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Once upon a time, I wrote a Brava. There was a hot sexy naked guy in the shower, and a sweet but slightly befuddled woman using a pink vibrator as a flashlight . . . oh and a dead body. It came out in Trade and looked like this, so that my kids thought I’d written a puzzle book:

Then along came Aussie Rules. There was a chip-on-her-shoulder heroine and a big, bad Aussie, and despite their worlds being at odds, they couldn’t keep their hands off each other. It also came out in Trade and my kids thought I’d written a fun cartoon:

I got a few letters after these two books were released, readers expressing surprise at how hot the books were compared to the relatively tame covers. I’m thinking maybe my editor got letters too, because next out was SMART AND SEXY (4/07) and it looked like this:

This one actually just went back to press, so yay! Here’s it’s sequel, STRONG AND SEXY, out in December of this year:

I doubt I’m going to get letters saying these covers aren’t hot enough, lol. And then, I got a GREAT call. GET A CLUE is going to be reissued in mass market, with a new cover! YAY! A few months later I received that new cover.

Uh, holy nipple, Batman! This one is definitely not a puzzle book or a fun cartoon, and might be tough to explain the kids, lol, but I’m sure I’m not going to be getting any mail suggesting that THIS cover isn’t hot enough.