The Revenge in Paradise Vibe!

 

The Revenge in Paradise Vibe - out on digital June 2024, in shops July 2024...

Including: a spot of speedboat piracy and lots of sexy times on a private island off the Amalfi Coast, in a forced proximity, enemies-to-lovers romance with a revenge twist! The second in my Devlin Sisters duo after Revealing His Best Kept Secret... Featuring Lacey's little sister, struggling artist Milly Devlin, and her brother-in-law Brandon Cade's bitter business rival, bad boy billionaire Roman Garner!

Link to a sneak peak on my website in the comments: #HarlequinBooks #HarlequinPresents #millsandboon #millsandboonmodern #romancebooks #romancereads #billionaireromance #billionaireromancebooks

Enter my Christmas 2020 Prize Draw!

Having just sent my latest book to my editor – after a ton of revisions (don't ask!) – I spent yesterday putting together my Christmas newsletter.

Now I know it's probably WAY TOO EARLY to be talking about Christmas already but after the year we've all had – and the distinct possibility that we may be doing lots more reading this year – I'm already looking forward to it. And I hope you are too.

With all that extra reading in mind, this year my annual Christmas Prize Draw is a book-only affair and includes the chance to win two signed Christmas book goodies, plus a signed print copy of my next Presents release - which isn't due out until February 2021.

Innocent's Desert Wedding Contract features a sexy sheikh, an innocent Irish heroine, a fake engagement, a marriage of convenience AND enough drama and passion to justify that super hot cover, honest!!

If you're not signed up for my newsletter already here's the link http://bit.ly/2w9qlFF. If you are signed up already, thank you! But don't forget to click on the link in the newsletter to enter before 30th November and good luck!

So, does anyone have plans for the holidays yet this year? I'm hoping we'll be out of lockdown in the UK and I'll be able to spend some time with my wider family!

Introducing The Innocent's Desert Wedding Contract!

Copies of my Feb 2021 release The Innocent's Desert Wedding Contract just arrived in the post!! So excited about this story featuring Crown Prince of Zafar Karim Khan, Irish racing stud owner Orla Calhoun, a fake engagement, a lavish desert wedding, a marriage of convenience and enough passion and drama to justify that cover! Honest! 

If you'd like to be in with a chance of winning a copy before Christmas sign up to my newsletter here which will be dropping on Monday!

The Royal Pregnancy Test: Happy Pub Day!

 So it's finally out there... Nothing compares to seeing your book on shelves - digital or virtual that is!

I loved Leo and Juno's story in the end, but I'm not going to lie it took a lot of work to get it right... Special thanks go to Natalie Anderson, who was a joy to work with, especially when I had to virtually re-write nearly the whole story after revisions. 

Anyway, I've had some reviews on Goodreads already, and this is my favourite so far (I wonder why!) so I made a video. 

You can read an excerpt on my website. 

And don't forget to sign up to my newsletter on your right, for book news and chances to win free signed copies of all my new releases. I'll be sending out another newsletter soon with a chance to win my Christmas Gift Box!

Stay safe and happy reading. 

Heidi xx

The Royal Pregnancy Test Launch Countdown: Heidi and Natalie Introduce The Christmas Princess Swap!

 With The Royal Pregnancy Test hitting bookshelves today here's a little video about the duet I made earlier with the lovely Natalie Anderson!

If you'd like to buy the book, here are some links:

In the US: 

Harlequin: https://bit.ly/2TdXMir

Amazon: https://amzn.to/31Ludtu

Apple: https://apple.co/2G5Gql6

Barnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/3kwpJOA

In the UK & Ireland: 

Mills & Boon: https://bit.ly/3kobg7w

Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/37KWWCg

The Royal Pregnancy Test Launch Countdown: Quotes Galore!

 With only two days to go to the print release of The Royal Pregnancy Test... Here are a few key quotes to whet your appetite!

Enjoy...

The Royal Pregnancy Test Launch Countdown: The Christmas Princess Swap trailer!

 Welcome to day two of The Royal Pregnancy Test release countdown...

