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Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
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PASSION FOR THE GAME

For the notorious Lady Winter, seduction and duplicity are required to survive. Cunning and precision are the tools of pirate Christopher St. John. Pitted against one another, they are a surprise waiting to happen…

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Passion for the Game

Set a criminal to catch a criminal

Christopher St. John and Maria, Lady Winter are infamous in Society for their misdeeds and their charming allures. Wherever they go, scandalized whispers and covetous glances follow. A ruthless pirate and a widow whose two husbands have met untimely deaths, the wickedly renowned figures are even more intriguing to the authorities. Now they’ve been set on the most provocative of tasks–St. John is released from prison to learn the “Wintry Widow’s” intimate secrets, while Lady Winter is charged with performing a similar deception in reverse. One will succeed. One will hang.


From ballroom to bedroom, they’re perfectly matched

With the fate of loved ones in the balance, the unlikely couple embarks upon a battle of wills and wits that takes them from glittering ballrooms to the depths of the underworld to the candlelit pleasures of the bedroom. As they fall helpless to a desire and startling affinity neither expected, the deadly web of their subterfuge closes in, forcing them to make a choice. Individual freedom? Or an audacious scheme to keep an impossible yet irresistible love…

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One for You & One to Give Away

Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
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If you have an active blog, I’d love to send you two copies of Pride and Pleasure–one for you to enjoy and one for you to offer as a giveaway on your blog. Since we’re now just five weeks away from the release of Pride and Pleasure, I could really use your help to get the word out! (and if you don’t have an active blog, you can enter to win a copy by leaving a comment on this post)

Pride and PleasureHow do you participate?

  • Email me at sylvia@sylviaday.com saying you’re interested and include the link to your blog.
  • You must agree to post the giveaway sometime between January 1st – January 21st, and include an image of the cover and the blurb (I’m happy to provide an excerpt, too)
  • Send me a link to your blog post when it’s live, so I can post it on Twitter, Facebook, etc.
  • You will pick the winner, collect their mailing address, and forward it to me along with your own mailing address. I’ll send the books to the winner and to you. (you can also select a different book from my backlist for yourself, if you prefer!)

This offer is available while supplies last! :)

If you have any questions, just shout out in the comments or email me at sylvia@sylviaday.com. Oh, and please check out my new website at www.sylviaday.com! It just launched last week and I’d love to hear what you think of it.

Thank you! And happy holidays!

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Instant Attraction

Thursday, March 25th, 2010
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The Brava Authors congratulate Jill Shalvis for her RITA® finalist nomination for Best Contemporary Single Title for INSTANT ATTRACTION!!

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Alice Duffy

Thursday, January 28th, 2010
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Alice Duffy (Kate Duffy’s mom) is making her Broadway debut at the age of 81. She was recently interviewed on The Today Show and we have the video for you here:

Welcome to Alicia Condon!

Monday, January 4th, 2010
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Kensington Publishing has appointed Alicia Condon to succeed the late Kate Duffy as editorial director of Brava Books. The announcement was made Friday by Laurie Parkin, v-p and publisher of Kensington who called Condon’s appointment the next step in the evolution of Brava. Condon “will be in a terrific position to move the existing program forward and define its future as she leads it in new directions and nurtures its new talents,” said Parkin.

During her career Condon helped to launch Silhouette Desire, and for the past 24 years she has headed up the editorial team at Dorchester Publishing, where, among other accomplishments, she created the Love Spell line of paranormal romances. She will report to John Scognamiglio, editor-in-chief of Kensington.

Publishers Weekly, 1/8/2010 11:41:00 AM

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Our Dearest Kate

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
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The Brava Authors mourn the passing of Kate Duffy.

Kate was our friend, our mentor, our champion, and the founder of the Brava imprint at Kensington Publishing. She was wise and witty and wonderful. She loved writers and books. Our sympathies go out to her family and friends and the publishing industry as a whole for her loss. She will be sorely missed.

ALICE KATHERINE (“KATE”) DUFFY
Renowned romance genre editor

Kate Duffy (Alice Katherine Duffy) was instrumental in shaping the face and direction of the romance genre from the late seventies and the “romance revolution” of the early 1980s through today, when at any given time the authors she has worked with continue to populate the nation’s best seller lists.

