I'm Kate Hardy and I write medical romances and Modern Heat romances for Harlequin Mills & Boon. Before M&B, I wrote rather raunchier novels for Headline and Black Lace - so if you love the kind of medical drama you see on TV, mixed with a bit of passion and a touch of danger, you'll definitely enjoy meeting my heroes and heroines!
I also write health books and local history books as Pamela Brooks.
What's New In September?
Been a bit of a quiet summer workwise, and personally a bit of a disaster - things are being fixed slowly, but I'm really hoping new month, new luck!.
New Books on Shelves
Fiction-wise, in the US and Australia, check out Harlequin for the September US release of The Spanish Doctor's Love Child (which has one of my fave covers ever - still available in the UK from the Mills and Boon website), and Mills and Boon for the UK September release of Hotly Bedded, Conveniently Wedded, aka my sexy archaeologist book. (Fans of Harrison Ford in the Indiana Jones movies, Brendan Fraser in The Mummy, or Michael Wood in his wonderful nonfiction series, will enjoy this one.) One Night, One Baby, which spent the best part of a month on the Waldies list, is also still available from eHarlequin.
In addition to the fiction, I have history books out. The three latest ones are How to Research Local History (second edition, revised), Heroes, Villains and Victims of Norwich (which hit the local bestseller chart at #2 in its week of release and has been in the bestseller chart for five weeks, at the time of writing this) and Norfolk Ghosts: Scandals, Sieges and Spooks.
At the time of writing, the latter was at #1 in the Jarrolds Local Books Chart (and Heroes, Villains and Victims reached that spot the month earlier!).Other new books and works in progress
On the fiction front, I'm working on the second book in my Modern Heat duo; nonfiction, it's been a great month as both Halsgrove and How To Books sent contracts for the follow-up to my latest ones for them. I'm also working on my new book on Norfolk for Breedon. You can follow the progress of these projects on my blog.
What's on the site?
You can find more information about my books, both novels and non-fiction - including reviews, excerpts and the stories behind the books. There's also a bit about me, a blog (aka my writing diary, which I update most days - this is where to find the hottest news, reviews and what I'm working on, right as it all happens), tips for writers, and the food of love - a subject I'm quite passionate about! On my blog, you'll also find links for research (medical, local history and general writing), limbering up your writing brain (which my husband calls 'playing' - nooo, of course it's work) and other authors' blogs and websites, plus my favourite romance hangouts.
Enjoy your visit!
One Night, One Baby is still available in the US from Harlequin;
In Bed With Her Italian Boss (aka Breakfast At Giovanni's, my RNA Romance Prize-winning novel) is still available in the US. Read More