Wishing you all the very best in the coming year!

Much love and peace,

Gwyneth

The Deltareviewer’s review is in and she gives The Law of Desire 5 stars! Here’s some of what she had to say about the novel: “The Allure of the Hightower Men Continues… Bolton has written another noteworthy romance. The love scenes are steamy and the descriptions are borderline erotic. The beginning of this romance is a bit hard core with murder, lies and deception against the background of an innocent Minerva seemingly to naïve to notice the truth. Even with this big leap the story evolves and the true romance takes over. The budding relationship will warm your heart and keep you reading to the end.”

You can check out the rest of the review here:

The Delta Reviewer’s Review of THE LAW OF DESIRE

Be sure to check out the full review and leave a comment on her blog!

Much love and peace,

Gwyneth

The Law of Desire has two new reviews! The reviews from APOOO and All About Romance are in and both are great. APOOO gave it 5 stars. All About Romance gave it a B. You can check out the reviews here:

http://www.apooobooks.com/law-desire-gwyneth-bolton-2

http://www.likesbooks.com/cgi-bin/bookReview.pl?BookReviewId=7084

Ann is giving away a set of Hightower books today and she even has some great things to say about the series. I’m so geeked this talented author likes the series. To find out what she said and to win the books check out her blog here:

http://www.annaguirre.com/archives/2008/12/17/early-christmas-day-3

much love and peace,

Gwyneth

The wonderful Ann Aguirre is celebrating Early Christmas with a mega book give away on her blog from Dec 15-19. She’ll be featuring a different author each day. (And guess who is one of the featured authors? If you guessed me then you guessed correctly!) Ann will be giving away a prize package each day, and a grand prize at the end. So be sure to visit her blog to find out more about this. I mean really, who doesn’t like free books?

You can find out more and be in it to win it by visiting her blog:

http://www.annaguirre.com/blog

much love and peace,

Gwyneth

The always delightful Kimber An has listed Protect and Serve in her Top Ten for 2008. I’m happy dancing as I type this! Go check out the other books on here list and see what she says about Protect and Serve here:

http://enduringromance.blogspot.com/2008/12/kimber-ans-top-ten-books-for-2008.html

Have a great weekend!

much love and peace,

Gwyneth

Hi all,

I’m hanging out with my friend and soror, Ann Christopher, today. She interviewed the lead characters from my new novel, The Law of Desire. It was a fun interview. I think the characters tried Ann’s patience… just a little. LOL. You should really go and check it out. We’re giving away a copy of the novel for those who haven’t read it yet. So check it out and also check out Ann’s sexy new website:

http://www.annchristopher.com/2008/12/10/gwyneth-bolton-visits/#more-150

And then come back here and let us know what you think so that you can be in the running for a copy of the book.

much love and peace,

Gwyneth

The RAW AFFAIR is on-line this year and it is jam packed with all kinds of great panels and workshops. This is an online conference you don’t want to miss. It runs from December 8-13. The agenda is below. And you can take advantage of all the sessions by following this link: http://www.rawsistaz-affair.com

Agenda

MONDAY

Event Overview

Meet & Greet

TUESDAY

Book Discussion – What Readers Want

Panel – Self-Publishing vs Mainstream vs POD Renee Flagler, Shelia Goss, Earl Sewell, Tina McKinney, Nakea Murray

Panel – On Writing: From Romance to Christian Fiction to Non-Fiction Michelle Larks, Gwyneth Bolton, Bettye Griffin, Marilyn Griffith, LaConnie Taylor-Jones

Workshop – Creating a Publishing Business Barbara Joe Williams

Workshop – The Road to Getting Published Gwynne Forster

Spotlight – Authors Ana’Gia Wright, Pynk, Trice Hickman, Terra Little, Dyanne Davis

WEDNESDAY

Book Discussion – A Different Kind of Blues by Gwynne Forster

Panel – Books, Book Clubs & Book Reviews aNN Brown/RAWSISTAZ, Renee Williams/All the Buzz, Dee Dee Dalton/Sexy Ebony BBWS, J’me Adams/Passion for Reading, Eraina Tinnin/Piedmont Triad RAWSISTAZ

Panel – Guiding Young Readers Through the Literary Jungle Paula Chase, Varian Johnson, Kelly Starling-Lyons, Carla Sarratt and Don Tate

Panel – Depicting the Black Family in Literature Angela Winters, Swaggie Coleman, Evelyn Palfrey, Carleen Brice, Toschia

Workshop – Focus on the Story Dwight Fryer

Workshop – Blogging for Fun Sheila Goss

Workshop – Fast Books Victor McGlothin

Spotlight – Poetry & Non-Fiction RJ Poet, a. Kai, Ms. T, Vanessa Johnson

THURSDAY

Book Discussion Unexpected Interruptions by Trice Hickman

Panel – On Writing: Why We Write What We Write Allison Hobbs, Rodney Hurst, Rose Beavers, Nikki Rashan, Angeline Bandon-Bibum

Panel – Book Promotion & Publicity Dana Pittman/Nia Promotions, Lissa Woodson/Macro Marketing & Promotions Group , Nakea Murray/Literary Consultants Group

Workshop – Mistakes First Time Authors Make Barbara Joe Williams

Workshop – Structuring Your Novel Dr. Fredrick Williams

Workshop – How to Be Your Own Publicist Ella D. Curry

Spotlight – Authors Robert Greer, Byron Harmon, Nicole Bailey-Williams, T.L. James, M. LaVora Perry

FRIDAY

Book Discussion – Our Favorite Books of All Time

Panel – Industry Insider Roundtable Candace K – Web Designer/CanDann.com, Melissa Forbes – Freelance Editor/Carbon Copy Editing, Doug Siebold – Publisher/Agate Publishing, Misherald Brown – Literary Agent/ML Brown & Associates, Chanel Smith/Web Design Presence

Workshop – What You Need to Know Before You Sign on the Dotted Line Pamela Samuels-Young

Workshop – The Inner Self/The Outer Self Dr. Ni

Spotlight – Literary Professionals Marlive Harris – TheGRITS.com Literary Services, Pam Perry – Ministry Marketing Solutions, Ella Curry-EDC Creations, Sylvia Hubbard – Motown Writers Network, LaShaunda Hoffman – SORMAG, 3 Chicks on Lit

SATURDAY

Workshop – So You Want to Write Renee Flagler

Author Spotlights – TBA

Event Wrap-Up

Did you know that December is National Buy a Book by a Black Author and Give It to Someone NOT Black Month? Well, if you don’t know you better ask somebody. LOL. Thanks to Farrah Rochon’s blog post, I was able to find out that author Carleen Brice (the author of a fantastic book Orange Mint and Honey) started this month. I hope it catches on. Here’s the blog she started for it. You should check out some of the posts. There is some great information on it. And check out this really cool video she did to promote the month:

Awesome, right? I love it! Okay, what are you waiting for? Go out and buy a book by a Black author and give it to someone NOT black. I’m going to do it. Spread the word…