Computers are EVIL!!!

by Paula

Yes, I had my post all ready to go, I transferred a picture across for the final touch and somehow... why, dear God, why????... Blogger deletes it!! 

I've got a massive cold and desperate to crawl back into bed, so you can imagine my brain is a little fried. So here's a picture to replace my lost post.  Enjoy.

Robyn's Strictly Temporary Winner!

              The winner of the
              "Strictly Temporary"
               post  is:

                            bas1chsemail 

        CONGRATULATIONS!
        Please contact me
        at robyn.grady.author @ gmail.com
        (minus  the spaces) and we'll organize
        a copy to be delivered to you.
        Thanks everyone for entering!

In search of a hero (or a photo of one!)

I need some new heroes! I generally have a picture of my hero in my head while I'm writing and if I'm honest, most of them look at lot like polo player Nacho Figueras. These days the art department likes us to send photos of heroes, so I stretch myself and send pictures of different actors, most recently Johnny Depp (piratical bad boy), Dylan McDermott (staid hedge fund manager who falls for his housekeeper), Gerard Butler (scion of wealthy family who discovers he's been disinherited).

I need some new heroes to fuel my imagination!! Obviously I like them tall, dark and handsome <g> and if they're smouldering with passion that works, too. I'm really not hard to please.

Does anyone have an recommendations of handsome males that I might have not discovered yet? All donations gratefully taken! Three posters will win a copy of my most recent book Behind Boardroom Doors.

Jen

Kate's Winners!

By Kate

I'm a little late making this announcement, like a month or two ... but who's counting? :-)

We have a winner!! From my blog post of March 14, 2012, the winner of a copy of THE MILLIONAIRE MEETS HIS MATCH (or any other book in my backlist) is ...

CrystalGB!!!

Congratulations, Crystal!! Please email me at kate @ katecarlisle (dot) com and let me know which book you'd prefer and I'll send it out to you ASAP!!

Cheers!

Andrea's RT Winner

I held a contest and went to Puerto Rico without choosing a winner. My apologies! The winner of the RT goodies pack is Colleen! Email me at author (at) andrealaurence (dot) com with your snail mail info and I'll mail you your prize.

Andrea

Ready For Her Close-Up

This is the first title in Matchmakers, Inc. and I’m so excited for you all to get a chance to read it.  The heroines Gail, Nichole & Willow all grew up together in a North Dallas suburb (shades of my old hometown Frisco!) and went to college in New York together and decided to stay.  

The women are all very independent, but still loyal friends who make it a priority to get together once a month to catch-up on each other’s lives.  When Gail decides she’s had enough of being single and signs up with a matchmaker, Willow her TV producer friend thinks it would make a great reality television show.  Nichole who already has a successful pop culture column in America Today newspaper things its a great idea too.  And hence the fictional show and my mini-series were born!

 How’d you meet your mate?  

The Romance Writers of Australia have announced their finalists for the Romantic Book of the Year - the RuBY - and our own Desire author Robyn Grady is on the list!

Robyn's THE FEARLESS MAVERICK, a Harlequin Presents title, made the list in the Short Sexy section. In fact, this is Robbie's second time to be a finalist in this prestigious award.

The full list of finalists is:

Short Sweet
Molly Cooper’s Dream Date -  Barbara Hannay
How To Save a Marriage In a Million – Leonie Knight
Abby and The Bachelor Cop – Marion Lennox
Single Dad’s Triple Trouble – Fiona Lowe

Short Sexy
The Fearless Maverick – Robyn Grady
The Man She Loves to Hate – Kelly Hunter
The Wedding Charade – Melanie Milburne
Her Not-So-Secret-Diary – Anne Oliver

Long Romance
Midnight’s Wild Passion – Anna Campbell
Boomerang Bride – Fiona Lowe
The Best Laid Plans – Sarah Mayberry
The Voyagers – Mardi McConnochie

Romantic Elements
The Trader’s Wife – Anna Jacobs
The Shelly Beach Writers’ Group – June Loves
Busted In Bollywood – Nicola Marsh
Shattered Sky – Helene Young

Some great books on that list, and some I have yet to read. The winners will be announced at the RWAust national conference in August on the Gold Coast.

So how about we give Robbie a great big Desire cheer? Congrats, Robyn!