{"id":228,"date":"2013-09-02T10:39:35","date_gmt":"2013-09-02T10:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cathleenross.com\/CR\/?page_id=228"},"modified":"2025-06-02T05:29:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T05:29:14","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cathleenross.com\/CR\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome to my webpage.<\/strong> If you’d like to subscribe to my newsletter press the newsletter button. I’ll contact you about new releases and upcoming sales. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Unsuitable Bride<\/strong>, set in the Blue Mountains, has come second in the ARRA Award<\/strong> for Best Historical book <\/strong>released in 2024. I was delighted to be a finalist but coming second was thrilling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My ARRA prize-winning second release for 2024 . It’s a locked-room historical mystery\/romance set in the beautiful Blue Mountains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Unsuitable-Bride-Cathleen-Ross-ebook\/dp\/B0CY28RKLM?ref_=ast_author_mpb<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nice to see it hitting the Amazon.com.au best-seller list when it was released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Highland Earl’s Revenge has been nominated by ARRA in the Best Historical Romance section for books released in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So excited to be nominated for the 2020 ARRA Award for An Unsuitable Lady for a Lord<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Scottish Regency hit the Amazon Australian best-seller list 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The second in the Outlaw Warrior series, Rough and Ready, is a finalist in RWA’s Passionate Plume competition 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I have just learned I’m a finalist in the ARRA Best Contemporary novel 2018 for my MC romance Snatched<\/strong>. It’s also been hitting the Amazon.com best-seller lists too, at number 26. April 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s always an honour to be a finalist in the 2016 ARRA awards. This year it’s for best cover for Make Me<\/a>.<\/div>\n

\"2016 Great news for 2016. My HarperCollins’ novel Base has won the ARRA science fiction romance award.<\/p>\n

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I also have an associated story, Heat<\/strong><\/a>, which is FREE on all ebook sites.<\/p>\n

Base has also been nominated for a 2015 ARRA award.\"2015<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Good news for 2015. Ruby’s Fantasy and Taken by the Sheikh have been nominated for an ARRA award in the Best Category Romance and Best Contemporary Romance sections.<\/p>\n

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From the hottest writers in Australia comes a scintillating new series starting October 2014. Enter the world of Sydney\u2019s elite, and find out what goes on behind the doors of the most exclusive addresses in the country\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

They all have a wild secret. My housewife, Nella<\/strong>  is the December release. This is how they all look together. Striking aren’t they?<\/p>\n

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For those of you who enjoy Highlander stories, my first Forbidden Fantasy story Highlander<\/a> is free. The second in the series is called Highlander in Her Bed<\/a> <\/strong>followed by In Her Wild Highlander’s Bed<\/a> <\/strong>and My Highland Lover<\/a> I have also released a Highlander Romances<\/strong><\/a> boxed set. It’s lovely to see that so many of you are enjoying this series because all of the stories have hit the Amazon best-seller lists in their categories. Most recently Highlander in Her Bed<\/strong> has hit the USA Amazon bestseller lists in best rated Historical Erotica.<\/p>\n

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Other exciting news is Her Demon Prince<\/strong> is a finalist in the Carolyn Readers Choice Award 2014.<\/p>\n

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My novel Love, Lust and Lies was nominated for the ARRA award for the Best Erotic Romance in 2011.<\/p>\n

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My Harlequin release, Psychic Sex was included in the anthology, Naughty Bits and has been translated into German<\/a>. Here is the cover below:<\/p>\n

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My  novel Dirty, Sexy and Murder was nominated for an ARRA award for Best Romantic Suspense in 2010. I now own the rights to Dirty Sexy Murder and have republished it as Tempting Trouble.<\/p>\n

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Romantic Times Magazine (Oct 2011) gave Love Lust and Lies a four star review. \"\"<\/p>\n

“Italian traditions form the foundation of this engaging novel that is filled with both humor and sadness as the heroine tries to find herself by engaging in a liaison with a much younger man.” See the link for the rest of the review.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.rtbookreviews.com\/book-review\/love-lust-and-lies<\/a><\/p>\n

I had lots of good news in 2010. Random House sold the German rights for my best-selling novel, Man Hunt. Here’s the cover.<\/p>\n

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My story, “Love, Lust, and Lies” is a finalist<\/strong> in the Contemporary Category of Passionate Ink<\/a>‘s Stroke of Midnight Contest 2009.<\/p>\n

My story, “Love, Lust, and Lies” is the winner<\/strong> of the 2008 Contemporary Category of Chicklitwriter<\/a>‘s Stiletto competition.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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