And the winners are...

A huge thanks to everyone who entered the pitch contest.
So many fab entires! I'm glad I didn't have to decide the winners...and I'm now handing you over to Flo Nicoll (my lovely ed!) who had the unenviable task.

Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who’s entered this pitch – the KISS team has been absolutely blown away by the amount and qualities of entries!

We’ve spent a very enjoyable - although very difficult! -  morning reading all the 47 (yes, 47!! What a result!) entries and after much deliberating, we’ve decided on our three winners.

In no particular order, these are…

RUMOUR HAS IT by Evie Huxtable – we loved the concept of the heroine being a boyfriend-dumping professional! It’s a fun, sexy twist on the world of dating, and spot on for KISS. We can’t wait to see the fireworks between Saskia and Jamie…

INSERT GROOM HERE by Kwana – the reality TV show setting, and the fact that the heroine is falling for the very man who’s supposed to be filming her falling for someone else, instantly appealed! Can’t wait to see how Eva gets her happy-ever-after with her off-screen – and very unlikely! – hero!

THE BIG BANG THEORY OF DATING by Jane Linfoot – who can resist a burlesque heroine, how intriguing?! The ultimate in opposites attracting, and the hero’s ten-date challenge, all contributed to a really fun, snappy pitch that had us dying to read more.

So, I’ll be in touch with this talented threesome asap, and they will all get their partials critiqued within a week (although, if full manuscripts are available, we’ll be eagerly reading them too!).

However! Because the standards of this pitch were so high, quite a few others of you will be hearing from the KISS team too… watch out for the emails coming your way!

Thanks again to everyone who’s taken part, and, of course, a huuuge thanks to the amazing Nicola Marsh for hosting this pitch – I think we can all agree she’s done an incredible job!

Love Flo x

This is why I love pitch contests...expect the unexpected!

It's fantastic that Flo was so impressed with other pitches besides the lucky winners and she'll be contacting 15 of you to take a look at your manuscripts.

WOW!

Thanks again, peeps, for participating, and a huge thanks to my editor Flo and the team at Mills & Boon UK.

You guys launched my career 10 years ago and I'll never forget it.

Blog hop winners

Thanks to everyone who entered the Black Friday blog hop.

The winners of Crazy Love are:

-Lily B.
-Lynne

Please email me to claim your book prize.

To see the grand prize winners, check here

Big Bollywood news!

I'm thrilled to announce that BUSTED IN BOLLYWOOD will be released in the USA as a mass market paperback in June!

So you can go to your local bookstore and grab it off the shelves, yay!

The price? $7.99.

Or you can pre-order at the Book Depository for $5.60.

(Winners of WHO WANTS TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE? from the Naughty After Dark blog hop are:
-Simply Kayla
-Ronda (Queentutt's World of Escapism)

Please email me with your details so I can post your books out.
And thanks to everyone who entered!)

Valentine's Day Pitch the Book of your Heart winners!

Thanks to everyone for entering the Valentine's Day Pitch the Book of your Heart contest.

I'm absolutely thrilled to announce the winners:

LORI WILDE'S winner (critique of a partial & synopsis): Bronwyn Stuart's Mixing Business with Pleasure.


LIZ PELLETIER'S winner (Partial critique): Mustang Sassy by DL Snow
(and a bonus! A full request for A Quirkey Affair by Michelle Stuart)


LIBBY MURPHY'S winner: (critique first chapter) Live to Tell by Marisa (Winner)
(and another bonus request: Head Over Wheels by Danielle Dreger)

ALETHEA SPIRIDON HOPSON'S winner: (a full manuscript request) Julie Rowe's Molly Gets Her Man

KERRI-LEIGH GRADY'S winner: (5 page critique) Iron Guns, Blazing Hearts – Heather Massey 
(and a bonus request Project Shadow – Rachel K)

NINA BRUHN'S winner: Eve's The Waiting Game
(Nina has also emailed several participants inviting them to submit with the idea that she can bring them closer to the word count during revisions!)

A HUGE thanks to the wonderful editors from ENTANGLED PUBLISHING who generously offered their time in this contest. Much appreciated.

For the winners, you can find editor email addresses here at EP's website.

Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire? winners

Thanks to those who participated in the Intoxicated by Books blog hop (and welcome to my new followers!)

The 3 winners of WHO WANTS TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE? are:

-Dinda_Sl
-Carol L.
-Lora 1967

Please email me with your details to collect your book prize!

The Romance Reviews mega giveaway

Go check out THE ROMANCE REVIEWS mega book giveaway running all November.

Loads of fun questions, puzzles, prizes.  And yeah, I'm playing!

*WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT*

The 3 winners from my SPOOKTACULAR book giveaway are:

KERRY-ANN McDADE
JET
MEGAN @ READING ANY DAYS

Please email me to claim your prize!

Critique winners!

I'm thrilled to announce the critique winners from my pitch contest last week.

With an added bonus!

The amazingly generous Liz Pelletier (originally offering to critique the first 5 pages of one winner) has requested the FULL manuscripts of 3 entrants!

-BITERS (the winner) by Sarah Shade
-MR RIGHT NOW by Kristina Knight
-FREEFALLING by Robyn

I'd love to critique all entrants but with time constraints (I barely sleep as it is!) I've had to choose one, and that winner is:

-TOKYO DARE by Anne Van.

If you didn't win this time, please don't be disheartened.
I loved reading all the pitches and I know Liz had a really difficult time narrowing the field too.
I hope to see your books on the shelf real soon, or stay tuned for more pitch contests!

Congrats again to the winners.

And the winner is...

Huge congrats to Kat, who has won my prize pack of:

-GIRL IN A VINTAGE DRESS
-SEX, GOSSIP & ROCK & ROLL
-WILD NIGHTS WITH HER WICKED BOSS
-OVERTIME IN THE BOSS'S BED
-THREE TIMES A BRIDESMAID
-DESERTED ISLAND, DREAMY EX!
-MARRIAGE: FOR BUSINESS OR PLEASURE?
-passport holder
-luggage tag
-address book

If you didn't win this time, don't despair. I'm doing random spot giveaways over the next week and have several BIG contests lined up over the next few months.
It's going to be a blast!