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Dissecting the rumours

Still on the topic of Harlequin's move to NET royalties on e-books, check out agent Kristin Nelson's figures.

Interesting reading.

Rumours

No, not an old Fleetwood Mac release but the kind that are flying around the Internet at the moment regarding Harlequin's new contract amendments on e-book royalty rates.

For Harlequin's latest response, check out DEAR AUTHOR today.

Marc of the Beast

I love when Google Alerts drops something fun into my inbox and this is one of those.

MARC of the Beast, a blog 'celebrating ridiculously awesome titles', featured GIRL IN A VINTAGE DRESS.

This is a snippet of what they had to say:

"here's an example of a cute title and concept that doesn't cause an involuntary eyeroll (unlike 90% of series romance).
Also, she is not pregnant, he isn't her boss, and she likes vintage clothing. Win-win-win."

Check it out here.

(thanks for all your well wishes. Hoping preschooler's asthma eases soon. As for my heart symptoms, I don't have time to have a heart attack so you'll be stuck with me for a while longer!)

Double book giveaway

I'm guest blogging at the fabulous Romance from Paradise in the Pacific today.

Come visit to discover the inspiration behind my upcoming release GIRL IN A VINTAGE DRESS, plus an excerpt.

Also doing a book giveaway, 2 signed copies of a recent release!

Pottermore revealed

No Weekend Book Club this week because of important Pottermore news!

After much conjecture and excitement, J.K. Rowling has revealed Pottermore is an e-book store, exclusively selling Harry Potter e-books.

What are the 3 ways this can change publishing?

Read here.

New cover reveal

I'm always excited to see a new cover and considering SEX, GOSSIP & ROCK & ROLL is one of my favourite books, I was extra angsty to see this one!

What do you think?

I love the tag too: 'Secrets of the VIP area revealed!'

If you're in the US, this book hits shelves in October.

In OZ/NZ, it's on shelves now.

Or it's available with free worldwide postage at the BookDepository.

READER REVIEW: Girl in a Vintage Dress

Sorry for being absent the last few days but I have a sick kidlet who's worsening as the week progresses: hacking cough, sore throat, sore tummy, fever. Winter lurgies are the worst!

But this brightened my day, the first reader review for GIRL IN A VINTAGE DRESS (releasing simultaneously in the UK & USA in 2 weeks!)

Here's a snippet:

GIRL IN A VINTAGE DRESS is a wonderfully tender romance that I found charming, absorbing and moving. Nicola Marsh is a terrific writer who creates likeable characters readers are sure to take to their hearts. I found Lola to be a realistic, flawed yet resilient heroine who seriously lacks self confidence and is constantly under-selling herself and Chase was a strong, charismatic and turned out to be a sensitive hero, I absolutely adored. Even the secondary characters, the four B's, are to be loved.

I liked author Nicola Marsh's style. It seemed like she is writing about real people in situations that could happen. Scenarios come alive as do the people with her use of witty dialogue and situation that helps us know them better.

GIRL IN A VINTAGE DRESS is well worth reading!

Thanks to Nas for taking the time to review on Goodreads and other book sites. It's a huge plus for an author to have readers do this.
You can read the full review here.

Revising Bollywood

Today I'm hoping to wrap up revisions on BUSTED IN BOLLYWOOD.

I love revising, the chance to layer and enrich and tweak the book.

I'll blog about this book at length later but suffice to say, it's a very interesting process revising a book you wrote several years ago.

Weekend Book Club: Live to Tell

Lisa Gardner is one of few authors guaranteed to make me lose sleep (as in I can't put her book down.)

Live to Tell is book 4 in the D.D. Warren series and another ripping good yarn.
Here's the blurb:

He knows everything about you—including the first place you'll hide.

On a warm summer night in one of Boston's working-class neighborhoods, an unthinkable crime has been committed: Four members of a family have been brutally murdered. The father—and possible suspect—now lies clinging to life in the ICU. Murder-suicide? Or something worse? Veteran police detective D. D. Warren is certain of only one thing: There's more to this case than meets the eye.

Danielle Burton is a survivor, a dedicated nurse whose passion is to help children at a locked-down pediatric psych ward. But she remains haunted by a family tragedy that shattered her life nearly twenty-five years ago. The dark anniversary is approaching, and when D. D. Warren and her partner show up at the facility, Danielle immediately realizes: It has started again.

A devoted mother, Victoria Oliver has a hard time remembering what normalcy is like. But she will do anything to ensure that her troubled son has some semblance of a childhood. She will love him no matter what. Nurture him. Keep him safe. Protect him. Even when the threat comes from within her own house.

I enjoyed the changing POVs in this one, allowed me to really get inside the heads of the 3 protagonists: tough female cop D.D. Warren, psychologically scarred paediatric psych nurse Danielle and mother of a special needs kid, Victoria.

I challenge any parent to read this book and not be moved.
You'll want to go and hug your kids more than usual throughout.

Lisa Gardner's thorough research is mind-blowing and her books shine because of it.

I could hardly put this one down, a stellar five star read, until the end where the villain's motivation becomes tangled and the reader is left unsure what really drove him to commit such acts of mind-blowing violence. It pained me to take off a star but the ending detracted from an otherwise stirling story.

What are you reading this week?

J.K. Rowling & Pottermore

J.K. Rowling is launching a website, Pottermore.

This is what you see currently (it launches in 6 days.)

What is Pottermore?

No idea yet! It'll all very mysterious.

Guess us muggles will find out in a week.

More here.