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My very good friend and terrific author L. E. Harvey
interviewed me today on her blog

The writings & ramblings of a Philadelphian

L. E. Harvey is the author of Unbreakable Hostage & Loving Her

This weekend ONLY – thru January 31, 2010, 11:59 PM MST

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Chelle Cordero Fall 2009 Sampler Chelle Cordero Fall 2009 Sampler
By: Chelle Cordero
Published by: Vanilla Heart Publishing
Price: $0.00

Welcome to Chelle Cordero’s Fall 2009 Title Sampler! Bartlett’s Rule, Forgotten, Within the Law, Courage of the Heart, Final Sin, Hostage Heart, and a preview of her yet-to-be-released A Chaunce of Riches. more…

Common Bond, Tangled Hearts Are Best Seller Common Bond, Tangled Hearts
By: Chelle Cordero
Published by: Vanilla Heart Publishing
Price: $5.99

Layne Gillette’s world is turned upside down when a man she has never met shows up to lay claim as the father of her 6-year old son. Justin, the victim of a fraternity prank, and Layne, the subject of a forced insemination, have produced a beautiful child that they are both willing to protect… at more…

Courage of the Heart Courage of the Heart
By: Chelle Cordero
Published by: Vanilla Heart Publishing
Price: $5.99

COURAGE OF THE HEART shows us that sometimes love is the only cure for the very deepest of emotional wounds. Adam Sherman has remained quiet about his scandalous past and is comfortable with his reputation as a womanizing and dedicated bachelor. He is an expert in the field of computers including more…

A Chaunce of Riches A Chaunce of Riches
By: Chelle Cordero
Published by: Vanilla Heart Publishing
Price: $5.99

From Chelle Cordero, author of the Pushcart Prize Nominee title, Final Sin! The day that Ben Johnson was hired as a bodyguard for some rich widow and her kid, he never expected to be working for the woman who had abandoned him just when he had needed her the most so many years before. Damn it all, more…

Bartlett's Rule Bartlett’s Rule
By: Chelle Cordero
Published by: Vanilla Heart Publishing
Price: $5.99

Bartlett’s Rule shares the story of Lon and Paige’s love affair; a romance filled with hardship, emotion, danger and triumph. Falling in love was never the challenge; being there for each other, knowing just what to say and making it work is the real test. Paige and Lon are “real”; they are human, t more…

Final Sin Final Sin
By: Chelle Cordero
Published by: Vanilla Heart Publishing
Price: $5.99

2009 Pushcart Prize Nominee! Deputy Sheriff Commander Jake Carson has his hands full with the investigation of a brutal multiple homicide, a troubled son and a vindictive ex-wife when he meets young, free-spirited paramedic Julie Jennings. He is immediately drawn to her and finds himself unexpectedl more…

Forgotten Forgotten
By: Chelle Cordero
Published by: Vanilla Heart Publishing
Price: $5.99

Forgotten is an unforgettable romance about two people who meet by chance, love by choice and are torn apart by intrigue. Their romance survives a foreign threat to national security, kidnapping, personal tragedy and a murder attempt. The story of Brandon Price and Caitlyn Smythe and a love which su more…

Hostage Heart Hostage Heart
By: Chelle Cordero
Published by: Vanilla Heart Publishing
Price: $5.99

Life was hard after the hurricanes swept through, destroying her parents’ home and livelihood…Deanna did the only thing she could do. She moved to New York City, found a job, worked hard, scrimped and saved to send what little she could manage back home to Louisiana to her parents. An errand for h more…

Within the Law Within the Law
By: Chelle Cordero
Published by: Vanilla Heart Publishing
Price: $5.99

Tom gave up on ever falling in love again the day that he buried his high school sweetheart and fiancé. He started a career in law enforcement just so that he could find her murderer and rapist. Just when he is about to see justice done, he meets Alli Davis-the defense attorney for the murdering rap more…

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Sunday, January 31 (2010), Time – All day
Online Book discussion of Final Sin
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excerpts, discussion, prizes


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Where in the World is Chelle Cordero?

Come one, come all
It’s time for the 2009 Preditors & Editors Readers Poll

Please, please, please come by and vote
there are so many worthy entries & some of them are MINE
Voting goes from Jan 1 through January 14

…and if I may suggest, please vote for ME – Thank you! (go to http://www.critters.org/predpoll/ )

Author: Chelle Cordero
Romance Novel: Hostage Heart & A Chaunce of Riches (*you can only vote once in each category – I voted for Hostage Heart because it has a higher standing so far)
Thriller Novel: Final Sin
Anthology: With Arms Wide Open/Vanilla Heart Publishing
BookArt: A Chaunce of Riches, cover art by Kimberlee Williams

Check out my 2009 Recap as a Writer

& the year isn’t over yet!

