April Releases

Adele Parks ABOUT LAST NIGHT
Headline Review
12th April
£6.99
'I need you to say that I was with you.' For thirty years, best friends Steph and Pip have been through thick and thin. There's nothing they would not do for one another. Until these simple words change everything. Steph, eternally solid and dependable, is begging her friend to lie to the police as she's desperately trying to conceal not one but two scandalous secrets to protect her family. Pip, self-consigned to the role of scatty hot-head, is overwhelmed;she's normally the one asking for help in a crisis. It's a big ask. So what would you do? How far would you go for your best friend?

Alison Sherlock THE DESPERATE BRIDE'S DIET CLUB
Random House on 26th April 2012
£6.99
Violet Saunders is astounded when her boyfriend gets down on one knee and proposes. At size 18-20, she can't think why anyone would want to marry her and euphoria quickly turns to horror as she contemplates squeezing herself into a wedding dress. When a leaflet from dieting club New You! drops through her letterbox, she hurries to enrol, but is soon traumatised by the terrifying Trudie, who secretly despises her fat clients. Things go from bad to worse; everyone just gets fatter on the horrible New You! drink shakes. At work, Violet's half-Italian boss looks on in amazement and finally persuades her to take a break and lunch with him at his family's delicatessen. All at once Violet experiences an explosion of beautiful tastes and textures. Inspired, she persuades her fellow dieters to form a new club, with secret weigh-ins at her house - while pretending to Trudie, of whom they are all petrified, that it is the New You! diet which is transforming them. Fabulous Italian recipes gradually begin to work their magic, but can Violet the duckling really become Violet the swan in time for her wedding?

Electra Shepherd LOVE MACHINE

Ellora's Cave

ebook

4 April 2012

US$4.45 (appx £3.00)

If you’ve got a six-foot hunky robot offering to relieve your sexual frustration, you’re not going to say no, right? Even if he is sort of…well, definitely…blue?

http://www.electrashepherd.com

Toni Sands TRADED INNOCENCE

Xcite Books Ltd

16 April 2012

£5.91 Paperback - 3 novellas

Early 19th century well-born Rebecca, desperate to escape marrying a tyrant, tumbles from the sand dunes to land at smuggler Jac’s feet. Danger awaits him as he helps plot her escape. Jac also has to fight his own conscience as secret meetings with her bad boy transform Rebecca’s girlish innocence into a woman’s passion.

Annie Burrows CAPTAIN CORCORANS'S HOYDEN BRIDE

Harlequin Historical

Miss Aimee Peters craves respectability after a life spent dodging scandal.  Captain Corcoran wants a wife by any means.  But neither of them is ready to trust a member of the opposite sex.

Noelene Jenkinson BARRATT'S RUN
Whiskey Creek Press
$5.99
April 2012
Anne Gray is forced to marry for the chance of a better life. Until she learns that her cruel husband murdered his first wife and now threatens her, so she flees Devon and escapes to Australia.
James Barratt emigrated from Sussex to Australia to make his fortune. After his fiance jilts him, he takes a mistress, vowing never to fall in love again. But she convinces him to try again.
In Australia, Anne changes her name and answers James' advertisement for a wife. But her blossoming romance and marriage is shortlived when her past returns to haunt her and, once again, she is forced to flee. Pregnant and homeless, Anne struggles to resolve her future until James finds her and the real truth is uncovered. http://www.noelenejenkinson.com 

Vanessa Devereaux TAKE A CHANCE ON ME (Perfect Pairing Series)

Evernight Publishing

E Novella

April 12th

Thanks to a witch named Sadie, who's been sent to the Department of Love for punishment, two lonely souls who never thought they'd find their dream partner, meet through her Perfect Pairing service.

Nell Dixon EASTER HOLIDAY

Astraea Press 

£1.95

Cornish farmer, Noah Penwarren is sworn off city girls, especially deceitful ones. Posy Carmichael is a city girl through and through. When romantic sparks start to fly will Posy’s secret end their Easter romance before it’s even begun?

Kate Johnson RUN RABBIT RUN
Choc Lit Publishing 
7th April 2012
Paperback £7.99 ebook £1.99
Sophie's in trouble. Must be a Tuesday. Book five of the Sophie Green mysteries.

