Romance, Romantic Suspense and Mystery News from The Romance Club and The Mystery Club

~ TRC's Annual Easter Egg Hunt - April 5th - 18th! $800.00 in PRIZES!
~ 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!
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~ iTRC Radio Network~ our very own internet radio network, just for you! Book talk, movie reviews, women, and audio mysteries, dramas, comedies and more!
~ 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 EASTER EGG HUNT!
Find the Easter Egg Baskets and enter for your chance to win part of over $800.00 in prizes! http://www.TheRomanceClub.com/easter (April 5th - 18th)

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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

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 day, and something for everyone!
     Everyday Woman (hosted by author Vicki Hinze), ReelTalk Movie Reviews (hosted by author and film critic Betty Jo Tucker), Write Right (various hosts), Country Music Time, iHistory Radio, iValley Radio Theater, Kids Theater and more!
     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
     Coming soon... new interviews with some of your favorite authors, including Christine Feehan, Diana Gabaldon, Mary Jo Putney, Gaelen Foley, Virginia Henley, Lorraine Heath and more!
     Also, don't miss Betty Jo Tucker's interview with Henry Thomas (you remember Henrey - he was Elliot in "E.T." and Brad Pitt's younger brother in "Legends of the Fall") on ReelTalk Movie Reviews. Henry talks about his latest movie!

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

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CALENDAR at TRC
Check out our calendar, complete with author appearances and events, new and upcoming releases. And be sure to visit the calendar often so you can send authors a special birthday greeting! Just click on the "calendar" link on our websites.

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

   Remember, The Romance Club, The Mystery Club, Women's Fiction and Erotica Romance authors post a letter to readers on their home pages.
   This month we have several new previews (first chapters and excerpts) in our previews area, from Karen Rose Smith, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Lynn Emery and many others!
   There have been many updates throughout our sites this month, so grab a cup of coffee, sit back and enjoy your visit.

ROMANCE AUTHORS
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A DROP OF RED, Vampire Babylon, Book Four, will be released in trade form the following month, March 3, 2009. For updates and more information, please visit www.vampirebabylon.com or www.crystal-green.com (where you can also enter the monthly contest!).

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JOY NASH

What's so great about summer? Everything!

Celebrate the liveliest season of the year with Joy Nash, as she counts down to the Memorial Day release of her Jersey Shore summer romance, A Little Light Magic.

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.

Don't miss Joy's "Can't wait for summer!" party, featuring prizes, goodies and giveaways all month long. Check out Joy's website, blog, and Facebook for summer fun, summer memories, summer vacations, summer food, summer entertainment, and - most importantly - the boys (and men!) of summer!

Starting May 1. Come play! Details at joynash.com

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!

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

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
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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, May 2008. 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.

PATRICIA POTTER

A good deed gone awry.

Now that's an understatement for the heroine in "Catch A Shadow," by Patricia Potter.

Paramedic Kirke Palmer tumbles into a dark and treacherous world when she agrees to deliver a letter for a fatally injured hit-and-run victim. And the only man who can help her is a shadowy ex-convict and possible traitor.

"Catch A Shadow" is the latest romantic suspense by Patricia Potter. Like her earlier offerings, it has won rave reviews from Romantic Times which gave it four and a half stars and said of the book: "A master of both plot and character, Potter weaves together a story that both exciting and intense. It's not to be missed." Romance Reviews Today gave it a Perfect 10 along with a nomination for best book of the year.

Published by Berkley Sensation, Patricia Potter is a six-time Rita Finalist and has won numerous awards, including Romantic Times Storyteller of the Year and numerous Reviewer Choice Awards. Her last book won a starred review in Publisher's Weekly.

Like her heroine, she is a former newspaper reporter with an Atlanta daily newspaper. She has more than three million books in print.

NON-FICTION AUTHORS
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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
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