Romance, rumours and rogues

Her Deal with the Devil now on kindle!

noreply@blogger.com (Nicola Marsh) — Sat, 18 May 2013 01:14:00 +0000

Here's another snippet from HER DEAL WITH THE DEVIL, which is now available for KINDLE.

And the winners are...

noreply@blogger.com (Nicola Marsh) — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:06:00 +0000

A huge thanks to everyone who entered the pitch contest.
So many fab entires! I'm glad I didn't have to decide the winners...and I'm now handing you over to Flo Nicoll (my lovely ed!) who had the unenviable task.

Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who’s entered this pitch – the KISS team has been absolutely blown away by the amount and qualities of entries!

We’ve spent a very enjoyable - although very difficult! - morning reading all the 47 (yes, 47!! What a result!) entries and after much deliberating, we’ve decided on our three winners.

In no particular order, these are…

RUMOUR HAS IT by Evie Huxtable – we loved the concept of the heroine being a boyfriend-dumping professional! It’s a fun, sexy twist on the world of dating, and spot on for KISS. We can’t wait to see the fireworks between Saskia and Jamie…

INSERT GROOM HERE by Kwana – the reality TV show setting, and the fact that the heroine is falling for the very man who’s supposed to be filming her falling for someone else, instantly appealed! Can’t wait to see how Eva gets her happy-ever-after with her off-screen – and very unlikely! – hero!

THE BIG BANG THEORY OF DATING by Jane Linfoot – who can resist a burlesque heroine, how intriguing?! The ultimate in opposites attracting, and the hero’s ten-date challenge, all contributed to a really fun, snappy pitch that had us dying to read more.

So, I’ll be in touch with this talented threesome asap, and they will all get their partials critiqued within a week (although, if full manuscripts are available, we’ll be eagerly reading them too!).

However! Because the standards of this pitch were so high, quite a few others of you will be hearing from the KISS team too… watch out for the emails coming your way!

Thanks again to everyone who’s taken part, and, of course, a huuuge thanks to the amazing Nicola Marsh for hosting this pitch – I think we can all agree she’s done an incredible job!

Love Flo x

This is why I love pitch contests...expect the unexpected!

It's fantastic that Flo was so impressed with other pitches besides the lucky winners and she'll be contacting 15 of you to take a look at your manuscripts.

WOW!

Thanks again, peeps, for participating, and a huge thanks to my editor Flo and the team at Mills & Boon UK.

You guys launched my career 10 years ago and I'll never forget it.

Kiss pitch contest!

noreply@blogger.com (Nicola Marsh) — Sun, 12 May 2013 14:00:00 +0000

It's time for the celebrations of my 10 year anniversary in the publishing industry to begin!

Flo Nicoll, my fab editor from Mills & Boon UK is taking pitches here starting now.

Flo will choose 3 lucky winners and critique their Kiss partials within 1 week!

That's a super-fast turnaround from an extremely busy editor at a major publishing house.

Before posting your pitch, you may want to check out the imprint Guidelines below:

KISS is sharply contemporary, glossy and chic, attracting readers who enjoy a short hit of romantic excitement with a thoroughly modern twist! Smart and stylish, sweet or sexy, these stories offer fun, flirty reads featuring smart, sassy heroines, equally matched by 21st century alpha heroes!

KISS Key Elements

Contemporary romance series with a range of sensuality – we're looking for authors who can convey that young urban feel with sparkling characters and simmering tension - either with or without the hot sex!
This series is all about the 21st century alpha male hero!
Vibrant, sexy, spirited, fun – but still offering a strong emotional pay off and happy ever after.

50,000 words.

Featured in KISS:

Sparky, spirited heroines in control of their own destinies and with friends to help them through – these ladies are more than a match for their men.

Flirty, cheeky, alpha heroes, who expect their partners to be their equals - these guys are absolutely irresistible!

KISS is: all around you! Just look out for edgy, modern-day characters, sometimes struggling, sometimes knocked sideways by love, but finding their happy endings with plenty of laughter and attitude along the way…

TV: Brothers and Sisters, Ugly Betty, New Girl for their fab, witty dialogue
Films: What to Expect When You're Expecting, Bridesmaids, 500 Days of Summer, 27 Dresses, No Strings Attached, The Holiday, Friends With Kids, Crazy Stupid Love.
Authors: if you enjoy authors such as Kristin Higgins, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Tasmina Perry, Jennifer Cruisie or Meg Cabot you'll love KISS!

