I spotted this at Shelley's blog and thought I would share it :)

It's all in the setting

Check out my interview about the setting of "Murder @ Work" here: http://itsallinthesetting.blogspot.com/2008/04/murder-at-work-by-yvonne-eve-walus.html ....

Ok, it's a murder mystery with a romantic subplot.

Chat with 3 Kiwi Romance Authors

Please come and join us!
We'll be posting lots of excerpts, with ebooks and paperbacks to give away!

Where? online chat at Love Romances Cafe,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LoveRomancesCafe/

When? on April 10th, from 9 to 3 (EST Time) = Friday morning NZ time

From Yvonne Eve Walus:
"Murder @ Work": A boss out of hell + A woman with a mission to put him there.
For a chance to win 1 of the 3 paperback copies of "Murder @ Work", simply go to http://www.sleuthedit.com/featuring.html and enter the draw.

Win a copy of "Small Price to Pay",

Excerpt:

"Patience, M," Nick was saying meanwhile. "We have a whole week."
M. My husband was having an affair with M, the least likely Bond girl of them all.
"Aren't you worried to leave your wife alone for that long, though?" she teased. "What's good for the gander, you know...."
"Nah," replied my husband. "She's too vain to have an affair when she's fat."

For your chance to win this e-book, simply visit the author chat on 10 April ....


From Jane Beckenham:
(besides our Love Romances Cafe loop chat, Jane is also hosting a loop chat at TwoLips Reviews)

Come and join me at Talkingtwolips@yahoogroups.com on Thursday 10th April 8a.m. - 9pm - yes, ALL DAY - for excerpts, chatter and a chance to win one of my books.

Hope to see you there.



From Melody Knight/N. D. Hansen-Hill:
Hi! Hope to see you at the Love Romances Cafe chat tomorrow (April 10th!). I'll be posting some new excerpts for you all to read from Of Dragons, In Trysts, In Flames, and my upcoming releases, GlassWorks and The Hollowing.


Other things: I'm the ebook spotlight author this month at Nights and Weekends (http://www.nightsandweekends.com/articles/08/NW0800170.php)! Margaret Marr gave In Trysts a wonderful review, and there's a column, all about my books! Thank you, Margaret!


See you there!

Cheers and best wishes from Yvonne, Jane, and Melody!

Win copies of my book!

Please come visit me on http://www.mysteryloverscorner.com/ - I'm their featured author for the month of April. If you click through to the interview, you can enter the draw to win one of three copies of "Murder @ Work".

OK, not exactly a romance novel as such, though it has a romantic subplot.

In the Arms of the Enemy

On Thursday 6 March, I'm hosting Patricia A. Guthrie on my blog http://yewalus.blogspot.com/ - Patricia is doing a virtual book tour for her debut romantic suspense novel "In the Arms of the Enemy". Please drop by http://yewalus.blogspot.com/ to welcome her to New Zealand.


Yvonne Eve Walus
yve@xtra.co.nz
http://yewalus.kiwiwebhost.net.nz/index.html
Author of "Small Price to Pay" -now on Fictionwise.com

NEW RELEASE: Dreams and Desires 2

Dreams and Desires: A Collection of Romance Tales, vol. 2 by Various

True love, freedom, money, danger... Dreams and desires of the ordinary woman, or man. From a battered woman rediscovering freedom to an actress finding more on a set than expected to a treasure seeker stumbling upon something else to a taxi driver in search of danger, this collection of nineteen stories celebrates the attainment of all one can dream or desire. Which one do you secretly yearn for?

By purchasing this collection, you can help turn someone's nightmare into the pursuit of dreams. Every year, four million women are assaulted by their partners. At Freya's Bower, we want to do our part to bring this statistic down to zero. To this end, all net proceeds from every Dreams and Desire anthology purchased will go to a battered woman's shelter. Through education and support, we can make a difference.

Authors (in alphabetical order of last name): C.T. Adams and Cathy Clamp, Jenna Bayley-Burke, Amanda Brice, Shannon Canard, Sela Carsen, Rachelle Chase, M.E. Ellis, Jenny Gardiner, Gemma Halliday, Candace Havens, Zinnia Hope, Babe King, Susan Lyons, Sarah Salway, Rhonda Stapleton, Bebe Thomas, Emily Veinglory, Lois Winston, and Shaunna Wolf.

Rating: Sweet

Book Length: Novel (65,000 words)

Price: Ebook: $5.95, Paperback: $14.95

Genre: Various

Valentine's Day with a Difference

Because 14 February is all about red roses and pink hearts, I thought of doing something slightly more original. So here is a question to all the readers out there:

What's your favourite Kiwi Romance book that's not only all about romance?

Mine is Melody Knight's "In Trysts". I would have added "Sing to me, dreamer" too, but Shonagh Koea might have a heart attack. :-)

Jean Drew, w/a Jean Adams, is very excited to have three books coming out this year. One set in ancient Egypt at the time of the religious unheavals of Akhenaten, titled ETERNAL HEARTS, and a re-issue of BEATS A WILD HEART, a contemporary set on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. Both these books will be published by Highland Press. The third, A PLACE OF HEALING a Champagne Rose imprint will be published by Wild Rose Press and is set on a secluded New Zealand beach. More news as it comes to hand.

Kiwi Novel makes it on Amazon

My unpublished manuscript, "Substitute wives", is one of the 20% who made the semi finals in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel contest: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001200CFK. If you find the time to read the 5000 words and post a review, I would be very grateful. Yes, it does have strong romance elements, although it is not a conventional romantic story. WARNING: some people say the excerpt is explicit. My mother in law, for example, is no longer talking to me.... :-)

Thos Christmas Book Vouchers....

Now that Christmas is over, it's time to sort through all your wanted and unwanted Christmas presents. If you're lucky, you will have at least one bookshop gift voucher in your stash. If I'm lucky, you will wonder how to spend it.

So here is one idea: spend the voucher on "“Small Price To Pay” by Yvonne Eve Walus (Echelon Press, 2007, ISBN: 1-59080-536-4) . And if you think the idea is cheeky, wait till you read the book! :-)

When a woman overhears her husband planning a tryst with his lover, it isn't his infidelity that sets her on a course to rediscovery, but a simple comment, not meant for her ears…"She's too vain to have an affair when she's fat." In that moment, she decides to take her life back…no matter what the price!

"Loads of fun, and an absolutely witty take on the meanings of revenge and pleasure. Yvonne turns the conventions upside-down to make a wonderfully entertaining read! " ~Heather S. Ingemar

Available at Fictionwise.com