UK Readers: Wanna free copy of Maid of Dishonour?

Cool, then here's your chance.

To celebrate the release of Maid of Dishonour in Modern Tempted in October, M&B are doing a great Goodreads Giveaway for UK readers. Just click to enter below because they're giving away 30 copies peeps!!

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Maid of Dishonour

by Heidi Rice

Giveaway ends September 12, 2013.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter to win

But if by chance you should actually want to pay money for this book *author does mega-cute puppy dog pout* it is actually available in the UK and the US at the moment to buy...

And don't forget this is the third book in the fabulous Wedding Season Quartet, if you wanna read them in order you can check out our FB page for details!

Heidi's Blogtastic Friday!

Oh all right, already, that title may be overselling myself a bit... But I'm on two blogs today.

First the lovely Tawny Weber has invited me on to her blog to do her Quick Six questions... And I'm offering a copy of Maid of Dishonor (my Wedding Season book) to one lucky commentator on the blog who answers a very simple question in return (hint, it may have something to do with weddings).

Meanwhile I'm going back in time on The Pink Heart Society to talk about a classic 1980s chick flick (which might involve faking orgasms! hint hint) on my monthly Must Watch Friday slot. So come and join me.

In other news, I'm currently waiting to hear about my Cosmo Red Hot Reads submission (finger nail biting notwithstanding!!) and my Harlequin POP Movie Pleasures book...

To save my nails, I have dived into my next KISS which is set in Bermuda and Camden, London,  and going to feature sweet, kooky and far too soft-hearted cupcake baker Ella Radley and lean, mean and way too sexy dive-shop entrepeneur Cooper Delaney. You can check out my inspiration board on Pinterest. But if you haven't guessed already, Ella is the business partner of my heroine Ruby Delisantro in Cupcakes and Killer Heels and I've been wanting to write her story for awhile... So this is gonna be cool.

Not so cool is the fact that I have to finish this book in a scant six weeks (because of being a bit of a plonker with my deadlines for my last few projects). As I've never managed to complete a book in under four months this is quite a tall order for me (tall, as in Everest-tall). So watch this space. But to help me I'm trying out Scrivener and I have to say, so far, I'm LOVING it. Anyone else using it? Wanna tell me what you think?

Goodreads Giveaway of Maid of Dishonour for UK peeps!

If you're in the UK and want to read my first ever Modern Tempted book (due out in October!) then you need to enter my Goodreads Giveaway below... I'm giving away 4 copies to readers in the UK.

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Maid of Dishonour

by Heidi Rice

Giveaway ends August 23, 2013.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter to win

Or of course you could just buy a copy when it comes out (just sayin').... Either way, you might want to read the other books in the Wedding Season Quartet - which will also be out in Modern Tempted for UK and Irish readers in September and October...


For the line-up (and other giveaways), check out our Wedding Season Facebook Page.

The Great Gatsby... And other great things!

I'm over at the Pink Heart Society waffling on about how great I thought Baz Luhrmann's manic new version of The Great Gatsby was and getting in the mood to write my movie review book for Harlequin POP... Don't know when this one will be out (as I haven't written it yet) but I'm having a lot of fun compiling some of my favourite romance-centric movies for public consumption...

And if you haven't visited my Facebook page recently, I've just updated my banner (because I'm a bit of a procrastinator like that!)... And I have to admit it's a little bit naughty... But very, very nice.

In other news, my Cosmo RED HOT Read - 10 Ways to Handle the Best Man - has been scheduled for a January 2014 release... OMG!! So excited about this - not least because that's the first time I've ever managed to keep my own title. I'm not sure if that date is confirmed, but will let you know.

And my new book page for Maid of Dishonor will be up soon on my website... Honest! I just need time to do it in between messing with pictures of nekkid men for my FB banner.

And last but not least... Today is the release day for Bedded for His Pleasure, my new anthology with Kate hardy and Trish Wylie, featuring a reprint of my first EVAH published book: Bedded by a Bad Boy (I take no responsibility for that title... see above for proof.)

Conference, Cosmo and Yet More Giveaways!!

So after FINALLY finishing off my Cosmo Red Hot Read "10 Ways to Handle the Best Man" and pinging it off to my ed last Tuesday I had a few manic days of film reviewing (in my other job) before a mad packing frenzy ensued on Friday morning and I jumped on a train to Sheffield for the RNA conference.

Sharing a flat with Fiona Harper, India Grey, Abby Green and Scarlet Wilson turned out to be as much fun as anticipated and involved champagne, prosecco, chocolate, some talk about writing and way too much talk about how India met Henry Cavill once (Sheesh, does that woman know how to make a person pea-green with envy!)

