Updated July 1, 2024
Vijaya Schartz
sold two more books to Desert Breeze Publishing in her
Sci-Fantasy romance series The Chronicles of Kassouk.
Book Four, Blue Lioness is scheduled for release
August 1, 2011, followed by Book Five, Noah�s Ark in
April 2012.
Kathryne Kennedy�s
book, My Unfair Lady received a starred review from
Publishers Weekly: "This romance goes against type in a
wonderful way."
Kathryne Kennedy�s
book one of The Elven Lords�The Fire Lord has
gathered awesome reviews: her first one came from RT Book
Rviews as a 4.4/5 Stars followed by 5/5 plus from
Outstanding Book by Merrimon Book Reviews: "Few authors
grab the imagination and the heart so deeply. Outstanding!";
5/5 from Long and Short Reviews: "I can't wait to read
more by this author. She's amazing!; and 5/5 plus
Reviewer Top Pick by Night Owl Romance: "The Fire Lord's
Lover is her finest work yet."
Cathy McDavid received a 4.5 Top Pick from
Romantic Times for her upcoming book, Dusty: Wild Cowboy
due for release in August.
Vijaya Schartz�s
book Red Leopard received a five-star from Shawna at
GoodReads.com: "This book was so good. The plot,
characters, setting, everything was laid out in detail;
vivid and believable. I was completely lost in the world
Vijaya created and loving every second of it. I can see this
book -- series for that matter -- as movies."
Jennifer Ashley
�s The Madness of Lord Ian MacKenzie finaled in the
Bookseller�s Best Contest hosted by the Greater Detroit
chapter of RWA.
Buffy Christopher signed a contract
with Sapphire Blue Publishing for The Pride of My Heart.
Vijaya Schartz
received a five-star review from Book Junkie for White
Tiger, Book one of The Chronicles of Kassouk.
Kerrie Droban�s
Running with the Devil� won the National Book News
USA Book Adward for best true crime, and St. Martin�s bought
two new true crime books: Murder for Hire and a
serial killer book titled I Kill (h)er!
Allyson James
is a triple finalist in RWA�s Passionate Plume contest.
Mortal Temptations and Mortal Seductions finaled
in the paranormal category. Her e-book Tales of the
Shareem, Calder finaled in the furturistic category.
Judi McCoy�s Death in
Show received a four star review in RT. The book is due
for release in June.
Vijaya Schartz�s
cover for White Tiger�Chronicles of Ka ssouk Book One
won a Quasar Award for best overall ebook cover for 2009,
right after winning an Ariana Award for that same cover.
This book also won a Golden Quill Award.
Alexis Walker came in third in the Great
Expectations contest for Hephaestus Unexpected in the
single title category. Holly Blanck from St Martin�s Press
gave significant feedback, but liked the story�s voice.
Allyson James
finaled in 2010 Rita for her novella, �A Little Night
Magic� which also introduces her upcoming Stormwalker
series.
Cherie Lee writing as half of Lee Foley
received an Honorable Mention in the Writer�s Digest
Popular Fiction 2009 contest for �A Season of Darkness.�
Vijaya Schartz�s
WHITE TIGER, Book One of the CHRONICLES OF KASSOUK
from Desert Breeze Publishing just won an ARIANA award
from in the Sci-Fi Futuristic Romance category. Credit for
the cover goes to Jenifer Ranieri, who captured the essence
of the book, with its frozen feel, medieval citadel, large
moon, and the felines the inhabitants keep as pets. Vijaya
can�t wait to see what the artist will come up with for the
next books in the series. RED LEOPARD is scheduled
for April 2010, and BLACK JAGUAR for November 2010.
Vijaya Schartz�s
Coyote Gorgeous received a four-star review and three
hearts for sensuality from The Hope Chest, a five-star
review from Book Junkie, and a three-star review from COFFEE
TIME ROMANCE,.
Alexis Walker�s Highland Magic &
Donna Warner�s (Marie Patrick)
Touch the Flame finaled in the Enchanted Words
contest in the historical category! They took two of three
top spots. Final judge is from Berkley!
Jennifer Ashley�s
book Pride Mates made the New York Time mass market
list and stayed two weeks on USA Today top 150 best sellers
list.
Buffy Christopher received a
contract for Dangerously Midnight from her publisher.
This is the second book in her series.
Alexis Walker finaled in the Great
Expectations contest for Hephaestus Unexpected in the
single title category. Holly Blanck from St Martin�s Press
is the final round judge.
