02 April 2010

Weekly Announcements - 2 Apr 2010

The third of Zoe Archer's "Blades of the Rose" quadrilogy now has a cover. This is for REBEL, which is set to hit the shelves in November 2010. Here's the cover copy:
On the Canadian frontier in 1875, nature is a harsh mistress. But the supernatural can really do you in...

Nathan Lesperance is used to being different. He's the first Native attorney in Vancouver, and welcome neither with white society nor his sometime tribe. Not to mention the powerful wildness he's always felt inside him, too dangerous to set free. Then he met Astrid Bramfield and saw his like within her piercing eyes. Now, unless she helps him through the harsh terrain and the harsher unknowns of his true abilities, it could very well get him killed...

Astrid has traveled this path before. Once she was a Blade of the Rose, protecting the world's magic from unscrupulous men, with her husband by her side. But she's loved and lost, and as a world-class frontierswoman, she knows all about survival. Nathan's searing gaze and long, lean muscles mean nothing but trouble. Yet something has ignited a forgotten flame inside her: a burning need for adventure, for life--and perhaps even for love...
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Join us Sunday when Jennifer Blake will be here to chat about the sixth and final book in her "Masters at Arms" series, TRIUMPH IN ARMS, set in mid-19th century New Orleans. She'll also be giving away a copy. Don't miss it!

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We'll also draw the winner of PROMISE ME from Deborah Schneider's guest appearance last Sunday. You still have time to leave a comment or question for your chance to win.

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Stay with us through the coming weeks when we'll be featuring the best unusual historical authors! P.L. Parker, Cat Lindler, Cheryl Pierson, and Michelle Styles will be our guests. Join us!

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Have a good weekend! Remember, you don't have to be an Unusual Historicals contributor to submit good news to the weekend announcements. If it has to do with unusual historicals, we'd love to shout it out to the world! Send announcements to Carrie. See you next week...