Anna Jacobs THE TRADER'S SISTER

Hodder & Stoughton

£19.99

Ismay Deagan has one wish, to leave Ireland and join her brother, Bram, in Australia. But her father orders her to marry their vicious neighbour Rory Flynn. After Rory brutally attacks her, Ismay runs away. After meeting Adam Tregear on the ship, she finally starts to believe her dreams of future happiness may come true.

On the way, however, she’s flung into adventures in Suez, Ceylon and Singapore. Dare she tell Adam the truth about who she really is? Does he have secrets of his own? Or will her past catch up with her and ruin her new-found happiness?

http://www.annajacobs.com/book.aspx?title=The-Traders-Sister&bookID=64

Chrissie Loveday TIES THAT BIND
Chivers
Large Print hardback

“Sophie’s dream is to be a fashion designer and the dynamic Adam is determined to make it happen. But dare she love this man with a reputation and can she overcome the conflicts always in her way? Why does the glamorous Rachel figure in their lives?”

Chrissie Loveday TO LOVE AGAIN

Peoples’ Friend Pocket Novel

April 5^th 2012

£1.99

The fourth story in the saga if the Vale family. Lizzie is the youngest daughter, facing the traumas of WW2 ending in her role as a nurse. Working with physically and mentally injured men, she finds life tough until Daniel begins to fill her life. Can their love possibly conquer the obstacles?

Liz Fielding Beaumont Brides Collection - Wild Justice, Wild Lady and Wild Fire in one volume

Available to buy or borrow on Kindle, from Amazon  $4.99

http://www.lizfielding.com

Victoria Connelly MR DARCY FOREVER

Sourcebooks

1st April

$14.99

Two estranged sisters meet again at the Jane Austen Festival in Bath but what tore them apart and can the magic of Jane Austen help to bring them back together again?

www.victoriaconnelly.com

Victoria Connelly THE RUNAWAY ACTRESS

HarperCollins

12th April

£6.99

A romantic comedy about a movie star who swaps Hollywood for the Highlands in an attempt to find out who she really is.

www.victoriaconnelly.com

Lucy Felthouse THE SECRET LIBRARY – SILK STOCKINGS

Xcite Books Ltd

16 April 2012

£5.91 Paperback - 3 novellas

JL Merrow CAMWOLF
Samhain Publishing
3rd April 2012
Paperback

$15.00  discounted to $10.50 for limited time only.

Dr. Nick Sewell. Cambridge fellow. Werewolf. Struggling with his feral nature and with a visceral attraction to Julian Lauder, a troubled young German student—until a strange wolf is seen around college, and Julian disappears.

http://store.samhainpublishing.com/camwolf-p-6792.html 

Lindsay Townsend THE LORD AND ELEANOR

Ellora's Cave Blush Line

Historical Romance Novella(15000 words)

ELLORA'S CAVE BLUSH LINE

April 19TH

$2.49

Their love breaks all bounds. Richard is lord of Wykeford—and Eleanor’s lord. She is a former bondswoman, now free. When they meet, their lives change forever as a love that cannot be denied flames between them. She is strong and fierce. He is a gentle warrior. Together, they fight for their future against all odds.

But there is one in the lord’s household who is not pleased and who will stop at nothing to break Richard and Eleanor apart, even at the cost of murder.

http://www.lindsaytownsend.net 

Kate Jackson MICHAELMAS JOLLY AND THE CASE OF THE MISSING RING

The People's Friend Fiction Special No 58

£2.50

Sherlock Holmes has Watson. Victorian boy detective, Michaelmas Jolly, meets his own partner while solving the mysterious case of the missing ring.

A Trip To London by Sandra Mackness/Toni Sands

Sandra Mackness/Toni Sands shares her enjoyment of a few days in London...

Earlier this month I spent some time in London with my niece. We stayed at the New Cavendish Club. After schlepping down Oxford Street we sipped early evening cocktails and ate dreamy desserts in Gordon’s Bar (Selfridges). I enjoy writing food descriptions and this pit stop was a very decadent treat. Usually I have a quick glug of wine while aiming to get supper on the table for 6.30pm to fit my (diabetic) partner’s routine. He’s very supportive of my writing and he works at home too so I try not to get so immersed in a story that I eventually drift downstairs to find him opening a can of baked beans.