Conference highlights also included Julie Cohen's excellent talk on Themes in Your Writing, the sunshine, the lavish student accommodation (blimey that's changed since I was at college), a fun Gala dinner, drinks with the M&B eds and meeting new authors Michelle Smart, Victoria Parker and Sophie Pembroke, among others. Also got lots of ideas about possible new directions for my writing, which you'll be the first to hear about when I decide which way I'm going!

On my return, I found a whole box of my new KISS novel Maid of Dishonor waiting for me. So I've already got a Goodreads Giveaway going (click on the icon in the sidebar to enter), but I'll also be doing a worldwide giveaway on our Wedding Season FB page in the near future. So watch that space.

And even more joy, the RT Book Review magazine have given the book a 4-star review. Check out the evidence below if you don't believe me.

Am going to be doing a sneak peek on my website very soon, in time for the book's release on August 20 in the US. It will be appearing in the fab new Modern Tempted series in the UK in October, as well as the other Wedding Season books.

The Wedding Season gals are over at Harlequin Junkie at the moment BTW talking Heros and Heroines in 140 characters or less... Plus there's another fricking Giveaway over there.

The Wedding Season Giveaways Begin!!

To celebrate our fabulous KISS continuity, The Wedding Season, a four-book series that starts this month, we of the Wedding Season Quartet will be running a series of giveaways of the books in the series.

First up is Aimee Carson with her brilliant first book The Unexpected Wedding Guest. Unfortunately this giveaway is only open to US readers, so if you're one of those do enter the Rafflecopter below - or you can enter via the tab on our Facebook page.

If not have no fear, we will be doing stuff for Worldwide readers too, and there will also be the launch of the Quartet in Modern Tempted (in September in the UK) to celebrate later.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

If you want to know more about the other books in the series - including mine, Maid of Dishonor - you can like our Facebook page and/or follow our Pinterest boards.

And don't forget you can also download Aimee's prequel novella The Wedding Dress Diaries for free from Harlequin, to get you in the Wedding mood.

 

You Are Cordially Invited to The Wedding Season: The Fab New KISS Quartet

Hey lovely readers....

Wanted to invite you to the biggest event of the summer - the new KISS quartet The Wedding Season, which features linked books by Aimee Carson, Amy Andrews, Yours Truly and Kimberly Lang, plus a wonderful prequel novella by Aimee which is available for free to whet your appetite.

We have lots of exciting things going on around the web to inform people about the wonderful-ness of this new series (and hopefully flog a few books - mercenary? moi?). so if you want to get involved you can....

Come follow our Wedding Season page on Pinterest

Download Aimee Carson's fabulous free novella - The Wedding Dress Diaries

Come like our Wedding Season page on Facebook

Or check out our Harlequin Blog with all The Wedding Season heroines giving their own special wedding tips!

So you have absolutely no excuse now not to get on your posh frock and join us for a fabulous Wedding Season!! Just sayin'

The KISS Continuity Is Ready for Takeoff!

So excited to announce that my 14th book has now been accepted!

Maid Of Dishonour is currently slated for a September release in North America and will be the third book in the KISS continuity which I've been doing with fabulous fellow authors Amy Andrews, Aimee Carlson and Kimberly Lang. Called The Wedding Season, the continuity follows the story of four former college roomies who each end up on the rocky road to love during one eventful summer.

My story involves flirty British social media strategist living in New York Gina Carrington and hot Southern CEO Carter Price (who's the big brother of Kimberly Lang's heroine). They have a wild one-night stand in their past that had a devastating impact on both their lives and gives them lots of juicy baggage to work through when they meet again ten years later.

Having now read all the other books in the continuity I can safely say that it's  going to be an absolute stunner. It should be kicking off in July with Aimee Carson's book The Uninvited Wedding Guest which is a suitably steamy tale of love regained when Park Avenue Princess Reese Michaels has a surprise visit from surly ex-husband and former US Marine, Mason Hicks, on the eve of her big society wedding to Mr Perfect, Dylan Brookes......


Hope that whets everyone's appetite!

I'll be sticking up a sneak peek on my website of Maid Of Dishonour as soon as I have cover art, but until that time you might want to check out my Pinterest page featuring my pictorial inspiration for the story accompanied by some cheeky little snippets of the text!

 Also today, I'm talking about the fabulousness that is the Silver Linings Playbook over at The Pink   Heart Society  so come on over and check it out.