICAR’S DAUGHTER TO VISCOUNT’S LADY
 (Part 2 of The Transformation of the Shelley Sisters)
Harlequin Mills & Boon
Sept 2010
£3.99
Seduced and abandoned by a rakish aristocrat vicar's daughter Bella will do
anything to protect her baby, even if that means marrying a viscount she has
known for twenty four hours.Now all she has to do is make the marriage work.


Victoria Connelly A WEEKEND WITH MR DARCY
Avon, HarperCollins
16th September
£6.99
A romantic comedy about two couples who meet and fall in love at a Jane
Austen conference in Hampshire 

Saturday, May 1, 2010

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.

Friday, October 2, 2009

October Releases




Allie Spencer - TUG OF LOVE
Little Black Dress (Headline)
1st October 2009 - £5.99
Love, lust and litigation - a riveting romance so addictive it should be illegal!















Cally Taylor - HEAVEN CAN WAIT
Orion
15 October
Life is great for twenty-eight year old Lucy Brown, until she dies the night before her wedding and ends up in Limbo. If she wants to become a ghost and be reunited with her fiance Lucy must find love for a complete stranger in just twenty-one days.










Carol Townend - RUNAWAY LADY, CONQUERING
Harlequin Mills and Boon
2nd October 2009
Hardback £13.50
Desperate to keep her illegitimate son from his brutal father, Lady Emma of Fulford offers herself to a Norman knight in return for protection...
http://www.caroltownend.co.uk/







Monica Fairview - THE OTHER MR. DARCY
Sourcebooks Landmark
October 1, 2009
Unpredictable courtships seem to rum in the Darcy family!


























Kate Lace -The Love Boat
Little Black Dress
29 Oct 2009
£5.99
Poppy Sanders works on a luxury holiday yacht when she goes overboard for handsome deckhand Charlie.
http://www.katelace.co.uk/














Janet Woods -SALTING THE WOUND
October 1st 09
£19.99
Sea captain Nick Thornton takes revenge on the woman who spurns him by marrying her younger sister.









Kate Harrison -THE SECRET SHOPPER UNWRAPPED
Orion
October 1
£9.99
The Secret Shoppers are back - and their festive to do list will make yours look a piece of Christmas cake: ditch ex-husband, hide criminal past, go undercover in Santa's grotto...it's enough to make a woman weep.




http://www.kate-harrison.com/













Susie Vereker -PARIS IMPERFECT
Severn House
Paperback
£10.99
A romantic comedy with slices of lemon tart. Should Clio marry her perfectionist French lover?















Fenella-Jane Miller -TWO GENTLEMEN FROM LONDON
Robert Hale
30th October 2009
£18.99
A Regency romantic suspense set in Norfolk.
http://www.fenellajmiller.co.uk/








Fenella-Jane Miller -MISS BENNET & MR BINGLEY
Park Publishing
April 2009
£11.99
Discover what Charles and Jane really felt and what happened to Jane in London.
http://www.fenellajmiller.co.uk/









Liz Fielding & Jessica Hart - CHRISTMAS ANGEL FOR THE BILLIONAIRE/UNDER THE BOSS'S MISTLETOE
Mills & Boon "Romance"
£4.99
Annie exchanges her role as the "people's angel", for a week of obscurity. Fat chance.




Liz Fielding & Various - MILLS & BOON CHRISTMAS TREASURE OF ROMANCE
Mills & Boon Single Title
£6.99
11 short stories from M&B authors worldwide


Mary Nichols -Honourable Doctor, Improper Arrangement
Mills & Boon
October 2009
£3.75
Longing to have children, widowed Kate Meredith accepts a viscount's proposal, but when she meet Doctor Simon Redfern, she begins to wonder if she has made a big mistake.







Jennifer Bohnet - FOLLOW YOUR STAR
Robert Hale
October 30th 2009
£18.99
Monaco and the Amazon Jungle, two vastly different worlds collide in a tale of survival and love.






Margaret Mounsdon - LONG SHADOW
My Weekly Pocket Novel no 1689
8 October 2009
Fiona Dalrymple is shocked to learn on the death of her grandmother that Ellie wasn't her grandmother at all. Her real grandmother is still alive and what's more, Fiona has a brother who has disappeared. She sets out to find him.








Sarah Mallory -The Wicked Baron
Mills & Boon Historical




October 2009
£3.79
He broke her heart once before, but now he won't take no for an answer.



















Julia Williams - LAST CHRISTMAS
Avon
29 October
£6.99
It's the most wonderful time of the year. Isn't it?
http://www.juliawilliamsauthor.com/








SHORT STORIES

Mary de Laszlo - Back to the Future
- a short story in October issue of Candis.

Monday, July 20, 2009

RNA Website - Conference Session Reports and a Link to a Reporter's Day at the Conference

The RNA website now has reports of all the Penrith conference sessions here.

Roger Lytollis, a brave reporter, from THE CUMBERLAND NEWS, shares his experience of a day at the conference here.

The Book and Shoe contest, here, is still open as those who have guessed so far have been incorrect or are ineligible as they were there! (hint read the comments for clues) The prizes are Trisha Ashley's WEDDING TIERS and Kate Lace's TROPHY GIRL.

Finally, 78 people voted in our poll on how many books to bring on a two week poolside/beach holiday. The resounding leader was five books (34 votes) followed by ten books (24 votes) and trailing behind together were two books (10 votes) and 15 books (9 votes) and finally one book (1 vote). This leads to tomorrow's post from Lynne Connolly and why it isn't easy to take a photo of her TBR Pile.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

The Tale of Book and Shoe - Penrith 09

The frocks for the gala evening on Saturday were beautiful, but not half so much fun to photograph - so here are a selection of shoes (the ones that were in focus that is - difficult to take photographs, drink and chat simultaneously- at least for this bumbling soul). So your challenge should you chose to accept it is - Can you match the shoe to the author? Can you match the the type of romantic fiction that the shoe wearer writes? We have two books to give away ( Trisha Ashley's WEDDING TIERS and Kate Lace's THE TROPHY GIRL) - finally can you locate Katie Fforde's feet? If you were lucky enough to be in attendance, needless to say you are not allowed to compete! The two people with the most correct matches will be the winners! (I had tried to label each photo with a letter but it didn't work - some had 2 or 3 and many had none - so you will have to be quite specific in your description of the shoes - sorry)






























Tomorrow's post will be the tale of a first time attendee...