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SARA News - These Girls Are On Fire!

9/4/2013

 
Welcome to a fresh instalment of the SARA News.  Yes, it's that time again--Grab a delicacy to eat whilst perusing the SARA News, when the TIm Tams are kilojoule free and cream in your coffee isn't a no-no. *

Anne Oliver has sold book fifteen, which will be her first book with Harlequin KISS.  Titled Mistletoe Not Required, it's due for release in November.  

Claire Baxter has signed a contract with Entangled Publishing for a book to be published under their Bliss imprint, which will tentatively be released in October this year.

Khloe Wren has signed a contract with Rogue Phoenix Press for Sapphire Angel, a vampire romance.  

Lilliana Rose has sold a poem, titled 'Let Me Die a Young Women's Death' to Little Raven Publishing.  

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We're not only burning up on the contract front.  Check out some of our smoking hot blogs:


Dy Loveday

Bronwyn Stuart

Eleni Konstantine

Tamara Gill

Becca J Heath

Carla Caruso

Until next time, happy reading.

Emmeline

* Tim-tams are never kilojoule free, and neither is cream, sadly.  Sorry about that.  I would say, "Enjoy reading the SARA News while you eat your celery and cottage cheese on air", but it doesn't seem anywhere near as much fun.  

SARA News - The joyful post

23/12/2012

 
There's a lot of happy getting around the SARA ranks at the moment - and it's not just the kind induced by eggnog and mistletoe.  Well, that's part of it and the stripper dressed as Rudolf, complete with harness, is certainly adding to the atmosphere, but...

The cause of this joyful shenanigans are impending NEW RELEASES!

Lillian Grant's HOT MALE, Reigning Men Volume Three, is coming out just in time for Christmas from LSB, so pop a santa hat on your ereader and get ready:

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One man. One sensual dance. One night only to prove his love.

Michael wants Maggie. Maggie has Sam. Two’s company, three’s a crowd.

Years ago, Maggie tried to seduce Michael Monaghan, only to have her efforts rebuffed. Now she’s older, wiser, happily in love with Sam Stephens, and determined to keep her distance from Michael.

Michael Monaghan, hot male stripper, has all manner of women falling at his feet, except Maggie.  All he can do is watch from afar as Sam Stephens wins the heart of the one woman he really wants.

Sam Stephens is just tired of Michael watching Maggie’s every move.

Now there’s trouble with a capital T! Maggie’s Great-Aunt Maud has run off to Ireland with Michael’s Uncle Declan. Maggie needs to get to Aunt Maud and talk some sense into her before Declan’s gun-totting wife catches up with them. With Michael and Maggie off to Ireland together, Sam isn’t about to be left behind.

Tracking down the runaway lovers is complicated by the coldest winter in Dublin in years. With Michael, Maggie and Sam stuck in a house with only one bedroom, simmering sexual tension starts to boil over.

Michael wants Maggie. Maggie isn’t sure what she wants. Sam just wants to punch Michael in the nose.

Two’s company; three could be something else altogether. 


Pheww-eeeeee!  Sign me up!  OUT December 24th.  



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Carla Caruso, author of Cityglitter, has another book coming out in February 2013 with Destiny Romance.

It’s called Second Chance and is a romantic comedy involving 90s time travel – a kind of “Hot Tub Time Machine for girls”.

Doesn't that just sound awesome!  Big congrats to Carla!  Stay tuned for cover love and blurb wonderful.  

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Big shiny congrats are also due Tamara Gill--her medieval time travel romance, DEFIANT SURRENDER, is out now from Crimson Romance!  

Unlucky in love, Maddie St. Clair hides behind an antique store and her mudlarking hobby. That is until she finds a medieval ring that throws her back to 1102 Cumberland and into the life of Lady Madeline Vincent, heiress to Norman lands and about to be married to an autocratic Baron, William Dowell, nine hundred years her senior.
 
