Sheik's Destiny on the shelves

Melissa's latest release Sheik's Destiny has hit the Aussie shelves as shown below.

Doesn't it look fab!!

Congrats Melissa :)

Bootcamper Data File: Melissa James

Name: Melissa James

Writes: Harlequin Romance, Suspenseful Historical Mainstream

Call sign: (ie nickname) Um, haven't had one since called "Freckle Bum Junior" in high school. :) Friends call me Lis.

Current mood: Excited! Going on holiday tomorrow. Can't wait.

Reading: "The Terror Before Trafalgar" by Tom Pocock - a bio on the life of Lord Nelson, and the times in England and France just before the outbreak of war in 1803. It is research! Also reading "Lucia: A Venetian Life in Napoleonic Times" by Andrea di Robilant. More research!

Inspiration: Sharon Penman, Elizabeth Chadwick, JRR Tolkien, Nigel Tranter

Web hang outs: Only historical research places! I'm a technophobe and not really into blogs and stuff. We do download shows like Fringe though - where we live it's always 2 years behind.

Favourite food when writing: Duh...chocolate!!! Peppermint tea is always good too.

Music listening to: "The Romantic Violin" by Joshua Bell

Watching: "The Little Dictator" with Charlie Chaplin (really!). I also love Fringe, NCIS, CSI...

Working on: "Dark Waltz" - mainstream historical suspense set in 1803

 

May release

Visit Melissa at her website.

Melissa's One Small Miracle

I'm sorry to Melissa as I've had this photo in my phone for a little while and haven't had a chance to display....

Isn't it the cutest cover?

Congrats Melissa!!

Don't miss part 2 of this series - The Cattleman, The Baby and Me by Michelle Douglas, followed by part 3 by our own Nikki Logan.

Mission Report: Melissa James

One of the great things about being a boot camper is that we have fantastic mentors. One of whom is the awesome Melissa James. Melissa's career is barrelling forward. Her latest releases for M&B are, One Small Miracle released downunder in May 2010. A Wish and a Wedding with the legendary Margaret Way, in July/August and The Sheik's Destiny in August/September 2010. Melissa has also found herself and agent to represent her in her mainstream work, her name, Eleanor Jackson of Markson Thoma. Melissa is thrilled to have her but I believe Eleanor is privileged to have Melissa. I'm sure it will be a long and industrious union. More good news for Melissa, is that from one page of a m/s, one page, she has THREE editors wanting to read the full. Megan Rocords of Kensington. Jessica Sebor of Bantam Dell and Margo Lipschutz of HQN. What a trio. Melissa, we wait along with you, with fingers crossed and hearts full of hope. Congratulations. Till next time, remember:

BOOTCAMPERS ROCK.

Melissa's current and upcoming releases

I have been remiss in bringing you the covers of our Bootcampers recently....

This month, Melissa James' book, One Small Miracle is out in Australia. It is the first of a mini-series, with books two and three (by Nikki) coming soon!

Here are the different covers... now everyone say awwwww..... :0)

US cover

UK cover

Aussie cover

And here are the upcoming covers too:

  

Go Melissa! Congratulations on your releases...

Melissa blogging at...

the Harlequin Romance authors blog on the paperwork life in Switzerland. 

You can find it here. 

~yia~

Melissa's next release

Melissa James next book, One Small Miracle will be out in April in the US.

It is the first book of the Outback Baby Tales mini-series, and joining Melissa are Michelle Douglas (May release) & Nikki Logan (June release).


Here is the lovely cover:

Bootcampers blogging....

Just a little round of where our Bootcampers blog, other than here of course ;))

Rachel Bailey blogs at Silhouette Desire Authors blog.

Nikki Logan and Melissa James blog at the Harlequin Romance Authors blog.

Nikki & Rachel blog at the LoveCats DownUnder blog.

Eleni Konstantine (ie moia)  has her own blogs - Eleni's Taverna, and Eleni's Library.

 

Fiona Gregory's dog Gromit has her own blog called Gromit's story.

And of course our regular Bootcamper 101 Writing Drills  teamsters are Roseanne Smiles, Fiona Gregory & Eleni Konstantine.

    Fiona & Roseanne     

  Fiona & Eleni

                                                                                    


                                        

Reminder: Melissa's book out now

Don't forget to get your copy of Melissa's latest book.

June Challenge

Four of us undertook the June challenge last month - Melissa, Alison, Annie, and Eleni.

Reporting in to say we all did well with this, boosting our word counts to over 105K in total. Go us.

Let's see how we go with this challenge next year.

Melissa's July release

Don't miss in July:

His Princess In The Making

"When Lia Costa discovers overnight that she's a princess and betrothed to a royal duke it turns her world upside down! Because regal duty means she can never tell her best friend Toby how she really feels...

Firefighter Toby Winder has always secretly loved Lia - but watching her swap her flat for a palace and her car for a carriage, he realises that now he must compete with an entire kingdom for her attention!"

Melissa is a R*BY finalist!

The wonderful Melissa James is a finalist in the short sweet category of the R*BY Awards (known as The Ruby'), basically the best romance books in Australia and New Zealand as voted by readers.

Woohoo!!! Congrats Melissa!!

Melissa's shortlisted book is: A Mother in a Million

We are all so very excited for Melissa - expecially since this is her first time as a finalist of this award.

Winners will be announced at the Romance of Australia's conference in August. It's going to be some night!

Go Bootcampers!

The Rebel King is out now!

Don't forget to get your copy of 'The Rebel King' by the fab Melissa James. Out this month in Australia and New Zealand!

I got my copy today :)

~ Eleni

Melissa James' releases and RT review

Our esteemed honorary Bootcamper, Melissa James, has two releases in a series coming soon.

 

US Cover

The Rebel King is to be released in April in the US and May in Australia. It's sequel, His Princess in the Making is to be released in June in the US and July in Australia.

The Rebel King also received 4 stars in a RT (Romantic Times) review. Congratulations Melissa!! Woo Hoo!!

The Bootcampers are really looking forward to reading this. 

Here's the blurb.

The Rebel King

Fireman Charlie Costa knows all about duty and saving lives. But when he learns he is a prince who must marry to secure his nation, Charlie rebels! He doesn't want to be King, or to marry Princess Jazmine... no matter how beautiful she is. Charlie's rough manners and bad-boy charm don't deceive Princess Jazmine for a minute. He might fool others that he's a rebel, but she knows the real Charlie: kind, generous, and a man who's truly fit to be King. Will Charlie claim his crown... and the Princess he's promised to?

Australian cover

Honorary Member Melissa James Blogging This Month

The fabulous Melissa James is blogging over at The Wedding Belles this month.

She's going to talk about:

• Funny wedding and honeymoon stories
• Unusual, even unique, honeymoon destinations
• Unique cultural weddings
• The weddings of a few editors and their gorgeous honeymoons

Check out her post about a unique skydiving wedding proposal! Absolutely gorgeous.

It's going to be a fun month.