Steamy Darcy giveaways

I'm giving away one copy of The Angel Sees Grey: Pleasure and Punishment for Mr. Darcy at SteamyDarcy.

Happy entry!

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Book detail:

A steamy, bold and erotic paranormal story that re-paints Jane Austen’s characters in urban fantasy colours.

When avenging angel Elizabeth mistakenly whips one honest billionaire Darcy on earth because she confuses the colour of grey and charcoal, her boss sent her down from heaven as a punishment to serve Darcy for one earth life.

Darcy wakes up to find himself with wounds possibly sustained in a kinky sex game he has no memory of. When Nurse Bennet arrives, looking similar to the woman he last remembers before his injury, Darcy suddenly develops lusty thoughts about his private nurse.

With the power struggle in heaven between two gods and his nude photo in the tabloid, Darcy finds himself wanting to get Elizabeth in his bed and deal her all sort of kinky punishment.

Does Darcy only lust after Elizabeth or does he have deeper feeling for her? Will the dark forces push Darcy to his beastly urges and hurt Elizabeth?

Warning: This title contains explicit sexual content, angels, demons, BDSM, whips, ropes, hot wax and a bit of mystery. It is not suitable for Jane Austen’s purists.

When Headstrong Girls co-operate

Austen Inspired Fan Fiction by Mary Simonsen: Headstrong Girls - An Interview: When Headstrong Girls co-operate, rather than compete... Please welcome June Williams and Debra Anne Watson. Along with Enid Wilson...

Straight From Hel: Headstrong Girls Dabble into New Territories

Giveaway of Headstrong Girls over at Helen Ginger's blog:

Straight From Hel: Headstrong Girls Dabble into New Territories:  Our guests today are June Williams and Enid Wilson. Enid has been a long term friend of Straight from Hel, and June visited here last yea...

Elizabeth Bennet's to read pile

What books do you think would make the top of Elizabeth Bennet’s ‘to read’ pile? What is your favorite line from Pride and Prejudice? I was asked these questions recently in a recent interview.

It's hard but fun to think about what I've known about my characters and what I want to write in future.

You can read the full Q&A at Speak Without Interruption.

Photo source: 2012indyinfo.wordpress.com

The 99th Page

I'm guest posting at Ashley Paternostro's blog La Bella Novella about the 99th page of one of my novels.

I’ve chosen my latest “The Spinster’s Vow: Mrs. Darcy’s Journal to Love”. The 99th page featured a heated argument between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet, about Wickham.

Come over to have a read and leave me some comments or join in the argument.

Photo source: tvfanatic.com

Zombieland

I've been out of action for a week or more because I've been working over time every day for the past few days. I was like in zombieland. I feel good that it's finally over and my schedule is back to normal.

Today I'm talking about book marketing and giving out a book at Aziza Publishing. Do check it out.

Photo from: maniacworld.com

Pride and Prejudice sequel in Portuguese

Dear Portuguese readers,

I'm blogging at Ana's blog The Dog that ate the book. I'll have a short excerpt of Fire and Cross in Portuguese and you can win a souvenir and my ebook too. Drop by if you have time.

Win a lovely bookmark and Fire and Cross

I'm blogging at Austenesque Reviews talking about Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bennet's relationship.

Come over to comment. You wll have a chance to win a lovely bookmark and a copy of my Fire and Cross in ebook format.

Developing Fire and Cross book cover

My new book Fire and Cross will be released in December. For the book cover, we have spent a lot of times considering different photos and scenarios. Here are two we have considered.

Who is the naughtiest Mr. Darcy?

Velvet is featuring Bargain with the Devil too over at her blog. She said she thought this Mr. Darcy was very naughty. What do you think?

Who is the naughtiest Mr. Darcy you have read about? Share your views.

You can check out the post and give away at Velvet's blog.

You're invited to a ball!

I'm attending a ball over at VVB32 Reads. Head over there to check out the new cover of Fire and Cross. Do leave me some comments.