Lord William Dowell protects his own. Usually, from his closest neighbor and long standing foe the Baron of Aimecourt. Forced to marry his dead enemy’s daughter, Lady Madeline, by King’s decree, he hides his growing respect for his wife behind a wanton mistress. Yet when Madeline’s life is threatened, William’s loyalty to his kin is tested by the astonishing desire that flares between them. Not to mention the love that Madeline ignites that would last an eternity. If fate will allow . . .



If you have some down time over the holidays, you might like to visit some of our member blogs for some Christmas cheer:

Eleni Konstantine
Tamara Gill
Bronwyn Stuart
Lillian Grant
Lilliana Rose
Dy Loveday
Suzie Hindmarsh-Knights
Carla Caruso &
Emmeline Lock

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As we all pack our bags with all the reading material we're going to devour over the holidays, the team at SARA wishes you all a very Merry Christmas, and a safe and beautiful new year.

Happy, joyful reading!

See you next year, 
Emmeline.  ;)


SARA News - Blog Rampage!

27/9/2012

 
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Yes, It's that time again--time for a BLOG RAMPAGE!

This is where we very handily direct you to all the SARA members awesome, scintillating blogs.

Are y'all ready for this?  

Here we GO!



Bronwyn Stuart  - Breast Cancer Awareness Fundraising Time!

Eleni Konstantine - Trailer Thursday: The Hobbit.  Hit the top banner to access all of Eleni's regular posts.  

Tamara Gill - Blog Guest and Giveaway with Nicole Hurley-Moore.  Hit the tope banner to access Tam's other posts, too. 

Lilliana Rose - Creating Wings Launch 2012.

Dy Loveday - Unsympathetic Protagonists.

Maggie Mundy's News - including an offer from Red Sage!  Congrats, Maggie!

Susie Hindmarsh-Knights - including recent stories published on Alfiedog.

Lillian Grant - FREEBIE!  Happy Birthday, Nancy Tobin.

Carla Caruso - Just back from holidays, lucky duck.  :)

Emmeline Lock- the usual meandering ramble.  



Check out other member blogs/sites, too:

Trish Morey

Anne Oliver

Claire Baxter

Amy Matthews

Becca J Heath

Virginia Taylor


Finally check out this very nice review at the Book Boost Blog for Carla Caruso's Mommy Blogger, out now!



SARA News - read with care...

6/8/2012

 
There is so much news, we're bursting at the seams!  

You might need two biscuits to get you through this one.  

And you'd better make them Tim Tams.  :)


Congratulations to Lilliana Rose, who has been selected as the Round 1 Writer in Residence at the South Australia Writer's Centre (SAWC)

This, from the SAWC Newsletter:
WRITERS IN RESIDENCE 
SAWC is delighted to announce the first two writers who have been successful in our Writers in Residence Project. We will be welcoming Lilliana Rose (round one) and Dr Ianto Ware (round two).
Lilliana will be rewriting her YA contemporary novel during her residency, with a particular focus on character development. The novel has already received interest from a notable publisher. Lilliana is known for her published poetry, and is part of many strong writing networks.



SARAs are on a roll at the story website Alfiedog.com.  Head over for some short story wonderful.

Here are the links:
Claire Baxter
Lilliana Rose 
Maggie Mundy
Suzie Hindmarsh-Knights
Virginia Taylor

Congratulations to those ladies!


We also have a number of member websites that have gone live recently.  
Check out:

www.suziehindmarshknights.com
www.maggiemundy.com
www.virginiataylor.com

While you're surfing, check out these new blog posts:
Lillian Grant (Win her latest release as she rampages around the blogosphere, performing a very enthusiastic bloghop!)
Eleni Konstantine
Tamara Gill (Includes a Goodreads giveaway of her upcoming release!)
Emmeline Lock



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Excellent reviews for Bronwyn Stuart's Scandal's Mistress rolling in.

Have a look at this one from Night Owl Reviews.  

And this one from Imagine A World.

