Maggie Robinson | Brava Authors | Sensual Romance Fiction

Update: Everyone who commented was a winner! You should receive an email from me shortly to learn whether you prefer Kindle or Nook for your TOUCH OF A LADY!

I saw an article recently about “Title Poetry.” The author went to her bookshelves and pulled out a few titles to combine to create a verse of sorts. It’s not exactly a haiku, not a limerick or a sonnet. Heck, it’s not really poetry at all, but it’s fun to see if you can tie romance titles together to suggest a poem. Here’s what a I did with a few Brava titles:

The Touch of a Scoundrel Tempted a Mistress by Mistake,
Invitation to Scandal meant Unexpected Pleasures.

The books I used are:
TOUCH OF A SCOUNDREL by moi,
TEMPTED by Rebecca Zanetti
MISTRESS BY MISTAKE by Maggie Robinson
INVITATION TO SCANDAL by Bronwen Evans
UNEXPECTED PLEASURES by Mary Wine

I cheated just a bit by adding a couple small words, but you get the idea. Wanna play? Go to you bookshelf and see if you can put together a few titles to create a little romance poem. Because this requires some time and effort on your part, I’ll give a copy of my enovella TOUCH OF A LADY to the first 10 who share their ‘title poem’ with us. Be sure to give us the authors of the books as well.

And don’t forget! TOUCH OF A SCOUNDREL is in bookstores now!

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“Marlowe wraps up her paranormal Victorian series with a lighthearted romance between a con artist and a psychic. Griffin Nash, Lord Devonwood, manifests the Preston family gift by seeing 12 hours into the future after handling objects others have touched. Devon’s younger brother, Teddy, arrives home with untitled American Emmaline Farnsworth, whom he hopes to marry, and her ailing Egyptologist father. Emma and her companion are actually scheming to get Teddy’s family to fund a fake archeological expedition. When Devon’s chance brush with Emma’s sketching pencil yields an image of them kissing, he lets attraction and the inevitability of his visions trump his concern for his brother’s feelings. Devon’s “Sendings” make delightful teasers for later passionate scenes, and the inner conflicts among Emma’s secret agenda, her natural kindness, and her new feelings of desire provide very effective tension. Tight, sharp banter and a well-structured secondary plot make the story bigger than the average socialite comedy of manners. ~ Publishers Weekly“

Nope, the title does not refer to some alternative high school. *g* My debut Mistress by Mistake has been out now for almost a month, and my heart still goes pitter-pat just thinking about it. Now that the release bug has bitten me, I can’t wait for the rest of the Courtesan Court series to roll out.

I think about the covers, and wonder how they can top the scarlet beauty of MBM. I was super-lucky for Brava to get Alan Ayers to paint the gorgeous clinch cover. The detail in it is exquisite–the wallpaper background, the fabric of Charlie’s dress, the shadow on her back, the perfect tinge of copper on Bay’s hair. Now I realize I’ve stared at this cover longer than the average consumer, but even if I had not written the book, I’d want to hold it in my hand and take it to the counter!

I also love that you get an imprecise sense of what Charlie and Bay look like. Many a book has been spoiled for me when the cover art does not match my imagination. I’d usually rather “see” the h/h in my mind’s eye than look at an exact model. Which is why I don’t mind those headless heroes at all.

What image attracts you on the shelf? A manly chest? A pretty dress? Is there a particular color that shouts out to you? Do you prefer a clinch, or the hero or heroine standing alone? Do you sometimes long for a plain brown wrapper to cloak your books?

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