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One Night Gets 4.5 Stars from RT!!

Got a lovely email from my ed to say that One Night So Pregnant got a whopping 4.5 stars from RT Book Reviews.... Yippee..



So here's the review in all its glory:

ONE NIGHT, SO PREGNANT! (4.5) by Heidi Rice: Freelance event planner Tess Tremaine is horrified to discover a one-night stand with CEO Nathaniel Graystone resulted in pregnancy. Though money is tight and she lacks job security, she decides her child will be better off without a father than with an unloving one. But Nate has every intention of being involved in his child’s life, and he makes it his mission to persuade Tess to accept his help. When they aren’t fighting like cats and dogs, the explosive passion between them is difficult to contain. But is that enough to build a future together? Pages fly by as Tess and Nate work to overcome the emotional scars of their troubled childhoods in this tender story.

Lucy Monroe's Online Reader Retreat

 


I'm taking part in Lucy Monroe's Online Reader Retreat this week with lots of other cool authors, there are new blogs every couple of hours, a Cover Model Contest on Facebook and Pinterest (yummy!), a Masquerade Ball on Facebook and a Movie Night on Youtube (featuring some cool book promos) and:

I'll be doing a guest spot on Lucy's blog on

Wednesday 10th at 8am Pacific Time (4pm in the UK!) 

so come on down and join me on the blog, I'll be doing a special sneak peek from my new book One Night So Pregnant.

Special Giveaway Just for UK Readers

So, my new November Riva release has finally arrived in my hot little hands (thank you Mr Postman!). And I'm doing a special Goodreads Giveaway of four copies just for UK readers.

I know all you other peeps are saying WTF?? Why only them? Simple answer: sadly One Night So Pregnant won't be on shelves in the UK or out on ebook this November. It's only going to a few select Direct to Consumer customers because it's one of the books that's been caught in the Riva Relaunch. The hope is it'll get a proper airing here at a later date.

But until that happens, UK readers can enter below for a chance to win a copy.


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Goodreads Book Giveaway One Night, So Pregnant by Heidi Rice Giveaway ends October 28, 2012.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win

One Night So Pregnant! Goodreads Giveaway

Hi All

So I just got a lovely big box of my next Harlequin Presents Extra title One Night, So Pregnant... The story of party planner Tess Tremaine, billionaire CEO Nate Graystone and what happens after a torrid encounter in a restaurant closet leads to a life-alterating surprise for both of them! (actually I think you can probably guess what the surprise is from the title).

Anyway, I'll be doing two Goodreads Giveaways of this book, one for everyone and one just for readers in the UK and Ireland (when I get my Riva copies) as this book sadly won't be available in shops in the UK due to the current Riva relaunch. But it will be going Direct to Subscribers.

And I'll be doing a comp on the blog too at a later date. But until then, you might want to enter the first Goodreads Giveaway which is open to all! Good luck




 

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    Goodreads Book Giveaway
 

   

       
   

   

     

          One Night, So Pregnant!
     
     

          by Heidi Rice
     

     

         
            Giveaway ends October 25, 2012.
         
         
            See the giveaway details
            at Goodreads.
         
     
   
   


      Enter to win

Win a Copy of PS I'm Pregnant and Cast Christian Grey

I'm over at the Pink Heart Society today getting involved in The Big 50 Shades Casting Debate and giving away a copy of my 2-in-1 PS I'm Pregnant to one luck commentator....

So if you've read Ms James's erotic trilogy and have an opinion on who should play her seriously gorgeous, seriously screwed up (and somewhat kinky) billionaire hero Christian Grey, then come on over and have your say...

And even if you haven't read the books and are sick to death of hearing about them, I have serious eye candy in action to enjoy....

Just check out this little taster.

SYTYCW Workshops in North London

Hey all

Just to let you know I'm doing a couple of free library workshops this week on How to Write a Mills and Boon to tie in with the So You Think You Can Write competition running at Harlequin (which has now gone global and is replacing New Voices in the UK).

I'll be strutting my stuff at:

Islington Central Library
2 Fieldway Crescent, London N5 1PF

on Wed 19th September
6pm-7.30pm

To book a place ring: Shari Green 02075276953 or Maureen Black on 02075276950

And

Kentish Town Library
262-266  Kentish Town Road, London NW5 2AA

on Fri 21st September
7pm-8.30pm

To book a place ring 020 7974 8515 or email Peter.Baxter@camden.gov.uk


So do come along if you have the time. There will be goodie bags I'm told! And I'm bringing along some free copies of my books too.

Sneak Peek of One Night So Pregnant!

I finally have a sneak peek of my next Riva/Harlequin Presents Extra, One Night So Pregnant on my website... Have to say I love both the UK and US covers.

In case you don't know this is Tess and Nate's story. Tess appeared as Eva's meddling friend in The Good the Bad and the Wild and quite a lot of readers have asked me if I was going to write her story. Short answer: Hell Yes! And here it is.

