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Well folks, it finally happened. I sold a book to Harlequin Book Publishers' brand new imprint, Harlequin Teens. Without giving too much away, it's really a perfect fit for the Teens branch of Harlequin which, according to Harlequin, is designed solely to print books "
specifically developed for readers of Twilight." Yes. An imprint was created strictly to write more books like
Twilight, as sales of adult books are down and sales of teen romance novels infused with supernatural elements are way, way up because adults are all switching over to these teen books.
I know what you're thinking, and I know that nothing about my entire body would suggest that I'm even vaguely interested in Teen Fiction, but the fact is I've been wanting to write one of these Magical-Softcore-Pseudoporn books for a long time, for reasons completely unrelated to the fact that the book industry as a whole is dying and books like
Twilight and
Those Other Twilight Books are the only books that people actually buy any more. Total coincidence, because I truly believe in this book, which is why I'm giving all you folks a special preview. Enjoy!
Synopsis
In a sentence, this is a story about Bonita Ingénue a 15-year-old, misunderstood young woman who gets rescued from her provincial, boring life and whisked away to a fantastical world of exciting, sensual, magic and erotic, thick, penetrating whimsy. At the beginning of our tale, she leaves her hometown of
Backstory, Massachusetts for the excitement and intrigue of
Excitetrigue, Colorado. The kids at her new school are all impressed with how
one dimensional and
uninteresting she is and it's only a matter of time before all of the popular boys ask her out on
romantic dates in the hopes
fingerblasting her. Even though Bonnie has her pick of the litter at school, she
really has her heart set on
Theo, the mysterious boy who lives just outside of town in
Dragon Hills. Theo has feelings for Bonnie as well, but he also has a deep, dark