I have two great things to share!

FIRST, my novel “Take My Place” was chosen as a finalist in the prestigious “Golden Quill Contest”. This contest is organized by the Phoenix Desert Rose Chapter of the Romance Writers of America.

No, I won’t get any money for being a finalist but oh, the fame . . . ! I’ve put the logo on my website, if you want to have a look!

Take My Place is about an independent woman who has just set up her own business but thinks her handsome tax advisor Chris has more decorative than practical use. When she makes this clear, he asks her to have dinner with him, to make up for his mistakes. During that dinner, she surprises herself by falling in love with him – only to find later that she didn’t fall in love with her tax advisor, but with his identical twin who helped out his brother by taking his place! She’s furious and decides to take her revenge . . .

I didn’t have to go far to find inspiration for this novel: My mother is an identical twin and managed to fool people quite often (it still happens to this day, though now it’s not done on purpose anymore – at least, as far as I know!)

SECOND, I’ve just signed a contract for my third novel with Avalon Books. It’s called “A Little Bit of Passion”, and it’ll come out in spring 2011. I’m very excited about this and will tell you more as soon as I’ll have the cover.

I hope you’re all happy – do write; I would love to hear from you!

Best,

Beate

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