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More exciting translation news-- Breaking the Ice will be my third book being translated into Russian! Details as I get them. I’ll also be adding some info soon on my next solo book, which I’m about to start. Currently busy finishing up edits with Xenia on Dying to Live, the fourth book in the Elite Operatives Series. Can’t wait for its February release! It’s the longest book of the series, and my favorite so far. I’m also making plans to be at Women’s Week in Provincetown again this year, the dates are October 10-16. Keep an eye on my appearances page for details on the schedule of readings and signings as I get them. At least 13 other BSB authors are going as well. I spent a wonderful week in July in Colorado, recording Breaking the Ice as an audio book! The terrificly talented women at dogearaudio led me through this adventure, sure to be something I’ll long remember. It will be some time, of course, before this is all edited and released. Stay tuned and check out dogearaudio.com for details. My deepest thanks to all the authors and bidders who joined in the effort to raise money for Christynn Holt, a San Diego woman who is battling stage three ovarian cancer. This endeavor to help began with an auction of 15 of my own books last month (which raised $1,100!). That auction prompted an outpouring of generous support from 33 of my fellow Bold Strokes Books authors, and eleven non-BSB authors, who donated many of their books for 25 more auctions to raise money for Christynn. Total raised in all: More than $6,500! Check out my auction page for the recap. In other news--- Breaking the Ice has won a 2010 Independent Publisher Book Award! It was the Silver Medalist in the Romance Category. It also was voted favorite romance in the 2010 Lesbian Fiction Readers’ Choice Awards. Thief of Always won a 2010 Golden Crown Literary Society Award in the Romantic Suspense/Intrigue/Action category. It also won in two categories in the 2010 Lesbian Fiction Readers’ Choice Awards, scoring as both favorite Adventure and favorite Mystery. In May, Xenia and I did readings as part of a Lesbian Literary Walk in Maastricht, the Netherlands. You can find a link to my slideshow of the event on my appearances page. The appearance was in part to promote the Dutch translation of Thief of Always, which will be published this fall by LaVita Publishing. The title, Explosieve Erfanis, translates as “Explosive Inheritance”. Dubbel Doelwit, the Dutch translation of Lethal Affairs, won second place in the vote for best all-time Lesbian International Book at the fourth Lesbian Festival, held January 15-17th in Nijmegan, Netherlands. After two months of voting, first place for translated fiction went to Sarah Waters’ Tipping the Velvet. In a tie for third were Waters’ Fingersmith and Rita Mae Brown’s Rubyfruit Jungle. In other translation news, “Het Experiment”, a new anthology from LaVita Publishing, contains the Dutch translation of “Off the Menu”, a short story I wrote that first appeared in the BSB Anthology “Road Games: Erotic Interludes 5.” Het Experiment also contains an excerpt from the upcoming translation of Thief of Always. Lethal Affairs is out in Russian, and Thief of Always will also be translated into Russian very soon! And check out my translations page for Foco de deseo-- the Spanish version of Focus of Desire, published by Egales Publishing. Thanks for reading!

“Kim Baldwin adeptly depicts the fictional world with sharpness to rival the real world, writing realistic action, emotion, and descriptions in every scene.” Midwest Book Review “Few, if any, are better at creating tension, drama, and suspense than Kim Baldwin. Her attention to details, and her character building are incredible.” Justaboutwrite.com “Baldwin’s fast-paced sentence structure effortlessly sweeps the reader along at practically breakneck speed.” Outlook Press “Whitewater Rendezvous is a definite keeper. With strong characters, grizzlies, storms, and stormy women, it’s the type of book that you’ll want in your collection. “ MegaScene Magazine “Missing Lynx puts the thrill in thriller. A dark, edgy, often grisly tale, Missing Lynx has the grit and pacing of a Bourne saga, but with highly engaging and thoroughly challenging female characters. Not for the faint hearted.” Lambdaliterary.org “With vivid scenes, sexual tension, and gorgeous word pictures, (Breaking the Ice) is a book that will glue you to your chair until the last page is turned. “ Justaboutwrite.com “Unexpected twists and turns, deadly action, complex characters and multiple subplots converge to make (Lethal Affairs) a gripping page turner.” Curve Magazine more praise

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