THE FIRE LORD'S LOVER hits # 7 on bestseller list...

at Books on Board's Top selling ebooks and authors, for bestselling romance ebooks: http://vertips.com/?p=13141

And it continues its run in the top three Amazon bestselling ebooks.

Lovely news!

But why should my readers care? Well, it means that my publisher and I will seriously consider a fourth book in the series. :}

Congratulations to my winners!

Stephaine G. from Newnan, GA was the lucky winner of the blue topaz necklace. Brandy B. from Sydney, Iowa and Jeanne S. from Pittsburgh, PA are the lucky winners of an advanced reading copy of THE LADY OF THE STORM.

Thank you for being such loyal readers, ladies!

THE FIRE LORD'S LOVER wins first place in the GOLDEN QUILL

...in the F/SF/F category. There's much awesome talent here, and I am honored! Congratulations to all the winners and finalists. Bravo!

2011 Golden Quill Winners

Best First Book: Stone Kissed - Keri Stevens

Erotic: Bliss - Opal Carew
Fantasy, Science Fiction, Futuristic: The Fire Lord’s Lover - Kathryne Kennedy
Historical: The Hawk - Monica McCarty
Hot, Sexy, Sensuous: Under Wraps - Joanne Rock
Inspirational: Within My Heart- Tamera Alexander
Inspirational Romantic Suspense: Beguiled - Deeanne Gist
Long Contemporary: A One-Of-A-Kind Family - Holly Jacobs
Novella: “Saving Brie” Twice the Temptation - Cara Summers
Paranormal/Time Travel: Dangerous Highlander- Donna Grant
Regency: The Guise of a Gentleman- Donna Hatch
Romantic Suspense: Deadly Intent - Kylie Brant
Short Contemporary: About A Baby - Ann Yost
Single Title/Mainstream: The First Love Cookie Club - Lori Wilde
Traditional: Instant Family - Elisabeth Rose

Best First Book Finalists

Love ‘em or Leave ‘em - Angie Stanton
Quicksilver - Joy Spraycar
Stone Kissed - Keri Stevens
Summer Iris - M. Kate Quinn
The Healer’s Apprentice - Melanie Dickerson

Erotic Finalists

Bliss - Opal Carew
Pleasure Bound - Opal Carew
Sex On The Beach - Susan Lyons
The Moon, The Madness, and The Magic - Eliza March
Unbridled and Undone - Elle Saint James

Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Futuristic Finalists

Black Jaguar: Chronicles of Kassouk - Vijaya Schartz
Captured - Julia Rachel Barrett
Luminous Nights - Michele Hart
Queen in Exile - Donna Hatch
The Fire Lord’s Lover - Kathryne Kennedy

Historical Finalists

Crimson Sky - Gretchen Craig
Knight of Passion - Margaret Mallory
The Captive - Joanne Rock
The Hawk - Monica McCarty
The Laird’s Captive Wife - Joanna Fulford

Hot, Sexy, Sensuous Finalists

Dane, The Lord of Satyr - Elizabeth Amber
Led Into Temptation - Cara Summers
Love, Unexpectedly - Susan Lyons
Taken Beyond Temptation - Cara Summers
Under Wraps - Joanne Rock

Inspirational Finalists

A Woman Called Sage - DiAnn Mills
Maid to Match - Deeanne Gist
Prairie Courtship - Dorothy Clark
Whisper on the Wind - Maureen Lang
Within My Heart - Tamera Alexander

Inspirational Romantic Suspense

Beguiled - Deeanne Gist
End Game - Roxanne Rustand
Fatal Burn - Roxanne Rustand
Murder in Plain Sight - Marta Perry
Secret Agent Father - Laura Iding

Long Contemporary Finalists

A Child Changes Everything - Ruth MacLean
A One-Of-A-Kind Family - Holly Jacobs
Can’t Stand the Heat - Margaret Watson
Life Rewritten - Margaret Watson
Skylar’s Outlaw - Linda Warren

Novella Finalists

Faery’s Bargain - Madeleine Drake
“Dangerous Admirer” My Deadly Valentine - Valerie Hansen
Notorius Eliza - Barbara Monajem
“Saving Brie” Twice the Temptation - Cara Summers
“Tattoos and Mistletoe” The Naughty List - Susan Lyons

Paranormal/Time Travel Finalists

Dangerous Highlander - Donna Grant
Haunting Warrior - Erin Quinn
Tastes of Love & Evil - Barbara Monajem
The Mists of Time - Susan Squires
Unchained:The Dark Forgotten - Sharon Ashwood

Regency Finalists

A Hellion in Her Bed - Sabrina Jeffries
An Earl To Enchant - Amelia Grey
My Reckless Surrender - Anna Campbell
The Guise of a Gentleman - Donna Hatch
The Truth About Lord Stoneville - Sabrina Jeffries

Romantic Suspense Finalists

Broken - Shiloh Walker
Cold Sight - Leslie Parrish
Deadly Intent - Kylie Brant
Edge Of Sight - Roxanne St. Claire
Killer Heat - Brenda Novak

Short Contemporary Finalists

About A Baby - Ann Yost
His, Hers, and … Theirs? - Judy Duarte
Inheriting His Secret Christmas Baby - Heidi Betts
Royal Holiday Baby - Leanne Banks
The Officer’s Girl - Leigh Duncan

Single Title/Mainstream Finalists

Never Too Hot - Bella Andre
Remember Me - Laura Moore
The Bite Before Christmas - Heidi Betts
The First Love Cookie Club - Lori Wilde
The True Love Quilting Club - Lori Wilde

Traditional Finalists

Her Lone Cowboy - Donna Alward
Instant Family - Elisabeth Rose
The Lionhearted Cowboy Returns - Patricia Thayer
The Nurse Who Saved Christmas - Janice Lynn
The Tangled Web - Elisabeth Rose