My
first piece of exciting news is that I am a RITA® finalist!! The RITA®
competition is conducted by Romance Writers of America® and
Adopted: Outback Baby has been nominated in the short
contemporary category. For romance writers, this award is our version of the
Oscars, as it's judged by fellow authors, so naturally I'm thrilled to have
been selected.
I'm
also very pleased that fellow Harlequin Romance author
Jessica Hart has been nominated
as well for Last Minute Proposal. Jessica and I met for the
first time in San Francisco last year. She's fabulous fun and we toured
Yosemite National Park with fellow author Barbara McMahon. The winners will
be announced at the RWA conference in Washington DC in July.
Meanwhile,
this month seems to be all about bosses for me.
Her Cattleman Boss
is on sale in Australia and New Zealand.
I always love returning
to the Outback for my stories. After setting a couple of books in other
places, like the city or a tropical island, the Outback feels like coming
home, and I've filled Her Cattleman Boss with everything I love about
Outback stories -- a heroine, who's a fish out of water, a strong and silent
hero, his vulnerable little daughter and an isolated homestead. There's even
a cattle drive! So if you love Outback settings, look out for this book!
In
the UK, Outback with the Boss is being reprinted in a
collection called
Her Outback Boss.
And
in America, Blind Date with the Boss is available in e-book
format in a package called
Best of the Bosses 2008.
As always, if you'd like
to keep up with my news about writing, family and travel between the city
and the country, check out my
blog.
Till next month,
P.S. Remember...
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