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Weekend Book Club: Last Chance

While I'm on my YA kick, I've heard several fans of the genre rave about Sarah Dessen, so this week my copy of 'Last Chance' arrived and I quickly became absorbed. Sarah's characterisation is superb. Real people to make me smile.And when the book ended, I was left wanting more: more of their lives, more of their future, just more.Always a sign of a good book, when the characters stay with you after you've closed the final page. What are you reading this week?

Book 24

I now have full details of book 24 I recently sold.

WILD NIGHTS WITH THE WICKED BOSS (Harlequin Modern Heat) will be released in December this year!

Set in Alaska, Rhys and Jade do have some interesting nights together...and Rhys does look wicked in this pic...Will confirm USA release date when I get it.

And don't forget, Rhys appears in his brother Callum's story, OVERTIME IN THE BOSS'S BED, out in June!

Another RT verdict

You heard what ROMANTIC TIMES had to say about my other June release, THREE TIMES A BRIDESMAID... earlier this week.

Here's what they say about OVERTIME IN THE BOSS'S BED.

OVERTIME IN THE BOSS'S BED (4 stars) by Nicola Marsh: Dancer Starr Merriday is jobless, homeless and penniless, and willing to do anything, including work for the man with whom she shared a wild night of passion. CEO Callum Cartwright doesn't think Starr will take him up on his job offer, but he wants to atone for past...

Readers at Home

The READER AT HOME conference is up and running.

Come play!

I'm appearing later today.

Three Times a Bridesmaid...

Here's what ROMANTIC TIMES magazine had to say about my upcoming release (out in the UK next week!)

THREE TIMES A BRIDESMAID … (4 stars) by Nicola Marsh: Successful events coordinator Eve Pemberton doesn't have time for a personal life, and with the wedding of her last single friend fast approaching, she scrambles to find a date. She asks her old friend, ad exec Bryce Gibson, for help. Playing at love leads to the real thing, but can they find a way to overcome their issues and give each othe...

Thunk!

That's the sound of my head hitting the keyboard.

On Saturday, I finished writing 'Holly and Joss'.

Started with a 60 page partial, ended up with a 335 page novel.

275 pages in 26 days.

Yes, I'm exhausted and yes, I've come down with another sore throat but it's worth it.

I'm truly excited by this story.
And busting to tell you more.
Soon, very soon...

In the meantime, I have a Harlequin Romance with a May deadline so I better get cracking!

Weekend Book Club: Evernight

Another YA novel I just had to read so this week I picked up Evernight, the first in a series.

I love trying new authors: the various voices, pacing, style.

Claudia Gray's Evernight is a surprising book. For the absolute out of the blue plot twist smack bang in the middle of the book.

I didn't see it coming. And it changed the second half of the book totally!

If you think this is another predictable vampire boarding school story, think again.

What are you reading this week?

Where was this pic while I was writing?

I am so flat chat with writing and hubby's business stuff and kids at the moment, I don't have time for a post.

So I'll leave you with this.

Hopefully I'll have a confirmed title and release date for Rhys' story soon!

Two in a week

Hot on the heels of my Modern Heat release OVERTIME IN THE BOSS'S BED in the UK this week, I have another release hitting the shelves, TAG TEAM, in THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF SPECIAL OPS ROMANCE.

I really, really loved creating these two fiery characters and think they deserve their own full story...one day...

Here's a snippet of Lee and Fox.

The woman had balls.
Big, brass cojones according to rumour circulating the ADF, though the technical terms in Coralee Keaton's Australian Defence Force file...

Some serious overtime

If you're in the UK, OVERTIME IN THE BOSS'S BED is out on shelves right now!

Here's a snippet from Chapter 2 to tempt you:

"Cal?"
"Yeah?"
He heard the faintest hiss of breath, before Rhys said, "It wasn't your fault."
Callum disconnected in a hurry, the gut-wrenching twist of sorrow deep in his gut telling him otherwise.
It was his fault, every shocking, mind-numbing moment of that night fourteen years ago.
He could forget most days, chase away his demons by submerging himself in business until...