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!!

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.

Book Release Day Goodness! Tempting the Deputy Giveaway

Yippee, it's finally almost here, tomorrow my first ever cowboy book goes on sale... Tempting the Deputy is also my first Marietta book for Tule Publishing.

I'm beyond excited because I completely adored writing about tough, taciturn and deliciously protective Deputy Logan Tate and the new thorn in his side, former wild child Charlotte Foster, the British photographer who has just turned up in Marietta, Montana, ready to make his life hell... In all sorts of hot and interesting ways – photographing him shirtless for a charity calendar being just one of them.

The first review is up on Goodreads, thank you so much to Maria, who said:

This was a really sweet and sexy romance, I loved it. The beginning is so well  done, I felt instantly attracted by the main characters, drawn by their strong personalities and the humor Heidi Rice infuses in the narrative.... You can't help but fall for this hero.

For a chance to win a digital copy of the book (either epub or .mobi) just enter the Rafflecopter below, by 28th March!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

For details of the other four fabulous  books in the Men of Marietta series, buy links and a sneak peek of that opening scene check out the book's page on my website.

Or you can join the Main St Marietta page on Facebook for news about this series and others based in the small town with more than it's fair share of hotties!

So Now You're Back Release Day!!!

I'm so excited I'm Snoopy Dancing all over the house - my first women's fiction book So Now You're Back is out today! At last! I finished the book almost a year ago, so it's absolutely AMAZING to finally see it come out...

Anyway, I've been pimping it so much lately I won't go on about it TOO much today.

The precious...

But FYI: it's the story of London celebrity baker Halle Best, her sexy ex - globe-trotting journalist Luke Best - and their enforced trip to an Xtreme couples retreat in The Great Smokey Mountains. ie: it's Sweet Home Alabama meets The Great British Bake-Off with added cupcakes... And white-water rafting!

Right back to my Snoopy Dancing... And maybe some Prosecco!!

Goodreads Giveaway of So Now You're Back...

Drum roll please... So Now You're Back, my first women's fiction novel for the UK market (hint: there's also a central romance, in fact there's two romances in it, just in case you were wondering) is out TOMORROW...

I'm so excited about this (can you tell), I've done a special Goodreads Giveaway for people Worldwide. So if you want a copy and you don't live in the UK or Ireland you might want to enter it...

Goodreads Book Giveaway

So Now You're Back

by Heidi Rice

Giveaway ends March 02, 2016.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter Giveaway

GOOD LUCK!

I'm also working on a special treat for anyone who is signed up to my newsletter... Which will hopefully be ready for tomorrow when I'm planning on sending the first one. So if you're not signed up already, you can sign up over there *points to the sidebar on the right*

And I have VERY exciting news about my book in the fabulous Fairy Tales of New York series, Tempting the Knight... Coming soon too...

So Now You're Back is ALMOST Here! Time for ANOTHER Goodreads Giveaway

Hope everyone had a Happy Valentine's Day... I ended up cleaning my study... That said, we did make up for it by going for a walk and sharing a Beetroot and Nut cake (this being trendy Hackney!) over lattes in the park - and watching Tottenham Hotspur beat Man City (an important result if you're married to a North Londoner) - and I now have a spotless study ready to start writing (and crapping it up) again. So not all bad.

Just popping in really though, to say I'm currently awaiting revisions on my first proper Presents novel (yikes!), getting stuck back into my second women's fiction novel, and preparing for the release of the first in NINE days time... As I'm so excited about that, I've just done a Goodreads Giveaway of So Now You're Back which is available Worldwide.

You've got to be in it to win it. So feel free to enter as soon as it goes live.

Goodreads Book Giveaway

So Now You're Back

by Heidi Rice

Giveaway ends March 02, 2016.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter Giveaway

Right back to the grindstone.

Tempting the Knight Release Day and Important Blog Roll!!

YAY!! Doing little snoopy dance today with the release of Tempting the Knight.