On the Saturday, while walking to the Tube we encountered the Household Cavalry, boots (and hooves) well-polished for Trooping the Colour later. This great start to the day continued with a visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum where we saw all those amazing quilts – each one a story with much love and fortitude sewn in. We oohed and aahed at the Grace Kelly exhibition too. It was back to Leicester Square for early dinner then to the Garrick Theatre to meet up with my partner, whose son, Chris Holland was performing the role of lean, mean Harvey (usually played by Christopher Timothy) in the musical, All the Fun of the Fair. It was great to see Chris on stage alongside David Essex. Lots of David fans outside stage door afterwards. A man walking past called out ‘Ooh, David’ and we all cracked up. Songs are still playing in my head.

Sunday we visited Kew Gardens where we met up with more family. I loved the big Palm house and the butterfly houses - very restful. There were lots of inspirational sights and sounds and after walking for miles it was back to the New Cav for a large G and T and so to bed.

Monday morning we rode the London Eye. I heard John McEnroe being asked on TV this week if he’d experienced it yet. He commented that being at the top would be very scary. Well, I can honestly say that we felt very secure in our ‘pod’ and the cars move so slowly that there’s a seamless transition from ‘down here’ to ‘up there.’ Unmissable. Afterwards, we took a stroll in St James’ Park and almost got mugged by a squirrel. Why are English squirrels so much more aggressive than Welsh ones?

We escaped and took refuge in the Churchill War Cabinet exhibition which included a great audio commentary by Robert Shaw - who else? A staff member passed us, looking flirty with her crimped hair and crimson lips and fingernails contrasting with her utility skirt and blouse. We felt we really had dropped into another era.

At Leicester Square we had a cool drink at a pavement café and watched passers-by happily raindrop dodging. A few minutes’ queuing at the ticket office produced two stalls seats for the evening performance of We Will Rock You. Tottenham Court Road’s only one stop away so there was time for a bite to eat and a glass of wine before the show. Some clever writing has gone into this show. Easy trip home afterwards and so to bed.


Sandra Mackness
www.tonisands.co.uk

Out this month from Sandra/Toni

NORTHERN LIGHTS

ebook

Accent Xcite

0.99p

Lizzie's Icelandic holiday reveals dark, glacial landscapes and lots simmering beneath the surface of the Blue Lagoon which she visits with her best friend and Arni the talented Viking.

Publications Coming out in June

Here' June's offerings from the members of the RNA...

Katie Fforde PERFECT PROPOSAL
Century
10th June
£14.99
Sophie Apperly's family has never taken her seriously. Fiercely academic, they see her more practical skills as frivolous whilst constantly taking advantage of her. So when her best friend Milly invites her over to New York, she jumps at the chance. It'll do her ungrateful family good to do without her for a while. What s more, she's on a quest America holds the key to solving her family's financial woes, even if they don't deserve her help.

From the moment Sophie hits the bright lights of Manhattan she's determined to enjoy every minute of her big adventure. So when an evening at an art gallery throws her into the path of Matilda, a spirited old lady who invites her to Connecticut for Thanksgiving, Sophie willingly accepts, much to the dismay of Matilda's grandson Luke. Undeniably attractive but infuriatingly arrogant, he is very protective of his grandmother and seems to doubt Sophie's motives for befriending her. No match for the formidable Matilda, he eventually admits defeat, but first he has a proposal to make. He'll help Sophie in her quest to save her family from financial ruin if she repays the favour. But just what does she have to do in return...?

www.katiefforde.com

Sue Moorcroft ALL THAT MULLARKEY
Choc Lit
1 June
£7.99
Revenge and love: it's a thin line... The writing's on the wall for Cleo and Gav. The bedroom wall, to be precise. And it says 'This marriage is over.' Wounded and furious, Cleo embarks on a night out with the girls, which turns into a glorious one night stand with... Justin, centrefold material and irrepressibly irresponsible. He loves a little wildness in a woman and he's in the right place at the right time to enjoy Cleo's. But it s Cleo who has to pick up the pieces of a marriage based on a lie and the lasting repercussions of that night. Torn between laid-back Justin and control freak Gav, she s a free spirit that life is trying to tie down. But the rewards are worth it!
www.suemoorcroft.wordpress.com

