I’m celebrating a special anniversary today: 25 years ago, on March 2, 1990, my career as a published author officially began when I sold my first novel! I agreed to a two-book deal with Avon Books that day, negotiated by super-agent Richard Curtis. I’ve been on an amazing adventure ever since. Even with all the ups and downs of this crazy business, I wouldn’t trade a minute of it. Thank you readers, for making it all possible!

Here’s the sweet irony: I’m revising that first book as we speak! Originally titled Falcon on the Wind, it will be published in a new, fully revised edition on May 19 under the title His Stolen Bride. It’s currently available for pre-order at all your favorite ebook stores.

Here’s to 25 more years of Happily Ever Afters!

To celebrate the release of Midnight Raider, I’m holding my biggest giveaway ever! One lucky reader will win a Midnight Raider “Romance in the Moonlight Gift Basket” filled with glamorous and tempting goodies totaling more than $200 in value! The lucky winner will receive:

• Ralph Lauren Midnight Romance perfume rollerball, .34 oz.
• China Glaze Midnight Mission nail polish, .5 oz.
• Sephora Midnight Magic shimmering body powder, .25 oz.
• Hard Candy Moondust eye shadow, .05 oz.
• Bath & Body Works Moonlight Path body cream, 8 oz.
• Ghiradelli Midnight Reverie chocolate, 4.87 oz.
• A personally autographed paperback copy of Midnight Raider
• A $100 giftcard to the bookstore of your choice: Amazon, B&N, iBooks or Kobo
• … All wrapped up in a dramatic midnight black scarf with a sparkling jeweled mask!

To enter the drawing, just type your answer to the contest question in the Rafflecopter form below. (You can find the answer by reading Chapter 1 of Midnight Raider, available in the free preview sample online at Amazon, B&N, iBooks or Kobo.)

No purchase required. Open to readers worldwide. Contest entrants agree to be added to Shelly’s newsletter mailing list. Contest ends February 28 and winner will be announced on March 1. Good luck in the drawing!

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He’s secretly a highwayman. So is she.

I’m so excted to announce that Midnight Raider is now available worldwide at all your favorite ebook retailers!

Set in 1742 England, this sexy historical romance features a pair of rival outlaws who team up for a dangerously seductive partnership….

In London’s most glittering salons, she is lovely young widow Lady Elizabeth Barnes-Finchley. But by night, she rides as highwayman Blackerby Swift, seeking vengeance against the man who took from her all she once loved. Then a pistol shot on a moonlit heath brings her face-to-face with a rival highwayman: Marcus Worthington, darkly handsome, lethally dangerous—and determined to stop her.

A fallen-from-grace earl with a nefarious reputation, Marcus wants vengeance against the man responsible for his father’s death and his family’s ruin. Elizabeth is a clever, daring, enchanting obstacle in his path. The two outlaws reluctantly agree to join forces against their mutual enemy, but the odds are against both of them surviving the dangerous gambit—and falling in love was never part of the plan.

The original Avon edition of Midnight Raider was an RWA RITA Award Finalist for Best Historical Romance of the Year, and I hope you’ll agree that this new, fully revised edition is even better. If you love romance novels filled with adventure, steamy love scenes, secret identities, and a “caretaker Alpha” hero, I hope you’ll give it a try.

You can read an excerpt or buy now at your favorite ebook store: Amazon | B&N | iBooks | Kobo | Google Play | ARe