Ampersands are Sexy

AmpersandFor my Romance: Trysts series,  the stories are numbered and titled with the two main character’s names. On each book, an ampersand (&) is used to join the names. I love this. I think ampersands are super sexy. Why?

  • It looks a bit like two joined people, united, embracing
  • It’s very fluid, just like a good romance.
  • It seems to want to curl around you and embrace you.

It’s the perfect joinder for two words,  so I love the way it looks on a cover.  I’m actually a little disappointed that some sites don’t read ampersands in html, so I have join the title names with “and.” While and is great in a sentence, it doesn’t look sexy, not the way an ampersand does.

So, what do you think? Are ampersands sexy? Are there any other symbols or punctuation marks you guys find sexy?

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A lovely promotion … thanks!

bb_cover_normalskin2I ended my promotion for Beauty & Her Beastly Love Monday morning, while the Tryst No. 3: Tristan & Blair free promo ended on Sunday at 12:01 am PST. I thought both promos went pretty well.

I have been really excited to see the number of borrows for Beauty & Her Beastly Love. Under the new Amazon system, you can see how many pages have been read of your book, and it’s pretty neat. Seems like people are really blasting through the book quickly, as one moment, there will be no pages read, and a few hours later, my pages read chart will read 400 pages. So, a nice surprise.

If you have Kindle Unlimited, Beauty & Her Beastly Love is available for a read that’s free to you.  It’s a fairly quick read, just 105 pages, and packed with romance, so I hope you’ll take a chance on it and check it out.

That’s it for now. Hope you have a great rest of the week.

May your love stay in bloom,

Rosetta

Wednesday Sale Kickoff, Thursday Freebies

bb_cover_normalskin2Happy hump day to you. I hope all is going well for you.

I just wanted to let you all know that I’m kicking off a 99-cent sale for Beauty and Her Beastly Love today. The story is a steamy retelling of the classic Beauty and the Beast story (that fairy tale was first publisehd in 1756). If you haven’t read Beauty and Her Beastly Love, definitely consider picking it up.  Reviewers have said.

“Absolutely awesome twist on the timeless fairytale!”

“I think I enjoyed this one even more than The Princess and the Pea, and I really loved it.”

The sale will run from today (July 15) through Sunday (July 19).  Beauty and her Beastly Love is regularly $2.99, so it’s a huge savings.

 

trysts1DrCarterSinncoupleContrastAdditionally, you can pick up the first book in the Romance: Trysts series, Dr. Carter & Mrs. Sinn, for free. Amazon price-matched the book yesterday, so it’s available FREE online at the following stores: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google Play, Kobo, Apple and Inktera.

Finally, tomorrow, one additional tale in the Trysts series will be free for three days, July 16-18. Check back here tomorrow and I’ll let you know which one.

Dr. Carter and Mrs. Sinn Permanently Free in most Places

trysts1DrCarterSinncoupleContrastHappy hump day to you. I just wanted to let you know that the beginning short in my Romance: Trysts series is now free at most online stores. And it’s going to stay free.

You can grab it free at Barnes & Noble, the Google Play Store,  Kobo, AppleScribD and Inktera.

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Under Product Details, you can tell Amazon about a lower price.

The book is being sold for 99 cents on Amazon, because Amazon does not allow authors to set the price of a book as free. When Amazon learns the book is free elsewhere, the company will match the price. Amazon hasn’t matched the price to free yet. Hopefully, they’ll make a change soon. If not, feel free to alert them yourselves, as they take customer concerns seriously. There’s a link called,  “tell us about  a lower price” at the bottom of the Product Details section (I’ve circled it in a screenshot to the right).

If you haven’t read Dr. Carter & Mrs. Sinn, do check it out. It’s a fun, short frolic.  Here’s the book trailer.

Nikki & Mike Book Trailer

Happy Monday to you. I hope you had a great July 4 weekend.