And the premiere of our trailer for The Christmas Princess Swap duet, which will give you a chance to check out the duet's premise...

Unfortunately I could not figure out how to add sound in iMovie!! But I kind of love it nonetheless...

So what do you think??

The Royal Pregnancy Test Launch Countdown: Casting Leo and Juno

Hello to my 6-day Launch Party for The Royal Pregnancy Test, so excited you could join me in celebrating the print release of this book which is #1 in The Christmas Princess Swap.

I'm gonna spend the next 6 days doing short blogs about all sorts of things to do with Juno and Leo's story... The Inspiration, the setting, my partnership with the fabulous Natalie Anderson who wrote the 2nd book in the series, The Queen's Impossible Boss, the premiere of our book trailer, etc...

So onto Day 1 and the big question of...

Who Would Play Leo and Juno in a Movie?

Or in other words, a chance to give you all a little visual of my hero and heroine inspiration for the book - which is where Pinterest comes in...

Let me explain: Basically when writing a book for Harlequin, authors have to fill out an Art Fact Sheet. This is for the art department so they can decide on a cover design, but also for Harlequin's booksellers around the world - everywhere from Italy to Japan! - to decide if they want to translate the book for their markets... (Yes, please). Anyway, AFS are hard to do, it requires writing a very concise synopsis, working out your themes and listing key scenes, usually all before you've actually written the book. So to simplify things, I love to go on Pinterest and do a board for the book...

If you check out my Pinterest account you'll find all my books there (including the book I'm currently working on), but for this book I had two very specific celebs in mind for my hero and heroine...

Leo was definitely based on Henry Cavill, partly because he has a timeless gorgeousness, but also because he looks amazing in a suit and I could totally see him being a bossing King of a small European Country and that is sooo Leo. Because Leo's super smart, somewhat arrogant, a brilliant diplomat, but also someone who hasn't had nearly enough fun in his life and it shows, because he takes his job and his duty to the crown WAY TOO SERIOUSLY...

Enter Juno Monroyale to shake up Leo's life big time and show him that love doesn't have to be a threat it can actually be a joy. But that doesn't mean it's not also dangerous. For Juno I totally had Cara Delevingne in mind, because she's stunning but also has that edgy yet vulnerable beauty that fit with Juno's Rebel Princess style.

Join me tomorrow for Day 2 and a first showing of The Christmas Princess Swap book trailer.

Book Release News and Writing Plans for 2019!

Happy New Year everyone, hope you all had a fab Christmas. I spent the week in gorgeous Northumberland, drinking prosecco, celebrating an 80s Wham Christmas (as well as the real thing), watching The Greatest Showman with my mum, doing a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle, eating too much and visiting the best bookshop in the world (Barter Books in Alnwick, in case you need to know) - so doing all the important stuff, basically.

2018 was a good writing year for me and as a result I've already got 3 new Harlequin Presents/Mills and Boon Modern books written and scheduled for release in 2019... Yay! (Sometimes I even amaze myself?!)

Book Releases for 2019 (so far):

Carrying the Sheikh's Baby - January 2019 (that's like, now, folks!)

Hired by the sheikh… And expecting the royal heir!

When shy, academic Cat Smith is hired as a researcher by Sheikh Zane Ali Nawari Khan, she’s thrilled—and completely dazzled by their overwhelming chemistry! Cat knows a fling could compromise her professional credibility, but resisting Zane’s sensual caress feels utterly impossible. Until their passionate encounter has lasting consequences… Now carrying the heir to the kingdom means one thing—Cat must become Zane’s queen!

Claiming My Untouched Mistress - April 2019

I’ve drawn her into my world… And she’s mine to awaken!

Walking into my casino, Edie Spencer seemed like a spoilt heiress—until she agreed to clear her family’s debts by posing as my temporary mistress. My plan? To use her to expose my business rivals. Yet discovering Edie’s innocence has led to greater temptation than I could have imagined. Our chemistry is spectacular—now I’ll claim Edie for so much more than pleasure!



