Barbara Christopher

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www.barbarachristopher.com

Debra Dixon

 Bestselling author Debra Dixon has beenawarded the Georgia Romance Writers' "Maggie," A Little Romance Magazine's ROMY for excellence in romance fiction, Colorado's Award of Excellence, and a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Innovative Series Romance.  Her published work has also been frequently nominated for awards such as the Colorado Award of Excellence, the VRW Holt Medallion, and National Readers' Choice Award.  She is the author of the acclaimed writing text--GMC: Goal, Motivation, and Conflict.

In addition to writing, Debra is a business consultant and is the C.E.O. for BelleBooks, an innovative small press begun with 6 other published authors.  Between them they've published close to 200 books with New York publishers.  BelleBooks launched in May, 2000 with a book of humorous and poignant short stories by Southern writers.  Their fourteenth title–CROSSROADS CAFÉ-- hit the stands last September.  The company 's titles are distributed by the two largest national wholesalers, and subrights for their titles have sold to Literary Guild, Doubleday Book Club, Thorndike Press, and Berkley Publishing Group for its Signature Editions literary imprint which includes such authors as Kurt Vonnegut, Anne Tyler, and Alice Hoffman.  BelleBooks has published NYT's bestselling authors Sharon Sala, Sabrina Jeffries and Deborah Smith as well as previously unpublished authors. www.RidingWithTheTopDown.blogspot.com

WITCH HIGH (Young Adult Fantasy anthology)
(Penguin) DAW
October 7th, 2008

Kim Kozlowski writing as Kimberley Dehn

Writing as Kimberley Dehn, Kim Kozlowskiʼs novel, Southern Exposure, made its debut in August 2008 through Wings ePress, Inc. www.wings-press.com

Kim is a longtime RWA member and is a founding member of First Coast Romance Writers in Jacksonville, FL. She now lives in the Memphis area and is writing full time specializing in comedy and paranormal. Her credentials include writing book reviews for fellow authors; formerly for Romance Forever magazine; articles for publications geared for novice writers and she has lecture experience at writer conferences. Sheʼs received several awards for her writing.

Please visit her web page at www.kimberley-dehn.com

Southern Exposure: A runaway bride meets her destiny in an obscure Georgia town comprised of an outlaw pig, the best fried chicken in the South, and a mouthwatering mayor who thinks she's trouble.

From the opening line to the last page, youʼll be laughing out loud and in for a good time. Ms. Dehn has a wonderful sense of humor and her wit is evident in every quirky character and off-the-wall scene. --Patrice Wilton, Author of Replacing Barnie

Kimberley Dehn has created a hilarious rollicking ride with her debut novel Southern Exposure. I couldnʼt put it down, and I highly recommend it.

--Suzanne M. Hurley, Author of Loveʼs Delusions

In Southern Exposure, Kimberley Dehn paints a charming and humorous portrait of life in a small southern town. Her colorful, three-dimensional characters make you want to kick off your shoes, pull up a chair on the front porch, and join in the local gossip while sipping high-octane iced tea.

--Linda Rettstatt, Author of The Year I Lost My Mind

This is a very funny story with some very good love scenes. This is a tale full of off the wall characters, crazy situations and is in short a lot of fun. Kat and Dean are great characters; Kat is a misfit in a family of corporate sharks and Dean is sane and responsible in a world gone mad. Who would not love a story with a schoolteacher named Pristine Picklesimer in it or a pig who lures unsuspecting chickens to their doom? All this and more is in store for readers of this screamingly funny story.

Maura, Reviewer for Coffee Time Romance

Carolyn McSparren

Over His Head
Harlequin Superromance

His Only Defense
December 2008
Harlequin Superromance

Patricia Potter

  Patricia Potter is the best selling and award winning author of more than forty novels. They include both historical and contemporary romantic suspense. She currently writes for Berkley. She has also been published by Bantam, Harper Collins, Harlequin Historicals and St. Martin's.

Her books have frequently been on the USA Today Bestseller List as well as the Barnes and Noble and WaldenBooks Bestseller Lists. She is a six-time RITA finalist and has won numerous awards from Romantic Times. She is a three-time Maggie winner.

Pat has served as president of the Georgia Romance Authors and is a past president of Romance Writers of America. She is currently president of River City Romance Writers.

Linda Rettstatt

Linda Rettstatt is an award-winning writer of women's fiction. Her first two novels, And The Truth Will Set You Free (July, 2007), and Pieces (January, 2008) were published by Wings ePress, Inc.

To read excerpts and see Linda's coming publications, visit her website.

 And the Truth Will Set You Free—At fifty-two, Kate Reynolds is forced into an early retirement, seizes the opportunity to pursue a lifelong dream and journeys miles from home, coming back to herself and to a second chance in life.

 PIECES – Claire Hutchings, in an effort to understand and bring to an end a recurring nightmare, delves into a past that spans from South Africa to Pennsylvania, and discovers that her life, her identity, is a lie.

The Year I Lost My Mind – On her fiftieth birthday, realizing she is not content with her life, Beth Rutledge makes a decision that tests the strength of her marriage, confronts the strained relationship with her mother, and forces her to spend time with the one person she knows the least—herself. (May, 2008 Wings ePress, Inc.)

Julia Schuster

Julia Schusterʼs award-winning short stories and poetry have appeared in a number of commercial and literary publications, including SandScript (Emerald Coast Writers, 2003, 04), Living by Faith (Obadiah Press, 2003) A Cup of Comfort for Sisters (Adams Media, 2006), and On Grandma's Porch (BelleBooks, 2007), Women. Period. (Spinsters Ink 2008), and in several print and online commercial publications. Her novel, Flowers for Elvis, is forthcoming in April 2009 from Belle Bridge Books.

"The Evolution of the Facts of Life," is included in the Spinsters Ink anthology, Women. Period., which will be in stores Oct., 2008.

Look for her novel, Flowers for Elvis, published by Belle Books, in bookstores in April 2009!

Visit Julia's website.

Martha Shields/Martha Crocket

Elizabeth Ann Smith