Did ya see my new cover? Well, here it is. We're finishing final edits now and I'll let you know when I have a release date for this one. I'm guessing mid next year.
I'll post excerpts and blurbs closer to Max and Janet's release... All ya get today is a cover!
Today I'm interviewing fellow Scarlet Author and friend, Eliza March. So sit back, wet your lips, and sink your eyes into this yummy new erotic book.
BLURB :
Ailsa Jackson is finished dating executives. She’s looking for hot sexual fantasies—“all muscle, stamina and no commitment.” When assigned to interview an American CEO, Colin Fitzgerald, who recently inherited lands and a title in Scotland, she tosses her inhibitions aside to research all the old myths about brawny Highlanders and answer the old burning question—what is under a Scotsman’s kilt?
Exclusive Excerpt for Catherine’s BLOG:
“So ye don’t mind a man in a skirt, hey?”
The expression on his face turned predatory as he moved into her personal space. She felt like Little Red Riding Hood had come upon the very big, very bad Wolf, and she so wanted him to eat her. As far as she was concerned, he could have her all he wanted. The silence between them was charged with sexual tension.
“You look...ah, great.” Ailsa’s gaze took him in again. She’d have to settle for great. Any other term would just be insufficient. Yet great almost seemed an inadequate description under the circumstances.
Vocalizing her true feelings—terrific, yummy, fantastic—might be a tip off about her fascination with him and his kilt. She decided to hold it there. Anything other than great would be over the top. No sense scaring the hell out of the first man she encountered in Scotland.
She certainly couldn’t ask the question she longed to ask or lift his kilt and satisfy her curiosity.
He frowned and tilted his chin to one side, puzzled by her perusal.
She tried to explain. “Don’t get me wrong. I was surprised to see the native dress. You know...the kilt and all. Sorry, I’m babbling. I didn’t know kilts were daily attire.”
“Do ye have something against kilts, then?”
“Oh, no! Absolutely nothing. I actually have a certain proclivity for men in kilts.”
The only thing she wanted against his kilt was her body. From the rising action going on under the sporran, she imagined he’d meet her sexual requirements, and then some. How well would he fill her? Her inner muscles clenched at the mental image.
His eyes narrowed and his nostrils flared. “Do you, now?” Colin suppressed the smile on his lips, but it crept into his eyes.
She played with fire, boldly flirting with him, “Yes, I do.” She lifted her chin defiantly and let her smile say try me.
His eyebrows twitched as he shifted, brushing his body against hers. Ailsa didn’t back up. Instead, she stood her ground against the car and looked straight up at him, batted her lashes, and ran her tongue across her lower lip, daring him.
He looked surprised, maybe even pleased with the challenge. She risked the question. “Is it true what they say about men in kilts?”
“I don’t know. What would they be saying?”
“Y-you, w-wear nothing beneath them?” The thought of sliding her hand up the back of his kilt, running her hands up his thick muscled thighs and caressing his firm rounded ass made her breathless, had her stuttering.
Colin stepped closer, putting both hands on the car roof, surrounding her. His gaze focused on her mouth. “Why don’t you find out for yourself, lass.” He leaned in, invading her space, and lowered his mouth, tasting her lips the way he’d wanted to for so, so long. He pressed his body against hers, wanting to bury himself between her thighs, but his damn sporran prevented him from feeling her mound when he tried to push his cock between her legs.
“You Highland men are big ones, aren’t you?” Her hands cupped his hips closer to his waist than his ass and kept him splayed against her. He smiled. The double entendre didn’t get past him.
“Move yer hands a bit lower and slide them under my plaid. Ye’ll be finding out the truth of the rumors fer yerself.” He wished she’d try. She’d find out just how little the men wore and exactly how big they got. The mystery could be solved and his immediate need satisfied, if only slightly, for the moment.
Okay... someone pass the ice cold water. Or maybe that should be wine! Verra, verra, hot, Eliza!
So tell me, how do you respond when someone says...
"Oh, you write THAT kind of book?"
Usually, I’m the one warning them off what I write. You’d be surprised how many people want to look open minded when you approach it like that.
I get several different responses, but since I’ve taken the wind from their sails, sticking their noses in the air isn’t one of them.
Ohhh great idea. I'll have to try that.
What are your goals as a writer?
My immediate goal is to finish revising my current book and move on to my next series, a paranormal epic that has been in the works for five years. I have two books finished and the third one started. I have an outline for six at the moments, but who knows where our characters lead us. There could be more.
My long term goal is to keep writing about characters my readers love and the adventures they get caught up in. As long as my characters keep showing up on the paper, I’ll keep telling their tales.
How many books do you read a month?
I probably read close to thirty a month, some for pleasure, some for work and some for research.
Do you have anything new in the works?
I have another erotic novella due out next month and another, which should be finished five minutes after this interview is over. LOL
Wow, do I feel like a slacker. Thirty books is a lot! Good for you.
