Anniversary Bash: Day Five!

Is it Friday already? It feels like it's still the beginning of the week. Time flies when you're only doing the fun stuff. *g* But it's great to see all the new commenters we're collecting. We hope you'll stay around a while for our fabulous regular posts.

But in the mean time, on to the freebies!

Yesterday's winner is Libery. Come on down and collect your (freaking awesome) prize. Email either myself (lorelielong at gmail dot com) or Carrie Lofty (contact at carrielofty dot com) within 24 hours.

Today we've got a theme again. What's the only thing better than a historical in an unusual location? Why, an unusual historical with paranormal elements, of course! To round out the week, we have seven books total from three different authors.

Zoe Archer:

The whole Blades of the Rose series -- Warrior; Scoundrel; Rebel; Stranger (all signed! Think her wrist got tired?)

Jade Lee:

Dragonborn (signed)

Monica Burns:

Assassin's Honor; Assassin's Heart







Now here's the part I love, telling y'all what to do to win! Answer this: if you were traipsing your way around a historical romance novel and suddenly discovered it was a paranormal too, what would you like to find? Vampires and werewolves or something like magic?

Standard disclaimers: This stack can only be mailed within the US. Void where prohibited. Valid email address must be provided. Don't take any wooden nickles.

And don't forget to come back on Sunday, when we'll be giving away twelve--count 'em, twelve--books.

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Lorelie Brown's first book, JAZZ BABY, is currently available from Samhain Publishing and will be released 4 January in paperback. Her second romance, an 1880s-set western, will be published by Carina Press in Summer 2011.

Anniversary Bash: Day Four!

First things first and that would be yesterday's winners! RomanceLover88, you win the pack from Michelle Styles. Zai Abd Rahman, you get the ebooks. You each have 24 hours to contact myself (lorelielong at gmail dot com) or Carrie Lofty (contact at carrielofty dot com) to collect your prizes.

It's Thursday and the work week is almost over. What better way to celebrate than winning a hefty stack of books from Unusual Historicals authors? Personally, I don't think you can beat that with a stick. Today's prize is a big ole stack of eight books, and all but one are signed! Isn't that cool?

Beverly Jenkins:

Wild Sweet Love

Elizabeth Lane:

The Horseman's Bride

Maureen Lang:

Whisper on the Wind

Jade Lee:

Wicked Surrender

Jeannie Lin:

Butterfly Swords

Blythe Gifford:

Innocence Unveiled

Alex Beecroft:

False Colors (I don't know if y'all care, but this was one of my favorite books of last year.); Captain's Surrender

Personally, being able to give away all these great books is definitely putting me in the holiday spirit. It's practically Christmas, right? So to be entered in today's drawing, tell me what you want for Christmas.

Pseudo-lawyer disclosures: These books can only be shipped within the US. All entries must be accompanied by a valid email address. Void where prohibited. Don't take candy from strangers.

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Lorelie Brown's first book, JAZZ BABY, is currently available from Samhain Publishing and will be released 4 January in paperback. Her second romance, an 1880s-set western, will be published by Carina Press in Summer 2011.

Weekly Announcements - 23 July 2010

Congratulations to Unusual Historicals reader E. D. Walker who just sold her paranormal historical, THE BEAUTY'S BEAST, to Noble Romance Publishing's Sweetheart Line. The story draws from fairy tale elements, as well as Marie de France's medieval lais, "Bisclavret." More details as they are announced.

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Jeannie Lin has the cover for her upcoming Harlequin Historicals Undone short story, "THE TAMING OF MEI LIN," which is set during the Tang Dynasty and linked to BUTTERFLY SWORDS. Click here to read more about it, including an excerpt.

When a corrupt local official wants to take Mei Lin as, not second, but third wife, she rebels and makes an outrageous declaration--she'll only marry a man if he can defeat her in a swordfight. She has managed to fend off the local thugs and village hopefuls, but then a tall, mysterious stranger comes into town...

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Next week is the RWA National Conference! You will find the following Unusual Historicals contributors in attendance: Zoe Archer, Lila DiPasqua, Blythe Gifford, Jeannie Lin, Carrie Lofty, Margaret Mallory, Isabel Roman, and Michelle Styles. Here are some workshops and events where you can find us:

Wednesday, July 28th, at the "Readers for Life" Booksigning: Blythe Gifford, Carrie Lofty, Margaret Mallory, and Michelle Styles.