The recipient of numerous honors from national and regional writers organizations, including the Romance Writers of America, she was the first recipient of that organization’s “Industry Award” in 1991. Recently, RT Book Reviews magazine announced her as the 2010 recipient of their annual Melinda Helfer Award, presented for outstanding support of and contributions to the genre.

Kate first published or worked with, some of the genre’s best known writers, including Jude Deveraux, Julie Garwood, Lori Foster, Heather Graham, Judith McNaught, Mary Janice Davidson, Jacqueline Frank and Mary Jo Putney.

Kate attended Notre Dame Academy, Trinity College, and George Washington University. She studied at Oxford University and returned to the U.K. to work at Paddington Press. Upon returning to the U.S. she became an editor at Popular Library. She later worked at Dell, Simon & Schuster, where she was the founding editor of Silhouette Books, moved on to Simon & Schuster’s Pocket Books division, Harlequin Enterprises, where she founded the Worldwide Library imprint, and Kensington Publishing, where she established Brava Books. She is also remembered for the hugely successful Tapestry Books imprint at Pocket Books which began in the early 80s and continued for a number of years.

Born January 28, 1953 in Rochester, New York to Benedict James Duffy, Jr. and Alice (Boyle) Duffy, Kate lived in Rochester, New York, Hingham, Massachusetts, London, Los Angeles, Washington D.C. and New York. She spent the bulk of her adult life living in Manhattan. She is survived by her mother, actress Alice Duffy, her sister NBC News producer Clare Duffy, her brother Benedict Duffy and his wife Amanda, her niece Rosalind, her nephews Alex and Elliot, and legions of writers, friends and colleagues who are grateful to have known her.

Kate died at home after a long illness with a variety of complications.

obituary courtesy of SBTB

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For Jo Leigh

Saturday, November 29th, 2008
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Author Jo Leigh lost her husband this year to cancer. Theirs was a story of reunited lovers worthy of a romance novel. The loss of her husband hit her hard, both emotionally and financially. (authors are self-employed, so often have no medical insurance.)

In an effort to raise money to help her pay off those medical debts, the romance community has once again banded together to support one of their own and an auction is being held. This is a wonderful way to purchase gifts for yourself or a loved one. :)

Check out all the wonderful items here: http://www.forjoleigh.com

I’ve donated:

* two Marked series coffee mugs, a Tor Books keychain that lights up when squeezed, an autographed ARC of EVE OF DARKNESS (April 28, 2009), and some surprises

* a tote bag with an autographed coverflat and ARC of IN THE FLESH (June 2, 2009).

Please spread the word about the auction to any loops, forums, etc. that you might be on.

Hugs,
Sylvia

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Trick or Treat!

Friday, October 31st, 2008
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Happy Halloween! To celebrate, I’m giving away winner’s choice of my Brava backlist. :) Just tell me your favorite costume that you saw this year. Since the day is young, I’ll leave this open until Monday morning, when I’ll decide a winner.

Hope you have a hauntingly good time tonight! As for me, I’m herding my monsters around the neighborhood to get their tricks and treats. Our neighborhood goes all out for Halloween (like some do for the holidays) so there are plenty of haunted houses, giant blow-up pumpkins/Frankensteins/ghosts, and dead people popping out of caskets. Fun, scary stuff!

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Goody Baskets and a Great Cause!

Friday, May 2nd, 2008
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The Brava Authors have donated a couple “baskets” to Brenda Novak’s wonderful 4th Annual On-line Auction for Diabetes Research.

For the Brava Authors basket #1:

Passionate, provocative, intense, edgy…romantic. Brava novels have them all. Here is your chance to see for yourself with 22 titles straight from the Brava Authors (www.BravaAuthors.com) Remember there is a second Brava basket available for bidding. Here are the titles included in this one:

