Bonnie Hamre Writing News - 2004 Blog Archives

Here I am, hard at work (?) making some revisions to the work then in progress.

Here's the banner for Choices at LTDBooks. Love those lips!

Choices

Take a look at the cover for Sweet Discipline! This novel got a rave review from the proofreader:

This book was terrific. I couldn't put it down. Definitely HOT HOT HOT HOT
The way this author put this story together was spectacular. She is definitely going on my "must buy" author list.

And the reviews keep coming in on a positive note! See a snippet and read the whole review from the reviews page!
Wow! Thanks!

A reader posted two reviews on Amazon.com, that I just have to share with you. The reviews are for Secrets volumes 9 and 10, and here's what she had to say about Flights of Fantasy in volume 9:

"Flights of Fantasy by the very talented Bonnie Harme - just continues to demonstrate she has a fine hold of the mechanics that make romance/erotic stories so brilliant. First, she always starts will such strong characters, then she moves to romance - real romance - and then she layers on the steam. She is a talent to watch! In this tale, Chloe teaches others to see the realities of life, but she has never faced her inner own realities, her yearnings. Harme is pure magic!"

Here's what that lovely lady had to say about The Ruination of Lady Jane:

"The Ruination of Lady Jane by Bonne Harme is a historical. To keep from being forced into an unwanted marriage Lady Jane Maitland flees into the arms of Havyn Attercliffe. She wants him to "ruin" her so her odious fiance will not want her. It's a delightful tale, of an unloved ugly duckling turned swan, the rich ward of Hayvn's older brother. You can see the plot coming a mile down the road, but Harme's gentle prose, brings alive Lady Jane, makes you feel her pain. Simply an enchanting tale, rating a 5 star."

I'm so glad you enjoyed my novellas!

By Fate's Hand was awarded a Reviewer's Choice Award and a super review which you can read at Road to Romance. It is now available at Amazon.com.

I'm so tickled! A reviewer at Amazon.com had this to say about Secrets, Volume 1:

"My favorite out of the four novellas is Bonnie Hamre's A Lady's Quest. This historical story centers on a young widow's tenacious need to find a lover that could replace her lust for Dougal MacDonald, the gorgeous seventh Duke of Sutherland and notorious womanizer. But she'd never envisaged Dougal's delectable intentions. I savored this story like fine wine. It was as sensual as it was erotic." See the rest of the reader's comments.

Thanks! I'm so glad you enjoyed my novella.

If you like the Secrets collections from Red Sage, you have to join the Red Sage Readers list at redsagereaders@yahoogroups.com. To subscribe, click on Red Sage Readers. My fellow authors and I will talk about our stories, answer questions and maybe even give you a sneak preview into what's happening next!

I'm very excited! I've just signed a contract with Ellora's Cave, who will publish a steamy contemporary novel, called Sweet Discipline in late summer of 2004.

This page is getting unwieldy, so I've moved some of the earlier stuff to an archives page. You'll find the pre-2003 posts there.

I've added an excerpt of The Ruination of Lady Jane. Hope you enjoy it! No cover yet, but that will come.

Check out The Ladies with Secrets! - links to my fellow authors at Red Sage with web sites.

The first review for By Fate's Hand is in, calling it "a memorable anthology" and other warm comments. You can read this, and other reviews as they come in, on the review page. And of course, read an excerpt of my story, called All that Gliiters.

For more about the anthology and my fellow authors, please browse through the page Marilynn Byerly has created for By Fate's Hand.

Isn't this a super, classy cover? I love it!

Secrets, Volume 9 is now available from the publisher, amazon.com, Barnes and Noble and other booksellers. If your local bookstore doesn't have it, ask your bookseller to order it. It's selling very well!

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The reviews for Secrets, volume 9, are coming in hot! Harriet Klausner says "This is the best work in the series in terms of erotica" - See these reviews and see what more reviewers have to say about Flights of Fancy. Sizzling!

On top of that good news, I sold another Regency novella to Red Sage, called The Ruination of Lady Jane, which will be published next year. I had a lot - and I mean a lot! - of fun writing this, and I hope the fans of my earlier Regency novellas in volumes I and II will enjoy catching up with old friends.

Please note: Red Sage is going to publish at least two collections a year! Wonderful news for the fans who clamor for the next volume, and great news for the authors who write for Red Sage. I have two more option books due them: another contemporary and an historical. I'm already plotting them out!

My guestbook is now up and running. Leave a message for me in the guestbook or sign up for my free newsletter!

You'll find a list of places to buy my books on the Links page.

I autographed a copy of Choices for a woman who took the book home, devoured it overnight and sent me roses the next day!

I was so-o touched.

I now have the cover for By Fate's Hand , a collection of magically romantic short stories, coming out late spring/early summer of 2004 from ImaJinn Books. Check it out and read an excerpt from my story, All that Gliiters. Here's the back cover blurb:

When all seems lost and mere mortals despair, love sometimes needs a gentle hand to guide it. . . .

The hand of fate delivers a magical gift: a needle made of gold, designed to last through the ages. From woman to woman, it passes through generations, mending hearts as well as cloth. Watch as a fair lady imprisoned on Avalon heals one of Arthur’s knights—and in doing so frees them both to find the happiness they crave. Travel the early American plains beside a frightened young bride as she mends her new husband’s shirts—and searches for the pioneering spirit she needs to be his helpmate. Flit through a virtual reality of fairy tales with a bewildered young executive who’s looking for a sedative—but who finds her Prince Charming, instead.

Through centuries and against the odds, the golden needle weaves a tapestry rich in laughter and tears as it restores hope, inspires faith, and sews the seeds of love in every woman whose life it touches. Meet the women and their heroes . . . and smile as fate takes a hand in making their dreams come true.

My contribution is All that Glitters, the story of the frightened young bride on the Oregon Trail. Hope you'll enjoy it!