In 2009, Karen Wiesner is giving away an autographed trade paperback every month to subscribers of her newsletter, Karen's Quill. Click here to find out more.

Interested in what Karen is working on? Click here for Karen's WIP, along with information on new and/or unsold projects, through 2010.
What's your favorite genre? Click here for a genre listing of all of Karen's available and forthcoming titles.

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's also a 2008 Dream Realm Award finalist in the anthology category. Winners will be announced August 15, 2009. Click here to find out more about and to order this collection as well as to read the excerpts from all the stories.

   

BABY, BABY, SHADOW BOXING and FOOLISH GAMES, Books 1-3 in the Family Heirlooms Series, are now available in electronic formats. BABY, BABY is also available in trade paperback, while SHADOW BOXING will come out in paperback in November 2009; FOOLISH GAMES 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. Both BABY, BABY and SHADOW BOXING received WDRF's Top Read of Excellence, their highest review rating. Excerpts are available for all three books. Click here to find out more about this series.

         

UNTIL IT'S GONE, Book 5 of Karen's Wounded Warriors Series, is now available from Uncial Press in electronic formats. Read an excerpt here. WHITE RAINBOW, the sixth and final book in the series, an inspirational romance, will be released Summer 2010. Also look for the newly revised electronic reissues of RELUCTANT HEARTS (Book 1, read an excerpt here), August 14, 2009; WAITING FOR AN ECLIPSE (Book 2), November 13, 2009; MIRROR MIRROR (Book 3), January 15, 2010; and WAYWARD ANGELS (Book 4), March 12, 2010 from Uncial. Trade paperback versions will be available for each book. Karen designed new covers for the series.

Karen has 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.

  

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. An excerpt of "Perfect Cadence" is up here. CHRISTMAS WISHES was nominated for The Romance Studio’s 5 Sweetheart Review 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 new Kaleidoscope Series). An excerpt of "In Cahoots With Cupid" is up here. For more information about these stories and the Kaleidoscope Series, click here.

       

HARD TO HANDLE, Book 8 of the Incognito Series received 5 stars from The Romance Studio, The Long and the Short of It Reviews, Fallen Angel Reviews, and ReviewYourBook.com Find other reviews and more information here as well as an excerpt! 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 and UNDERCOVER ANGEL. Upcoming books in the series: DANCE IN SHADOWS (October 2009, excerpt now available!), HYPNOTIZED (March 2010), and MIND GAMES (October 2010). To request a series postcard, write to KarensQuill-owner@yahoogroups.com.

         

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 5 Sweetheart Review 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. Look for the release of FALCON'S BEND CASE FILES, Volume II, with six new stories, to be released July 2009 from http://stores.lulu.com/karenwiesner. Excerpts are now available. Visit Karen and Chris' Falcon's Bend Community, where you'll find updates and information about the series.

Looking for short books to read at the beach or on the go this summer? Try this month's beach reading gems here: http://www.angelfire.com/stars4/kswiesner/JOTQbeachreads.html for one-stop shopping.

 

Karen's promotional group, Jewels of the Quill, has sold 2 new group anthologies to Whiskey Creek Press. In TALES FROM THE TREASURE TROVE, Volume VI, Karen continues her new contemporary romance series with "Jordana's Chair," the fourth story in her Kaleidoscope Series. Release date: March 2010. In HALLOWEEN TREASURES, the group's second Halloween anthology, Karen continues her Kaleidoscope Series with a romantic suspense titled "Paper Tiger," Book 5. Release date: September 2010. Find out more about this series here. Excerpts from the first five stories in the series are now available.