Archive for 'Nicole-Camden'



E Publishers to the Rescue

images.jpgYesterday, I pulled up a review of an older book because I wanted to talk about one of my favorite anthology contributions written by Author Nicole Camden. One of the commenters, Charlene Teglia, asked what other works Camden had penned. Unfortunately, as Rosario, another commenter pointed out, Camden’s anthology contribution was her only published work.

Mrs. Giggles, another Camden fan, noted that she had emailed Camden on an annual basis to see what, if anything was new. I know that I visited Camden’s website in the early days to see what was new and there was nothing in the publishing pipeline despite Camden offering a snippet of work here or there. One can’t help but speculate that her writing simply didn’t fit the genre parameters NY as dictating at the time.


Author and commenter Teglia
noted that she, too, had hit a rough patch in writing and had stopped submitting. When questioned about this by Janine, one of my blogging partners, Teglia responded that she got back into the game, in part because she stumbled across Ellora’s Cave. …

REVIEW: Big Guns Out of Uniform by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Liz Carlyle, & Nicole Camden

Big Guns Out of UniformTo some extent, I think I am a book title snob and thus I hadn’t bought any of those Big Guns/Bad Boys Anthologies. I mean, come on . . . Who wants to be seen reading one of those books! (Apparently lots because I think they sell really well). I’m glad I read Big Guns Out of Uniform because while the first two stories are readable, the last is revelatory and I often measure anthology stories against the creation of Nicole Camden. The three stories commonality is that the hero is an officer of the law.

Dear Ms. Kenyon:

BAD TO THE BONE was a tongue in cheek look at romance readers and romance reading contests. Marianne Webernec, a teacher, wins the Hideaway Heroine Sweepstakes and a chance to pretend to be the heroine in her favorite romance novel. She picks a romantic suspense military story and soon she is jetting off to an island where actors are hired to play the heroes. Marianne is to be a covert CIA agent being pursued by a villian who is …