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  • Years published - 136. Novels published - 203. Novellas published - 71. Range of story dates - 9 centuries (1026-present).

    Awards won: RWA RITA, RWA Honor Roll, RWA Top 10 Favorite, RT Lifetime Achievement, RT Reviewers Choice, Publishers Weekly Starred Reviews, Golden Leaf, Barclay Gold, Library Journal, ABA Notable Book, Historical Novels Review Editors Choice.

    Bestseller Lists: NY Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Waldenbooks Mass Market, Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, Chicago Tribune, Rocky Mountain News, Publishers Weekly.

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We Have a Winner!

Awinner_2 Sherrie here, announcing yet another book winner!

LuluB, you have won an autographed copy of Susan Holloway Scott's The King's Favorite.  Are you ever in for a treat!  Please send your mailing address to Sherrie so that we can get that book in the mail to you.

By the way, if you've checked out our Announcements sidebar on the right, you'll see that Susan S. will be a guest over at the History Hoydens on July 24 and 25, where she'll be talking about The King's Favorite and Nell Gwyn.  Please feel free to drop by and give her a wave.

In fact, if you'll check out the Announcements sidebar, you'll see that several of the Wenches will be busy in this month.

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Winners

  • Winners, please send your mailing address to sholmes (at) holmesedit.com. Our latest winners are JJohnson, Piper, Dorotha Holloway, and Danielle.

Announcements

  • Favorite Books by Favorite Authors: Anne Gracie, Loretta Chase, and some future WW guests are on this list and your votes will help them maintain (or improve) their ranking. Voting on these 12 authors starts today (Thursday) and ends Sunday. Please vote at http://likesbooks. com/favesbyfavesbal lot.html

    Congratulations to Pat, Mary Jo, Andrea, and Loretta:

    Pat's MYSTIC WARRIORr Mary Jo's LOVING A LOST LORD, and Loretta's DON'T TEMPT ME are Top Picks for July at Romantic Times magazine. Andrea's SEDUCED BY A SPY won the RT Reader's Choice Award for Best Historical Adventure Romance

    Loretta's DON'T TEMPT ME received a starred review from Booklist.

    LOVING A LOST LORD got starred reviews at Publisher's Weekly and Booklist.

    Andrea's SEDUCED BY A SPY is a finalist for the Daphne Du Maurier award for Best Historical Mystery/Suspense.

    Check out the newest set of bookmarks under "Additional Pages"

    Congrats to Mary Jo, who has sold a Young Adult historical fantasy trilogy to St. Martin's Press!

  • Jo's The Secret Wedding debuted at #14 on the NYT list and is still on the list 3 weeks later.

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