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AWARDS

2007 Dream Realm Award Finalist--COMPETITORS!

Awe-Struck Regency WINNER

ARIANA WINNER: Tainted Tea For Two

EPPIE Finalist: Have Christmas Card... Will Travel

Golden Wings Award

Book Trailer TAINTED TEA FOR TWO 2007 Cameo Award nominee

Tainted Tea For Two book trailer nomination

One of the Best E-Book Authors on the Internet--
Nights and Weekends.com

Dream Realm Winner--THE COMING

2005 EPPIE Finalist!

EPPIE 2004 finalist

2002 DREAM REALM AWARDS FINALIST!

Golden Web Award Winner!

2003 EPPIE Finalist2003 EPPIE Finalist2003 EPPIE Finalist

#1 Preditors & Editors 2002 Readers Poll!

2002 PEARL nominee

Love Romances Golden Rose Nominee

2002 Excellent Website

 

 

 

 

 

A Perfect Blend A  Perfect  Blend

Welcome to the official Susanne Marie Knight website. This September, get ready for a perfect blend of romance, intrigue, history, suspense and more with Susanne's "Romance Writing with a Twist" novels. Read some of the most imaginative fiction around--after all that's what Romance Writing With A Twist is all about!! :))  We have 20 great  "Romance Writing with a Twist" books, including one anthology for your reading pleasure. Also, be on the lookout for Susanne's newest release on September 26: SOJOURN THROUGH TIME. All books are available in print and electronically.  

"Ms. Knight promises 'Romance Writing with a Twist' and she certainly delivers"

--Janean Nusz, Road to Romance

One of the Best E-Book Authors on the Internet--Nights and Weekends.com

COMING IN OCTOBER! LEAPS OF FAITH, the Christian Science Fiction Anthology,  which contains Susanne's short story, "The Convert".

NEWS! NEWS! NEWS!

Phaeton Regencies

Advance review: SOJOURN THROUGH TIME

5 STARS! Clever, fascinating and highly entertaining! Susanne Knight breathes life into endearing characters in unusual situations that give emphasis to the word UNUSUAL. A must read.” 

Aya29 at  Euro-Reviews

Sojourn Through Time

2007 Dream Realm Award Finalist--COMPETITORS!

 Susanne's paranormal romantic suspense, COMPETITORS!, is a finalist in the 2007 Dream Realm Awards for Best Speculative Fiction Romance!!

Winner is THE KEY by Pauline Baird Jones!

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Competitors!

Phaeton Regencies

 

Advance review: SOJOURN THROUGH TIME 

Recommended Read! Alex was a joy to read.  The Regency era of London is so stuffy.  Alex was not, and made no bones about it.  She wasn’t a brainless wonder dropped into a situation.  She’s a smart, resourceful woman who defines her situation, and moves on.  No hysterics.  No “who is going to save me?”  Sit back and enjoy this “clean” romance.  You won’t be sorry. 

Christine at Simply Romance Reviews

Sojourn Through Time

Coming October 2008!

"The Convert": When one of his congregation wants to marry an alien who is more flora than fauna, what's a priest to do??

LEAPS OF FAITH contains 15 stories by  various authors, covering the entire spectrum of SF fiction, and shows the positive relationship between science and religion.

 

LEAPS OF FAITH

2007 SNOWY SEASON SURPRISE CONTEST!

It's time for another goody bag filled with cool prizes, promo items, and lots of seasonal fun. The surprise will be an autographed copy of one of Susanne's books. Which one it will be is up to you!

Click here to enter and fill in the entry form. Only one entry per person, please. Good luck! 

New audio contract for TIMELESS DECEPTION. This best-selling time-travel Regency will soon be available in an audio format for your iPods and MP3 players! Stay tuned!

Timeless Deception

 

FOR THE WRITER IN YOUR LIFE! 

A wonderful writer's resource:  THE CREATIVE WRITING WORKBOOK. Click here for more information and to order. Available only at Susanne's website!!