Contracted As His Cinderella Bride - August 2019
No blurb/cover yet... But here's my teaser trailer:
When London cycle courier Alison Jones delivers a wedding ring to French property billionaire Dominic LeGrand one rain-soaked night in Bloomsbury, they can't keep their hands off each other. It is the beginning of a tumultuous ride that will include the chance to realise her dream of becoming a fashion designer ... If only she can stop herself from falling head over heels in love with her new husband of convenience!!

Writing and Other Plans for 2019!

January 14th: I'll be doing a Take Over Day at The Pink Heart Society's Aspiring Authors Group on Facebook, so if you have questions about writing you want to put to me go join the group!

February 25th: I'll be starting a new run of my 7-week online Writing Romance Course at the Professional Writing Academy... If you want a taster session for the course, check out the week-long free workshop I'm running on the PHS AA group in February on Creating Compelling Characters... Another great reason to join this wonderful FB group for aspiring romance writers... I'll have more details of that on Twitter and FB when I know the dates.

Kasim and Kasia's Pinterest Board!

I'm already back at the coal face writing my next Presents, which is going to be a sequel of sorts to my January book - Carrying the Sheikh's Baby. So if you enjoyed Kasia and Kasim from that book, you may enjoy this one, suffice it to say there's going to lots of hot desert sex, some jet-setting in London and the Med, an accidental pregnancy and much more in store for these two! Oh my.

My other writing plans for this year include writing more Presents, hopefully another Rodeo book for Tule - featuring the oldest O'Connell brother, Gabe, who appears in The Rodeo Cowboy's Baby. I'm also working on a new women's fiction novel, whenever I can find the time, about a run-down arthouse cinema in Notting Hill, the plucky young manager who has just inherited half of it after the death of her best friend and mentor...  and the movie-hating Manhattan property developer who has inherited the other half... Wish me luck on that!

I love making plans for the new year, how about you? The only think I have to do now is start making them happen!!

My Amazing Summer, With Book Release News and more...

Ready to party at Bestival...

Moi en famille avec chien! At the amazing Chateau Les Arcis

So it's been a long hot summer here in the UK which is finally drawing to a close, and I've had one heck of a fabulous summer - going on a spectacular family holiday to an amazing chateau in Burgundy France (which is definitely appearing in a book one day!) and doing my annual jaunt to Bestival (a music festival in the South West of England) with my sister, our twenty-something kids and my mum's campervan. Somehow or other, in between the eating and drinking and sun-bathing and swimming and bopping to the likes of Rudimental and Chaka Khan and covering myself in glitter, I also managed to find some time to write!

Writing News

Hot, Hot, Hot! My Pinterest page for Claiming My Untouched Mistress...

So I'm over-joyed to announce that my 26th Harlequin book was accepted a few days ago! It's my first 1st person book - written in the first person of both the hero and the heroine – and was inspired by the film Molly's Game (ie: it opens with a very sexy poker game in the hero's Monaco casino) and my trip to the Cote D'Azur last year. Claiming My Untouched Mistress is scheduled for release next March, but before that I have TWO new releases coming out this month and next month - told you I'd been busy!

My Latest Releases

Bound By Their Scandalous Baby is my next Harlequin Presents/Mills and Boon Modern book and is on bookshelves RIGHT NOW! It features hot-as-hell hotel tycoon Lukas Blackstone, desperate virgin Bronte O'Hara, a secret baby (or rather toddler), a marriage of convenience AND an accidental pregnancy (as you can probably tell, Lukas and Bronte are over-achievers!).

The Rodeo Cowboy's Baby is the last book in Tule Publishing's 79th Copper Mountain Rodeo series and hits digital bookshelves on 18th September. It features lovelorn Irish journalist Evie Donelly, and gorgeous calf-roper Flynn O'Connell who have three hot nights at the rodeo that they are never going to be able to forget because... Well, the clue's in the title. BTW if you're a member of the fabulous Tule Book Club on Facebook I'll be taking part in a launch party for the series tomorrow at 3pm PST (which is 11pm in the UK!).

