November 2013 On Sale: November 5, 2013 Featuring: Charlotte Rose Hill; Sam Wilder 304 pages ISBN: 1426733879 EAN: 9781426733871 Kindle: B00E0TN95K Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List Inspirational Fiction Romance Buy at Amazon.com Second Chance Love can inspire A Marriage In Middlebury by Anita Higman Charlotte Rose Hill has been serving up country delicacies, uniquely blended teas, and matchmaking advice for her quirky but beloved customers for more than 10 years. But for her, marriage seems like an elusive butterfly, always out of reach. At 18, Charlotte fell in love with a young man, Sam Wilder, but his family convinced her to walk away from their relationship. She did, and then became engaged to another man, who later died before they were married. Now, more than a decade later, Charlotte finds that she still has feelings for her first love. Initially thrilled to learn that Sam has come home to Middlebury, Texas, Charlotte is devastated to learn that he’s brought someone with him: his fiancée. But all is not lost when the townsfolk decide to get involved. Will Charlotte and Sam find their way back to each other? Does Love Have a Second Chance? Excerpt Chapter One Charlotte Rose…

Baskerville Affair #3 January 2014 On Sale: December 31, 2013 Featuring: Evelina Cooper 672 pages ISBN: 0345537203 EAN: 9780345537201 Kindle: B00D5BEDPE Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List Fantasy Steampunk, Mystery Buy at Amazon.com Unworldly Thursday A Study in Ashes by Emma Jane Holloway As part of her devil’s bargain with the industrial steam barons, Evelina Cooper is finally enrolled in the Ladies’ College of London. However, she’s attending as the Gold King’s pet magician, handcuffed and forbidden contact with even her closest relation, the detective Sherlock Holmes. But Evelina’s problems are only part of a larger war. The Baskerville affair is finally coming to light, and the rebels are making their move to wrest power from the barons and restore it to Queen Victoria. Missing heirs and nightmare hounds are the order of the day—or at least that’s what Dr. Watson is telling the press. But their plans are doomed unless Evelina escapes to unite her magic with the rebels’ machines—and even then her powers aren’t what they used to be. A sorcerer has awakened a dark hunger in Evelina’s soul, and only he can keep her from endangering them all. The only problem is . . . he’s…

The inspiration for THE COWBOY’S MAIL ORDER BRIDE came from a situation near and dear to my own heart and life. I am a mail order bride. More than forty years ago my best friend’s fiancée sent home a picture of him and bunch of his soldier buddies and I simply picked out the one I thought was the best lookin’ one in the bunch. Brazen hussy that I was at the age of fifteen, I wrote the first letter. Two years later I received an engagement ring and proposal on paper and after I graduated from high school, I got on a bus in Oklahoma and went to Pennsylvania to marry the soldier without having ever met him. Fast forward from 1966 to 2013 and I got to wondering what if that engagement ring and letter had been lost in the mail. This was pre-texting, pre-Skype, pre-cell phones or even the luxury of talking to anyone on the telephone when long distance was so expensive. We were putting a lot of faith in the postal service. If the letter and ring did get lost would my handsome young soldier think I’d forsaken him and my lack of response as…

In the third installment of my Shakespeare in Love series, MUCH ADO ABOUT JACK, Countess Angelique finally finds a man who can live up to her. After years of neglect and ill treatment at the hands of her husband Geoffrey, and later her lover, Anthony Ravensbrook, Angelique is ready to be treated like a queen. Captain James doesn’t always treat her like royalty…actually, he refuses to bow and scrape at all. But he always treats her with respect, something no one else has ever done. Angelique meets her match in James and finds a man who is her equal, in bed and out. A man who doesn’t hesitate to stand up to Anthony, to the Prince Regent, or even to murderous dukes. From one of my favorite heroes and the woman who loves him, I learned: 1) Keep your pistols loaded and your powder dry. 2) When the enemy is on your port bow, get your cannon ready to fire. 3) Friends who back you in a fight are friends you should keep. 4) On the deck of a ship, watch out for random coils of rope and passing waves. 5) True love doesn’t show up every day, so when…

The year is 1813, and you’re a young bride whose gorgeous, wealthy, brave, confident, and extremely successful privateer-captain husband is—thanks to a flaw in his own character— about to make a fatal mistake in judgment. A mistake that will cost him the respect of those who depend on him . . . a mistake that will cost lives . . . a mistake that will lead him into the very depths of hell itself. Not exactly “hero material,” is he? Or is he? As a writer, we’re called to challenge ourselves, to present fresh new stories and new takes on old tropes because if it isn’t interesting for us, it’s not going to be interesting for the reader, either. I like to challenge myself, and I never write the same hero twice. And heaven knows, none of my heroes are “perfect.” In fact, I’ve always found it fascinating to take a hero who is far from perfect and make him not only understood, but sympathetic. Not only sympathetic, but lovable. Not only lovable—but heroic. But just how far can one go? How flawed can a hero be, how far can an envelope be pushed, both with character and with storyline,…

