Love, charms and adventures in best February books...
New Blogs, Updates and Not-to-Miss Activity in the "blogosphere"
Blogging Soon:
Fresh Fiction Give-a-ways! Jennifer Stanley Blaize Clement Deanna Raybourn Sara Lindsey Elisa Lorello Dakota Cassidy Nikki Logan Laura Bradford Vicki Lewis Thompson Carly Phillips
Finally, after months of pent-up excitement, I’m able to announce that my BODY
MOVERS humorous mystery series has been optioned by Sony Pictures Television for
TV series development! The television division of Laura Zisken (of SUPERMAN and
AS GOOD AS IT GETS fame) will produce, and a writing team is working on a pilot
script now. The next step will be pitching to networks, so I appreciate any
good vibes you could send Read More...
Before starting the Lois Meade Mysteries, I wrote six village novels, the
Round Ringford series, where plot and characters were built up over the
series. As I have always lived in English villages, this was a labour of love,
and with so many contemporary issues, like closure of small village schools,
dual carriageway bypassing a quiet village, changing character of villages as
`incomers` move in, etc etc., there was plenty to Read More...
New York, NY—Dorchester
Publishing is proud to introduce its Publisher’s Pledge program, a bold,
new marketing initiative created to launch the careers of the next generation
of genre superstars. A privately owned publisher of mass-market original
fiction, Dorchester has a long, storied history of discovering the most
exciting names in genre fiction, including Victoria Read More...
To celebrate the release of the next two books in my Angel's Bay Series, ON SHADOW
BEACH and IN SHELTER COVE, I'll be giving away five autographed
copies of SUDDENLY ONE SUMMER, book one in the series Read More...
Four stories, four authors, one theme: that was the idea behind the
bestselling anthology It Happened One Night. Now, Stephanie Laurens, Mary Balogh, Jacquie D’Alessandro
and Candice Hern Read More...
The story behind NAKED
EDGE
The experiences that ultimately poured into Kat and Gabe’s story began on July
28, 1994, high on Mount Ida (12,844 feet/3,914.85 m) in Colorado’s Rocky
Mountain National Park. I’d gone backpacking with my father, a long-time alpine
and rock climber, hoping to spend four days away from the demands of Read More...
There are still about six weeks before NAKED EDGE, the next novel
in my I-Team series, is released, but I’ve had several e-mails from people
asking me how I researched the American Indian aspects of the story. As with my
other I-Team novels, the research occurred long before the novel was a spark in
my imagination.
I first began covering Native Read More...
J. D. Salinger, who
was thought at one time to be the most important American writer to emerge since
World War II but who then turned his back on success and adulation, becoming the
Garbo of letters, famous for not wanting to be famous, died Wednesday at his
home in Cornish, N.H., where he had lived in seclusion for more than 50 years.
He Read More...
By BRUCE WEBER
Published: January 19, 2010
The creator of Spenser, a tough, glib, Boston private detective who was the hero
of nearly 40 novels, died Monday at home in Cambridge, Mass.
NY Times on Robert Parker's death Read More...
By BRUCE WEBER
Published: January 20, 2010
Mr. Segal, 72, created two of the most enduring pop stories of the 1960s — he
wrote the novel “Love Story” and was a co-writer of the screenplay for the 1968
Beatles movie “Yellow Submarine.”
NY Times Erich
Segal Dies Read More...
Thriller author Andrew Grant was born and raised in
Birmingham...Birmingham, England. Back home they cheer enthusiastically and
with gusto for their local football teams. The rivalries are well documented.
Grant is coming to Birmingham….Birmingham, Alabama. His speaking engagement at
MURDER IN THE
MAGIC CITY writers conference on February 6 at Homewood Library Read More...
Noted historic fiction author Tasha Alexander’s TEARS OF
PEARL (St. Martin’s Minotaur) is one of four finalists in the Best
Historical Mystery Category for the prestigious RT Book Review Annual Career
Achievement and Reviewers Choice Awards.
TEARS OF Read More...
Fans of paranormal fiction want to know they won't be waiting until June for the
next installment in the Anita
Blake, Vampire Hunter series. Berkley announced the February 2nd release of
a special (and unexpected) bonus novel from #1 New York Times bestselling
author Laurell K.
Hamilton: Read More...
San Diego author Kirsten
Imani Kasai’s debut novel ICE SONG, about a uniquely gifted single mother’s
quest to rescue her abducted children, is lauded as one of the best books of
the year.
Selected from a pool of more than 600 titles, the School Library Journal listed
Read More...
THE CROSSROADS CAFE, by
Deborah Smith, a 2006
women's fiction novel with strong romantic elements, is No. 1 on the Romance
list at Amazon.com this week. (Both for print and Kindle editions.)
BelleBooks continues to rule the Kindle top ten with four titles,
including Read More...
Lorelei James is pleased to report three of her books are nominated for
CAPA awards in addition to COWGIRL UP AND RIDE
nominated for an RT reviewers choice award for best small press erotic novel.
ROUGH, RAW, AND READY,
MISS FIRECRACKER Read More...
Here's a chance to buy more books...on Barbara Delinsky!
She is
offering $1000 worth of gifts in the Not My Daughter Sweepstakes. First prize is a $500 gift card,
second prize a $250 gift card, and third prize a $100 gift card, with five (5)
runner-up prizes of $30 gift cards, each Read More...
The Second Annual Author Holiday Blogs feature, where authors are sharing
stories about gift giving and getting, holiday traditions, memories and more.
Click to
read the blogs.
Pieces from such authors as Stephen Coonts, Hallie Ephron, Read More...
Established by award-winning, best-selling author Loure’
Bussey, Allura Publishing presents to you extremely
entertaining e-books and print novels written by an array
of talented authors. Lust, dreams, passion, scandal,
seduction, suspense, peril, and betrayal, intermingled in
page-turning plots, and portrayed with unforgettable
characters embody our novels, novellas, and short stories.
Additionally, we create tales that enlighten, inspire, and
touch the soul. The Allura imprint is also excited to
double your pleasure Read More...
The Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) was founded in 1981 by Robert J.
Randisi to recognize the private eye genre and its writers, and is probably best
known for its annual Shamus Awards. Membership is open to fans, writers, and
publishing professionals. There are three levels of membership: Active,
Associate, and International.
In general, the PWA defines a "private eye" as any mystery protagonist who is a
professional investigator, but not a Read More...
In this segment we'll introduce you to new releases and favorite series to make
your holiday shopping a snap. For seasoned readers and those new to the genres,
Penguin publicists Angela and Rosanne have just the answers for you!
Read More...
InnerVision Books
(e-book publishers) strives to bring new and old voices together with stories
that need to be told. The editorial staff of InnerVision Books look for cutting
edge stories that entertain as well as enlighten. Our list includes erotica,
contemporary and literary fiction, maintream fiction, poetry, and non-fiction.
The underlying theme of InnerVision Novels ideally will be to encompass the
sphere of multiculturalism Read More...
Anyone who reads Susan
Elizabeth Phillips know that she loves the 'bad boy' heroes. In WHAT I DID FOR LOVE, we
find a good girl heroine who's paired with a "dreamboat from hell." Throw in a
calamitous quickie Vegas wedding, a no-good ex and his international do-gooder
superstar (new) wife, papparazzi free Read More...
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