Irish Kisses Cover Art Reveal Contest!

CONTEST FOR JOANNE KENRICK'S IRISH KISSES!

Irish Kisses

Print edition

COMING THIS SUMMER!

www.JoAnneKenrick.com

The boys from Bell's Irish Pub have been delivering tasty treats to digital readers around the globe, and hitting bestseller lists at Amazon, All Romance, and Bookstrand. And now, they're coming to PRINT!

A collection of five romances set in Bell's Irish Pub, each with its own special tasty treat served by the staff of Bell's. The 1Night Stand dating service shakes and stirs things up for Bell's. When Madame Eve puts two people together for just one night, anything is possible…. Throw in sexy cocktails and to-die-for Irish hotties, and it's a recipe for sweet Irish kisses and perhaps even wedding Bell's.

SWEET IRISH KISS

Can he win her over with his secret weapon, a Sweet Irish Kiss, or is Rachel still too scared to love?

SHAMROCKED

Will his Irish charm and toys be enough to hold onto his leading lady, or will his heart be Shamrocked into next week?

THREESOME SWEETNESS

Is a dash of Threesome Sweetness the remedy each is looking for, or will the date leave a bitter aftertaste each will regret for the rest of their lives?

HOT WINTER KISS

Can she hack it in the real world of romance, or are life's complications and treacherous snowstorms best left to the pages of a book?

MARRY ME, I'M IRISH

Does she love him enough to leave the comforts of England? And is there something behind his sudden proposal?

Publisher: www.DecadentPublishing.com

Cover Artist: www.EstrellaCoverArt.com

CONTEST!

PRIZES:

$20 eBucks to spend in JoAnne's favorite ebook store: All Romance (www.allromanceebooks.com) - prize is sponsored by JoAnne Kenrick

2 winners will each win a digital copy of Marry Me, I'm Irish via All Romance - Prize sponsored by JoAnne Kenrick

HOW TO ENTER:

Leave an awesome comment for the lovely blogger hosting the cover reveal for IRISH KISSES!

For extra entries, use the rafflecopter code on JoAnne Kenrick's Blog: http://britauthor.blogspot.com

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 LEAVE A COMMENT TO WIN: I love Irish heroes, I have a few myself! I am pleased to sponsor JoAnne's cover reveal! Answer this question: Do you love Irish heroes? Or Irish guys in general? Tell me why! ~Karyn Gerrard


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HOT SUMMER NIGHTS BLOG HOP!

 

Welcome to Books to Go Hot Summer Nights Blog Hop!

Let's get right to business.

We are offering two Grand Prizes!! In order for readers to take part, they must leave their comment and email address.  Two winners will be chosen at random and notified no later than May 31, 2013.

1st Grand Prize: (1) Kindle Fire!

2nd Grand Prize: (1) $100 Amazon Gift Card

So, to recap, you must leave comments on the blogs with your email address to be entered for these two grand prizes. The more comments, the more chances to win! Now, what am I offering? I have a few of my latest historical releases up for grabs! You can win:

 

 

 

FOUR erotic romance historicals (with a lot of heat and a dash of kink!) and a little swag as well!

So what do you have to do to win these ebooks AND enter for the grand prizes? Answer this question!

 What is your favorite historical era to read romance in? Regency? Victorian? The old west?  Tell me! Or tell me one of your favorite historicals. One of mine is Lisa Kleypas's 'It Happened One Autumn'

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This blog hop runs until May 29th. have fun, and hop along to everyone on the list below. Good luck! :)

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The Governess and the Beast an All Romance Top 50 Best-Seller!

Woke up this morning with emails from All Romance and Decadent Publishing informing me THE GOVERNESS AND THE BEAST is on the Top 50 best-seller list for the whole site!

To say I was shocked is an understatement. I think it helped I had the word 'beast' in the title! Regardless, this is a first for me, and I am pleased.

Nice to know Historical is not dead, regardless of reports. My book is gothic at its tone, emotional at its core, with a dash of kink to heat it up. Thank you to everyone who bought it and hope you enjoy my erotic romance.

Even if this slips off the list tomorrow, I will savor this accomplishment. My thanks to Decadent and to my editor, Kate Richards,

Cheers!

Happy Long Weekend For Me!

