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September 5, 2014

Breaking News – Adrienne shortlisted for award at Festival of Romantic Fiction

Adrienne Vaughan


The New Romantics 4 are delighted to announce that Adrienne Vaughan’s 5 star novelA Change of Heart has been shortlisted in the Romance Reader Awardsat the Festival of Romantic Fiction.


chnage of heart



As Sarah Taylor, awards organiser, says: “With the highest number of entries the awards have had in their four year history, the standard this year was exceptionally high with many highly rated novels not making the shortlists. The breath and depth of quality writing in romantic fiction should be celebrated and...

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Published on September 05, 2014 00:44

September 4, 2014

Romancing September Across the World – Day 4 – Lizzie Lamb

Originally posted on Stephanie Hurt - Author/Accountant/Children's Minister:


Welcome to Day 4 of the 2nd Annual Romancing September Across The World Blog Tour. I’ve teamed up with Rosie Amber again this year. We’re promoting 30 awesome romance authors in 30 days. Help us out by cross promoting when you can and check out these authors.



Don’t forget to go over to Rosie Amber’s page and check out her page too. I’ll put the link at the bottom of this post.



Today my guest author is Lizzie Lamb and I...

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Published on September 04, 2014 12:52

Romancing September #RomancingSeptember – Day 4

Originally posted on Rosie Amber:


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Welcome to Day4 of Romancing September Across The World Tour. Today our guest is Lizzie Lamb. Catch up with more fromLizziein a few hours with the second part of our tour when Stephanie chats to her.




Boot Camp Bride by Lizzie Lamb

Boot Camp Bride by Lizzie Lamb




Where is your home town?



Leicester in the United Kingdom



How long have you been writing romance?



I’ve been writing romance ever since I can remember. I first started submitting manuscripts to publishers in the late 80’s – starting, as we...

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Published on September 04, 2014 03:42

September 3, 2014

Romance: Bah Humbug?

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A new blog to follow, methinks.


Originally posted on Joanne Guidoccio:


Welcome to my Second Acts Series!



Today, we have June Kearns entertaining us with her take on romance and romance writing.



Here’s June!



junekearnspix First Act



One of my earliest memories is being under the kitchen table, hidden by fringes of the chenille cloth and listening to the chink of teacups, laughter and whispered secrets between my mum and her sisters.



They all read romances – the quest to find the one person you were de...

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Published on September 03, 2014 01:27

September 1, 2014

NR4 Summer Celebration

September already! How the summer has flown by. To celebrate the start of the new “school year”, we’ve made a short video about us and our writing – we hope you enjoy it. And if you have a look below the “Loose Women,” you’ll find a few words from each of us about where we are with our projects.






~Lizzie Lamb


Two years ago I uploaded Tall, Dark and Kilted on Create Space and tentatively pressed the ‘GO’ button. That kick-started my adventure as an indie author and it’s been a whirlwind ride. I n...

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Published on September 01, 2014 01:00

August 29, 2014

Romancing September #RomancingSeptember Just days away from the start.

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Adrienne, LIzzie and June will be taking part in this tour.


Originally posted on Rosie Amber:


Romancing September Across the WorldTour




Romance September 2014 cover (1)


Romancing September Across the World is givingRomance authorsthe chanceto promote their work on both sides of the Atlantic during the month of September. Romance author Stephanie Hurt from Georgia (USA) And Author Rosie Amber from Hampshire UK are joining forces in a double blogging event.


Hereis the line-up for the 2014 Tour:


Sept 1st – Caroline Stor...

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Published on August 29, 2014 02:53

August 20, 2014

Rosie’s Book Review Challenge – Manda reviewed The 20’s Girl, The Ghost and All That Jazz by June Kearns

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Nice review for June’s book from Manda Ward via Rosie Amber. Thank you.


Originally posted on Rosie Amber:


Reviews from the book review challenge are still coming in and today we have a review from Manda.



Rosie's Book Review Challengers 1



She chose to read The 20’s Girl, The Ghost and All That Jazz by June Kearns.




The 20'sGirl,The Ghost and All That Jazz - June Kearns

The 20’sGirl,The Ghost and All That Jazz – June Kearns




Here is Manda’a review.



THE 20’S GIRL, THE GHOST AND ALL THAT JAZZ



By June Kearns



Review by Manda Ward





I thoroughly enjoyed this. June’s portrayal of a quin...

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Published on August 20, 2014 00:50

August 15, 2014

Rosie’s Book review Challenge – Alison reviews The 20’s Girl, The Ghost and All That Jazz by June Kearns

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Thanks to Rosie for another great blog


Originally posted on Rosie Amber:


Welcome to another review from Rosie’s Book Review Challenge. Today we hear from Alison, she blogs at http://alisonwilliamswriting.wordpress.com/



Rosie's Book Review Challengers 1



Alison chose The 20’s Girl, The Ghost and All That Jazz by June Kearns.




The 20'sGirl,The Ghost and All That Jazz - June Kearns

The 20’sGirl,The Ghost and All That Jazz – June Kearns




Hereis Alison’s review.



The 20s Girl, the Ghost and All That Jazz – June Kearns



I loved this book! June Kearns has created a romantic page turne...

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Published on August 15, 2014 07:11

August 14, 2014

Rosie’s Book Review Challenge – Stephanie reviews Tall Dark and Kilted by Lizzie Lamb

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Many thanks to Stephanie (via Rosie Amber) for this lovely review of Tall, Dark and Kilted.


Originally posted on Rosie Amber:


We have a book review challenge today from Stephanie. She blogs at http://stephanie-hurt.com/



Rosie's Book Review Challengers 1



Stephanie chose to read and review “Tall Dark and Kilted” by Lizzie Lamb.




Tall, Dark and Kilted by Lizzie Lamb

Tall, Dark and Kilted by Lizzie Lamb




Here is her review.



Just finished reading Tall, Dark & Kilted by Lizzie Lamb. The characters are well written and they grab your heart almost from the start....

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Published on August 14, 2014 01:31

August 7, 2014

SUMMER READING – take me with you to the beach . . .

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This started off as a post on Twitter and look how I got sucked in !!


Originally posted on Lizzie Lamb:


Lifes a beach poster FINAL



It doesn’t seem possible that two years have passed since I, and the other members of the New Romantics 4, decided to stop tweaking and editing our novels and publish them on amazon.Its been a whirlwind but worth it. So, here we are, published authors and working hard on our third novels and with a poster to prove it. We have a social media presence on Facebook,Twitterand WordPr...

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Published on August 07, 2014 02:02