Here's the blurb:

Once upon a time, poor little rich girl Zelda Madison wanted someone to love her, until she discovered being a badass was much more fun.

Ten years after getting kicked out of convent school and torn away from her three best friends, Zelda has worked hard to clean up her act, but after a midnight swim on Manhattan Beach, she’s suddenly in urgent need of a knight in shining armor…

Hard-working legal aid attorney Tyrone Sullivan is the last guy she should call. Not only does he hold a grudge when it comes to Zelda leading his little sister astray all those years ago, he’s also supremely pissed about having to rescue a runaway supermodel from a Brooklyn police station at two am. But when Ty reluctantly agrees to bust Zel out of her ivory tower and let her hide out on his house barge for a few days, she shows him the wild side he didn’t know he had.

Zel discovers there’s nothing hotter than tarnishing a good guy’s armor… Until he starts to steal her bad girl’s battered heart…

This is the second in our fabulous Fairy Tales of New York series, also featuring books by Kelly Hunter, Lucy King and Amy Andrews....

Four BFFs, four hot dudes and four badass new makeovers of classic fables.

This is the order in which the stories run, so I strongly recommend you reading them in sequence.

Book 1: Pursued by the Rogue by Kelly Hunter - Out on 19th June
Book 2: Tempting the Knight by Yours Truly - Out on 22nd June
Book 3: Taming the Beast by Lucy King - Out on 26th June
Book 4: Seduced by the Baron by Amy Andrews- Out on 29th June

Anyway, if you want to know all about how we brain-stormed this series read this Pink Heart Society blog.

If you want to know all about my inspiration for the books... Or rather how Jamie Dornan, Kiera Knightly and a housebarge in Brooklyn fired my imagination... Then check out my Pinterest page. There are hot pics of Jamie and sexy gifs galore on there... Just sayin'

Tempting the Knight... One hot picture at at time...

If you want  updates, comps, release info, etc for all the books, like our Facebook page.

And if you want to read some cracking excerpts from Tempting the Knight check out the book's page on my website, or Tule Publishing's excerpt... But be prepared they're HAWT!

If you're a reviewer and would like to request a free copy to review you can do so on Netgalley.

Or if you actually want to BUY a copy already.... It's currently available on Kindle only in the US and the UK... And will be out on all ebook platforms in October.

And here's a sexy little meme to get you in the mood...

Happy Launch Day, Brenda Novak & Sekrit Projects!

Beach Bar Baby est Arrivé!

Whoopee! Beach Bar Baby launches today in North America and the UK and Ireland in Harlequin KISS and Mills & Boon Modern Tempted...

In case you don't know what I'm banging on about this is the final installment in my Brothers and Sisters series... With strong links to Cupcakes and Killer Heels (Ruby and Cal from that book have supporting roles in this one). Beach Bar Baby tells the story of cupcake baker Ella Radley who goes to Bermuda on a holiday of a lifetime - which is turning out to be anything but - until she has a wild fling with studly local boat captain Cooper Delaney on her last night on the island...

Here's a little snippet to whet your appetite, which takes place just as Coop and Ella are getting really well acquainted...

He turned up the lamp, giving the modest hut a golden glow.

Walking to the open deck, he closed two large shutters and then slid the screen door across, cocooning them in together against the Caribbean night. Only the sparkle of moonlight and the sound of surf and chirping insects seeped through the slats.

'Don't want to risk getting our butts bitten off my mosquitos,' he said, crossing the short distance back to her.

She laughed, the rough stubble on his jaw ticklish against her neck as he gripped her hips and nuzzled the sensitive skin beneath her ear.

'Especially such a cute butt,' he added, giving the butt in question an appreciative squeeze.

She wrapped her arms around his lean waist and slipped her fingers beneath the waistband of his jeans, to caress the tight muscles of the backside she had admired that morning in wet denim. ‘I can totally get behind that sentiment.’

