Winner!

OK, my book to celebrate Lorenzo's acceptance goes to:

Jackie Wisherd

Jackie - I already have your snail mail addy so will put a book in the post for you on Monday! Thanks for entering everyone.

I am off to a writer's meeting tomorrow in Christchurch (driving up tonight) - will be nice to hang with some writerly folk for a day. But I'm determined to get in my daily tally too!

Happy Xmas planning everyone! ;)

November book news...

Only a month 'til Christmas! Scary how fast the year goes isn't it?

November means Hot Boss, Boardroom Mistress is now available direct from Mills & Boon in the UK. Here's the blurb:

Unfinished business...
Pampered princess Amanda Winchester was like an itch that Jared James couldn't scratch. But the tables have now turned: Jared is successful, Amanda has nothing, and he is her new boss. It's payback time - and bedding the delectable Amanda will be his reward!
Amanda hates that bad boy Jared has the upper hand, even if succumbing to his sensual demands will be sweet torture! But when Jared realises he's taken her virginity everything changes. Not content with one night, Jared is determined to make Amanda his mistress...

Jared-the-irresistible will be on the shelves in the UK in December!

Meanwhile Ruthless Boss, Royal Mistress and Christmas with the Boss featuring The Millionaire's Mistletoe Mistress are on the shelves in the UK now. Christmas with the Boss is also on the shelves in Australia and New Zealand in November while Ruthless Boss, Royal Mistress will be out there in December. You can order both now from Mills & Boon Australia.


In other book news, I have just got my cover for To Love Honour & Disobey - this is the one partially set in Africa - I'm thrilled with it. And I've also just found out the titles for my two hot, hot, HOT best friends:

CAUGHT ON CAMERA WITH THE CEO - is Alex's story (involving one sizzling Youtube clip!)

UNBUTTONED BY HER MAVERICK BOSS - is Lorenzo's story (involving wine, jewellery and graffiti!)

I'm back to being a busy beaver writing wise and sticking my head in the sand about all I have to do to get organised for Christmas. I hope your planning for the festive season is coming along better than mine! I am looking forward to it though, I'm getting together with my family and there'll be a ton of little cousins running around causing mayhem. It's be chaos, but it'll be fun. I hope you're looking forward to spending time with family too.

I'm so glad to be back online now the telephone technician has been and I'll be drawing a winner tomorrow for the other giveaway - so still time to enter if you want!

Cheers,
Natalie

Lucky 13

November has landed and its been full on already. We moved house in the weekend - it was crazy. We still have boxes lining the hall and all the walls but we can find the school uniforms for the kids so we're hanging onto the daily routine - just!!!
Because of the move I had to finish Lorenzo's story pretty quickly - so I managed to get it in a week early (last Monday) - to my absolute delight my ed emailed on Friday to say he'd been accepted - with NO revisions! Ordinarily I like revisions - I know my editor's guidance is gold - and always makes my work stronger. BUT it has been like a Holy Grail for me to one day get one past her without needing any revisions and number 13 is it!!!
Wow - I am so thrilled. I love Lorenzo and he's been in my head for a while now so I guess it all just poured out pretty easily.
Hmmm. I guess the question now is can I do it again?!!!

I've no internet access at home until the technician comes later in the week but thought I might as well give away another book or two to celebrate Lorenzo's acceptance - I'll keep you all in the draw from last time but if anyone else wants in just email me or comment by Friday!

Happy days everyone!!!

~Natalie

It's my party...

...and I'll giveaway books if I want to...

OK. so that didn't quite work but you know what I meant. Happy Birthday to me and here's some books for you! I've finally got some author copies in - not the UK ones but the US and Oz! So I can do my draw. How 'bout 3 winners:

Kerrin
Angie
Lacey

Email me gals so I can put one in the post to you!!!

Meantime, I am an absolute X Factor UK Fan - I log into YouTube to see who's singing what every Sat and Sun mornings. Well Michael Buble was the star mentor this week and he sang on the Sunday elimination show. As a wee birthday treat from me to you. Here he is.
Gosh, he's goooooooooooood! (Ihave a real hard time deciding between him and Josh Groban sometimes - anyone else suffer from this problem???)