To enter the contest, leave the following in the comments of this post. Entries will be accepted from now until midnight EST on May 14th.

Title
1-3 line pitch
Email address

-Entries preferred for a completed manuscript but partials accepted.
-Contest open to unpublished & published writers.

Winners will be announced by end of this week- keep an eye out on the blog here and on my Twitter & Facebook accounts for the announcement.

You can post up to two different pitches, but each pitch must be written in a separate comment.

*Editor reserves the right to not choose winners, based on quality and quantity of submissions.

So what are you waiting for?
Let the pitching games begin!

Happy anniversary to me!

noreply@blogger.com (Nicola Marsh) — Sun, 12 May 2013 02:06:00 +0000

10 years ago today, I got The Call from Kimberly Young at the Mills and Boon London office that changed my career.

I went from physiotherapist to published author and haven't looked back.
I'm so lucky to be doing my dream job!

My first book will always hold a special place in my heart.

Tomorrow, the celebrations kick in here with my current M&B editor, the lovely Flo Nicoll, offering 3 lucky winners a 1 week turnaround on a Harlequin Kiss partial critique (so get those pitches ready!)

In the meantime, thanks to the many writers who've contacted me about my new how-to book, celebrating 10 years in the industry.
I'm so glad it has galvanised your writing and helped clarify points for you.

Still at the introductory price of $0.99!

Amazon
Kobo
Smashwords
iTunes
And Barnes & Noble tomorrow!

Quickie

noreply@blogger.com (Nicola Marsh) — Sat, 11 May 2013 01:52:00 +0000

This weekend I'm visiting TAWNY WEBER'S blog for a Quick Six.

And giving away a copy of BRASH.

Super easy to win, come play!

COVER REVEAL: Italian Affair

noreply@blogger.com (Nicola Marsh) — Thu, 09 May 2013 02:59:00 +0000

Isn't this a stunning cover?

Congrats Annie Seaton on your upcoming release with Entangled Publishing's Indulgence series (and sequel to Holiday Affair.)

Release date: June 10th 2013

Blurb:

Free-spirited sex therapist Brianna Ballantine has four days to find a fiancé so she can inherit her birth mother’s Italian villa. Commitment is not on the agenda. Writing her sex therapy book and signing legal papers are. And once all is said and done, she’ll return home to Australia.

For finance guru Tomas Richards, relationships have been a bad investment—give him stocks and shares any day. When Tomas offers a marriage of convenience to help Brianna secure her inheritance, the sizzle between the sheets promises an affair to remember, despite family complications at every turn.

But Tom must convince Brianna to stay, and make this Italian affair a lifelong commitment.

Pre -Order

Barnes and Noble…link http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1115250853?ean=9781622661374

Amazon link….http://www.amazon.com/Italian-Affair-ebook/dp/B00CNTTEAI/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1368016768&sr=8-10&keywords=annie+seaton

10 year anniversary book launch!

noreply@blogger.com (Nicola Marsh) — Mon, 06 May 2013 00:34:00 +0000

This week sees my 10 year anniversary since I got 'The Call' from Kimberly Young at Harlequin Mills and Boon that launched my publishing career.

To celebrate, I'm launching DO IT WRITE, a little reference book packed with gems I've picked up over the years, as well as some easy 'how-to' stuff with sample synopses, etc...

It's at a special introductory price of $0.99!

Currently available on AMAZON but with all retailers by the end of the week.

Happy writing!

Bargain books, dirt cheap!

noreply@blogger.com (Nicola Marsh) — Wed, 01 May 2013 11:14:00 +0000

For 3 days only, check out the amazing books on offer at the BOOK LOVERS' BUFFET, many from bestselling authors, all for only $0.99!

Including BRASH (discounted from $2.99 for 3 days only)

and CRAZY LOVE, discounted from $3.99.
(Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo)

New release: BREATHE FOR ME by Natalie Anderson

noreply@blogger.com (Nicola Marsh) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:48:00 +0000

I'm thrilled to welcome one of my closest writing buddies to my blog today.