Press here.

Exotic Wedding - Theta style

I'm blogging at Enchanted by Books about the exotic wedding scene in my novel In Quest of Theta Magic. I'm also giving out this lovely necklace with kangaroo design. Do come and leave me a message.

In Quest of Theta Magic contest

Until end of the month, I'm blogging at Night Owl Romance Blog and giving this lovely T-shirt to celebrate the release of In Quest of Theta Magic in Kindle format.

Drop by and have a look!

Famous Wilsons

Last year I conducted a Naughty Pride and Prejudice book tour at Marvin Wilson's Old Silly Free Spirit Blog. I'm re-posting it here for those who are not aware of our connection...

Marwin agreed to host my Naughty Pride and Prejudice book tour Bargain With the Devil only because we have the same surname and we share the same birthday.

True? Just kidding!

I’m sure my occasional impertinent comments on his blog make a good impression on him. At least that’s my wishful thinking. After stringing him along for a ride, I needed to think of a good topic to write about, so as not to bore his free spirited readers to tears. Otherwise he won’t allow me back here in future.

First thing that came to my mind was some of the famous Wilsons, besides old silly and myself. Most people will ponder about the history of their family at one time or another. Wilson was my late BF’s surname. That was the reason I chose it as my pen name. I am originally from Hong Kong. We once had a governor from Scotland, Sir David Wilson, born on 14 February. How romantic - to be born on Valentine’s Day? Maybe not?

Then there is Harriette Wilson (photo from wikipedia.com), a famous British Regency courtesan, whose sexual romantic conquests included the Prince of Wales, the Lord Chancellor and four future Prime Ministers. When she retired and decided to write a memoir, she demanded 200 pounds from her former lovers to edit out names. But the Duke of Wellington refused to pay up. “Publish and be damned,” he replied. And she did precisely that, making her famous for “kissing and telling”. She did have a defying character trait.

As for myself, I’m not a defiant soul, at least not on the surface. I studied in a Buddhist all girls primary school. I still remember the teachers going through our lunch to make sure we didn’t bring any meat into the school yard. And I resented having to kneel in front of the Buddha and praying at the temple every week. We had to recite the Buddhist learning in Sanskrit, which we didn’t understand a word of. There was a line which sounded like “touch me, bad boy” in my language and we all chanted it, “touch me, bad boy,” softly behind the back of the Buddhist nuns.

I’m sure if the nuns knew that I write steamy novels now, they would shake their heads and declare me a hopeless case. But they shouldn’t despair of my lost soul. Buddhism influences my writing a lot. For example, when I was writing the conclusion of my first paranormal romance In Quest of Theta Magic, I was unwilling to have the hero killing off the villain. After all, forgiveness is an important teaching of Buddhism. In the end, I have the villain killed off by cross fire. Sorry, redeeming him just didn’t make a great ending!

And in my latest novel, Bargain with the Devil, a spicy retelling of Pride and Prejudice, although Miss Bingley consulted a witch and bargained her soul in order to harm the main heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, I was unwilling to write her off with a horrible death.

After much deliberation, I finally settled on a funny ending for Caroline Bingley that resonated the line she said in Pride and Prejudice: “An accomplished lady must possess a certain something in her air.” Many readers had a good laugh about it.

So Marvin, I hope you approve of my forgiving soul.

Flying around the world

I'm FLYING around the world, virtually, to promote Really Angelic. Do come and join me.There will be contests, guest posts, reviews or chats. I will add more dates when they are available. Really Angelic is available at lulu and Amazon USA at the moment. It will reach Amazon UK and Europe in a few weeks time.


New Jersey, 8 January 2010, Enchanted by Books

Arizona, 19 January 2010, Romance Junkies

Michigan, 20 January 2010, The Old Silly's Free Spirit

Texas, 22 January 2010, Reading with Monie

Cyberworld, 25 January 2010, Night Owl Romance

California, 5 February 2010, Paranormal Romance

Texas, 11 February 2010, Straight from Hel

Netherlands, 14 February 2010, Leontine's Book Realm

Now if I got the money and time to do that physically...

