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March Newsletter
Question of the Month || Still Available || Coming Soon || Author News || Calendar || Contests
March Newsletter
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 Secret
Alibi by Lori
Harris, Harlequin
Intrigue, The Blade Brothers of Cougar County, ISBN 0373229070
Expecting..answers. And Lexie Dawson wasn't talking . But somehow, some way, Jack Blade was going to get to the bottom of a confounding murder. The citizens of Cougar County deserved no less from their new police chief. A nd he'd get Lexie to talk, one way or another. Then the rumors began running rampant.
Was Lexie really pregnant and Jack the father-to-be? Lexie needed
to keep quiet, but her silence was Jack's undoing. But when a mysterious
organization that traded in the unspeakable came gunning for her, Jack
would need every ounce of street smarts to save her life--and his child's.
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 Beneath
the Texas Moon by Elle
James, Harlequin
Intrigue, ISBN: 0373229062
By moving her son to Spirit Canyon, Texas, Eve Baxter had hoped to help Joey overcome the trauma of bearing witness to his father's tragic death. Sworn off men until her son is grown and on his own, Eve resists her attraction to the haunted cowboy, Mac McGuire. But when the town falls victim to bizarre animal mutilations and the death of a teenage girl, Eve realizes she or her son could be the next casualties and reluctantly accepts Mac's protection. Plagued by survivor's guilt, Mac finds an immediate
connection with Eve's little boy and a deep desire to protect the boy's
beautiful mother. With a murderous creature on the loose, Mac fights
his own demons of self-doubt--the struggle to save the community, the child
and the woman he grows to love.
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 The
Last Landry by Kelsey
Roberts, Harlequin
Intrigue, The Landry Brothers, ISBN 0373229038
Shane Landry's life was simple: He ran the Lucky 7 ranch and steered clear of his tempting housekeeper, Taylor Reese. The first was embedded in his blood, the second almost impossible to resist, considering Taylor slept right down the hall. Then everything changed. Shane's long-missing parents were discovered to have been murdered years ago and his paternity was suddenly put into question. A s suspect number one in a double homicide, he had to clear his name...and only one woman could help. Would Taylor be his salvation...or the
last Landry's undoing?
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 Engaging
Bodyguard byDonna
Young, Harlequin Intrigue, ISBN: 0373229089
Black ops specialist Cain MacAlister had just been handed his riskiest assignment--to track down the gorgeous government profiler who hated him with all the passion they'd once shared. Then, Cain had just been doing his job--shielding her from harm. Now, there was a relentless assassin on the loose.... The last in a long line of gypsies, Celeste Pavenic cursed the day she'd met Cain. Now, the lover who'd betrayed her was back from the shadows, jeopardizing her latest mission and her heart. Until the deadly enemy they were hunting
turned the tables on them, plunging them both into mortal peril. This time,
Cain would do whatever it took to keep Celeste safe. Or
die trying...
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Do you have a soundtrack
for your books as you write them?
B.J.
