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Happy September, everyone! Whilst I have enjoyed the hot summer days we've occasionally had here in the UK this year, I do love autumn very much. Living out in the country I can feel the seasons turning. It's darker earlier in the evening when I take the dog for his bedtime walk and as we go round the fields I can feel the cool nip in the air. The young owls, born this year, are calling in the willows by the stream and the September full moon is waxing. The dew is heavier on the grass in the mornings. The swallows are starting to fly South and the leaves are starting to fall. It's beautiful! I've had an incredibly busy but exciting summer of work that focussed on my Brides of Fortune Trilogy and I am so happy and grateful to my readers for the lovely response the books have had. Not only did all three books hit the Bookscan bestseller charts in the US, The Scandals of an Innocent reached Number 10 in the Borders romance chart as well. I hope UK readers will be pleased ...

I can't believe that it is almost July! Where has the time gone? Probably on my last ditch, desperate attempts to complete my draft manuscript which is due in on 30th June! After that I'll be getting ready for the RWA Conference in Washington which I'm looking forward to very much indeed! I can't wait to meet old friends and make some new ones. I'll be offering a special conference giveaway for all readers who are going to be there and a special website contest for all readers who can't make it, so no one gets left out. Details will be coming out in my July newsletter! So it's an exciting month. July sees the publication of Book 2 in my Brides of Fortune trilogy, The Scandals of an Innocent. Scandals is Alice and Miles' story. What happens when a ruthless rake tries to blackmail a housemaid-turned-heiress into marriage? He gets a great deal more than he bargains for! I love this story because Miles really is very, very bad - he's a real rake, not a f...

I am beyond excited that the video trailers for my new series are now ready and are up on my MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/nicolacornick If you go to the My Videos section at the top and click on the individual trailers you can see them in sequence, giving a taster for each book in the Fortune's Folly trilogy. There's also a trailer setting the scene. I hope that these will whet your appetite for the trilogy! I think that Book Candy Studios have done a fabulous job and I particularly applaud their choice of actors in the roles of the hero and heroine of each book. Dexter and Nat are totally gorgeous and when I saw the girl playing Lizzie Scarlet she was exactly as I had envisioned my character! In other news, I am making a return visit today to the Word Wenches blog in my first interview about the Brides of Fortune trilogy. We're talking about the appeal of series and linked characters, and there is a copy of The Secrets of a Courtesan PLUS a copy of The Confess...

Today I am blogging with the fabulous Word Wenches at: http://wordwenches.typepad.com/ Amongst other things we will be discussing manipulative pets, Scandinavian melancholy and the wonderful diversity of the Harlequin Historical line! Please join us! There are also prizes, including an advance copy of my NEW HQN Regency historical, The Confessions of a Duchess!