Midwest Fiction Writers
MFW Published Authors
* Denotes author is a member of the Published Author Network according to the RWA guidelines.

Cherry Adair*
Romantic Suspense
 
2011 Past Releases:
April - Hush 
September - Riptide (Cutter Cay Book 2)St. Martin’s Press

 

A reckless adventure in a deadly paradise.
September - Riptide
(Cutter Cay Book 2)
St. Martin’s Press
Riptidewill pull you in and take you out to sea for another wet and wild romantic adventure. Meet Zane’s brother, Nick Cutter and the irresistible Princess Gabriella Visconti. Dive into Riptide this summer and join Nick and Bria while they fight unexpected enemies as they jet from the Moroccan coast to her tiny principality of Marezzo. This royal principessa may be out of her depth, but she’s ready to take on the hidden danger and excitement a treasure hunt stirs to the surface. Together they must reveal their darkest secrets—before they’re pulled into a rip current of danger.  
Thrill seekers Zakary and Gideon Stark travel the globe in search of extreme adventure, but a trip to Venezuela to jump off the world’s highest falls catapults them into a perilous game of life or death – where the
A one-night stand that will change his life fore
Kidnapped with a woman Zak knows nothing about, the brothers are held prisoner deep in the jungle.  A risky, death-defying escape separates them and nearly claims Zak’s life…until his recovery reveals a baffling new sixth
An unexpected diversion with lethal consequen
 
In the sultry heat of a deadly jungle, lovers must pull off a dangerous an
 
Judy Baer*

Contemporary Inspirational Romances

Laura Breck

Contemporary Romances

2011 Past Releases:
September - Scandalous L.A. Desires Red Rose Publishing
Helen Brenna*

Contemporary Romances 

2011 Past Releases:
July - The Pursuit of Jesse Harlequin Superromances
 August - Her Sure Thing Harlequin Superromances
September - Redemption At Mirabelle Harlequin Superromances
 
Rhonda Brutt

Young Adult Paranormal


Christine Columbus
Christine Columbus is a Minnesota author, writing for The Wild Rose Press, and her poetry has been performed at the Bloomington Center for Arts. Her 2009 flash fiction Tween Seasons was a mini-story winner at MN Artist. She has also been published in creative non-fiction and children's fiction.
Carolyn Crane

Urban Fantasy

 
Edna Curry
 
2012 Upcoming Releases:
August - MEET ME, DARLING
 
2011 Past Releases:
February - Double Trouble Class Act Books
May - Dead In Bed Whiskey Creek Press
August - I'll Always Find You Whiskey Creek Press/Torrid 
October - Never Love A Logger Whiskey Creek Press
  
Kathleen Eagle*
Contemporary Romance
 
February Release - The Last Good Man
 
Bell Bridge Books

He's one of the gentlest cowboys you'll ever meet. She's a woman who thought her physical beauty was all she had going for her--before her mastectomy.

Originally published in 2000, The Last Good Man is the only Romance ever to be named a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award. It was one of Library Journal’s “Five Best Romances of 2000,” winner of Rendezvous Online’s Rosebud Award, and a Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice finalist. 

 
2011 Past Releases:
May - Cowboy, Take Me Away Silhouette Special Edition  
September - One Brave Cowboy Harlequin Special Edition
 
Roz Denny Fox*
Contemporary Romance
 
2012 Upcoming Releases:
March - HEARTS ENTWINED
May - THE MAVERICK RETURNS
September - DUKE: THE DEPUTY (Book 3 from THE HARTS OF RODEO CONTNUITY)
 
2011 Past Releases:
May - Precious Gifts Harlequin Heartwarming Series
June - Linked By Love Harlequin Heartwarming Series 
Lois Greiman*
Historical Romance, Contemporary Romance, Mystery, and Women's Fiction 
 
February Release - Uncorked
 
A Chrissy McMullen Mystery
 
As fizzy as a champagne bubble bath...
As decadently delicious as chocolate...
As seductive as a massage...
 
The romance between LA psychologist Christina McMullen and Lieutenant Jack Rivera is finally sizzling...until Chrissy catches the lieutenant in a compromising position. Still, when a vicious criminal from their past is released from prison, Rivera is willing to do whatever it takes to keep Chrissy safe--but does that include murder?
 
Despite sound advice from her best friend, Brainy Laney Butterfield, Chrissy is determined to clear Rivera's name. But first she'll have to tango with a quintet of sexy suitors and her own current beau, Doctor...what was his name again? And when Chrissy is attacked, the stakes become more dangerous than ever, for she's about to pop the lid on the most lucrative criminal enterprise in LA--and to the surprise of this shrink, more than one deep, dark secret is about to become uncorked. 
Amy Hahn
Amy Hahn is a native of southeastern Minnesota. She grew up in Historic Bluff Country in the small town of Harmony about an hour south of Rochester. She’s worked as an editor and writer for various magazines and for online news web sites. She has also worked as a television news producer and college journalism and English instructor. Romance writing continues to be her favorite writing venue. She enjoys reading and writing all genres, especially paranormal and historical.  
Tate Hallaway*
Paranormal Romance
 
February Release - Almost Everything 
 
Berkley Trade, YA Paranormal 
 
Whoever said vacations were relaxing?

