UNTIL IT'S GONE, Book 5 of Karen's Wounded Warriors Series, is now available from Uncial Press in electronic formats. Newly revised electronic reissues of RELUCTANT HEARTS (Book 1) and WAITING FOR AN ECLIPSE (Book 2) are also now available from Uncial Press. Look for newly revised electronic reissues of MIRROR MIRROR (Book 3), January 15, 2010; and WAYWARD ANGELS (Book 4), March 12, 2010. WHITE RAINBOW, the sixth and final book in the series, an inspirational romance, will be released Summer 2010. Trade paperback versions will be available for each book in the series. Karen designed new covers for the series.

   

BABY, BABY, SHADOW BOXING and FOOLISH GAMES, Books 1-3 in the Family Heirlooms Series, are now available in electronic formats. BABY, BABY and SHADOW BOXING are available in trade paperback; FOOLISH GAMES will come out in paperback in April 2010. BABY, BABY received a 5 star review, won the 5 Heart Review Sweetheart Award at The Romance Studio, and was a TRS 2008 CAPA Award winner. BABY, BABY also won Ecataromance's 2008 Reviewer's Choice Award. SHADOW BOXING received a 5 star review and was nominated for the 5 Heart Review Sweetheart Award at The Romance Studio. All three books received WDRF's Top Read of Excellence, their highest review rating. FOOLISH GAMES received a 5 star review and won the Sweetheart Award at The Romance Studio. Click here to find out more about this series.

   

Starting in 2010, look for the first book in Karen's new inspirational romantic mystery trilogy called Denim Blues Mysteries. RETIRED AND ON THE ROCKS (Book 1) will be released June 2010 from Whiskey Creek Press. LOVE IS BLIND...AND IT DON'T PAY THE BILLS EITHER (Book 2) will come out June 2011 and SOULS ON (B)ORING STREET (Book 3) will be released October 2011. Click here to find out more about this trilogy.

 

Jewels of the Quill has sold our 2011 proposals. TALES FROM THE TREASURE TROVE, Volume VII will be released March 2011 with Moonlight Becomes You, Book 4 of Karen's Woodcutter's Grim Series. Find out more here. CHRISTMAS GEMS, Jewels of the Quill's third Christmas anthology, will be released September 2011 with Wings of Love, the first in Karen's new Cowboy Fever Series. Find out more here.

       

DANCE IN SHADOWS, Book 9 of the Incognito Series is now available! Find reviews and more information here. Other available books in the Incognito Series: NO ORDINARY LOVE, UNTIL DEATH DO US PART, BOUNTY ON THE REBEL'S HEART, DEAD DROP, UNDER THE SPELL, RENEGADE'S ROSE, UNDERCOVER ANGEL, and HARD TO HANDLE. Upcoming books in the series: HYPNOTIZED (January 2010), MIND GAMES (October 2010), and DARK APPROACH (March 2011).

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CHRISTMAS WISHES, A Jewels of the Quill Christmas Anthology, with Karen's contemporary romance novella Perfect Cadence (the first story in her new Kaleidoscope Series) is now available. CHRISTMAS WISHES was nominated for The Romance Studio's Sweetheart Award! Also available now is MAGICAL KISSES, A Jewels of the Quill Valentine's Day Anthology, with Karen's contemporary romance novella In Cahoots With Cupid (the second story in her Kaleidoscope Series). MAGICAL KISSES is a 2010 EPIC Award finalist. Behind Amethyst Eyes, Book 3 of the Kaleidoscope Series, is available now in TALES FROM THE TREASURE TROVE, Volume V. Look for Jordana's Chair, Book 4 of the Kaleidoscope Series to be released March 2010 in TALES FROM THE TREASURE TROVE, Volume VI, and Paper Tiger, Book 5, in HALLOWEEN TREASURES (September 2010). Karen has also sold her fourth dame collection. KALEIDOSCOPE SERIES collection is a compilation of the first five novellas in the series that Karen contributed to Jewels of the Quill anthologies, including Perfect Cadence (Book 1), In Cahoots With Cupid (Book 2), Behind Amethyst Eyes (Book 3), Jordana's Chair (Book 4), Paper Tigers (Book 5), plus two bonus stories never before published: Cabin Fever (Book 6) and The Longest Night (Book 7). Karen designed the cover for the collection. Coming December 2010 from Whiskey Creek Press in trade paperback and electronic formats. For more information about these stories and the Kaleidoscope Series, click here.

 

Karen's third dame collection, WOODCUTTER'S GRIM SERIES, is now available and includes: Papa (Book 1) [originally published in SHADOWS IN THE HEART, A Jewels of the Quill Halloween Anthology], Blood of Amethyst (Book 2) [previously released in TALES FROM THE TREASURE TROVE, Volume IV], plus 2 bonus stories never before published: Dancing to the Grave (Book 3) and The Amethyst Tower (The Final Chapter). WOODCUTTER'S GRIM SERIES received Dark Angel Reviews highest review rating! It was also a 2008 Dream Realm Award winner in the anthology category. Click here to find out more about this collection.

         

Karen writes police procedural mysteries with award-winning author Chris Spindler of Auenwald, Germany. Books 1-4 and the first novella collection in their Falcon's Bend Series are published by Swimming Kangaroo Books. DEGREES OF SEPARATION (Book 1), TEARS ON STONE (Book 2), and FALCON'S BEND CASE FILES, Volume I (The Early Cases) have all been reissued and are available now in trade paperback and electronic formats. All three were nominated for The Romance Studio’s Sweetheart Award! THE FIFTEENTH LETTER (Book 3) and ROMANTIC NOTIONS (Book 4) are also available now in trade paperback and electronic formats. THE FIFTEENTH LETTER received 5 star reviews from The Romance Studio (also a winner of their 5 Sweetheart Review Award), Huntress Reviews, Dark Angel Reviews, and Coffee Time Romance Reviews and More. ROMANTIC NOTIONS received 5 stars from The Romance Studio (also a winner of their 5 Sweetheart Review Award), Dark Angel Reviews and Huntress Reviews. FALCON'S BEND CASE FILES, Volume II, with six new stories, is now available from http://stores.lulu.com/karenwiesner. FALCON'S BEND CASE FILES, Volume II received 5 stars from The Romance Studio and was nominated for their Sweetheart Award. Visit Karen and Chris' Falcon's Bend Community, where you'll find updates and information about the series.

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