Tina Gerow
sold Indonesian rights for Into A Dangerous Mind, Stone
Maiden & Fire Maiden from her backlist books. She�s not
sure if they�ll be published in English or not, but she will
get paid for their release.
Tina Gerow
received a fun review for Fantasy Quest from
Paranormal Romance Reviews.
Lynne Logan�s
Bribes, Blackmail and Bondage has received a five lip
review from Lips Review and also received five cherries from
Whipped Cream Erotica Reviews.
Lynne Logan
sold her short erotic romance Cocktails at Tiffany�s
to Red Sage Publishing. No release date known for now, but
watch for it.
Wendy Ely received a contract from LPI for her
second book in her Desert Secret Series titled Midnight
Secrets.
Vijaya Schartz�s
Coyote Gorgeous received a five heart review from
Romance Book Scene. This is the first review for this
novella.
Kerrie Droban�s
book Running with the Devil won the USA Book News
National Book Award for true crime!!!
Tia Dani
received 4 tombstones from Bitten
by Books.
Linda
Andrews�
book
A Hint of Magic has
been released from Zumaya Press.
Caris Roane's (Valerie Bosna)
debut
Guardians of Ascension,
a dimensional world in which winged vampire warriors battle
to save Mortal Earth and Second Earth while protecting the
powerful women to which they're bonded, to Rose Hilliard at
St. Martins, in a six-figure deal, in a pre-empt, in a
fourbook deal, for publication in 2011, by Jennifer Schober
at Spencerhill Associates.
Buffy Christopher
received her first review for
Upon Midnight!
According to their rating system it's a 3.5 which is a great
read! And they want more!
Wendy Ely
received a contract from Captiva
Press for
New
Year's Resolution. And her book, Jessie�s
Brother won Book of the Month at Dark Diva Reviews.
Jennifer Ashley
learned she made it on the list
for five best romances of 2009 for The Madness of Lord
Ian Mackenzie.
Vijaya Schartz
is excited to announce the release of her
shapeshifter story, Coyote Gorgeous from Sapphire Blue
Publishing on January 3, 2010.
Shelley Mosely
won for Memoir writing in the
Society of Southwest Authors contest.
Marion Ekhom
won for Memoir Writing in the
Society of Southwest Authors contest.
Sandra LaGesse
had her article Trolley
History published in the Arizona Republic newspaper.
Vijaya Schartz
has received a request
for a full for her Sci-Fi romance novel, Snatched,
from Medallion Press.
Valerie Bosna
signed with agent Jennifer Schober
of Spencerhill Associates.
Alexis Walker
is one of the 20 finalists for
first paragraphs contest judged by Megan Records at
Kensignton. Now, Megan Records will choose the five
finalists by reading the finalists� first page. Alexis
Walker also learned that her article, Contests:
A Proving Ground for the Pre-Published, will be
published in the December issue of RWR.
Wendy Ely
received a Five Delightful Diva
Review for Jessie�s Brother. Wendy
Ely also signed a contract with Lyrical Press for a
novella titled, Cross the Line. No release
date is set yet.
Kathryne Kennedy's
My Unfair Lady
is a Library Journal Editor's Pick! It also rec'd 5
'books' from The Long & Short reviews: "I could not put the
book down until I'd read it from cover to cover." and 5
stars from Huntress Reviews: "Kathryne Kennedy is more than
good. She is downright smashing"
Annette Mahon
got her first mention
in PW for her mystery, Bits and Pieces. She is using
the word, ...intriguing� to promote her book.
Kathryne Kennedy
received a starred review from
Publisher�s Weekly for My Unfair Lady.
Quoting Kathryne, she writes, �It's always been my dream to
receive a starred review from PW, and it actually happened
for my December release, My Unfair Lady.�
Tia Dani
is elated over selling two manuscripts this month. A short
story, The Birthday and the Bet, to Sapphire
Blue Publishing and a paranormal suspense, Death
Unseen, to The Wild Rose Press.
Jennifer Ashley
as
Allyson James
learned Hot for the Holidays is #15 and
#14 spent two weeks on the New York Times! Her editor sent
her the list and it is there in black and white! Well, her
pseudonym anyway. :-)
Buffy Christopher
just received a new
contract with Sapphire Blue Publishing for her short story,
Upon Midnight. She�s surprised, ecstatic,
and excited.
Vijaya Schartz
sold a shape shifter story, COYOTE GORGEOUS,
with a Native American hero, to Sapphire Blue
Publishing. No release date yet, but likely late 2009.