It'll be out in December in the US and in November to Riva subscribers in the UK (and apparently on Amazon!). I will be giving away a few copies here and on Goodreads once I get my author copies.

Anyway, let me know what you think of the peek!

In other news I'm off to the AMBA lunch tomorrow and am looking forward to catching up with Abby Green, India Grey, Fiona Harper, Sharon Kendrick, Scarlet Wilson and a host of other great authors.... And I have Alabama friend Kimberly Lang staying with me at the moment. How cool is that? (plus I managed to extract a copy of Redemption of a Hollywood Starlet out of her - which is the last of her fab Marshall brothers trilogy and which I can't wait to read).

Bestival, Chestival and another Goodreads Giveaway

So, I've had a cracking summer this year, what with the Olympics and Paralympics in my home town, a great ten day holiday sunning myself and reading 50 Shades of Grey on the Cote D'Azur and then to top it off a completely AWESOME trip to Bestival on the Isle of Wight this weekend.

Both a couple of festival virgins, my sister Julia and I borrowed our mum's camper van and headed off into the wild blue yonder (wild being the operative word with no hot showers for four days!) and had an absolute ball. I've got pictures on my Facebook page, but highlights included New Order doing Love Will Tear Us Apart Again as an encore, Stevie 'Freaking' Wonder, Sister Sledge, Rizzle Kicks, Emile Sande (what a voice!), dancing all night in the Drambuie Lounge with wellie boots on (boy, did my feet ache), putting glitter on our faces and fairy lights in our hair, laughing are butts off on Dress Up Day (never seen so many fit blokes dressed as tigers!)... And the sunshine, which lasted all weekend and meant that most of those fit guys were bare-chested - in fact, Juls and I decided to rename it Chest-tival! Yum.

And to celebrate my fab summer I'm doing another Goodreads Giveaway. Now, this one's a little special. It's the Australian release of BTW I Love You which not only includes my linked books Surf, Sea and A Sexy Stranger and Cupcakes and Killer Heels, but also a reprint of my first ever published book Bedded by a Bad Boy. This story of motorcycle-riding bad boy Monroe Latimer and fiery English rose Jessie O'Connor is very close to my heart, for obvious reasons, and hasn't been in print since 2007...

So if you want to read the story that got me started, you've got til 11th October to enter.
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Goodreads Book Giveaway Btw I Love You by Heidi Rice Giveaway ends October 11, 2012.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win

Riva Returns!!

Yippee it's happened, the Riva Relaunch is finally upon us and it's AWESOME.

The sparkling new look is much more in keeping with what the editorial has to offer readers: namely fun, flirty, sexy stories with feisty heroines, hot alpha heroes, glamorous settings and lashings of the sparky, snappy dialogue I love to write (and which I sincerely hope you guys enjoy reading!).

Anyway, I've stuck up the banner header in honour of the new look which lists all the books in the Relaunch. They're available from today on the M&B website and nine of the above (including mine) will be available in book form to buy from WH Smiths as of October 1st.

 If you haven't already read my Riva Relaunch book Cupcakes & Killer Heels you're in for a treat. I loved creating this book and just to get you in the mood, here's an advert I found featuring gorgeous hero inspiration Henry Cavill (currently being hotly tipped to play Christian Grey in the Fifty Shades movie, no less) which I think gives you a heady taste of what Cupcakes has to offer. Although I'll admit the woman he's dancing with here is a bit too skinny to be my luscious cupcake baker Ruby Delisantro, Mr Cavill definitely does the business as Cameron Westmore, a dark, dashing and dangerous British barrister who's made a career out of his erudite way with words and yet has never been able to talk about his feelings - until our Ruby crashes into his life! And those glamorous London settings are also a feature of the story... Which is set in my home town (and which I am currently feeling mighty proud of thanks to our fabulous Olympic summer!)



Yum, delicious eh... Almost as irresistible as a chocolate cupcake.

We have loads of exciting treats on the blogesphere to enjoy in the next few months including the Love Bites on Youtube for the Riva Relaunch titles provided by the ladies at Romance HQ. And the lovely Natalie Anderson and Ally Blake have some really fun Riva-flavoured His and Hers blogs planned (with giveaways!) which my hero and heroine, Cal and Ruby, shall be taking part in.

And don't forget to Check Out the Riva App on Facebook - there's loads of great info on the books, the authors, a new blog and there's even a chance to win lots of Riva Goodies.

Enjoy!

50 Glorious Books with Kate Hardy

I'm jetting off to the Cote D'Azur this morning with 50 Shades and Outlander books 3 & 4 on my Kindle, my lovely husband and NO teenage children as they were off doing other things, so am expecting a proper grown up holiday with added glamour... Talk about refilling the will. LOL!

Anyway, while I'm on that jet plane, I'm also over at Kate Hardy's blog celebrating her 50 Glorious M&B books with a recipe for my celebrated writing Brainfood. Go check it out and you might win a copy of my 2-in-1 PS I'm Pregnant.