Thursday, July 29th at 4:30: "The Tiny Art of Elevator Pitches: How to Craft Them and How to Use Them" with speaker Carrie Lofty. Learn techniques to creating an elevator pitch that is concise, effective, and memorable.

Friday, July 30th at 2:00: "Selling the Hard Sell" with speaker Jeannie Linn. An author who sold that hard-sell novel (BUTTERFLY SWORDS) discusses how she used marketing perspective to get from slush pile to sale.

Friday, July 30th at 3:15: "Beyond Britain: Writing, Selling and Promoting Unusual Historicals" with speakers Zoe Archer, Jade Lee, Carrie Lofty, Kevan Lyon, and Sherry Thomas. Join an agent and four authors who successfully sold books set in unusual times and places as they offer techniques and advice for those interested in writing unusual historicals.

Saturday, July 31st at 8:30AM: "Dress for Historical Success" with speakers Elisabeth Burke, Isobel Carr, Peg Herring, Coralie Jensen, Julia Justiss, Jade Lee, Jeannie Lin, Pam Nowak, and Judy Ridgley. Authors put in hundreds of hours researching the correct clothing styles for their stories. This fashion show features costumes from a variety of time periods and will educate attendees on how to achieve historical accuracy in costume.

Also make sure to stop in the publishers' signings for free books by many of our authors, and root for RITA-nominated contributors and former guests of Unusual Historicals: Carla Capshaw (Best First Book and Best Inspirational for THE GLADIATOR, set in ancient Rome), Margaret Mallory (Best Historical Romance for KNIGHT OF PLEASURE, set in medieval Wales), and Sherry Thomas (Best Historical Romance for NOT QUITE A HUSBAND, set in 1890s Kashmir). Best of luck, ladies!

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Join us Sunday when Steeple Hill Love Inspired author Carla Capshaw will be here to chat about her latest Roman-set inspirational romance, THE PROTECTOR. She'll be giving away a signed copy to one lucky commenter! Hope you join us then.

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We'll also draw the winner of Moira Rogers' A SAFE HARBOR, a paranormal romance set during the Great Depression. 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! Hope Tarr, Frances Hunter, Donna Russo Morin and Liz Fichera will be our guests. Join us!

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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...

Weekly Announcements - 23 Apr 2010

Carrie Lofty now has a shiny brand new Fracebook fan page. Check it out!

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Congratulations to Lindsay Townsend, whose sweet historical romantic suspense novella SECRET TREASURE, set in the Greek Isles just before WWII, is now available as both an audio book! And paired with Lindsey's "Holiday in Bologna," it's also published as an e-book duo called SUMMER DUET. in Here's the blurb:

The Greek island of Rhodes: luxurious and hot, beloved haunt of the Sun God, steeped in the mysteries of the past. In the late 1930s during the gathering storm-clouds of war, it is a dangerous place to fall in love.

When pretty, passionate Eve Burnett meets the darkly intriguing Julio Falcone, she is torn. As a man, Julio is powerfully attractive. As a policeman, he is bound to be a Fascist. Her brother, David, who is missing, is connected to the Greek Partisans who wish to liberate Rhodes from their Italian overlords.

Now, as David appears at their parents' house soon after Julio makes Eve's acquaintance, Eve is compelled to hide her brother and a mysterious gold statuette. The Fascists are looking for him and this secret treasure. Soon, Eve realizes that she may be forced to choose between the man she loves and the ultimate safety of her family.

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How many Unusual Historical authors and readers are going to the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention next week? Please check in by letting us know in the comments. And consider stopping by our workshop panel "Beyond Regency and Scotland" on Wednesday, April 28 at 5pm. Moderated by Kristina Cook, who writes Edwardian romances, the panel features Zoe Archer, Blythe Gifford, Jade Lee, Carrie Lofty, Sherry Thomas, and Kensington editor Megan Records. We hope you'll come out to show your support!

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Join us Sunday when Cheryl Pierson will be here to chat about her Western romances, including FIRE EYES and her holiday-themed short story "A Night for Miracles." If you're in the mood for a good Western, please join us then.

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We'll also draw the winner of STARLIGHT & PROMISES from Cat Lindler'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! Michelle Styles, Blythe Gifford, Ali Katz, and Diane Whiteside 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...

Jade Lee Book Winner!

