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Publishing Deals in Romance

Other than Cynthia Eden’s story about the psychologist to the paranormal, my interest in the following books are fairly low:

Michelle Willingham’s THE WARRIOR’S TOUCH and HER WILD IRISH ROGUE, the next two MacEgan brothers’ medieval historical romances, again to Joanne Carr at Harlequin Mills & Boon, by Carolyn Grayson at Ashley Grayson Literary Agency.
Kimberly Stuart’s CANNON FALLS, The story of a down-on-her-luck opera diva who takes a teaching position at a midwest college, to Andrea Christian at Cook Communications, in a nice deal, in a three-book deal, by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary.
Cynthia Eden’s TOUCHING THE DARKNESS, a psychologist whose patients are all supernatural creatures — lovelorn succubi, vampires with blood phobias and the occasional shifter with commitment issues — is pulled into a brutal murder investigation as a profiler, to Kate Duffy and Megan Records at Kensington Brava, in a nice deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (World).
Rita Herron’s DARK LORDS series, bringing three estranged brothers, anti-heroes, who must battle their own inner evil side, together to form a paranormal crime unit and fight demonic crimes, to Michelle Bidelspach at Grand …

REVIEW: Real Woman Don’t Wear a Size 2 by Kelley St. John

Dear Ms. St. John,

Real Women Don't Wear Size 2As a woman of curves, I was happy to be offered the chance to read your book “Real Women Don’t Wear Size 2.” But while I enjoyed some things about it, there was an equal amount that just didn’t work for me.

Clarise Robinson is tired of just wishing for a relationship with Ethan Eubanks. She’s worked for his family’s fine clothing store for three years and been friends with Ethan for as long. She got a hint that maybe he might think of her as more than a friend at the company picnic party and has decided to make her move. Armed with a sexy new wardrobe to accentuate her curves, she’s determined to try her luck during the annual company bonding done at the Gasparilla Pirate Festival held in Tampa, FL.

Ethan has been wondering if Clarise might want more than their friendly relationship but is hesitant to risk it. What if Clarise doesn’t want to progress to being lovers? But when she agrees to finally attend the wild city party that is Gasparilla, he thinks his chance to test the …