Carol Townend HER BANISHED LORD
Mills & Boon
4th June 2010
£3.99
Disgraced, stripped of his title and lands, all Hugh Duclair has left is his pride. Will the beautiful Lady Aude, once a childhood playmate, win his heart as she risks everything to help clear his name?
www.caroltownend.blogspot.com

Louise Allen PRACTICAL WIDOW TO PASSIONATE MISTRESS (First in The Transformation of the Shelley Sisters trilogy)
Mills & Boon
June 2010
£3.99
Widowed and betrayed, Meg Shelley is stranded in France at the conclusion of the Peninsula War, her only hope of rescue the brooding and wounded Major Ross Brandon. Can they heal each other or is Meg on the road to further ruin?

Louise Allen THE LORD & THE WAYWARD LADY (Regency Silk & Scandal continuity no.1)
Mills & Boon, North America: Harlequin
June 2010
£6.99
Murder, scandal, treachery - a vengeful spirit brings a 20-year old scandal to life. Marcus Carlow must chose between honour and passion to save both his family and the woman he loves. (First of 8 books by 6 authors)

Christine Stovell TURNING THE TIDE
Choc Lit
30 June 2010
£7.99
Harry Watling has fought to keep her father's boat yard afloat, but now she has to fend off property developer Matthew Corrigan.

Portia Da Costa A GENTLEWOMAN’S RAVISHMENT
Harlequin Spice Briefs
Ist June 2010
$2.99
Mrs Prudence Enderby gets more than she bargained for when her fantasy of being kidnapped and ravished by a masked brigand comes true!
http://www.portiadacosta.com

Amanda Grange The Mammoth Book of Regency Romance
Constable and Robinson
June 24
£7.99
Collection of Regency stories including Amanda Grange's story The Dashing Miss Langley. Miss Annabelle Langley is a dashing aunt, but has love really passed her by?

Jennifer Bohnet ACKNOWLEDGING THE PAST.
8 part serial in The People's Friend.
Two very different women arrive in town for the Cannes Film Festival.
Anna, with a past that is about to implode on her present life and Daisy, a young journalist at a crossroads in her life. By the end of the festival both women's lives will have changed irrevocably.

Charlie Cochrane LESSONS IN LOVE
Samhain Publishing
1st June 2010
£9.08
He didn’t think he had a heart. Until he lost it.
www.charliecochrane.co.uk
http://charliecochrane.livejournal.com/

Jo Beverley THE STOLEN BRIDE (Reissue.)
Penguin NAL
When Beth Hawley journeys to Lord Wraybourne's castle to help young Lady Sophie Kyle prepare for her wedding, she has to share her carriage with two unexpected travelers, the rakish Sir Marius Fletcher, who is stranded after his curricle overturns, and an unidentified elderly woman, found unconscious in a wrecked carriage.
As the date of Sophie's wedding draws near, Beth realizes some mysterious shadow from the past seems to haunt the bride and groom. The elderly woman, suffering from memory loss, may hold the key. Beth turns to Sir Marius for help, but her efforts are thwarted at every turn as she encounters a most unlikely villain-while her only ally seems to have his mind set more on romance than the danger at hand...

Monique DeVere MORE THAN A PLAYBOY
The Wild Rose Press26th May 2010
$3.00
She has a shield...he has one too...and they’re both hiding secrets.
Karen Abbott HOLD ON TO YOUR DREAMS
My Weekly Pocket Novel
£1.55
Impoverished at the death of her parents, Emily is too proud to let the man she loves know of her change of circumstances. Flung upon the mercies of her malicious aunt, she is forced to work as a servant...but her dreams linger on. Will she ever regain her position in Society and her lost love?

Toni Sands NORTHERN LIGHTS
e-book
Accent Xcite
1st June 2010
0.99p
Lizzie's Icelandic holiday reveals dark, glacial landscapes and lots simmering beneath the surface of the Blue Lagoon which she visits with her best friend and Arni the talented Viking.


Liz Fielding INSTANT FIRE
Linford Large Print Romance
A case of mistaken identity leads to love at first sight, but don't they say "marry in haste..."?
http://www.lizfielding.com

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.

