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Recent International Editions

My copies of international editions arrive when they arrive, often a while after the publication date. But it's always fun to compare the various countries' approach to covers.

The most recent arrivals are, left to right: Brazil (Lord of Scoundrels) Germany (Scandal Wears Satin), Japan-Manga (Lord of Scoundrels and Mr. Impossible). In their first Manga incarnation, Lord of Scoundrels and Mr. Impossible appeared in anthologies. This time around, they were single volumes. I remain in...

Australia & New Zealand & eBooks & Audio

Thomas Rowlandson, Merchant's Office

My long-suffering readers in Australia and New Zealand have enquired about audio books. Once again we face that dreaded world of contracts and licenses.

I'm going to simply outline the complications, rather than get into the bewildering details, where I’m bound to get something wrong or incoherent. Basically, it’s a question of contracts, and who has rights/licenses to do what where.

It’s complicated because one set of my books will have one set of non-U.S....

The World of a Cover Model

I was so tickled when Jason Baca got in touch with me. Jason is the great-looking man on the cover of the Mr. Impossible audiobook. Some of you may have seen him before. What you may not know is that he's been on the cover of nearly 400 romance novels.

As you can imagine, I have a clear picture in my mind of what my heroes look like. One of the reasons I loved the original Mr. Impossible cover was, only part of the hero's face was visible, leaving it mainly to the imagination. Yet his pose...

Audio and U.K. eBook News

Edison phonograph

Readers have asked when to expect more of my books in audio format. I'm happy to report that we'll soon be scheduling with Kate Reading for the last two Carsington books:

Not Quite a Lady

Last Night's Scandal

and the two standalone books:

Your Scandalous Ways

Don't Tempt Me

We estimate that two of these will be available in November and the other two by March. I don't know which two when, but will report as soon as I get more information.

In other news—

The Carsingtons are coming d...

Audio Mr. Impossible and Lord Perfect Now On Sale

The audio editions of Mr. Impossible and Lord Perfect—the second and third books of the Carsington series—are now available for what I hope will be your listening pleasure. Once—twice, actually—again, I’m delighted to have the gifted Kate Reading as narrator.

If you’re not familiar with this series, you might want to stop by my Books Page. There you’ll find descriptions of my various series as well as links to each book’s individual page, which includes the back cover copy, excerpts, and othe...

Dukes Prefer Blondes Now Available for Pre-order

The day before yesterday, I got a stack of cover flats for Dukes Prefer Blondes, and jumped up and down like the two-year-old who lives inside me.

Cover flats are the covers without the book inside. Instead, they might have information for the various retailers about why they should buy this book for their customers.

Their appearance told me my book might be available for pre-order. So I checked, and sure enough, it was!

So yes, Lady Clara's story is five months away from actually getting into...

Audio News: Mr. Impossible and Lord Perfect

We're still making some final adjustments to the audio book covers, so you may not see them online just yet. But those who like to order in advance may want to know that it's now possible. The audio editions of Mr. Impossible and Lord Perfect are available for pre-order.

These are the second and third books, respectively, of my Carsington brothers series—the one that was supposed to be a trilogy. It ended up with five books. You can find out more on the Books Page.

Release date for Mr. Impos...

Lady Clara's book, Dukes Prefer Blondes—update

James Pollard, Trafalgar Square

I've just finished reviewing the copy edits and making corrections to the manuscript of Dukes Prefer Blondes. This is my next-to-last chance to go over the work and try to catch as many errors and stupidities as possible. The copy editor has gone over the manuscript in detail, correcting punctuation, spelling, and typos; providing formatting instructions for the printer; correcting or querying inconsistencies; and pointing out content that looks wrong or sente...

Searching for the Manga editions of Lord of Scoundrels and Mr. Impossible

Scene from Lord of Scoundrels

Today’s Manga news comes courtesy Brilliant Book Detective Jennifer Mates. Readers had asked about getting copies of the Manga editions of Lord of Scoundrels and Mr. Impossible, and I was clueless. Then, Jennifer came to my rescue with the following, which I've lifted directly from her lovely email:

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I have been looking on the internet for more information. Sure enough, the publications from last year are not available. But I found a Japanese website which sho...