He chuckled, warm, callused palms sneaking under her camisole to glide up to her ribcage and send a series of tremors through her body.

‘Flattery will get you everywhere,’ he said. Before placing his mouth on hers at last.

Releasing his bum, she lifted arms lethargic with lust and draped them over his broad shoulders, driving her fingers into the soft curls at his nape, she let him devour her. He angled his hips and the thick ridge in his pants rubbed against her belly.

Oh yes, I want this so much.

To be taken, to take. She wanted to let her body do the asking and have his answer, in the primordial mating ritual of two animals in need of an endorphin fix. The fact that she liked him, that he seemed a genuinely nice guy, didn’t hurt. But right here, right now, as the building firestorm made the pulsing ache in her sex unbearable, and her nipples tighten into hard, swollen nubs, all she really cared about was satisfying the driving hunger.

If you want more details on where to buy it check out the book's page on my website. Also watch this space as I will be giving away some copies on various blogs in the next few weeks. Then again....

Beach Bar Baby on the Block 

at Brenda Novak Online Auction

If you want to buy a copy and do something amazing for Diabetes Research... I've also got some signed Larger Print copies of BBB up for grabs at Brenda Novak's Online Auction. So get your bids on NOW! Here and Here. OR if you want Beach Bar Baby in a 2-in-1 with Charlotte Phillips fabulous The Plus-One Agreement you can bid Here or Here.

Cosmo #2 Hits Ed's Desk & New Projects!

In other news my 2nd Cosmo (working title: 10 Rules to Sex-Up a Blind Date) a tale of sex, lies and Twitter etiquette has winged its way to my editor... So I'm getting cracking on a super sekrit project which I hope will be quite a surprise for readers when I can announce it!

Beach Bar Baby Giveaway for NA readers!

Windswept in Connemara

So after a fabulous week in Ireland at a wonderfully inspirational writers retreat in Connemara (where I am so setting a book!), I got back to find a great big box of my new Harlequin KISS release Beach Bar Baby... So what's a girl to do but set up a Goodreads Giveaway? For North American readers no less?

The book's out now on the Harlequin site, and released country-wide on May 1st. For more deets and a sneak peek check out my website here.

Now as KISS is only available on digital at the moment, these paperbacks are the rarer Larger Print version (ie don't read the sexy bits on the bus cos that guy next to you will so be able to read it over your shoulder... Just sayin' - unless of course he's a total hunk and you want him to read it over your shoulder!) I've got two copies to giveaway, so enter before 21st April to be in with a chance of nabbing one.

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Beach Bar Baby

by Heidi Rice

Giveaway ends April 21, 2014.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter to win

Cosmo-Coolio and a Live Twitter Q&A

Just in case you don't already know, my first (and hopefully not last) Cosmo Red Hot Read, 10 Ways to Handle the Best Man, is OUT NOW on ebook. So go grab yourself a copy if you're in the mood for a short, funny, super-sexy read with added naughty bits.

Here are a few of the things readers are saying about it on Goodreads/Amazon:

"Really cheeky and Connor was such an alpha."
4-star Goodreads, Cassandra

"If the other Cosmo Red Hot Reads are as good as this one,
I'm definitely going to have to check them out."
4-star Goodreads, Danielle

"I just adored this one. A total must read."
5-star Goodreads, Erica  

"This novella is sexy, fun, and worth reading if you enjoy romance stories. Consider yourselves forewarned: These Cosmo Red-Hot Reads are addictive!"
4-star Amazon, Nicole 

In other news  I'm taking part in the #TemptedtoWrite Twitter comp being run from 20-24 January by Mills and Boon for aspiring authors wanting to write for Modern Tempted (aka Harlequin KISS in the US). I'm one of the judges - along with the fabulous Charlotte Phillips and Joss Wood — and I'll also be doing a live Q&A on Twitter on Friday 24th January at 3pm. So be there, or be a donut! For more details check out M&B's Facebook page.

