Showing posts with label Texas Cattleman's Club. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Texas Cattleman's Club. Show all posts

Sep 18, 2013

Have you ever wondered about continuities?



Down Under Edition
Hi, it's Yvonne here! :-)
 
I have a book out this month with Harlequin Desire, SOMETHING ABOUT THE BOSS…, which is part of a continuity. A continuity is a fun project. Our publishing house draws together a string of ideas and develops an overall story arc, usually with some secret, mystery or question running through it like an unravelling thread, and each book within the continuity brings the reader closer to finding the answers or discovering said secret.
 
They can be a lot of fun to work on and it’s a collaborative effort between a group of authors—in this case, chosen by the publisher—who have to each flesh out the skeleton of their story and their characters bearing all the other stories and characters in mind. Did I mention that this can be challenging? Juggling balls has never been my forte and when I’m working on a continuity I’m forever screening back through previous emails and the story “bible” to figure out details like who looks like what and how where they live is furnished.
 
North America Edition
The Texas Cattleman’s Club: The Missing Mogul continuity is set in the town of Royal, Texas and while there have been previous continuities under this banner this one sits quite happily on its own if you haven’t read the previous series. To help me research SOMETHING ABOUT THE BOSS… I bought the whole previous series to get a taste of the world I’d be writing in and I loved it! 
 
You can get your own taste of Texas with the current continuity, or just with SOMETHING ABOUT THE BOSS…
 
So, do you guys have any questions about continuities? I’m working on another one now (juggling, juggling!) All questions will go into a draw for one lucky winner to receive a copy of a book from my backlist of their choice (stock permitting.) Ask away!

Jul 8, 2011

Texas Cattleman's Club - The Showdown!

The long-running TCC series is a favourite with Desire readers. When I was asked to contribute to this lastest set of stories, I was blown away. The chance to work alongside these truly amazing authors in a group of connected books? My answer was a resounding, “You bet!”

At my story’s start, star-chitect Daniel Warren is a visitor to Royal - home of the band of dedicated men who head the TCC. However, Daniel is no stranger to the south and he’s not too thrilled about the memories, and sense of guilt, this assignment has dredged up. He’ll help a gutsy friend campaign for president of the club – a woman, no less. Then he’s outta there, back to New York City where he belongs.

But when an attractive, sophisticated younger woman knocks him sideways by taking control and inviting herself into his hotel room, Daniel must accept that while he might not have been looking for trouble – or passion - in Royal’s maverick heiress, Elizabeth Milton, he’s found it in spades.

The series kicks off with One Night, Two Heirs this month! The author? USA Today bestselling author, Maureen Child! And here’s the rest of the incredible line-up…

Brenda Jackson, Katherine Garbera, Kathy Denosky, Barbara Dunlop as well as yours truly.







Daniel and Elizabeth’s story – Playboy Millionaire, Maverick Heiress – hits the NA shelves in October and is available for preorder now! Thank you to New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery for her fabulous quote.

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