Twitter with Mr. Darcy!

Event: Bargain with the Devil Twitter Party
Date: 20 Sept Sunday
Time: 2 pm USA West Coast (2 pm Sunday California time, i.e. 5 pm Sunday New York time, Monday 7 pm Sydney time and 6 pm Tokyo time - I hope I'm correct)
Duration: 1.5 hour, drop in any time
Host: Acquanetta Ferguson, popular San Diego Examiner


1) Follow Acquanetta at http://twitter.com/nettagyrl
2) Type #steamydarcy when you chat at twitter (http://twitter.com, register or sign in)
3) We will chat about Jane Austen, Pride and Prejduce or my stories
4) Goodies: We are giving out little souvenirs from my Europe trip every 10 minutes or so by asking you questions on JA, P&P or stories at my website.



Gifts include: 1. Rose scented soap (Marseille) 2. Bracelet (Corsica) 3. Phone bag (Corsica) 4. Treasure box (Piza)5 Mint box (Germany) 6. Paper clips (Germany) 7. Necklace (Italy) 8. Aboriginal notepad (Australia)

All of you (18 years old and over)are invited. Happy chatting!

Love is in the air

Here is the ABC TV news report about the Romance Conference I gave a presentation. But sorry to disappoint, you won't see me there as I avoided the camera, haha.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2009/08/13/2655413.htm

Naughty P&P book tour

An updated version of my blog book tour schedule:

Naughty Pride and Prejudice Virtual Book Tour

 

9 August, Reading with Monie (Texas, USA), Why am I angry with Elizabeth? - diary entries by Mr. Darcy

10 August, Romance Junkies (Arizona, USA), Ancient Master Chef (recipes of food from my stories)

13 August, Romance Conference by International Association for the Study of Popular Romance (Brisbane, Australia), Is Modern Fan Fiction Killing Classical Romances?

14 - 20 August, giveaways at Jane Austen Today, you have to come up with a Darcy and Elizabeth theme song

16 August, The Old Silly's Free Spirit Blog (Michigan, USA), Famous Wilsons and Buddhist influence on my writing

18 August, Giveaways at Goodreads ends, you need to be a member and Goodreads select the winner, I think based on how often you comment etc.

21 August, From Moonlight to Twilight, Mr. Darcy, a virgin?

27 August, Straight From Hel (Texas, USA), In search of steamy Mr. Darcy - book cover design

8 September, Wendi's Book Corner (WA, USA), topic to be confirmed

9 September, Night Owl Romance (Internet universe), Pre-marital sex in Regency

20 September (Sunday), 2 pm USA west coast time for 1.5 hours, Twitter Chat Party about our love for Mr. Darcy

Hosted by Acquanetta Ferguson, popular San Diego Examiner (2 pm Sunday California time, i.e. 5 pm Sunday New York time, Monday 7 pm Sydney time and 6 pm Tokyo time - I hope I'm correct).

You have to follow Acquanetta (nettagyrl) at twitter beforehand to win the gifts and type #steamydarcy when you chat.

I will have heaps of gifts from Sydney, France, Italy and Austria to give out at the Party.

And I have got some gifts for you. Please check out the respective tour hosts above nearer the time to see which of them are giving out which gifts.

Virtual Book Tour

I plan to publish my second book in October this year. So it is time to plan the virtual book tour for In Quest of Theta Magic and the new book.

It seems a lot of preparation is involved. I just joined a yahoo group on organising booktours. They conduct a two-month class for absolute idiot like me.

Stay tune, I may turn into a guru afterwards...

And if you know some good blogs that relate to sexy romance, paranormal romance and romantic science fiction etc, do leave me the links by pressing the comment button.