Linda
Andrews
just sold INTELLIGENT DESIGN, a short
Horror/Sci-Fi story, to Damnation Books for their anthology.
Lynne Logan
received 4 angels from
Fallen Angel Reviews for her book Addiction.
Review Your Book.com gave it 4 out of 5 stars and The Long
and Short Whipped Creamed Reviews award it 4 � out of 5
cherries.
Pamela Tracy�s
book Broken Lullaby
won for short romantic suspense at the American Christian
Fiction Writers conference in Denver.
Wendy Ely
received a great review
for Jesse's Brother! Phoebe Jordan said, "I
very much look for-ward to reading any of Wendy's future
novels be-cause like I said, she has me hooked. I give this
book 4 Open Books".
Joyce Barton
is celebrating her
first place win with her manuscript in the romance category
of the RMFW Colorado Gold contest. She was given the award
on stage at the banquet on Saturday night by Becca Stumpf,
the agent who judged the finals.
Jennifer Ashley
place 2nd in the Dark Paranormal category for the
Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal Contest with
Immortals: The Redeeming.
Allyson James
placed first with The Dragon Master in the
Fantasy category for the Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal
Contest. She also placed Best of the Best in the same
contest for that entry.
Joyce Barton
is a finalist in two writing contests with her Home To
Tomorrow. Her entry is now in the hands of agent
Becca Stumpf, Prospect Agency and Wanda Ottewell, Senior
Editor, Harlequin for the final round of judging.
Wendy Ely was invited to submit a short
story to Ravenous Romance.
Valerie Bosna
was asked to submit full manuscript for her paranormal
THE WARRIOR to Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill.
Schober�s email said: "Read your chapters yesterday on the
way to NYC and really, really liked them---would love to see
the full if still available.
Allyson James
accepted an offer to write a novella for a paranormal
anthology for Berkley Sensation.
Allyson James
won the Best of the Best of the PRISM
contest and won first place in the fantasy/romance category
for her 2008 book, The Dragon Master. She also
accepted an offer from Berkley to contribute to an anthology
for the HEAT line, which will connect to her Mortal
Temptations/Seductions series. Anthology to release
late summer 2010. Allyson also sold a book to
Ellora's Cave: Tales of the Shareem: Calder,
which should be out sometime this fall.
Jennifer Ashley
came in 2nd in the Prism contest in the Dark Paranormal
category for Immortals: The Redeeming. She
also sold a 3-book contract to Berkley to continue
her historical series beginning with The Madness of
Lord Ian Mackenzie. First book (Lady
Isabella's Scandalous Marriage) will release in July
2010.
Cassie Ryan
has a two book deal with Berkley for a series, JANE
DOE SUCCUBUS
Wendy Ely
�s
cover for Jesse�s Brother is up for a Covey Award.
Carol Webb�s book trailer for
Tia Dani�s
Color of Dreams is up for a Trailer Covey Award.
Connie Flynn
sold the short story THERE�S A DEAD ELF IN SANTA�S
WORKSHOP to Sisters in Crime for inclusion in their
Christmas anthology 'TIS THE SEASON.
Lynne Logan,
writing as
Carol Webb, is excited to announce her
book BRIBES, BLACKMAIL AND BONDAGE is out
August 1st from Red Sage Publishing.
Kathryne Kennedy's
ENCHANTING THE BEAST received a 5-star review
from Once Upon a Romance, a Top pick from Romance Readers at
Heart, and Paranormal Romance Reviews says: "As intriguing
as the
storyline is, it's once again Ms. Kennedy's ability to
create original heartfelt characters that shines.�
Vijaya Schartz
just signed a three book deal with Desert Breeze for
The Chronicles of Kassouk. The first book,
White Tiger, a Triskelion reprint is to be released
in August 2009 as an e-book and in print sometime next year.
On another note, her 2008 release from Sapphire Blue
Publishing, A Desperado For Christmas
just received five stars from The Romance Studio and a
fantastic review.
Theresa
Meyers got a call for a two book
contract with E-Harlequin�s Nocturne.
Kim Watters
sold her manuscript to Harlequin's Steeple Hill. The new
title is
On Wings of Love.
Cathy McDavid�s
Waiting For Baby received a nice 4 Star review in
Romantic Times.
Tia Dani�s
cover for
Color of Dreams, published by Wild Rose Press, has
been nominated for an April best-cover Covey Award. Tia Dani
is the writing team of Dani Petrone and Kris Tia Eaton.
Buffy Christopher is the
top-selling author in the paranormal category at Sapphire
Blue Publishing.
