Suzanne Rock's September Newsletter

[Suzanne Rock]

Suzanne Rock's Quarterly Newsletter
September 2011 Issue

Welcome to my quarterly newsletter!

Here I'll be telling you about upcoming events and releases, as well as giving you some behind the scenes sneak peaks into my writing life and my current works in progress. Every quarter I will be picking one random subscriber to win a prize! Scroll down to the end of this email to see this month's winner.

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What's Happening?

Goodness, what’s not happening? Lol. It seems like this summer flew by. Well, my biggest news is that HONOR BOUND RELEASED YESTERDAY. YAY! It’s only $3.49 and you can find it here.

Blurb:

Deep in the Hidaka Mountains, Akito is commissioned to capture the goddess of desire. He expects to use all of his samurai skills to complete the task. What he doesn’t expect is the resurrection of his deceased lover, or the number of immortals who wish them both dead.

Condemned to an eternity of loneliness, Jin curses the day the mother goddess tricked her into becoming immortal. When a seasoned samurai enters her prison, she’s determined to build the man’s desire so she can harness enough strength to break the bonds that tie her to the mountain. As the intruder makes himself known, memories long buried rise to the surface and Jin becomes desperate for Akito to believe the truth – that she is his beloved. Can she earn his trust in time, or will they both succumb to the forces that strive to keep them apart?

Reader Alert: This story contains a dominating samurai, a sexually frustrated goddess, and enough rope to bind them both together for eternity.

(Goodness, I love that reader alert, don't you?)

Type: m/f Erotic Romance

Length: novella

Price $3.49

Video Trailer and excerpt: http://suzannerock.com/?page_id=642

I’m so excited about this release and I want everyone to know about it, lol. So, I’m all over the web promoting my new book. All September I’ll be holding a contest over at Fresh Fiction to give away a .pdf download from my backlist. In September, I’m also the featured author over at The Romance Studio.

Scroll down to the end of this newsletter to see what else I’m doing to promote Honor Bound. It’s a lot, believe me. Follow me around the web for a chance to win some prizes. :)

And the good thing is, that’s just the beginning. Really! I have some even better news to share: I’ll have two brand new releases coming out in November. Scroll down to “Behind the Scenes” to find out what they are.

I’ll also be teaching my class: "Ebook and Digital Publishing, is it for me?" This ebook publishing 101 class is being taught through Low Country RWA. This is a popular class! I’ve taught it twice and had a full classroom each time, so sign up early. Hop on over here to sign up.

Since I have a ton of new things going on this fall, I’ve decided to have one additional newsletter installment go out on mid-November. This is a one-time-only special newsletter where I’ll talk about my November releases. In this bonus issue, I’ll provide buy links, exclusive excerpts, and of course give out two prizes. Yes, that’s right, two prizes, two randomly chosen subscribers will each win one prize. So stay tuned!

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Behind the Scenes

I’ve been incredibly busy and productive this summer. Here’s all of the stuff that’s going on.

1) A new paranormal, historical erotic ghost story, called Whispers, was accepted at Loose Id. It will be coming out from Loose Id on November 22nd. Here’s the blurb:

Rose is skeptical when Lady Denville hires her to take care of some ghosts in her townhouse. She expects to find a nest of rats or leaky water pipes. Instead she finds two sexy spirits intent on fulfilling her every sexual desire. They introduce her to a whole new world of pleasure — and a curse that may destroy them all.

Lionel and Jonathan have been trapped in the townhouse for decades, waiting. When Rose walks in, they know that she is the one with the power to save them. The key to their freedom lies within reach, and both men must put aside their differences if they ever hope to break the curse that binds them to the townhouse. As the men set out to seduce Rose and gain their freedom, their sexual desire turns into something more. Now they must be honest with the woman they love, or stay imprisoned in the spirit world forever.

This story, at its heart, is a m/f/m ménage, but also contains m/f and m/m. I’m excited as this is my first story that contains m/m in a romantic setting. (Dark Obsession contained some mild m/m, but it was not romantic, more of a slave/master relationship between minor characters.) No cover for Whispers yet, but watch my website, facebook page, etc. as I will post it as soon as it becomes available. I’m eyeball-deep in edits right now, and scheduling promotion for November and December for this book. For my book trailer fans (I know you’re out there!), I plan on doing a book video in October. I’ll talk more about this in the November issue when it gets closer to release date.