Natalie Anderson writes great contemporary romances for Harlequin Kiss and Entangled Publishing, and BREATHE FOR ME is her first indie release.

I was lucky enough to beta read half this book and it had me hooked!

Now, over to you Natalie...

Thanks so much Nicola for welcoming to your blog today so I can share some details and an excerpt of my newest release.

BREATHE FOR ME, my first indie hot contemporary romance, released this week. It’s the first in a planned series…

Here’s the blurb for Xander’s story:

The last thing Chelsea Greene wants is to be rescued, but that’s exactly what happens when she’s caught wearing nothing but her swimsuit during a midnight emergency evacuation drill. Turns out her ‘hero’ is a former lifeguard who has no hesitation in offering the kiss of life. So not happening, right?
But for emotionally chastened Chelsea, one touch changes everything. She discovers a desire to satisfy this arrogant, demanding tease. Unable to express her own fantasies, she finds unspeakable pleasure in serving his.

Xander Lawson exudes easy charm. He likes a woman unafraid to match his appetite for unfettered fun. He doesn’t do complicated or emotional. But the raw need emanating from fragile Chelsea compels him closer. He can’t resist spinning a sensual fantasy world around them.
As passion spills outside their carefully selected boundaries, Xander learns Chelsea’s stronger than he first thought. But is she strong enough to handle the intensity he’s always kept hidden?

In this scene, Chelsea’s been caught out in a fire drill just beyond midnight. Her handsome-as neighbor has given her a carry down the stairs. Now that the drill is over she and the other residents are returning to their apartments and her ‘hero’ has oh so kindly loaned her his tee-shirt so she doesn’t feel so exposed in only her swimsuit…

Wearing his shirt was worse than underwear. She saw a few sly looks, and knew just what half the people in the lift were thinking, given most hadn’t seen her in the building before. Same as what she was thinking.

That she’d come from his bed.

The elevator stopped on every floor of course, people taking a painfully slow time to exit. She was awkwardly aware of him standing too close because of the crowd. But even as it thinned he didn’t step away. As she was sandwiched between him and the wall, she couldn’t back away. She grew hotter and hotter as insanely inappropriate thoughts raced through her head. She stared straight ahead.

Get a grip, Chelsea.

It was clear he wasn’t similarly afflicted—not with the joking words he shared with another resident. The heat burned in her cheeks as he walked with her out onto her floor—his hand on her back. Oh so polite. Except for the inordinate amount of skin they were both displaying.

As soon as the elevator doors shut behind them, she stopped and turned to face him. Oh mamma, it was damn hard to verbalize anything when confronted by that body.

“You really don’t need to see me to my door,” she said huskily.

He merely walked around her, strolling along the corridor before turning back to face her, right outside her apartment. His smile was shameless. “You’re wearing my favorite tee-shirt.”

“Oh,” she glanced down and walked the last few paces to her door—where he already waited.

Suddenly he was standing closer than he had in the elevator. She could feel the raw denim of his jeans brushing the outside of her thigh. Wicked laughter danced in his eyes. Too overwhelming.

She looked down at his bare chest. A sprinkling of hair. Flat brown nipples that she could easily reach with her tongue. And a tan. And she’d already experienced the warmth of it, and the hard strength. It was a chest for touching, admiring, tasting. She’d have it beneath her, above her, his arms around her. He had such sensuality emanating from him—challenging her.

A frisson of aggression rippled through her body. She’d never been challenged this way. Never met anyone so blatantly wanting with just a look and a smile.

She didn’t want blatant. When she got back in the scene, she’d be taking it very, very easy. Not squaring off with some playboy. She lifted her chin and pulled the tee-shirt off in a quick movement, letting it dangle on the end of her finger.

“Thanks,” she said, totally feigning moxie.

With a grin he lifted the shirt from her crooked index finger and hooked it into his belt so it hung like a rag down the side of his leg.

“My pleasure.” The polite rejoinder sounded way too intimate to be all that polite. It sounded dangerous. And tempting. He leaned closer, bracing his arm on her doorway—so he took up even more of her vision. Dominating.

“What are you doing?”

“Making a move.”

Oh my. How was that for blunt? “Isn’t there some code of ethics that stops you superhero rescue guys from getting involved with the people you save?”

“Not that I’m aware of.”

