By now you probably know about the Christmas box-set BABY IT’S HOT OUTSIDE. With eleven authors all sneaking it into their blogs and websites and social media pages, we do hope so!

Here’s our team. You’ll know some of us all already, but it’s likely you’ll find some authors that are new to you – always a bonus.

And what’s that mystery square at the end? Well, we’ve decided to run a contest that’s different from anything else we’ve seen. We’ve each written a chapter of the final novella, and we want you to guess who wrote which one. There’s a really good prize for the winner! It’s been great fun, and a challenge to get the continuity right among so many authors. Of course there was a plot outline, but we all interpreted ‘our’ piece in different ways and there’s been some interesting reshuffling of facts and happenings. The ‘voices’ of authors really do vary a lot. I wonder if you’ll be able to pick mine? (Hint: the chapters are not in the same order as the first eleven novellas.)

USA Today best-selling author Bronwen Evans is a long-time friend of mine. I was thrilled to be invited to join her and other top Australian and New Zealand romance specialists to produce this twelve-novella steamy box-set. It launches next month. We had plenty of time to do a really good job, and with Bron at the helm I knew it would be organised superbly.