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CHRISTINA BROOKE - JUNE 13HeiressInLove

Tomorrow, Christina Brooke will be the guest of Cara/Andrea.  Christina writes historical romance for St. Martin's Press.  Heiress in Love (England, 1814) is due out June 28 and has received great reviews already, including a starred review from Publishers Weekly and a K.I.S.S. award for the hero from RT Book Reviews.

JOAN WOLF - JUNE 17

Honorary Word Wench Joan Wolf returns on June 17 as the guest of Mary Jo. A prolific writer, Joan's career has taken a new turn to biblical romance, writing for Thomas Nelson publishers.  Joan's new series JoanWolf is about biblical queens, and the first book comes out this month, entitled A Reluctant Queen: The Love Story of Queen Esther from the Old Testament.  It's the story of an unknown Jewish girl who marries the King of Persia and saves her people from annihilation.

Posted by on Sunday, June 12, 2011 at 04:17 AM in Andrea Penrose, Cara Elliott, Guests, Mary Jo Putney |

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