“There should be. Women might mistake gratitude for lu—something else.”

“You think you’re feeling ‘something else’ for me?”

“I… no.” Somehow she held eye contact. The way he was looking at her sent flickers of heat along every nerve cell.

“Anyway, I didn’t really rescue you,” he said. “You’d have slid down the banister or something if you’d had to. Really it was all an excuse to get my hands on you.”

“Oh, so you’ve no ethics then.”

“Guess not.” He had that total ‘whaddaya gonna do about it’ look on his face.

And it was obvious what he was going to do about it. The laughter in his eyes was wicked—and mesmerizing.

It was a game. She got that. Except the sizzle that she felt wasn’t entirely playful. It was intense. And as she stared up at him the smile in his eyes and on his lips faded as a predatory look hardened his expression. She raised her hand. Pressed her fingertips on his mouth. To stop him? To touch him? She didn’t really know.

BREATHE FOR ME is $2.99 at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Breathe-Me-Be-Xander-ebook/dp/B00CJ3UPTW

USA TODAY bestseller Natalie Anderson writes fun, frisky, feels-good contemporary romance for Harlequin Mills & Boon, Entangled Publishing and independently. With over twenty-five books published, she's been a Romantic Times Award nominee & a finalist for the R*BY (Romantic Book of the Year).
She lives in Christchurch, New Zealand with her husband, four children and what feels like a million ducks. Find out more at her website http://www.natalie-anderson.com and be sure to sign up for her newsletter. You can also find her on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/authornataliea

Wishing you mega sales, Natalie!

Vote for Best YA Cover

noreply@blogger.com (Nicola Marsh) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:23:00 +0000

SCION OF THE SUN (releasing November this year) is up for Best YA cover on Aussie Owned & Read.

You can vote for my fab cover HERE.

Thanks!

National Readers' Choice Awards finalist!

noreply@blogger.com (Nicola Marsh) — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:00:00 +0000

I'm thrilled to announce MARRYING THE ENEMY is a finalist for the NATIONAL READERS' CHOICE AWARDS.

This prestigious award is notoriously hard to crack and I'm so excited that with my 10 year anniversary in publishing coming up, the favourite Harlequin book I've ever written has finalled!

And the timing is great, with the sequel to this book, HER DEAL WITH THE DEVIL, my first Harlequin Kiss, releasing next week.

If you love strong-willed heroines, sexy alpha heroes, sizzle in the bedroom and jewels, check out this duo!

Marrying the Enemy on Amazon and Barnes & Noble Nook
Her Deal with the Devil on Amazon and Barnes & Noble Nook

Weekend Book Club: It was Only a Kiss

noreply@blogger.com (Nicola Marsh) — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:57:00 +0000

You may think I'm biased in saying this, considering I write for Harlequin Kiss, but I'm absolutely hooked on this series!

It's fun, flirty and distinctive, with a lovely modern edge to all the books.
If you haven't tried one, please do. I'm sure you'll be hooked too.

I'm an avid reader and don't give 5 stars to every book, but this one thoroughly deserved it.

Here's the blurb:

The most distracting boss of all...

For driven businessman Luke Savage success is the only option. So when gorgeous marketing intern Jess Sherwood waltzes into his office and casually informs him that his newly inherited vineyard has an image problem he's outraged! She's naive, overly ambitious, a know-it-all And all Luke can do to stop her talking is kiss her senseless.

Eight years later the vineyard needs a boost—and Luke needs a hip new marketing strategy to save it. Jess may drive him crazy but she's the right woman for the job. Their only problem is how to keep their minds on work and off that kiss.

I'm hugely impressed by Joss Wood's third category romance. It's the first book of hers I've read and won't be the last.

This book is sweet and sexy, with two strong-willed characters going head to head.
Loved the sparks they created!

And the secondary characters (the heroine's family) were hilarious.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

What are you reading this weekend?

Book Lovers Buffet

noreply@blogger.com (Nicola Marsh) — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:00:00 +0000

If you're a book blogger, make sure you sign up for the Book Lovers Buffet to win great gift card prizes.

Entry is simple.
Fill in a short form, then spread the word about the book sale between May 1-3.

Easy!

Sign up HERE

New contract!

noreply@blogger.com (Nicola Marsh) — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 14:00:00 +0000

I'm thrilled to announce I've signed a contract with ENTANGLED PUBLISHING'S Brazen series.