Jennifer Ashley's
May release,
The Madness of Lord Ian
Mackenzie has garnered a Top Pick review from
Romantic Times Book Reviews; an A-grade, Desert Isle
Keeper, review from All About Romance, an A+ review from The
Good, The Bad, The Unread, and several other top reviews.
Cathy McDavid
�s
Waiting For Baby received a nice 4 Star review
in Romantic Times.
Tia Dani
�s
cover for Color of Dreams, published by Wild
Rose Press, has been nominated for an April best-cover Covey
Award. Tia Dani is the writing team of Dani Petrone and Kris
Tia Eaton.
Jennifer Ashley
's
May release,
The Madness of Lord Ian
Mackenzie has garnered a Top Pick review from
Romantic Times Book Reviews; an A-grade, Desert Isle
Keeper, review from All About Romance, an A+ review from The
Good, The Bad, The Unread, and several other top reviews.
Allyson James
's
paranormal romance,
The Dragon Master,
won the RT Reviewer�s Choice award for best Shapeshifter
Romance of 2008.
Kathryne Kennedy
announced she has signed the contract for a five book deal
with Sourcebooks Publishing. They will be reprinting
Beneath the
Thirteen Moons in paperback, publishing her Victorian
historical, My Unfair Lady, and she�s
contracted to write three books in a new historical fantasy
series, The Talismans of Elfhame.
Vijaya Schartz
learned her book cover for A Desperado For Christmas
is up for a COVEY award and received a four-star review
from R-Laurraine Tutihasi at Simegen Reviews.
Laurie
Schnebly Campbell gets
to speak at RWA National this summer! She and her last
year's moderator, Julie Rowe, are doing a workshop called
"Love Your Voice."
Vijaya Schartz's
A Desperado For
Christmas won first place in the short romance category
of the Predators and Editors Readers Choice Awards 2008. Vijaya
is doing a happy dance. The results were announced in early
February, but Vijaya didn't receive anything and never checked,
as she was second place on the last tally. Then she went to the
site, just to make sure, and realize her book won!
Jennifer Ashley
just accepted another offer from Dorchester for two more
novels, one historical and one paranormal. These two books will
continue new series that begin in 2009.
Tina Gerow
had a lovely surprise. Barbara Vey, from Publisher's Weekly,
featured Vision of Seduction on her blog this past
month.
Pamela Tracy has received a Romantic
Times 2008 Reviewers� Choice Award nomination for Broken
Lullaby, in the Love Inspired Suspense category (Steeple
Hill).
Allyson James
's
Nov 2008 release, The Dragon Master, won a
CAPA award (given by The Romance Studio) for best fantasy
romance of 2008.
Wendy Ely
signed a contract with Lyrical Press, but her book doesn't come out until
early 2010. It's called Jesse's Brother. For more
information about her book, visit her website by clicking on
her name.
Annette Mahon
will be
attending Left Coast Crime, a mystery conference, at
Waikaloa, Hawaii, on March 7-12. She has two panels: �Aging
Gracefully� and �Long Way from Home� (for Hawaiian authors
who use setting other than Hawaii).
Carol Webb
has a contract
for a new book to be published by Red Sage Publishing titled
Bribes, Blackmail and Bondage. It's a short,
erotic novella with no given release date yet.
Cathy McDavid�s
agent called
and told her Harlequin American has offered her a three-book
contract (including a rodeo book). She�s so excited. This
was a real long shot, one she wasn't sure would happen. But
it did!
Allyson James
's new release, Mortal Temptations,
is the #12 trade romance bestseller at Barnes and Noble and
Borders/Waldenbooks, and #35 on Neilsen Bookscan's trade
romance list.
Alexis Walker
just got the
results from the Finally A Bride contest. She was a finalist
and her entry went to Avon and Pocket. She came in second
place. Her entry: HIGHLAND MAGIC.
Allyson James
has a new
sale, a three-book urban fantasy series to Berkeley, titled
Stormwalker, to be published in 2010.
Vijaya Schartz's novella,
A DESPERADO FOR
CHRISTMAS is gathering rave reviews. "...a romance and
an adventure rolled in one... There is very little down time
in this fast-paced story, and this reader was glued to it
until the very end." Fallen Angel Reviews.
Jennifer Ashley
has a new historical romance
release, The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie, to be
published in May 2009. Also, her story Wolf Hunt
will be featured in Immortals: The Reckoning to be
published in March 2009.
Vijaya Schartz's novella, A DESPERADO FOR
CHRISTMAS is out from Sapphire Blue Publishing, just in time for the holidays.
