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Showered With Love
Rita
Nominee
Huge Congratulations
JANE LYNNE
DANIELS
&
SENIOR EDITOR, JILL LIMBER
When a psychic gives Tensley the
chance to erase her biggest regret & replay her life with the one who
got away, who would have thought a simple ‘do-over’ could go so terribly
wrong—and feel so right?
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Under the Mayhaw Tree
Living under a cloud of
tragedy, Drew has known hell for the past 16 years. Then he meets
Allison. But in the small town of Colquitt, evil lurks around every
corner & capturing happiness has an incredibly high price. learn more
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Hunter's Crossing
To save the world from a demon
apocalypse, hunter Leilani Scott & sorcerer Blake Pratt will have to
risk everything; their lives, their souls & their newfound love. learn more
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Lip Service
Jack Harris has loved Legs
Anderson since they were kids. Now that he has her in his bed, he has no
intention of letting her go. Aunt Ada has other ideas, even from the
grave. learn more
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The Protector Project
A warrior since childhood,
Mara becomes injured in battle. Saved by Dalin, her sworn enemy, he
coaxes her into an uneasy trust. Freedom for her people hangs in the
balance while she searches all she’s believed against what her heart is
telling her she must do. COMING SOON
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A Dangerous Attraction
In 1985, FBI agent Cecelia
Montemayor is about to find the man of her dreams & teach him a
woman’s place is wherever she wants it to be. learn more
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You Again
Fifteen years after making a
terrible mistake, Lara gets a chance to redeem herself & find love.
But first she has to discover why Steve has come to her sleepy, beautiful
town of Island Park & why he’s running for his life. COMING SOON
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From the Outside In
A Boroughs
Publishing Group Romance Writers' Contest
 Who’s sexier than the rule-breaker,
the bad boy, the charismatic leader of the rebel faction? What’s more
satisfying than exerting your individuality against those who follow
society’s most mindless routines?
Whether Robin Hood or
Belle, Christian Grey or Han Solo, whether Neo or Zsadist, each of these
characters act in contrast to a society, showing the natural conflict
between us and our communities, and it’s through that conflict that
communities - and people - change for the better.
This contest celebrates
all who are different - and those who might learn to love them. Bring us
your exiles, your pariahs, your good-at-heart criminals. Bring us your
bluestockings and your hoydens, your smugglers and your rakes. Then show
us how the world is better for having them - and how two lovers are
better for having each other.
- The
Contest is open to all unpublished manuscripts between 45,000 and
100,000 words
- Entries
should be sent to: Submissions@BoroughsPublishingGroup.com
- In
the email subject line put: Outside In Contest Submission
- In
the body of the email include your name, address & telephone
number
- Entries
must be received via email before midnight in California, 15 June
2015
There will be one winner writing in any
of the following of sub-genres/categories:
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Contemporary ☀ Erotic Romance ☀
Fantasy ☀ Historical
☀ LGBT ☀
Multi-cultural ☀ Paranormal ☀
Regency
☀ Romantic Suspense/Thriller ☀
Urban Fantasy ☀ Young
Adult
The winner will be chosen
by the Boroughs Publishing Group editorial staff and will be offered a
contract to publish the winning submission.
The winner will be
announced on Friday, 24 July 2015 at Boroughs Publishing Group’s Annual
Party at the RWA National Conference in New York City. If the winner is
not present, we will contact them directly. |
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E-Musements
A short monthly piece to show what's happening in the
editor-in-chief's brain...and in his office. Besides reading. Lots of
reading.
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STRIKE AT THE HEART
 To do something well, understand it.
Genre
fiction. Ultimately this publishing construct is about the author
delivering a specific experiential payoff for the reader, simultaneously
entertaining and educating. Mysteries work the logic circuits of the brain,
ideally offering a series of clues that can be pieced together for a
solution that’s both obvious and obfuscated at the same time; deduction is
all. Science fiction follows a similar line, except it asks not, “What
really happened?” but “What could
happen, and should it?” Fantasy is all about the emotional, requiring not
that situations be scientifically conceivable or demonstrable but the very
opposite, that our imaginations be stretched, that our interaction with the
characters be illuminating and exciting in worlds impossibly grand or
horrible.