Ever Wanted to Write Your Own Romance Novel?

If you've got your own fabulous romance story locked inside you, or are simply looking to up your romance game as a writer, I'm going to be kicking off a new run of my Writing Romance course at the Professional Writing Academy on September 17th - this is a 7-week online course which I tutor. I cover everything from writing compelling sex scenes to how to develop unique, multi-layered characters and plotting a romance, we use extracts from some of my favourite books. You'll gets lots of feedback on your writing exercises from me and from the other writers on the course. And you can access the online classroom from anywhere on the globe so it's open to you wherever you happen to be. So if you've ever wanted to write a romance novel, check it out!

Newsletter, Schmoozeletter

As you have probably noticed I don't do a lot of blogging anymore - because I'm way too busy writing and bopping and generally being a bit useless about updating this blog. I'll still be popping in here from time to time, but if you want to keep more up to date with my current releases and competitions, etc you can always sign up for my newsletter here or by using the handy little form on the right.

So that's all from me folks, have a fabulous Fall and happy reading.

Happy New Year and a Happy New Look for Mills and Boon!

So I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas and you're all settling in for some equally fab New Year celebrations... Or if you're in Oz you're already hunkering down to work off that hangover!

I had a busy and exciting year in 2017 writing-wise. Managing to publish my first classic Presents, Vows They Can't Escape, in Feb was a major milestone for me. In March I joined up with wonderful authors Kaylie Newell, Kate Hardy, Patricia W Fischer and Jeannie Moon to write the Men of Marietta series for Tule - which kicked off with my book Tempting the Deputy! And then in July I had the digital release of my second longer women's fiction book for HQ Stories, Summer at Willow Tree Farm. In September my second classic Presents, The Virgin's Shock Baby was out and then in October and November, I enjoyed tutoring Writing Romance, my seven-week online course for The Professional Writing Academy, for a new group of writers. With all that going on I'm actually kind of amazed that I managed to finish two more books for Presents - one is due out next April - Captive at Her Enemy's Command is the sequel to The Virgin's Shock Baby - and I've just finished revisions on the second which is scheduled for release in September. I'm still waiting to hear back from my poor over-worked editor on my Nano-Sheikh story which I completed during NaNoWriMo! Needless to say I have big plans for 2018, to hopefully write at least three more Presents, another book for Tule (a rodeo cowboy this time!!) and I'm exploring ideas for several longer women's fiction books I want to write.... And we're also doing another run of Writing Romance kicking off on February 5th, so if you've ever wanted to write romance yourself, or are already a romance writer who is struggling to get your writing to the next level and want seven intensive weeks of writing and learning with a group of other like-minded authors and tuition and feedback from a USA Today bestselling author, then start the new year right and sign up....

Wow! I'm exhausting myself just thinking about all that. But that's the way it should be, having new projects to look forward to is always the best place to be if you're a writer.

But enough about me! Also in the new year is the long awaited Mills and Boon Makeover in the UK... Mills and Boon authors learned all about the new look for our books in September at a top secret meeting after our annual author lunch. I'm not gonna lie, I LOVE the new look. Clean, cool, and fiercely contemporary, the new cover design says everything that needs to be said about Mills and Boon in the 21st century – that while it may be a heritage brand with a long history that authors and editors alike are justifiably proud of for supplying readers with that shot of escapism from their every day lives – there's nothing old school about the content of these little books with a big heart! We write smart, sexy, fiercely contemporary stories for today's readers, so I'm super excited that the look of the books will now reflect that. I hope it will attract a whole new readership to our stories who've never realised before now how much they are gonna love these stories!! Because seriously, what's not to love about reading stories where women (and men) get what they want and, perhaps more importantly, what they need out of positive, empowering relationships? Life can be hard in today's world where everything seems to move so far, so fast, and it sometimes feels like there's not nearly enough compassion, enough empathy, enough kindness (especially on Twitter!). So why not take a break from all that real-life angst and enjoy watching two other people work out their problems knowing they are guaranteed to get their happy ever after (if they work hard enough for it) and you don't have to lift a finger!! Do feel free to tell me what you think in the comments.