THE CREATIVE WRITING WORKBOOK front

 

UPCOMING SCHEDULE: 
September 26, 2008   Sojourn Through TimeSOJOURN THROUGH TIME   Time-travel Regency
NewOctober 2008   Leaps of Faith anthologyLEAPS OF FAITH anthology   Christian Science Fiction
NewJanuary 2009   Paging Miss GallowayPAGING MISS GALLOWAY   Regency

 

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OTHER NEWS:
New Just added! Click here for SOJOURN THROUGH TIME's Jigsaw Puzzle! 
New Click here to visit LIVING IN THE ROMANCE WRITING WITH A TWIST WORLD Blog. New topics:
Aug Atlantis Revealed!
Living in London
Mystery of the BErmuda Triangle--Solved!
5 Star Review!
Jul New WIP!
Contessa as Cosmo Girl!
Romance Writing with a Twist Happenings
Jun We Have Ignition!
The Final Stretch
Neanderthals' Nemesis
New Susanne's Online Reader Book Club! Read the scoop on a featured book--this month's book is JANUS IS A TWO-FACED MOON. Answer the discussion questions, give us your feedback, and sign up for the weekly With A Twist Romance Tips. Click here to get started!
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Treat yourself to these Romance Writing with a Twist reads:Picture on book

The Wakefield Disturbance

Uncial Press

THE WAKEFIELD DISTURBANCE

Lara Wakefield receives messages from the dead. Her latest “client” is a murdered young girl who wants to be put to rest. The girl’s killer, however, objects. Can Lara find the girl’s body without becoming the next victim? 

Private investigator Stuart Manning wants nothing to do with supernatural phenomena. A retainer of $50,000 overcomes his reluctance. Lara’s innate ability, integrity, and beauty cause him to have second thoughts about psychics, while deadly occurrences cause him to believe the little girl’s murderer is still hanging around. How can Stuart protect Lara when the killer is always one step ahead?

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REVIEW:

4 Cups! This is an interesting suspense tale with three good main characters.  Stuart is a tortured ex-cop who feels responsible for his partner's death.  Lara is cursed by her gift and wishes it would go away, and Chrissy is an unwanted and neglected child who befriends the both of them.  The rest of the cast... add a bit of comic relief.  The plot itself is fun to read with elements of suspense, romance and the paranormal.  The dialogue is engaging...  There is a good amount of suspense and fine love scenes also in this very enjoyable story. Reviewed by Maura Frankman for Coffee Time Romance

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BOOKS IN A NUTSHELL! 
Contemporary
"Friday Night" (also in LUCKY 13) If only she could meet Mr. Right--someone like the new neighbor that had moved into the garden apartment below hers. She hadn’t seen much of him, probably because their work schedules conflicted. What she had seen, though, she instinctively liked. See how a lost article of clothing introduces two neighbors.
"Grand-Mere's Sainte Bleu" (in LUCKY 13) After a young girl touches the special portrait hanging in her grandmother’s house, the grandmother tells how she met her true love at a USO dance during World War II.
"Happy Anniversary" (also in LUCKY 13) Ten years ago, Claire Newberry had made a terrible mistake. When she returns to the restaurant where she foolishly had broken up with her boyfriend, will she get a second chance at love?
LOVE AT THE TOP Ever since her divorce, Cassidy Romanelli is reluctant to trust another man. A chance meeting with a bearded stranger causes her to have second thoughts. But when she finds out her stranger is really her new, multi-millionaire boss, can she learn to forget the past and trust her heart instead?
"Shades of Old Glory"  (in LUCKY 13) After winning a contest she doesn't remember entering, Rebecca arrives at a Virginia plantation bed and breakfast ready to relax. Her older hosts are very congenial but Jake, the handsome handyman, is antagonistic. That night, on the eve of the July 4th celebration, she has a vivid dream of a Civil War battle. As one corporal lays dying, he asks for her help. But how can she possibly help a ghost?
"Teacher's Pet" (also in LUCKY 13) Ever since Bill Nelson was a kid, bully “Mac” MacDonald always bested him. Now grown, Bill has a bit of an inferiority complex. To even the playing field, he visits a hypnotherapist who knows just how to handle the obnoxious Mac.
"True Love and Candy Corn" (also in LUCKY 13) On a Halloween outing, thirteen-year-old Rebecca knocks on a “witch’s” door. As her treat, she is cursed with true love until the end of time, and even though desirable Frank Palmer seems to be the love object in question, Rebecca is thoroughly spooked. Now, nine years later, Rebecca is treat-or-treating again as she escorts her young cousins on their rounds. When she comes face to face with Frank, she doesn’t see true love as a curse anymore. Will the witch’s prophecy come true?
"Zeus and the Single Teacher" (in LUCKY 13) A hunky new instructor, a magic pencil, and two out-of-the-ordinary adolescent girls create an odyssey of love for a lonely teacher.
Fantasy
"Grand-Mere's Sainte Bleu"  (in LUCKY 13) After a young girl touches the special portrait hanging in her grandmother’s house, the grandmother tells how she met her true love at a USO dance during World War II.
"Special Delivery"

