Jun 10, 2013

Destiny Romance to Celebrate its First Anniversary and a Giveaway


It is my great pleasure to welcome my fabulous Destiny Romance editors Sarah Fairhall and Carol George to Lovecats today. It’s been nearly a year since Destiny Romance hit the international e-book scene and I caught up with Carol and Sarah to find out about the year that was and what we might expect in the future.
Carol George and Sarah Fairhall
It's coming up to Destiny Romance's first anniversary, what's been your greatest highlight?
That we managed to stay sane? No, truly, it’s been the joy of discovering and publishing new, quality, Australian writing. Nothing could be more exciting than that.


What reactions have you had from readers to Destiny?  
On the whole the feedback has been fantastic with romance fans loving Destiny books. We are passionate about what we do at Destiny and as genuine fans of romance, we seem to be on track with our readers. And of course, we like to push the envelope a little, as well.

Are there any plans for the future you can share with us?
We’ll continue to be innovative with the range of romances we publish and the way we publish them. We published the unconventional Untamed this year and will continue to roll the dice with any romance we love, even if it isn’t exactly ‘traditional.’ This year we experimented with print versions of Destiny titles going into Australia Post offices around Australia. A few other ideas like this are in the mix.  

Tell us a little about your June releases?
June marks the release of the first romantic suspense from popular Destiny author, Jennifer St George. The Love Deception is about Felicity, a brilliant young lawyer who joins a law firm in order to investigate a case in which she has a huge personal stake.  Only one complication – she wakes up in a stranger’s bed one morning, no idea how she got there and he turns out to be her new boss.   

From new Destiny author, Leisl Leighton, we have the very scary Killing Me Softly. Alexia, a famous, reclusive record producer is being stalked.  The danger seems to ratchet when a famous band joins her on her country property to work on their next album and Alexia finds herself deeply attracted to the lead singer.

Will we see Destiny Romance at the RWA conference, GenreCon or any other literary events this year?
Destiny and many of its writers (the ‘Destineers’), will be at full strength at the RWA conference. Destiny will celebrate it’s first birthday on the Thursday night. Expect balloons and candles.  Sarah Fairhall will be taking pitches for Destiny and you can visit us at the Penguin/Destiny trade table. Please come and say hello! Sarah is also attending RWNZ this year and looks forward to meeting New Zealand readers and writers.   

Thanks Sarah and Carol for joining us on LoveCats today.  I’ve loved my first year as a Destineer. Destiny is giving away four fabulous print Destiny titles – The Convenient Bride, Uncovererd by Love, Cityglitter and Her Italian Aristocrat. Leave a comment for a chance to win.

The Love Deception is available now from Amazon, Apple, Kobo and Destiny Romance.

37 comments:

  1. Happy anniversary!

    bn100candg at hotmail dot com

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  2. Congrats Jen St George on another book out with Destiny!!!!
    AND
    Liesel Leighton on your release of Killing Me softly!!!
    Two power house ladies who both write beautifully - well done!
    AND
    To Carol and Sarah for their publishing line birthday - wahooo - Happy birthday Destiny!!!!!


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  3. Congratulations, Jen and Leisel on your new releases, and Sarah and Carol on your upcoming anniversary. It's been wonderful watching the imprint move from strength to strength.
    Thanks for the interview, Lovecats.

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  4. Happy birthday Destiny on your 1 year milestone - fab news!

    **Jen - congrats on the release of The Love Deception, how exciting to see it in print.

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  5. Congratulations to Jennifer on the release of her The Love Deception!

    And congrats on the anniversary, Sarah and Carol!

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  6. It's been a great year, bn100! Thanks!

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  7. Thanks, Tina. It's been a whirlwind time with three books in one year.

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  8. Thanks for dropping by, Elise. It's great being a Destineer with you!

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  9. Thanks fabulous CP, Joanne. It is so nice to see this book in print. I wrote it three years ago. It's been through lots of changes since then!!

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  10. Thanks, Nas. I can't believe it has already been a year since the launch of Destiny Romance up on the Gold Coast. Seems like yesterday.

