An Added Challenge

Cowboy Romance writer Carolyn Brown has asked me to write a short story for her new Blame it on Texas Kindle World.

I’ve managed to write winter in England when in Maui.

I’m sure I can manage a Texas summer while in Scotland.

Since making this Blog post I can now announce . . . Brokenhearted Cowboy 

Gentlemen of Worth series US Kindle Monthly Deal!

$1.99 US Marketplace from October 1 to October 31!

2015 RWA National Conference

March 2015: I’m making plans to attend Romance Writers of America National Conference in New York City – July 22 to July 25, 2015

I will be attending the “Readers for Life” Literacy Signing Wednesday, 

July 22 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the New York Marriott Marquis

The event is open to the public and free of charge to attend. I have brought some nice giveaways for those who come to meet me.

Montlake Celebrates An Elaborate Hoax

Gentlemen of Worth series . . . Kindle books 1-4

$1.99 US Marketplace  until July 10, 2015

An Elaborate Hoax

February 2015: 

Gentlemen of Worth - Book 5  

Penny’s Story: An Elaborate Hoax will be released June 2^nd 2015!

Montlake Romance has sponsored a US GoodReads Giveaway

. . . and I added an Australia, Canada, Germany, and UK Giveaway!

Goodreads Book Giveaway

An Elaborate Hoax

by Shirley Marks

Giveaway ends June 15, 2015.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter to Win

A Writer's Dilemma. . .

Mid February 2013: Edward's book returns for revisions. They're not extensive but the editor tells me the title needs to be changed.

Goodbye The Duke Dilemma, hello . . .

   

Booklist Reveiw!

Booklist – January 2011

Lady Augusta, the oldest of the Duke of Faraday's three daughters,  quickly becomes the toast of the London season when she arrives  fashionably late. Her father and aunt want her to find the ideal match  from a long list of suitors, so they host the men and a few other  eligible ladies at their country home just after the season's end.  Augusta's younger sisters, incomparably beautiful Charlotte and  the feisty and clever Muriel, are enlisted to help cull the unsuitable men.  Some make inappropriate advances to Charlotte; others are caught  wagering on who will win Augusta's hand; and yet others are eliminated  for silly quirks. Augusta's true love ends up being the last person  she considered.  Marks' fifth historical romance is a fun but insubstantial escapist read.  The sisters are appealing heroines, but the slew of throwaway characters  can be confusing.--Walker, Aleksandra Copyright 2010 Booklist  From Booklist, Copyright © American Library Association. Used with permission.

Publishers Weekly Review!

November 15, 2010

The Suitor List 
Shirley Marks, Avalon, $23.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-8034-7796-4 

Marks (Lady Eugenia's Holiday) comes up with a Regency version of The Bachelorette in this cute historical. Lady Augusta Worth, the beautiful daughter of a duke, could have her pick of the eligible men in England, but is determined to marry for love. Encouraged by her family, she invites a dozen promising prospects to a house party in the country where perhaps she can identify her soul mate. Her high hopes are dashed by her family's antics as they chase away candidates whose behavior reveals their unworthiness, leaving only Augusta's oldest friend and neighbor, Richard Wilbanks, whom she has somehow overlooked. Marks's attempts to infuse the story with humor are heavy-handed and the outcome too well telegraphed, but the setting and story pacing are pleasant. (Jan.)

2012 Literacy Signing

I'll be signing A Grand Deception at table 306 
as a new Montlake Romance author 
along with HUNDREDS of other Romance authors at the . . .

2012 “Readers for Life” Literacy Autographing 

Wednesday, July 25, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. 

Anaheim Convention Center, Ballroom (third floor) 
Anaheim, California

 Proceeds from book sales go to:

 ProLiteracy Worldwide, Read Orange County, 

and Literacy Volunteers—Huntington Valley 

 No outside books are allowed in the event.