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| Brenda Jackson's January 2004 Newsletter |
VOLUME 2, ISSUE 1
JANUARY, 2004
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!
I had a wonderful Holidays and hope you did the same, and I am excited about the New Year!! I have a lot of books coming out this year for your reading pleasure, and look forward to working on those stories coming your way in 2005, which includes the long awaited Christy and Alex's book, Unfinished Business, as well as making plans for the Madaris Family Reunion Get-Away. That event will mark my 10th Anniversary as a writer and introducing the Madaris Family and their friends to my readers.
More information is in this newsletter!!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!
I want to wish a Happy Birthday to all my readers who are celebrating birthdays in January. May you have many, many more!!!
A VALENTINE KISS
I have received a lot of e-mails wanting the new ISBN# for this book.
The new ISBN is 1-58314-596-6.
A lot of bookstores may not have entered this new information into their computer system, and if they haven't and are using the old ISBN#, it will show the book as still unavailable. According to BET everything is on go and this book is still scheduled to go on sale in February, right in time for Valentine Day, but it can be ordered as soon as your favorite bookstore update their system to order the book. If your bookstore indicates they have a problem ordering the book, they can call the publisher direct and place an order at 1-800-221-2647. My local bookstore, The Book Nook, will be ordering a ton of these books straight from the publisher. If you want to call The Book Nook and be placed on a list to get a copy when they come, their number is (904) 733-4586.
THORN'S CHALLENGE
WOW!!! Thorn's Challenge was on the Walden Books Bestseller List for 3 straight weeks!!! And my e-mail was flooded with letters on Thorn's story letting me know how much you liked it. Some of you even suggested you might be getting your man a motorcycle for Christmas!! Thanks for letting me know how much you enjoyed Thorn's story as well as those other Westmorland books I have written. It truly meant a lot that as a romance writer I continue to bring a smile on your face (even make you chuckle) when reading my books.
If you're trying to locate copies of Book 1 and 2 of the Westmoreland Series, Delaney's Desert Sheikh and A Little Dare, the Book Nook has a limited number of copies since their supply decreased with the Holiday's demands for these book. Please give them a call at (904) 733-4586 to place your order to get the complete set.
Stone and Storm's stories are slated for this year. Stone's story title was changed from Romancing Stone to Stone Cold Surrender, and will hit the stores in August of this year. Storm's story, presently titled The Perfect Storm - but this book may be undergoing a title change well- will be available in December of this year. I am presently working on bringing out 3 more Westmoreland books in 2005!!
Thanks to all of you who took my suggestion and gave out the Westmoreland Books as Christmas presents!!
A WHOLE LOTTA LOVE
I have a new book out this month. The anthology, A WHOLE LOTTA LOVE, includes my novella, Tempting Fate, and was released on January 6, 2004. If you enjoyed reading Living Large then you will definitely enjoy A WHOLE LOTTA LOVE. The book contains four stories where the heroines are sexy full-figured women.
FREE AUTOGRAPHED COPY OF A WHOLE LOTTA LOVE!!!
My story was inspired by and dedicated to Selena's Secrets, an internet company that specializes in sexy lingerie for the full-figured women. Check out Selena's website at www.selenassecrets.com to see how you can get a free autographed copy of A Whole Lotta Love with your purchase.
Here is a link for easy access: selenassecrets.com
SCANDAL BETWEEN THE SHEETS
At the beginning of each year, Harlequin/Silhouette Desire starts a 12-book Miniseries that spotlights a family in some specific area of the country. For 2004, that family is the Danforths of Savannah, Georgia. Each month, starting in January, a book will come out from a different author whose story will tie into the miniseries.
The Danforths are a family of prominence, tested by scandal and sustained by passion. A promiment Savannah family that overcomes misfortunes and scandals to discover the meaning of family. While rallying to support the clan's patriach in his bid for the Senate, his offspring, nephews and nieces - and finally the senator himself encounter love of the most passionate kind. This will be a passionate, dramatic and sensual romantic miniseries.
My book, Scandal Between The Sheets, is the 4th book in the miniseries and will be out in April. It features Wesley Brooks, an African American, who is not a Danforth by birth, but because of his close friendship with Jake Danforth, he is considered like a family member. This is the first time an African-American has been featured as a hero in one of the Silhouette Desires' miniseries and I'm proud to do it.
To get the most of this miniseries, start from the beginning with the January book, The Cinderella Scandal, by Barbara McCauley. All 12 books will have a tag on the cover indicating they are part of the Danforth Dynasty miniseries. I think my readers will love Wesley's story and how he finds love and passion when he is definitely not looking for themm and with a very unlikely woman name Jasmine Carmody.
ROMANCE SLAM JAM
I regret that I will not be attending Romance Slam Jam in New York in April of this year. For those planning to attend, please enjoy.
10TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE MADARIS FAMILY IN A MADARIS FAMILY REUNION
GET-A-WAY
At long last ... Christie and Alex's story.....
Plans are underway to have a wonderful celebration that will include the release of the long awaited Christy and Alex's story in April 2005. Please come join me and my readers who love those Madaris men and their friends as we meet and mingle and celebrate the long awaited release of Christy and Alex's story, as well as talk and discuss those Madaris Family and Friends books.
