Karina Bliss - romance writer

Out Now - Stand-In Wife

The second in my four book series featuring Special Forces heroes. Read an excerpt and blurb. And here's a review: "Bliss might be my favorite contemporary romance author. Funny, earnest characters falling in love. This has kind of a madcap pace to it but I loved the vivacious Vivien and the wounded soldier, Ross. Perfect pairing." - Jane Litte of Dear Author on Goodreads.com

Stand-In Wife Downunder

Stand-In Wife was released in Australia and NZ as a Blush duo with Christine Wenger's How to Lasso a Cowboy. Here's the link.

Next off the block

Book three of my Special Forces series - Nate's story. The title has been confirmed as Bring Him Home (working title was His Best Friend's Widow). And the good news - the book has an earlier release date of June 2012. Sign up to my newsletter for early excerpts. In the meantime here's the blurb:

Former soldier Nathan Wyatt had no choice but to leave his army buddy to die, a secret that's still tearing him apart.

Two years on, he's in Hollywood prostituting his war medal for work as a bodyguard to the stars when his best friend's widow drags him home to fulfil his neglected responsibilities to her family trust.

When he discovers Claire can't forgive her late husband for breaking a crucial promise, Nate sees his path to salvation. He'll be his buddy's advocate, secure Steve's place in his wife's memory.

The last thing he intends is to find himself in a love triangle with his dead best friend.

Will admitting the truth - all of it - set him free, or alienate the woman he's come to passionately love?

The story so far…

My current SAS series is based around four Special Forces heroes from the same unit. Each book can be read as a standalone but if you want to read them in order it is:

Here Comes The Groom - January 2011
Stand In Wife - August 2011
Bring Him Home - June 2012
His Goodbye Girl (working title, as yet unscheduled).

Go to my books page for excerpts and buying links.

When life gets too serious...

...read a romance novel. Check out this 'for fun' romance promo on YouTube from best-selling authors Jill Shalvis, Robyn Carr, Kristin Higgins, Deanna Raybourn, Susan Andersen, Sherry Thomas, Victoria Dahl....and me.

SuperRomance Authors Blog

I blog monthly on the Superromance Authors' blogspot. But drop by daily for great blogs and weekly giveaways from the SuperRomance sorority. What makes a perfect ending? Read my take here.

Other blogs

I'm using my Goodreads author page as a diary for my week and Work In Progress. See, I put that in capitals to make it more important. Basically every Tuesday NZ time I post a short blog about the previous week. Visit here.

Book draw winners

The winner of my December book competition is Wilma from Iowa who chose Second Chance Family. I also ran a Xmas competition for my newsletter subscribers. Cheryl won a copy of Here Comes The Groom. Missed out? Try again here.

"For romance that is delicious and thrilling, welcome to the world of Karina Bliss."

- Robyn Carr, New York Times bestselling author of The Virgin River Series

"Karina Bliss is an excellent writer whose plots are so complex and her characters so realistic that readers are given much more than cookie cutter rehashes of classic stories. Also, her solutions to the problems are unique… Bliss has definitely become one of my auto-buys."

- Pat Henshaw, Likesbooks

"Karina Bliss is one of the best Harlequin authors I've read."

- SB Sarah, Smart Bitches Love Trashy Books

"If I had to summarize what I think the skill of a good romance author its, then it is this ability. To use what everyone loves about the romance genre, without letting those conventions take over. And you do this really well."

- Lazaraspaste, Dear Author