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Happy Holidays everyone! I hope 2012 will rock your socks off.:)

To help that happen, I’m going to give away an early copy of Simply Carnal. A box full of them arrived today on my doorstep, which was a nice surprise!

Here’s the back blurb.

Christian Delornay has observed so many illicit liaisons at his mother’s house of pleasure he regards sex as merely an enjoyable pastime, certainly not an act of love. So when a young widow arrives in search of work, Christian hires her as his assistant with the intention of instructing her in the ways of sensual seduction…
Desperate to escape her past, Elizabeth ‘Smith’ is happy to accept Christian’s offer of work. She is prepared to serve his every need, yet she refuses to reveal her most intimate desires. But in the hands of a master, it is impossible to deny her own wanton yearnings, and she soon succumbs to her secret longing for pure carnal pleasure.

It officially comes out at the end of January, so whoever wins will get your copy early.
Check out my website for more details of the books and the House of Pleasure series.

One commenter picked at random from below will win a signed copy of Simply Carnal.

Happy Holidays!
Kate Pearce x

Last year I ended up writing a lot of historical novels both for Aphrodisia and for Signet Eclipse and so I opted to write a contemporary erotic menage for Aphrodisia just for a change of pace. You would think that a contemporary would be easier, right? But for me? Not so. Despite having lived in the U.S. for 14 years I still get the odd word wrong.

For example, I had one character come into a kitchen and notice that the light was on over the hob.
-question from my beta reader-”what exactly is a hob?”
-me-”It’s the thing you cook on-isn’t it?”
Apparently what I meant was a range-who knew?

Also, the book deals with some pretty heavy stuff-you know me, I love the angsty characters. I got three people to read it for me and, to be honest, they didn’t like it much-now that’s the first time I’ve really had that reaction to a book I’ve written, but when everyone you trust says the same thing? You have to listen, which meant I ended up ditching about 15,000 words of the book and rewriting them.

Hopefully the finished book will work for you all. I’m actually quite proud of it.
Here’s the slightly modified blurb:

Ally Kendal knows returning to her hometown to sell her mother’s house isn’t going to be easy. she left in disgrace years ago and hasn’t been back since. bit she’s never forgotten the one man who awakened in her a secret yearning for wildly erotic and submissive erotic pleasure.
Rob Ward is surprised at the surge of desire he feels when he first sees Ally after all this time. He’s gotten over the betrayal he felt when he found her and his best friend Jackson together on the eve of their engagement party, but it seems he’s never given up wanting her. And now that she’s back he’s determined to show her and Jackson what they’ve missed, and how easy it is for him to take control and bring her to the edge of sweet surrender…

If you want to read the whole of the first chapter, go and check it out here on my website

Enjoy!

And for those of you who are missing their Simply fix, Simply Carnal is out in February 2012 and I’m currently writing Simply Voracious, which will also be out next year.

Contest: Comment below to win a chance to win a copy of my contemporary Aphrodisia erotic story “Some Like it Rough” with Susan Lyons and Anne Rainey.

Question;
Do you only read one sub genre or do you read everything in romance like I do?

Ooh you are going to enjoy this one. Lisette Delornay-Ross finally meets her match in the enigmatic, unconventional and slightly kinky Major Lord Gabriel Swanfield.
RT gave this book 4 1/2 stars and a Top Pick! (my first top pick from them)
Check out my website for an excerpt and buy links!

And also this month I have book #2 of the Tudor Vampire Chronicles coming out, which features Rosalind, Christopher, Rhys and Elias against the very interesting Anne Boleyn and her brother George who might just be Vampires!!

So a busy month for me and hopefully an enjoyable reading experience for everyone else.
I‘m giving away a signed copy of Simply Forbidden and of Blood of the Rose to one commenter.
I’ll check back in a week and announce the winner in the comments section.
Thanks for all your wonderful support and for buying my books. I love writing them and its amazing that you love to read them too.
Kate x

I always get the great pleasure of posting just before Thanksgiving and Christmas, which is cool because I get to give stuff away!!

Simply Forbidden, the sixth House of Pleasure book comes out on January 25th. Romantic Times gave it 4 1/2 stars and a Top Pick!

Pearce’s House of Pleasure series continues with this intense, thought-provoking Regency-era novel that will cause you to ponder the events that shape people’s lives. The complex, troubled characters struggle with issues of abandonment, betrayal, trust and family relationships as they come to terms with their sexual proclivities. You get a great historical novel, a touching romance and blistering sex — with a little kink. Joyce Morgan.

Comment below for a chance to win an early copy of this book. I’ll post the winner by next Friday in the comment section.
I wish you all a very Happy Holidays and a Fabulous New Year!
Kate x

If you’re looking for your Thanksgiving Turkey, he might well be eating the grass seed on my front lawn. We have a regular crowd of the things pass by our house every morning, pecking at anything interesting and making the weirdest gobbling noise I have ever heard!

