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Harlequin Blog News RoundUP: December 13, 2012
Each week we post the best news coming out of Harlequin and Carina Press. Free books, contests, community spotlights and the latest book trailers to check out. Read on for the latest news!
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Christmas Countdown 2012
There are only twelve days left until Christmas! Celebrate the holidays with Harlequin.com with a new treat everyday.
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2012 Harlequin Community Open House
The fun has started! Log in to Harlequin Community to chat with 150+ authors. Everyday you could be eligible to win a prize giveaway!
Start chatting in the Community right now!
Harlequin Featured Video: In Conversation with Deanna Raybourn
New York Times bestselling author Deanna Raybourn shares insights into her sweeping new novel, A Spear of Summer Grass. In 1923 Her heroine, Delilah Drummond is a scandalous flapper who journeys to Kenya in search of adventure. You know and love Ms Raybourn’s Lady Julia Grey series–now fall in love with a brand new set of characters. It’s historical fiction…with a twist!
Also watch it on Youtube.
Carina Press Hidden Gems
We’re spotlighting some amazing stories you may have missed the first time around—check out our Hidden Gems.
Discover something new on carinapress.com.
Introducing the Harlequin Author Network
by Miranda Indrigo, Online Author Liason
After just over two months “on the job” as Harlequin’s new Online Author Liaison, I’m having a blast. We launched the Harlequin Author Network in October. HAN, as we affectionately call the portal (yes, it’s a homage to a certain Mr. Solo), is an exclusive site for our authors, where they can see their sales, update their author bios and photos, see their foreign editions and get the scoop on marketing techniques.
As the author liaison, I get to wear a lot of different hats. I’m always on the lookout for new information, whether that’s an advertising campaign, the launch of a new series, or new technology that we can bring to the authors on HAN. We have a lot planned for the New Year, including a monthly newsletter, a discussion forum and more.
After fifteen years as an editor, I’m finding my new role both a big change and a lot of fun. I’m learning new things every day and spending a great deal of time with our IT team! But I’m really happy that the most important part of my job still involves our authors. Just like our readers, I still get excited talking to our authors, helping them with their questions and hearing what’s interesting to them.
Harlequin has always embraced new ideas and new technologies, and I’m thrilled to be a part of HAN. Every day I like to hear new ideas from my colleagues and from our authors, and it’s great to see these come to life on the portal.
Presents in the Spotlight!
Welcome to the home of alpha males, glamour, international destinations and smoldering passion. You’re invited to step into the lavish world of Harlequin Presents…
You’ll meet heroes who will command and seduce, heroines who aren’t afraid to stand up to them and stories that bring your ultimate romantic fantasies to life! Swanky red-carpet premieres, hot desert nights with a sheikh or a marriage contract with a billionaire – Presents has it all.
This month in Presents you can find the explosive conclusion to The Santina Crown series in Playing the Royal Game by Carol Marinelli. Royalty has never been so scandalous than in this 8 book series where tradition and tabloid collide! Grab a slice of the scandal at I Heart Presents.
As one series ends another begins with powerful duet The Call of Duty from popular Presents author Maisey Yates – when legacy commands, these alphas must answer the call! Don’t miss A Royal World Apart this month and At His Majesty’s Request in January.
You can also expect lots of exciting things from Presents in the New Year. There’s double the reading pleasure in March where we’ll be giving you two great stories for the price of one so you can enjoy even more from your favourite authors.
Spring sees the start of a brand new 8 book series Sicily’s Corretti Dynasty – The more powerful the family…the darker the secrets. Step behind the closed doors of Sicily’s most notorious dynasty with the first instalment, A Legacy of Secrets by Carol Marinelli, in May.
As well as more fabulous stories from your favourite authors, we’ll be introducing some new talent in 2013. Look out for some sparkling debuts by Dani Collins, Victoria Parker, Michelle Smart and Tara Pammi.
Also joining the Presents family in the New Year will be the winner of 2012’s So You Think You Can Write contest!
With so many manuscripts from our wonderful authors waiting to be read, we’re off to make sure you get your Presents fix next year!
Love
The Harlequin Presents Team
Senior Editor Joanne Grant
Associate Editor Carly Byrne
Editorial Assistant Pippa Roscoe
What is it you love most about Presents? What are your favourite stories and what would you like to see more of?
Strangers in Parenthood! Heidi Rice Discusses why “One Night, So Pregnant!” is her Perfect Goodbye Book for Presents Extra!