We have a winner for guest author Jade Lee's giveaway:

Dierdre!

Contact Jade to give her your address. The book must be claimed by next Sunday or another winner will be drawn. Please stop back later to let us know what you thought of her book! Congratulations!

Weekly Announcements - 20 Feb 09

Michelle Styles continues to expand her career at Harlequin Mills & Boon, where she just sold four new books! One will be the third in her Viking trilogy, with the remaining three to be determined. Congratulations, Michelle!

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Carrie Lofty has received the back cover copy for her January 2010 medieval adventure romance, SCOUNDREL'S KISS, which follows Ada from WHAT A SCOUNDREL WANTS as she travels to Spain.

WHEN IT COMES TO TEMPTATION...
Turning his back on his old life as a rogue, Gavriel de Marqueda has joined a monastic order in Spain and taken a vow of chastity. Before he becomes a monk, he must pass one final test: help a woman who has lost her way. But when he lays eyes on Ada of Keyworth, he is tempted beyond measure by her sultry beauty and dangerous curves...

RULES ARE MEANT TO BE BROKEN...
Far from her home in England, Ada has been battling inner demons for more than a year. When she discovers that her only friend has abandoned her, she has no choice but to grudgingly accept Gavriel's help. But Ada is not fooled. Though Gavriel wears the robes of a monk, Ada sees that he is a virile man who looks at her with a hunger that matches her own--one that begs to be satisfied again and again...

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Join us Sunday when Kate Bridges will be here to talk about WANTED IN ALASKA, a new Harlequin Historical set 1899 Skagway. Don't miss it!

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We'll also draw the winner of Jade Lee's THE CONCUBINE. There's still time to leave a comment for your shot at winning!

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Have a good weekend! If you have an announcement to make for next week, email Carrie. See you next week...

Guest Author: Jade Lee

Today's another fabulous author promo day. This week we're featuring USA Today bestseller Jade Lee, a terrific author who's constantly pushing the boundaries regarding the when and where of historical romance. Her latest is THE CONCUBINE, set in 1900 China!

Requirements for being a royal consort:
1) Exemplify purity.
2) Pass all demanding tests.
3) Gracefully withstand petty backstabbing.
4) Be chaste. Very chaste.

Check to all! Chen Ji Yue is on her way to empress superstardom in nineteenth-century China. She only has to vanquish 300 rivals to bring her family great honor. Oh, and she may not find the deliciously sexy Sun Bo Tao--the emperor's best friend--at all delicious. Or sexy.

Damn. Ji Yue is in big trouble. Because Bo Tao is definitely very sexy! And Ji Yue is about to discover that chastity is overrated...

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I hear you're helping Harlequin break new ground.

Yup! Harlequin is trying historical romances in their very sexy Blaze line. The first was Hope Tarr's Scottish historical BOUND TO PLEASE. It came out last year. Their second one is mine, THE CONCUBINE, released this month. It's set in the Forbidden City during a real life contest to become Empress in 1852. It was called the Feast of Fertility, and all the eligible (Manchurian) girls were invited to attend. (Hair lips and buck teeth were told to stay home). The girls were then poked, prodded, and inspected for signs of good fortune and fertility. Then the Emperor's mother got a shot at narrowing down the prospects. Finally, the Emperor selected his winners: one Empress, four favored concubines, and then a couple dozen more sorted into two lower sets of harems. Who'd have thought that American television did not invent Who Wants to Marry an Emperor?

Ji Yue, my heroine, is one of the contestants, but the hero couldn't be the Emperor. I didn't want to break with history that much! Plus, there's no tension there. If the Emperor falls in love, he just takes the woman he wants. So I invented the Emperor's best friend, Sun Bo Tao. Unfortunately, I had to really stretch reality there. The Emperor would not have a "whole man" best friend. Every man in the Forbidden City other than the Emperor was a eunuch. But I couldn't face having a cut hero, so I made him anatomically correct and then proceeded to torture the poor guy. He's surrounded by the best and most beautiful women in the land, but he can't have any of them. It's a death sentence to be caught with one of the Emperor's potential wives.

As for my heroine, Ji Yue is bright, politically savvy, and would make a perfect Empress. Too bad the Emperor only wants a walking womb. So she falls in love with Bo Tao, the only man who really sees her strengths, and then they've got a real problem. She's already selected as a concubine which makes her the Emperor's wife. Now what?