Congratulations to Craig Johnson! His novella—SPIRIT OF STEAMBOAT—was chosen as the inaugural One-Book-Wyoming read. Johnson will be traveling all over the state of Wyoming starting with a reception for the State Legislature and then a public signing at the state library in Cheyenne the next day. He’ll then be visiting libraries all over Wyoming to talk about SPIRIT OF STEAMBOAT and his other Longmire books. Pre-order the latest Longmire ANY OTHER NAME (May 13) today and the series Longmire returns in summer 2014, date to be announced. Be sure to follow Reel Vixen for updates. About SPIRIT OF STEAMBOAT A holiday tale from the New York Times bestselling author of the Walt Longmire mystery series, the inspiration for A&E’s hit show Longmire “It’s a question of what you have to do, what you have to live with if you don’t.” Sheriff Walt Longmire is reading A Christmas Carol in his office on December 24th when he’s interrupted by the ghost of Christmas past: a young woman with a hairline scar across her forehead and more than a few questions about Walt’s predecessor, Lucian Connally. Walt doesn’t recognize the mystery woman, but she seems to know him and claims to have…

There was a time when most romance novels featured elements of extravagance. Millionaires, princes, and CEOs were the most common romantic hero. They had lots of money and weren’t afraid to use it to get what they wanted and that usually involved the heroine. If you were searching for a romance where a regular guy looked for love, you were out of luck. Publishers didn’t believe everyday heroes would sell so those books were written with much less frequency. It took awhile, but readers started voicing their displeasure with wealthy, alpha heroes. They tired of reading stories where no one worried about paying the bills and were finding it harder and harder to suspend disbelief that there were so many gorgeous, powerful, wealthy men…under thirty. In real life, female readers were kicking asses and taking names. They were struggling with the ordinary and finding ways to make it work. They wanted to see that same strength, that same realism in their beloved genre. I understand because I was looking for representation, too. I’d been reading romance novels since I was eleven years old and a common theme had emerged. Book after book contained some variation of the hero waxing poetic…

We all have our favorite types of men we like to read about, the ones in the books we put in our keeper pile and go back to when we need a pick-me-up. The ones we daydream about from time to time. So, I thought it might be fun to explore who we might find between the covers of our favorite romance books (or under the covers as the case may be). The CEO: This guy could be a detective or a doctor. He’s capable and confident, and often stubborn and controlling. He gets annoyed by any change to his plans and is thrown off balance when he meets someone he can’t figure out. The Bad Boy: Brooding and tight-lipped, he isn’t one to talk your ear off. He keeps his feelings locked up tight because something in his past has hurt him, bad. Maybe he’s a mechanic or a criminal, but he’s seductive all the same. The Guy Next Door: Funny and cute, this one makes you laugh. You feel like you can be yourself around him. He looks out for you, and knows just what you like. He gets under your skin, until you don’t know what you’d…

RC Investigations February 2014 On Sale: February 16, 2014 Featuring: Heather Morris; Dale Nichols ISBN: 0989944360 EAN: 9780989944366 Kindle: B00IHPKTBU e-Book Add to Wish List Romance Contemporary, Romance SuspenseBuy at Amazon.com What’s New Today…try this one! The Suit by V.R. Marks One mistake and he’s not a bachelor anymore… FBI Special Agent Dale Nichols is all about closing cases. Until a small town waitress brings him a corruption case that is spiraling out of control. To protect her, he pops the question, putting himself between her and those who want her dead. Everyone in Haleswood knows Heather Morris simply as the waitress who serves coffee with a smile. So when Dale offers her a chance to make a difference bring down a major crime ring, she leaps at the opportunity to play his fiancee. As Dale and Heather race to resolve the case, will it be the real enemy or the fake engagement that destroys their chance for a future? Previous Picks

Recipient of nineteen reviewer awards and nominations to include Library Journal Best E-Book Romance 2012 (Books are listed in recommended reading order) A WILD NIGHT’S BRIDE With the devil in charge … there could be hell to pay She needs a protector… Once seduced by whispered promises of a faithless lover, Phoebe Scott is determined to make a name on the Covent Garden stage, but after three years of bit parts, she realizes she’ll never achieve her goals on her own merits. Acknowledging her success is dependent on a powerful patron, Phoebe is now resolved to find a protector to secure her future. With this goal in mind, she seeks out the best prospects at London’s most notorious brothel. He’s avowed to celibacy… Sir Edward “Ned” Chambers has been lost and lonely since his wife’s death in childbirth. Burdened with blame, he has sworn to a life of celibacy, but after three years, he is inwardly edgy, irritable, and increasingly discontent. Perceiving the cause behind Ned’s unhappiness, as well as the obvious cure, his best friend and rake of the first order, “The Devil” DeVere, is hell-bent to return Ned to the land of the living. DeVere’s machinations result in…