Save the Date: Harlequin Community Open House 2012 Starts Monday!
by Jane Hoogenberk, Manager, Community & Social Content
Hi Everyone, I am Jayne and I’m Christmas-aholic. I love everything about Christmas and the holidays: the preparation, the cookies, the gift wrapping, the decorations, the snow, the reindeers and cinnamon and Christmas-themed books… I could go on and on (aren’t you glad I stopped though?) So of course now that the weather is becoming chilly I am looking forward to the Big Day. And, what better way to start the preparations than partying with old and new friends in our week-long virtual party, the Community Open House.
Starting Monday, December 10th, we’ll devote the conversations on our message boards and chat rooms to a different Harlequin Series and/or Genre each day (note from Amy: Monday is Harlequin Present’s day, too!) and readers who comment on the posts are automatically eligible for our giveaways until the party winds down on Friday, December 14 at 11:50ET.
What can you expect during our weeklong event?
You might find yourself sipping margaritas served by shirtless, brooding billionaires, learning to line dance with a Texas Wrangler or sharing a truncheon of roast boar with a Viking while sharing giggles and great conversation with your fellow princesses and super heroines. You can download FREE stories, screensavers, recipes, knitting patterns, brainteasers and more. And this year stop by Rudolph’s Reindeer Reading Games to uncover coupon codes for discounts on print and ebooks at Harlequin.com.
So whether your holidays twinkle, sparkle, glisten or glow, please join us for a jolly good time at our Community Open House – don’t miss out on the prizes and visits by all your favorite Romance characters and authors!
Save the date!
Save the Date: Harlequin Community Open House 2012 Starts Monday!
by Jane Hoogenberk, Manager, Community & Social Content
Hi Everyone, I am Jayne and I’m Christmas-aholic. I love everything about Christmas and the holidays: the preparation, the cookies, the gift wrapping, the decorations, the snow, the reindeers and cinnamon and Christmas-themed books… I could go on and on (aren’t you glad I stopped though?) So of course now that the weather is becoming chilly I am looking forward to the Big Day. And, what better way to start the preparations than partying with old and new friends in our week-long virtual party, the Community Open House.
Starting Monday, December 10th, we’ll devote the conversations on our message boards and chat rooms to a different Harlequin Series and/or Genre each day (note from Amy: There will be a discussion forum on writing paranormal and worldbuilding on Wednesday, December 12 and the LUNA and Harlequin Nocturne day is Friday, December 14), and readers who comment on the posts are automatically eligible for our giveaways until the party winds down on Friday, December 14 at 11:50ET.
What can you expect during our weeklong event?
You might find yourself sipping margaritas served by shirtless, brooding billionaires, learning to line dance with a Texas Wrangler or sharing a truncheon of roast boar with a Viking while sharing giggles and great conversation with your fellow princesses and super heroines. You can download FREE stories, screensavers, recipes, knitting patterns, brainteasers and more. And this year stop by Rudolph’s Reindeer Reading Games to uncover coupon codes for discounts on print and ebooks at Harlequin.com.
So whether your holidays twinkle, sparkle, glisten or glow, please join us for a jolly good time at our Community Open House – don’t miss out on the prizes and visits by all your favorite Romance characters and authors!
Save the date!
New Year’s Eve Kiss
Pippa Hearts Presents
The journey of one (relatively) young, single girl’s romance with Harlequin Presents!
by Editorial Assistant Pippa Roscoe
This is the moment all single ladies dread – it has the potential strike fear, despair and perhaps a small measure of hysteria into our very hearts.
You may think that I’m jumping the gun a little – after all, there is Christmas to get out of the way first. But the mistletoe hanging in my sister’s beautiful home will only snag me kisses from family members. And that is NOT a Presents story!
So, following rapidly on the heels of the winter festivities is New Year’s Eve. Hollywood has invested a large amount of time and money pilling on the pressure for ‘the countdown’. Countless heroines – even before Sally met Harry – have searched for their perfect kiss; dressing in their best LBD, artfully applying their make-up, strapping on the stiletto heels and standing with that ever hopeful look in their eyes, waiting for ‘the one’ to steal a perfect kiss.
And me? What shall I be doing this NYE I hear you ask?
Well. I’m not too ashamed to admit that a very large part of me wants to duck for cover, sit in my lovely little flat, glass of prosecco in one hand and tv remote in the other.
But clearly that just won’t do. Presents heroines don’t hide! So last night, half way down a bottle of wine I agreed to go to a New Year’s Eve party with another single friend.
However there are rules: I must swap my jeans for a sexy little dress (despite a temperature that will probably be Siberian in quality), heels are obligatory (bring band aids) and a little bit of hope must be brought to burn brightly in the night. (This one doesn’t really get a caveat – there is always hope!)
