The Power of Love, Special Anthology. Coming from Berkley Trade June 3, 2008. Read on for the blurb, a video and some very special news about this new anth.

12 Original Stories by Lori Foster, Erin McCarthy, Rosemary Laurey, Kay Stockham, Toni Blake, Dianne Castell, Patricia Sargeant, Luanne McLane, Lucy Monroe, Karen Kelley, Janice Maynard & J.C. Wilder

In this engaging anthology of never-before-published stories, twelve award-winning and bestselling authors are united by their unique visions of the resilient woman and her quest for self, for fulfillment, for empowerment, and for an enriching new appreciation for what love really means—and why it matters.

A young woman is torn between the overbearing security of her fiancé and the excitement of an old flame…a desperate wife is forced into the workplace for the first time in her life…an ambitious professional woman finally finds the courage to take control of her career—and her man…an emotionally fragile divorcee finds resolve in the ethereal visitations of an archangel. These are just some of the women who discover and rediscover their wonderfully fallible selves in the shadow of love—romantic love, platonic love, new love, and lost love. You’ll be touched, inspired, charmed, and amused by these twelve original stories of disparate longings, unsettled lives, and the power of love.

*All author and agent proceeds go to a battered women’s shelter.*

 

We will have some excerpts to follow ;).

Thanks goes to Lucy Monroe for putting this together for us and Lori Foster who is the force behind the project. And to Berkley for being fab for putting this out with the proceeds going to charity (Samhain worked with Lori last year to The Write Ingredients: Recipes from Your Favorite Authors).This is a fabulous group of writers coming together for a wonderful cause. I hope you all go out and buy a copy.

The blog will be buying a copy to give away. And will pick a winner from the comments out of the PoL excerpts and this post. We will announce the winner Friday May 23, 2008.

You can pre-order your copy here. I know Laura J will be picking it up. And I will be… hey Erin McCarthy, Lucy Monroe and Lori Foster… those are some of my faves just right there. And if you like teh funny, you can’t beat Karen Kelley. Really, you should buy two copies ;).