Cathy McDavid

2010-01-03T23:06:46Z

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[[Category:Authors - M]][[Category:Arizona Authors]][[Category:Harlequin American Romance Authors]]

By day (Monday through Friday, that is) '''Cathy McDavid''' is the mild-mannered owner of a commercial construction company that she manages with her gorgeous husband of nineteen years. But by night (and most weekends) she becomes... Romance Writer.

Faster than a riveting plotline. Stronger than a compelling conflict. Able to create sexy heroes and spunky heroines readers will fall in love with. Look, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's...

All right, all right. So she's not an alien sent to Earth from another galaxy — despite what her seventeen-year-old twins would say — but if you ask her, this author of ten books would tell you that being a romance writer is pretty darn super.

Cathy's Smallville is actually Scottsdale, Arizona. She embraced the country life long before she met her husband, a modern-day mule skinner who drives a replica of a Wells Fargo stagecoach with a team of six mules. Cathy literally gets up with the chickens. She has a flock of over thirty-five laying hens and one duck who has her own private swimming pool. Two dogs and one elderly, crotchety boss cat round out the McDavid pets. Cathy loves contemporary ranch stories and often incorporates her own experiences into her stories.

When not writing, she and her family spend as much time as they can at their cabin in the small town of Young. Of course, she takes her laptop with her on the chance inspiration strikes.

== On the Web ==
* [http://www.cathymcdavid.com Cathy McDavid]
* [http://www.gabwagon.blogspot.com The Gab Wagon]
* [http://www.harauthors.blogspot.com Harlequin American Authors Blog]
* [http://www.eharlequin.com/author.html?authorid=1545 Harlequin Author Page]
* [http://www.whiskeycreekpress.com/torrid/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=61 Whiskey Creek Press]
* [http://www.dorchesterpub.com/Dorch/authordetail.cfm?Author_ID=411 Dorchester Author Page]
* [http://www.desertroserwa.org/authors.htm Desert Rose RWA]

== Books ==
=== Fiction ===
* [[Wild Notion]] - 1998 ([[Neighborhood Press Publishing]])
* [[The Attraction Factor]] - 2000 ([[Avid Press]]); 2004 ([[Triskelion Publishing]])
* [[Real Men Sell Bras]] - 2003 (Five Star First Edition Romance Series)
* [[His Desert Rose - Cathy McDavid|His Desert Rose]] - 2004 (Avalon Books)
* [[Her Heart's Treasure]] - 2005 (Avalon Books)
* [[X-treme Dating]] - 2005 (Five Star Books)
* [[Playing With Fire - Cathy McDavid|Playing With Fire]] - 2005 ([[Whiskey Creek Press]])
* [[The Gate To Eden]] - 2006 ([[Dorchester]])
* [[His Only Wife]] - 2007 ([[Harlequin American Romance]])
* [[Night Hunter]] - 2007 ([[Dorchester]])
* [[The Family Plan - Cathy McDavid|The Family Plan]] - 2008 ([[Harlequin American Romance]])
* [[Cowboy Dad - Cathy McDavid|Cowboy Dad]] - 2008 ([[Harlequin American Romance]])
* [[Waiting For Baby]] - 2009 ([[Harlequin American Romance]])

=== Non-Fiction ===
* "Stealing Minutes" in [[CRUMBS IN THE KEYBOARD]]: Stories from Courageous Women Who Juggle Life and Writing - 2002 ([[Echelon Press]])

== Series/Related Titles ==
* [[His Desert Rose - Cathy McDavid|His Desert Rose]] - 2004 (Avalon Books)
* [[Her Heart's Treasure]] - 2005 (Avalon Books)

== Novellas ==
* "Better Partners Than Adversaries" in [[Romancing The Holidays, Vol. 1]] - 2001 (Elan Press)
* [[Christmas In Paradise]] - 2000 (AMI Romance Library, American Media Mini Mags, Inc., ''out of print'')

== Awards/Honors ==
* [[The Attraction Factor]]: 2001 Independent Publishers Award, Romance Finalist
* [[The Attraction Factor]]: 2001 [http://www.epicauthors.com/eppies.html EPPIE] Contemporary Romance Finalist
* [[The Attraction Factor]]: Dorothy Parker Award of Excellence Nominee
* [[The Attraction Factor]]: The Franklin Award Nominee

* [[Romancing The Holidays, Vol. 1]]: 2002 Independent Publishers Award, Romance Finalist

* [[His Desert Rose - Cathy McDavid|His Desert Rose]]: 2005 Texas Gold Contest Finalist
* [[His Desert Rose - Cathy McDavid|His Desert Rose]]: 2004 [http://www.cataromance.com Cataromance] Reviewers Choice Award and Nominated for Best Avalon Historical

* [[Her Heart's Treasure]]: 2004 Heart of the West Contest, First Place

* [[X-treme Dating]]: Desert Rose Golden Quill Winner, Short Contemporary

* [[Playing With Fire - Cathy McDavid|Playing With Fire]]: Desert Rose Golden Quill Finalist, Sexy and Sensuous

* [[The Gate To Eden]]: 2007 Aspen Gold Contest, Historical Winner

Tanya Michaels

2010-01-03T23:03:48Z

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== Biography ==
Tanya Michaels wrote for [[Harlequin Temptation]], [[Harlequin Next]], [[Duets]], [[Harlequin American Romance]], and the former [[Flipside|Flipside]] line.

== On The Web ==
* [http://www.Tanyamichaels.com Tanya Michaels]
* [http://www.tanyamichaels.blogspot.com Tanya Tangents] - Tanya's light-hearted musings along with her Yikes of the Week.

== Books By Tanya Michaels ==
* [[Dating The Mrs. Smiths]] - [[Harlequin Next]], November 2005
* [[Going All The Way]] - [[Harlequin Temptation]], January 2005
* [[The Good Kind of Crazy|Good Kind of Crazy, The]] - [[Harlequin]] [[Next]], March 2006
* [[Hers For The Weekend]] - [[Harlequin Temptation]], March 2004
* [[The Maid Of Dishonor|Maid Of Dishonor, The]] - [[Harlequin]] [[Duets]], March 2003
* [[Motherhood Without Parole]] - [[Harlequin Next]], November 2006
* [[Not Quite As Advertised]] - [[Flipside]], November 2004
* [[Sheer Decadence]] - [[Harlequin Temptation]], August 2004
* [[Spicing It Up]] - [[Flipside]], June 2005
* [[Trouble In Tennessee]] - [[Harlequin American Romance]], 2007
* [[An Unlikely Mommy|Unlikely Mommy, An]] - [[Harlequin American Romance]], 2008
* [[Who Needs Decaf?]] - [[Flipside]], December 2003
* [[Mother To Be]] - [[Harlequin Superromance]], 2009

==Novellas/Anthologies==
* "Ready & Willing" in [[The Boys Are Back in Town]] - [[Harlequin]]
* "Tanner and Baum" in [[The Perfect Tree]] (with [[Roz Denny Fox]] and [[Ann DeFee]]) - [[Harlequin American Romance]], November 2007

== Publishers ==
* [[Flipside|Harlequin Flipside]]
* [[Harlequin Next]]
* [[Duets|Harlequin Duets]]
* [[Harlequin Temptation]]
* [[Harlequin American Romance]]
* [[Harlequin Superromance]]

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