2) This past July, I received a letter from an Ellora’s Cave editor. In it she said that she read “Down on the Boardwalk” and absolutely fell in love with the story. (We could have told her that it was a fantastic story, couldn’t we? ;) ) Anyway, she asked me if I wanted to write for Ellora’s Cave. Of course, I said YES! The result is the start of a brand new series called “Unholy Desires.” The first book, “Unholy Pursuits,” comes out in November (no firm release date yet, just “late fall.” I’m taking this to mean November.)

Here’s the blurb:

Darien Lange had literally gone to hell and back to retrieve the Demon Stone, and if the petite and beautiful Arianne King thought that she could just take it from him, then she had another thing coming. He didn’t care how gorgeous she was, or how her presence seemed to quiet the raging voices in his head. The stone had to be destroyed before the demon lord Bathin and his forces came through the portal to Earth looking for revenge. Darien knows that forcing her to give him the stone would only make her flee to God-knows-where, so he sets out to use gentle seduction to get what he wants. Unfortunately the voices in his head have another plan, and soon his soft touch takes on a darker tone that surprises and excites them both.
 
Sometimes things aren’t always what they seem. Just like the demon stone is not an ordinary stone, Arianne King is not an ordinary woman. The survival of her race depends on the stone’s destruction and no one can stand in her way — especially not the sexy and mysterious FBI investigator who awakens a secret desire for submission and pain. The closer she and Darien become, the more they both begin to change, and insecurities threaten to break the fragile alliance that they have formed. With Bathin’s army looming on the horizon, Darien and Arianne must join their souls as spirit mates if they ever hope to save earth in time. Unfortunately, that means that they have to learn to trust each other first.
 
This book is a more traditional m/f erotic romance with BDSM elements. It will be for their Twilight line. I’m busy with edits and promotion on this story as well. I’ll talk more about this new series in the November issue.



3) And finally… I’m happy to tell you that I’m finishing up the third book in the Kyron Pack series, which I’m calling “Around on the Strip.” I plan on handing this in to my editor next week, so I’m hoping to have some good news about the Kyron Pack in my December newsletter. This third book will be the conclusion to the series, where I’ll answer a whole bunch of questions, and go into depth about Josh’s relationship with Lydia (the Kyron Wolf Pack leader and the sister to a rival pack’s leader).

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Appearances and Give-Aways

Here’s a few other things that I’m doing over September and October to promote Honor Bound:

Sept. 2-7 – Back to Smut Party. The kids are back to school, so it’s time for us to get back to reading our smut! :D I’ll be joining a bunch of other authors promoting our work and giving away free ebooks. Go here to join us.

Sept. 2 – Coffee Time Romance Chat – I’ll be chatting with my fellow Truly, Madly, Deeply authors about our free read blog and promoting Honor Bound

September 5 - Check out my guest spot over at the Goddess Fish Promotional Blog, where I talk about...well...promo. What works for me, and what doesn't. ;) (Hint, I *love* chatting with readers one-on-one. :) )

September 8 – I'll be having a The Romance Studio Release Party to promote Honor Bound. More free books! :)

September 14 – The Romance Studio Guest Blog and Book-a-day Give Away ( Go to www.theromancestudio.com and click the corresponding links in the right side bar.)

September 17 – Savvy Author guest blog

September 19th – You Gotta Read Interview

September 24th – The Romance Studio Chat with Em Petrova and other Red Sage Authors

September/October - I'm participating in the Halloween Bash over at Ramsey's Book Reviews. (Check first week in October for my guest spot).

October 8 – My new free read goes up at the Truly, Madly, Deeply Author Blog (a variation on a Japanese myth - I'm very excited about this one, too!)

October 11 – Romance Books R Us Interview


Whew! that's a lot, eh? Well, I really want to get the word out about this fabulous book, and this is the best way I know to do it. ;)

Well, that's it for now. Thanks so much for reading the whole newsletter! As you know, I appreciate each and every one of you. As a thank you for taking an interest in my books, I'll randomly pick a newsletter subscriber every issue to win a thank-you gift.

September's prize is a free .pdf download of Honor Bound!

And the winner is...

Sharon Hamilton! (sharonhamilton2001)

Congrats! Send me an email and with the subject "Newsletter Winner" and I'll send out your prize!


My next newsletter will be a bonus issue and come out in November. Until then, thank you so much for subscribing and have a great fall!!



~ Suzanne Rock ~

www.SuzanneRock.com