So, for a
Romance novel to be truly effective, what must we see?
Connection. Or,
rather, we must first see the opposite. Pain. Emptiness. Solitude. The
possibility of those things, the looming danger that awaits all of us who
avoid genuine human connection, no matter how good the reason for such a
choice. Especially
if the reason is good. Which character is more compelling than he who stood
at the abyss yet turned back? Who is our best example if not one who has
trod easier paths and now walks forward with eyes open, choosing a
difficult path with the most worthy reward?
What are all
the reasons people shouldn’t be together? Know them. Then know the reasons
of your characters. Finally, know your audience and how they will benefit from
watching your characters learn the truth. Writing is communicating. You are
providing the payoff to them. Choose something you know and can
illustrate, and know why everyone should care. If you don’t, you’ll have
struck a glancing blow not just for the happiness of your protagonists, but
to the hearts of your readers. |
Voices
Where you get to hear the people who make publishing–and
Boroughs especially–what it is.
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Inspired!
Short pieces by our authors
 Charlotte Boyett-Compo The Damaged Hero
You might pass him on the
street and never take notice but if you do, you will see the shadows
lurking in his sad eyes. There is pain there. Hurt. Scars raked across
his heart that the world cannot see but you sense. It might be the way he
glances at you that catches your attention. It might be the parting of
his lips that lets you know there is longing within him. A need to be saved,
salvaged, redeemed.
Look again. The telltale
signs are there for the discerning observer. He is wounded. Damaged.
Twisted in a way that will require great care to straighten out the
sorrowful road he travels. All it will take is a gentle hand, soothing
and encouraging words; a single kiss upon his brow. Push aside the lock
of hair and place your lips to his forehead as you place your hand in
his. Sometimes the touch of a hand shouts louder than any yell.
 And when you have him calm—his
soul eased, his heart on the mend—you might find a gallant warrior
residing inside that cracked shell. A little of your time shared with him
might be worth years of him trying to heal himself on his own.
Can you save him? Can he
be mended? Most assuredly. The right person with the right words, the
right touch will not only save his damaged soul, but redeem it. Are you
the one to save him? |
 Jenna
Lincoln My Other Man
Writing is my
semi-secret, super-hot boyfriend. We’ve been dating a while. Even though
we see each other every morning, I daydream about Writing while I’m at
work. And, more often than I care to admit, I’m thinking about Writing
when I should be listening to oh, my family or the news.
Writing is always there
for me when I’m sad, but Writing is also there for me when I’m happy.
When we’re together, my heart lifts just typing the next page. My pulse
races, my breathing grows shallow, and yes, my fingertips might
occasionally get sweaty on the keyboard.
 Writing allows me to be myself,
gives me the space to find out who I might become. I didn’t used to talk
about Writing much because I was afraid my friends wouldn’t understand.
But they noticed my out-of-context smiles and my distraction. So I
confessed, dished the details of the hours we’ve spent together. Turns
out, some of them have dated Writing too.
Writing isn’t for
everyone. But for those who’ve had a taste of the magic, experienced the
power of story, it’s hard to consider anything but a happy ever after. |
 Sarah Wagner Why a Demon Apocalypse?
As a child, I was a
little bit obsessed with mythology from all over the world. Every culture
seems to have its own brand of demon and they are all fascinating. At the
heart of humanity's mythological past, that battle between good and evil
takes the form of hero and demon over and over again, a war that is
waging constantly and never really won or lost.
When I sat down to write Hunter's Crossing,
I didn't set out to make it about a demon anything, let alone a demon
apocalypse. As the story unfolded and the pieces of the puzzle started to
come together, the apocalypse just sort of happened. Or almost happened.
When the broader scope of
Leilani Scott's world opened up beyond the werewolves, fairies, and
vampires, it allowed me to bring in all the elements of mythology that
intrigued me most. And, for Leilani, the choice to either embrace or
battle or both. Thousands of types of demons that want nothing more than
to cause chaos and these people are doing their best to stop them.
 As a writer, there is nothing more
interesting than what people do when faced with difficult choices and
long odds. For Leilani to really grow into the person and the hunter she
was capable of being, she needed to face a challenge that could destroy
her, so I gave her two. The apocalypse and falling in love. |
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