Thank you for all the entries in the Fever Cure contest. The winner of a signed copy (picked at random) is
Leanne
Congratulations, please get in touch so I can send your prize.
So, the Jubilee celebrations are over and it’s back to ‘normality.’ We spent the Jubilee week at a wedding, followed by a week in gorgeous Cornwall – and despite a few gales and rain, we actually had a lovely time with BBQs on the beach, body boarding and walks along the ruggedly beautiful coastline. We watched the spectacular Jubilee concert and loved seeing so many communities decked out in bunting and royal-themed decorations – including this house below in the Cornish village of Constantine.
While I was away, the paperback version of my Samhain release, Fever Cure, was published and this week I’m holding a mini-launch. The book is a sexy, emotional romance and is set in London and at a country estate just outside the capital. The hero, Tom takes the heroine, Keira to dinner at an Italian restaurant in Covent Garden at one point, and they’re surrounded by fire-eaters and street performers. I love the bustle and vibrant atmosphere in Covent Garden and I’m actually in London later this week to visit my new editor and the team at Little Brown. Very exciting…
Settings are very important to my books, and locations have inspired several of them. So my question for the contest is:
Have you ever visited a place just because you read about it in a novel? Or is there any location – real or fictional – you long to see after reading a novel?
Please post below and I’ll draw a name out of the hat on Friday June 15th. The contest is open to anyone, anywhere in the world and I’ll sign the book for you.
Here’s the blurb:
The road to heartbreak is paved with honorable intentions…
After a year dealing with her mum’s health scare and the end of a bad relationship, Keira Grayson was looking forward to kicking up her heels at her best friend’s wedding. Until she kicks off her (spare) knickers in front of the trifecta of perfection. Tom Carew. Son of an earl, honorable doctor and possibly the hottest man on the planet. One look at Keira’s delightful embarrassment, and Tom’s hormone meter spins off the charts. Trouble is, his bags are already packed to return to the jungles of Papua New Guinea. He has patients waiting-and amends to make for a terrible choice that left devastation in its wake. They both reason that indulging in a one-time dinner date won’t hurt…until their inhibitions melt away in the heat of their lethal sexual chemistry. Leaving Keira wondering if a sizzling fling is just what the doctor ordered, or another prescription for relationship disaster. And Tom fighting a battle against inner demons that could shatter both their hearts.
You can get the paperback and the e book from Amazon.com and Amazon UK, Book Depository, B&N and direct from Samhain.
Today is Launch Day for my new release, Just Say Yes, and there are THREE copies up for grabs from Sourcebooks for US-based readers.
All you have to do is visit the British Book Babes Brigade page on Facebook HERE to enter.
Good luck!
More info about the book:
Lucy Gibson is stunned when her famous reality TV-star boyfriend proposes to her on live television. Although flattered, she rejects his proposal and escapes to a secluded cottage owned by the handsome Josh Standring. Although he may not capture the hearts of millions of viewers, he captures the one heart that matters—and amidst the chaos of proposals, paparazzi, and passion, Josh and Lucy discover that when you know you have found The One, it is so easy to just say yes.
Well, never mind the Facebook glitches, my day has just shot up thanks to two fabulous reviews for Just Say Yes.
Here’s one from Book Reviews and More.
LASR has also reviewed Just Say Yes HERE.
It’s funny, isn’t it, you never know how your book will be received in different countries… Just Say Yes is probably the most British and quirky of my four LBDs. I wrote it on a high after winning the RNA New Writers Award and it breezed along for me. Happily US reviewers so far (including RT Reviews and Publishers Weekly) seem to have liked it more than any of my other books. I’ll take that!
Sourcebooks have offered several copies as contest prizes and I’ll be offering one on the blog tomorrow (after I’ve sorted out my FB glitches, I hope.)
I’m a bit ‘frustrated’ this morning as I wanted to post about Just Say Yes and do all sorts of things but I’ve been beset with problems with Facebook. It won’t let me post or comment on my personal page – or rather, some posts work and others don’t. It’s been seized by a demonic genie! If anyone has an ideas why or how to fix it, please let me know.
So I’m holding off the Just Say Yes contest until tomorrow – which is official launch day.
Meanwhile, I’ve got a post on Vulpes Libris HERE with the Coffee Crew on the subject of ebooks: the Good, Bad and the Ugly.
I’ve also been interviewed about my writing methods and tips at Novel Kicks HERE.
Hope to sort out Facebook soon: just what I need with two books to launch!