Six months of Celebration!!!
The celebration officially starts this October, when Book Mark-It Promotions will unveil the commemorative 10-year Anniversary Madaris Family and Friends Series bookmark. This is a beautiful bookmark that was designed and created just for this 10-year anniversary event, and will highlight all 13 books of the Madaris Series, including the long awaited, Unfinished Business - Christy and Alex's story. This is a special bookmark that I believe all my readers will want to have.
In November, BET will release the first 3 books of the Madaris Series in a beautiful bound collector's edition. Enjoy Justin, Dex and Clayton Madaris's stories in one book!!
In February 2005, BET will reissue in a special hardcover edition A Valentine Kiss. Enjoy Kyle and Kimara story all over again in a keepsake book.
Coming in April 2005, St. Martins will release Christy and Alex's story in a novel titled, Unfinished Buisness. Also in April, to celebrate the Madaris Series 10th Anniversary, a 4-day cruise to the Bahamas is planned to bring all the die-hard dedicated readers of the Madaris Series together. Come cruise with us in the 10-Year Anniversary Celebration of the Madaris Family Reunion at Sea. Special gifts to commorate this 10th anniversary will be given out to those who attend as well as get-togethers (which includes a pajama-party and live appearances by some of those men on the covers of the Madaris books) while we eat and celebrate to our heart's content!! A number of festive and fun events are planned during this cruise!!
More details will be posted on my website next month about the cruise and I hope that you can join me!!
ROMANCE IN COLOR READERS' CHOICE AWARDS
There were a lot of good books that came out in 2003 from a number of great authors, and it's time for you to vote on those books that you enjoyed the most. I am attaching the link for the Romance In Color website that has a section for you to click on to vote for your favorites of 2003. The website is www.romanceincolor.com
Here is a link for easy assess: Romance In Color
MESSAGE BOARD
I have put up a message board on my website for my readers to join in various discussion. It's been fun and I want to invite all of you to check it out, see what topics are out there for discussions and if you'd like, come up with one of your own. It's a fun way for my readers to get together to discuss my books.
Go to my website at www.brendajackson.net to join the fun!!!
THE MIDNIGHT HOUR
COMING IN APRIL 2004
The first full length Madaris novel in over 3 years!!!
Danger and passion collide . . . at The Midnight Hour
After three years, The Madaris and Friends Series will continue with Sir Drake's story in, The Midnight Hour.
ONE MAN
Once CIA agent Sir Drake Warren gave his heart to a woman - a fellow Marine whose death in an explosion left him aching for justice. Drake vowed he would never love again. But his devotion to his former lover is tested when he meets his mysterious new partner, Agent Victoria Green. With dark chocolate colored eyes and skin like the sweet cocoa, Tori leaves Drake yearning for the love he lost -- and flirting so closely with the white-hot passion he once knew, he's sure he'll get burned . . .
ONE WOMAN
Few people know that Victoria was once a Marine named Sandy Carroll . . . and that she was embroiled in a fervent love affair with Drake until an explosion nearly killed her. Her life-saving surgery gave her a new face and identity - that of CIA Operative Victoria Green. Now, Tori is bound by duty to keep her true identity a secret, especially from Drake.
ONE HOUR THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING
Paired on a deadly mission, Tori's senses are awakened by Drake's every move. But just as the passion she's denied for so long threatens to boil over, Drake begins to put together the pieces of the puzzle. And when he does, will Tori lose him forever?
Praise for The Midnight Hour!!
"A super-hot hero, a kick-butt heroine and non-stop action! Brenda
Jackson writes romance that sizzles and characters you fall in love
with."
---Lori Foster, New York Times bestselling author of Say No to Joe?
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"THE MIDNIGHT HOUR is a roller coaster read of passion, intrigue and deceit with the perfect happy-ever-after ending."
Sharon Sala writing as Dinah McCall author of MIMOSA GROVE
April 2004 from Mira Books
Win an Advance Reading Copy of The Midnight Hour !!!
Details will be posted on my website in a few weeks!!!
www.BrendaJackson.net
FUN IN THE SUN WITH DIVAS ON TOUR
The Fun in the Sun Divas on Tour is sponsored by the Avid Readers and Reviewers of Jacksonville, and will feature authors Donna Hill, Francis Ray Felicia Mason and Brenda Jackson in a fun in the sun weekend this August. Please visit the Avid Readers and Reviewers' website for details about this event.
The web address is: www.ararojax.20fr.com
Registration for the event is now open!!
THE SAVVY SISTAHS
Thanks to you for all the letters I've received letting me know how much you enjoyed this book. The Savvy Sistahs went into a third printing less than a month after its release date and I thank all of you!!
Well, that's it for now. As you can see this will be a very busy year as I write a lot of new stories, as well as prepare for the 10-year anniversary celebration cruise. I am really looking forward to it!!
If you know of anyone not on my mailing list who would like to receive my newsletters, please tell them to drop me an email at gjbj@aol.com. I had computer problems over the Holidays and if you know of anyone who spent in a request to be added to the list since my last newsletter but did not receive this one, please have them resend their request.
Take care and stay blessed!!
Brenda
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Posted on Jan 21, 2004 17:46pm by idettev
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