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  11. Happy birthday, Destiny! And congrats on your new release, Jen - it looks fabulous!

    I love the Destiny covers - that one for Leisl's book is gorgeous... and a bit creepy. :)

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  12. Congrats Destiny, on a fabulous first year, great covers, wonderful stories and for giving Aussie romance authors a voice

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  13. Congrats to Jen and Leisl on their new releases!

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  14. Happy Anniversary Destiny! What a great line up of books. I, too, LOVE the covers and the varied plots. I'm especially looking forward to reading The Love Deception and Untamed.

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  15. Congratulations, Destiny, on your forst birthday and especially Carol and Sarah for the really extraordinary year you've had. So thrilled to be a Destineer.
    Congratulations on the new releases, Jen and Leisl!

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  16. Congratulations on the first year.
    I tried to get one of the Destiny books in paperback when they came to Australia Post, but unfortunately my Post Office didn't get any in.
    That's what happens when you live rural I suppose.
    Destiny has a great future in front of it and it's great to see our home grown Australian Authors being able to be published at home.

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  17. It sounds as if Destiny has lots of exciting projects to look froward to! Congratulations, Destiny, on your first birthday. :-)

    And, Jen, congratulations on your new release. It sounds fabulous!

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  18. So excited to have been a part of Destiny's first year! Congrats Jen -- so lovely to have you as a Destineer!

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  19. Thanks Rachel. Yes, the Destiny covers are fabulous!! Leisl's is fabulous!

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  20. It is great being a Destineer, isn't it Bernadette!

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  21. Thanks, Barb. Untamed is getting lots of attention. There was even dueling reviewers on Dear Author - http://dearauthor.com/book-reviews/overall-b-reviews/b-plus-reviews/dueling-reviews-untamed-by-anna-cowan/

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  22. Thanks Louise. Am looking forward to reading the next one from you!!!

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  23. I agree Jenny, it is lovely seeing Aussies being published at home. So sorry the Destiny titles didn't make it to your local post office! It was such a thrill having The Convenient Bride in print!

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  24. Thanks, Michelle. I have jumped the gun a little bit on the one year anniversary as technically it is still a couple of weeks away, but I always reckon a Festival is better than a one off party!

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  25. Thanks, Emmie. It's fun being in a group of such fab authors!!!

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  26. Happy 1st Anniversary Destiny!!! Congratulations to Carol and Sarah for a wonderful and exciting first year. Congratulations also to Jen and Leisl on your new releases. So excited for you both. Another thrilled Destineer:)

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  27. Congratulation to both Jennifer and Leisl on your latest releases. Exciting times for you both.

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  28. Thanks Allison. It's an exciting day!

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  29. Thanks for dropping by, Kendall! It's fun having a new release out, but nerve-wracking as well!!

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  30. Congratulations Destiny on your 'almost' anniversary - it's so exciting to be a Destineer. And thanks to everyone for the congrats on my first book. Can't wait to see what everyone thinks of Killing Me Softly. Good luck with yours too, Jen. So great to be your release buddy.

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  31. Thanks, Leisl. Have been watching your book climb the iTunes charts!!

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  32. Congratulations!!

    I must check out my local Post Office to see if they have the Destiny titles. A great idea to place them there because I tend to poke around while I wait.

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  33. Recently finished Untamed. It was fantastic. Congrats on the first year.

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  34. Untamed is on my TBR pile, Keziah. Can't wait! Thanks for stopping by!

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  35. The marvellous thing about Destiny is that though it's focus is on Australia, the books are available worldwide, especially to someone like me who lives in India and sometimes I stay in Ireland, my own country. Wherever I am, I can pick up the titles I want. That's the joy of ereading! Congratulations to Destiny on completing a year!

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  36. Yes Maria, ebooks are fantastic! Thanks so much for having me on your blog when I was first published. It was very interesting chatting about marriages of convenience and arranged marriages!!

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  37. Hurrah Congratulations on a successful year.
    Best
    Cathleen

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