It's an Arizona Border Patrol story, with a kick butt heroine
who encounters more than she can handle on her Christmas Eve
watch.
Buffy Christopher's
novel
THE MATING MOON, is out from Sapphire Blue Publishing
this November. Congratulations, Buffy!
Allyson James
�s
THE DRAGON MASTER ( aka
Jennifer Ashley) got a November TOP PICK review from RT.
This is Allyson/Jennifer�s first top pick for romance. Great
job, Allyson. These are hard to come by.
Shelley Mosley (aka
Deborah Shelley)
and John
Charles have been asked to write the romance genre chapter
in a new reference book. Their article, �CORE COLLECTION:
INSPIRATIONAL ROMANCE NOVELS� was part of Booklist's
annual Spotlight on Romance, which came out September 15th.
Shelley and John, along with Sandy Van Winkle, are currently
writing a collection development article on Gardening in the
Southwest for Library Journal.
Eden Robins
is excited to announce that
BENEATH A CHRISTMAS MOON, the paranormal Christmas
anthology she participated in with Ariana Dupre and Karen
McCullough is now available in print! Eden had a blast
writing my story in this anthology, LANDER'S MOON. It's
about a hunky immortal Greek Myth and the spirited healer
who soothes his "beasty" heart.
Vijaya Schartz
sold a novella to Sapphire Blue
Publishing,just in time for their Christmas line up. The
title is A DESPERADO FOR CHRISTMAS, and the expected
release date November 2008.
Brit Blaise
is selling books like hot cakes.
Brit�s WILD COWBOY DOMINATION is a coming soon for
Sapphire Blue Publishing. Congratulations. We�ll be watching
for the release date.
Lynne Logan
received 5 hearts from The Romance
Studio for BURN BABY BURN. �This is as hot as the
title indicates and a fun read.�
Tia Dani
received 4 hearts from The Romance
Studio for the short story LAYOVER. �Throw common
sense into the wind and enjoy this book because it is fun.�
Judi McCoy
has BIG NEWS: Hounding the Pavement sold to CBS
productions and is now in the process of becoming a TV
pilot, hopefully to be picked up by a major network. It's a
long slow process. They have one year to write a script,
find actors and film the pilot, then another 6 months to
sell the idea to a network. In the meantime, all Judi can do
is sit and wait, but she does have a producer who's �hot�
about the project and he's already contacted a script writer
(The guy has written for Monk) so Judi�s thinking this might
really happen. Keep your fingers crossed for her!
Kim Watters
has done it again.
She sold another short story, Scales of love, to The
Wild Rose Press for their Sweetheart Line. Kim also
contracted, Wallflower, for the Free Reads with The
Wild Rose Press.
Annette Mahon
sold a book to Five
Star: Bits and Pieces, a St. Rose Quilting Bee
mystery. The book will be coming out sometime in 2010.
Deborah Shelley (Shelley Mosley and
Deborah Mazoyer): OneStarry Night, has been
translated into Danish. Their books have been also been
translated into French, Dutch, Norwegian, Russian, and
Portuguese.
Vijaya Schartz's
Anaz-voohri, is a finalist in the 2008 Golden
Quill Awards in the Science Fiction category.
Cathy McDavid's
Night Hunter is a finalist in the 2008 Golden
Quill Awards in the paranormal category, and His Only Wife
is a finalist in the short contemporary category.
Jennifer Ashley's
Immortals: The Calling is a finalist in the 2008
Golden Quill Awards in the paranormal category.
Linda Style
sold two new books, The Wrong Man
and Return to Spirit Creek, to Harlequin
SuperRomance. Both books are set in Sedona, Arizona.
Brit Blaise signed a new contract with Amber
Quill for Light My Fire, and another for
Unchained Melody (short erotic contemporary).
Also, The Blood Club made the Amber Quill top ten
bestseller list for the third month in a row.
Vijaya Schartz
just sold a comprehensive article about Paris titled Paris
Insolite, to
View Highlife Magazine, a prestigious Arizona
publication, for their summer issue. The article covers the
delights Paris offers off the beaten trails, for the discerning
connoisseur in sightseeing, food, and fashion.
Kathryne Kennedy's
Enchanting The Lady is up for best cover Art at
the Author's Lounge. She has a cover for the second book in the
Relics of Merlin series, titled Double
Enchantment. Check it out on her website.
Cathy McDavid
's children's book manuscript, Billie Frankenstein, won first
place in the Hot Prospect Contest in Young Adult category.