There's a ton of sexual tension (and actual sexual encounters), a little violence, and a lot of gripping story (IMO!) I've had a lot of great reviews including one from Dear Author. And readers really seem to respond well to the idea of a Chinese historical! It's exotic, erotic, and the interest in Asian just keeps growing. There's reviews and excerpts at my website.

That sounds really exciting. But you've done historicals set in China before, right? Weren't you up for a RITA?

My tigress series were historical romances set in Shanghai, China between 1898-1900. I wrote about a sect of women called Tigresses who were tantrics. That means they studied sex as a pathway to the divine. Don't laugh. It actually can work, though I've never had a full mystical experience like I describe in my books! Anyway, the series has garnered a ton of awards including Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice, PRISMs, and even a RITA nomination. If people want to start the series, I recommend TEMPTED TIGRESS. It's the most adventure oriented and the most available book in the series. The first book, WHITE TIGRESS, is a lot harder to find, but you can try! Fortunately, all the books stand alone, so readers can flow into it from any part. BURNING TIGRESS is the most fun, IMO. It opens with the heroine accidentally walking in on the hero while he's got acupuncture needles in some very sensitive places!

In fact, here's paragraph three:

What a large penis! That's all that Charlotte could think. Ken Jin had an immense penis. She made a valiant attempt to divert her thoughts. Why, for example, was Ken Jin kneeling half naked on the floor in the middle of the afternoon? Why were three very large needles embedded in the flesh right above his very large organ? And why couldn't she look up into the man's face?

Gawd, I love that opening! Anyway, more excerpts can all be found at my website.

You've got a lot going on. Anything else exciting in the wings? I hear you were at NY Comic Con last weekend.

I was! I've got a fantasy romance series that begins with DRAGONBORN and continues in April with DRAGONBOUND. I love this series. It's got adventure, dragons, and romance. The three things I absolutely adore!

So give. What's the news?

Unofficially--since the paperwork hasn't been signed yet--DRAGONBORN will be adapted to a four-issue comic, and maybe even a graphic novel if the sales are good. But nothing is set in stone yet! News will be coming on my website, so keep looking there for the details!

Anything else you'd like to add?

Just this...FREE BOOK! Someone comment. Ask me a question, talk about how you LOVE multi-cultural romances, something! One lucky person will get a free Jade Lee book! We're draw the winner next Sunday. Good luck!

Weekly Announcements - 13 Feb 09

Anne Whitfield received a lovely review from Fallen Angels for her WWII era book BROKEN HERO. Sandie writes: "Ms. Whitfield's heroine is strong, caring, and determined to show Captain Harding that love can heal all pain whether it is physical or emotional. This is a wonderful, well-written story that pulls at your heartstrings."

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Join us Sunday when Jade Lee will be here to talk about THE CONCUBINE, a Blaze historical set in 19th century China. Don't miss it!

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We'll also draw the winner of Geri Krotow's WHAT FAMILY MEANS. There's still time to leave a comment for your shot at winning!

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Have a good weekend! If you have an announcement to make for next week, email Carrie. See you next week...

THE DRAGON EARL Winner!

We have a winner for Jade Lee's THE DRAGON EARL giveaway:

COLLEEN M!

Contact Jade to give her your address. The book must be claimed by next Sunday or another winner will be drawn. Please stop back later to let us know what you thought of her book! Congratulations!

Guest Blogger: Jade Lee

This week we're pleased to feature Jade Lee, best known for her Tantric-theme Tigress series, set in turn-of-the-century China. Her newest release is THE DRAGON EARL.

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A Chinese monk striding down the aisle was the first shock at countess-to-be Evelyn Stanton's wedding. To watch him dispatch three groomsmen, unarmed, and to learn that he was white and the long-lost heir to the Earldom of Warhaven, was the second. He would be her husband?

After the slaughter of his family in far-off China, Jacob Cato found sanctuary. In a Xi Lin temple he learned to be strong, but now he had a grander goal: to reclaim his English heritage and the woman he'd left behind.

Revenge. It poisoned everything he'd learned, everything he'd done, and yet every fiber of Jacob burned for it--just as he burned for the beautiful but very English Evelyn. Long ago, the conspiracy to kill his family had stranded him, lost Jacob in the exotic East and made him unrecognizable to his countrymen...and women. He had not forgotten that past. It was to make peace that he had returned. The manner was yet to be decided.

