Some of your favorite authors will be signing their latest releases at the “Readers for Life” Literacy autographing in Washington, DC on July 15th. If you’ll be attending, be sure to find these Passionate Ink authors!

Maya Banks
SWEET PERSUASION
THE TYCOON’S REBEL BRIDE

Shelley Bradley/Shayla Black
TEMPT ME WITH DARKNESS
BOUND AND DETERMINED

Eden Bradley
A 21ST CENTURY COURTESAN
FORBIDDEN FRUIT

Monica Burns
MIRAGE
DANGEROUS

Leigh Court
SECRETS VOLUME 27: UNTAMED PLEASURES

Lauren Dane
RELENTLESS
WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS… AFTER DARK

Kathleen Dante
ENDANGERED

Jo Davis
TRIAL BY FIRE
UNDER FIRE

Sylvia Day
EVE OF CHAOS
IN THE FLESH.

Jennifer Haymore
A HINT OF WICKED

Victoria Janssen
THE DUCHESS, HER MAID, THE GROOM AND THEIR LOVER

Crystal Jordan
CARNAL DESIRES

Angela Knight
TIME HUNTERS: GUARDIAN

Marianne LaCroix
ROYAL BONDAGE
MEN AFTER MIDNIGHT

Susan Lyons
SHE’S ON TOP
TOUCH ME
CHAMPAGNE RULES

Ann Macela
WINDSWEPT
YOUR MAGIC OR MINE?

Kelly Maher
LUST AT FIRST BITE

Amanda McIntyre
DIARY OF COZETTE

Janet Mullany
A MOST LAMENTABLE COMEDY

Kate Pearce
SIMPLY SHAMELESS
SIMPLY SINFUL
RIDING THE LINE

Robin L Rotham
BIG TEMPTATION

Shelli Stevens
TAKE ME
DANGEROUS GROUNDS

Beth Williamson
THE REDEMPTION OF MICAH
HELL FOR LEATHER

The Washington Post interviews Treva Harte!

Check out the online article and video clip here.

Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award Winners

Passionate Ink would like to offer a big and sincere Congratulations to some very talented members for their wins in the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Awards. These authors have been picked by reviewers as being the best in their genre for 2008 - a very encouraging recognition ofall the hours they spend to create such remarkable books. Well done!

Lauren Dane - Undercover (Paranormal / Fantasy / Sci-Fi Erotic Romance)
Sylvia Day - Don’t Tempt Me (Sensual Historical Romance)
Sharon Page - Black Silk (Erotic Romance Historical)

The finalists of the Stroke of Midnight and the Passionate Plume contests have been announced, and the entries have gone to the final round judges. Good luck to all who have entered!

Passionate Ink is a Special Interest Chapter of Romance Writers of America for erotic romance writers. We are an online chapter with members from all over the world. With the rapid growth of erotic romance as a sub-genre, our goal is to have an official presence within RWA, as well as a voice in the industry. This is the place for erotic romance writers to be heard, understood, supported, encouraged and promoted.

Our goal is to promote erotic romance through education about the different levels of erotic romance, and promotion and overall good will towards all romance writers, regardless of the genre in which they write.

We are all romance writers with varying degrees of sensual content in our writing. The Passionate Ink Chapter believes in exploring all forms of romance, without boundaries, and the happily ever after that comes with a committed relationship.

1. To educate new, almost there and published erotic romance writers by offering a safe place to exchange resources, craft advice and industry news.
2. Promote published erotic romance authors.
3. Create a safe forum for networking with all members of Passionate Ink.
4. Support and encouragement for erotic romance writers.
5. Educate others about the different sub-genres, styles and heat levels within erotic romance.