March 2010On Sale: February 23, 2010Featuring: Heath Renier; Rachel Lyndon384 pages ISBN: 037377477XEAN: 9780373774777Mass Market Paperback$7.99 Romance Historical, Romance Paranormal Buy at Amazon.com Bride Of The Wolfby Susan Krinard For better or for beast Rachel Lyndon yearns to escape her scandalous past, but her dreams for a better life seem ruined after she buries her fiancé on the Texas plains.Heath Renier has been evading the law by the skin of his teeth for years. Now he’s found a new identity as Holden Renshaw, foreman of Dog Creek Ranch. But the arrival of his boss’s mail-order bride, now a widow, upsets his fragile peace and threatens to expose his deadly secrets.Rachel knows that the mysterious and savagely handsome Holden is the last man she should trust—especially once she’s seen glimpses of his true nature. When he’s suspected of killing his employer, she has a terrible choice to make. But the heat of his gaze ignites something seductive and irresistible within her. No matter how dangerous the road ahead, she’s determined to give him the one thing he’s never truly believed he deserves: her undying love. Excerpt Pecos County, Texas, 1881 Jedediah McCarrick was dead. Heath rode carefully around the body sprawled…

Tales of an Urban Werewolf #1 March 2008On Sale: February 26, 2008Featuring: Sophie Garou384 pages ISBN: 0345496256EAN: 9780345496256Paperback$6.99 Paranormal, Romance Paranormal, Fantasy Urban Buy at Amazon.com Howling at the Moonby Karen MacInerney Romance is about to get a little hairy. Sophie Garou seems to have it all: a great job at a prestigious accounting firm, a closet that rivals a Nordstrom showroom, and a terrific boyfriend who isn’t afraid to use the “M” word. There’s just one little itty- bitty problem: Sophie is a werewolf–and her time of month has a whole new meaning. Needless to say, life among yummy flesh-and-blood humans is no piece of steak . . . er, cake!, but regular doses of wolfsbane tea and a mother who runs a magic shop have helped Sophie keep her paranormal pedigree under wraps. Still, when a sexy, golden-eyed werewolf prowls into town, Sophie finds herself struggling to keep her animal impulses in check–not to mention trying to keep things on track with her super hot (and super human) lawyer boyfriend. What’s more, someone is threatening to expose Sophie for what she really is. And when her mother is accused of selling a poison-laced potion, Sophie must sniff out…

Every week when I sit down to write I try to think of what has caught my attention for the week that might catch yours as well. This week I’m going to be a bit selfish and ask for happy thoughts for a close family member. She’s going to be having a major surgery on Tuesday and has a long recuperation period ahead of her. Unfortunately I live too far away to be of much use during the recovery period, but I can provide her with plenty of material to read, and that’s where all of you come in. She loves category romances. Every month she’s at e-harlequin ordering the Harlequin Presents and the Harlequin Romances. Those are her two favorite series, but she will read other category romances. My question this week is do you read category romances? If so do you have a favorite line? A favorite book? A favorite author? Remember they can be a bit old as I live in a fairly large metropolitan area and have plenty of used bookstores to scour. Even if you don’t read category romances, but read shorter books say 300 pages or less I’d love your recommendations. What better thing…

I love March. It’s a month I spend 11 other months looking forward to, and the reason has nothing to do with my birthday—since my birthday is in September. It’s a month that kicks off everything I love: spring, new OPI nail polish, and conference season! There are few things I love more than traveling across the region and joining fellow book, movie, and creative geeks as they discuss their passions. As you’re reading this, Sara is sleeping in the bed next to me because she is presenting a workshop on author marketing for attendees of the Nola Romance Writer’s annual conference in Shreveport, Louisiana. Next week the Fresh Fiction team is making the trek from our cushy Dallas headquarters to the raucousness of Austin for South By Southwest (SXSW). SXSW is the one festival and conference I look forward to the most. I’m ready, credit card in hand, to purchase my badge for the annual film, music, and interactive festival in August and I spend the remaining months planning my assault on the city of Austin. 2010 will be my sixth year in attendance, and I have never looked forward to a SXSW as much as I do this…

A Jessie Arnold Mystery #12April 2009On Sale: April 7, 2009Featuring: Jessie Arnold; Alex Jensen288 pages ISBN: 0451223705EAN: 9780451223708Paperback$6.99Mystery Woman Sleuth Buy at Amazon.com Degrees Of Separationby Sue Henry Champion musher Jessie Arnold has been out of racing for a number of years, ever since she incurred a devastating knee injury. Now she’s ready to get back into shape for this year’s Iditarod. While taking her team on a practice run down a local trail she takes a snowy bump that’s never been there before. It turns out to be a snow-shrouded body. Now, Jessie and her boyfriend, Alaska State Trooper Alex Jensen, are back chasing criminals. And the hunt is on for the killer of a supposed earthquake victim—whose death turns out to actually be a murder. Previous Picks Visit FreshFiction.com to learn more about books and authors.