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Here's a steamy excerpt from very hot THE DRAGON EARL:

Jacob Cato--aka Jie Ke, monk of a Xi Lin temple--has returned to England to claim his heritage and his bride Evelyn. But she thought he was dead. In fact, she was saying her vows to his cousin when Jie Ke interrupted her wedding. Now her future is in shambles as Jacob's parentage is sorted out. Evelyn is furious, and yet her curiosity won't let her leave the man alone. Why is Jie Ke different? What do the monks of Xi Lin learn?

"You are too familiar, sir!"

"And yet you want it." His hand drew higher to the inside of her knee and began stroking circles higher on her thigh.

"Stop!" she gasped.

He stilled his hand, but his mouth came closer. It was the danger of the moment that excited her so. No one had ever dared boldly slip his hand up her skirt, his fingers dancing up her thigh. Christopher never did such to her. He wouldn't dare, even if she begged. And she would scream if any other man tried.

But Jie Ke was different. Whenever he was near, she felt the pulse of the storm, a fire in her belly, and the blustering whirlwind of power that obliterated all thought.

"Have you ever touched yourself, Evelyn?" he whispered against her lips. "In the secret of your bedchamber when the sameness of your days sets your mind to screaming, have you touched yourself then and lost your mind to the sensations?"

"Yes," she answered, her mind completely absorbed in the feel of his hand on her thigh. She shouldn't let him. But oh how her breasts ached and her belly quivered.

"Boys at the temple are no different. We touch ourselves, we stroke ourselves, we peer at the women doing laundry and stroke our organs until the rush overcomes us."

She swallowed. She knew about the rush, and she knew how short lived it was. Would it be different with a man? Would it be different with this man?

"Imagine if your breasts were bared to the moonlight. Imagine how it would feel if I flicked your nipple with my thumb."

Lightning would flash through her system. Bright sharp explosions of light and color would pulse behind her eyes. She knew because she had done it before.

"Spread your legs, Evelyn. I won't take your virginity, but I will let you know what it feels like to have a man's hand deep inside you."

She opened her eyes and met his gaze. Now was the time to decide. She could step away from him, she could obey the dictates of society and flee these sensations. Or she could trust him to do what she had desired for so many years now. Did she obey?

She widened her thighs. "Show me what a monk can do."

He pushed her folds open, he slid his thumb slow and deep all around her moisture. She felt each ridge of his fingertip, each callous as he pushed fingers and knuckles against her wet folds.

"The Chinese write poetry about the taste of a woman. They believe it will bring a man long life if he drinks daily."

She arched her brows. "That is ridiculous. There is no magic there. Only... Only..." Her thoughts splintered as his fingers began moving, slipping in and out through her folds, dipping deep inside her, only to draw out in exquisitely long strokes.

"I think I would like to know," he said as he shifted between her thighs. "I think I should like to taste a woman's essence."

She blinked, the sensual fog slowing her thoughts. "What?"

He shifted his hands, his movements abrupt. He slid his hands beneath her buttocks and lifted her up. She gasped in alarm, but retained enough sense not to cry out. She didn't dare risk someone hearing her.

She felt completely disconnected from the world. Her legs were high and open, her back flat on the ground. It was like the storm had upended her, as if the winds had tumbled her head over heals. How appropriate then that the rain began to kiss her inner thighs. How wonderful to feel the wetness of his mouth as he began to drink.

His mouth was large as it pressed to her center. His lips were wet, his tongue broad as he began long sweeps across her body. Each stroke built the thunder in her blood, each probe of his tongue shot lightning through her mind. She was adrift in the storm, unable to resist and completely consumed. And this was exactly what she wanted.

Suction and stroke, thrust and caress, his mouth did it all to her. Nothing was left untouched, and all of her was spread before him. The tension built within her belly. She was familiar with this, but with him, it was so much more. And this too he controlled, slipping lower on her body to drink her essence while the higher spot throbbed and cooled. Then switching; a quick circle or sudden thrust high and her legs would tremble, her mind blanked white in a lightning flash.

Yes! Oh yes!

He pulled back just a bit just enough to murmur against her thigh. "I will drink all of you now. Be careful not to scream."

She pressed the back of one hand to her mouth as she sometimes did in her bed. A whimper of hunger escaped anyway, but that only added to storm. His tongue was so perfect as it stroked her. Again and again--thick and hard--while her blood roared and her back arched. Again. One last...

