Book and Author News -- Issue # 10

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Signings
Sunday, April 22, 2007—Candice Poarch signing at No.Va. chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority event at Mount Vernon High School from 3:30-6:30.
Saturday, May 19, 2007—Candice Poarch signing at Borders Express in Springfield Mall, Springfield, Va. from 11:00 to 1:00

Bookshelf
Now in stores:
The MacGregors: Daniel & Ian
Innocent in Death, J. D. Robb
My Favorite Midlife Crisis Yet, Toby Devens
Born in Death, J. D. Robb, paperback 04/24
Table for Two by Nora Roberts, Trade size reissue of Summer Deserts 10/85 and Lessons Learned 5/86
Dragon Lovers by Jo Beverley, Mary Jo Putney, Barbara Samuel, and Karen Harbaugh
Golden Night by Candice Poarch
Not Quite a Lady by Loretta Chase - 5/07
Angels Fall, by Nora Roberts 6/07
Lady Beware, by Jo Beverley - 6/07
The Marriage Spell, by Mary Jo Putney - 6/07 (reprint)
High Noon by Nora Roberts 07/10
Mystic Guardian, by Patricia Rice - 7/07
Seduction of an English Lady, by Miranda Jarrett - 7/07

Book and Author News -- Issue # 9

Not Quite a Lady by Loretta Chase was a top pick by Romantic Times. It will be in stores April 24.

Read Nora Roberts’ account of how she learned the news of her first book sale.
http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/04/06/my-first-sale-by-nora-roberts/

Candice Poarch signed copies of her latest book, Golden Night at the Ft. Meade, Md. Exchange. Golden Night is book 1 of her Golden Bowl trilogy.

Many romance authors are meeting at the Romantic Times Conference. If you’re attending the RT Book Fair in Houston on Saturday April 28th 11 am – 2 pm at the Hyatt Regency, mention any of the three radio stations at the door and you can get into the Book Fair for free.
http://www.romantictimes.com/2007/04/rts-houston-convention-mention-one-of.php
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Bestseller list
The MacGregors: Daniel & Ian, Nora Roberts USAToday 32

Bookshelf
Now in stores:
The MacGregors: Daniel & Ian
Innocent in Death, J. D. Robb
My Favorite Midlife Crisis Yet, Toby Devens
Born in Death, J. D. Robb, paperback 04/24
Table for Two by Nora Roberts, Trade size reissue of Summer Deserts 10/85 and Lessons Learned 5/86
Dragon Lovers by Jo Beverley, Mary Jo Putney, Barbara Samuel, and Karen Harbaugh
Golden Night by Candice Poarch
Not Quite a Lady by Loretta Chase - 04/24
Angels Fall, by Nora Roberts 6/07
Lady Beware, by Jo Beverley - 6/07
The Marriage Spell, by Mary Jo Putney - 6/07 (reprint)
High Noon by Nora Roberts 07/10
Mystic Guardian, by Patricia Rice - 7/07
Seduction of an English Lady, by Miranda Jarrett - 7/07


Signings and Events:
Apr 20-22 - Mary Jo Putney: Pike’s Peak Writers Conference, Colorado Springs, CO
Friday Apr 27 11:30-2:00 WRW Retreat Signing—Nora Roberts and members of Washington Romance for a Mega signing at Turn the Page Bookstore (ttpbooks.com)
Wednesday, Apr18: Toby Devens, Gerber Mini College, Rockville, Maryland

Book and Author News -- Issue #8

For everyone still waiting for spring--still time to curl up with a good book. Nice weather will get here eventually.

Wordwenches.com--Susan Scott/Miranda Jarrett is interviewing Loretta Chase about her new book, Not Quite a Lady, in May.


NOT QUITE A LADY by Loretta Chase is a Top Pick in the MAY 2007 Romantic Times Book Club magazine.

Deirdre Martin was interviewed in the April 9th edition of the New York Post Romance Readers Hot for Ice. Read the article.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/04092007/news/regionalnews/romance_readers_hot_for_ice_regionalnews_jennifer_fermino.htm

Toby Devens and her novel, My Favorite Midlife Crisis (yet) will be the lead story in the April newsletter of the multi-thousand member-strong National Association of Baby Boomer Women, http://www.nabbw.com/ Toby is also leading a class on April 18 at the Gerber Adult Seminars, Rockville, Maryland. The subject: "A Novel Approach to Living a Long and Passionate Life." The third round of her national radio tour included Lifestyle Network's Michael Dresser Show available in archive at http://www.lifestyletalkradio.com/weekday_hosts/archives/tmds.shtml (4/5/07; hour 2) and The Good Life with Jesse Dylan on Lime Radio/Sirius Satellite. And she'll be talking about the art of rewriting at the annual conference of the Maryland Writers Association, April 21.

Make your plans to attend the Washington Romance Writers Pre-Retreat mega book signing at Turn the Page Books (http://www.ttpbooks.com/)
Friday April 27, 2007 11:30-2:00 WRW Retreat Signing
Join Nora Roberts and special retreat guests Lisa Gardner, Madeline Hunter, and Julia Quinn. WRW Members attending: Dee Davis, Susan Donovan, Diane Gaston, Donna Kauffman, Kathleen O'Reilly, Pamela Palmer, Hope Tarr, Michelle Willingham, and Jean Marie Ward. If you can’t attend, you can order signed copies on the virtual book signing page on the ttpbooks website.


Bestseller Lists
USA Today List April 5 list
# 16 The MacGregors: Daniel and Ian
#130 Irish Dreams
#147 Table for Two by Nora Roberts

Bookshelf
Now in stores:
The MacGregors: Daniel & Ian
Innocent in Death, J. D. Robb
My Favorite Midlife Crisis Yet, Toby Devens
Table for Two by Nora Roberts, Trade size reissue of Summer Deserts 10/85 and Lessons Learned 5/86
Dragon Lovers by Jo Beverley, Mary Jo Putney, Barbara Samuel, and Karen Harbaugh
Golden Night by Candice Poarch
Not Quite a Lady by Loretta Chase - 5/07

Signings and Events:
Apr 20-22 - Mary Jo Putney: Pike’s Peak Writers Conference, Colorado Springs, CO
Friday Apr 27 11:30-2:00 WRW Retreat Signing—Nora Roberts and members of Washington Romance for a Mega signing at Turn the Page Bookstore (ttpbooks.com)
Wednesday, Apr18: Toby Devens, Gerber Mini College, Rockville, Maryland