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Music City Romance Writers is Nashville’s Romance Writers of America® chapter. Our goal is to provide support, information, and resources to both published and unpublished authors of romance, women’s fiction and other literary genres. We have designed this site so that writers can obtain information about MCRW membership, upcoming events, other sites of interest, and more.

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2011 Melody of Love Contest Winners!

MCRW is thrilled to share the winners of the 2011 Melody of Love Romance Novel Contest.

Contemporary:
1. Wrestling with Alligators — Lateia Elam Sandifer **
2. Betty’s House of Beauty — June Bowen
3. Living on Air — Lucy Taylor **
4. Hawaiian Heat — Diane Garner
(Final Round Judge: Latoya C. Smith, Grand Central Publishing)
** materials requested

Paranormal:
1. Maya Malice — Diane Garner **
2. Seducing Eve — Heather Lounsbury
3. Caller of Light — TJ Shaw
(Final Round Judge: Angela James, Carina Publishing)
** materials requested

Historical:
1. An Unsuitable Duke — Kate Parker **
2. Heart of the Phoenix — Barbara Bettis
3. A Regency Engagement — Kate Pembrooke
(Final Round Judge: Barbara Poelle, Irene Goodman Agency)
** materials requested

YA:
1. Forget Tomorrow — PH Dunn **
2. The Matter of Souls — Stephanie Winkelhake
3. Forces of Nature — Denise Cychosz
(Final Round Judge: Leah Hultenschmidt, Sourcebooks Fire)
** materials requested

Thank you to everyone who participated in the contest this year, from contestants to judges to the MCRW Board.

Recent Releases

Jezebel Jorge’s anti Valentine’s Day novella - Infinity – was released on January 19th.

It’s a Valentine’s Day like no other when three people – the witchy mistress, the scorned wife, and the heartbroken best friend – deal with the death of Tampa weatherman Eddie Grant.

Tessa just wants to be reunited with her beloved. If she gets her way, and she usually does, even in death will they not be parted.

Lucy is struggling with her husband’s betrayal and looking for love in all the wrong places. At least until a blond haired, blue eyed baby steals her heart.

After losing his wife and then his best friend, Wayne Colton’s not really looking for anything other than a stiff drink. He’s got a kid that’s not his, the responsibility of dealing with a whacked out witch, and maybe – just maybe – a ghost of a chance of getting his life back.

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Angela Britnell’s latest contemporary romance – Opposites Attract - was released by Desert Breeze Publishing on January 15th.

Why can no one believe Holly and Brett are content with their single lives? Certainly not their interfering parents who decide to take action. The ‘Opposites Attract’ dating agency has the theory if normal matchmaking hasn’t worked they’ll turn it upside down. The uptight British policewoman and the laid-back Southern writer are complete opposites and so make the perfect mismatch. A weekend in Paris turns magical but secrets, lies and sheer stubbornness threaten this romance before it hardly gets off the ground. This pair will fight love all the way and it’s a question of who’ll give in first.

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Missy Lyons and Cherie Denis‘ gay erotic romance – Bareback On The Beach – was released on January 6th from Sugar and Spice Publishing.

Gerald Ford was flying to Hawaii to see his brother Harry get married after not talking to him in over two years. Gerald’s not looking for a torrid love affair or a testosterone laden hunk that seduces him at every opportunity.But while in paradise, Gerry finds the last thing he is expecting and the true meaning of Aloha is love.

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Emma Leigh Reed’s debut novel – Crashing Hearts - was released on January 1st.

Kira Nichols is raising her autistic son alone while dealing with the guilt she has lived with for years surrounding her husband’s death. Grant Rutledge returns to his hometown to help take over the family business and to repair the spiked heel to his broken heart. When he runs into a beautiful, overprotective mother and her nonverbal son, sparks fly and his chance to be part of a loving family seems possible again. When Kira discovers a secret from Grant’s past, she second-guesses her heart. She must overcome her suspicions and haunting ghosts from the past in order to get what she wants – if it’s not too late. To build the family Grant has always wanted, he has to learn to follow his heart.

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Book Signings

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Upcoming Meetings

02/24/2012: MCRW Annual Retreat

Christyne Butler

It’s a new year, and that means it’s time to be thinking about – and
signing up for – the chapter retreat.

When: February 24-26, 2012
Where: Natchez Trace State Park
Cost: Pin Oak Lodge rooms – $74.59/night (after taxes)
                                         Villas – $172.13/night (after taxes)

Speaker: Christyne Butler, Harlequin Special Edition author

The deadline for signing up is January 28.

03/17/2012: Writing YA Romance: High School, Super Powers, & the Love Triangle

Rae Ann Parker and Cate Hart

Writing YA Romance: High School, Super Powers, & the Love Triangle: YA authors Cate Hart and Rae Ann Parker talk about writing YA Romance for today’s market.