March 12, 2008

OKRWA March 2008 Newsletter

March 2008 Program
Saturday, March 15, 2008
@ 9:00 a.m.


Agent & Editor Mini Conference

Speakers
Miriam Kriss With The Irene Goodman Agency and
Margo Lipschultz With HQN

Friday Evening 6:00 pm:
Ice breaker, meet and greet dinner.
Check the OKRWA Loop for further information.

Saturday 9:00 am:
Presentation with a Q&A in the Wildcat/Derrick Room of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Danish, juice & coffee will be provided.

Saturday 11:30 -12:40 pm:
One on one interviews with OKRWA members in the Derrick and Wildcat Rooms of the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

Saturday 12:40 -2:30 pm:
Break for lunch. Meet at Laredo Cantina Penn Square Mall.

Saturday 2:30 – 4:30 pm:
One on one interviews with OKRWA members in the Derrick and Wildcat Rooms of the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

New Releases




Chosen
PC Cast & Kristin Cast


Dark forces are at work at the House of Night and fledgling vampyre Zoey Redbird’s adventures at the school take a mysterious turn. Those who appear to be friends are turning out to be enemies. And oddly enough, sworn enemies are also turning into friends. So begins the gripping third installment of this “highly addictive series” (Romantic Times), in which Zoey’s mettle will be tested like never before. Her best friend, Stevie Rae, is undead and struggling to maintain a grip on her humanity. Zoey doesn’t have a clue how to help her, but she does know that anything she and Stevie Rae discover must be kept secret from everyone else at the House of Night, where trust has become a rare commodity. Speaking of rare: Zoey finds herself in the very unexpected and rare position of having three boyfriends. Mix a little bloodlust into the equation and the situation has the potential to spell social disaster. Just when it seems things couldn’t get any tougher, vampyres start turning up dead. Really dead. It looks like the People of Faith, and Zoey’s horrid step-father in particular, are tired of living side-by-side with vampyres. But, as Zoey and her friends so often find out, how things appear rarely reflects the truth…
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Don’t Look Back
Margaret Daley

Who, what, where, when and why. Those were the questions journalism professor Jameson King lived by. But the murder of his protégé, a young newspaper reporter, remained a mystery. One that Jameson—and the reporter's grief-stricken sister—vowed to solve. But working with Cassie Winters wasn't easy. A former student ten years his junior, the stunning redhead was too young, too full of life, for a man like him. A man with a secret concerning her brother…a secret that might tear them apart forever.

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To Wed A Texan
Georgina Gentry

HE'S A LOVER
Fast-talking promoter Cash McCally will be set for life if he can set up a prizefight in Dallas, Texas--should be a cinch, considering how Texan men appreciate a good brawl. What Cash doesn't count on is Texas women, one trouble-stirring widow in particular. First, she took over half his hotel suite, and now she's leading the charge against his fight scheme! Still, Mrs. Purdy mightn't be half bad if she'd loosen that librarian's bun and listen to reason--and Cash wouldn't half mind seducing her into sweet surrender . . .

SHE'S A FIGHTER
Bonnie O'Neal Schwartz Purdy has met characters like Cash McCally before--she even made the colossal mistake of marrying one. Now, as president of the Lone Star Ladies for Decency and Decorum, Bonnie is out to do some good in the world, and striking down Cash's plan to profit from senseless violence will be her first order of business. Cash may think he can charm her into submission, but the man has no idea with whom he's dealing . . .

NOW THE GLOVES ARE OFF. . .
Dallas has seen some fireworks in its time, but when the prim Mrs. P. goes up against a gambler who always wins with the ladies, it's time to take cover--and enjoy the show . . .

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Fit To Be Tied
Myla Jackson

Stipulations of his grandfather's will demands Richard Rayburn marry by his twenty-fifth birthday or he'll lose a valuable piece of land. On the eve of his birthday, his fiancé breaks his engagement and Richard finds himself in a bit of tight situation. Where will he find a bride in less than one day?

