Forbidden Fantasies

The following are two version of the same event, namely Ellora's Cave's first hardcover, Forbidden Fantasies, which launched today at Amazon.

Version # 1:
Now available from Amazon.com! Eight taboo tales from the hottest stars of erotic romance in one electrifying hardcover book! Published by Pocket Books. Featuring: Jaid Black, Jory Strong, Ann Jacobs, Sahara Kelly, Jaci Burton, Sherri L. King, Lorie O'Clare and Cheyenne McCray

Purchase October 14-18 to enter a drawing for a mini laptop computer and receive discounts on future purchases! Click here for details

Version # 2:
OMFG! SQUEEEE! *pant pant pant* It's, like, totally KEWL!!11! A loose sequel to Madam Charlie by none other than our very own Sahara!! Wooot! Go get it now! Now, I tell you! Follow the most excellent linkage and get thee to the Amazon. Don't make me hurt you! Plus, you could win a COMPUTER! Dude!

Can you spot the difference? Yes, I do get excited. Especially when the words "sequel" and "Madam Charlie" are in the same sentence. Bear with me, I waited *years* for this.

Book Shopping?

What motivates you to buy a particular book? Do you base your decision on the blurb? Is it the excerpts that draw you in? Do you like to try new authors or stick with the ones you know? Rely on reviews to guide your purchases? Do you judge books by their cover first then consider other factors? Stick to certain publishers? I'd really like to hear how you decide!

I've been thinking about this great deal lately. In this time of soaring prices, I am much more careful with my choices. I'm also much more likely to stick with a book longer, hoping it will get better, before deciding its not my cup of tea.

Personally, I don't like to read excerpts. When I buy the book then get to that point in the story the scene now seems anticlimatic to me if I've already read the excerpt. And no advertisement in a magazine or on a website is going to sell me a book, although it might get me to look at it the next time I'm shopping. Reviews are great, but I don't spend my money based on the opinion of someone who may not have the same reading tastes as I do. Free bookmarks and other promotional items never sold me either, but meeting an author in person will sway me.

It may be shallow, but covers do make a difference to me. I don't go for chick lit and I've found that covers for the genre tend to have a certain look that will make me pass right by to the next book. If the blurb can arouse my interest in the story, I'm sold. And if the cover happens to have the name of an author whose writing I've enjoyed in the past its even more of a done deal, but I don't shy away from reading new-to-me authors.

What about you? What will get you to take a closer look at one book vs. another? What prompts you to buy a title?

Mr Gorgeous thanks all hussies!

Hi there Hussies!

Checking in with my first Hunks 'n' Hussies blog post. I ain't a virgin no more. *stop that snickering, you hear?*

Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed our List Mom day. It was fast and furious and Susie and I were up all night, but boy was it worth it for the wicked fun! And Mirry tells me he had a great time too, though he's convinced he left a few tail feathers behind, poor man! 'Fess up, the guilty hussy!

None of us can wait to do it again! But I've learned my lesson. Next time I have a thermos of coffee and a plate of chocolate brownies at my elbow.

My BIG NEWS is that Mr Gorgeous (aka the cover of Gift of the Goddess and my sig pic) is February Book of the Month at Erin Aislinn's website. Go see!

He and I thank every wonderful hussy who voted for him, but most especially we thank...

drum roll....

*** SYNECA, GODDESS OF EC COVERS!! ***

I was a newbie author and I got this incredible cover from Syneca. How lucky can a hussy be? And what's even nicer is that Syneca is the sistah hussy of our own Ciana - as in sister, for real. That's what I call keeping it in the family. heh heh

Keep well and happy,

Hussy Hugs
Denise