Book News and a New Contest - Oh, happy day!!
Current mood: adventurous
Happy Day!!
Hello, everyone! As you can see, especially chipper today. My fifth historical for Avon is done and in the mail! Yipee!! I'm always thrilled to deliver a book, but I must say that there is something special about THIS book, sorry, still untitled. I'm always riddled with doubts when I deliver a manuscript and that's just typical for my neurotic writer-self, but I feel pretty comfortable with what I'm handing in and think Sophie Jordan fans are going to be in for a real treat with the final product when it releases next Spring. Once I have a title, I'll divulge more and give you all the info. Meanwhile, the other reason I'm so excited is that …
Only two weeks until SURRENDER TO ME hits shelves! Whoop!
SURRENDER TO ME stars Astrid of TOO WICKED TO TAME. You may recall she was that book's villainess -- well, kinda, I never really thought she was all that bad, and I guess my choosing her to be the heroine is my way of redeeming her. Hey, everyone has their own version of events. In SURRENDER TO ME, you get to see why she did everything she did in TOO WICKED TO TAME. Of course, it is a stand alone book, so if you haven't read TOO WICKED TO TAME, you can still read SURRENDER TO ME and be fine. I just think the reading experience will be enhanced by getting to meet Astrid first in TWTT. Here's the blurb, in case you haven't read it yet:
She had lost nearly everything . . . When tragedy left her penniless and alone, Lady Astrid Derring did whatever it took to survive. She dismissed half her staff, borrowed gowns, and subsisted on cucumber sandwiches from the galas she attended. She endured the wagging tongues of the ton and the indecent proposals from noblemen who deemed her ripe for the plucking. Finally, she has found a way to escape this shame and restore her good name. But it will require a perilous journey to Scotland, where she will come face-to-face with danger … and a sinfully handsome rogue who may be the greatest threat of all.
Any gentleman would lend his hand to a lady in distress, but handsome, rough-hewn Griffin Shaw is no gentleman, and Astrid is far from safe in his company. Accompanying her through the Highlands is a small price to pay for luring her into his bed. Entranced by her boldness, enchanted with her beauty, he is determined to thaw her cold heart. However, he soon finds himself wanting more than a brief affair with the proper lady. Nothing less than the total surrender of her heart will satisfy him.
I have updated my websites (www.sophiejordnan.net and www.shariekohler.net) where you can learn more about SURRENDER TO ME (oh, and there's a brand new spanking contest posted there, too, so be sure to enter), and you've got to check out my character inspiration photos! The hero is yum-worthy!
Check it out and tell me what you think!
Happy Monday, everyone!
Sharie/Sophie
~Sophie Jordan~ ONE NIGHT WITH YOU -- Avon, available now! SURRENDER TO ME -- Avon, on sale Aug. 08 http://www.sophiejordan.net/
~Sharie Kohler~ The Moon Chasers Series... MARKED BY MOONLIGHT -- Pocket, available now! KISS OF A DARK MOON -- Pocket, on sale Oct, 08 http://www.shariekohler.net/
All About My Next Historical ...
Current mood: bouncy
One month until my next historical is due! Book 5, can you believe??? It's in the midst of cover/title conference this week. As soon as I know the title, I'll post here. It's scheduled to release next April.
Other than being behind in pages (pretty standard), this book actually feels right to me. A good sign, I think. My books never feel right this early in the process.
Here is my "working" blurb. You can trust that it will change and look differently on the back cover. This is my blurb and what I send to my editor so she can see what the book is about when they brainstorm titles and possibilites for the cover.
She works to live …
Fallon O'Rourke would go only so far to earn a living. She won't prostitute herself, but she will deceive. Penniless and without family, she has always had to look out for herself. Unfairly dismissed, Fallon takes a position in the Duke of Damon's household … as a footman! Disguised as a man, she will finally be free of lecherous gentlemen who would harass her. Only she soon learns she has landed in the devil's very own den. Nothing has prepared her for London's most renowned libertine, a brutally handsome man who excels at games of seduction. How long can her deception last when she begins to wish she is one of the many women traipsing in and out of the sinful rogue's bedchamber?
He lives to sin …
Lord Dominic Hale, the Duke of Damon, better known as the Demon Duke for his life of debauchery and excess, cares only to forget the tragedies of his childhood. Like any nobleman, he never looks too closely at the servants in his employ, and yet the new footman is … peculiar. Once he discovers that his new footman is a woman – and a fetching bit of baggage at that! – Dominic vows to punish the chit for her deception, and what better way than making the prickly Fallon his next conquest? Only he never expects his heart could be the price.
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