Great news this quarter.  In addition to the two new book contracts from the publisher of my previous works, Medallion Press at year end, Medallion also requested the full on the third San Francisco contemporary single title, Sins of the Fathers.

To review, the new Christine Carroll book contract is for the spin off to Children of Dynasty, by Christine Carroll - the story of two secondary characters - Sylvia Chatsworth and Lyle Thomas.  It will be released from Medallion Press in February, 2008. 
While I was writing Children of Dynasty, two of the secondary characters demanded to have their own book.  It was no challenge to make a hero of assistant D.A. Lyle Thomas, he was a great friend to Mariah Grant.  Sylvia Chatsworth was another story – one of Mariah's antagonists and an all around rich bitch.  However, several of the characters and most especially the author thought there might be a softer side to Sylvia, in fact a downright vulnerable one.  And here's what happened!
Jacket Blurb for The Senator's Daughter
Sylvia Chatsworth, flamboyant daughter of a U.S. Senator, and Lyle Thomas, rising star in the San Francisco D.A.'s office, are the city's latest item.  Until the tabloid news paints Sylvia as a party girl too naughty for Lyle, and her parents suggest they'd be happier if she disappeared.  So she does just that.
For a hefty fee, the Senator sends Lyle off to find his daughter.  When Lyle locates Sylvia in the NapaValley and finds she's changed her image, he's intrigued enough to delay turning her in.  Attraction growing, they hide out at a romantic Victorian Inn.
Lyle isn't idle, however.  He's hot on the trail of some questionable real estate trades—schemes that connect a missing developer and his vintner brother, the D.A., and the Senator's "blind" trust.  When a local spring in wine country turns up with mercury pollution, Lyle and Sylvia wonder how far someone would go to crash land prices and pull off a real estate coup.  And is her father hip deep in Mafia activity?
With their growing love threatened by arson and attempted murder, there's also the question of trusting Lyle . . .when Sylvia discovers he's on her father's payroll . . .

In January, I attended author Robert Vaughan's retreat, known as "Write on the Beach," held at his home outside Gulf Shores, Alabama. For more on this, see www.readlindajacobs.com.

I recently learned that both Summer of Fire and Rain of Fire writing as Linda Jacobs have been selected as double finalists in the 2007 Zia Award competition sponsored by New Mexico Press Women.  There are five books on the short list from which the winner will be selected on April 28.  The other finalists were published by the University of New Mexico Press.

Lake of Fire, the third book in the Yellowstone Series has been moved by Medallion from August, 2007 to October, 2007.  The reason for this is Medallion's new distribution deal with Independent Publishers Group, for U.S. and global distribution!  This is a high honor considering IPG is very selective in terms of the new publishers it takes on for distribution.  Typically about 2% of the publishers who approach IPG for distribution are accepted.  For more information on Independent Publishers Group, please visit: www.ipgbook.com.

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

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