February 9th - 16th
Lots to read and lots or prizes!

 

 

 

NEWSLETTER

   Readers... send a blank email to TRCreaders-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to sign up for our FREE Newsletter! Receive individual emails or the daily digest and automatically be entered into our monthly drawings for free books, Amazon.com gift certificates and more!

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This Month's News...



~ TRC's New Look, New Content, More Fun for Readers!
~ New Newsletter coming November 2009!
~ TRC's 1st Annual HARVEST FESTIVAL through November 25, 2009! Contests, Prizes, and Spoooky Entertainment in October, and Contests, Prizes and Family Entertainment in November!
~ Win $100.00 in books from TRC every month!
~ Romance, Mystery, Women's Fiction, Erotica Romance & Non-Fiction Author News: book signings, new releases, awards and more - the latest news from our authors!
~ iTRC Radio Network~
our very own internet radio network, just for you! Book talk, movie reviews, women, and audio mysteries, dramas, comedies and more! We're remodeling. Check back often for updates!
~ Subscribe
to our FREE newsletter and you could win a $25.00 Amazon gift certificate in our monthly drawing
~ Contests
and Giveaways and Free Stuff from our authors to you...
~ MORE!
 

 

TRC's New Look, New Content, More Fun for Readers!
     As you make your way through TRC this month, you'll find some changes to our site and some new content, and over the next few months, expect a lot of the same book fun you've come to look forward to from TRC, as well as some new events and a few surprises along the way. Be sure to bookmark the TRC websites and sister sites, as some of our URLs have changed!

New Newsletter!
     Besides a new look, the TRC newsletter will be updated again in November, with all your favorite author news and other book lovers information. You can also receive this newsletter via email. To subscribe (and have a chance to win a $10.00 Amazon.com gift certificate every month in our random drawing), send an email to TRCreaders-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

 

TRC's 1st Annual HARVEST FESTIVAL!
     Listen to iTRC Radio's Halloween special programming - spooky entertainment for the whole family. And be sure to play and enter TRC's Contests in October and November (prizes valued at $2500.00!). http://www.TheRomanceClub.com/halloween

BOOKLOVERS TOOLBAR!
    
This nifty little add-on for your browser makes it easier than ever to satisfy your craving for books! Our toolbar gives you instant access to book excerpts, authors websites, news, reviews, Amazon.com and even our radio network! It also provides easy Google searches, weather and lots more.
      For more information, go to http://www.theromanceclub.com/toolbar.htm
     Get your Booklovers Toolbar now!

 

WIN $100.00 IN BOOKS
    
Every month from the authors at TRC. For more information on how to enter this monthly contest go to http://www.theromanceclub.com/100

 

AUTHOR SPONSORED CONTESTS!
     Go to http://www.theromanceclub.com/contests.htm (more contests coming next month!)

 

iTRC RADIO
    
The response to our first show, Much Ado About Books (book talk radio), was so awesome, that we have decided to put together an entire radio network, just for our readers! Real variety, real entertainment. Fun and informative. It's iTRC Radio!  
    
New shows every month and something for everyone! 
 
    
All shows are FREE to listen to!
     You can stream the shows through your favorite media player (Windows Media Player, Real Player, etc), download the shows to your computer, burn the shows onto a CD to listen to later, or load the shows into your iPod or other MP3 player to take with you!
     Each show lasts usually between 10 - 25 minutes - perfect for listening to in your car, while you check your email, while waiting for the kids, surfing the net, and more!
     To listen, go to www.iTRCRadio.com
    

FREE E-BOOK WHEN YOU HELP KIDS 
     Harry & Elizabeth Lawrence are giving away a FREE copy of their acclaimed book IT HAD TO BE US as an e-book, when you donate ANY amount to children's literacy. Help us bring free books to children, and enjoy a free e-book for yourself! For more details, go to www.theromanceclub.com/imagination/default.htm

SIGN UP!
   Romance, Mystery and Women's Fiction: Sign up for our newsletter and be on individual emails or daily digest and be automatically entered into our monthly drawings for a $10.00 Amazon.com Gift Certificate! Just send a blank email to TRCreaders-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
  

LIKE MOVIES?
   Betty Jo Tucker reviews romantic movies for The Romance Club, and mystery and suspense movies for The Mystery Club, and reviews movies for REELTALK RADIO. Also, check out Betty Jo's wonderful book CONFESSIONS OF A MOVIE ADDICT ! http://www.theromanceclub.com/authors/bettyjotucker/movies and http://www.theromanceclub.com/themysteryclub/movies Listen to Betty Jo's ReelTalk Movie Reviews radio show at http://www.iReelTalk.com   

CONTESTS AND GIVEAWAYS

  Our authors are sponsoring
contests!  .

