Riva Returns!!

Yippee it's happened, the Riva Relaunch is finally upon us and it's AWESOME.

The sparkling new look is much more in keeping with what the editorial has to offer readers: namely fun, flirty, sexy stories with feisty heroines, hot alpha heroes, glamorous settings and lashings of the sparky, snappy dialogue I love to write (and which I sincerely hope you guys enjoy reading!).

Anyway, I've stuck up the banner header in honour of the new look which lists all the books in the Relaunch. They're available from today on the M&B website and nine of the above (including mine) will be available in book form to buy from WH Smiths as of October 1st.

 If you haven't already read my Riva Relaunch book Cupcakes & Killer Heels you're in for a treat. I loved creating this book and just to get you in the mood, here's an advert I found featuring gorgeous hero inspiration Henry Cavill (currently being hotly tipped to play Christian Grey in the Fifty Shades movie, no less) which I think gives you a heady taste of what Cupcakes has to offer. Although I'll admit the woman he's dancing with here is a bit too skinny to be my luscious cupcake baker Ruby Delisantro, Mr Cavill definitely does the business as Cameron Westmore, a dark, dashing and dangerous British barrister who's made a career out of his erudite way with words and yet has never been able to talk about his feelings - until our Ruby crashes into his life! And those glamorous London settings are also a feature of the story... Which is set in my home town (and which I am currently feeling mighty proud of thanks to our fabulous Olympic summer!)



Yum, delicious eh... Almost as irresistible as a chocolate cupcake.

We have loads of exciting treats on the blogesphere to enjoy in the next few months including the Love Bites on Youtube for the Riva Relaunch titles provided by the ladies at Romance HQ. And the lovely Natalie Anderson and Ally Blake have some really fun Riva-flavoured His and Hers blogs planned (with giveaways!) which my hero and heroine, Cal and Ruby, shall be taking part in.

And don't forget to Check Out the Riva App on Facebook - there's loads of great info on the books, the authors, a new blog and there's even a chance to win lots of Riva Goodies.

Enjoy!

The Riva Re-Launch Covers!

So have finally gotten ahold of my sample cover for the Riva Re-Launch which will be coming to a WH Smith's store near you in October (if you live in the UK that is!)

Tell me what you think? I like the fun, flirtatious style. It's a daring departure from the Series look of other Mills and Boon books but I think these new covers are going to stand out a mile on the M&B rack. I think it's a bit of a shame that this is a previously released book, but as the intention with these sample titles is to see if they can attract new readers to the brand, it makes sense. And in the 15 books on offer online and in stores there are some new titles (just not mine!)

Hopefully the new design will be a roaring success and we'll be back in stores with all new editorial in early 2013.... Fingers crossed.

In other news, I am having an absolute ball working on my first ever continuity with fellow Kiss authors Kimberly Lang, Aimee Carson and Amy Andrews... We were simply given a theme and we've worked something amazing out from there. Last night I had an hour-long Skype chat with Ms Lang in Alabama to sort out the backstory for our respective books (as my delicious Southern hero is her heroine's brother we needed to trash out their family background). Have to admit I was quite wary of getting involved in this project to start with, the thought of writing books with other writers characters in was daunting. But the brainstorming process with a group of such smart and talented women has been an absolute hoot... And now I've discovered Skype I may never talk to anyone without it ever again.