In the lead up to RWA Conference, you might also like to visit Bron's blog and read her post on pitching: Pitching and queries and not wetting your pants.  



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Eleni Konstantine has a cover for her new Musa release, a novella called GATEWAY TO HELL, due for release on September 7th.    

Congrats, Eleni!

While the adulation is heading Eleni's way, we should also blow a cornet for her Commended gong in the RWNZ's Clendon Award.  

*TOOT!*  :)

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Tamara Gill also a has a new cover, this one for A Stolen Season, a regency time travel romance, to be released by Crimson Romance on August 27th.  Congrats, Tam!

Archaeologist Sarah Baxter had a clear directive: travel back to nineteenth century London to retrieve the measuring device she left behind. But her bungled attempt at thievery left an English Earl dead and his brother bent on revenge. Sarah must once again go back in time to find the device and return to her own time before her tragic mistake puts a noose around her neck. Unfortunately, the only way to get close to the device is to befriend the very man who wants her dead.

Eric, the new Earl of Earnston, was determined to catch the woman who killed his brother, but she’d disappeared without a trace. Twelve months on and there are still no clues to her whereabouts. As luck would have it, he finds a distraction. A new family have arrived in town and Miss Sarah Baxter is a delightful diversion among the stale debutantes in the ton.

Sarah knows it is madness to seduce the man who would want her dead should he know who she was, but the Earl is an alarmingly persistent gentleman. Can Sarah procure the device without her secret being revealed? And what will the Earl do when he finds out the woman he’s in love with is not the woman he thought he knew?



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Congrats also to those SARAs who made the RWA's Bestseller Lists for June:

Amazon US
Anthologies Top 100
A Captain’s Order – A Duke’s Command – Tamara Gill

Amazon US
Series Top 100
Forbidden: The Sheikh’s Virgin – Trish Morey


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Trish Morey has been a busy little...writer.  Not only was she recently in the US to celebrate her RITA nomination with A Storm WIthin, but she has a new release out!  THE SHEIKH'S CONVENIENT VIRGIN is in the anthology Innocent in the Desert, HM&B Special Format.  


Until next time, happy reading!

Emmeline.  x

SARA News - Another new cover?  Finalist news?  A BLOG RAMPAGE?  We thought you'd never ask...

5/6/2012

 
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Check out the beautiful cover for Eleni Konstantine's short story anthology coming out one June 29th, from Musa Publishing.  

This one includes ANGEL EYES and STORMY DIVIDE.

Congratulations, Eleni!  We love it.  


Congratulations are also due to Ella Audrey, who is a finalist in the Romance Writers of America, San Diego Chapter's Spring Into Romance Contest (Contemporary Series/Category Romanace section), with her story, HIS BLACKMAILED BRIDE.  Great result, Ella, and all the best for the final results.  

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Yes, it's that time again!  Time for a BLOG RAMPAGE!

Eleni Konstantine rampages consistently on her blog, you can find her latest offering at:
www.eleni-konstantine.blogspot.com.

Lillian Grant can also be found often at her blog (where she sports some very schmexy covers...)
Head through www.lilliangrant.com to find her most up-to-date post.

Dy Loveday has a great new post about signing a contract for ILLUSION.  Find her blog via her website www.dyloveday.com.   

Bronwyn Stuart has showcased her new cover recently.  Head to www.bronwynstuart.com to access her latest post.  

Amy T Matthews has been blogging like a grown-up.  Excellent effort, Amy.  Glad to see someone can do it (I'm still working on it).  Find her blog at her website amymatthews.com.

Liliana Rose has also been a good blogger.  Catch her via her website, www.lilianarose.com.

Other blogs to watch:
Trish Morey
Claire Baxter
Tamara Gill
Becca J Heath.

Surprising even myself, I've been blogging with some semblance of regularity, too.  Not sure what I will do once I run out of alphabet, but that's a few weeks away yet!
www.emmelinelock.com.


Happy reading, Emmeline.  

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