October 2009 On Sale: October 13, 2009 Featuring: Moira Leahy 304 pages ISBN: 0307461572 EAN: 9780307461575 Hardcover $24.00 Add to Wish List Romance Romantic Buy at Amazon.com The Last Will of Moira Leahy by Therese Walsh This haunting debut novel explores the intense bond of sisterhood as a grieving twin searches for her own identity in the ruins of her sister’s past. A LOST SHADOW Moira Leahy struggled growing up in her prodigious twin’s shadow; Maeve was always more talented, more daring, more fun. In the autumn of the girls’ sixteenth year, a secret love tempted Moira, allowing her to have her own taste of adventure, but it also damaged the intimate, intuitive relationship she’d always shared with her sister. Though Moira’s adolescent struggles came to a tragic end nearly a decade ago, her brief flirtation with independence will haunt her sister for years to come. A LONE WOMAN When Maeve Leahy lost her twin, she left home and buried her fun-loving spirit to become a workaholic professor of languages at a small college in upstate New York. She lives a solitary life now, controlling what she can and ignoring the rest– the recurring nightmares, hallucinations about a child with…

October 2009 On Sale: October 20, 2009 224 pages ISBN: 1416982647 EAN: 9781416982647 Hardcover $16.99 Add to Wish List Young Adult Buy at Amazon.com Finalist RITA for Best First Book and Young Adult Nothing Like You by Lauren Strasnick When Holly loses her virginity to Paul, a guy she barely knows, she assumes their encounter is a one-night stand. After all, Paul is too popular to even be speaking to Holly…and he happens to have a long-term girlfriend, Saskia. But ever since Holly’s mom died six months ago, Holly has been numb to the world, and she’s getting desperate to feel something, anything–so when Paul keeps pursuing her, Holly relents. Paul’s kisses are a welcome diversion…and it’s nice to feel like the kind of girl that a guy like Paul would choose. But things aren’t so simple with Saskia around. Paul’s real girlfriend is willowy and perfect… and nothing like Holly. To make matters worse, she and Holly are becoming friends. Suddenly the consequences of Holly’s choices are all too real, and Holly stands to lose more than she ever realized she had. Excerpt We were parked at Point Dume, Paul and I, the two of us tangled together, half…

Each year the Romance Writers of America hold their annual conference in July, usually late July. This year due to flooding in Nashville in late spring, it’s been moved to the Dolphin and Swan Conference Center in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Right, Walt Disney World. What a tease! Because for the Fresh Fiction team, a conference is packed hours of meeting, greeting, learning and not really time to be a tourist. And where is one of the best tourist places? Why, WDW, of course! A tease! So noses to the grindstone we’ll cover all the happenings, for you dear friends, from our Dallas, Texas departure at 7AM, yes, bright and early, Sunday, July 25th through our return sometime the first week of August *grin* Ah, we plan to meander across the south on the way back. We’ll be hitting bookstores aplenty! There are six adventurers and two cars so we have PLENTY of room to stock up on books! And great company to talk endlessly about authors, books, trends, heroes, heroines, mysteries and all the other stuff readers chat about when they gather together. Our first stop is Atlanta, Georgia to pick up the irreplaceable Faye and then on to…

RIP Daniel Schorr http://n.pr/cgoM1q I always raised the volumn when he came on NPR, to catch every word. We'll miss him # RT @ReadersNRitas RNR2010 Author Guest | Lauren Willig http://bit.ly/aUTiOQ http://fb.me/DU3w7XkN # RT @jodirosoff RT @TrueBloodHBO: Got your TARA card? Get stamped at DC Comics, @idwpublishing, and @playstation. #sdcc #trueblood # RT @kenyonsherrilyn HELP ME 🙂 Have a signing at Comic Com in an hour. Need food though. Am starving!! <- wish I was at #sdcc # RT @ElisNaughton Check it out! STOLEN FURY is the Fresh Pick of the day over at @FreshFiction! http://bit.ly/9emwXe # First hamburger of July. It was delicious. May suffer later but with a smile — at Mooyah http://gowal.la/r/WNfU # today we're "Sighing Over Knights" with Margaret Mallory. @MargaretMallory Comment to Win http://bit.ly/9UMrAc # @CandaceHavens very nice new hair cut and tan. You look ready to take on Hollywood! Expect lots of reports from TCA tour next week. in reply to CandaceHavens # RT @nprfreshair: On Fresh Air Weekend this week, John Waters reveals what's going to be on his tombstone <- I'm curious, you? # Powered by Twitter Tools

Furies #1 January 2009 On Sale: December 30, 2008 Featuring: Lisa Maxwell; Rafe Sullivan 336 pages ISBN: 0505527936 EAN: 9780505527936 Paperback $5.87 Add to Wish List Romance, Romance Suspense Buy at Amazon.com 2010 Romance Writers of America RITA finalist for Best First Book. Stolen Fury by Elisabeth Naughton DANGEROUS LIAISONS Oh, is he handsome. And charming. And sexy as all get out. Dr. Lisa Maxwell isn’t the type to go home with a guy she barely knows. But, hey, this is Italy and the red-blooded Rafe Sullivan seems much more enticing than cataloging a bunch of dusty artifacts. After being fully seduced, Lisa wakes to an empty bed and, worse yet, an empty safe. She’s staked her career as an archaeologist on collecting the three Furies, a priceless set of ancient Greek reliefs. Now the one she had is gone. But Lisa won’t just get mad. She’ll get even. She tracks Rafe to Florida, and finds the sparks between them blaze hotter than the Miami sun. He may still have her relic, but he’ll never find all three without her. And they’re not the only ones on the hunt. To beat the other treasure seekers, they’ll have to partner up—because…