To say half-vampire, half-witch Ana Parker has boy trouble is putting it lightly—something her text messaging bill can attest to. Her rocker ex-boyfriend Nikolai is trying to heat things up again, and high school hockey star Mathew wants her to try out with him for the Renaissance Festival. At least her sort-of boyfriend Elias isn’t hounding her cell—considering the vampire knight is currently living in her basement.

Ever since her father banished Elias and Ana from the court of the Northern vampires, Ana has been trying to live a normal life. But when the Prince of the Southern Region vampires informs Ana that they’re on the brink of war and she accidentally offers up Elias as a peace offering, the princess knows that she’s going to need some help to get out of the situation.

With Ana’s boy drama meter hitting an all time high, summer in St. Paul is heating up for all the wrong reasons... 

 
2012 Upcoming Releases:
April - TALL, DARK & DEAD
August - PRECINCT13
 
2011 Past Releases:
May
- Almost Final Curtain
NAL 
 
Michele Hauf*
Paranormal Romance, Action/Adventure, Historical Romance, Fantasy De
 
February Release - Night of the Living Wed
(ebook in: Six Degrees of Romance)
 
2012 Upcoming Releases:
April - MAXWELL'S SMILE (in MORE THAN WORDS anthology)
June - NOT EVEN THE WORLD (in VACATION WITH A VAMPIRE) 
October - FOREVER WEREWOLF
 
2011 Past Releases: 
January - Seducing the Vampire HQN
April - Fallen Harlequin Nocturne
May - Forever Vampire HQN  May - Forever Vampire HQN  
August - Ashes of Angels Nocturne (#3 in Of Angels & Demons series)
September - This Glamorous Evil Nocturne Cravings
October - Crave the Night An anthology featuring: Michele Hauf, Patti O'Shea, Sharon Ashwood, Lori Devoti Swell Cat Press
November - Monsters Don't Do Christmas in: A Vampire For Christmas HQN
December - Playing with Fire Nocturne Cravings
September - This Glamorous Evil Nocturne Cravings
Throughly Jones (T.J.) is a witch who practices dark magic and is desperate to rescue his brother from Daemonia. He needs to circumvent the usual methods to conduct demons because he's after a big catch. But will cat-shifting familiar, Star, agree to cut out the middle man and work exclusively with T.J.? That would involve them having sex to conduct demon. But she wants a real relationship, without 'work sex' getting in the way. Can the two share the most initmate of connections to get the rescue job done, or will love toss a kink into their plans? 
 
Rosemary Heim*

Romantic Suspense

Alison Henderson

Historical Romance

2011 Past Releases:
June - A Man Like That The Wild Rose Press
Ann Hinnenkamp

Paranormal

2011 Past Releases:
September - Dyad Quest Ellora's Cave, Blush
Jannifer Hoffman
Tamara Hogan*
 
2012 Upcoming Releases:
June - CHASE ME (Underbelly Chronicles Book 2)
 
2011 Past Releases:
March - Taste Me Sourcebooks
Leandra Logan*

Contemporary Romance

 

Barbara Longley

Paranormal and Contemporary Romance
 
2011 Past Releases:
September - Heart of the Druid Laird Carina Press
Lyda Morehouse*
 
Science Fiction / Fantasy

2011 Past Releases:
March - Resurrection Code

Kathryn Nelson

 

 

Patti O'Shea*
Paranormal Romance
 
2011 Past Releases:
February - Shadow's Caress Nocturne Bites
October - Crave the Night An anthology featuring: Michele Hauf, Patti O'Shea, Sharon Ashwood, Lori Devoti Swell Cat Press
Enemy Embrace
 
Peg Pierson
Paranormal Romance
 
Peg Pierson is a full-fledged Fang Fanatic and slightly deranged Halloween Enthusiast, with a closet full of plywood coffins, an assortment of plastic dismembered body parts, and of course...skeletons. Currently, she lives in Minnesota and is busy typing away on a new paranormal comedy. Along with vampires, she loves her family, pecan kringle, and a good laugh.

2012 Upcoming Releases:
FLIRTING WITH FANGS 

Nancy Pirri / Natasha Perry
Nancy Schumacher is the owner-publisher of Melange Books, LLC, writing under the pseudonym, Nancy Pirri. Nancy started writing fifteen years ago while raising four children. Nancy has been a member of Romance Writers of America and her local chapter, Midwest Fiction Writers, for nine years. She is also one of the founders of a second Minnesota RWA chapter, Northern Lights Writers (NLW). They meet in various locations in north-eastern Minnesota the fourth Saturday of the month.
 