These books are sassy and sexy and oh-so-readable.

My first, tentatively titled SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY, will be released in October this year, with the 2nd book in the series out in Feb 2014.

Sleeping with the Enemy is one of those rare magical books that flew from my fingers in 15 days. Revisions are about to land any day now and I can't wait to tighten and polish this story.

And I can't wait for you all to read it!

Weekend Book Club: CRASH INTO YOU

noreply@blogger.com (Nicola Marsh) — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:00:00 +0000

I am neck-deep in deadlines at the moment...not a good time to start a book like CRASH INTO YOU.
Because I couldn't put it down.
Read it in 2 nights, staying up very late!

Here's the blurb:

Brynn LeBreck has dedicated herself to helping women in crisis, but she never imagined how personal her work would get, or where it would take her. Her younger sister is missing, suspected to be hiding from cops and criminals alike at a highly secretive BDSM retreat-a place where the elite escape to play out their most extreme sexual fantasies. To find her, Brynn must go undercover as a sexual submissive. Unfortunately, The Ranch is invitation only. And the one master who can get her in is from the darkest corner of Brynn's past.

Brynn knows what attorney Reid Jamison is like once stripped of his conservative suit and tie. Years ago she left herself vulnerable only to have him crush her heart. Now she needs him again. Back on top. And he's all too willing to engage. But as their primal desires and old wounds are exposed, the sexual games escalate-and so does the danger. Their hearts aren't the only things at risk. Someone else is watching, playing by his own rules. And his game could be murder.

I don't read a lot of erotica but couldn't stop reading Crash into You.

Loved the strong character development, the intrigue and the unexpected plot twist at the end.

Nothing sexier than a strong alpha hero and a strong-willed woman to match him in every way, even if she's his sub.

The BDSM relationship between the hero/heroine was explored with tenderness, as well as being super sexy.

Can't wait to read Jace's story! (which I just discovered is a RITA finalist in Single title romance this year: MELT INTO YOU.) Considering how great this book was, I'm not surprised!

What are you reading this weekend?

Guest author: ROS BAXTER

noreply@blogger.com (Nicola Marsh) — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:00:00 +0000

I'm thrilled to welcome Aussie author Ros Baxter to my blog today.

Take it away, Ros!

The tail so far…

Sorry about the tail thing, but when you’ve written a mermaid mystery, it’s hard to resist the pun (even when your mermaids don’t have tails).

Quick snapshot of Fish Out of Water:

A mermaid from a secret underwater kingdom. Living incognito in a small, dry frontier town. Working as a cop; dating a solider-of-fortune (on and off); counting the days til her thirtieth birthday when time runs out (a clairvoyant told her 30 is the end of the road unless she can “change the course of destiny and save the world entire”). Enter a mysterious dead blonde on Main Street. A visit home to the deep sea for the first time in thirteen years. A smokin’ hot merman with secrets of his own. And a ten thousand year old prophesy that seems to have her name written all over it.

Since penning my quirky mermaid mystery, the question I keep getting asked is: why a mermaid? Was it watching too much Ariel with my four year old? Taking my Splash intravenously at ten? Well yeah, maybe. But the answer is also both simpler and more complicated.

Firstly, there’s something endlessly romantic about mermaids. From sirens to selkies they conjure magic, myth and mystery. And it only got better as I started to research. Like finding out about the Mariana Trench – the deepest place of the ocean floor, seven miles down and so dark and dangerous only four descents have ever been made. And about the Norse legends of Aegir, God of the Boundless Seas and his nine daughters, the billow maidens. And how whales make those songs.

Secondly, I love a good old fashioned juxtaposition. A mermaid on the land. An otherworldly creature of light and beauty kicking ass, packing heat and dating the wrong men. A tough girl with an over-developed protective instinct and secrets that make her vulnerable.

Third, it was her. She just knocked on the door one day, pointed her glock at me and demanded I writer her story. From her first line, I was hooked. Here’s a little taste of what she had to tell me.

Mermaids don’t wear nicotine patches. They don’t drink Southern Comfort from a hip flask, inhale twinkies or watch Dr Phil. Mermaids don’t pack heat. And mermaids definitely don’t get their hearts broken by tattooed guys who look like pirates. In fact, mermaids have always been kinda down on pirates... but that’s another story. The cardinal rule is this: mermaids don’t live in bone-dry frontier towns. Ever.

