SARA News ~ a whollota sass going on

SARA News will now be fortnightly to keep up with a busy schedule - unless of course I find a time-stopper and be able to keep up.

In the meantime, hold onto your hats, this issue has a lotta Sass going on....

STOP Press - Book Signing!!!

Carla Caruso will be at  Collins Booksellers Edwardstown, Castle Plaza Shopping Centre (992 South Rd), on Thursday (tomorrow!!), April 10, at 1pm for her book, Catch of the Day.

Debut release!!!

Emily Hussey has her debut release, The Red Heart from Steam eReads.

Arriving in Alice Springs was the start of a dream job for Kathy. As a newly qualified pilot, she was anxious to prove her abilities not just to her new boss and colleagues, but also to the characters that she met on her daily flight runs.

She was delighted to find out just how friendly the locals could be – well most of them. Brandon Woodleigh, a local station hand was contemptuous of the young city woman who was clearly out of her depth in the alien and harsh environment. Kathy vowed to keep out of his way and with a bit of luck, after her early encounters, she wouldn’t see him again.

Except she did – and he wasn’t who she thought he was. But that didn’t make him any less unpleasant. He had a knack of turning up wherever she was whether in town or out bush and each encounter left her feeling scorched in more ways than one.

Buy link: Steam eReads

Find Emily on Twitter

Busy busy Khloe

Khloe Wren's latest series is released! Sapphire Angel is Book 1 of the Gemstone Vampires Trilogy by Rogue Phoenix Press.

Vampires are real...as is the fact they will only ever take one women. Their Eternal Bride.

When Angelo sees Darcy, he knows she is his Bride. Her sapphire blue eyes match his exactly. But he must wait to claim her. He fears he has lost her forever when she disappears.

Five years pass before he finds her again. Just when things start heating up between them, Darcy is taken by their enemies. Angelo must fight to free his one true love. Will he be in time? 

Buy Link - Amazon

Check out the spiffy trailer for it.

Found at Youtube

And she's busy with a blog hop, which started on April 7th.  Why not follow her around?

April 7: Reviews by Crystal

April 7: Long and Short Reviews

April 8: fuonlyknew ~ Laura's Ramblins and Reviews

April 9: Booklover Sue

April 10: Musings and Ramblings

April 11: Room With Books

For a limited time only at .99c

Trish Morey has a new release, Second Chance Bride as part of the Montana Born Brides series by new publisher, Tule Publishing Group.

Scarlett Buck has always been flaky in comparison to her sensible twin sister Tara, so nobody is really surprised when Scarlett spends all her money on a one way ticket to Australia to be with the man she’s met on the Net. But she hasn’t reckoned on the guy already being married, or her mom getting sick, and now she needs money for a flight home to Marietta, MT—quick. Signing on with Bella's Belles in Kalgoorlie isn't be the proudest moment in her life but it will get her home fast. After all, it's just sex.

Or is it?

Mitch Bannister's ex is about to marry his best friend, and he could really do with a cold beer and a hot woman. But the cowgirl he takes a shine to at Bella's is surprisingly skittish, and in the end he leaves without hooking up.

Later, when Mitch spies the cowgirl in the local pub begging for a job, he shrinks into the shadows--he's not looking for complications, and something tells him that Scarlett Buck is a whole handful of them. But soon it's clear she's not just trouble, she's in trouble, and like it or not, he's not about to turn his back on this stray from the States. Especially if she can do him a favor in return. After all, it's just a helping hand.

Or is it?

Hurry now to buy from Amazon before the price goes up!

Manga'd!!

Trish has more great news with her two Japanese Manga releases AND an English release from Harlequin Comics...

Buy link for The Ruthless Greek's Virgin Princess 

(limited to certain devices) - 

Amazon

Debut release next week!

Leesa Bow has her debut release, Winning the Player out next week on the 14th from Destiny Romance!

An exciting New Adult romance about love catching up to you no matter how far you run… 

When injury destroyed her dream of playing college basketball, Aubree Taylor fled overseas. Now she's finally home again and ready to move on with her life. Until she runs into Hunter Stone on her first night out, the only guy who's ever meant anything to her – and the last person she wants to see.

Since she ran out on him two years ago, Hunter hasn't been able to get Aubree off his mind. The sexy football star has had girls all over him for years, but Aubree is the only one to have ever seen behind the cocky persona he puts on for the crowd.

Despite her attempts to keep her distance, Aubree is unable to resist the strong attraction between them and it isn't long before they fall into a passionate relationship. She has never been afraid of a challenge, but Hunter's arrogance and inablity to trust are testing her to her limits. Aubree must decide whether to follow her heart and lower her guard…or risk losing the best thing that's ever happened to her.

Pre order at Amazon

Check out Leesa's new website at leesabow.com

Want your funny bone tickled? Rom Com on the way....

