Sunday, February 26, 2012

(1) Guests; (2) Joanna Bourne Wins!

GUESTS:RoyalWeddings

 Happy Leap Year!  Wednesday, February 29, is Leap Day, and on that special day, Anne Gracie will host guests Terri Brisbin, Michelle Willingham and Elizabeth Rolls. They will talk about their stories in Royal Weddings Through the Ages, released this month.  Join us on Wednesday and let's talk about royal weddings!

JOANNA BOURNE CLEANS UP:

You've no doubt read all the rave reviews for Joanna Bourne's November 2011 release, The Black Hawk.The book is definitely a reviewer favorite.  It's also a reader favorite, as evidenced by the results of the All About Romance annual reader poll.  The votes are in, and The Black Hawk made a sweep, claiming wins in seven (seven!) categories:

TheBlackHawkBest Romance
Best Historical Romance Not Set in the U.K.
Biggest Tearjerker (tie)
Best Romance Hero 
Best Romance Heroine
Most Kickass Heroine (tie)
Best Romance Couple

The Wenches join with all those intelligent and astute readers in congratulating Joanna for such an astounding accomplishment.  Well done, Joanna!

 

Feb 26, 2012 4:55:30 AM | Anne Gracie, Guests, Joanna Bourne

9 Comments

Cate S

Well done!! I imagine you will need some sort of manly man assistance getting all these awards to your trophy case!!

Posted by: Cate S | Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 07:23 AM

Quilt Lady

Congrats, I have heard so much about this book and I want to read it really bad.

Posted by: Quilt Lady | Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 09:16 AM

joanna bourne

Oh, *blush*

Posted by: joanna bourne | Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 11:53 AM

deniz

Congratulations, Jo! And Adrian, too :-)

Posted by: deniz | Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 03:56 PM

LilMissMolly

Congratulations. Your book was fantastic!

Posted by: LilMissMolly | Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 05:25 PM

Maggi Andersen

Thoroughly enjoy your books, Joanna!

Posted by: Maggi Andersen | Monday, February 27, 2012 at 12:54 AM

Joanna

Congratulations. I love your books.

Posted by: Joanna | Monday, February 27, 2012 at 08:29 AM

Diane Sallans

Wonderful! Well deserved!

Posted by: Diane Sallans | Monday, February 27, 2012 at 11:27 AM

Karin

Congratulations, another fan here! And I found out quite by accident that Her Ladyship's Companion is now available on Kindle-I'm looking forward to reading it.

Posted by: Karin | Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 08:55 AM

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