MySpace: The Heaven and Hell Edition
First, if you’re taking part in the Seventy Days of Sweat Challenge, go over to Larissa’s blog and soak up a bit of inspiration and then check in with your word count.
Quite a few book covers on MySpace caught my attention this week. The first, To Hell With Love by Sherri Erwin, has an intriguing premise in that I think the hero is the devil…yeah, that one. Not the easiest idea to pull off. I’m intrigued. Here’s the cover copy:
“You like to sin, Kate?”
When Boston interior designer Kate Markham meets real estate mogul Owen Glendower at a dinner party, sparks fly. Not only is Owen GQ-cover, drop-dead sexy and filthy rich, he has a maddeningly seductive way of knowing intimate details about her. Details that send heat rushing to her cheeks not to mention certain other parts of her body. Swept deliciously off her feet, Kate lets herself fall into a breathtakingly sensual journey she hopes will never end, even when Owen reveals his little secret: he happens to be Hades, ruler of the underworld and the devil himself!
Caught in the fiery-sweet grip of a desire so consuming, Kate must choose between her business, her family, her life on Earth, and spending eternity in Hell with Owen. Then, out of the blue, family tragedy strikes, shaking her out of a rapturous trance to face the decision of a lifetime. Will she spend eternity with this devil of her dreams or follow her conscience back to earthly reality?
The second book travels in the other direction. It sound like the ultimate out-of-body experience. The book is You Had Me At Halo by Amanda Ashby.
The publisher describes it like this:
Holly Evans has just seen her own body laid to rest. Now she would like to move onto the afterlife. But apparently she has some mortal baggage to unload first, starting with the matter of how she died. Her heavenly shrink isn’t buying that she didn’t kill herself- and says she must return to earth to straighten things out. The thing is, she needs to borrow the body of computer geek Vince Murphy to do it. Oh, and although Vince was supposed to have vacated the premises, he apparently never got the memo.
Now, Holly has forty-eight hours to resolve her issues while sharing arms, legs, and…other things…with a guy she barely noticed while she was alive. But the real surprise is what life has to offer when you have only two days to live it.
What do you think of these? Any interest?
August 26th, 2007 at 11:29 am
To Hell with Love looks interesting. I’ve never heard of it before. Thanks for posting about it!
August 26th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
You Had Me At Halo sounds interesting.
August 26th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
Just from reading the publisher’s description, You Had Me at Halo sounds appealing to me.
August 26th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
I love the Halo cover.
August 26th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
To Hell with Love sounds like it would be a really hot story. You had me a Halo sounds like it will be a funny book. Will look for both, thanks for 2 new books to add to my TBR pile.
August 26th, 2007 at 5:23 pm
They both sound interesting and the covers are eyecatching. Also, the book you have coming out in March, “Right Here, Right Now” , sounds like a winner to me.
August 26th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
The both sound different - may be good reads.
August 26th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
I forgot to tell you, HelenKay, I finsished YMDMC and absolutely loved it. How will I ever wait for your next one????? The dialogue was so snappy. You got to read it if you havent ladies.
August 26th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
They look good, don’t they?
Ruby - Thank you for your RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW excitement! The hero dumps the heroine in the opening scene of that book. It was a lot of fun to try to redeem him after that.
Pat - I’m thrilled you enjoyed it!!!! The good news is that we’re almost in September and the next book will release in late February, so that’s not too long…right? And, I have four releases in 2008, so the time between available books will be significantly shorter.
August 27th, 2007 at 3:20 am
They both sound interesting, especially the first one. I’ll have to check out some reviews.
4 releases next year? Music to my ears.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:37 am
Wow, they both sound intriguing! Thanks for the heads up.
August 28th, 2007 at 9:15 am
You Had Me At Halo is intriguing. I’d like to see how the author handles a woman dealing with being in a man’s body and the–ahem–differences in bodies.
September 5th, 2007 at 3:30 am
HelenKay, I just saw this online and I really appreciate the interest, thank you! It was not easy making the devil a romantic hero, indeed. But he thinks of himself in the Greek tradition as Hades, god of final justice, which does make it a little more interesting, I think, to imagine how he sees himself vs how the world accepts him. He’s conflicted, dark, and Kate is the light that he craves. I hope you pick it up and enjoy- it’s out now!
Come visit us at the Whine Sisters blog, a space I share with Julia London and Kathleen Givens. We love to talk to readers and authors. And thanks again!