HOPE AT A GLANCE
 Hope
is one of three founding authors for Lady Jane's Salon, Manhattan's
first and only reading series devoted to romance fiction.
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.
Most
of Hope's books feature feline characters based on her real-life cats — Vanquished (Molly
Jane), It's
a Wonderfully Sexy Life (Sweeney), The Haunting (Willie), Enslaved (Mia), Strokes of Midnight (Daisy), Bound
to Please (Muffin), Every Breath You Take (Tessa and China Blue), and Twelve Nights (Eddie).
   
   
From
1996 to 2002, Hope designed and led a national grassroots
campaign for a Spay/Neuter commemorative postage stamp. 250,000 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, released on July 1, 2008
and soon sold out on EHarlequin.com. The book remains available on other
online retail venues.
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MEDIA
HIGHLIGHTS
Find out more about Hope in any of these articles:
Watch Hope's taped interview with RT BOOK Reviews Magazine on The Tutor, A Harlequin Christmas Carol, and why she thinks New York is "the best city in the world." (posted
July 5, 2010)
Read Hope's interview with blogger, Rita Jett and find out why "gloriously flawed" characters are sexy. (posted
July 5, 2010)
Read about Hope and Lady Jane's Salon in Time Out New York. The quotes aren't exactly on the mark—where is the "sweet" in sweet romances—but heck, it's all good. Happy Valentine's Month! (posted
February 3, 2010)
Moved on but not forgotten... Hope dishes on Lady Jane's Salon and her latest release in her hometown community tabloid, Front Porch Fredericksburg. (posted
October 7, 2009)
Hope gabs with author Loree Lough about favorite books and more. Read the interview. (posted
July 10, 2009)
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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