(Coming soon to new publisher)

Ralph Dunmeyer thinks he is a failure. He wants to change everything about himself because change is good, right? When he reaches into his mailbox, he is taken on a journey to discover that maybe he isn't such a bad person after all.
"Teacher's Pet"  (also in LUCKY 13) Ever since Bill Nelson was a kid, bully “Mac” MacDonald always bested him. Now grown, Bill has a bit of an inferiority complex. To even the playing field, he visits a hypnotherapist who knows just how to handle the obnoxious Mac.
"True Love and Candy Corn" (also in LUCKY 13) On a Halloween outing, thirteen-year-old Rebecca knocks on a “witch’s” door. As her treat, she is cursed with true love until the end of time, and even though desirable Frank Palmer seems to be the love object in question, Rebecca is thoroughly spooked. Now, nine years later, Rebecca is treat-or-treating again as she escorts her young cousins on their rounds. When she comes face to face with Frank, she doesn’t see true love as a curse anymore. Will the witch’s prophecy come true?
"Zeus and the Single Teacher" ( in LUCKY 13) A hunky new instructor, a magic pencil, and two out-of-the-ordinary adolescent girls create an odyssey of love for a lonely teacher.
Futuristic
ALIEN HEAT An almost cataclysmic bombardment by meteorites drastically altered Earth's atmosphere and human society. In the intervening years, strange plants suddenly sprout up... seeming to have a mind of their own. When Glyneth is abducted by the Outsider, Lucas Jefferson, she learns not all men are like her despicable father. With her unusual abilities, she is the only person to understand the serious threat the Venusian flowers are to not only Lucas' people, but the Earth as well.
JANUS IS A TWO-FACED MOON In the year 2458, injured ballerina Blade Sinclair agrees to participate in the Galactic Olympic Games. Unfortunately, she's on the wrong team--an alien team. If Blade doesn't win a gold medal, her family will die. If Blade does win, the Sarthox will destroy Earth. What's a girl to do??
JANUS IS A TWO-HEADED GOD Seeking a cure for her ill brother, Sophia must leave Earth to journey into the unknown. She finds galactic intrigue... plus a love transcending the vase expanse of space. JorVaal 5 has a galactic catastrophe on his hands--plus a headstrong female from the despised planet Earth. Will he be able to set aside age-old prejudices admit he's actually feeling an ancient emotion called love? 
Ghost
GRAVE FUTURE What happens when an innocent tourist is stranded in an isolated cabin with a hostile stranger, an eerie fireplace, and a Shakespeare-quoting ghost? Will Jocelyn Hunter discover Dan's dark secret can convince him to set aside his obsession and listen to his heart?
"Shades of Old Glory"  (in LUCKY 13) After winning a contest she doesn't remember entering, Rebecca arrives at a Virginia plantation bed and breakfast ready to relax. Her older hosts are very congenial but Jake, the handsome handyman, is antagonistic. That night, on the eve of the July 4th celebration, she has a vivid dream of a Civil War battle. As one corporal lays dying, he asks for her help. But how can she possibly help a ghost?
THE WAKEFIELD DISTURBANCE Lara Wakefield receives messages from the dead. Her latest “client” is a murdered young girl who wants to be put to rest. The girl’s killer, however, objects. Can Lara find the girl’s body without becoming the next victim? Private investigator Stuart Manning wants nothing to do with supernatural phenomena. A retainer of $50,000 overcomes his reluctance. Lara’s innate ability, integrity, and beauty cause him to have second thoughts about psychics, while deadly occurrences cause him to believe the little girl’s murderer is still hanging around. How can Stuart protect Lara when the killer is always one step ahead?
Mystery
COMPETITORS! Vivianne Quinn is staying at her brother's apartment to recover from a personal tragedy. Her visit is anything but tranquil, for soon a serial killer targets her as the next victim; she has to "babysit" a valuable artifact;and she falls in love with a stranger who is unlike anyone she has ever met. How will she react when she finds out just how different he really is?
TAINTED TEA FOR TWO When Ms. Marty Jackson accepts an assignment in England, romance is the furthest thing on her mind. Fate has other ideas in the form of a handsome British barrister. But when a body is found in the library, can Marty convince her new-found love of her innocence when all evidence points in her direction?