Daniels:
Sylvie Kurtz: usually like to write in silence, but lately it's just been too quiet, so I've taken to listening to music without lyrics (too distracting when someone else is talking while I'm trying to write). My favorite these days is American Acoustic by Tingstad & Rumbel. The tone seems just right for the Gothic I'm writing right now (Pull of the Moon, Jan. 2007). Julie Miller: I do find that a certain song or soundtrack helps enrich the writing experience for each book for me. Generally, I'll already have the song or music in my head before I start to write--I don't know that it helps me brainstorm the story, but once I start writing, it's like, yeah--that's the one. Then I'll listen to that music over and over (much to my family's chagrin) over the weeks I'm writing. It does two things--first, it's an anchor, a tangible trigger that puts my mind right into the story when I'm ready to sit down and write; second--the right song captures the mood or tone of the story, and helps me stick with that theme. For the manuscript I just finished, Baby Jane Doe (Intrigue, Oct. 2006), I listened to the Wicked! soundtrack from the Broadway play. The song, For Good, really captures how a chance encounter can change someone's life irrevocably, and plays into my theme of people coming into our lives for a reason. In Baby Jane Doe, the hero/ine have such a meeting, and wind up changing who they think they are or have to be (all while the bad guys are trying to kill them, of course!). Ann Voss Peterson: I love to use movie soundtracks to put me in the right mood and to drown out distractions as I write. One of my favorites is the soundtrack for Body Heat. There's nothing more dangerous and sexy than that saxophone! While working my upcoming serial killer series, Wedding Mission--Serial Bride (June 2006), Evidence of Marriage (July 2006) Vowto Protect August 2006-- I discovered the soundtrack for Batman Begins. What wonderfully dark and intense music. It also conveys such longing in some passages. Just the feeling I wanted in my books! Kelsey Roberts: I don't have a soundtrack so much as an iMix. Yes, I'm an iPod junkie. Normally, I'll pick about 500 songs from my library ranging from The Black Eyed Peas to The Dixie Chicks. If I had to pick a single song for The Last Landry, it would be We Are in Love by Harry Connick, Jr. The song has a great lyrics and Lord knows, Harry Connick can take any song and make it magic. Happy Reading Amanda Stevens: I always have a soundtrack running in my head for my books. In fact, my very first book for Silhouette Intimate Moments was inspired by a song called The Killing Moon by Echo and the Bunnymen. I've used Angel by Massive Attack for several of my Intrigues, and for my supernatural stories, I love Skinny Puppy's Assimiliate. If I'm writing about obsession, nothing beats Depeche Mode's In Your Room or Nothing's Impossible. I'm currently working on The Dollmaker, my first Mira release (available Spring 2007), and I'd have to say the song that best suits the hero and heroine is Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division. Rebecca York: I listen to a variety of music while I'm working--everything from Meatloaf to opera. I often like to put an opera on the IPod. I love the blending of voices and orchestra, and I don't have to worry about what the singers are saying. (When I actually go to an opera performance and read the supertitles, I tend to go nuts because the plot rarely makes sense. Plot is important to me, but I have to give up on it for operas.) So, no, I don't have any particular sound track for my books. The hero of my April 2006 Intrigue, The Secret Night, is a vampire. He also likes classical music, since that's what he grew up with. He likes the irony of listening to Mozart's A Little Night Music. |
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| B.J. Daniels: B.J.'s Intrigue,
Crime
Scene at Cardwell Ranch, just made the Waldenbooks' Bestseller
List this week.
Sylvie Kurtz sends congratulations to Aaron Napier of New York who was the February winner and won a signed copy of Personal Enemy and a chime heart. Julie Miller is thrilled to announce that her anthology, Cornered won the Reviewers' Choice Award from Cataromance.com for Best Signature Select Collection of 2005. This is the second Cataromance award she's won for her 2005 books--the first was for her Intrigue, Police Business. She's also psyched that her March '06 Blaze, Basic Training, received a 4 1/2 star review from Romantic Times BookClub. |
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| Rita
Herron: In honor of Rita's newest romantic thriller, In A
Heartbeat, she is giving away three copies of the book along with
three heart-shaped charms and candy! Visit her website
for more information.
Mallory Kane: For the month of March, Mallory is giving away a custom designed, hand-crafted St Patrick's Day greeting card plus a signed copy of her February 06 Harlequin Intrigue, Lullabies and Lies. Follow the directions on her contest page to enter for a chance to win. Susan Kearney: For March, win a copy The Dare. Check her contest page. Contest runs from the first of the month to the end of the month; Sylvie Kurtz: Win a signed copy of Personal Enemy and a lucky clover coin. Visit her contest page for more details.. Dana Marton is putting on a new reader contest to celebrate the release of her February Intrigue, Rogue Soldier. She will give away a $30 Barnes & Noble gift certificate to one lucky reader. For details, please visit her contest page. The contest runs through Mar. 31. Kay Stockham: Correctly answer the question on Kay's contest page (answers available in her debut release, Montana Secrets), and be entered for a chance to win a fabulous jewelry prize! Visit her contest page for more details. Rebecca York will autograph and send a copy of Riley's Retribution to the winner of her Contest #35 which runs January 8 through March 2, 2006. To be eligible for the drawing, send an e-mail to Rebecca, mentioning "Contest #35" in the Subject line. And please provide an address to send the book if you win.. Just one entry per person per contest will be counted. Watch for our contests at NovelTalk as well! |
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