Kate's Blog

So much news!!

School is out and although my latest deadline is fast approaching, I'm breathing a sigh of relief--strangely! I am also happy to say I have massively updated my website with new book excerpts and extras, a short story, and a brand new contest co-sponsored by Sabrina Phillips--check out my contest page and enter before July 1 for a chance to win copies of our summer sheikh stories as well as some other Arabian-themed treats!

My July release, The Sheikh's Love-Child, is on sale now and is currently a top 10 bestseller on eharlequin which is always a thrill. This is Khaled and Lucy's story--Khaled is an ex-rugby star and Lucy is his former physiotherapist--and lover! The story starts with Lucy arriving in Khaled's rugged desert kingdom of Biryal four years after their affair ended--she's going to tell him about the son he never knew he had... you can read an excerpt on my booklist page.

I also have some new release dates: my eighth book, Royal Love-Child, Forbidden Marriage, will be released in the UK and US in November 2009. I love this book, and creating a fictional Scandinavian island kingdom, Amarnes, for it. Leo is a reformed playboy prince and Phoebe is the mother of the heir apparent--or so it seems!

Enjoy having a look around the website!

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Hello again!

I will update my website. I will update my website. I will update my website.

If I say it enough, will it happen? Pretty please?

Actually, I am planning to do a major overhaul/redesign of my website this summer... really! And I'd love to hear from my readers what they like about author websites. Is there something on or not on my website that you like or don't like? do you like bios, articles, the stories I post on my writing stuff page (which I don't know if anyone reads!), the extra fun stuff on the booklist page? Give me some feedback and/or suggestions in an e-mail or in the comments and i'll automatically enter you to win a copy of my July release, THE SHEIKH'S LOVE-CHILD.

In the next few days I'll have a new contest up on my contests page--I'm running a joint contest with new Presents author Sabrina Phillips. We both have sheikh books out in July, and you can win both plus a beautiful necklace from Sabrina and a box of turkish delight from me (Edmund in The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrove just about sold his soul for it!) by entering. Stay tuned...

Meanwhile I am alternating between checking the proofs of my last book and writing my current one, which has the title EXPECTING THE TYCOON'S LOVE-CHILD. All these love-children! I don't think I've ever used that term seriously...

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Auction!

I'm sorry I have been having trouble getting my blog posts to publish, which is why--well, at least one reason why--I haven't posted here. But I did want to share that Brenda Novak's auction is now online and accepting bidding, and as last year I am offering three months of critiquing/mentoring. I'm also offering a chocolate and coffee mug gift package from one of my favorite shops in New York, the wonderful Dylan's Candy Bar. So go on over and check it out!

In personal writing news, my tenth romance, Count Toussaint's Pregnant Mistress, has been accepted and will be released in the UK in January 2010. And my third historical, Down Jasper Lane, is out now and available from Amazon! If you like Anne of Green Gables, then Down Jasper Lane is right up your alley!

It's wet, wet, wet here, and while that should make the grass lovely and green and more flowers come out, it's still... well, wet! And I'd like some sunshine, please...

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Cover!

I love this cover, which is for my book in the Royal House of Karedes series, which is launching this May with Sandra Marton's book, Billionaire Prince, Pregnant Mistress. My book comes out in July in the UK, and October in the US, and I have to confess it's my favorite book that I've written so far.

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Happy Easter!

Easter is one of my favorite holidays. It's a celebration without the rigamarole of cards, live trees, and too many presents. It's in spring, even if it was chilly today, and of course it's a rather important holiday in the Christian calendar. I like to think of Easter as a holiday of hope, of faith, of belief in miracles. So whatever you believe, I hope you had a wonderful day, a renewed sense of hope, and a lot of chocolate!

Happy Easter!

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Chaos

I'm afraid I haven't been very good about updating this blog. I'm deep in revisions on my latest book, and am thinking about my next one. And my children have been home for the last two weeks on spring break. Excuses, excuses! I did find the cover of the anthology An Italian Summer which features my novella Italian Boss, Housekeeper Mistress on Amazon. I'll post it as soon as I can. Meanwhile, let me know what is going on in your life... is it spring where you are? Are you reading any good books? Anything happening in your life? And does anyone have any ways to make a baby sleep through the night or at least more than 2 hours at a time??

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Sneak peek

The cover of my July release, The Sheikh's Love-Child, has been making the rounds of British newspapers as they cover the launch of Mills & Boon's International Billionaires series, which is a series of eight books that combine romance and rugby. I know very, very little about rugby--my best friend in college played women's rugby and it seems like there were an awful lot of ambulances coming to the pitch--so I'm very grateful the RFU fact checked all the books. Anyway, here is the cover, taken from Time Magazine:




The cover is actually very similar to Sarah Morgan's Feb release, The Prince's Waitress Wife:



Anyway, I'm happy for the publicity!! Now back to all the admin stuff I've neglected over the last four months...

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