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Hump Day Hunk! Guy Duval - Do You Remember?

For the next few weeks I will be putting one of my romantic heroes under the spotlight. Today it's the turn of French footballer and leading man from my summer read, Do You Remember?. It's Guy Duval!

 

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What makes Guy a perfect hero?

Well, what can I say? If the dark hair and almond shaped eyes aren't enough for you, how about an athletic body and an irresistible Gallic accent? In Do You Remember? we get to see Guy in two eras. Half of the book is set ten years in the past, when...

Back to work!

I'm back to work and I couldn't be happier! I had such an amazing week in Corfu at the wonderful Mareblue Beach Resort. Everything was just as it should be - the weather, the cocktails, the warm welcome. And it's only 15 weeks until we go back!

So today I'm sat at my desk still glowing from a great break but raring to get stuck into my writing.

If anyone missed my news on Facebook before I left, let me tell you, I now have a literary agent. I'm going to be working with the lovely Kate...

Exciting times...

This week I did something I've been itching to do since the end of April! I finished the read through and edit of The Corfu Book and pressed send, winging it through the internet.

This is a really interesting time for me because I have no idea what's next. Right now I'm out of contract, looking forward to my Corfu holiday, not knowing if someone will be publishing my book. BUT I feel really really CRAZY EXCITED for the future.

 I've been lucky enough to speak to some industry professionals...

Written Fireside - Part Seven

Welcome to the next part of the on-going Harper Impulse authors Written Fireside story - Changes. Here are all the parts so far for you to catch up on the story.

Part One - Lori Connelly

Part Two - Teresa Morgan

Part Three - Lynn Marie Hulsman

Part Four - Sue Fortin

Part Five - Zara Stoneley

Part Six - Jane Lark

 

 

 

 

And here is Part Seven - enjoy!

 

Marie said nothing more. Could say nothing more. Her whole body was numb and cold, so cold. It was like a winter wind had wound i...

IN THE SACK...with Samantha Birch

This week on In The Sack I have Harper Impulse author, Samantha Birch.

 

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Brides-to-be, this one’s for you!

You can say your vows in a catwalk gown so beautiful it reduces your mum to tears (and not because she paid for it).

You can style a reception so stunning your guests won’t believe you didn’t hire an A-list planner.

And you can sprinkle the day with personal touches that make everyone feel like you gave them special attention before they even got there...

IN THE SACK...with Nikki Moore

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This week on In The Sack I'm welcoming Harper Impulse author, Nikki Moore.

 

 

Nikki Moore lives in beautiful Dorset and writes short stories and sexy contemporary romances. A finalist in several writing competitions including Novelicious Undiscovered 2012, she graduated from the Romantic Novelists Association New Writers' Scheme after four years and has contributed to their magazine Romance Matters. She has far too much fun attending the annual RNA conference and has previously c...

Foreigner - hot blooded with a jukebox full of hits!

Wow! I'm still recovering from the best rock gig I've been to since the last time I watched Foreigner live in Portsmouth!

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But they weren't alone. Kicking things off were British rock band, FM and Sweden's, Europe.

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But the highlight for me was Foreigner. 

Lead singer, Kelly Hansen got straight down to business in the crowd.

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And from that moment the hits just kept rolling on out!

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The whole band are so energetic it's impossible not to get caught up in their infectio...

Hot heroes - emotional reads

So, what do you think of my new tagline? I've had 'strong contemporary romance and characters you'll fall in love with' and 'strong contemporary romance meets feel-good fiction' but now I've gone for 'hot heroes - emotional reads'.

Last week I spoke to a couple of industry professionals who told me I need to find my place in the market. Unless you've read my books before and fallen in love with my style, you don't necessarily know what you're going to get with a Mandy Baggot book from the outs...

IN THE SACK...with Elaine Spires!

This week on In The Sack I'm excited to have author, Elaine Spires.

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BIO:  I self-publish because I believe in creating your own future and life's too short to sit around waiting for things to happen, or for a publisher to decide they want you. I always find it hard to classify my books into a genre, so I'll say that I write contemporary novels with humour, sex, love and twists.

 

Two of my books, What's Eating Me and Sweet Lady started life as stage plays. WEM was a one-woman show whic...

More Nashville?

Hi everyone!

At the moment I'm 60,000 words into my latest novel, What Happens in Corfu... I'm getting ever closer to the finish line and I'm hoping this is going to be ready to launch on you this summer. I do love a tight turn around! If you'd like to get some inspiration for the book I have a Pinterest board rolling along here.

But, while I'm writing this tenth book of mine (yes, I said number 10!) I'm thinking ahead to my next project and I'm pretty sure it's going to take place in Nashville...