Claire Baxter's next novella Love On Location will be released on 1st May. Here is the lovely cover....

 You can pre-order from  Amazon | iBooks

For A Good Cause

Claire's upcoming June release, a romantic suspense called Down Among the Dead Men is included in an offering in the Brenda Novak Juvenile Diabetes auction. It’s a Kindle Fire loaded with Entangled Ignite books. 

The auction begins in May but you can have a look at this prize here. 

Short story love...

Suzie Hindmarsh-Knights' short story Run From the Sun will be included in the Alfie Dog Fiction hardback romance collection called By My Side.  

More details when it comes to hand.

Pitch success....

Bronwyn Stuart sold her Regency with a dash of pirates to Harlequin Australia after pitching the story at RWA's 2013 conference!!

The Road to Ruin will be released in trade paperback in Australia and New Zealand as a MIRA in all good book and department stores and online.

Roadshow coming -

Weekend Romance: 

A Fair to Remember!!

A weekend for writers and lovers of romantic fiction.

Stop penning those love letters, put down the Mills & Boon, and forget those roses – it's time for our inaugural genre fair – and it’s romance! RWA and SAWC have come together to bring you two days of whirling workshops, panel sessions, masterclasses, industry advice, meet the authors sessions, book signings, and more. And on the Saturday night it’s the fundraising event of the year: our romance-themed lit quiz night. An irresistible festi-fool to fall in love with!

Full program and speakers announced in later this month...

We'll keep you posted!

Until next issue...stay sassy

SARA News

I've been on a little bit of merry-go-round this month and so the SARA News suffered, but we are back with a whole lotta SASS.

Khloe Wren
Good reviews are coming in for Cinderella's Guardian

Cara from Smile Somebody Loves You

"I do think you’ll enjoy this book, a remaking of the classic Cinderella story. I also look forward to reading the future books in this series."

See full review


Kristin on Amazon:

"Wow! This book starts off with a bang and totally keeps going right until the end! This is the first book by the author that I've read and it certainly won't be the last."

See full review



Anne Oliver

Anne 16th book (!!)  has been accepted by M&B. Titled The Party Dare, it will be released in September, 2014.

Fantastic job, Anne!! 

Leesa Bow

Exciting news for Leesa as her debut book, a New Adult novel called Winning the Player’ is due for release Monday 14th April!!

We also have the lovely cover reveal today as well.... drum roll please....

and last but in no way, the least...

Lilliana Rose

Lilliana was the the featured writer at Little Raven Press blog back in late February. There's a Q&A up on their site with her about writing erotic poetry.

~ Until next, time, happy Reading and Writing!

SARA News ~ time to get SASSY

Time to get a glass of vino*, sit back, relax and read our SASSY news...

Smoking hot cover - again

Lilliana Rose has received her amazingly spiffy cover for her steampunk novella 

'Change of Heart' with Rogue Phoenix Publishing coming out August 2014. This hot on the heels on the cover for Circus Escape a couple of weeks back. 

Someone Like Victoria

Victoria Purman's  Someone Like You by Harlequin Australia is out now!

What on earth has happened to Dan McSwaine?

When Lizzie Blake knocks on the door of Dan McSwaine’s beach house at Middle Point, she barely recognises the man who answers. Whatever happened to the guy who swaggered into her home town with a grin and left with her heart in his back pocket? Lizzie wonders if he’ll ever be that man again — and if she should risk everything she’s built her life on to help him.

Dan can’t normally bear to be more than ten minutes from a hip bar, an imported beer and a group of hot women. So what is he doing holed up in a falling down beach shack at Middle Point? All he knows is that he’s made some crazy decisions since the night a truck slammed into his car and almost killed him. The first one was to think that buying a crumbling piece of coastal real estate was a good idea. The second crazy decision was to try to hide away from the world when a woman like Lizzie Blake is determined to drag him right back into it…

Sounds like a damn amazing reading okay, so of course here are the buy links: 

Harlequin | iBookstore |  Amazon | Amazon Australia | Kobo | Booktopia | Google Play

More fabulous news as it's also been selected by iBooks as one of the Best Books of February.

Doomed Love? 

Check out this hauntingly lovely book trailer  for   Danielle Sevenwater's 

upcoming release, Of Fire & Roses. 

* I was going to say get a cup of tea, but in honour of our SARA lady in red, Emmeline Lock, I thought wine would be better.



More SASSY News next week....

SARA News ~ A little bit of this, and a little bit of that...

Welcome to another week of fantastically SASSY news. 

Behind the book...

Amy T Matthews's non-fiction book which looks at writing End of the Night Girl, has been released by University of Adelaide Press.  It's called Navigating the Kingdom of the Night.

You can get the PDF for FREE but there is also a print version (Eleni: looks like the Order Online isn't working so best to call them for your copy).














Eleni Konstantine is doing a tired dance this week as she has two releases.

