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Wishing you all the best for a wonderful New Year, filled with health, wealth and good tidings. For those of you spending the night at home, like I am, I loaded New Year’s Pleasure to my website just for tonight. I wrote this story a few years ago, but haven’t really shared it much.

Click on the cover to read…but be warned, this ain’t one for the kiddies!

I’m excited to announce that my video for Midnight Confessions is now on my website at: www.bonnieedwards.com

Please go check it out and let me know what you think. It was so much fun to work with Alyssa Brooks to come up with just the right mood and text for the series.

I’ll be doing more updates to the site…reviews are coming in now and will be posted shortly.

But, I’m thrilled to announce that Joyfully Reviewed has given Midnight Confessions a Recommended Read! I was speechless when I saw it.

For the holidays, I wish everyone peace, happiness and fulfillment. And may 2007 bring you your dreams come true!

All best wishes to you and yours!

Bonnie Edwards

Got the cover art today for Sins of the Flesh!

The back cover:

Devyn Quinn returns with another dark and delicious tale of pleasure, as a woman with nothing to lose explores a world beyond her wildest dreams…and sexual ecstasy worth any price.

Closing up her small bookstore is the end of a dream for Rachel Marks. But while personal failure is hard enough to handle, making rent is even harder. Before she knows it, Rachel is waitressing at the hottest club in town—and her boss is the mysterious and devastatingly sexy Devon Carnavorn.

Dark, decadent, and deliriously loud, Mystique is a goth club—in every sense of the word. Sexual frenzy pulses in time with the throbbing music, and before long Rachel’s blood runs hot for Devon. He’s a masterful, creative lover, wakening her to physical pleasures she never imagined—and desires so dark and dangerous, her heart races every time they touch. But there’s a price for each shattering climax, and soon Devon will demand that she pay in full…

“Devyn Quinn draws her readers into a sensual world…A luscious tale.” —Love Romances

Coming October 07.

My next single title, THE SUPPLICANT, comes out in July ’07! Here’s the cover!

I want a pair of pants just like hers. Santa? Are you listening?

SWAK,
Lucinda

www.LucindaBetts.com
PURE SEX, Kensington, Aphrodisia–out now!
NIGHT SPELL, Kensington–out now!
MOON SHADOW, Kensington–March 2007

Okay. So, once again, I’m staring at my Word document that has total of a half of a manuscript page, wondering what to write. I glance at the top of my laptop screen, stare into the ‘motion eye’ and read the label, Enjoy live video chats with built-in camera. Though I’ve had my Sony VAIO laptop for 8 months (if you missed the report of this new love, check out My New Sex Toy), I have yet to remove the label or try this feature.

“Hmmm,” I think. “What better time to experiment than when I’m supposed to be writing?”

So off I go. I launch Microsoft Movie Maker, catch some live shots with my ‘motion eye,’ click and drag and drop and … voila … my very first video. If you study it hard and take good notes, you, too, can learn the secret to producing one page/week.

What do you think? Do you know the secret?

I was walking the dog this morning, which is something I do every day. It gives me time to think about the work in progress and what I’ll write on any particular day. Today I got sidetracked (not unusual) and started thinking about heroes in romance–what makes them not only hot and yummy, but unforgetable? What makes you, as a reader, sigh and wish the hero had his shoes parked under your bed? Because I’m most familiar with the men I write, I went back through my “men of Wolf Tales.” In order of appearance, I’ve got Stefan Aragat–brash and cocky but with a soft heart and a powerful desire to please his packmates. There’s Anton Cheval, the most powerful of all my Chanku. A wizard as well as a shapeshifter, he’s also one of the older characters, and, in Chanku Journey (fall 07) becomes a father for the first time, something that scares him spitless. There’s Lucien Stone from WTII, Mik and AJ, and Tinker McLintock–all alpha males, but each with a character trait — call it a weakness, if you will — that gives them a softer side. Do you see where I’m going with this? Even Jacob Trent, my Chanku “bad boy” has secrets that make him vulnerable, and that, I think, is the necessary ingredient in creating a perfect hero. It’s not how handsome he is, or even how good in the sack. It’s that vulnerability that tempers all the tough-guy traits. If he’s always hard-edged, always the tough guy without a bit of softness, he doesn’t need love, right? But, if he’s vulnerable in some way, a vulnerability he shares with the heroine, it gives him a sense of humanity the uber-alpha male lacks. At least that’s my opinion. I’m curious about what you think? Do you want your hero to have at least one small chink in his manly armor? I’d love to know what makes a hero unforgettable for you, and if you disagree with me, do your best to change my mind!

Hi All:
Yesterday’s chat over at Joyfully Reviewed was so much fun! Thanks so much Jodi Lynn Copeland, for organizing it! Here’s wishing her the best with OPERATION G-SPOT! And thanks to Joy and Melissa for their gracious hosting!

I just found my first review of MOON SHADOW, and I couldn’t be more thrilled about it! Angel at Romance Junkies says, “Lucinda Betts weaves together a story of magic and erotica that will keep readers fanning. Esmenet is a great character and I love her upbeat and wild attitude. Gage on the other hand is mysterious and has a sensuality that will curl your toes. The love scenes are full of sizzling encounters and there is heated action throughout the book. Lucinda Betts is definitely going on my list of great authors and I will be on the lookout for more of her work in the future.“

And new reviews for NIGHT SPELL are also delicious. TwoLips Reviews says, “Lucinda Bett’s mastery of the English language provides for an eloquent and delightfully descriptive read. I completely enjoyed the NIGHT SPELL anthology and highly recommend it.” Joyfully Reviewed says, “NIGHT SPELL is an erotic adventure with unique storylines and fascinating characters. This trio of stories is sexy, edgy and unique. It’s very well done.”

And last of all, Lee Hyat at Author Sound Relations has posted a very fun interview with me. Thanks, Lee! Don’t you think my pony is beautiful? Check out the interviews with the other Aphrodisia authors while you’re there!
http://www.authorsoundrelations.com/MTB/mytotebag.htm