THE WAKEFIELD DISTURBANCE Lara Wakefield receives messages from the dead. Her latest “client” is a murdered young girl who wants to be put to rest. The girl’s killer, however, objects. Can Lara find the girl’s body without becoming the next victim? Private investigator Stuart Manning wants nothing to do with supernatural phenomena. A retainer of $50,000 overcomes his reluctance. Lara’s innate ability, integrity, and beauty cause him to have second thoughts about psychics, while deadly occurrences cause him to believe the little girl’s murderer is still hanging around. How can Stuart protect Lara when the killer is always one step ahead?
Paranormal
THE COMING  After scattering her beloved grandfather's ashes in the Caribbean, Larissa Parish is swept overboard and washes up on a deserted island. She comes face to face with a man who, most impossibly, is her grandfather's cohort from World War II. Can she learn to fully give herself to this mouthwatering 40s hunk. and also figure a way to leave this outpost in the Bermuda Triangle? 
COMPETITORS! Vivianne Quinn is staying at her brother's apartment to recover from a personal tragedy. Her visit is anything but tranquil, for soon a serial killer targets her as the next victim; she has to "babysit" a valuable artifact; and she falls in love with a stranger who is unlike anyone she has ever met. How will she react when she finds out just how different he really is?
GRAVE FUTURE What happens when an innocent tourist is stranded in an isolated cabin with a hostile stranger, an eerie fireplace, and a Shakespeare-quoting ghost? Will Jocelyn Hunter discover Dan's dark secret can convince him to set aside his obsession and listen to his heart?
PAST INDISCRETIONS Haunted by recurring nightmares of doom, Savannah Alexander learns that the future and past are irrevocably linked. Will she be able to save herself and the man she has grown to love from the horrors that await her back in time... on the lost continent of Atlantis?
"Shades of Old Glory" (in LUCKY 13) After winning a contest she doesn't remember entering, Rebecca arrives at a Virginia plantation bed and breakfast ready to relax. Her older hosts are very congenial but Jake, the handsome handyman, is antagonistic. That night, on the eve of the July 4th celebration, she has a vivid dream of a Civil War battle. As one corporal lays dying, he asks for her help. But how can she possibly help a ghost?

THE WAKEFIELD DISTURBANCE Lara Wakefield receives messages from the dead. Her latest “client” is a murdered young girl who wants to be put to rest. The girl’s killer, however, objects. Can Lara find the girl’s body without becoming the next victim? Private investigator Stuart Manning wants nothing to do with supernatural phenomena. A retainer of $50,000 overcomes his reluctance. Lara’s innate ability, integrity, and beauty cause him to have second thoughts about psychics, while deadly occurrences cause him to believe the little girl’s murderer is still hanging around. How can Stuart protect Lara when the killer is always one step ahead?
Regencies

 

 

A CONTINENTAL MARRIAGE Lord Cushing proposes and Nicolette accepts… only because her grandfather’s money sweetens the deal. Where does love fit into this financial transaction?

THE CONTRARY CONTESSA Because of the Sicilian tradition of “Fortuna”, Lexia Cappello believes she is destined to marry her stepbrother, the Marquess of Rutherford. Robert Weston, however, has a ready dislike of anything or anyone non-English. Can she convince this obstinate lord that his ignoble prejudice stands in the way of his future happiness?
HAVE CHRISTMAS CARD... WILL TRAVEL A magic Christmas card sends lonely Meredith back in time... then returns her to her own century each morning. A handsome lord proposes, and she accepts, but then finds herself attracted to her fiancé’s honorable brother. How can she find happiness when she has one foot in the past with the other in the present?
LORD DARVER'S MATCH Be careful what you wish for. It just might come true! Little did 21st century Hillary Logan realize when she made her innocent wish for a happy marriage, that she'd be waking up in bed next to a handsome nobleman--in the year 1815! Struggling to adjust to Regency England, she teaches the dashing marquess a thing or two about love and "a woman's place."
THE MAGIC TOKEN

 

After receiving a gold coin, Amanda suddenly becomes governess to the sister of the desirable Duke of Yarborough. The Duke is also the very man who appeared as if by magic during a childish spell so many years ago. Is Amanda's golden coin magical? Or is her sudden good fortune just coincidence?  You decide!