   Want bookmarks, autographed covers, etc from authors? Many authors are giving away special items. Click the "free stuff" link on our websites.

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AUTHOR NEWS

   Remember, The Romance Club, The Mystery Club, Women's Fiction and Erotica Romance authors post a letter to readers on their home pages.
  
   There have been many updates throughout our sites this month, so grab a cup of coffee, sit back and enjoy your visit.

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ROMANCE AUTHORS
click on the hyperlinked authors' names to visit their web pages!

 

   Readers... send a blank email to TRCreaders-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to sign up for our FREE Newsletter! Receive individual emails or the daily digest and automatically be entered into our monthly drawings for free books, Amazon.com gift certificates and more!

    Booksellers and Librarians: Email  to subscribe to our FREE Bookseller News! (include your store name/library name, address and contact name in the email)  Bookseller News brings you information about upcoming romance, mystery and romantic suspense releases, including excerpts and reviews!

 

 

ERIN QUINN

HAUNTING BEAUTY, the newest release from bestselling author Erin Quinn!

Erin Quinn, AKA Erin Grady, is exited to announce the release of her new novel, HAUNTING BEAUTY, Book One in the Isle of Fennore series on August 4, 2009.  Diana Gabaldon calls HAUNTING BEAUTY ?A complex, mysterious and very satisfying story!" and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Ashley says, ?HAUNTING BEAUTY is an intriguing, highly absorbing book that sucked me in and didn't let me go until its amazing conclusion. I was completely swept away by the mystery, the magical ambience, the vivid setting, and the chilling and original plot. A highly recommended must-read!"  For more information and to enter Erin Quinn's contest, go to www.erinquinn or email write2erinquinn@aol.com


 

CHRIS MARIE GREEN

 

A DROP OF RED, Vampire Babylon, Book Four, has been released in trade form.  For updates and more information, please visit www.vampirebabylon.com or www.crystal-green.com (where you can also enter the monthly contest!).

 

Diana Rubino

This month marks the launch of new publishing company Moongypsy Press, www.moongypsypress.com. I am the Sr. Acquisitions Editor. Please visit our website to see our launch titles, submission guidelines, contests and more!

My current vampire chick lit romance, A Bloody Good Cruise, is going strong, and my "outrageous" (from Romantic Times) time travel comedy, One Too Many Times, will be re-released by Moongypsy in March. The Wild Rose Press is re-releasing my humorous fantasy romance, Fakin' It, which was a Romantic Times Top Pick in 2001.

Please visit me at www.dianarubino.com and at www.DianaRubinoAuthor.blogspot.com to read all about my 'funny' encounter with the ghost of Eliza Jumel, once New York's richest woman, at her mansion. I made her ghost laugh! Happy reading!
 


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AUTHOR-SPONSORED CONTESTS...
(click here)

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JOY NASH

A Little Light Magic by Joy Nash

Free-spirited Tori Morgan can't believe how tough it is to find a Jersey shore contractor at the start of the summer season. When a candle magic spell brings conservative single dad Nick Santangelo to her New Age shop, she never expects a hot summer romance with a guy who's her opposite in every way that counts. But as Tori and Nick find out, you can't always
choose who you fall in love with.

Enjoy!

 

 

MARILYN SMITH-PORTER

Are you looking for something different, that will hold your interest and take you back to a different time?
Marilyn Smith-Porter's book, LAST KISS, will do just that.

LAST KISS is based, literally, on a song that was first released in 1964 and then re-mixed in 1999, and became a hit all over again for a new generation.  Oh where, oh where, can my baby be. . . .

LAST KISS is a love story, told through the eyes of a young man who has lost the only love of his short life in a fiery car crash.  What makes the young man's story even more tragic, is that the young girl died without knowing how he felt - our young hero had the misfortune to be in love with his best friend's girl.  How he copes with her death, the overwhelming sense of loss, his relationship with his best friend and the new girl who comes into both their lives, is only the beginning of the story that will touch your heart as deeply as those immortal song lyrics touched your soul.

Purchase LAST KISS from Marilyn and get your book autographed, AND receive a 40% discount!

 

 

 

 

LISA HENDRIX

 

Some beasts aren't meant to be tamed...

Part of a Viking crew cursed by an evil sorceress, Ivar Graycloak has kept to the shadowed forests for centuries...until the king gives him land and a bride. Alaida of Alnwick has little use for the mysterious warrior sent to conquer her grandfather's lands and her body. But if she must have a husband, she is determined to make him truly her own.

So what is she to do when a dark revelation makes this strange new husband of hers vow to stay away from her bed forever? And what will happen when Alaida finally discovers that her husband becomes an eagle with the break of every day?

