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Tuesday 16 July 2013

Good News Day!

Welcome to this week's good news...




SALES

Nicola E. Sheridan's
The Warlord's Lady has been accepted by Escape. Release date TBA.

Viveka Portman's second book The Wicked Confessions of Lady Cecelia Stanton has also been accepted by Escape. Release date TBA.




BOOK COVERS & RELEASE DATES

Maree Anderson's book Liminal is now available for pre-order from iBookstores world-wide! It's due for release 23rd July, 2013.

Now you see me, now you don’t!
My name’s Wren, and I’m a liminal who can phase in and out of the real world.
Sounds like an awesome trick, right? Yeah. Like everything that’s supposed to be cool, it’s complicated. I’ve got two warring factions who’d kill to get a piece of me. Someone’s blocked my energy flows so if I phase I’ll get stuck in a ghostlike plane called Between. And to top it all off, I’m totally crushing on my only ally, mysterious bad boy, Kade. Sad thing is he’s keeping secrets from me, just like everyone else. My life’s spinning out of control. I don’t know who to trust anymore. And what I find lurking Between is the biggest shock of all.



Imogene Nix features with her short story in an anthology called Edible Delights (Vol.#2), out with Secret Cravings Publishing July 17th, 2013 (tomorrow).

Deanna has one love. The Scheherazade Chocolate Factory. When it’s bought out by an off world consortium, they send someone to inspect their purchase.
JD Ruan is their expert investigator. But JD has a secret. He’s a demon. And not just any kind of demon – a Pleasure Demon.

Secrets, abilities and hidden truths will find their way… especially when chocolate is involved.



REVIEWS


RT Book Reviews gave 4 stars to Colonist's Wife, Kylie Scott's futuristic romance novella out now with Ellora's Cave.
"This novella moves the mail-order bride concept to outer space. The men are still dirty and starved for women, the frontier is still harsh and the women who volunteer are still unsure of their new homes. The sexual tension between the protagonists is out of this world, but the plot arc moves a little too quickly. More of the story between these two would most definitely be welcome." 








The Australian Romance Readers Association had M.J.Scott's Iron Kin as their Featured Book last week.
"What an incredible world MJ Scott has created. I can believe in it, picture it. The politics of it are deep and well implemented. I also felt emotionally attached to these characters and their plight. Their world is so fragile, and trying to live full and meaningful lives under such conditions, surrounded by races that, well, hunger for them, makes for a story full of conflict.
For all those who enjoy paranormal, I would recommend this series highly."
Full review here.



The great reviews keep coming for Kylie Scott and her latest release. Fiction Vixen gave Lick a B+ rating.
"Lick is ... a fun book with great characters, a rocker storyline, good angst and plenty of sexy times.  The rest of the members of the band are just begging for a story so I hope we get them.  I would strongly recommend this book to anyone looking for a something sexy and heart warming."
Full review here.

And this B rating is from Dear Author.
"Lick, the first in the novels pertaining to the band Stage Dive, was an engrossing, sexy, and emotional read. Bring on the rest of the band."
Full review here.




OTHER

Imogene Nix has her first UK outing...an interview with Female First, an online magazine, featuring her novel The Blood Bride.














Inkerman and Blunt are having a book launch for the Australian Love Anthology. And Lilliana Rose will be there reading out her poem, Farmers' Wife Valentine. The book launch will be held at the South Australian Writers' Centre, Rundle Mall Adelaide on 6th September, starting at 6.30pm.



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