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FEBRUARY
2005
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~A Letter from Julie~
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~ coming soon ~
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Hello, my blossoms! Hope your February is going splendidly. Speaking
of blossoms, we're enjoying a bout of unseasonably warm weather
here in San Francisco, which seems to have tricked all the trees
into blooming early. Everyone is walking around in their summer
clothes (wait, make that Indian summer clothes—in San
Francisco, "summer" means sweaters) looking pale and awkward
and a little bemused and pleased by it all. Blossoms smell like
hope, don't you think? Or maybe that's just the Claritin talking...
But I am getting excited: TO
LOVE A THIEF will be out in two short months!! Early feedback
has been kind of thrilling, too. :) I'll share reviews with you
next month, and I'll keep you posted regarding a few signings for
THIEF in March and April.
But on Saturday, February 12th, from noon to 3 p.m.,
I'll be signing copies of
THE RUNAWAY DUKE at Waldenbooks in Northgate Mall in San
Rafael, across the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County. A number
of talented and gorgeous Bay Area authors will be there, including
Candice Hern, Pam
Rosenthal, Brenda Novak,
Diana Dempsey, Shannon
Hollis, Jennifer Skully
and more. Come see me if you're in the area!
The pocket watch contest was a roaring success , and I want to thank
all of you for your entries and comments—I swear, I have the
nicest (and funniest) readers. This month's contest continues
our romantic milestones theme—take a look below to learn about
the latest loot up for grabs.
And as always, I love hearing from you, so send me a note
if you get the urge. Take good care for now!
Warm Regards,
Julie :)
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| ~Book
News~.... |
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TO
LOVE A THIEF will be a featured alternate in the Doubleday
and Rhapsody Book Clubs!
If you haven't yet read the excerpt on my site,
by all means, take a peek.
Or you can preorder it, if you're so inclined, at Amazon
or Barnes
and Noble. Hurry, while supplies last! (Hey, if I wasn't a dreamer,
I wouldn't be a writer).
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RUNAWAY DUKE was nominated for two more awards at the Historical
Romance Club site! Winners will be announced March 23rd. And if
you're a fan of DUKE, you can vote for it—and me—in a number
of categories in the All
About Romance 2004 Reader's Poll, too. |
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| ~Contest~
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NEW CONTEST: A
tisket, a tasket, win a big ol' basket...Have you ever
gone on a picnic with someone who tried to steal your
watch you just a few days earlier? No one is more surprised
than Gideon Cole to find himself wanting to do exactly that. Hmmm...could
it have something to do with how fetching this particular
thief is...? In keeping with our romantic milestones theme (which
began with a pocket watch), this month I'm giving away a picnic
basket stocked with a signed ARC of TO
LOVE A THIEF, hand-made French soap, candles, gourmet chocolate,
and other surprises. Go
here to find out how to get your hands on it.
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i n n e r s : Holy COW, did I ever get a lot
of entries for the pocket watch contest! And, interestingly, MANY
of them were from men. What
makes me think, gentlemen, that you're not all romance readers??
LOL. Ah, the lure of shiny things. However, our winner, chosen at
random, was New Mexico's own Wendy Skola! Everyone do the
wave for Wendy! Wendy, your lovely Charles-Hubert pocket watch is
on its way. And not a moment too soon...I was awfully tempted to
keep that thing.
Congratulations also to Cheryl Strange for winning the Stealth
Contest. Yep, I snuck one in on you guys: a one-day only contest,
during which I give stuff away to the first person to send me an
email with the subject line "Stealth Contest." Visit my
home page every now and then, and you just might see a Stealth Contest
pop up! Cheryl won an ARC of TO LOVE A THIEF.
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What I've been reading: The Other Side of the Story, Marian
Keyes (one of my favorite authors); Scandal: The Sexual Politics
of the Britsh Constitution, Anna Clark (research, you see, and
juicy stuff). The backs of cereal boxes. Labels at the grocery store.
You know, the usual. |
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Take care for now, and
see you next time!
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