Teresa Medeiros, Romance Author, Newsletter

Dear Friends,
There's a lot of good news to share this month and most of it is due to YOU! Thanks to you SOME LIKE IT WICKED has already spent 4 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. I can't tell you how much I appreciate all of the support! I've had so many readers write to tell me that they not only bought a copy for themselves but that they also bought one for a friend or family member.

It was even more exciting for me to get to see so many of you at my signings--first at the Literacy Signing at the RWA conference in San Francisco, then during my west coast tour with fellow Avon author Suzanne Enoch and finally during my local signing in my hometown. The local bookstore had ordered 85 copies of SOME LIKE IT WICKED and we sold out in the first hour. My husband/hero ran home and got my box of Author Copies and we sold those too. (Have no fear—the bookstore replaced them on Monday!) Seeing your shining faces during these events reminds me of how very precious you are to me and how much I appreciate you letting me share my stories with you.

FAIREST OF THEM ALL and THIEF OF HEARTS Re-Released
Bantam is re-releasing special $4.99 editions of FAIREST OF THEM ALL and THIEF OF HEARTS this month so if you missed them the first time around or just need to replace a worn-out copy, now's your chance!

PHOTO GALLERY UPDATES
Just visit the PHOTO GALLERY and you can see all my pics from the San Francisco RWA conference. A wonderful time was had by all and it was a true joy to reunite with the Squawk Radio gals who attended. Connie Brockway was the esteemed luncheon speaker for the conference and entertained us with all of her usual wit and wisdom.

Follow the PHOTO GALLERY to the second page and you'll find pics of my west coast tour with Suzanne Enoch (BEFORE THE SCANDAL, AFTER THE KISS). I didn't know Suzie that well before we started but once you've shared Big Macs and fries on the airport floor and been probed together on the Borg Queen ride in Las Vegas, you really tend to bond. (Sorry, I didn't warn you about the probing, Suzie! I still think your squeals sounded more happy than frightened ;)) My favorite stop was the gorgeous Paris Hotel in Las Vegas where I had crepes for dinner and for breakfast I had...well...more crepes.

Suzie and I also had a blast being interviewed on TV for "AM Northwest" out of Portland. Here's the link if you'd like to watch the interview:

I also updated the PET GALLERY with some pics of our precious new kitty Willow. I'm happy to report that Buffy the Mouse Slayer has accepted her like a long-lost sister! It probably has something to do with her extraordinary good looks ;)

REVIEWS
SOME LIKE IT WICKED received a rare and much coveted DIK (Desert Island Keeper) review from "All About Romance" (www.likesbooks.com). They called it "unique and captivating" and said they couldn't wait for the sequel.

"Affaire de Coeur" gave the book 4 ½ stars and called it "an utterly charming Regency-era tale."

CONTEST NEWS
Congratulations to Suzanne V. for winning an autographed set of six of my related books in my July/August! Check back in the next couple of months for an exciting new contest.
BLOG OF THE MONTH
I thought it would be fun to recommend some of my favorite "classic" romances that I discovered during my "formative" years so I'm sharing TEN ESSENTIAL ROMANCES NO LIBRARY SHOULD BE WITHOUT

RECOMMENDED VIEWING AND READING
I know I'm a whole year behind but I just finished watching Season 3 of LOST on DVD and was totally enraptured. Talk about wish fulfillment! Let's face it—who wouldn't want to be marooned in a place of such staggering beauty, mystery and adventure? To feel achingly alive because you're facing death every other minute? To be able to tan without worrying about skin cancer and have Kate's great hair without ever combing it? To be pursued by not just one gorgeous man but two? (Anybody remember the scene with Sawyer in the cage?) Be still my fainting heart!

I caught up with all of my YA reading by finishing Libba Bray's rich and wonderful Victorian paranormal "Gemma Doyle" series with THE SWEET FAR THING, which I thought was marvelous and Stephenie Meyer's TWILIGHT series with BREAKING DAWN. I know there's been a lot of controversy surrounding BREAKING DAWN with some readers loving it and some readers...well...not loving it (I'm convinced one scene may single-handedly solve the teen pregnancy crisis in our country) but I found the book to be totally readable and totally entertaining. I didn't want to put it down once I'd started.

As the temperatures cool in your neighborhood and the leaves start to fall, I hope you'll take the time to sip some warm cider and curl up with a great book! Thanks again for all the support. I couldn't (and wouldn't want to) do it without you!

God bless,
Teresa