Seduction on a Snowy Night by Mary Jo Putney, Madeline Hunter, and Sabrina Jeffries (coming soon!)

Ooh...look what's on the way to help us deal with these scorching hot days...an anthology featuring some of my favorite historical authors!

Seduction on a Snowy Night 

by

Mary Jo Putney, Madeline Hunter, and Sabrina Jeffries

This winter, steal away with the reigning queens of Regency Romance
. . . to a surprise snowstorm, the comfort of a blazing fire, and the heat of a lover’s kisses . . .

A CHRISTMAS ABDUCTION by Madeline Hunter
Caroline Dunham has a bone to pick with notorious rake Baron Thornhill—and a creative plan to insure his undivided attention. Yet once in close quarters, she finds herself beholden to their smoldering connection . . .

A PERFECT MATCH by Sabrina Jeffries
Whisked away from a wintry ball by the officer she knew only through letters, Cassandra Isles struggles with her feelings for the commanding Colonel Lord Heywood. For he, secretly a fortune-hunter, must marry for money to save his estate—and Cass, secretly an heiress, will accept nothing less than
love . . .   

ONE WICKED WINTER NIGHT by Mary Jo Putney
Dressed as a veiled princess, Lady Diana Lawrence is shocked to discover that the mysterious corsair who tempts her away from the costume ball is the duke she once loved and lost. Now snowed in with Castleton at a remote lodge, will she surrender to the passion still burning hotly between them? 

 Release date: September 24, 2019

Amazon link (for pre-order)

More pictures from HRR

These delightful macaws at Mission Inn have quite a vocabulary. I'm sure they derive great entertainment from all of us standing around trying to get them to say the various words they know, lol.

The Mission Inn Hotel is very picturesque and evidently a scavenger hunt helped many of the conference attendees learn about many of the historic details of the site

Preparing the room for the readers!

I apologize, most of the following pictures will be fuzzy because I turned off the flash to avoid blinding the authors (I figure it's pretty rude to make them sign autographs with afterimages in their eyes!).

Again, I urge you to attend if a book conference is going to be in your neck of the woods. At the very least, there is usually a signing day that is free...and not only do you get to talk to your favorite authors and meet new ones, but you can also gather lots of bookmarks and swag! The authors are delighted to interact with fans and happy to take pictures with you or sign your books.

In L.A., In D'Scribe is coming to Burbank next month (info) and Saturday, October 6, 2018 is the Reader Rave Book Signing. It's a great time to visit with your "tribe" and discover a new title or two (or ten).

Naturally, I was drawn to Mary Wine's table, not only because of her beautiful books but because she had a box of See's candy!

              

The irrepressible Jade Lee/Kathy Lyons

              

The effervescent (and prolific!) Sabrina Jeffries

              

           

Saturday Seven: Favorite historical romance authors

Growing up, I depended heavily on libraries, as there was no budget for books in our household, but once I started earning money and discovered the used bookstore...I was in heaven! I was attracted to the genre by the works of Katherine Woodiwiss but once I finished with her books, I looked around and discovered others such as Georgette Heyer and Sylvia Thorpe and my library still includes books by these wonderful authors as well:


   

Patricia Veryan

I was always a kind of adventure-seeking reader (e.g. I much preferred the Hardy Boys books to Nancy Drew), so I was drawn to the hair-raising adventures and wounded heroes prevalent in this author's books!


         

Stephanie Laurens

It's mind-boggling to me how many Cynster books there are in this series now! I had the tongue-tying thrill of hearing her give the keynote speech at RWA a few years ago (not only a prolific author but a very canny businesswoman!), and even more amazing, of chatting with her at the signing later. Of course, I was so busy stuttering in her presence, I had to go back to get the book autographed, lol.



    

Grace Burrowes
One thing that attracts me to books is the vivid characterization, and this author excels at that! I love getting to know a family and being interested in how they are doing in subsequent stories!


    

Sabrina Jeffries
Also a lovely and entertaining person! If you ever have a chance to go to one of her events, by all means enjoy! I had the amazing opportunity to meet the energetic and inquisitive Barbara McVey at the event as we both wandered around the hotel searching for the right room!


    

Mary Balogh

Emotional and gripping stories!

   

Karen Ranney
Yum, kilts! What more can I say?


   


Elizabeth Hoyt
I love that her heroines are unconventional...actually, I think that's true about all of these authors. These are warrior women who work within the confines and strictures of a rigid society and find a way to make things right for themselves and those around them.


As usual, I had trouble paring down the list (notice how I slipped three names in there at the beginning?) so let's just say this is also a to-be-continued list, lol.


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