Where can we find you?
Visit my website http://ElizaMarch.com or for more up-to-date rants stop by my blog at http://elizamarch.blogspot.com
Oh, and I’m on Facebook, but I’m warning you I don’t Twitter... Sorry, I’m too easily distracted.
Where can we find your books?
I write for The Wild Rose Press and Siren-Bookstrand
HOT HIGHLAND FLING is with The Wild Rose Press and my other two books, WITCH OF AIR AND FIRE and THE LION, THE LEOPARD, AND THE WOLF are available from Siren-Bookstrand.
FYI - I’m working on lengthening my books and shortening my titles.
I love the titles and can't wait to get my hands on a copy. Best of luck with your latest release, Eliza!
Award Winning Author and Editor Lea Schizas has agreed to an interview from me today. Lea is wearing her editor hat that she wears over at Red Rose Publishing.
So pull up a chair and feel free to ask questions that you may have for my guest.
Thanks for coming today, Lea. Tell us a little bit about yourself and the publisher that you work for.
What can I say? I wear several hats for various venues. At Red Rose Publishing I am the Head Lines Editor, meaning I make sure the last stage of the editing process meets the deadlines and I collaborate with the art department to get the art work done for all books once they are finalized.
As for me, I’m a mommy of five children, two dogs, and tons of various types of fish. I joke most of the times that I finally woke up out of my self-induced coma of taking care of everyone else and now enjoying my passion – writing.
What do you enjoy most about your job? What do you like least?
I love the interaction with writers. It’s an amazing feeling to know you’ve helped shape someone else’s writing before publication. Besides that, you end up with cyber friends, cheering and applauding their careers as they move along, and there’s nothing in the world that can connect you like that without even having met these writers as our great world wide web. So there’s one invention I’m happy for. I think I have about 5,000 cyber friends right now.
The least? Hmm…
When writers don’t listen…
When writers say they approve changes and then you find they snuck the grammatical mistakes back in the manuscript…
When writers don’t follow guidelines…
Wow, 5,000 cyber friends is a boat load of people. Tell us, what are you looking for in a new author?
What every editor seeks – fresh material, twist endings that surprise me, a writer’s voice that is clear, vivid in portraying their fictional world, a writer who allows his character to paint each scene instead of the passive and telling narrator.
Writers need to remember there are thousands of other writers all vying for publication. It’s not the same thing to offer a similar storyline and simply change character names and occupations. A writer needs to stray a reader with a hook thinking the book will end up one way and then surprise. However, having said this, remember that surprising them means to tie in every single subplot smoothly – don’t surprise with a Dallas dream theme.
Careful... Dallas dream theme is kinda dating you... uh, and me. lol Where do you see e-publishing going in the next 3 - 5 years?
The e-publishing world is growing, and fast. When you see schools and libraries stocking on ebooks, big traditional houses offering ebooks…well, that kinda gives you a good idea where the ebook world is headed. I’m sure as soon as ebook readers lower in price, they’ll be a boom to this market.
If there was one thing about the publishing world that you could change... what would that be?
Oh, that’s easy – to respond that a manuscript was received and to send rejections. I really despise some houses that state ‘if you don’t hear from us in x amount of weeks, assume your book was not a right fit for us.’ If they don’t acknowledge receipt there is no certainty that it was received, thus a writer is left hanging. Writers are the backbone of publishing houses. I do know how many submissions pile on, but a form rejection letter sending a mass email to those who didn’t make the cut would take a few minutes. Perhaps it’s just me who tries to respond to writers and acknowledging their presence, but the respect you dish out is what you will receive at the end.
Amen to that, sister. What is your biggest pet-peeve when you're reviewing a manuscript?
My biggest pet-peeve is when writers rush to send a manuscript that clearly resembles a first draft. There are so many common mistakes within the manuscript that can be fixed before submitting that it’s not funny. This only tells me that the writer hasn’t done their homework to fully flesh out a manuscript. A character is not supposed to be portrayed as a stick-person. They need to ‘feel’ alive for a reader, with emotions, personalities, goals, upsets - the whole trials and tribulations path. A reader wants to ‘see’ the surroundings, smell the flowers/cologne/etc – using as many of the five senses without going overboard is another area so many lack to bring the book to a ‘realistic’ level.
Right now, Red Rose is closed to submissions but are accepting a few genres. We are strict with our guidelines so I highly recommend reading them carefully before submitting your work to the acquisitions editors.
Thank you so much for taking the time to talk with us and giving the all important insight to an editors view.
For those stopping by, feel free to ask questions. Lea was the editor on my new release Soul Mate. Feel free *** plug, plug, shameless plug... to stop by Red Rose Publishing and check out what they have to offer.
And for all of you who took the time to help me reach the top ten bestselling list at TWRP for Kilt Worthy... Thank you! Your support and comments mean the world to me.