Fresh Pick is THE BETTER PART OF DARKNESS by Kelly Gay http://bit.ly/bx5Jqu # @thehistorychic we miss you too! Tonight is Daniel Silva & hope to GET my work done so I can see him. Even if publicist didn't return call. in reply to thehistorychic # Countdown to #FFrwa10 pantry FILLED with snacks for the roadtrip to Orlando, stocking has begun thanks to @sandishilhanek # @FarrahRochon ah, yeah, since the "tent" blew down they are a little testy, better to get a drink at their local Valley Ranch hangouts in reply to FarrahRochon # Getting ready for #ffrwa10 so I won't scare people. Right? — at Beauty By Maria http://gowal.la/r/WwJt # @FarrahRochon ah my, romanace author shot by Jerry Jones is great headline in reply to FarrahRochon # Hmm @reelvixen lost half head of hair. Thought she was just getting bangs trimmed! # RT @ReadersNRitas: RNR2010 Panel Possibility | Prom Dates From Hell: Reliving Your Youth Through YAs http://bit.ly/bFuPDU #rnrcon # @PatCatBooks you okay? and btw it's Thursday <- Pat at TX Health H Methodist Hospital. Everyone is asking about you and Coy too! in reply to PatCatBooks # Powered by Twitter Tools

What do readers like best about my medieval series, ALL THE KING’S MEN? Without a doubt, it’s the heroes! The joy of writing in the medieval period is that it lends itself so well to stories about honorable alpha men who have a heady air of danger about them. My heroes are warriors, fearless knights who live by an internal code of honor. I like to make it interesting by throwing these honorable men into situations in which duty and loyalty collide. Will my hero betray his father or his king? Will he break his oath or his beloved’s heart? I’m fair; I force my heroines into equally difficult dilemmas. Speaking of heroines, I give my knights worthy heroines..who cause them no end of trouble. These are women who…if they feel they must…are willing to wield a sword, spy for a prince, or follow an enemy into a secret passageway. In Knight of Passion, the last book in this trilogy, I give Sir James (Jamie) Rayburn a heroine who refuses to let him do the right thing by her. When Linnet gave him her virginity, my honorable knight assumed marriage would immediately follow. Linnet is a young woman set on…

Mega Mega Christmas in July Contests. http://ow.ly/274Uz Books, Gift Cards, Baskets of goodies and so much more! # Fresh Pick is ANGEL VINDICATED by Viola Estrella http://bit.ly/9KSQy3 another one we like for RITA 1st book # distracted by books. OH NO!!! # RT @ReadersNRitas: RNR2010 Sponsor Spotlight | PatCat Books http://www.patcat.net/ http://fb.me/EC6k0PH0 # Hope Tarr says "Learn about THE TUTOR" and if you Comment you may win! http://bit.ly/bvelwy # RT @dfwtea: tonight is book club with @TessaDare The deli platters, yes, PLURAL, have been picked up, sangria on way. Gonna be a fab one! # @thehistorychic ah, cars and their demands! You're on for book club, right? in reply to thehistorychic # RT @dfwtea: wow, great book club! @TessaDare delightful! She made NEW fans and we ran out of books, how cool! Did NOT run out of sangria 🙂 # @thehistorychic missed you at #DFWtea great company, food and guest @TessaDare. You gotta figure out HOW to #rebootmyweek in reply to thehistorychic # need to finish TO FETCH A THIEF by @ChetTheDog so it can be sent to reviewer. Sigh, wish I could keep to re-read. a WINNER # @BeckyTalks yup, it's a lovely book. I love CHET I think…

December 2009 On Sale: November 24, 2009 Featuring: Charlie Madigan 416 pages ISBN: 1439109656 EAN: 9781439109656 Mass Market Paperback $7.99 Add to Wish List Fantasy Urban Buy at Amazon.com 2010 Romance Writers of America RITA finalist for Best First Book. The Better Part Of Darkness by Kelly Gay The city is alive tonight… and it’s her job to keep it that way. Atlanta: it’s the promised city for the off-worlders, foreigners from the alternate dimensions of heaven-like Elysia and hell-like Charbydon. Some bring good works and miracles. And some bring unimaginable evil…. Charlie Madigan is a divorced mother of one, and a kick-ass cop trained to take down the toughest human and off-world criminals. She’s recently returned from the dead after a brutal attack, an unexplained revival that has left her plagued by ruthless nightmares and random outbursts of strength that make doing her job for Atlanta P.D.’s Integration Task Force even harder. Since the Revelation, the criminal element in Underground Atlanta has grown, leaving Charlie and her partner Hank to keep the chaos to a dull roar. But now an insidious new danger is descending on her city with terrifying speed, threatening innocent lives: a deadly, off-world narcotic known…

My Mom and I had a conversation once that still makes me laugh to think about it. Concerning some movie set in historic times, my Mom commented that she didn’t think it was very accurate because it had people behaving in a – ahem – sexual manner. “People back then didn’t behave like that!” she stated, with some emphasis. “They just didn’t jump into bed with each other.” Well, mother is not always right! With all the sexual scandals in the news lately, it is easy to forget that ‘plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose’. That’s my fancy French way of saying, the more things change, the more things stay the same! Here is a look at just a few of the sexy scandals of the last two hundred years!! Charles Dickens and Ellen Ternan – By 1858 Dickens was a well-loved and well-respected author, adored by the public for his moral and piquant tales. But in a well-chronicled ‘oops’ moment worthy of any Hollywood writer, a bracelet intended for his mistress, Ellen Ternan, was delivered to his wife of 22 years, Catherine. TMZ woulda loved that story, but with no tabloid press to capitalize on the tale,…