Yeppers!

Final Sin by Chelle Cordero has been nominated for this year’s Pushcart Prize competition!
I am so excited.

Did YOU read Final Sin?
If you did, I need a favor – WHICH chapter do you think was the best?
I’ve been trying to figure it out… Please let me know, just leave your comments below.

Here’s the post from Vanilla Heart Publishing:

Vanilla Heart Publishing Announces

2009 Pushcart Prize Nominees

Vanilla Heart Publishing is pleased to announce our nominations for the 2009 The Pushcart Prize – Best of the Small Presses, published every year since 1976, and widely recognized as the most honored literary project in America.

From the Pushcart Prize Website:

“The Pushcart Press has been recognized as among the most influential publishers in American history by Publishers Weekly. Pushcart won the National Book Critics Circle Lifetime Achievement Award (2005), The Poets & Writers/Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Prize (2006), and Publishers Weekly’s Carey Thomas Prize for publisher of the year (1979).

The Press is best known for its annual anthology The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses, published every year for more than three decades and featuring outstanding fiction, poetry, memoirs and essays selected from hundreds of little magazines and small book publishers.”

And now, our Vanilla Heart Publishing Nominees:

Robert Hays; The Life and Death of Lizzie Morris

Chelle Cordero; Final Sin

Victoria Howard; Three Weeks Last Spring

Collin Kelley; Conquering Venus

Kate Evans; Complementary Colors

Vila SpiderHawk; Forest Song: Little Mother

Congratulations, Nominees!

(btw, congratulations to all of the nominees, I am in GREAT company!)

1..Cordero’s writing and plot is engaging and entertaining

2. A major work, and a great story

3. the author skillfully captures emotion and feeling

4. Chelle Cordero has shared a suspenseful, romantic tale of two people the reader can’t help but become involved with

5. another Cordero whirlwind of gut-wrenching danger and prospective star-crossed love

6. High RPM Romantic Suspense

7. This is a five star book by a five star author

8. I kept turning pages because I had to know what happened next. The author didn’t let me down.

9. Any more books by Chelle Cordero?????

10. Gut-wrenching novel

11. Kudos to Ms. Cordero for penning an entertaining read.

12. The combined love story and suspense story really kept me intrigued

13. There is so much depth, intrigue

14. winning combination of romance and suspense

15. The story is so well crafted and the characters evoke lots of emotion from the reader

16. This author is a true hidden gem

17. Real people, Real Problems and Real Solutions

18. a love story between two seemingly very different kinds of people

19. turns in the plot to keep readers guessing about choices and outcomes until the last page.

20. she poignantly tells the story of their journey

Lazy days of August – just the perfect time for a contest!

Above are actual quotes & phrases from reviews about MY books (hint, ALL of these reviews appear on Amazon.com).

Just find the NAMES OF THE REVIEWERS for any 3 or more of the quotes above and your name will be put in for a drawing – there will be prizes (ebooks, lady’s XL ChelleCordero.com T-shirt, ???)

I will hold a random drawing from everyone who emails me at ChelleCordero@gmail.com and lists the names of 3 or more reviewers along with the # of the specific quote (in other words, if I wrote a review of someone’s book and the quote was number 3 on the list, the answer would be 3-Chelle Cordero) – put Contest in the subject line.

Winners will be drawn September 7!

Download a FREE First Chapter Chapbook of Bartlett’s Rule, Forgotten, Within the Law, Courage of the Heart, Final Sin & Hostage Heart

Five names were randomly chosen from all of the members of ChelleWrites

The Grand Prize Winner of a signed (print) copy of Hostage Heart is Barbara V.

Steve H & Jane R won ebook copies of Final Sin

Jenny W & Sheila B won ebook copies of Hostage Heart

My next contest will be announced soon…

Please check out these recent online appearances:

Chelle’s Heroes on Lindsay’s Romantics

Interview on Book Talk With J&J (Hostage Heart)

Interview on The Love Struck Novice (Final Sin)

Now you can preview all six of my novels – Bartlett’s Rule, Forgotten, Within the Law, Courage of the Heart, Final Sin AND Hostage Heart…

Just download the Chelle Cordero ChapBook by clicking this link

or copy & paste http://tr.im/uHzK into your browser

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Living, Breathing, Writing

My Weekly Writing Workshop  (Living, Breathing, Writing) for Kindle has been discontinued. But you don’t have to miss out, go to https://amzn.to/2Tj06HG for a copy of 60+ Days to Live, Breathe, & Write