HOPE AT A GLANCE
 Hope
holds a Master's Degree in Developmental Psychology and a Ph.D. in Education,
both from The Catholic University of America. She has worked as a research
consultant to several Washington, DC based firms and supported contracts
administered by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Science
Foundation, and the Federal Aviation Administration.
Hope's
debut novel, A Rogue's Pleasure, was nominated
for a Romantic Times Book Reviewers Award for Best First Historical
as well as one of three books to launch Berkley/Jove's line of "Seduction" romances.
Vanquished, It's
a Wonderfully Sexy Life, and The
Haunting all
feature feline characters based on Hope's real-life
cats, Molly Jane, Sweeney, and Willie.
  
From
1996 to 2002, Hope designed and led a national grassroots
campaign for a Spay/Neuter commemorative postage stamp. 250 stamps depicting
former shelter pets "Kirby" and "Samantha" were issued
in September 2002 and subsequently sold out, a Postal Service record.
For
five years, Hope lived in a turn-of-the-century Victorian
Revival home in the heart of the Fredericksburg Historic
District. Hope's former house is the model for the heroine's home in
Hope's Harlequin Extreme Blaze, The Haunting (April
2007).
Hope is invited to launch the first-ever historical miniseries for Harlequin's super-sexy Blaze line. Bound to Please, set in Medieval Scotland, comes out July 1, 2008.
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MEDIA
HIGHLIGHTS
Find out more about Hope in any of these articles:
A podcast interview with Hope is available at eHarlequin.com. In their Author Spotlight, Hope shares about the unique challenges she faced in crafting a Historical Blaze. (posted
August 4, 2008)
Hope
is interviewed by eHarlequin, where she shares about
Bound to Please.
Read the Inside
Scoop. (posted
June 23, 2008)
Hope
was a featured author for both of her publishers at the Book
Expo in Los Angeles this past weekend. See the photos. (posted
June 2, 2008)
Moved
away but not forgotten... Read why Front
Porch Fredericksburg Magazine will always see Hope as a native daughter... (posted
March 3, 2008)
Hope’s
Historical Romance, Enslaved is
featured in the August 2007 Issue of Front
Porch Fredericksburg Magazine. (posted
August 7, 2007)
Hope
is featured on a mechanical bull? See the GIRLS NIGHT OUT segment at romancenovel.tv! (posted
July 28, 2007 some scrolling/searching may be necessary as more time
passes)
The
Medallion Press shines their author spotlight on Hope for the
Month of June 2007. Read the online interview. (posted
June 2007)
Tanzey
Cutter, of Fresh Fiction shines her spotlight on Hope in her
May column at FreshFiction.com. (posted
May 2007)
Hope
is in the spotlight on Romantic
Times BOOKreviews for the month of May! (posted
April 2007)
Romance
writer 'Haunts' the city is the title of an article in
the Free Lance-Star aboutHope and The
Haunting, set in her hometown of Fredericksburg. (posted
April 2007)
 Pages
Magazine featured Hope as their lead in in their spotlight onauthors
who give their time for worthy causes. Read the whole
article. (posted February 2007)
Front
Porch Fredericksburg (below) named Hope one of thirty local
People to Watch in 2007. Read the article here. (posted
January 2007)
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PRESS RELEASE FROM HOPE TARR
Released March 16, 2007 ~ Announcing the release of The Haunting.
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