Book and Author News -- Feb 22, 2007

Book and Author News: Feb 22, 2007

WordWenches.com event: Join the Word Wenches Sunday, 2/25, Edith Layton will interview Barbara Metzger!

Patricia Rice has just agreed to a new contract with Penguin/Signet for an historical fantasy series set in the 1790s and centered around a mystical isle.

For Hockey fans of the fictitious New York Blades team in Deirdre Martin’s books, visit her new site for the Blades http://www.nyblades.com/

See new interviews of Nora Roberts (part 2 and 3) and Mary Jo Putney (part 3) on Romancenovel.tv


The Dragon Lovers writers, Jo Beverley, Mary Jo Putney, Karen Harbaugh, and Barbara Samuel, have a new website http://www.fourinspired.com/ that gives more de tails about Dragon Lovers and other collaborative works of the group.



Signings and Appearances

Turn the Page Bookstore: Saturday, March 3, 2007 1-3 PM J D Robb autographs her new hardcover Innocent In Death. Also mystery author Cordelia Frances Biddle signs her debut release The Conjurer. Elaine Fox and Lani Diane Rich sign their latest books. If you can’t attend the signing, you can order signed books from their virtual signing at the http://www.ttpbooks.com/ website.

Chassie West :
February 24, 2007 7-11 PM Evening in the Stacks at Howard County Library
Columbia, MD 21045 Tickets $100 Proceeds benefit the education and literary programs of Howard County Library. $45 of each ticket is a tax-deductible contribution to Howard County Library For information: http://www.hclibrary.org/

Patricia Rice (Sweet Home Carolina) will be attending the Celebrate Romance in Kansas City March 2-4.

Toby Devens (My Favorite Midlife Crisis Yet):
Sunday, March 11: Bibliobabes, Howard County, Maryland
Thursday, March 29: Brandeis University National Women's Committee Book and Author Luncheon
Wednesday, April 18: Gerber Mini College, Rockville, Maryland



Lifetime Movie Schedule:
Nora Roberts Carolina Moon –Re-airs Saturday March 3 at 7 pm et/pt

Bestseller List

Irish Dreams by Nora Roberts #8 on USA Today List
Chasing Stanley by Deirdre Martin # 144 USA Today List


Bookshelf
Now in stores: Innocent in Death, J. D. Robb Read an excerpt released Feb 20

Chasing Stanley, Deirdre Martin

Sweet Home Carolina, Patricia Rice

Irish Dreams by Nora Roberts reissue of Irish Rebel 2000 and Sullivan’s Woman 1984


Coming soon:

Feb 27, 2007 Table for Two by Nora Roberts, Trade size resissue of Summer Deserts 10/85 and Lessons Learned 5/86






Mar 6, 2007 Dragon Lovers by Jo Beverley, Mary Jo Putney, Barbara Samuel, and Karen Harbaugh

News February 14, 2007

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News: February 14, 2007

Romance comes to life this month on Lifetime: Carolina Moon by Nora Roberts will premier as a Lifetime Movie on Monday, Feb 19, at 9:00 pm ET/PT. Lifetime will also be airing Montana Sky, Feb 17 at 5:00 pm et/pt and Blue Smoke Feb 18 at 7:00 pm et/pt. Almost 5 million viewers saw Angels Fall and Montana Sky premiers. For those that don’t have access to the Lifetime channel, iTunes.com is selling downloads of the movies to U. S. citizens.

Innocent in Death, the latest J. D. Robb novel, hits bookstores on Tuesday, February 20th.

Nora Roberts and Mary Jo Putney are interviewed on the new online romance channel called RomanceNovel.tv.

Bestseller List

Irish Dreams by Nora Roberts (reissue) #6 on USAToday list.

Sweet Home Carolina by Patricia Rice is climbing up the USAToday bestseller list-- #96 this week.

Chasing Stanley by Deirdre Martin ranked #88 on this week's USAToday list.

Bookshelf:

01/30 –Sweet Home Carolina by Patricia Rice
02/06--Chasing Stanley by Deirdre Martin
02/20 –Innocent in Death by J. D. Robb

03/06 –Dragon Lovers by Jo Beverley, Mary Jo Putney, Barbara Samuel and Karen Harbaugh