RWA is pleased to announce these first sales by members:
(May 2008 RWR)
Sue Asselstine, aka Sue Gibson, announces the sale of her first book to Avalon Books. A Suite Deal, a tender contemporary romance set against the rural and rugged backdrop of Frontenac County, Ontario, will be an August 2008 release. Gibson has been writing for 15 years and pursuing publication of her romance fiction for eight.
Marcia Colette announces her first RWA-eligible sale to Parker Publishing. Unstable Environment, a paranormal romance about the struggles of urban life colliding with the dangerous were-cheetah world after a dying child is given a healing bite, was an April 2008 release.
Kate Davies announces her first RWA-eligible sale to Samhain Publishing. Lessons In Love, a contemporary romance, was a September 2007 e-release and will be a December 2008 print release. Lessons in Love was the seventh full-length manuscript she completed before selling.
Debra Glass announces her first sale, as part of a three-book contract, to Ellora's Cave. Gatekeeper, the first erotic, paranormal romance in the Phantom Lovers series that weaves actual historical characters and settings into contemporary mysteries for a fast paced, spooky, sexy read, was an April 2008 release.
Jennifer Grosse, aka Jenny Gilliam, announces the sale of her first book to The Wild Rose Press. The Wedding War, a contemporary romantic comedy set in the South Carolina Low Country, was a March 2008 release. The Wedding War was the second full-length manuscript she completed before selling.
Cheryel Hutton announces the sale of her first book to Samhain Publishing. Shadows of Evil, a paranormal romance with an updated Gothic feel, is a May 2008 release. Hutton has been writing romance for 10 years. Shadows of Evil was the sixth full-length manuscript she completed before selling.
Janet Kaderli announces the sale of her first book to Avalon Books. Santa's Angels will be a December 2008 release.
Savanna Kougar announces her first RWA-eligible sale to Siren Publishing. All Shades of Blue Paradise, a fantasy erotic romance, was a March 2008 release. Kougar has been writing for many years.
Mary O'Connor announces the sale of her first book to New Concepts Publishing. The Violet Society: Death and the Neighborhood Watch, a contemporary romantic suspense set in a small Texas Hill Country town, will be a 2008 release. O'Connor has been writing for many years.
Tina Ralph, aka Tina Gayle, announces the sale of her first book to The Wild Rose Press. Pregnancy Plan, a contemporary romance about a woman who wants to get pregnant, was an April 2008 print release. Gayle has been writing for six years. Pregnancy Plan was one of six full-length manuscripts she completed before selling.
Katie Reus announces the sale of her first book to The Wild Rose Press. City of Secrets, a romantic suspense set in Saint Augustine, FL, the nation's oldest city, will be a 2008 release. City of Secrets was the third full-length manuscript she completed before selling.
Kendra Sawicki, aka Kendra Leigh Castle, announces the sale of her first book, as part of a two-book contract, to Sourcebooks, Inc. Call of the Highland Moon, a paranormal romance and first in a series about a pack of Highland werewolves who guard the fabled Stone of Destiny, was an April 2008 release. Call of the Highland Moon was the second full-length manuscript she completed before selling.
Belle Scarlett announces the sale of her first novella to Ellora's Cave. The Woodsman, an erotic romance fantasy that combines Red Riding Hood's Woodsman and Big, Bad Wolf characters into the single, shape-shifting romantic hero, is a May 2008 release.
Dale Thompson, aka Pat Dale, announces his first RWA-eligible sale to Tiger Publications. A Girl’s Best Friend, a romantic suspense novel and a 2011 release features TV jewelry diva Laura Margolin who crosses paths with super spy Hayward Lazarus and has no idea that before their saga is done her career will be toast, her lover will have died heroically, and they will live happily ever after. Dale has been writing for 10 years. A Girl’s Best Friend was the fifth full-length manuscript he completed before selling.
Joyce Wells announces the sale of her first book to The Lotus Circle. The Peace Seekers, a romantic suspense set on Mackinac Island, Michigan and features a psychic heroine searching for her identity, was a January 2008 release.
DeAnne R. Wildes-Mickelson, aka Renee Wildes, announces the sale of her first book, as part of a two-book contract, to Samhain Publishing. Duality, a fantasy romance, will be an October 2008 release. Duality was the second full-length manuscript she completed before selling.
Elissa Wilds announces the sale of her first book, as part of a two-book contract, to Dorchester Publishing. Between Light and Dark, a sexy paranormal romance about a god and a witch who must save the world from the evil beings trying to destroy it, will be a November 2008 release. Between Light and Dark was the fourth full-length manuscript she completed before selling.
Tammy Williams announces the sale of her first book to Genesis Press. Choices, a contemporary romance, was an April 2008 release. Williams has been writing seriously for six years. Choices was the first full-length manuscript she completed before selling.
