Hi all! Here's my news for this month.

ROMANTIC TIMES AWARD WINNER!

I'm honored to have won the Romantic Times BOOKReviews 2007 Career Achievement award for Historical Romance, presented by Romantic Times for my "body of work in creating outstanding Historical Romance."

I'm even more honored to have been recognized at the recent Romantic Times Booklovers Convention as a Pioneer of Romance, alongside such legends as Jennifer Blake, Roberta Gellis, Beatrice Small, Mary Balogh, and Mary Jo Putney.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERS!

TO SEDUCE A BRIDE debuted at # 5 on the New York Times bestseller list and stayed on for five weeks. And TO PLEASURE A LADY and TO BED A BEAUTY each spent three weeks on the same prestigious list. Thank you to all the readers who put them there!

DRAWING AT THE ROMANTIC TIMES CONVENTION

The winner of my drawing at the 2008 Romantic Times Booklovers Convention is Sharon Harbaugh of Swanton, Ohio. Congratulations, Sharon!

NICOLE'S HOT PICKS:

Each month I spotlight books coming out by my favorite authors. Here's what I'm most interested in reading this month:

TAKE ME IF YOU CAN by Karen Kendall A delightful contemporary game of cat and mouse with a sexy thief and a determined thief-taker. To check it out, go to http://www.karenkendall.com