Just finished watching all three seasons of Deadwood  (HBO 2003-2006) on DVD. Damned shame that got canceled. There was supposed to be two movies to wrap up the story lines, but they never came to fruition. Not sure who to blame, let's cut it evenly between HBO and the creators.

Above is one of my favorite Al Swearengen sayings, a credo I live by each and every day. And in the romancing publishing world, this comes in handy, believe you me.

Watching this stoked my interest in westerns, and I opened up a three year old manuscript I have done nothing with. Its completed, but needs a major edit. Set to task, I will have some fun with it and in the fall decide where to send it. Takes place in 1877 in the Black Hills.

Just like Deadwood.

Have a great weekend! It's a long one here in Canada so I plan to watch ball games, read, spend quality time with the hubs.

Cheers~

Giveaway at Riverina Romantics~Win The Governess and the Beast!

There is a giveaway at Riverina Romantics where you have a chance to win acopy of The Governess and the Beast. Stop by to enter. Runs until May 22.

CLICK HERE

Next week I will be at Romancing The Book for a Beast giveaway and I will also be participating in a blog hop, Books to Go Hot Summer Nights, where I will be offering a few historical ebooks as a prize!

NEXT RELEASE:  Black Scar (Blackthorne Clan #4) from Evernight Publishing comes May 28. Yeah, another scarred hero, lol~

Have a good weekend~

Erotica vs Erotic Romance? There is a Difference and Neither is Trash~

 

I am not a fan of rants and there seems to be a lot of them lately on various social media outlets on different topics.

I will focus on Romance. Last week, someone called for the killing of the Historical Romance genre which whipped up a shit storm on Twitter and elsewhere. When the dust settles, what does it really matter what this person thinks? Its just her opinion. Like a review, I glance at it and move on. The historical genre has supposedly been on life support more than once since the 80's. So they don't sell as many as those NYTimes romance contemporaries or certain paranormal titles. The Historical Romance authors are writing what they love. Leave them and the genre alone.

This week, a writer, supposedly ashamed she has been reduced to writing erotic romance to make a buck because her literary masterpiece tanked, insults erotic romance writers and readers alike by calling what she does Trash. Cue the shit storm. Erotica was dragged into the discussion and dissed  as well.

First, let's point out there is a difference between erotic romance and erotica. Neither is trash in the eyes of the readers who buy it and the authors that write it. Sure, like any genre, there are some poorly written stories out there and many of them sell big. 

Side note: A recent review of my erotic romance, the reviewer kept referring to it as Erotica, which it isn't. Even reviewers, it seems, do not understand the difference.

To my mind, I write Erotic Romance. Its basically a romance with really detailed sex scenes, but these are secondary to the romance, the emotion, and the HEA.

Erotica is all about the sex. It is the main focus of the story and does not require an HEA. There may be some emotional and romantic elements, but getting it on is what its all about.

Porn is all sex, no story or character development, no romance, purely written for stimulation.

This is my own personal interpretation, others may feel differently.

Now, this has caused people to get up on their soap boxes like *cough* me, and vehemently defend erotic romance and bash the alleged entitled attitude of the author.

Frankly, this endless cycle of controversial posts and the answering call for torches and pitchforks is getting old. I don't agree with this author, and I am not going to name her or post a link to her post (if it even is still up) but instead, I want to say it is no one's business why we write or read the romance we do. If people want to write to the market and make a living wage, then hurray for them. If others write what they love and are not concerned about sales, then a big hurray for them as well. We are all swimming in this over-sized pond together, turning on each other is not a smart move.

Nor is insulting the readers who buy our books.

Best-Seller! The Governess and the Beast and The Blind Cupid!

I had to share. When you have two books in the top 5 of a category, yeah, its a thrill.  This is at All Romance. The Blind Cupid already was a best-seller in this category, how great to see it back again!  I will enjoy this while it lasts~ :)

This is my Blind Cupid series with Decadent Publishing. My Victorian era historical. When I submitted The Blind Cupid (short story) for Decadent's The Edge line, I never dreamed it would spawn more stories.

The Governess and the Beast is Book 2 and I have just submitted the third and final book of this series. Fingers crossed.

Check out The Governess and the Beast at All Romance

Check out The Blind Cupid at All Romance

Cheers!