Alexis Walker
is a finalist in the Marlene Contest, and May Chen of Avon will
be the final judge. Alexis is also a finalist in the
Desert Dream Contest, and an agent is requesting a partial.
Annette Mahon
sold another Hawaiian romance to Avalon Books. Holiday
Dreams is the second book in her Matchmaker Quilt
trilogy and will be out in December 2008.
Cathy McDavid
was offered a two-book contract
with Harlequin American, with the working title of Bear Creek
Ranch II and III (both sequels to the August 2008 release,
Cowboy Dad).
Tia Dani
(the
writing team of Beverly Petrone and Christine Eaton Jones) sold
a paranormal fantasy novella, Color of Dreams, to
the Wild Rose Press, to be release in the summer of 2008.
Tina Lavon's
Liquid Hypnosis
is a finalist in the suspense category of the Eppies
Jennifer Ashley
sold the German translation rights to the first three books of
the Ashley Gardner mystery series, to a German publisher in a
nice deal.
Peggy Parsons sold another novel to Wings
e-press, Yours Till Niagara Falls is scheduled for
November 2008
Kayla Janz
received three new reviews for Chloe's Christmas, 5 hearts from
The Romance Studio, 4.5 cherries from Whipped Cream, and a B+
from Simply Romance.
Brit Blaise is a finalist in the Brava
Authors Novella Contest with her story It Can Happen to
You.
Calista Fox
sold another (untitled) story to Ellora's Cave. Her Red Sage
publishing release of Object of Desire is pushed back from
December 2008 to Summer 2008.
Lynn Logan sold a short erotica to the
Wild Rose Press, titled, Sex, Lies and DVDs.
Kathryne Kennedy
was offered a
two-book deal from Dorchester Publishing for sequels in the
RELICS OF MERLIN
series, tentatively titled:
DOUBLE ENCHANTMENT &
ENCHANTING THE BEAST.
Her current novel, ENCHANTING
THE LADY received the following reviews: 5
Stars~"Kathryne Kennedy has penned a tale worthy of your
keeper shelf."~SingleTitles.com - 5 Blue Ribbons~"This is a
read-in-one-sitting treat for both fantasy and historical
fans alike!"~Romance Junkies Reviews - A Perfect 10~"This is
one of those rare and wonderful books that will leave a
smile lingering on your face long after you're done
reading."~Romance Reviews Today - 5
Stars~"OUTSTANDING!"~Huntress Reviews.
Vijaya
Schartz's short story
SLEEPING BEAUTY
is posted on the Romantic Times Reviews website, but don't
expect the same old fairytale. You can read it as well as other fairytales from
others authors
HERE.
Jennifer Ashley
won the RITA Award for Best Novel with Romantic Elements at
the RWA National Convention in July. The book was
A Lady Raised High: A Novel of
Ann Boleyn, written as Laurien Gardner. Jennifer also won a Golden Quill Award for her novella,
Viva Las Vampires.
Linda Andrews
signed a three book contract with Zumaya Publications. They also asked Linda to write a short story for their new
anthology Apocalypse 2012.
Kayla Janz
sold Chloe's Christmas: A
Cinderella Story to Whiskey Creek Press,
scheduled for a December 2007 release.
Cathy McDavid's book The Gate to Eden,
is a finalist in the Aspen Gold contest, Historical
category.
Suzan Yarina's
latest release, Best Man For The
Job, is a Golden Quill finalist for the
Mainstream Category.
Two of our members were
nominated for
Cameo Awards
for their book trailers made by our member Kendra Egert
at Scrapfairy Designs, who had seven videos nominated for
these awards. Click on the red links to watch them:
ANAZ-VOOHRI
by
Vijaya
Schartz -
THE IMMORTALS SERIES
by
Jennifer Ashley
and other Dorchester authors (This video won in its
category) Check out the other winners
HERE
Tina Gerow
won the Romantic
Times Reviewer's Choice Award with
Into A Dangerous Mind for best Small Press
Contemporary.
Jennifer Ashley
won the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award in Historical
Romantic Adventure with Penelope
& Prince Charming.
Anaz-voohri
by
Vijaya Schartz,
was nominated for a 2006 Ecataromance Reviewers Choice Award
in the Science-Fiction category (for the e-book version that
came out in September 2006)
Cheyenne McCray's
Kalina's Discovery
was awarded a prestigious Ecataromance Reviewer's Choice
Award for best book during the second half of 2006.
