What's New?   

More good news about Last-Minute Proposal ... I've just heard it's a finalist in the National Readers Choice Award! Winners are announced at the RWA conference in Washington where I'll also be waiting to hear how Last-Minute Proposal has done in the RITA® Contemporary Series category.

After all the 50 book celebrations and self-congratulation last year, 2009 will be a little less hectic.  I’ll still be updating the blog regularly, though, and we’ll keep the Where in the World page (see below) for now as one of my favourite activities is checking how many flags are alight (72 at the end of 2008).

 Books  

2009 sees the publication of three new books by Jessica Hart.  First up is Cinderella’s Wedding Wish (March), followed by Honeymoon with the Boss (June) and the Christmas wedding book Under the Boss's Mistletoe (November).   More details of these books throughout the year! Contracted: Corporate Wife is also out again in the UK in April in a Mills and Boon Special Release.

Learn to Write with Jessica Hart 

No matter how beautifully you write, if you can’t give your story the emotional punch it needs, it won’t grab an editor’s attention.  But how do you invest a romance with the emotional tension that is so key to its success?  If you’d like to know more about writing romance, come and join me in Tuscany  from Saturday 26 September to Saturday 3 October 2009, when I’ll be sharing what I’ve learnt over the past 20 years and 50 books.  A week to concentrate on writing without any distractions, in a beautiful place and with wonderful food … what more could you want? 

For more details about the course, click here.  Information about prices, accommodation and booking at the Watermill at Posara can be found at their website. 

Where in the World Are You?

People often ask me ‘What’s the best thing about writing romance?’  I tell them it’s not finishing a book or seeing it on the shelves or winning an award, thrilling though those all are.  It’s hearing from readers, and knowing that there are women reading the stories I write here in York all round the world.  Click here to record where you read Jessica Hart. 

Email me a photo of where you are, and you could win a signed copy of a book!

And More...

Harlequin has sold over 5.8 BILLION books since 1949 and this year will be celebrating its 60th anniversary, so keep an eye out for special events and publications throughout the year at www.eHarlequin.com.  Don’t forget  to check out the Harlequin Romance Authors blog, as well, with regular blogs, features about what I (obviously!) think is the best line of all, and chances to win some great books!

 

 

"Vibrant, fresh and cosmopolitan, Jessica Hart creates stories bursting with emotional warmth and pure romance!"