But here’s the thing. Me, I don’t leave home without my patches, hip flask and Glock. My last moment of true moderation was back in kindergarten, when I stopped myself from using my awesome strength to rip Jamie Kennedy’s pecker off when he waved it at Julie Casey in the bathroom and made her cry. And don’t even start me on my penchant for pirates.

But I am, in fact, a mermaid. So go figure.

Well, technically, Mom’s folks call themselves Aegirans, and they don’t sprout tails, but they’re the closest thing to mermaids under the sea. And, as much as it used to hurt, I’m what they call a dirt-dweller, seeing as Mom was a runaway, Dad’s Sicilian and we live on The Land.

But not for long. You see, I’ve only got three weeks to live. Give or take.

So, I’m wondering, what mythical creatures captured your heart at a tender age? I’ve got a free copy of my mermaid mystery for the most interesting tale…

***

Ros Baxter has been writing since she was eight and penned a whimsical series of short stories about a race of tiny people who lived on a rainbow. While they were a hit in the playground, a few things intervened – including a career in social policy and four noisy children.

Ros started writing again in earnest three years ago. In that time, Ros has secured a two-book deal with Harper Collins Australia, published Sister Pact (a romantic comedy co-written with her sister Ali) and Fish Out of Water (Escape Publishing on 1 April), been a contributing author to the e-anthology URL Love, and finaled in the STALI competition.

Ros writes fresh, funny, genre-busting fiction. She digs feisty heroines, good friends, quirky families, heroes to make you sigh and tingle, and a dash of fantasy from time to time.

Ros also runs a successful business consulting to government and the private sector. She teaches professional writing skills and has authored a writing guide, Clarity.

Ros lives in Brisbane, Australia, with her husband Blair, four small but very opinionated children, a neurotic dog and nine billion germs.

You can email Ros at rosbaxterink@gmail.com or find her at www.facebook.com/RosBaxterInk, on twitter @RosBaxter, or www.rosbaxterink.com.

Blurb:

“It’s Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum meets Splash in a sexy, smart-talking debut about a mermaid in a desert, a city under water, and the secret that no-one is supposed to uncover.”

Fish out of Water
Dirtwater's straight-talking Deputy Sheriff has a lot on her plate: a nicotine addiction that's a serious liability for a mermaid, a solider-of-fortune ex who's hooked on her Mom's brownies, a gorgeous, naked stranger in her shower, and a mysterious dead blonde with a fish tattoo on Main Street.

Oh, and one other thing.

She's scheduled to die on her thirtieth birthday - in three weeks - unless she can 'change the course of destiny and save the world entire'. Throw in a Mom who's the local Mayor and a Dad who's been locked in the county jail for twelve years, and that's all the trouble she needs without her mermaid roots coming back to haunt her.

Rania's heading home to Aegira for a family wedding but she's starting to have a sinking feeling that's got nothing to do with hydroporting seven miles under the sea and everything to do with some weird connections that seem to be emerging between her, the dead blonde, her Mom's shady past and a ten thousand year old prophesy. Now if she can just steal a corpse, get a crazy Aegirian priest off her case, work out who the hell's trying to kill her and stop sleeping with the fishes, she might be able to unravel the prophesy, the mystery of the missing choirgirls and the secrets hidden in her Mom's past. And maybe even save her own ass while she's at it.

Buy Fish Out of Water.
Find out more at www.rosbaxterink.com

Thanks for stopping by, Ros.

I wish you many sales to go with those tails! ;)

Goodreads giveaway: HER DEAL WITH THE DEVIL

noreply@blogger.com (Nicola Marsh) — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 02:53:00 +0000

HER DEAL WITH THE DEVIL releases in a few weeks and to celebrate, I'm giving away 2 paperback copies on Goodreads.

Click HERE to enter.

Bargain book, rural romance

noreply@blogger.com (Nicola Marsh) — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 03:03:00 +0000

If you're an Aussie who enjoys rural romance and loves a good bargain like me, go grab Rachael John's MAN DROUGHT today.

It is heaps off and priced at $1.05!!!

