VOLUME 8 - ISSUE 1
JANUARY, 2008
Happy New Year!!
How Great Thou Are! This New Year started off filled with many blessings and I thank God each and every day for them. There is a lot of news to share with you in this newsletter, but first I want to thank each and every one of you for being such wonderful readers. You have supported me so much through the years and I appreciate all of you. And I look forward to sharing good things with you this year – 2008!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
Happy birthday to all my readers whose birthdays are in January. I hope that you have many more. Special shout out to my sister Cynthia Faye Hill who celebrated a birthday this month!
HISTORY IN THE MAKING!
I want to thank all of you who pre-ordered your copy of FOREVER MINE. This is the first book under my very own publishing company, The Madaris Publishing Company. This is a new venture for me as a way to give my readers what they want; however, I am proceeding cautiously. I will print only the quantity of books readers want, so there won’t be a lot of excess inventory. Therefore, I am taking pre-orders for the first printing which will be February 21, 2008. If you miss placing your order for the first printing, the second printing won’t be until the spring.
And please note that FOREVER MINE won’t be sold in any stores. It will only be sold through Brenda’s Online Store. However, it might be available in Amazon Books later this year – during the summer months.
The pre-orders have been overwhelming with over a thousand orders received the first day. So far we have well over 5,000 books ordered for the first printing goal. Just remember, the books being printed for the first-printing are for those readers who have placed preorders. No extra books will be printed for this first printing. The next printing won’t be until spring.
The release date of FOREVER MINE is February 21, 2008. The cut off date for the pre-orders for the first printing is February 16, 2008.
Click here for more information about FOREVER MINE!
You can reach my store through my website – www.brendajackson.net
Or you can go directly to it from – www.BrendaJacksonOnlineStore.com
YOU ARE INVITED!!
You are invited to attend the Launch Celebration of the Madaris Publishing Company, and the first private book-signing of Forever Mine!!
Friday, February 29, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.
At Gateway Bookstore
5238-22 Norwood Ave, Jacksonville, FL 32208
Special guest – Christopher Jones, cover model for Forever Mine
Please RSVP by February 14, 2008 by email to: dorothyhughes02@yahoo.com or by phone 904-765-9582
THE MADARIS MEN RETURNS
Below is the schedule for the first 5 reissued Madaris books:
December 2007 - Tonight and Forever (Justin Madaris)
January 2008 – Whispered Promises (Dex Madaris)
February 2008–Forever Mine (Kyle Garwood)-previously titled A Valentine Kiss
February 2008 – Eternally Yours (Clayton Madaris)
March 2008 – One Special Moment (Sterling Hamilton)
THE MADARIS FAMILY REUNION CRUISE TO CANADA!!
Starting February 1, 2008, we will begin accepting deposits for the 3rd Madaris Family Reunion Cruise. This time we will be cruising out of New York to Canada, visiting beautiful Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
NOTE - This cruise is limited to the first 300 persons who sign up!!
For more information about the cruise, please click here:
Brenda Jackson Madaris Family Reunion Cruise
BRENDA MAKES COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE
An excerpt of my April novel, HER LITTLE BLACK BOOK, will be featured in the April issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine’s Red Hot Reads section!! The April issue goes on sale from March 17, 2008 to April 7, 2008. Make sure to pick up a copy of the magazine and check it out!!
COMING - FEBRUARY 2008
MEET ANOTHER ONE OF COREY WESTMORELAND’S TRIPLETS
IN
TAMING CLINT WESTMORELAND
“In Name Only . . .”
The moment ex-Texas Ranger Clint Westmoreland learned he was still married, he set the limits for his wife’s stay at his luxurious horse ranch. But when she arrived, Clint’s boundaries began to blur.
He and Alyssa Barkley had thirty days to untangle the legal knot that had bound them together during an undercover assignment years before. But this sexy, curvaceous Alyssa was different from the mousy, awestruck rookie agent he remembered. And now her every move had him wondering what it would be like if he really were her man . . .
COMING – APRIL 2008
HER LITTLE BLACK BOOK
(Read the sneak preview in the back of Slow Burn)
A NEW STEELE FAMILY NOVEL IS COMING
MAY 2008
IRRESISTIBLE FORCES
JOIN ME AT MY SPACE!!
If you want to be my friend at “My Space” please visit me at www.myspace.com/authorbrendajackson
BRENDA’S BOOK SCHEDULE FOR 2008
January - Whispered Promises (A Madaris Novel); Forever Mine (a new anthology – includes a Madaris Novel, Cupid’s Bow)
February – Taming Clint Westmoreland (A Westmoreland Novel); Eternally Yours (A Madaris Novel);
March – One Special Moment (A Madaris Novel)
April - Her Little Black Book (A St. Martin’s single title)
May – Irresistible Forces (A Steele Novel)
June – Cole’s Red-Hot Pursuit (A Westmoreland Novel
July - Just Desserts (New Kimani Series – The Three Mrs. Fosters)
November – The Object of His Protection (Kimani Continuity Romance featuring the Braddock Family)
November - NASCAR Holiday Anthology under Harlequin HQN (untitled)
December – A Westmoreland Novel (untitled)
December - Fire and Desire (A Madaris Novel); Essence of Desire (formerly Something to Celebrate - featuring Felicia Madaris and Trask Maxwell – A Madaris Novel)
I hope you enjoyed this newsletter and until next month, please take care, be safe and stay blessed!
Brenda Jackson