Nancy's debut historical romance, THE MACAULAY BRIDE, set in late 19th century Scotland, was published in 2003. The debut book received several contest wins and received a TOP PICK award from Romantic Times publication in Oct. 2004. She has written five full-length novels, and many stories included in anthologies with Melange Books, LLC. Her last story, Night Magic, appears in the anthology, Romance and Mystery Under the Northern Lights published by Melange Books, LLC. Nancy is also known as 'Dame Sapphire' and is a member of the author promo organization Jewels of the Quill, www.jewelsofthequill.com. Her stories with the Jewels have won EPPIE (EPIC-Electronically Published Internet Coalition) awards in 2008 and in 2010.
 
On January 1, 2011, Nancy opened her new digital and print on demand house, Melange Books, LLC, www.melange-books.com
Sky Robinson

January - Double Dare Red Sage Publishing 

Sydney James wants to put a little fun back in her friend Emma’s life, so she talks Emma into a dare to sleep with the first two good looking men they see.
Emma doesn’t know that it’s a setup with Sydney’s new boyfriend Logan Ford, and his sexy older brother Jack. Sydney and Logan fulfill the dare in the woods, and Emma and Jack stumble onto front row seats. Emma’s a little too conservative to go through with the dare right away, but she regrets not having a little fun with the man as the day rolls on. Her love life has been nonexistent and having Jack around makes her see just how much she wants that to change. Luckily she gets her chance later that night when Sydney invites Logan and Jack to her cabin.
 
Roxanne Rustand*
Contemporary Romance
 
2012 Upcoming Releases:
April - WHEN HE CAME HOME
 
2011 Past Releases:
April - Murder At Granite Falls, Big Sky Secrets Love Inspired Suspense
June - Second Chance Dad Love Inspired 
July - Home At Blackberry Hill Harlequin Heartwarming Collection 
October - A Home In Hill Country Harlequin Heartwarming Collection
November - The Loner's Thanksgiving Wish Love Inspired 
December - Duty to Protect Love Inspired Suspense ,
 
After nearly a lifetime in witness protection, Emma Graves depends on the anonymity of her false identity. But when her parents die under suspicious circumstances, and Emma is framed for murder, all security is gone. There's nothing to do but run.
 
Cop-turned-rancher Jake Kincaid is an unlikely defender. Why would an ex-cop believe an accused killer? Still, Jake makes Emma feel safe. With his drive to protect, she knows staying on his ranch endangers them both—yet now that her heart's engaged, she's not sure she can walk away. 

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Lizbeth Selvig
Contemporary Romance

February Release - The Rancher and the Rock Star
 
Avon Impulse Books
 
To the world, Gray Covey is a rock superstar. But to his runaway son he's simply the father who never has any time for him. To prove that he's more than his rock star lifestyle for the next few weeks, Gray must put aside his fame and become a farmhand?
 
Abby Stadtler has built the perfect, quiet life for herself. Neat and orderly is the name of the game for her and her beloved farm. When Gray shows up on her doorstep, looking like he stepped straight off the front cover of a magazine, she is determined that he won't upset her routine.
 
But what neither counts on is the love that springs up between them. Abby knows that life on a ranch in Minnesota can never compete with an exciting world tour. But for Gray, its time to decide what's really important in life. With Abby's help, will he be able to decide, once and for all, that love and family are the answer?
  
Cat Schield
Contemporary Romance
 
2012 Upcoming Releases:
April - UNFINISHED BUSINESS
            HIS SECRET TEMPTATION
September - UNTITLED
November - UNTITLED  
 
2011 Past Releases:
June - Meddling With A Millionaire Silhouette Desire
October - A Win-Win Proposition Harlequin Desire
 
 
Anna Schmidt*

Love Inspired Historicals

 

Susan Sey

 Contemporary Romance

2011 Past Releases:
June - Money Shot Berkley Sensation 
Joel Skelton
 
Adult Gay Romance

 
Jody Vitek
Contemporary Romance

2012 Upcoming Releases:
July - FLORIDA HEAT

Brenda Whiteside
 
2012 Upcoming Releases:
June - THE MORNING AFTER
 
2011 Past Releases:
November
Tattoos, Leather and Studs Melange Books
An Elfin Secret and On the Way to the Snow Ball in the anthology Warm Christmas Wishes Melange Books 
JL Wilson*

Romantic Suspense  

January - Mist
Have you ever looked at Missing poster and wondered: what would happen if ... she escaped her captor? What if she got away then had a chance to confront him again, not in a courtroom but with a gun in her hand?
Have you ever wondered how sweet revenge might be if no one would blame you for the outcome? 
 
2011 Past Releases:
January - Leap of Faith The Wild Rose Press
February - Lie To Me
April - Lilacs, Litigation And Lethal Love Affairs - The Deadly Landscaping Romances The Wild Rose Press
May - Foxgloves, Fancy Fungus, and Fatal Family Feuds - The Deadly Landscaping Romances - - The Wild Rose Press \
June - Daisies, Deadly Force, and Disastrous Divorce Decrees - The Deadly Landscaping Romances The Wild Rose Press
 

 

 

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