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NEWSLETTER - March 2006
Dear Readers,
I trust things are going well for you. It occurred to me at a book signing yesterday that many of you might be looking for DREAMING OF YOU this month since it is printed on my LIKE THE FIRST TIME bookmark that way. On that same bookmark IN ANOTHER MAN'S BED is slated for October 2006. Unfortunately, both dates are incorrect. The correct dates: DREAMING OF YOU Book #3 of the Graysons of New Mexico Series - September 2006, and IN ANOTHER MAN'S BED, the sequel to ANY RICH MAN WILL DO and Book #3 in the Invincible Women Series - February 2007. I deeply apologize for the confusion. The good news is that with IAMB, plans are in the works to heavily promote the book. Please stay tuned.
I finished IRRESISTIBLE YOU, Pierce's story - Book #4 of the Graysons of New Mexico. It is probably my hottest book yet, and we all know I don't do hot. LOL. Pierce and Sabra seemed to have a mind of their own. Many of you have written to tell me you're ready for baby sister Sierra to bite the dust. You'll meet the man who does the impossible in Sierra's opinion in DREAMING OF YOU. No, I am not telling you which one.
ANY RICH MAN WILL DO made Essence magazine bestselling list for March and April 2006 thanks to you. I'm hearing from book stores that many book clubs are selecting it to read. Thank you and those individuals as well. I deeply appreciate your support.
I plan to be in the Savannah area early June. In September I travel to Kansas City, Missouri. More to come regarding both evens. Hopefully I'll get to see many of you as I travel in September to promote DREAMING OF YOU.
Francis
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About the Author:
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Francis Ray is a native Texan and lives in Dallas. A graduate of Texas Woman's University, she is a School Nurse Practitioner with the Dallas Independent School District. In 1999 and 2000 she was nominated for Texas Woman's University Distinguished Alumni Award.
Ms. Ray's titles consistently make bestseller's lists such as Blackboard and Essence Magazine. INCOGNITO, her sixth title, was the first made-for-TV movie for BET. She has written thirty titles to date. Awards include Romantic Times Career Achievement, EMMA, The Golden Pen, and The Atlantic Choice.
THE TURNING POINT, her first mainstream, was a finalist for the prestigious HOLT Medallion Award. At the release event for THE TURNING POINT in May 2001, she established The Turning Point Legal Fund to assist women of domestic violence to help restructure their lives.
With the release of her second mainstream, I KNOW WHO HOLDS TOMORROW, May 2002, Ms. Ray pledged to continue the effort. I KNOW WHO HOLDS TOMORROW made the bestseller's list of The Dallas Morning News, Blackboard, Black Expressions Book Club, and Essence Magazine. The book was one of five titles selected as Book Club Favorites for Black Issues Book Review Best of 2002.
SOMEBODY'S KNOCKING AT MY DOOR, her third mainstream, was released May 2003 and made bestseller's lists across the country. ROCKIN' AROUND THAT CHRISTMAS TREE, a holiday collaboration with Donna Hill, came out in November 2003. Other books include SOMEONE TO LOVE ME December 2003, TROUBLE DON'T LAST ALWAYS January 2004, FIRST TOUCH February 2004, WHOLE LOTTA LOVE February 2004, LOVE AT LEO'S July 2004, and THE FALCON SAGA August 2004. Her fourth mainstream, LIKE THE FIRST TIME, was released in May 2004 and also made the Essence bestseller's list.
January 2005 continued the Living Large stories, a concept of Ms. Ray's of fashioable and fabulous full-figured women with Big Girls Don't Cry. February 2005 was a major personal triumph with the release of her first Christian fiction, Then Sings My Soul in a trade anthology from Harlequin/Steeple Hill HOW SWEET THE SOUND. March 2005 saw the release of the long-awaited continuation of The Graysons of New Mexico series with YOU AND NO OTHER. Her fifth mainstream and thirtieth title, ANY RICH MAN WILL DO, is scheduled for October 2005. October is National Domestic Awareness Month and, in continuing her pledge to assist women who are victims of domestic violence, Ms. Ray will again pledge a portion of the proceeds from ANY RICH MAN WILL DO to The Turning Point Legal Fund.
In 2005 two of Ms. Ray's titles, SOMEONE TO LOVE ME and I KNOW WHO HOLDS TOMORROW were released in hard cover with large print by Thorndike.
Scheduled for 2006 are CHOCOLATE KISSES, IRRESISTIBLE YOU - - a Grayson novel #3-- and IN ANOTHER MAN'S BED
www.francisray.com
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