I’ve had some wonderful entries for the Cassie Photo Bomb Competition, but I want to see more! I’m extending the deadline to Monday 30 April. All you need to do to go in the running for a $100 Amazon voucher is to send me a photo of you reading my book. It’s that easy! Hope to see your entry in my in-box soon!

Win big prizes just by sending me a photo of yourself reading my book. I don’t even need to see your face — just send me a photo that clearly shows you reading “Cassie’s Grand Plan” somewhere exotic, exciting or unexpected. And yes, there’s even a way to enter if you have an e-book version! Comp runs from now until 15 April 2012.

Because a few people have asked me this question over the past few weeks, and because the answer isn’t as straightforward as it may seem, I’ve written a blog post to help explain how you can go about getting your very own copy of Cassie’s Grand Plan. While you can download an e-book version from the eHarlequin store now, hard copy versions won’t be available until 6 March.

I’m thrilled to announce that I am now officially a member of the Love Cats Down Under — a blog filled with absolutely amazing Aussie and Kiwi category romance authors. If you like to support local authors and you love your category romances, then Love Cats is a great way to keep up to date with the latest releases and news from your favs. To celebrate, they’re having a party with a couple of fantastic book pack prizes available to anyone who leaves a comment!

Cassie and Ronan have a cover! It’s been available on Amazon for a while now, but I’m thrilled to formally introduce you to the spiffy look for Cassie’s Grand Plan! The cover depicts them walking along the beach — in this scene they’re in Western Australia and after a hot day’s work, they’ve taken a little time out to cool off. Only things don’t quite get as cool as they thought!! Hope you think it’s as gorgeous as I do.

For those new to romance, or perhaps even wondering why romantic literature has the kind of reputation it does, I found this video to be an illuminating introduction to the genre. And I love thinking of myself as a writer of ‘dangerous books for girls’!

Cassie’s Grand Plan is now available for pre-order from Amazon, Book Depository, Barnes & Noble and all your usual places. It’s still very early days, so there’s no artwork or blurb as yet, so don’t get too excited. 😉 But if you can’t contain yourself, you absolutely can place a pre-order with my blessing. Physical books will be on shelves in North America in March 2012, and in Australia in July 2012.

Still waiting on confirmation on when “Cassie’s Grand Plan” will be available in Aus/NZ, but thrilled to announce that book two will be out in North America in September next year. Very excited to have two books out in 2012!

I’m posting on the SuperRomance Authors Blog today. Please visit me and say hi! The site has a competition to win a Kindle for anyone who comments on the blog between now and December 3, so don’t miss your chance to win!

So here we finally are — the brand new EmmieDark.com is live. Yey! Thanks to the awesome folks at Swim for the gorgeous design. Don’t forget to check out my blog while you’re here and friend me on twitter if we’re not already mates (and please notice how pretty they are, too!). If you’re a romance author or fan with a blogger site, I’m happy to make my blog friends with your blog.