Calista Fox
was offered a
contract by Red Sage Publishing, for her single title
action/adventure/erotic romance
Object Of Desire. She was also contracted for
a novella titled One Wish
for their Secrets
anthologies.
Cheyenne McCray
is a finalist in the Passionate Ink's 2006 Passionate Plume
Contest for published authors, with
Seduced by Magic.
Jennifer Ashley
accepted a three book contract for paranormal and historical
romance from Dorchester.
Peggy Parson contracted with
Wings ePress for One Stolen
Night, an inspirational, to be published in
May 2008.
Jennifer Ashley
is a finalist in the prestigious Rita Awards with
A Lady Raised High the
Ann Boleyn book she wrote for Berkley as Laurien Gardner.
Winners will be announced at RWA National Conference in July
2007
Christine Eaton Jones
and Beverly Petrone, writing as Tia Dani, sold a short
erotic story to The Wild Rose Press, titled
Layover.
Shelley Mosley writing with
Deborah Mazoyer as
Deborah Shelley,
sold Marriage 101
to Avalon. Shelley Mosley is also the co-author with several
librarians of The Complete
Idiot's Guide to the Ultimate Reading List
which should be out July 3, 2007.
Calista Fox
sold her third novella, Intimate
Rendez-vous, to Red Sage for the Secret
anthologies, to come out in December 2007. And
Secret Rendez-vous
will be released in the 2008 anthology.
Carol Webb
placed first in the Emily Contest for Shrouded in
Mystery, in their paranormal category!
Cheyenne McCray
received multiple CAPA awards for BDSM and Paranormal
Erotic.
Eden Robin's
After Sundown Redemption
won the Romance Studio's CAPA Psyche Award! The
same novel was nominated for a RT Reviewers Choice Award!
Eden will also publish short stories on the Romantic Times
Magazine website.
Tina LaVon made it to round
seven of eliminations in the First Line Contest, organized
by the CAPA website.
Kathryne Kennedy was offered a
contract by Dorchester for her fantasy historical romance
Enchanting The Lady,
tentatively scheduled for release in January 2008.
Tina Gerow's
Into A Dangerous
Mind was nominated for the RT Reviewers Choice Award in the
Best Small Press 2006 category.
Tina Gerow
and Brit Blaise learned that
Knights of the Magical Realm: Warriors Gone Wild,
the anthology, was nominated for an EPPIE award and is on
the best-selling new & future releases list on Amazon.com.
Harlequin American offered Cathy
McDavid a two-book contract. The first is a sequel to Cathy's
June 2007 release. The second will be part of a new series
tentatively called The State of
Parenthood.
2006 NEWS:
Vijaya Schartz:
Anaz-voohri
received five-angels from
Fallen Angels Reviews!
The mass market paperback is available now
for pre-order at
B&N.com,
Walmart.com
and
Amazon.com.
It's also never too late, and LOCKDOWN did get a great
review from
Romantic Times,
and RELICS a 4.5 clovers rating from
c2Kwips&Kritiques
Jennifer Ashley is officially a best-selling
author! The anthology Just One Sip was #81 on
USA today's list and #11 on Bookscan as of October 11, 2006.
Since then it climbed the Amazon.com list for anthologies as
well.
Kerrie Droban's
book Running With The Devil is now posted at
Amazon.com
and is scheduled for release in April 2007.
Kayla Janz
received five angels for Sinful Innocence from
Fallen Angels Reviews and four hearts from Love Romances!
Vijaya Schartz
- Her
September 2006 e-book release,
Anaz-voohri,
just received its first review, a 4.5 clovers rating from
ck2kwipsandkritiques. The reviewer loved it and
the nerve-wracking wait for the first review is over. Then
followed a five cups review from Coffee Time Romance.
Annette Mahon's Hawaiian romance, Dolphin
Dreams, has received an offer from Avalon Books.
Publication is set for April 2007. Also, Annette's latest
mystery, An Ominous Death, just came out in
large print.
Kayla Janz
received a three-book deal for her Perfect Package
series from Whiskey Creek Press!
Jennifer Ashley's
Penelope & Prince Charming has spent 5 weeks on the Barnes &
Noble top 50 bestsellers list and 3 weeks on Bookscan top
100.
Susan Lanier-Graham's
romantic suspense, Chasing Maggie,
is a finalist in the 2006 Daphne du Maurier Award of
Excellence in Single Title Mystery/Suspense category. She
also received one editor and two agent requests, one for
Chasing Maggie, and two for her new romantic
suspense, Shattered.
Ashley Gardner's
The Sudbury School Murders won the RT Reviewer's
Choice award for Best Historical Mystery of 2005.
