Untouched by Anna Campbell **Dec 2007**
March 27, 2007
Untouched by Anna Campbell
“I am many things,” Lord Sheene said. “Kind is not one of them.”
Beautiful Grace Paget has no reason to doubt these words. After all, she was kidnapped, spirited away to a remote country manor, and told she is to grant this man his every desire…or lose her life. But Grace is no common trollop. So she risks everything to save her virtue by planning a daring escape, even though she finds herself tempted by this dangerously handsome man. There is something in his eyes that makes her wonder if he is not as cruel as he would have her believe…
Sheene knew nothing of the plan to bring him this woman. Locked up as a prisoner, called “mad” by all of society, he will do anything to reclaim his life, and Grace’s sensuous beauty has distracted him from his goals. And although he finds her irresistible, he is horrified to hold her against her will. Now, together, they must both revolt against the strange set of circumstances that have forced them together—for only then will Grace truly surrender to him…forever.
Excerpt to come… 
Open… open… open…
March 27, 2007
Okay… this is really sort of funny
I think
It could be the drugs… Sad thing is my head still fucking hurts. oh, I get really whiny about right now sorry… what was I saying?
tra la la
Being the nifty chick I am, always concerned about you nifty peeps, I went to my gmail to get stuff to post.
Because I should have three reviews, an excerpt from Lisa Kleypas, an excerpt from Anna Campbell, an excerpt from Shiloh Walker and a super spoiler back cover summary from kleypas. OH! And winner from ward, kleypas, campbell, sylvia day, delilah and lisa renee’s contests to post! hmmm I know the winner for my contest… I could post that! Oh and I got something today from Berkley and I think it is for a contest. Pretty sure at least, since I already have it.
All this… to share with you fine folks.
And since the drugs knocked my ass out last night I didn’t get to post any of it.
Soooo off to my gmail I go and….
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For Those About to Mock
March 27, 2007
The Romance Diva’s try to put Mrs. Giggles in her place.
yep… we need more popcorn
Who are The Romance Diva’s you ask? Well only one of the most supportive sites online site on the net y’all! And if you don’t know it just ask them. Or read their many, many review quotes - published in BOOKS!
Unless you piss them off, then they may have to give you the direct cut. My advice would be to those authors in the affiliated box would be to rethink who they show they are paying on the net. The company you keep and all that… hmmm never mind. Then all of you would leave me here alone.
In the dark.
Talking to myself.
You can find more info at Dear Author or you know go watch the train wreck here.
Building an ARC
March 26, 2007
Oh I mean Ark… damn but really feel free to email me ARC’s cuz I lurve them.
It is raining like mad here and I am leaving to go home. So cross your fingers and hope I make it there. I mean I have copy and an excerpt from Anna’s next book still to post.
I have an excerpt from Shiloh Walkers book to put up tomorrow.
I have super spoilery back cover copy for the sequel to Sugar Daddy by Lisa Kleypas as well as an excerpt from a certain gypsy book…
A car accident in the rain would totally suck. Really… le sigh. See ya in a bit. Hopefully.
TONI BLAKE’S BIG SECRET – REVALED!
March 26, 2007
I, Toni Blake, have a confession to make. In addition to writing my big, super-sexy mainstream romances, for the past three and a half years, I’ve also been writing erotica as Lacey Alexander.
I’ve kept it pretty quiet for myriad reasons – among them a contract that required me to do so – but now I’m finally “coming out of the closet” in the romance community : )
I know some people will be really surprised by this news, and of course, some people will think, “Yeah, I already knew that,” and still others will think, “Eh, what’s the big deal?” But if you fall into the first group, this announcement is for you : )
I know that as both Toni and Lacey, I have many of the same people on my mailing lists, and that sometimes the same reviewers review my books. So it’s been a difficult secret to keep and I’m so pleased to be able to share it now.
For anyone who is interested in my “double life” and all the whys and hows about it, I will be blogging about it in-depth at Squawk Radio on May 1. And in the meantime, you may see a small article about it in the May issue of Romantic Times.
And if you’re thinking – hey, what’s so different about these books that you wrote them under a whole different name? – well, trust me, Lacey Alexander books ARE very different than Toni Blake books. I’ll be talking about that on Squawk Radio, too, but the curious may make their own comparisons by visiting www.ToniBlake.com and www.LaceyAlexander.net .
Mostly, I want to thank everyone – readers, reviewers, authors, romance site owners – for their continued support of both my sexy romances and my erotica novels! Writing as two people has allowed me to come into contact with so many more wonderful people than I ever could have otherwise, and that’s one of the greatest parts about being in this business – the great connections I make with nice people. So thanks again to all who have supported one or both of me ; ) And thanks for allowing me to share this news with you!
P.S. And let me also take this opportunity to tell you some other exciting news. My June Toni Blake book from Avon, TEMPT ME TONIGHT, is being excerpted in the June issue of Cosmo, which hits shelves in early May! : )
Just a small break….
March 26, 2007
Wanna know a lil sumthing?
