Preditors & Editors listed my DESPERADO

HELP! I'm all excited because A DESPERADO FOR CHRISTMAS was nominated for a Preditors and editors Readers Poll in the short Romance category.

Please, please, vote for it at:
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Thank you so much for your support.

Vijaya Schartz
Girls with Guns, Romance with a Kick
http://www.vijayaschartz.com

HAPPY NEW YEAR CONTEST!

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You may simply enter the drawing, but if you have already read A DESPERADO FOR CHRISTMAS, and if you answer three easy questions correctly, you are guaranteed a win. There will be many winners, why not you?



Rookie Border patrol Agent Kaitlin Harrington hates Christmas and all men since she lost her unborn child on Christmas Eve. This year, as she guards the Mexican border, she encounters more than she can handle in the person of a gorgeous Desperado, a despicable human smuggler of all people!

Good luck to all!

Vijaya Schartz
Girls with Guns, Romance with a Kick
http://www.vijayaschartz.com

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HAPPY NEW YEAR !

In this time of rejoicing, I want to send special thoughts to the real girls with guns. I write fiction, but never forget that real women actually put their lives on the line every day to insure our peace and our freedom.

I salute you, unsung kick-butt heroines of our everyday lives. We are proud of you and honored by your courage and sacrifice. your example makes us better people, and we are grateful.

May the year 2009 bring the resolution of the world's main conflicts, and may the soldiers of tomorrow guard and protect a more peaceful world.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!

Vijaya Schartz
Award-winning Sci-Fi, Girls with Guns, Romance with a Kick
http://www.vijayaschartz.com

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Girls with Guns rule

Starting with Angelina Jolie in Tomb Raider, who said a girl with guns couldn't be sexy? And no, it's not Angelina on my banner or on the cover of my novel Anaz-voohri. I know it looks like her, but it's not.

This said, I wish it were... Now if you like this kind of adventure coupled with a romantic plot, you'll love my novels. Never a dull moment. Just in time for the holidays, A DESPERADO FOR CHRISTMAS also features a girl with a gun.

Fall angel reviews gave this story a four-angel rating. They said:
"Along with a story of love and hope, A Desperado for Christmas packs a pretty exciting adventure tale ... There is very little “down time” in this fast-paced story, and this reader was glued to it until the very end."

And Coffee Time Romance says: "...The reader can really empathize with her character on many levels. Ms. Schartz also does a fantastic job of setting you right in the scene with her characters. She builds the suspense and follows through with vigor, sweeping her readers up in the action."

So don't delay, get yourself A DESPERADO FOR CHRISTMAS. Everyone deserves a little romantic adventure for Christmas.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

Vijaya Schartz
Girls with Guns, Romance with a Kick
http://www.vijayaschartz.com

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Vijaya Schartz
Girls with Guns, Romance with a Kick
http://www.vijayaschartz.com

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Girls with Guns

I finally pinpointed the common denominator for all my novels. At least most of them. I've been writing Science-fiction, romance, even medieval stories, and now I have a contemporary suspense. So what gives?

It came after looking at my most recent book covers. Most of them feature a fearsome girl with a gun. I already adopted Romance with a Kick as my tag line, referring to my kick-butt heroines. But when I realized all my girls had guns (or their period equivalent, some have swords, too) I had an epiphany. That was the elusive link between all my seemingly unrelated novels in different genres. They all featured strong heroines, often in uniform, carrying a lethal weapon, preferably a gun. Sometimes the gun is a high tech laser gun, or a pulveriser, but it's always a deadly weapon.

Of course, girls with guns have a difficult time finding the right mate, and that's where my romantic plot gets challenged. What kind of man is strong enough to tame a girl with a gun? Or smart enough to love her without being competitive?

I guess that's an issue I have been confronting all my life, as a strong woman myself. I call myself a daredevil, am a Martial Arts black belt, skydive, go down the rapids in rafts, without blinking an eye. And I guess we write about what we know, so that's the kind of women I like to write.

So, sue me.

The damsel in distress has come a long way, and strong heroines are here to stay.

Halleluya! Long live girls with guns.

Vijaya Schartz

Award-winning sci-fi,

Girls with Guns, Romance with a Kick

http://www.vijayaschartz.com/