Discover the dark magic of IMMORTAL WARRIOR, Book I of The Immortal Brotherhood, and enter to win a reproduction Viking amulet just like the one that Ivar wears by visiting http://lisahendrix.com

 

 

MYSTERY & ROMANTIC SUSPENSE AUTHORS
click on the hyperlinked authors' names to visit their web pages!

 

   Readers... send a blank email to TRCreaders-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to sign up for our FREE Newsletter! Receive individual emails or the daily digest and automatically be entered into our monthly drawings for free books, Amazon.com gift certificates and more!

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MICHELE SCOTT
 

TACKED TO DEATH is all about the world of polo, big money, murder and of course a little romance.

Michaela Bancroft has her hands full with opening a new tack shop with her best friend Camden, a charity polo match to ride in, and then the murder of polo equestrian Sterling Taber. It just so happens that Michaela’s fingerprints all over the murder weapon. With her boyfriend Detective Jude Davis away, Michaela needs all the help she can get to clear her name. Her pal Joe Pellegrino is there for her, along with her veterinarian Ethan Slater—the same veterinarian she fights feelings over and who is married to her nemesis.

With Michaela in trouble not only with the law but also with her heart where Ethan and Jude are concerned, she’s in for a wild ride. Things get even wilder when the killer decides she should be the next victim.

 

JOYCE & JIM LAVENE

Bestselling authors and North Carolina journalists Joyce and Jim Lavene are pleased to announce the fourth book in the Peggy Lee Garden Mysteries from Berkley Prime Crime, PERFECT POISON. Each book in the series, (PRETTY POISON, FRUIT OF THE POISONED TREE and POISONED PETALS) has been a national bestseller, a Barnes and Noble top-pick, and has gone into multiple printings. Joyce also writes a syndicated garden column each week for local newspapers. The Lavenes are Master Gardeners and have worked with botanists in their state to save endangered wildflowers. The stories feature Dr. Peggy Lee, homicide detective's widow and contract forensic botanist for the Mecklenburg County Police who also runs a garden shop, the Potting Shed in Center City Charlotte. Peggy uses her knowledge of plants, especially poisonous plants, to help solve murder cases.

 

 

NON-FICTION AUTHORS
click on the hyperlinked authors' names to visit their web pages!

 

   Readers... send a blank email to TRCreaders-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to sign up for our FREE Newsletter! Receive individual emails or the daily digest and automatically be entered into our monthly drawings for free books, Amazon.com gift certificates and more!

    Booksellers and Librarians: Email  to subscribe to our FREE Bookseller News! (include your store name/library name, address and contact name in the email)  Bookseller News brings you information about upcoming romance, mystery and romantic suspense releases, including excerpts and reviews!

 

BETTY JO TUCKER

I'm pleased to report that two of my movie reviews (for Secret Window and Finding Neverland) are quoted in a biography of Johnny Depp by Michael Blitz and Louise Krasniewicz. 

Thanks to journalist Amy Mathews for quoting me extensively again! This time, she included my comments about  romantic movies in "Reel Love," her highly entertaining article published recently in The Pueblo Chieftain.  

For information about my three film books, CONFESSIONS OF A MOVIE ADDICT, SUSAN SARANDON: A TRUE MAVERICK, and THE REEL DEAL: WRITING ABOUT MOVIES, please go to my TRC Bookshelf page.

Happy reading, everyone!

Betty Jo Tucker

 

HARRY and ELIZABETH LAWRENCE

 

We are very happy that our little romantic memoir, IT HAD TO BE US, received a nomination in The Romance Studio's fourth annual CUPID AND PSYCHE AWARDS program. The CAPA awards are given for excellence in romantic fiction, and although our TRC E-book does not qualify as "fiction," it was nominated for a Psyche Award, a category for romances that do not meet the nomination criteria but deserve special recognition. Now we know what people mean when they say "It's an honor to be nominated!" Congratulations to Joy Nash for her Psyche win this year.        
 

Remember, dear readers, you can order a free copy of  IT HAD TO BE US, which previously won first place in the E-Book category at the Hollywood Book Festival, by making a donation of any amount to the IMAGINATION LIBRARY at this link:: http://www.theromanceclub.com/imagination/default.htm

 

Happy Romance Reading! 

Harry and Elizabeth

 

 

 

WOMEN'S FICTION AUTHORS
click on the hyperlinked authors' names to visit their web pages!

 

   Readers... send a blank email to TRCreaders-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to sign up for our FREE Newsletter! Receive individual emails or the daily digest and automatically be entered into our monthly drawings for free books, Amazon.com gift certificates and more!

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