Novel Reaction

I am a little behind in posting this but the 2010 RITA Award Winners have been posted here. What is RITA some of you ask? Well, it is a contest to promote excellence in the romance genre by recognizing outstanding published novels and novellas.

Jaimey Grant, author of Heartless, has released a new short story in an young adult anthology with eight other authors that is available for free download here.

I am super excited for the next Elizabeth Boyle Standon Widows series. The new cover for Mad About the Duke looks delicious.

Interviews:

Jane Porter, author of She’s Gone Country, at Borders True Romance.

Joanna Bourne, author of The Spymaster’s Lady, at Romantic Crush Junkies.

Contests:

A Girls Reads a Book is giving away Echoes by Melinda Metz, contest ends August 20th.

Unusual Historicals is giving away The Secret of Glass by Donna Russo Morin, contest ends August 22nd.

The Season For Romance is giving away a different prize each day this week in celebration of their One Year Anniversary. Congrats!

Smart Bitches, Trashy Books is giving away a Sony eReader in celebration of the release of Eat, Pray, Love but hurry as the contest only last 48 hours.

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Carina Press has gone audible, you can now here a selection of their great books at Audible.com.\

Julia Quinn was inducted into the Romance Writer’s of America’s Hall of Fame, to qualify an author must win 3 RWAs in the same category. Julia won in 2007 for On the Way to the Wedding, 2008 for The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever and 2010 for What Happens in London.  Congrats to Julia!

If you are like me you sometimes have a hard time keeping all your books organized and remembering which ones you own. Jane at Dear Author has posted a great breakdown of which book cataloging apps are best for the Droid phone.