Vijaya Schartz's
workshops at the Ice Escape Writers Conference at the East
Phoenix Sheraton in Mesa, on March 17-18-19, "12 Secrets
to write Compelling Fiction" and "E-publishers, is it
for you?" were so successful that they filled the room
each time and Vijaya was asked to speak at several future
writers conferences, including one in Las Vegas in the
spring of 2007.
Jennifer Ashley
accepted an offer from Berkeley to
write a mainstream historical novel, tentatively titled
The Queen's Handmaiden.
Laurien Gardner's
novel A Lady Raised High: A Novel of Anne Boleyn, was
picked up by Bookspan (Book of the Month / DoubleDay) for a
hardback print.
Pat Hubbard
is happy to announce that she just
signed a contract with Five Star for her novel, ONLY TIME
WILL TELL. It's a blended culture suspense with
romantic elements set in Monument Valley on the Navajo
Indian Reservation.
Deborah Shelley
(Shelley Mosley and Deborah Mazoyer)
have been told that their book,
It's in His Kiss, is now available in Danish. This is
their second title in that language. Their books have also
been translated into French and Dutch
Tina Gerow:
just signed her contract for Fire Maiden
with
Triskelion. It will come out in June 2006. She is now
working her derriere off to finish it. Stone Maiden
was also chosen for the bi-yearly EcataRomance Reviewer's
Choice Award.
Evanell's
manuscript arrested the interest of Granite Publishing in
Utah. They like it but it's too long and pushes the envelope
for their inspirational line. They asked Evanell to submit a
shorter manuscript, which she will do shortly.
Jan Walkosz
signed a contract with Whiskey Creek Press for the sequel to
Unveiled Treasures entitled Sinful Innocence.
Sinful Innocence is scheduled for release September 1,
2006.
Ashley Gardner's
mystery novel, The Sudbury School Murders, was
nominated for a Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award for
best Historical Mystery of 2005.
Vijaya Schartz
received two five star reviews for
The Garrison
Lockdown, and a four-star review from Ecataromance.
Another of her novels, Operation Pleiades - RELICS, just
received a three-star review from Romantic Times. Vijaya
also received an award for her seven years of service as
President of the Arizona Authors Association, in front of
the press, during the Arizona Literary Awards Banquet.
Calista Fox
sold Simon's Wicked Web to Liquid Silver Books. The
contemporary erotic romance will be released in the spring
of 2006, under her pseudonym Ava McKnight. Calista is also
excited about the sale of Shameless to Venus Press, also to
be released under Ava McKnight. The Invitation was chosen
for the Over The Mood Award for 2005 for short story
sci-fi. May Reviews.
Rhonda Woodward's
December release, Lady Emma's Dilemma, is a nominee for the
Romantic Times Reviewer's choice Award for the best Regency
Romance.
Kerrie Droban
received a book contract for her true crime book with
Lyons Press. Release date will be Fall 2006. Her fiction is
still outstanding with Robin Rue at Writer's House and Paige
Wheeler at Creative Media.
Laura Phelps'
manuscript, Strings of Love, is a finalist in the short
contemporary category of the Golden Rose contest for the
Rose City Romance Writers in Portland, Oregon. The judge for
the final round is Wanda Ottewell of Silhouette Desire.
Jennifer Ashley
was invited to write a novella for a vampire anthology, due
out in 2007. She will also launch a series called "The
Immortals" written with other authors. She will write book 1
and 4, The Calling, and The Gathering. The series will be an
erotic paranormal series for Dorchester.
Allyson James
made four sales to Ellora's Cave, Tales of the Shareem: Rio (novel),
Planetary Passions: Gemini (novel), Dragonmagic (a short story for Ellora's Cavemen anthologies
due out in March 2006.
Tina LaVon
placed second in the long contemporary category of Toronto's
Original Golden Opportunity contest. On a related note,
Julie Barrett of Bombshell indicated that she'd like to see
more of Liquid Hypnosis. Yeah, Tina!
Theresa
Meyers was thrilled to hear that she is a finalist in
the American Tigle 2 contest in Romantic Times for her
historical, The Devil's Maiden.
Vijaya Schartz'
novel RELICS from Triskelion Publishing received a
three-star review in Romantic Times. Although the book
received many five-star reviews and finaled in the Golden
Quill awards, it's quite an achievement for such an unusual
category as Romantic Sci-Fi suspense.
Marion Ekholm
sold another short story to True Love, titled: "I Was
Kidnapped Before My Wedding."