-DON’T TEMPT ME by Sylvia Day

-THE BLACK SHEEP AND THE HIDDEN BEAUTY by Donna Kauffman

-HOTTER AFTER MIDNIGHT by Cynthia Eden

-DOUBLE DANCING WITH DEAD by Karen Kelley

-TEMPERATURE”S RISING by Karen Kelley

-WITHOUT A WORD by E.C. Sheedy

-EXPLOSIVE by Charlotte Mede

-RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW by HelenKay Dimon

-DEAL WITH THIS by Lucy Monroe

-THE NORTHERN DEVIL by Diane Whiteside

-THE IRISH DEVIL (mass market) by Diane Whiteside

THE MANE EVENT by Shelly Laurenston

-SUN, SAND AND SEX antho by Linda Lael MIller, Jennifer Apodaca

-EXTREMELY HOT by Jennifer Apodaca

-WHO WANTS TO BE A SEX GODDESS by Gemma Bruce

-PERFECT WEAPON by Amy Fetzer

-YOU DON’T KNOW JACK by Erin McCarthy

-THE MATCHMAKER by Jamie Denton

-TEXAS BAD BOYS antho by Rosemary Laurey, Karen Kelley and Dianne Castell

-THE BANE AFFAIR by Alison Kent

-BEYOND A SHADOW by Alison Kent

-THE EDGE OF MIDNIGHT by Shannon McKenna

If you’d like to support this great cause by bidding on this basket, you can do so here.



For the Brava Authors basket #2:

Passionate, provocative, intense, edgy…romantic. Brava novels have them all. Here is your chance to see for yourself with 22 titles straight from the Brava Authors (www.BravaAuthors.com) Remember there is another Brava basket (Brava Basket #1) available for bidding. Here are the titles included in this one:

-ASK FOR IT by Sylvia Day

-THE BLACK SHEEP AND THE PRINCESS by Donna Kauffman

-HOTTER AFTER MIDNIGHT by Cynthia Eden

-HELL ON WHEELS by Karen Kelley

-TEMPERATURE’S RISING by Karen Kelley

-KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE by E.C. Sheedy

-EXPLOSIVE by Charlotte Mede

-RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW by HelenKay Dimon

-SATISFACTION GUARANTEED by Lucy Monroe

-THE NORTHERN DEVIL by Diane Whiteside

-THE IRISH DEVIL (mass market) by Diane Whiteside

THE MANE EVENT by Shelly Laurenston

-SUN, SAND AND SEX antho by Linda Lael MIller, Jennifer Apodaca

-EXTREMELY HOT by Jennifer Apodaca

-WHO WANTS TO BE A SEX GODDESS by Gemma Bruce

-HOT HARD by Amy Fetzer

-MOUTH TO MOUTH (mass market) by Erin McCarthy

-REMAIN SILENT by Jamie Denton

-TEXAS BAD BOYS antho by Rosemary Laurey, Karen Kelley and Dianne Castell

-THE PERFECT STRANGER by Alison Kent

-DEEP BREATH by Alison Kent

-OUT OF CONTROL by Shannon McKenna

If you’d like to support this great cause by bidding on this basket, you can do so here.


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And a super cool auction for the inveterate Brava lover:

One year of Kensington BRAVA books and six months of Kensington BRAVA Advanced Reading Copies. Kensington doesn’t publish a set amount of these books every month, but you’ll get whatever they do publish. Because they’re trade paperback releases, they sell for $14 – $15 each. Together with the ARCs, that’s a big value!! Thank you, Editorial Director Kate Duffy!

If you’d like to support this great cause by bidding on this basket, you can do so here.

And I’ve donated a personal basket, too:

For my basket:

The winner of this auction will receive a tote bag filled with Godiva chocolate and a collection of Georgian Romances, autographed, from author Sylvia Day.

Titles in tote:

An autographed collection of her Georgian Series — ASK FOR IT, PASSION FOR THE GAME (hardcover), A PASSION FOR HIM, and DON’T TEMPT ME.

If you’d like to support this great cause by bidding on my donation, you can do so here.

Thank you!

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Picture You with AFI Contest!

Thursday, May 1st, 2008
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How To Enter

Snap a photo of yourself holding the mass market version of ASK FOR IT. (sorry, but the trade version doesn’t qualify for this contest!) and send it to the email address listed on the contest page. Please include your name and mailing address in your email to expedite the mailing of prizes.

Have fun with the pics and feel free to be creative!! (but please, no photos too racy for a general audience.)

Picture You with AFI

Bonus Entry:
Put the “Picture You with AFI” contest graphic on your blog/MySpace/site/etc. and receive an additional contest entry. Simply include the link to the webpage where you’re displaying the graphic in your entry email.

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The Rules

For contest prizes, dates, and the fine print, check the contest page! :grin:

Good luck!

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