Heartland Writers Group

Congratulations to our very own author, Cheryl St. John. Badlands Bride is being re-released with a sizzling new cover! 

Excerpt: Reporter Hallie Wainwright’s introduction to the Wild West included traveling with a bevy of mail-order brides and shooting bandits. But it was the intimate “hello” in the arms of Cooper DeWitt that truly sent her heart racing—and made it all the more difficult for her to tell the brawny plainsman the truth….

 When she jumped from the stage, shining with true grit and spewing tall tales, Cooper thought he just might have struck gold. Raised with the Sioux, Cooper needed a wife who could brave the frontier and corral his restless heart. The problem was, his would-be bride had no intention of marrying him!

Visit http://eharlequin.com/storeitem.html?iid=17109&cid=228  for more information.

Our very own author, Mary Connealy signed an exclusive contract with Barbour Publishing. She will be writing eighteen books for Barbour over the next four years.  Congrats!!!

Mary has received fantastic acolades for several of her books as shown below. To learn more about upcoming books from Mary Connealy, please visit her website at www.maryconnealy.com.

Calico Canyon  Available July 2008

Received 4 1/2 Stars from Romantic Times Book Reviews

Let yourself be swept away by this fast-paced romance, featuring Grace Calhoun, an instructor of reading, writing, and arithmetic, who, in an attempt to escape the clutches of a relentless pursuer, runs smack dab into even more trouble with the 6R’s - widower Daniel Reeves, along with his five rowdy sons. When a marriage is forced upon this hapless pair - two people who couldn’t dislike each other more - an avalanche isn’t the only potential danger lurking amid the shadows of Calico Canyon. Will they make it out alive? Or end up killing each other in the process?

      Petticoat Ranch released by Barbour Publishing in February 2007 was International Readers Choice Contest Finalist/Long Historical Fiction Category. 

Sophie Edwards’ life is one long struggle for survival, and, more importantly, the survival of her four daughters. She wants to avenge her husband’s murder, but she has no idea how to do it. And as if she hasn’t got enough to do, now a wounded man is disrupting her family’s lonely life.

Clay McClellen left an idyllic, all-male world in the mountains. But, after plunging headfirst over a cliff, Clay finds himself at the mercy of a widow and her four girls.

A suspenseful romantic comedy about a mountain man trapped in a pretty, sweet smelling, confusing all-girl world.

From Heartsong Presents

ALASKA BRIDES
Available August 2008
By Cathy Marie Hake, Mary Connealy and Kathleen Y’Barbo

The historic Alaskan frontier makes a wonderful setting for romantic adventures. Trek into the wilds alongside three women who have strong faith, determination, and no need for a husband. Can they surrender their independent hearts when love comes to call in the form of a friendly neighbor, a grieving widower, and a secretive gold miner?

“Nothing By Chance” will be released as an e-book, November 7, 2008 and it will be available in print on May 9, 2009! Congrats, Renee!!

Five years ago Squire Oscar Cavendish made a mistake that cost him everything he held dear, including the woman he intended to marry. Now he is guardian of six orphaned boys who are depending on him to provide them with a stable home. The problem, his ancestral dwelling has fallen into disrepair during his absence, resulting in an accident that nearly costs one of his children their lives.

Lady Madeline Armburst is firmly on the shelf after her broken engagement five years previous to the local Squire and at the monetary mercy of her sister. With mounting debts and no means of financial support, Madeline opens a school for educating young ladies on the ways of society. But her sister’s unexpected return with her new husband forces Madeline to seek an alternate place to house her charges.

 Both Oscar and Madeline ask the local Marchioness for the use of an empty dower house she has on her estate. With only one home, but two worthy candidates, the lady declares a contest is the only way to determine who shall have its use. Mischief and mayhem ensue as twelve children, and one cunning Marchioness, scheme to reunite these ill-fated lovers once and for all.

Publisher:  The Wild Rose Press

Cheryl St. John has a new anthology due out October 2008 and we have a sneak peak of the cover.

A BABY BLUE CHRISTMAS by Cheryl St. John
The Magic of Christmas Anthology
October ‘08

To read the First Chapter please stop by Ms. St. John’s blog at http://cherylstjohn.blogspot.com/ and read her blog posted on Saturday, July 12, 2008.

Doctor’s Deception is now available! 

Congratulations to author, Kathleen Grieve! Her first novel is now available at the Wild Rose Press website.

And in a few short weeks it will be available at Amazon.com.  Follow this link to Kathleen’s website and read an excerpt from her novel!!

Congratulations, Kathleen!!!

One Night Stand by Cindy Kirk is available now in bookstores and on Amazon.com.  An Avon release at $6.99, the ISBN is 978-0-06-84791-3.

Weddings can make a girl a little crazy…

Which is probably why Marcee Robbens found herself in the arms of a sexy stranger before the bouquet was even tossed at her best friend’s wedding. And after a night of knee-weakening kisses in handsome Sam McKelvey’s arms, even happily single Marcee is humming the wedding march. So when the sun comes up and Sam hits the road, the usually touch-as-nails beauty finds herself nursing a tender heart…

Sam’s not the kind of guy who would have a super-hot hook-up with a woman he barely knows. But something had him mesmerized—enough for this usually sensible single dad to abandon his responsibilities for one unforgettable night. But Sam never thought his one night stand would turn up as his new next-door neighbor. Or that once he glimpsed the soft side of this captivating woman, he’d find himself falling in love…

One Night Stand received a four-star customer review on BarnesandNoble.com 

Romantic Times Book Reviews gave One Night Stand an RT review of four stars!

Victoria Alexander’s, “The Perfect Wife,”  (Avon $7.99) An earl’s new bride is more than he bargined for in this reprint of a 1996 book hit Number 1 on the New York Times Paperback Best Sellers: Fiction: Mass Market List on March 23rd, 2008. 

Fabulous news! 

One Night Stand, a contemporary romance,  from author Cindy Kirk received 4 stars in the May 2008 issue of the Romantic Times.

Fantastic News! 

Pam Crooks has a new book release - available June 2008 - Kidnapped by a Cowboy or you can reserve your copy now at www.amazon.com. ISBN: 0373295014

Callie Mae Lockett is betrayed by the man who claims he’s responsible for her young brother’s tragic death. She chooses another to help carry on her precious legacy, the C Bar C Ranch , and he’s the farthest thing from a cowboy she’s ever met.

TJ Grier has always been one of the C Bar C’s best cowboys, but one horrible night destroys all he’s ever known.

Desperate to prove his innocence, he steals Callie Mae away, and together they plunge into danger to solve the secret that has torn them apart.