I'm so excited about the Mills and Boon makeover I'm putting my money - or rather one of my author copies - where my mouth is and giving away a copy of my first new look book on Goodreads. Call Me Cupid is a By Request 3-in-1 featuring stories by me, the lovely Fiona Harper and the lovely Nina Harrington.

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Call Me Cupid

by Heidi Rice

Giveaway ends January 05, 2018.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter Giveaway

Good luck to everyone who enters.... And whatever happens have a wonderful 2018! Full of love, light and great reading.

The Virgin's Shock Baby is Out NOW!!

 

My new Harlequin Presents/Mills & Boon Modern, The Virgin's Shock Baby, is out now!! I'm super proud of this story, it has (I hope) all the passionate intensity Presents demands and an alpha hero to die for in billionaire Italian corporate raider Dario De Rossi while Megan Whittaker is a sweet, vulnerable heroine who discovers a strength she never knew she had in Dario's arms. I also had a lot of sexy fun with the Pregnesia trope, something I have never done before but ALWAYS wanted to do...

Here are some of the things readers have been saying about it:

"Overall, a fantastic read. Not to be missed." 5 stars, Brenda, Goodreads

"This was my first book to read by Heidi Rice and I LOVED IT!!!! " 5 stars, Dawn Nicholson, Goodreads

"At times an intense, passionate romantic story with strong characters in both the hero and heroine and both characters deserved the HEA. Loved it." 5 stars, Geraldine, Goodreads

I hope you'll give it a go and let me know what you think...

Happy Pub Day to Me!

Yippee, it's finally here, the day I've been waiting for for months.... The publication day of my second women's fiction book Summer at Willow Tree Farm!

It's out in ebook as of today (it'll be going into print next April) with HQ Stories. And to celebrate I decided to do a little video about the place that inspired the story!

I'd love to know what you think??

Book News Comes in Twos

Out on July 20th in ebook

So excited to announce the release of my second women's fiction book this week, Summer at willow Tree Farm, on 20th July in ebook. If you'd like to read a sample, check it out in the sidebar...

Not only that, but I am also doing a Goodreads Giveaway for my next Presents - which will be out in September/October... So if you fancy an early signed copy of The Virgin's Shock Baby - my first bona fide pregnesia story (the clue's in the title!!) - then don't forget to enter as soon as it's live.

Out in 19th September  in US

And 1st October in the UK

Meanwhile in other writing news I have just submitted a linked book to The Virgin's Shock Baby, to my editor, so fingers crossed it gets accepted.

Author stalking, Romance talking and Single Title News.

Good lord, it's been nearly two months since I've blogged here... Sorry, I've been busy.

So first off I'm going to direct you to a couple of other blogs I've done recently.

One on my Fangirl adventures meeting Nora Roberts and Diana Gabaldon one heady week in August with Abby Green... It's a great story for fans of those authors and their milieux (ie West Coast of Ireland and the Scottish Highlands!) which I did for the Pink Heart Society.

And another which I did for Read a Romance blog celebrating great dialogue in romance novels. I'm giving away two ebook copies of my latest Cosmo Red Hot Read 10 Rules to Sex Up a Blind Date on that one so get over there now. And if you want to read a sneak peek, I finally have a page for the book up on my website.

I'll also be popping up on Kate Hardy's 60th Book FB blog party on 6th October, so if you want an invite let me know in the comments - tons of authors and prize giveaways on that.


But, in my writing news, basically I've been AWOL recently because I've been deep in the writing cave writing my first Single Title book. Here's a clue to the content on my Pinterest board, but I'm under contract with M&B's ST imprint in the UK and I'm very excited about this project. I'm not gonna lie to you, it's been quite a challenge making the switch from series to ST (sub-plot? what's that?) but I'm really enjoying it and I hope the result is going to reflect that. It'll be out next Summer,  the title is as yet unconfirmed. So stay tuned, as all shall be revealed in due course.