We don’t celebrate Thanksgiving in England so I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it when I moved to California, or quite sure whether we should be celebrating it or not. (4th of July is another one). But right from the start we were amazed at how families we’d just met insisted on us sharing their festivities and for us- being all alone in a strange land- it was very comforting. In some ways I’ve come to prefer Thanksgiving to Christmas as its all the love and sharing without the hassle of gift buying.

I have good news on the book front for those of you who enjoy my ‘Simply’ series. I’ve sold three more to Kensington, tentatively entitled Simply VII, VIII and IX.LOL I do know that the next one will be about Christian Delornay and that’s about all I can tell you, seeing as it won’t come out until February 2012.

The next book out for me is a Kensington Brava novella in the anthology, Lords of Passion with the legendary Virginia Henley and the lovely Maggie Robinson. My bit is called “How to seduce a wife” and it involves a reformed rake of a husband who is so determined to do the right thing by his new wife that he manages to bore her to tears in bed. How they sort out this tangle involves a visit to Madame Helene’s and some good advice from a very familiar character in the ‘Simply’ series.

Publisher’s Weekly said: “Readers will float away on the literary flair of these escapist tales, each touched with just the right amount of eroticism.”

I hope that you will all enjoy your Thanksgiving this year. How do you celebrate? Do you have any particular traditions or special dishes you make? I’m giving away a copy of Lords of Passion to one commenter. I’ll update the post with the winner on Sunday

Kate x

p.s. also please keep Aphrodisia author Cassie Ryan in your prayers as she deals with unexpected surgery.

I know I’ve been a bad blogger on this site but I’ve been writing like a crazy person all year and I keep forgetting to do stuff that involves any extra writing LOL But the rewards of writing so much do mean that I get to share lots of cover goodness from three different books for two different publishers and three different imprints.

First up-because this is the Aphrodisia blog is Simply Forbidden which comes out in February 2011.

Isn’t it beautiful? It’s actually slightly more red/pink in person than this looks but I love it because the people actually look a little like my main characters, Lisette Delornay-Ross and Major Lord Gabriel Swanfield.
Here’s the blurb

With an unconventional upbringing and a reputation as a shameless flirt, Lisette Delornay-Ross is not your typical young lady of the ton. Unlike her peers she is not afraid to follow her desires. And what she desires is Major Lord Gabriel Swanfield…

Returned to England after his harrowing ordeal as a war prisoner, Gabriel has shunned society. When Lisette brazenly confronts him, he feels an overwhelming stirring of lust. He’s sure she would never entertain the illicit desires he indulges at Madame Helene’s. But when he kisses her, he discovers her thirst for pleasure and adventure matches his…

And if you can’t wait that long to get a little taste of the ‘Simply’s, watch out for my upcoming novella in the Brava anthology, Lords of Passion ‘How to seduce a wife.’ You might run into some very familiar characters This book is headlined by Virginia Henley and also includes the very talented Maggie Robinson. It comes out in December of this year!

Louisa March’s new husband, Nicholas, is a perfect gentleman in bed-much to her disappointment. She longs for the kind of fevered passion found in her beloved romance novels. But when she dares him to seduce her properly, she discovers that Nicholas is more than ready to meet her challenge, over and over again…

And last, but not least, if you want a break from all that hot steamy erotic lovemaking, try the second book in my paranormal historical romance series, ‘Blood of the Rose” which features, King Henry VIII, Vampires, Druids, a complicated plot and a love story. This one also comes out in February 2011.

When Rosalind Llewellyn had to join forces with her enemy, Christopher Ellis to defeat a rogue Vampire threatening Henry VIII, their alliance led to a surprising passion. Reunited after a years separation, they face a new threat that could destroy their last chance at happiness.

Christopher is delighted by the spectacular rise at court of his friends George and Anne Boleyn. But Rosalind suspects Lady Anne is up to no good-she may even be a Vampire who’s bewitched the king. Now Rosalind must fight to keep Christopher from falling under the woman’s mysterious spell. It isn’t until Anne reveals a dark secret that Christopher awakens to where the true danger lies-and he begins to play a desperate game in order to save the woman he loves…

Do you have a favorite among the three covers?
Happy reading!!

You might notice something different about my upcoming book “Kiss of the Rose” which comes out in August. Firstly, it doesn’t have the word ‘Simply’ in the title, and secondly, it’s not actually a Kensington book. But we get to promote all our work on this site, so here’s the blurb for this upcoming title-my first foray into mass-market paranormal historical romance!

Desperate to defeat King Richard III and gain the English crown, Henry Tudor made a pact with the Druids that bound him and his heirs to the Druid’s deadly struggle against the Vampires. Ever since, the Llewellyns, an ancient Vampire slaying family, have been in the permanent employ of the monarchy.