Because while our Presents heroine’s might be down, we’re never out! So this year I may be starting small, but who knows where it may lead: a boat party on the Thames, sipping champagne with a billionaire as fireworks exploded across the London skyline, or perhaps being flown to New York to celebrate the New Year with an infamous playboy in the penthouse suite of an exclusive hotel, or even being kidnapped by a Sheikh and spending the night being seduced in a Bedouin tent in the Sahara!
And what about you, ladies? Did anyone steal your heart with a New Year’s Eve kiss? Or do you have any exciting plans for seeing this one in?
The Keepers: L.A. — Watch the Book Trailer & Download a FREE ebook!
by Amy Wilkins, Harlequin Digital
Harlequin Blog News RoundUP: November 29, 2012
Each week we post the best news coming out of Harlequin and Carina Press. Free books, contests, community spotlights and the latest book trailers to check out. Read on for the latest news!
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Download THE INCONVENIENT DUCHESS by Christine Merrill for absolutely free right now!
Compromised and wedded on the same day, Lady Miranda was fast finding married life not to her taste. Yet every time she looked at dark, brooding Marcus Radwell, Duke of Haughleigh, she felt inexplicably compelled–and determined–to make their marriage real!
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Harlequin Community Blaze Spotlight Discussion
Blaze is Harlequin’s sexiest romance series. These stories are fun, flirty and always steaming hot! Join Blaze authors Leslie Kelly, Tawny Weber, Sam Hunter and Lisa Renee Jones on the forum pages. They’ll do their best to get rid of that chilly fall weather with their steamy stories.
Sign in to Harlequin Community to begin chatting.
Harlequin Featured Book Trailer: Cardwell Ranch Series
Join the over 2 million who have read and loved B.J. Daniels’ first title in the series, CRIME SCENE AT CARDWELL RANCH, in an exclusive 2-in-1 edition featuring both Cardwell Ranch books!
“JUSTICE AT CARDWELL RANCH will answer all those questions many of you have had about what happened to the rest of Dana Cardwell’s family.” — BJ Daniels
Available on Youtube as well.
Carina Press New Releases
Get naughty with our new releases! From male/male to BDSM to erotic romance, your erotic fantasies are just a click away….
Can you guess the genre of these new releases?
Visit carinapress.com to begin shopping.
So You Think You Can Write 2012 Finalists
The votes are in! Congratulations to our 3 talented finalists, Jen Drogell, Amber L. Whitford & Mel Sterling, for winning the three top awards in this year’s SYTYCW manuscript competition. Each writer is a winner in every possible way. Congratulations, ladies! And even if you didn’t win, you might be interested to know how many of our talented submitters were contacted by Harlequin editors.
Visit soyouthinkyoucanwrite.com to read about it.
Win $25 for Harlequin.com with the New HARLEQUIN KISS!
Treat yourself this season with our brand new HARLEQUIN KISS series! We debuted the line on a cover reveal recently and now we’re giving our Facebook fans the chance to win a $25 Harlequin.com and unlock daily excerpts from WAKING UP MARRIED by Mira Lyn Kelly.
You get a crack at winning each day, plus a new installment of the book. The contest closes November 29th, so you’d better hurry!
Play the Harlequin KISS Cover Game on our Facebook page.
MIRA Monday: Deck the Halls with…Books from Harlequin MIRA!
There’s a chill in the air, holiday music is playing in the stores, and if you’re anything like the editors at MIRA, you’re probably already counting down the days ’til Christmas.
We know it’s not December yet, but in the publishing world, Christmas books often make their appearance as early as October! It may seem outlandish to be thinking about the holidays already, but there’s nothing like beating the hordes of eleventh-hour shoppers running around for last-minute gifts.
Want to get your holiday shopping started early? Cross a few book-lovers off your list with these perfect stocking stuffers from Harlequin MIRA…
What books are you hoping to find under the tree this year?
A Holiday Treat from Harlequin!
by Katharine Fournier, Assistant Manager, Online Merchandising, Harlequin.com
Christmas is coming early to Harlequin and we’ve got a special surprise for you.
Santa Claus has been hard at work,
Planning and plotting away,
To give lovers of romance far and wide,
A treat before The Big Day!
The elves and reindeer cheer him on
As he cooks up quite a storm!
Because as the weather starts to cool,
A daily treat might keep you warm…
Want to know more?
Visit www.Harlequin.com on December 1st to find out what daily treats Santa has up his sleeve to countdown the Christmas season!
Giveaway! Enter to Win “Playing the Royal Game” by Carol Marinelli
by Amy Wilkins, Harlequin Digital