Yes!

The storm claimed her. The buffeting contortions of body and breath combined into ecstasy. Oh yes... Oh! Too much! He continued to drink her, his tongue stroking and pulling and exciting whenever the contractions began to fade. On and on he went, while her mind grappled with reality and lost. Her body convulsed while he drank. She wasn't a storm anymore; she was lightning--bright, electric, and wholly white.

Then he stopped.

Thank God, she thought. Then, oh no. It is ending.

"I am sorry," he said in a hushed and reverent tone. "I could not continue without you screaming."

He would have continued? The very thought of remaining longer in that blindingly bright place was both terrifying and so wonderful that she smiled. Her breath was returning to normal, her body lay boneless and sated on the ground. He adjusted her skirt, stretching the fabric out to cover her demurely. Or as demure as she could be stretched out on the ground like a wanton.

"How do you feel?" he asked gently.

Wonderful. Expansive. Cold. The air was cold.

"The joy...it is fading, isn't it?"

She nodded, trying to hold onto the experience as long as she could.

"Search inside yourself, Evelyn, deep inside. Your body is content, but what of your mind? What of your heart?"

She frowned, irritated that he was pulling her away from that glorious blank place she had become.

"Does the bliss extend inside that deep? Or do you still know restlessness? A vague discontent that even the best experience of body cannot erase?"

She swallowed, slowly pushing up onto her elbows as she stared at him. "How can you know that?" she whispered. Everything he said was absolutely true. Deep in her heart, she was still unhappy. And she hadn't even known it until this very moment.

"That is what it means to be a monk, Evie. To know deep inside that there is an emptiness and to search eternally for the way to fill it."

She shook her head, denying everything he said. "It's not true," she whispered. "Monks are at peace. They are filled with...with holy God or something like that."

He shrugged. "Perhaps that is so. I believe it is so for the masters. But for me..." His voice trailed away, and she saw a bleakness in his expression. "I am still searching."

"But..." She didn't know what she wanted to ask. She looked at him, at the bulge beneath his robes, and the sprawled openness of her own body. "But I was satisfied. For a moment..." For many incredible moments. "I felt wonderful."

He nodded and his hand trembled on her thigh. "And I would feel it too, if I listened to the demands of my flesh. I could bury my organ within you and find the same mindlessness. But in the morning..."

She shook her head, not wanting to think of the consequences she would face in the morning.

"The dictates of society would be difficult enough, but there would be something much worse: the emptiness in my heart. Physical bliss is all consuming until it fades. And then I am left with a discontent all the more stark because the sex did not fill it. The body cannot ever fill the heart and mind."

The picture he painted was so bleak she almost cried out. "How can you stand it? To live in such emptiness?"

"We all live in it. We simply deny it, suppress it, throw ourselves into the body to hide from it. To be a monk..."

"Is to see the truth with clarity," she whispered, startled to realize that she understood him.

"And to search for a better answer." Then he pushed to his feet, adjusting his robes with a rueful grimace. She pulled her knees tight to her chest, making sure her skirt covered all of her. He bowed before her, deep and reverently. "Good night, Evelyn."

She grabbed his hand, unwilling to let him leave just yet. "Can we speak more of this tomorrow?"

His smile was strange—mysterious and so alien—but it was a smile nonetheless. "Of course," he answered. Then he was gone.

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*fans self* Would you like the chance to win a copy of THE DRAGON EARL? Just leave a question or comment for Jade! We'll draw a winner next Sunday. Best of luck!

Weekly Announcements - 11 Oct 08

Jennifer Linforth's trailer for MADRIGAL is now available here.

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Lisa Marie Wilkinson's work in progress, "Forget Me Not," just won first place in the Utah RWA chapter's "Heart of the West" contest.

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Christine Koehler is being published in December with a new e-publisher, Ravenous Romance. Under her pen name, Isabel Roman, the story is set in 1882 England. Congratulations, Christine!

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Join us tomorrow when our guest author will be Jade Lee, best know for her Tigress series. She'll present excerpts of her two newest novels, DRAGONBORN (a fantasy romance) and THE DRAGON EARL (a spicy Regency).

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We'll also draw the winner of Kim Lenox's NIGHT FALLS DARKLY. Leave a comment for your shot at winning!

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Have a good weekend. If you have an announcement to make for next week, email Carrie. See you next week...