To save the king from a nameless assassin, Rosalind Llewellyn, Vampire hunter extraordinaire, must form an uneasy alliance with a known Druid slayer. Sir Christopher Ellis hails from a family that has protected the Vampires for centuries, yet Rosalind has no choice but to rely on his help. And with her life threatened and her loyalty tested, Rosalind may even have to acknowledge the unthinkable. This sworn enemy may be her soul mate.

Yes, Tudors and Vampires and Druids. My agent suggested the Tudor Vampire bit to me and when I thought about how I could add a new spin onto Vampires, my mind came up with a link with the Druids. You’ll have to read the book to find out why, but lets say, it was ‘interesting’ writing a book with accurate Tudor history, Vampire and Druid worlds and a love story. Check out my website for an excerpt.

I hope some of you will give it a try! And I haven’t given up on the Simply’s either. The next one is already written and comes out in Feb 2011, Simply Forbidden, which is Lisette’s book.

Kate x

On Tuesday, Simply #5 comes out, Simply Insatiable features Lord Minshom as the hero. I’ve had a number of readers contacting me wondering why I would ever want to write about such an unpleasant man, and how on earth was I going to make him heroic without changing his character entirely? All good questions and I’m sure that for some readers, I’m not going to have done it right at all.

But I really wanted to write about him and my editor was also excited by the story I proposed, so I just got on with it. And, by the end, I wasn’t sure if I’d created a true romance hero, but I knew that I’d come to respect and understand my character so well that I was happy he’d found love again-on his own particular terms. Some people will get him and others won’t, I’m prepared for that and I don’t regret writing the book at all. It’s not an easy book, it is dark and some of the subject matter made me want to cry, but sometimes you just have to go where the character takes you and understand them, even when they don’t understand themselves.

I hope you’ll all enjoy it. Let me know

I’m giving away a copy to one blog reader today!
So comment below about how you feel about villains getting their own books, or not, or anything else I’ve chatted about. I’ll add the winners name to this post next Saturday.

Kate x

Hi guys!

I was lucky enough to receive some early copies of ‘Simply Insatiable‘ the fifth installment of my ‘House of Pleasure’ series. It’s not out until late April/early May, so I wanted to offer one of you the chance to get to read it early!

Here’s the blurb

THE MOST SCANDALOUS PASSIONS…
Lord Minshom is known throughout London for embracing every illicit longing-the more scandalous the better. When his estranged wife, Lady Jane returns with an ultimatum he flatly refuses-even if it means she will turn to other men. Forced to watch Jane flirt shamelessly at the House of Pleasure, Minshom is enraged…and excited. The innocent girl he wed at seventeen has transformed into a voluptuous woman who still ignites a scorching hunger within him…
ARE ALWAYS THE MOST PLEASURABLE…
After seven years apart from her husband, Jane is now ready to settle their differences and start afresh. But when she is reunited with Minshom, his attitude infuriates her-and she is determined to teach him a lesson. Yet even as Jane accepts the attentions of other men, it is Minshom she truly wants. For she alone knows how to satisfy all of his wicked needs…

Comment below for a chance to win, and if you’ve read the other books, tell me about your favorite ‘Simply’ character and what you think Lord Minshom is going to be like as a hero!

I’ll post the winner in the comments here on Sunday.
Thanks!

UPDATE: WINNER!
Barbara Hansen
Congrats I’ll be in touch
Kate

Good morning all!
Luckily for me, I get the first opportunity to offer one blog commenter a copy of our upcoming anthology “Some Like it Rough”. Susan Lyons, Anne Rainey and I had a great time comparing stories and making sure we didn’t end up writing the same thing. But as you’ll see, all the novellas are very distinct and hot as hell in their own ways.
It’s my first contemporary effort for Aphrodisia, but I’m also scheduled to write a full length contemporary, which will come out in 2011. (I haven’t given up on my ‘Simply’s yet, don’t worry!)

So far we’ve had great reviews for the book as well, including 5 cherries from Whipped Cream Reviews.

Here’s the blurbage:

Some Like It Rough by Kate Pearce
Luke Warner wants to chill out when he cashes in his hectic life in Silicon Valley
and returns to his hometown. But things heat up when he reunites with his best
friends, Julia and Paul, and invites them both to share in a sexual adventure like
they’ve never had before…

Private Eyes by Susan Lyons
Assigned to work undercover as an exotic dancer, straight-laced Haley Croft
discovers the thrill of strutting her stuff. And when she catches sexy PI Ry
Montana checking out her moves, she can’t wait to give him his own private
show…

Cherry on Top by Anne Rainey
When massage therapist Cherry DuBois rubs her oil-slicked hands all over Dante
Ricci’s rock-hard body, red-hot desire courses through her. She longs to lose
control and give herself to the pleasures of sexual submission…

Just comment below to get a chance to win. I’ll announce the winner on this post by Wednesday:)
Have a great day!