Here's the link

Enjoy!

COVER REVEAL: What the Paparazzi Didn't See

noreply@blogger.com (Nicola Marsh) — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 22:59:00 +0000

The new Harlequin Kiss covers are fun, flirty and bright.

My first Kiss is in May, HER DEAL WITH THE DEVIL (preorder at 15% off with free worldwide shipping!), closely followed by WHAT THE PAPARAZZI DIDN'T SEE, my WAG story, in July. (same cheap preorder deal as above!)

What do you think?

Quick pop-in

noreply@blogger.com (Nicola Marsh) — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 03:04:00 +0000

Quick pop-in to wish you all a happy Easter.

I've had a glorious 4 days offline, playing with my kids, visiting family, having picnics in the park, long walks and general fun.

And a much needed break from work!

But it's back to writing tonight as I have line edits for SCION OF THE SUN due shortly and a few other books that need to be written.

It's school holidays here at the moment so I'll be squeezing in my writing at night while playing during the day.
I love the lack of routine: no school lunches to make, no rushing around, no after school activities.
Bliss!

What do you like about school holidays?

Cover reveal: Her Deal with the Devil in OZ

noreply@blogger.com (Nicola Marsh) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:03:00 +0000

HER DEAL WITH THE DEVIL, OZ & NZ cover, releasing in May!

You like?

Another indie success story

noreply@blogger.com (Nicola Marsh) — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 09:52:00 +0000

The publishing world is buzzing with news of another indie success story.

Jennifer Armentrout (YA author with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Publishing, Disney Hyperion and Harlequin Teen-who has blurbed my paranormal YA SCION OF THE SUN ) also writes contemporary romances for Entangled as J. Lynn.

She recently indie published her first New Adult title, WAIT FOR YOU...that hit the NYT and USA Today bestsellers lists within days and stayed at #1 in the kindle store for a while.

Fast forward a few weeks...and Harper Collins Avon has snapped up print rights to this book and the 2 sequels for a high 6 figure sum.
Very exciting!

Read the full story here.

Congrats Jennifer!

(I stayed up very late last night to finish Wait for You! Review to come in Weekend Book Club here next weekend.)

Free book! Grab BRASH now

noreply@blogger.com (Nicola Marsh) — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:00:00 +0000

BRASH: Sexy Aussie celebrity chef (I pictured Alex O'Loughlin while writing Jack!) and small town US librarian Jess rekindle their past on an island while planning the burlesque wedding of the year.
Want to read more?

If you enjoy sizzling contemporary romance, go grab a copy of BRASH now.
It's FREE!

Amazon US
Amazon UK

And please tell your friends!

Weekend Book Club: The Secret Wedding Dress

noreply@blogger.com (Nicola Marsh) — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 02:50:00 +0000

I've been a fan of Ally Blake's fun, flirty, contemporary romance novels for a long time and her latest, THE SECRET WEDDING DRESS, is just as good as the rest.

It is part of the new Harlequin Kiss series (which all my Harlequin books will be a part of going forward) and from the books I've read so far, it's a fabulous series!

Here's the blurb:

A wedding dress...but no bride! Paige Danforth isn't interested in setting herself up for an unhappy-ever-after-thanks to her father's betrayal, the closest she'll ever get to walking down the aisle is as a bridesmaid. But one bridal sale later, Paige is left clutching her own champagne chiffon wedding dress! Clearly she needs to end her self-imposed dating drought....

Enter ruggedly sexy neighbor Gabe Hamilton. He wants Paige in his bed and nothing more-no promises made, no promises broken. But will this big, bad adventurer stick around when he discovers not only skeletons-but the wedding dress-in her closet?

I love reading books set in my fabulous home city of Melbourne.

Paige is ballsy and quirky, Gabe is flawed and incredibly sexy. The kind of hero who makes this gal want to trawl the Docklands in search of him!

Thoroughly enjoyed!

What are you reading this weekend?

Tickle my funny bone

noreply@blogger.com (Nicola Marsh) — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:17:00 +0000

While waiting at the doc's today, I sat opposite an elderly couple.
The guy would've been 80 at least.
He was wearing a T-shirt with this slogan on the front: HANDSOME IS A HUGE UNDERSTATEMENT.

It made me smile.

Have you seen anything lately that made you smile?