Can you believe it? The Blaze authors’ blog is one year old today! (^) It seems hard to believe. Then again, I’m still a little surprised when I realize that Blaze itself will be 10 years old next year. It just seems like yesterday that we were all working our behinds off trying to launch a series that would be something radical – something sexy, contemporary, groundbreaking. And what’s really cool is that, at least in my humble opinion, Blaze continues to be just that.

So here’s a look at the sexy, mostly contemporary, groundbreaking books out this month…

First up is Just Fooling Around…, a 4-stories-in-1 Encounters by Julie Kenner and Kathleen O’Reilly. Now, we’ve all heard about April Fool’s Day pranks. But the four siblings in these stories are actually the victims of an April Fool’s Day curse! Of course, once they get lucky, they suddenly become very lucky.

Next up is the second book in Kate Hoffmann’s Smooth Operator’s miniseries, The Drifter. The hero in the story has done it all and seen it all. But it’s not until he’s conquered the highest mountain that he realizes he hasn’t done anything that matters…and he knows the woman he has to find to help him change his life for good.

Isabel Sharpe follows with the first book in a Wrong Bed duo, While She Was Sleeping. The heroine’s sister finds her own story in next month’s Surprise Me! Who knew that falling into the wrong bed could be genetic?

And now for our not so contemporary title – The Captive by Joanne Rock. This book, which received a 4/1/2 Top Pick from Romantic Times magazine, has a Viking hero. Do I really need to say any more????

Jade Lee’s alter ego, Kathy Lyons, brings readers the Forbidden Fantasy title this month, with Under His Spell. A stressed out workaholic meets a hynoptist who makes her feel very, very good. Isn’t that everyone’s fantasy?

And finally, Karen Anders comes up with a riveting conclusion to her Undercover Lovers miniseries with Deliciously Dangerous. It doesn’t get any hotter–or tastier–than this.

Pretty nice line-up, isn’t it? Not bad for an almost decade-old series.

To celebrate the blog’s birthday, I’m offering a full set of April Blaze books to TWO lucky winners. Just put ‘Happy Anniversary to my favorite series!‘ in the comment field for a chance to win. (Yes, I’ll take compliments any way I can get them. )

See you next month.

Brenda Chin
Senior Editor
Harlequin Blaze

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