Sneak Peek of One Night So Pregnant!

I finally have a sneak peek of my next Riva/Harlequin Presents Extra, One Night So Pregnant on my website... Have to say I love both the UK and US covers.

In case you don't know this is Tess and Nate's story. Tess appeared as Eva's meddling friend in The Good the Bad and the Wild and quite a lot of readers have asked me if I was going to write her story. Short answer: Hell Yes! And here it is.

It'll be out in December in the US and in November to Riva subscribers in the UK (and apparently on Amazon!). I will be giving away a few copies here and on Goodreads once I get my author copies.

Anyway, let me know what you think of the peek!

In other news I'm off to the AMBA lunch tomorrow and am looking forward to catching up with Abby Green, India Grey, Fiona Harper, Sharon Kendrick, Scarlet Wilson and a host of other great authors.... And I have Alabama friend Kimberly Lang staying with me at the moment. How cool is that? (plus I managed to extract a copy of Redemption of a Hollywood Starlet out of her - which is the last of her fab Marshall brothers trilogy and which I can't wait to read).

Kiss news and Chris Hemsworth in Leather Trousers...

So, I'm sure you've all heard by now the very exciting news that the Riva imprint will be launching in the US as Kiss in early 2013... That said, you'll need to look out for One Night So Pregnant, my next (and last) Presents Extra book in December in the US. Unfortunately in the UK it's got caught in the Riva relaunch so it'll be going out Direct to Consumer only in November, and hopefully get a full print and digital release when Riva relaunches in 2013... Will keep you posted on that.

One Night, So Pregnant is Tess and Nate's story - you remember Tess, best mate of The Good, the Bad and the Wild's heroine Eva Redmond, yeah, that's right, that Tess the tall, slim party planner with the big mouth... Quite a few peeps asked for her story and I couldn't resist. Anyway, I'll be posting more news about the book with excerpts, etc as soon as I have a cover. (That's Nate on the left! Phwoar!)

Now the book I'm currently working on is Zane and Iona's story. Zane is a drop-dead gorgeous Mexican-American private detective who runs his own agency in Carmel California and is the secret half-brother of Nate... You'll meet him in One Night and believe me, as soon as you do you'll wanna read his story. Well, I certainly had to write it. Anyhow I'm still plugging away at it. Fingers crossed it will be out in the new Kiss line next year and hopefully the brand spanking new Riva line too (if it gets accepted!)...  That's Zane and Iona doing something a little bit naughty on the right!

For more details about both books, check out my Coming Soon page.

But equally exciting is the very cool continuity I've just started brainstorming with fellow Riva Divas Amy Andrews, Aimee Carson and Kimberly Lang. So far we've been having a hoot pinging emails between the US, Oz and London and while the results of our labours are all hush-hush for now I can tell you that what we've worked out so far is TOTALLY AWESOME. This is gonna be a continuity to die for. Can't wait to get to RWA conference next week in Los Angeles and start brainstorming face to face with Miss Carson and Miss Lang... I've never done a continuity before so it's virgin territory for me (and there aren't many things I can say that about these days!) and I'm loving it...



In other news, I'm over at the Pink Heart Society today waxing lyrical about Snow White and the Huntsman or rather the  Chris Hemsworth and the Leather Trousers as it is now affectionately known by moi! So come and join me and have your say.

Yet Another Goodreads Giveaway

I'm at it again, doing another Goodreads Giveaway of The Good, the Bad and the Wild, this time for the US edition which is due out in July as a Harlequin Presents Extra - and it's open to everyone in the whole world!!!

Last count 241 peeps had already entered so get your skates on, just click on the Enter To Win button in the Giveaway widget on your right. Easy peasy.

Right, back to my gorgeous Mexican-American private detective and my cute Scottish wildlife artist. Discovered the other day that my hero Zane Montoya has a dog called Cookie Dough! How did that happen? I'm so not a dog person, and now I've got to write about a dog! Arghh.