Ooooh, I am way excited. Apparently someone nominated my book Odalisque for an NLA award in fiction. Past recipients of this award have included Anneke Jacob, Jack Rinella, Cecilia Tan, Claire Thompson, and many other excellent writers. It would be so thrilling to win but I’m honored just to be nominated!
Keep your fingers crossed for me…
I’ve started to have some reviews come in for Odalisque, and I’m thrilled to say they are really great!
Many, many thanks to Victoria of TwoLips Reviews and Jae of Dark Divas Reviews for taking the time to post reviews of Kai and Constance’s book.
Victoria said “I’ve felt this before, having experienced Ms. Joseph’s other novels, but after enjoying Odalisque I must proclaim the following- Annabel Joseph is a true master of the BDSM genre and is an auto-buy author for me. Odalisque is a classic which will forever be loaded onto my e-reader and have a chained position on my shelf in print format.” Wow, thanks! You can read all of Victoria’s review here. (click!)
Jae said “Odalisque by Annabel Joseph wins my Best Book of 2011 vote hands down and without question. I’m a huge fan of Annabel Joseph’s writing, as some of you probably already know, but in this book Ms. Joseph has surpassed herself in quality of storyline, character development, character interaction, dialogue, narrative, sex scenes, emotional scenes, psychological development, world building… you name it and it is a stand out marker of a truly fantastic story.” That review made me cry. You can read Jae’s review in its entirety here (click!)
Hopefully you’ll be able to check out these great review blogs. And if you read Odalisque and liked it, please leave a review if you can. I know it’s not always possible for privacy reasons, but if you’re in a position where you can leave a review at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Goodreads, every review helps bring more attention to my work.
If you haven’t read Odalisque yet, I hope you’ll consider it! Click below for the All Romance Ebooks link, or find it a dollar cheaper in Amazon’s Kindle store or Barnes and Noble.com.
I just wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a great holiday and happy New Year. New Years has always been my favorite holiday…it seems like a holiday full of possibilities. It’s a fresh new start! I was delighted when my first daughter was born on New Years Day. It was my favorite holiday years before she was even a twinkle in my eye, but when she arrived on that day (naturally, not scheduled!) I took it as a sign that New Years really was a strangely significant day for me.
With that said, here are my resolutions: Write more wonderful books with lots of sexiness and compelling characters. Participate more in the “game”–get out there and network and talk to prospective readers and other authors. I’m thinking about starting up an email newsletter subscription type thing. What do you all think of author newsletters? Annoying or helpful?
I’m also going to try to get up the courage to query an agent in 2012 about my vanilla stuff. I would love to find a wider audience and maybe even start attending the various romance conventions. At the same time, I plan to continue publishing my kinky stories in 2012, to include Cirque du Minuit.
My personal resolutions are vast and a little scary but I’ll be working on many of those too. Wish me luck!
And thanks to everyone who’s done me the honor of reading one of my books this year. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! Your encouragement is priceless.
May all your dreams for the New Year come true…
Just letting all my readers know that Ellora’s Cave recently decided to send Deep in the Woods to print. I know some of you prefer actual books so I’m glad you can finally get this one in paperback.
It’s available to purchase right now at the Ellora’s Cave website (click!) If you’d like to buy from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or some other bookseller, it may be a few more weeks until it’s in stock.
I have been terrible about posting, but I’ve been busy writing, so hopefully you all will forgive me!
Cirque du Minuit is in edits and expected to be released in the first quarter of next year. Depending on whether people like it or not, it might become the first of a series.
After that, I’ve got a sequel to Club Mephisto coming out. But before then, I’ll be releasing a FREE book for you all called Molly’s Lips: Club Mephisto Retold. Remember Stephenie Meyer’s Midnight Sun, in which she started retelling Twilight from Edward’s point of view rather than Bella’s? Well, she never released it because someone leaked the first half, but I am planning to release mine free of charge. It will be the same story as Club Mephisto, only retold from Mephisto’s point of view. Check out the banging cover courtesy of Dara England!
Molly’s Lips: Club Mephisto Retold will show what was going on behind the scenes between Mephisto and Molly’s Master during her visit, and also things going on between Mephisto and Molly that she (and consequently, the reader) didn’t know about. It will also be a good lead-in for for the sequel following on its heels. The sequel, which doesn’t have a title yet, will have a slightly more romantic storyline than Club Mephisto, and I intend to write it so that those who chose not to read Club Mephisto can read the more romantic sequel as a stand-alone book.
