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STEPHANIE'S
MONTHLY NEWSLETTER... Direct from the writer's desk!

15th
July, 2010.
Dear
Readers - I'm doing a mid-month update because I'll be in the US
in earlyAugust and unable to update this page again until 1st September.
The
big news is that I have finally got some answers about e-book availability.
You can find a list of sites at which my e-books are available covering,
I'm told, all countries in the world. In some cases, some of my
titles are still "on the way" but that's where you will
find them.
And
yes, some older formats are now no longer available, or so it seems
to me. It seems to be Kindle, iBooks, and Kobo everywhere, and the
other formats only in the US. If you want to complain, you need
to complain to publishers and/or the originators of your devices.
Authors are unable to do anything about this (and believe me, I've
tried).
Meanwhile,
despite the chilly weather here, I've been having a ball writing
the lastest opus. More on that in a moment, but first...
Ta-da!
- THE BRAZEN BRIDE is now out there, gracing shelves up and down
North America, and has hit the New York Times and USA-Today bestseller
lists. Make sure to grab your copy and learn what happens to Logan
and his Linnet as they battle to get their copy of the vital evidence
to Royce and Devil, drawing out the Black Cobra's forces along the
way.
I
hope you have fun and are swept away by the passion and adventure
in THE BRAZEN BRIDE.
And
a continuing bow to the wonderful Simon Prebble, he of the plumiest
of rich, plummy voices. He won the audio-book Oscar-equivalent,
the 2009 Audie Award for Romance for his narration of THE UNTAMED
BRIDE, from Blackstone Audio. He absolutely deserved it - fabulous
to see recognition where recognition is due!
Also
up for awards are MASTERED BY LOVE, and TEMPTATION AND SURRENDER,
both of which are finalists in the Romance Writers of Australia
RUB*Y award for Best Long Romance.
Later
this month, I'll be appearing at books signings in Birmingham, Alabama
and Orlando, Florida. Check the Engagements
Page for details.
All
of you within reach of Orlando, please do check out the venue and
time of the big Romance Writers of America literacy signing - there'll
be upward of 500 romance authors all in one place, and yes, all
the big names do attend, and the proceeds of any books bought go
straight to literacy funding. Note: all the books are donated by
our publishers, so whatever you pay, 100% goes to charity.
Then
in late August, I'll be off to New Zealand to the Romance Writers
of New Zealand conference there.
And
then it'll be back to my cave to finish the first of the new trilogy
that will be starting next year (see below).
But
first....
The
final volume in the quartet, THE RECKLESS BRIDE, is done and in
production - it's on its way to being a very special Christmas release
on October 26, 2010, when the story ends with combined Cynster and
Bastion Club Christmas celebrations. Lots of drama, passion, fun
and excitement coming up! Lots of Cynsters and Bastion Club members
assisting our intrepid heros as they finally unmask and, courtesy
of the last heroine, capture, the Black Cobra.
The
cover, excerpt and back cover blurb will be up on this site in August.
Many
thanks to all those who voted in the recent IT HAPPENED ONE SEASON
contest. The four novellas based on the winning storyline will be
released as the anthology IT HAPPENED ONE SEASON in early 2011.
I've finished my contribution, and had a great deal of fun reconnecting
with a heroine and her family who have waltzed across my pages before.
SO
WHAT'S COMING UP NEXT?
I
have indeed started the next book, scheduled for release after the
anthology above, in the summer of 2011. It's the first of a fantastic
new trilogy and I'm having the most amazing fun with it. You've
met the heroine before, you've been asking after this hero for years
and...can I just add...Scotland.
There'll
be a lot more on this next trilogy up on this site in December,
after the release of the last volume of the Black Cobra Quartet.
My release schedule for 2010/2011 reads:
OUT
NOW!! - THE UNTAMED BRIDE (paperback) - THE BLACK COBRA QUARTET
#1: first volume in the quartet; includes the fully updated booklet,
"The World of Stephanie Laurens."
OUT
NOW!! - THE ELUSIVE BRIDE (paperback) - THE BLACK COBRA QUARTET
#2: second volume in the quartet
OUT
NOW!! - THE BRAZEN BRIDE (paperback) - THE BLACK COBRA QUARTET #3:
third volume in the quartet
OCTOBER
26, 2010 - THE RECKLESS BRIDE (paperback) - THE BLACK COBRA QUARTET
#4: fourth and final volume in the quartet.
MARCH
29, 2011 - IT HAPPENED ONE SEASON anthology (paperback) - stories
from Stephanie, Mary Balogh, Jacquie D'Alessandro & Candice
Hern, including Stephanie's novella, The Seduction of Sebastian
Trantor.
SUMMER,
2011 - TITLE TO COME - first volume in Stephanie's next trilogy.
Details to come.
We will always keep this website and this letter up-to-date with all my latest news.
For those who have emailed, thank you for taking the time to drop me a note.
I hope you all enjoy reading my works as much as I enjoy writing them.
Best wishes and happy reading!
Stephanie
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