For the past week or so I’ve driven around with a brown paper grocery bag stacked with books riding shotgun. I’m taking author’s copies of SEALED WITH A RING my March release, to friends who have aided my research. It’s my version of Christmas. I’m celebrating the birth of a new work by making a present of it to all who have helped to bring it into the world. Last Tuesday, my rounds took me to a ballroom dance studio. Several years ago I began work on a third SEAL story in which the hero learns ballroom. My problem was that while I had researched SEALs out the wazoo, I didn’t know beans about ballroom. It was a watershed moment. Reading ten or twenty books wasn’t going to cut it. I needed lessons and they don’t come cheap. There was no external evidence then that I was an author. I knew how dismal my chances of being published were. How silly would I feel if I poured money and effort into learning how an imaginary person feels, if nothing ever came of it? My heart pounded and sweat made my fingers slip on the computer keys. That’s when I realized…

April 2007On Sale: April 1, 2007Featuring: Elizabeth Breckenridge; Clint Brady 384 pages ISBN: 037378595XEAN: 9780373785957Paperback$6.99 Religious Fiction Romance, Religious Fiction HistoricalBuy at Amazon.com Where Heaven Begins by Rosanne Bittner With rough miners for shipmates, Elizabeth Breckenridge sets sail to search for her brother in Alaska, wild with the 1890s gold rush. When she falls overboard midjourney, she is rescued by a man very unlike her minister brother— Clint Brady, a cynical bounty hunter who shoots to kill. Together, this unlikely couple struggles to survive the rugged dangers of the beautiful Alaskan frontier. Unexpectedly, Clint comes to love her, and proposes. Elizabeth returns his love, but unless she can help Clint see that heaven is no abstraction in the sky, the grip of the past could cost them a future together…. Excerpt Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause;And deceive not with thy lips.—Proverbs 24:28San Francisco, August 4, 1898“We’ve taken a vote, Elizabeth. We understand you will need to find a job and a place to live, and we are ready to help you there, but you will have to leave Reverend Selby’s residence.” Elizabeth Breckenridge felt as though the blood was leaving her body, beginning with her head…

It’s the kind of coincidence that, if I’d put it into a book, nobody would believe. Picture this: it’s sometime in late 2008, and I’m sitting in front of my computer, getting ready to start writing the third book in my Do-It-Yourself mystery series from Berkley Prime Crime, featuring textile-designer-turned-home-renovator Avery Baker and her boyfriend, hunky handyman Derek Ellis. (Remember those names. There’ll be a quiz later.) Each book in the series details the renovation of a decrepit house, and each book includes a few fresh murders and some sort of history mystery. In book 1, Fatal Fixer-Upper Avery inherited her Aunt Inga’s Second Empire Victorian cottage and hooked up with Derek, the handyman she hired to help her renovate it. In book 2,Spackled and Spooked the two of them bought and renovated their first project together: a low-slung mid-century brick ranch, rumored to be haunted because of a tragedy that took place some seventeen or eighteen years ago. I had already decided that in book 3, Avery and Derek would be taking on the renovation of an old carriage house at the back of their friend Kate McGillicutty’s property. They’re broke, since they haven’t sold the house from book…

January 2010On Sale: January 12, 2010320 pages ISBN: 0373837399EAN: 9780373837397Mass Market Paperback$7.99 Romance Anthology Buy at Amazon.com Baby, It’s Cold Outsideby Cindi Myers, Jennifer Greene, Merline Lovelace The best way to keep warm…when the weather turns cold: 1) Seek shelter Opting to spend the holidays in solitude, Emilie Bartlett has found the perfect place: a hunting lodge in Alaska! But when a hunky stranger comes seeking shelter during a blizzard, Emilie wonders if maybe isolation is overrated, after all…. 2) Build a cozy fire Nothing ruins an adventure to Antarctica like being stranded on a lifeboat! But when a hot Air Force pilot rescues Mia Harrelson, she wonders if she’s escaped the danger of freezing only to lose herself in the sexy fire of his eyes…. 3) Curl up with a nice, hot male… She is a consummate professional. Until Stacy Bristol finds herself working on a series of photo shoots with a gorgeous Viking—er, Olympic skier. But the minute his shirt comes off, Stacy is torn between icy professional resolve…and her melting knees! MELTING POINT by Cindi MyersKristjan Gunnarson is Iceland’s first ever Olympic medalist. Coloradoan Stacy Bristol thinks he’ll be the perfect model for her new advertising campaign,…

Alaskan Pilots #2 December 2009On Sale: November 24, 2009Featuring: Isabella Kpoas; Luke Webber336 pages ISBN: 0505527766EAN: 9780505527769Mass Market Paperback$7.99 Romance Suspense Buy at Amazon.com Chillby Stephanie Rowe A MAN WITH NO PAST Luke Webber thinks he’s erased his entire history. New name, new life, no paper trail. He thinks that up in the wilds of Alaska no one will find him. He’s wrong. A WOMAN WITH NO FUTUREWhen Isabella shows up on his doorstep, she’s got a bullet in her shoulder and all that Luke’s been trying to avoid is hot on her trail. Without his help, she’ll die. But helping her will mean surrendering everything—his body, his heart…and quite possibly his life. A fast-paced tale of adventure, suspense and romance set in the Alaska wilderness. Previous Picks Visit FreshFiction.com to learn more about books and authors.