Hello!
Welcome to this week’s Marketing for Romance Writers Book Hooks
blog hop.
Today
I have another excerpt from my BDSM paranormal erotic romance, Damned If You Do. Last week I got quite a few comments from people wondering
what was going on. That snippet was from the middle of the book,
after Wendy has signed a contract trading her soul for commercial
success.
I
thought I’d share the very beginning of the book today. I suspect
that many of my fellow authors will identify!
Many people commented on the fantastic cover. It's by my favorite artist, Willsin Rowe.
Many people commented on the fantastic cover. It's by my favorite artist, Willsin Rowe.
After
you’re done with my hook, please visit the other authors sharing
excerpts today. You’ll find their links at the end of this post.
Oh
– and to celebrate Valentine’s Day, I’ll give away a copy of
the book to one person who leaves a comment!
Blurb
Sometimes
romance
can
be
hell
Wendy
Dennison is tired of being a starving author. The royalties from her
critically acclaimed romance novels barely pay her bills. Her devoted
agent Daniel Rochester may be smart and sexy, but he can't get her
the sales she needs. Then a charismatic stranger appears at her
coffee shop table, promising her fame and commercial success, as well
as the chance to live out her dreams of erotic submission. But at
what cost?
Nothing
you can't afford to lose, my dear.
Seduced
by the enigmatic Mister B, she signs his infernal contract. He
becomes both her Master and her coach, managing her suddenly
flourishing career as well as encouraging her lusts. Under her
mentor’s nefarious influence, she surrenders to temptation and has
sex with Daniel. The casual encounter turns serious when she
discovers her mild mannered agent has a dominant side. As the clock
ticks down to her blockbuster release and Mister B prepares to claim
her soul, Wendy must choose either celebrity and wealth, or obscurity
and true love.
The
Hook
Her
four dollar cup of Americano, now cold, tasted like muddy pond water.
With a bitter sigh, Wendy Dennison, aka romance stalwart Gwen
Diamante, iconized her browser and popped up her work in progress.
The word count in the bottom status bar accused her of sloth and
incompetence. She should know better than to check her sales stats
and reviews before she’d produced at least a couple thousand words.
Nothing sapped her motivation for writing a new book as much as
surveying the tepid response to her last one.
Maybe
another coffee would help. Extravagant, yes, but she needed a kick in
the butt to get her out of her slump. She signaled to the cute
college guy behind the counter, pointing to her cup. “Can I get
another hit, Eric?”
The
gangly kid grinned at her. “Coming right up, Wendy.” A mass
communications major at the University of Pittsburgh, he treated her
like minor royalty. Clearly he thought it was the ultimate in cool to
be serving a real live published author. If he only knew the truth.
Wendy
typed a four line sentence and scowled at her laptop screen. She
highlighted the second clause and swapped it with the first. After
staring at the page for a few minutes, she hit “Undo”. She turned
the first clause into a participle instead, then tried replacing a
pronoun with the character’s name. That didn’t really help
either.
Buy
Links (Ebook)
Barnes
&
Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/damned-if-you-do-lisabet-sarai/1126292735?ean=2940157395711
Buy
Links (Audio)
Narrated
by Audrey Lusk
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Please visit the other authors “hooking” today!
Please visit the other authors “hooking” today!