Yo it sort of ties into Avon… well… Avon Red *g*
A Want of a Wife
March 26, 2007
Well really it is a want of an excerpt… and one much, much too short. She should send another one too.
Am I being greedy?
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Do I need to warn here could bes spoilers?
Anna Campbell Takes on Baadd Baadd Ultra Alphas
March 26, 2007
Reading about ultra alphas has always been a guilty pleasure for me. My mother gave me my first romance, a Harlequin (although in Oz, they’re Mills & Boons), when I was eight.
It featured an overbearing Portuguese senhor who bossed the Aussie nurse heroine until they finally got married. Sad to say, this to my childish self was bliss!
My taste for haughty, arrogant males in books (and I LOVED it when the woman stood up to the guy and the sparks really flew) continued through the ‘70s and ‘80s with Anne Mather and Violet Winspear and their Spanish/Greek/Sheikh/generic Mediterranean Man heroes. Clearly, Englishmen (all these writers were British) didn’t cut the mustard when it came to bullying some poor innocent governess or penniless ward or sweet waif-like creature into breathless passion.
When I discovered American historicals, the gates to romance heaven opened wide. Give me Wulfgar! Give me Brandon Birmingham! Give me Ruark! Give me Steve what’s-his-name from Sweet, Savage Love – and isn’t that a title that promises a baaaadd alpha?
Why am I telling you this? Because when I began to write Claiming the Courtesan!, that early reading channelled into my hero, Justin Kinmurrie, the mad, bad and dangerous to know Duke of Kylemore. Apologies to Lady Caroline Lamb. But when you say something as cool as that, you’ve got to expect people to plagiarize it. I like to excuse my hero’s behavior by saying that eventually he learns from his mistakes, but, man, he was fun to write!
Does anybody else share my guilty pleasure? Do you read vampires and werewolves and teeth-gnashingly bad dukes, earls and knights to get your alpha fix? Are you a sheikh geek? Best comment wins a chocolate Caramello koala or two from Australia just because Caramello koalas would have to be the sweetest, most beta boys I know. Even if I can’t help biting their heads off!
Anna Campbell Gets Down and Gritty
March 26, 2007
Actually, I really did ask two of my writing friends to suggest questions so this blog is real, it’s actual, it’s gritty! It’s more factual than the nightly news!
1. Where do you get your ideas?
Ah, the old chestnut! Hmm, why are chestnuts old? Anyway, I wish I had something exciting to say about this but it’s all pretty basic. I watch TV and listen to music. I think about things going on in my own life or people I know and extrapolate from there. I never use actual situations or characters but I’ve certainly used a germ of an idea from something that’s happened to me. I’ve always been a booky kinda gal and it’s amazing how something from one story will make friends with something from another story and wham, a new idea is born. I read a lot of nonfiction, especially history, biography, travel, popular science, then ask myself what if those particular events had happened in the Regency.
2. Are there issues (social/moral) that you’ve included in your work which readers might find a bit twisted or off-putting?
What an interesting question! Thanks, Jen! When I started writing about a courtesan and her lover, it was a couple of years ago and what was acceptable in a romance was completely different to what’s acceptable now. I have a theory that with the rise of erotica, an erotic edge has seeped into mainstream romance. I certainly know I’m reading things in romances now that were unthinkable a short time ago. And I delight in the energy this new element has lent the romance genre. Oh, dear, getting on my soapbox here. Back to my story. When I started writing Claiming the Courtesan, I assumed no publisher would touch it with a barge pole because of the heroine’s profession. Timing is everything – the courtesan element worked as a real hook for an agent (the first agent who read the whole thing signed me), editors (it went to auction where three houses fought over it for FOUR days) and potential readers. Who would have thought, huh?
Oh, dear, this is turning into a tome. I’ll pick easy questions for the next three:
3.Where is the most romantic place you’ve ever been?
Venice or the west coast of Scotland, where a lot of Claiming the Courtesan is set.
4.What keeps you writing?
These days? A deadline and the prospect of a check! For all twenty-seven years it took me between finishing my first book and selling Claiming the Courtesan, sheer bloody-mindedness which is a quality that I think is often maligned unjustly!
5.What is the best advice on writing you’ve been given?
Robyn Donald, who writes for Harlequin, once said at a workshop that the people who don’t make it are the people who give up. Sounds really obvious but it’s made a lot of sense to me recently. So if you’re trying to write, hang in there!
The Funniest Contest Evah - ENDED
March 26, 2007
I’d like to offer some brave soul who leaves a comment the chance to win a copy of my debut book.
Come on, how often do you get mail from Australia?
Comment, people!
The comment that makes me laugh the longest wins the book.
The next three funniest comments win signed coverflats. Sorry, you’ll have to buy Claiming the Courtesan to see what should have been in between the covers.
Good luck! And may the funniest poster win!
**I am not sure at all what time is what. So uh… I will post a close time when anna comes around and tells me cuz she is aussie time. Comment on any post by anna, about anna, and or Claiming the Courtesan to win. Only one winner per household. Thanks**
