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[shadowkat]

1. Eww...really who wants to see a man put a digital tracking device up a woman's vagina in an action film?

2. There's nothing like a slew of bad reviews to make one curious about a movie or television series...I mean can it really be THAT bad? And if they network is cancelling it after 8 episodes yet still airing all 8 and even premiered it in IMAX..

3. Maybe it's just me, but this plot synopsis makes no sense

She had no idea what passion was,
Until she saw them…

Lady Alain needs a husband, and Quintin Wyntor will do just fine.

She will offer him a mutual agreement of respect and independence–
As long as he never visits her bed to claim his marital rights.

But seeing him with a man, with Calder, changes it all.
For better–and for worse.

Passion stirred.
Desire ignited.
And yet, she still never wants to touch or be touched.

But Quinn’s heart is shattered when his lover walks away so he decides to explore his feelings for Celeste to ease his broken heart.

In one unchecked moment of passion, mutual need spins out of control and bringing Calder home now may just be impossible.

Will Celeste give in to what Quinn wants for her?
Or will she stand her ground and hope they find another way…

This book is the story of Celeste and has her happily for now.
It is also the beginning of Calder and Quinn’s story which will be continued in THE SPARE AND THE HEIR.

This book is an autochorissexual romance (on the asexual spectrum) but contains important pieces of a gay romance. Both are explicit.

Warning: this book has a cliffhanger ending for Calder and Quinn, but is very much part of their story.

So guessing it's about a threesome? What the hell is autochorissexual??

And I need to stop buying books for .99 cents or 1.99 whenever they go on sale. [Clarification - I did not buy that one. Considering the synposis was giving me a headache.]

4. Reading The Princess Diarest...Carrie Fisher's memoir about the filming of Star Wars. She spends an entire chapter discussing lip gloss and another one discussing how the makeup artist styled her hair. Weird memoir.

Comments

[shadowkat]

You would think anyone trying to push a book would be more careful than that. Maybe self-published?

Possibly. But, knowing both worlds intimately? Impossible to tell.

From the cover and the marketing, and the fact that it landed on smartbitches? It's most likely traditionally published.

However, you'd think they'd be more careful with the marketing copy. I know I was -- I hired someone to edit mine. But publishers have gotten lazy -- they only spend time on their sure things, books sold on Amazon or as e-books, and not in the book stores, they spend less time on and often ask their authors to promote themselves. Writers under the "trades" spend a lot of time editing, promoting, and marketing their own books. The publishing house doesn't really do all that much...which is a why a lot of traditionally published genre writers specifically in the romance field have begun self-publishing. Why give the publisher a portion of your royalty? Or have them tell you to change your plot or write something they think sells, when you're doing 99% of the selling, promoting, editing, etc anyhow? Makes more sense to just hire someone to package it, or do it yourself as an e-book.