A world with magic?...

Enchanted, a short story from Alfie Dog Fiction.

Katharine’s life has become static. She has no friends and her workaholic husband hardly notices her. Enchantment and fascination comes in the form of a mysterious painting.

If you like noir, you'll like...

SNOOP: Snoop Cases #1, a paranormal noir novelette, from Musa Publishing.

Bob's rule of investigating: Never take the paranormal at face value.

Daisy Luck is a SNOOP - Sanctioned Nationalized Officer Of the Paranormal. Her latest case involving a vampire and a gremlin has her private eye senses in a spin. Throw in yummy Detective Maroney and her life couldn't get more complicated - or could it?

Translation anyone?

Trish Moreyova rides again with the Czech translation of Fiancee For One Night.

A poet at heart? 

Join Lilliana Rose with her latest piece, No Friends, on Every Day Poets.

Nothing like a good cover. Here is some cover love.

Random Romance is releasing a print anthology next year called All My Love. Included are stories from our own Virginia Taylor (Dr No Commitment) and Claire Baxter (Anybody But Him). What a simply gorgeous cover. 

Anne Oliver's UK cover for Mistletoe Not Required.

In other news....


Lilliana Rose tweeted the following...

@LillianaRose2: 50,024 words for the month of Nov :) I now have a novel. Just another 30k I reckon and it will be finished! #NaNoWriMo2013

Well done, Lilliana on finishing your goal. 

Did anyone else try it this year?

That's it from me, your roving SARA reporter. Until next time.

~Eleni

SARA News ~ Covers, releases, photo ops, oh, my

I've been in assignment hell the last couple of weeks and the SARA News had been unintentionally put on hold. But what a bumper of an issue we have today!!

Buckle up. It's time to get SASSY....

Claire Baxter is pleased to have a new contract with Random House Australia for a Random Romance to be published in March 2014. Titled Love On Location, the story is a romantic comedy about a girl who finds love in the most unlikely of places.

Anne Oliver had a fab photo showing off her latest KISS book on Twitter/Instagram. This is the Great photo of actress and singer Vanessa Hudgens of High School Musical fame with Anne's Mistletoe Not Required.

Victoria Purman has received the cover for her second book in the Boys of Summer series due for release 1st February 2014! Here is Someone Like You. Smashing...

Carla Caruso and her boys were spotted in The Advertiser on the November 11th edition.

Everyone say awwwwwww. Heroes in the making, no doubt. 

Looking for Christmas pressies?

Carla's latest release, Catch of the Day is now available from Penguin (print and e-book) and Destiny Romance (e-book only)!

Virginia Taylor's debut release, Doctor No Commitment, is out now from Random Romance!  Buy your copy today from here.

In other news....

Lilliana Rose (left), Eleni Konstantine (right), and Kate all had the chance to meet George R.R. Martin at a book signing at Supanova in Adelaide. Yes, there were line ups but it was worth the wait. 

Elizabeth Rolls  has an Harlequin Historical Advent Giveaway happening on her blog. Check it out!

Told you it was a bumper!

Until next time...

~Eleni

SARA News - Shadows are Deep, Worlds are changing, Gem, shifters, and no mistletoes...we have have it all

Welcome to another edition of SARA News.

It's time to get SASSY....

Kyoko Church is proud to announce the conclusion of her Draper Estates Trilogy, Shadows Deep is out now! Find it on Amazon here.

A message from Kyoko:

All the smutty goodness (or badness?) of the first two but this time with a huge portion of romance thrown in the mix. 

If anyone is interested in doing a review on Amazon please get in touch with Kyko (kyokochurch @ hotmail.com) and I can send you a free review copy. 

It may sound strange but it's really my first time writing a more traditional romance! You'll be gentle with me, won't you? ;)

Maggie Mundy has had her time travel paranormal romance contracted to Rogue Phoenix Press. World Change, the first in the series, will be out  in 2014. And check out this great cover to boot!

Clare is transported through a magical gateway. She leaves present day Florence to find herself in an alternate world that resembles fourteenth century Italy. Her only way back is through a portal half a world away. To add to her problems the local High Priestess is dying and wants her energy to survive. The only person she can trust is Trevi. He is a vampire and the only one of his kind in this world. She knows more about what he is than he does. Trevi can take her through the portal but he is guarding a secret, a secret that will change her life forever.

Khloe Wren continues her great run.

Cinderella's Guardian (book 2 of the Fire and Snow series) comes out in January 2014, and Sapphire Angel (book 1 of the Gemstone Vampires Trilogy) comes out in April 2014. 

Anne Oliver has a release out this month on the Aussie shelves - Mistletoe Not Required. I should know, it was in my shopping cart earlier today.  Though I have to say, love the US cover (right).

Wow, bumper of a news day.


Don't forget to check out our website for more information on our authors. 


~Eleni