It’s funny…Club Mephisto is by far my most popular book with my male readers. Several men have written to me to tell me how much they enjoy it, but no women have. I can understand that my usual romance readers might find Club Mephisto a little too “hardcore” and non-romantic for their taste but my hope is that the sequel will be more accessible to those readers. (Sorry guys!)
In light of these new Mephisto titles, I recently updated the files for the original Club Mephisto novella at Amazon and Barnes and Noble to include a working Table of Contents *blush*. Forgive me, I know the old file didn’t have one. I’m not sure if you can download the newer file by refreshing your archives…might be worth a try.
Last but not least, I just started today working on Mason Cooke’s story, what I think will be the last story in the Comfort series that started with Comfort Object. It doesn’t have a title yet either but when I have one I’ll let you know. Before I release that, I’m sure I’ll put out The Edge of the Earth. This book has a great alpha hero named Will but no BDSM, so it’s a small departure for me. But the emotion and hotness factor is still there, I promise!
So please stay tuned. I have lots of very diverse and hopefully sexy books headed your way in 2012! Thanks so much for your continued support, and for telling others about my books. If you visit a lot of reader blogs or book discussion forums, please feel free to drop my name and spread the word. 
I’ve seen this ballet vid a few times recently and kept coming back to it. I couldn’t figure out why Justin Peck is so transfixing to me. (Well, besides the obvious reasons like his handsome face, banging bod, and beautiful technique.)
Then it hit me. He looks exactly the way I pictured Gregoire, Lucy Merritt’s nurturing and talented dance partner in Mercy. I loved writing Gregoire and I saw him as a very beautiful person, both inside and out. I hope you’ll enjoy this short video (and handsome Justin Peck.)
My favorite part is the part at the end, around 1:35, when he does the spin and dip with Janie and you can see the attention and concentration on his face. Le sigh. Ballet is beautiful.
I’m happy to announce that Odalisque is now available for purchase!
You can find it at the following clickable purchase links: Amazon, Barnes and Noble.com, All Romance ebooks, and Smashwords.
If you read it and love it, I hope you will spread the word and if possible, leave some reviews for me! Your support is so appreciated.
I am back to work now on Cirque du Minuit, which I’ll release in the spring. By the way, I published Odalisque with a short excerpt from Cirque du Minuit, a special peek for all my readers.
The new re-issue of Comfort Object is finally available on Amazon, All Romance e-books, Smashwords, and BarnesandNoble.com.
Best of all, it’s only $2.99 at Amazon and Barnes and Noble, and only $3.99 at ARe and Smashwords, so if that high cover price was scaring you off, now’s the time to pick it up and read Jeremy and Nell’s story. You may still get the Loose Id version in your search results so be sure to buy the cheaper one. (They are exactly the same except for the covers.)
A paperback version is also available through Amazon (click). For years readers have been asking for a print copy and I’m happy to offer it now.
Stay tuned to the blog for news on when Odalisque will be available to buy. I am still expecting the book to be available by some point late next week. Spread the word! And thanks for all your support.
Many thanks to Jae of Dark Diva Reviews for taking the time to post an awesome review of Lily Mine!
You can read the full review here (click!)
A short excerpt:
“The characters were rich and diverse, with drives and motives so different from today. I truly enjoyed this snapshot of life that I was given. The ending was superb, bringing all the varied pieces of the puzzle—and don’t kid yourself, there were plenty of pieces to this puzzle—together to a satisfying conclusion that stayed true to the characters. This story has many plotlines, with wonderfully shocking turns as everything comes together for the reader.”
Thanks so much, Jae! I really did work hard on the plot of Lily Mine. If you haven’t read it yet, give it a try! We can all use a little Regency hotness in our lives…
Hi everyone! Hope you’re having a great weekend. Just a reminder that my Lily Mine excerpt is up on Bianca Sommerland’s blog today. Leave a comment in the comments section (not here–over there!) for a chance to win a signed copy of Lily Mine mailed to your house.
You can visit the Lily Mine page at Im-no-angel.com here (click!)
It’s all part of her “Lover’s Scare” Halloween-themed promotion this October. Each day a different erotic scary or fright-themed excerpt will be posted for you to enjoy. There are tons of big names participating and tons of great excerpts.
I think the contest is going to go on until the first week of November, when all the winners will be announced, so be sure to read some of the other excerpts too and leave lots of comments. Who knows what you’ll win? Good luck!
