Eye Candy
I’ve ordered new bookmarks. Thank you Frauke from Croco Designs!
Brenda Novak’s Auction
Get ready to bid on Brenda Novak’s Annual Online Auction for Diabetes Research. I’m donating a heart-shaped box of books and goodies including Maggie Robinson’s Mistress by Mistake, Mistress by Midnight, Lords of Passion and Margaret Rowe’s Tempting Eden and Any Wicked Thing. In addition, my critique partner Tiffany Clare and I are offering to critique 55 pages of a historical romance and synopsis. Two writers for the price of one!
This yearly auction is a readers’ and writers’ dream. I was so honored to participate last year, and can’t see to wait how much gets raised for this worthy cause!
This month’s contest: an ARC of Improper Gentlemen, coverflats, bookmarks, magnets, romance trading cards AND royal wedding swag!!! What are you waiting for? Click the on the contest link!
Random Stuff
I was thrilled with the recent 4 1/2 star Saucy & Sinful review of Margaret Rowe’s June 2010 releaseTempting Eden, the book of my heart and my first sale. “Lusciously richly erotic tale” indeed! Thank you, Christine!
In another latish review, here’s Mama Kitty’s for Mistress by Mistake. 4 Meows, LOL.
I’ve finally written almost 1/3 of my current Maggie Robinson WIP, working title Lady Anne’s Lover, which I am not at all crazy about. (the title, not the story, LOL.) I’ve set myself up for kind of a big challenge. The hero has one arm, but that’s enough for him to lift a glass or seven and bury his troubles in drink, and the heroine is the victim of inappropriate sexual attention from her own father. Oh, and did I mention he is suspected of killing his childhood sweetheart and she is the scandalous Lindsay Lohan of her time? How to get depressed Gareth out of the bottle and skittish Anne comfortably beneath (or on top of) him will require skill I hope I possess. Anne is also a younger heroine than I’ve written lately–just 19–and makes her appearance in the first London List book. I had not expected to turn her into the star of her own, but she just wouldn’t leave me alone.
The setting of the book is along the Welsh border, and our trip this month was enormously helpful to me to picture where Gareth and Anne live and love. Our vacation was everything I could have hoped for and more. My own hero surprised me by inviting our best friends to join us. Seeing them walk up at Logan Internation Airport left me absolutely gobsmacked. We laughed, we ate (too much), we explored Hay-on-Wye (the most wonderful little Welsh town), went to the St. George’s Day celebration at Royal Albert Hall and waved our English flags. I picked up fabulous research books in Hay and at the V&A in London which will keep me inspired for some time.
I also bought a few non-tacky royal wedding souvenirs which I’ll give away next month. My lovely Kensington editor Megan Records sent me a few ARCs of Improper Gentlemen, so expect a giveaway soon.
There’s still time to enter April’s contests, too. Click on the link above and on Margaret Rowe’s site.
Of the 300 bulbs I planted last fall, most seem to be peeking out under the mulch. The snow is mostly gone except for a few stubborn patches in the woods. Our thoughts are turning to docks and boats and deck furniture (none of which we can afford), but I don’t yet have the courage to store my winter sweaters.
So that’s my April news. What’s new with you?
Romance Junkies Review for AWT
Here’s the link to the Romance Junkies review for Any Wicked Thing! My favorite snippet: It is impossible to find a more perfect title for such a decadently erotic novel as ANY WICKED THING. Well-written, with a fine flare for flirtatious sarcasm, Ms. Rowe has penned a deliciously entertaining historical romance, blessed with insanely sexual love scenes that are equally raw and riveting.
Yowza.
Hoot!
Any Wicked Thing got a 5 star Top Pick review from Night Owl Reviews. Here’s a snippet: Any Wicked Thing by Margaret Rowe is an incredibly hot, addictive tale of love and passion set during the Regency era in England. I was drawn into the author’s world and completely captivated by the characters and her writing style. I read this in one sitting; I found it impossible to put the book down….tender and burning hot. For the complete review, click here.