Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Got... ENSLAVED?



Hi Everyone,

As many of you know, my new historical romance, ENSLAVED is now available for direct order through Borders Bookstores or online through Independent Publishers Group. You can also pre-order the book at amazon.com.

The sequel to VANQUISHED, ENSLAVED is slated for worldwide release in October 2007. That said, about 2,500 copies of ENSLAVED shipped early and have already found their way onto bookstore shelves--and into eager readers' hot little hands.

Sightings so far include Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Cincinnati, OH (www.josephbeth.com) and Books-a-Million, Pinebrook Shopping Center on Airport Blvd., Mobile, Alabama. I've also heard from a ton of people who've ordered it through their local Borders store.

Do you have a copy of ENSLAVED? If so, I'd love, love, love to know where you got yours, be it a chain bookstore, an indy bookstore, a library or well... anywhere.

Over the summer months I'll be building a list of "Early ENSLAVED Sightings" to track the progress of these renegade books. So if you could take two ticks (AKA moments) to post to this thread, you'll be helping out by letting other readers know where they can find the book.

To reward "informants, " I'll be running a special "Get... ENSLAVED Sneak Peak End of Summer Contest" in addition to my regular monthly contest. The winner will be announced on September 1st. The prize will be a signed copy of Book #1 in my "Men of Roxbury House" trilogy, VANQUISHED, a signed cover flat of ENSLAVED as well as the winner's pick of my backlist titles.

In the meantime...

Happy Summer Reading -- and Sighting

Hope

Monday, June 11, 2007

Back from Book Expo America...

Hi Everyone,

I'm back from Book Expo America. For those of you not familiar with BEA, it's the U.S. answer to the London and Frankfurt Bookfairs and I do believe it's even bigger -- around 30,000 participants at this year's event held at the Jacob Javits Center in Manhattan.

Big clue to the incredible vibe of this year's event: the Expo was in New York City -- now, can that *ever* be bad? ;)

I went up on trusty ole Amtrak the night before expecting to have a good trip, a productive trip, a pleasant trip...

What I had was a *great* trip.

I launched my venture on Thursday evening with dinner a-deux with my good buddy, uber talented historical romance novelist, Kathryn Caskie. We chose Zagat top pic, Gotham Bar & Grill on 12th in The Village. Determined not to be idle, we mapped out our Expo plans over a lovely bottle of shriraz and top tier (aka yummy) fare of hard shell crabs (me) and filet (Kathy).

Friday was a "work" day. After a short waiting stint sipping designer H20 in the Green Room (and no, I didn't see anyone terribly famous, more's the pity), I kicked off with a traditonal autographing for my new historical romance release, ENSLAVED (Medallion press). Later, I had midday coffee talk with talented historical fiction author, Will Hutchison, and then an in-booth signing at the Harlequin booth during "Sexy Hour" with Cara Summers and bestselling author, Carly Phillips.

But there's more...

That night, Kathryn Caskie (Kathy to me) and our good buddy, historical romance author, Sophia Nash, met up at New York's famous Webster Hall for The Rock Bottom Remainders "Still Younger than Keith" charity concert. At the VIP reception to kick off the concert, we clinked glasses with literati heavyweights Mitch Albom, Frank McCourt, Amy Tan, Stephen King, and my personal fav, humor columnist turned children's author, Dave Barry. If you have two ticks, check out our candid pics on my Snapshots page. And yes, consider the rumor confirmed, Dave Barry really did pronounce the three of us "hot." I believe the word "babes" was also used," but well, I don't want to get anyone in trouble at home. ;)

As you may expect, all this autographing and gladhanding can really wear a woman down. Fortunately, I got to unwind on Saturday evening at the Harlequin party held at a swank Midtown club. Harlequin always does it right and this year's fete was no exception. Guests were greeted at the door with champagne and chocolates and the night got even better from there. Over canapes and champagne (yes, more), I caught up with authors Jane Porter ("Flirting with Forty"), Candice Poarch, and Rebecca York as well as had the opportunity to say thank you to Harlequin's talented and hardworking editorial, marketing and sales staff.

Come Sunday, all this nose-to-the-grindstone hard work was really taking its toll. The chocolate consumption alone had me at "sixes and sevens" as Sophia might say in one of her Regency-set historicals. I wound down with a signing of THE HAUNTING in the Romance Writers of America booth at BEA along with Niki Burnham ("Goddess Games") and Silhouette author, Anna DePalo.

A few days of post-Expo R&R in the West Village set me to rights. Come mid-week, I was homebound on that Amtrak train, maybe not exactly fresh as a daisy but certainly touting a big ole smile.

Okay, so enuf about me. Anybody else go to BEA? As they say, inquiring minds...

Hope