January  2009

 

PAGING MISS GALLOWAY

Danielle Galloway is determined to visit her convalescing brother. She won’t let her father’s lack of permission stand in her way. Dressing up as Danny, a servant boy, she takes to the road to begin her grand adventure... only to have her money stolen and her face battered by street ruffians. Now how will she get to the resort town of Bath?

 

The Earl of Tremaine rescues a down-on-his-luck young lad. Against his better judgment, he takes Danny on as his page as he journeys to Bath. But this boy harbors a shocking secret. What’s the earl going to do when he discovers his latest act of kindness might hurl him into the parson’s mousetrap?

REGENCY SOCIETY REVISITED The future and the past collide! Anthropologist Serenity Steele meets her heart’s desire in the form of a short-tempered Regency rake, Nicholas Wycliffe.
THE RELUCTANT LANDLORD Impoverished Katrina Jones needs a house. Quentin Thornhill, the Earl of Udall, also does... for his new mistress. Against their wishes, they are thrown together in a battle of wills. Find out how innocent Katrina becomes the "thorn" in the Earl of Udall, Quentin Thornhill's side.

September 2008

Phaeton Regencies at Awe-Struck

SOJOURN THROUGH TIME

As recently divorced Alexandra Stanford waits for her flight to London, she has no idea her actual destination will be in the past. When Malcolm Prescott, the Duke of Milcaster, finds Alex on his estate, he immediately intends for her to be his new mistress. Alex, however, has other ideas on the subject. Can he overlook her peculiar ways and convince her that they are meant to be as one?

Phaeton Regencies at Awe-Struck

TIMELESS DECEPTION Her identity switched against her will, Alaina wakes up in the year 1818 as the Countess of Saybrooke. Can she convince the man of her dreams--her new "husband"--that she is cut from an altogether different cloth than his unfaithful Alicia?
"A Very Special Christmas Present" (in LUCKY 13)  Her only brother killed in the Napoleonic Wars, romance is the furthest thing from grieving Deidre’s mind. However her young “niece”--Cupid’s curly-haired accomplice--is determined to give Auntie Dee the best Christmas present ever.
Reincarnation
PAST INDISCRETIONS Haunted by recurring nightmares of doom, Savannah Alexander learns that the future and past are irrevocably linked. Will she be able to save herself and the man she has grown to love from the horrors that await her back in time... on the lost continent of Atlantis?
Science Fiction
"Adolescence"

(also in LUCKY 13)

Never doubt an alien fortuneteller! Shandelle is a happy-go-lucky teenager who is preoccupied with normal teenager concerns. But what will she do when she learns that her perfect world will soon come to an end?
ALIEN HEAT An almost cataclysmic bombardment by meteorites drastically altered Earth's atmosphere and human society. In the intervening years, strange plants suddenly sprout up... seeming to have a mind of their own. When Glyneth is abducted by the Outsider, Lucas Jefferson, she learns not all men are like her despicable father. With her unusual abilities, she is the only person to understand the serious threat the Venusian flowers are to not only Lucas' people, but the Earth as well.

Coming 

October 2008

Anthology

"The Convert"

in LEAPS OF FAITH anthology

When one of his congregation wants to marry an alien who is more flora than fauna, what's a priest to do??

LEAPS OF FAITH contains 15 stories by various authors, covering the entire spectrum of SF fiction, and shows the positive relationship between science and religion.

"Homesick"

(also in LUCKY 13)

Just what is Jayna homesick for? Through a miraculous event, Jayna overcomes her antagonism to her new surroundings. But will she be able to reconcile her husband to the upcoming, impossible event?
JANUS IS A TWO-FACED MOON In the year 2458, injured ballerina Blade Sinclair agrees to participate in the Galactic Olympic Games. Unfortunately, she's on the wrong team--an