>In a recent ‘Good Times’ post, I talked about the possibility of a new RWA chapter. One for erotic romance authors. Today I’m pleased to announce that RWA has approved both the name, Passionate Ink and the Chapter. Woo-hoo! With approx. 200 members at the start, it’s bound to be a reckoning force.
Congrats, Sylvia and all those who put so much hard work into this endeavor.
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Getting new cover art is such a hoot! P&F is already posted on the HeatWave site’s coming soon page.
Release date: Oct. 7, 2005! Mark your calendars.
Cover artist is April Martinez. I think she did a great job combining spooky, sensual and romantic all at the same time. Whadaya think? I’m lovin’ it.
P&F Blurb:
Eight years ago, Crainesian teenager Zeenie LaShey was drugged and violated by a man wearing a hideous Halloween mask. She’s worked hard to rebuild her life and is ready to re-enter the world of dating. But Turk Fontaine, with his good looks, charm and endless one-night stands, isn’t anywhere close to the gentle, kind man she’s looking for in a life mate–even if his very presence does make her so hot and bothered she can’t concentrate..
For five long years, Turk has remained on the periphery of Zeenie’s life, distant and aloof, waiting for her to claim him as her life mate. Now it seems the playboy lifestyle he cultivated to keep his dates casual is backfiring. Believing him incapable of commitment and fidelity, Zeenie can’t envision them performing the tender, sensual joining ritual that would entwine their hearts and minds for a lifetime of love.
To Zeenie’s surprise, there’s more than meets the eye with the patient and determined Turk. She finds herself deeply attracted on many levels to the man who’s teaching her to embrace her sensual side. But the custom of their people is for the woman to claim the male. Her inability to do so years earlier caused Turk a great deal of embarrassment. In order to make amends, Zeenie must reach deep inside herself and let love provide the courage she needs to become the aggressor and, in a grand and public display, claim Turk as her life mate.
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If you like what you’ve read INSIGHT (my first Crainesian story) is available for purchase now. Click HERE to read all about it.
My hubby surprised me this morning with a grocery store bouquet of flowers and another anniversary card. I say he surprised me because our anniversary was several months ago. We wanted to do something special this year, but with two kids in college (1 just graduated) that we’re helping support and a rent house to renovate, it just didn’t seem to be in the cards.
I asked him what anniversary is this for? He replied it was for this years, and that I’d missed the travel plans. Underneath my card were pages of itinerary outlining a trip we’ll take later this year, to south Florida through the keys to Key West, snorkeling, possible airboating, and lying in the sun. Someone else cooking, making the beds and vacuuming. My idea of heaven. We’re driving, and I’m okay with that. All along the way, I’ll take photos and notes of the surroundings. Who knows? I may need it for a future manuscript. 😉 In any case, I’ll have great memories of my 25th year of marriage to the man I fell in love with at the ripe old age of fourteen.
*Sigh* Is it any wonder I’m a romance writer?
CAROL BURNSIDE / ANNIE RAYBURN 