Congratulations to Linda Parisi! Her Honorable Rogue won the 2022 Holt Medallion for Speculative Fiction! For more information please visit https://virginiaromancewriters.com/2022-holt-medallion-winners/. You can order Honorable Rogue at https://amzn.to/3xvOySL.
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News from Members about new releases, contests and events.
Release Day for Defining Chances by Stacey Wilk
Congrats to LSF Writers Member Stacey Wilk on her new release Defining Chances: A Candlewood Falls Novel. (Which also means two other books in the world also released.) This is Stacey’s third book in her Hometown series. Congrats, Stacey!
New Release from K.M. Fawcett
Congratulations to LSF Writers Member K.M. Fawcett on her new release WILDE IN LOVE. WILDE IN LOVE is part of a shared world series with two other authors in which they write in the same small town of Candlewood Falls, NJ and their characters show up in each other’s books! It’s like a literary soap opera.
Can a bad boy and a good girl overcome their fears to find true love?
Bridesmaid and romance writer Brielle Wilde is determined to win her crush’s heart at an adventure wedding. But when a panic attack forces Brielle to flee the first activity, she engages the help of the most fearless person she knows—widower Luke Sheridan, the bride’s reckless and sexy older brother.
Taking risks is easy for stuntman Luke Sheridan…except when it comes to his heart. When he agrees to coach sweet, quirky, and tempting-as-hell Brielle through the adventure activities, she sparks a desire he never imagined he’d feel again. But how can he open his heart when it’s sealed tight from guilt over his wife’s death?
Can Luke find the courage to admit his love to Brielle before she wins the heart of another man?
LSF Writers Member Featured on Forbes Blog
Congratulations to LSF Writers Member Samantha Ann whose new release Seoul Searching was featured on the Forbes Blog!
Congratulations to Jacob Graysol
Congrats to LSF Writers Member Jacob Graysol whose flash fiction Late-Night Snack was published by Mystery Tribune. You can read it free at https://mysterytribune.com/late-night-snack-crime-flash-fiction-by-jacob-graysol/. A man caught stealing from a drug kingpin pleads with a no-nonsense executioner. Trigger warning for violence/injuries.
New Release from Christine Bush
Christine Bush’s NEW traditional mystery, “SWAN SONG” is available TODAY! An exciting “who-done-it”, set in the lively theater town of New Hope, “Swan Song” is the first book in Chris’s new series, “The Strawberry Manor Mysteries”. We hope you love the quirky characters and their dedication to solving the mystery that threatens to put Strawberry Manor out of business… and the new police chief who thought taking a job in a little art town on the Delaware River would be a piece of cake. Was he wrong?
Get your copy at https://amzn.to/3sCYYi3.
New Release from Eileen F. Watkins
Congrats to LSF Writers Member Eileen F. Watkins on her new release Night of the Were-Cat, A Cat Groomer Mystery. Here’s a little blurb for you!
Autumn brings a chill to the small town of Chadwick, New Jersey, as expert cat groomer and amateur sleuth Cassie McGlone tries to unmask a drug-peddling killer. When one of her customers brings in Quentin, a Maine Coon who looks more wolf than feline, Cassie gets an idea. The owner of Chadwick’s retro movie theater wants to promote an upcoming werewolf movie marathon for Halloween, so she suggests a werewolf lookalike contest for non-canine pets. But the scares get more serious when a thief steals anesthetics from the clinic where Cassie’s veterinarian boyfriend Mark works. Soon after, a young local woman dies in a drug-related incident.. To help both the clinic and the police, Cassie and Dawn go undercover on the singles scene to investigate a suspected “party drug” ring. But in this season of masks, the villain may be a wolf in sheep’s clothing—someone Cassie has come to know and trust. If her sleuthing skills aren’t up to scratch, next time the killer may put the bite on her!
“This was a gripping story that kept me turning pages. A bit darker than the average cozy, it’s a twisty and well-written mystery that kept me guessing…I was glad to catch up with the relatable and fleshed-out characters. Highly recommended!” — Goodreads Review
You can purchase Night of the Were-cat at https://amzn.to/3Mv3abE
Virtual Chat with Shari Nichols
Please join LSF Writers Member Shari Nichols in a virtual chat on March 16th at the Wayne Public Library. For more information and a Zoom invite please email Janette Pardo (Info in link) https://patch.com/new-jersey/wayne/calendar/event/20220316/1792486/virtual-author-chat-shari-nichols.
Elizabeth John sells her novella to The Wild Rose Press
Congratulations to LSF Writers Member Elizabeth John who sold a novella to The Wild Rose Press for their One Scoop or Two line. The working title is Backstage Butter Brittle.
Carol Gyzander is a Bram Stoker Award® Nominee
LSF Writers Member Carol Gyzander is a Bram Stoker Award® Nominee for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction for her story, “The Yellow Crown” from Under Twin Suns: Alternate Histories of the Yellow Sign, an anthology based upon the work of Robert W. Chambers and his work, The King in Yellow (1895). You can read more at https://horror.org/the-2021-bram-stoker-awards-final-ballot-announced/.
