Usually I don't receive my box of author copies of a new book until a few weeks before it hits the shelf in North America. Usually I hear from readers who subscribe to the series or who've bought the book at eHarlequin before I've seen the book myself. So it was a VERY pleasant surprise when my husband returned from a run to the post office yesterday with a big box of
VOWS & A VENGEFUL GROOM (January 08.)
This is my 13th published book. Add to that all the foreign copies of each title and I've had scores of open-the-box, see-the-book moments. Let me assure you, it never gets old. I love seeing the cover on an actual book...and this one looks even lovelier in person. I love pulling out multiple copies and spreading them around me. I have been known to joke about rolling in them--it is a joke, honest!
More than anything, I love opening a copy and reading the Dear Reader letter and the dedication, and taking a moment to go back to that time and that story and to reflect on everything it took to get to published book. It's a time to be proud and a little awed and a lot grateful to be given this chance to fulfil my dream of being a published career author of category romance.
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Vows & A Vengeful Groom....
This is the front of book piece, written by the editor and printed like a newspaper column.
SYDNEY'S SCENE
In the decades-old feud between the world's richest gem dealers, nothing, apparently, is taboo. For the Hammonds and Blackstones, all's fair in love and business -- and has been since Howard "King of Diamonds" Blackstone allegedly schemed to wrest control of old man Jebediah Hammond's diamond mines and Oliver Hammond allegedly stole the world's most recognizable necklace, the Blackstone Rose.
But yesterday's gossip pales in comparison to today's 40-carat gem: Millionairess and daughter non grata Kimberley Blackstone was on the arm of Blackstone's leader, Ric Perrini. The same Kimberley Blackstone who'd defected to the rival House of Hammond jewelers in New Zealand ten years ago.
According to an industry insider Kimberley was seen entering the Blackstone estate -- a place she reportedly described as off-limits mere months ago. Rumor has it Sydney's No 1 player, Perrini, keeps a room there, too.
"If Perrini has any say," says one source, "they won't be separated for long." Labels: Diamonds Down Under, Vows and a Vengeful Groom
posted by Bronwyn Jameson @ 7:59 AM