October means...

CELEBRATIONS!!!

In our house this month there are four birthdays (of the six in total) - lots of fun. It's also the anniversary month of my first sale - I think it was the 15th of October three years ago (when the twins were still in ICU) that I got the call from my wonderful editor. (I admit I'm a little fuzzy on the exact date!).

And I'm thrilled to be able to celebrate that this year with the sale of my 12th book! I just found out Dani & Alex's story has been accepted. Title and release dates to follow. Of course, I'm frantically busy again writing the story of Alex's best friend Lorenzo. He's such rogue and I'm so in love with him I'm jealous of my heroine ;)

Meanwhile, October also means I've a couple of books available NOW!
Christmas with the Boss features The Millionaire's Mistletoe Mistress - my warm (ok, HOT) Christmas story set in Edinburgh and starring the very delectable Ryan.You can order it online now from either M&B in the UK or M&B Australia. It'll be on the shelves in the UK, Australia & New Zealand in just a couple of weeks!

Also available online in the UK is my contribution to the Royal House of Karedes continuity - Ruthless Boss, Royal Mistress. This one features the gorgeous Princess Elissa Karedes and the handsome Australian who tries so hard not to fall for her. It'll be on the shelves in the UK in a couple of weeks.

Now seeing its the month of celebrations, I'm thinking its giveaway time. As soon as I get my author copies for these two (it *should* be any day now!) I'm doing a draw. To enter all you have to do is email me or leave a message here. It's that easy.

And lastly, here are some delish foreign covers that are out and about now - yum!















Bedded By Arrangement in Holland
Pleasured in the Playboy's Penthouse in Italy

















Pleasured in the Playboy's Penthouse in Germany
Pleasured by the Secret Millionaire in Brazil














Bedded by Arrangement in Spain

Finally - an update!!!

No - panic not, I've not ODed on the GG bikkies - in the interests of the waistline I gave half the packs away... Although yes, I did consume a fair few. Anyway, I've sent my wip away again - I know it will come back to me again, but I am prepared!
However in the meantime I've finally gotten my stuff together and updated my website - woo hooo. Had a couple of new covers to put up - have added them here.

First up is CHRISTMAS WITH THE BOSS which has my story 'The Millionaire's Mistletoe Mistress' together with stories by Carole Mortimer and Alison Roberts - yummy cover huh?! It's out in the UK and Oz/NZ in November:

Then there's HOT BOSS, BOARDROOM MISTRESS - out in the UK on December!



Go on then, vote.

Oh hang on, there's also this - also out in the UK on November - my contribution to THE ROYAL HOUSE OF KAREDES - mine is called RUTHLESS BOSS, ROYAL MISTRESS:

What do you think? Got a favourite?

As soon as I get some author copies (which may be a wee while away sadly), I'm doing giveaways :)

Meantime head on over to my website to read some excerpts - I've updated my news section too.

Ok, as I have a WHOLE DAY (well, 9:30-2:30) to work - I guess I'd better get to it!!!!

Here's hoping those books arrive soon - I feel like a party :)

15 Packets of Girl Guides Biscuits and Naked Men in Showers

Ok, so we have 15 packets of GG biscuits with a best before date of Sept 22... fortunately I have some gnarly revisions to be drowning in and as I write best while chewing the GG bikkies are kind of a godsend ;)

The big kids are at school, the twins are at preschool and I actually have some DAY TIME HOURS to do said revisions (at least I do today - super exciting!)

So I've got my favourite Youtube Playlist up on the PC and am sitting in the big recliner chair next to it with my laptop on my lap and am busy working. Except a Mr Fix-it Electrician man had to come look at some lights etc and I was very not there and just kept writing - totally forgetting about the YouTube playlist and what was up on the big screen in front of him - not til after he went did I think about how funny he was looking at me. This is what was playing at the time - not SO bad, not really?!?!

;)