April Releases

Here's the list of April publications from members of RNA...

Carol Townend - HER BANISHED LORD

Milss & Boon

2 April 2010

£13.99

Disgraced, stripped of his title and lands, all Hugh Duclair has left is his pride. Will the beautiful Lady Aude, once a childhood playmate, win his heart as she risks everything to help clear his name?

http://caroltownend.blogspot.com

Susie Vereker – TROPICAL CONNECTIONS
Severn House paperbacks
Art historian Claire moves to South East Asia and finds more than heat and dust. This is a novel about independence and interdependence, about women who have or achieve a certain courage in a different world.
http://susievereker.blogspot.com/

Kate Walker - CLAIMED BY THE SICILIAN

‘By Request’ reprint of 3 bestselling titles:

Sicilian Husband, Blackmailed Bride

The Sicilian’s Red-Hot Revenge

The Sicilian’s Wife

Mills & Boon
£5.49
16 April 2010

Sicilian Husband, Blackmailed Wife

Guido Corsentino is determined to reclaim his wife - even if she's about to marry someone else.

The Sicilian's Red-Hot Revenge

Emily and Vito Corsentino shared one passionate night but in the cold light of day her secret tore them apart. Now he's back, can they start again?

These two books make up The Sicilian Brothers duo

The Sicilian's Wife

Cesare fell for Megan from the start, but promised her father he'd wait until she was an adult. Now he's ready to declare himself - but Megan has a secret that could ruin everything.

Lesley Cookman – MURDER IN THE GREEN
Accent Press £6.99
ISBN 978--97070-1608-0
The sixth Libby Sarjeant adventure
www.lesleycookman.co.uk
http://lesleycookman.blogspot.com/

Mary Nichols - THE FOUNTAIN
Allison and Busby
George Kennett is an ambitious young builder who aspires to be somebody in his local community just after WW1, and is not above shady deals to bring it about. Barbara is a talented artist but her personality is being smothered by her overbearing husband. It is the story of her efforts to bring up her children, to cope with his dishonesty and his love affairs and her own confused emotions over a young man she met in her student days. It is George's dishonest scheme to get the contract to refurbish the market square and install a new fountain which brings everything to a devastating climax.

Louise Allen, with Nicola Cornick, Bronwyn Scott, Diane Gaston & Annie Burrows – WICKED REGENCY NIGHTS
Mills & Boon
April 2010
£6.99
Five sizzling stories, originally available as Historical Undone! e-books. Louise Allen: Disrobed & Dishonoured - the story of a highwayman who isn't all he seems and a young lady with an urgent need to lose her reputation. (Linked to the Those Scandalous Ravenhursts series)
www.louiseallenregency.co.uk

Janet Mullany – READER I MARRIED HIM
Loose-Id
Novella
$4.99
What if it was Mr. Rochester chained up in the attic? An erotic tribute to Jane Eyre.

Benita Brown – STARLIGHT AND DREAMS
Headline
29th April 2010
£6.99
A novel of ambition, passion and betrayal set against the backdrop of Britain's golden age of cinema as the nation recovers from war.
http://benitabrown.blogspot.com

Liz Fielding - THE BRIDES OF BELLA LUCIA
Secrets Revealed
4-in-1 Mills & Boon Special Release
Liz Fielding + 3 others
Four stories about the scandalous Valentine family
http://www.lizfielding.com

Toni Sands – TAMING THE WILD MAN
Accent Xcite
01 April 2010
£2.99
Novella - PDF format
Futuristic erotica in which 24th century Utopia is rocked by Zia's passionate trysts with hunky wild man Conall.
www.tonisands.co.uk

Audio Books

Nell Dixon – THE CINDERELLA SUBSTITUE
Audio Lark
30/4/10
$12.99
In the two years since the tragic car crash that killed his fiancée, Nathanial (Nate) Mayer has successfully avoided another relationship. His family and especially his twin sister Nathalie are worried. Jennifer (Jenni) Blake is Nate’s personal assistant. Hired after the accident, she has her own problems to deal with, including the deaths of her adoptive parents and the debts incurred by their nursing care. But those difficulties pale into insignificance when Jenni finally traces her birth mother…
http://www.nelldixon.com