If you didn’t get enough fireworks over the weekend, you’re welcome to check out any of my Trysts books, where you’ll see some romantic fireworks play out. 🙂

Over the weekend, I was in a book trailer mood, so I made a trailer for the Tryst No. 2, Nikki & Mike. I’m going to make one for Tristan & Blair, too. Just haven’t done it yet. In the mean time, check out the Nikki & Mike trailer.

A firefighter with a foot fetish?

trysts4jackandbrenda_reducedHappy hump day to you.

Just thought I’d check in with a quick cover reveal.

I’m finalizing the fourth short in the Trysts series. This one, Jack and Brenda, focuses on Jack, the firefighter, who ends up helping a stranded nurse, Brenda. I  go a little quirky here, as Jack has a thing for feet. This one, like the others, is a lot of fun and fully of sexy. And of course, it’s short. Hoping to get this one out to you guys by the 15th.

In the meantime, here’s the cover.

Also, as a quick note, I’ll have some good news later this week, I hope. I pulled Dr. Carter & Mrs. Sinn from the Kindle Unlimited program last week. As I’d mentioned in a previous post, the program is undergoing some changes, and I’m still trying to figure things out. As such, I wanted to try Dr. Carter & Mrs. Sinn as an introductory short to the series, and expand it to distribution at other sites. Unfortunately, it’s not getting to those sites as quickly as I had hoped. I uploaded it to the distributor on Sunday night, but  and it hasn’t shown up on either the Nook, Kobo or Apple sites. 😦 Not sure what the delay is, but I’ll write a quick post once the book goes live at those sites and I get the links. Of course, the good news part is the price for this introductory short. If you’d like a hint, check out Dr. Carter & Mrs. Sinn over at the Google Play Store (which uploaded immediately). It will be that price at the other stores once it’s uploaded. It’s not that price at Amazon yet, but I’ll talk more about that in my later post.

That’s it for today. Have a happy hump day.

So How Many of You Use Kindle Unlimited?

Happy Wednesday to you. I’ve got a lot on my plate today as I’ve got to take my daughter to the dentist to get a couple of baby teeth pulled. The adult one came in behind where it’s supposed to be, which means it didn’t push the baby teeth out. So, that means a pulling so the adult tooth has a spot to slide into. While it’s good for the adult tooth, feeling sad for the baby teeth. 😦

Anyway, this week Amazon announced some changes for authors whose books are in the Kindle Unlimited program. Because it’s not clear how the changes will work, I’m considering pulling some titles from the program. But, I’m wondering how much you guys use it. Yes, I get some borrows, but I get sales, too. Does being in KU matter on no?

As an aside, I put off the Tristan & Blair edits a little because I’m still up in the air about whether to enroll it in KU. I plan to finish going over the edits tonight and get it published soon.

 

Tristan and Blair is coming …

trysts3tristanblaircontrastI sent Romance: Trysts No. 3 – Tristan & Blair off to the editor a couple of days ago. It should be back in my sweet hands on Tuesday and published by the end of the week.

So, the first three will be available by the end of the week. I’m super excited.

If you enjoyed Nikki & Mike, I’m sure you’ll love Tristan & Blair. This is my favorite story in the series so far. I’ll post the blurb on Wednesday.

That’s it for now.

-Rosetta

May your love stay in bloom

Seeking some thoughts on covers

Howdy there. I’ve been getting into the swing of things lately and trying to write more. I know I’m supposed to be finished with my Cinderella story, but I must admit, that tale has derailed, and I’m trying to figure out how to get it back on track. It’s the fairy tale that diverges the furthest from the original, so I’m struggling a bit with it.

As such, I’ve put it on the backburner while I work on some erotic shorts. They’re pretty simple things, a series I’m tentatively calling Romance: Trysts.  I’m curious if I’m going the right way on the covers. Here are my first attempts at the first three in the series (I have a first draft written for each, and have writte half of the fourth in the series). I’m not entirely sure how many I want to do in the series, but I have been fun writing them. They all stand alone, but they’re connected in theme. They’re all a slice of romance that involves physical intimacy.  Any thoughts based on the covers.

 

 

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