Desperate enough to steal to put food on her table, the widow Julia Blackmon, assumes the disguise of the Black Bandit to strike fear in the heart of her potential victims. But her first and only victim turns the tables and captures her! After a night held hostage, tied to his bed, Julia discovers the whore within herself and talents no cowboy should be without in her captor, Richard Rayburn.
When the morning of Richard's twenty-fifth birthday arrives, he's made his decision to marry the bandit. Richard offers her an ultimatum. Marry him or go to jail. What is a desperate widow to do?

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Texas-Sized Secrets
Elle James

Who, what, where, when and why. Those were the questions journalism professor Jameson King lived by. But the murder of his protégé, a young newspaper reporter, remained a mystery. One that Jameson— and the reporter's grief-stricken sister—vowed to solve. But working with Cassie Winters wasn't easy. A former student ten years his junior, the stunning redhead was too young, too full of life, for a man like him. A man with a secret concerning her brother…a secret that might tear them apart forever.


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Sea of Dreams
Keira Ramsay

Fiona Neal is tired of shuffling between one crappy job and the next, and the same goes when it comes to relationships. But when a stranger at a wedding lights her fires, she succumbs to a few moments of stolen passion before beginning a new life.
Mike Alvarez gets just what he’s looking for when a beautiful waitress satisfies his carnal cravings ... giving him everything but her name. When he moves a thousand miles away to begin a new job, he’s shocked to meet her again ... and just as hungry for her.

Fiona swore her job as a naturalist was a new beginning, but when she encounters Mike again, it’s hard to ignore the swirling passion between them.

But their budding relationship will be tested by ghosts from not only Mike’s past, but Fiona’s as well. For there’s more to her than meets the eye. She’s a prodigal daughter, and the only one who can heal the mystical world of the Fae ... or tear them apart forever.

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More Than Words
Sharon Sala

Somewhere, at this very moment, a woman's caring and commitment is changing a life in her community … and changing the world. Three of these exceptional women have been selected as recipients of Harlequin's More Than Words award. And three bestselling authors have kindly offered their creativity to write original short stories inspired by these real-life heroines.

We hope these stories of courage will touch your heart and inspire the heroine living inside you.




Member News


Merline Lovelace has just signed to do a novella for Silhouette Nocturne's 2008 Christmas anthology, HOLIDAYS WITH A VAMPIRE. The working title of my story is ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS ARE MY TWO FRONT FANGS.

Marked by PC Cast & Kristin Cast won the YA division of the Oklahoma Book Award. This book also won the 2007 Reviewers’ Choice Award for best YA book.
CHOSEN by PC Cast & Kristin Cast is #2 on the NY Times bestseller list.

Also, PC Cast is the “celebrity” reading the Spotlight piece in the Vagina Monologues on Sat. March 22nd, and Friday, March 28th for Tulsa’s Domestic Violence Intervention Services (DVIS) in their annual fundraiser.

V-DAY TULSA 2008 IS PROUD TO PRESENT a production of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues & A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer. Join us as we celebrate V-Day’s Ten Year Anniversary, raise awareness and end violence against women. March 22, 2008 doors open at 10:00 am. March 28, 2008 doors open at 5:30 pm. All Souls Unitarian Church, 2953 South Peoria. Proceeds benefit Tulsa DVIS Women’s Shelter. Come early on the 22nd and enjoy our live entertainment, raffles, food, guest speakers, classes, and lots more! Event and ticket information available @ www.myspace.com/vdaytulsa.

The venue is All Soul's Unitarian Church on Peoria Street, downtown Tulsa. Saturday, March 22nd there will be MANY activities going on starting Saturday morning, with a full showing of the Vagina Monologue at 2:30. Friday the 28th they are showing only The Vagina Monologues at 7 p.m. PC would love to see OK-RWA members there supporting DVIS.

Sherri Buerkle won the Jeannie Gray Golden Friendship Award.

A HEART OF GRACE the third book in the Brother's Bond series by Linda Goodnight won The Romantic Times Reveiwers' Choice Award for best Love Inspired.

Please join us in congratulating our members on these fantastic achievements.


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From the Editor
Please, send all member news, new releases, writing articles, etc. to Debbie Behrens at Debehrs@aol.com .


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