The full jugde's report is available here. (opens pdf document)
Tracey O’Hara, Night's Cold Kiss, HarperCollins Publishers Australia
Night's Cold Kiss offers the right mix of vampire romance and horror with a slight "pulp" element that keeps the story grounded. In the crowded field of supernatural/horror romance with a strong female at the centre, O’Hara’s characters and story stand out; the development is strong and the story arc is satisfying to the end. O’Hara has created a world that is believable and exhilarating. Unlike many novels in this subgenre, the story is told from various perspectives, which gives the reader an insight into each character’s motivation and adds depth. The romantic relationships are realistically passionate and add to the thrilling violence and horror of the tale.
Here's the book trailer to Erica Haye's Shadowglass (Book 2 of the Shadowfae Novels). Pretty impressive trailer and the book will be released next month.
Mel Teshco has a new cover for her first Nocturne Bites, Her Dark Lord coming out in March. I must say ....very nice indeed.
Denise Rossetti is doing a Cross-Blog tour with the other members of the Laced with Desire authors.
Anna Hackett has a new Nocturne Bites coming out in April called Hunter's Surrender. Cover yet to be released.
I'm sure you recognise these names, they were part of Eleni-fest back in October last year.
And here's a couple of names I'm sure you will get to know soon, I'm sure.
Kylie Griffin has had her SF romance Dark Shadows final in the Chase the Dream Contest. Go Kylie!
Shona Husk has had a flood of good news lately- she has An Elemental Tail coming out with The Wild Rose Press; a story Black Widow in the Scary Kisses anthology by Ticonderoga Publishing; and a novella Boyfriend in a Bottle with Samhain publishing.
Congratulations ladies!
~yia~
11 comments:
The paranormal girls are rocking 2010 already. Such a wonderful thing :-)
Good to see them altogether Eleni!
Hi Eleni,
thanks for posting! I feel very important up there with those great authors!
Eleni - you sweetheart. Thank you for showing my news and all the other great news. Well done Shona - that is Awesome. I love Mel's new cover and as always - Erica's cover rock. Anna's new story come out the month after Mel's - how exciting. AND Kylie - you are definately taking the contest world by storm.
What a great post! It's important to share and celebrate good news. And wonderful to see my good friend and critique partner, Shona Husk, reaping the rewards for her many years of hard work.
It's so good to see many successful Aussies! So proud. Thanks Eleni for sharing so many success stories with us.
Yay paranormal girls! 2010 rocks and it's only February.
I look forward to sharing my cover art with you all.
I know how hard Shona Husk has worked to get her stories published - so thanks Eleni for putting Shona's name with such illustrious company.
Hey it's great to see you all here!
Nicky - I agree: it's been a fab start for the paranormal gals. Just felt right to put them all together :)
Mel - no problems & you are fab author and deserve to have your news spread too.
Tracey - my pleasure. Your news was so fabulous and I realised I hadn't placed your nomination on my blog (tut tut). So great to see a debut book get into the finalists. And your book is so fab.
Lesley Ann, I agree about sharing the good news. People work so hard for it, it's nice to celebrate with them. And yes, I've known Shona through the Paranormal group & it's so great to see her getting recognition.
Nicki - thanks for posting from the good ol' US of A. It is fantastic seeing how the Aussies are doing isn't it.
Shona - can't wait to see your cover art. So exciting!!
Kym - of course, Shona's a paranormal gal - we look after our own ;))
Wow! When you put it all together like that there's been an amazing start to the year.
Now I know Shona's karmic rebound with all those sales is the result of a lot of hard work last year. Dare I imagine that the same applies to Kylie, Anna, Denise, Mel, Erica and Tracey?
Well done to everyone.
h1 :)
I think you are right H - everyone works so hard and it's wonderful to see all their work pay off.
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