Category Archives: My Book Stuff

Releasing May 1st

Hey I have a new book releasing May 1st! Actually, you may already be able to find it via online bookstores or even at the bookstore, so let me know if you see it when you’re out and about or shopping online.

Note: This is not an erotic romance. It’s a contemporary romance and one of my favorites, about a construction worker and an attorney who think they’re all wrong for each other. I love this book. Okay, I say that about all of them, don’t I? :giggle:

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A romantic game of chicken—and they’re both too stubborn to flinch.

Lucy Fairchild, lawyer and heiress to the Fairchild fortune, has just had the worst day of her life. Her father has found the perfect man for her to marry. Yes, she’s thirty and single, but that doesn’t give her father the right to run her life. She’ll choose her own husband—someday.

Jake Dalton is struggling to make his fledgling construction company a success. Ever mindful of his father’s derogatory comments that he’d never amount to anything, he’s spent his entire life trying to prove he’s not a failure.

From their first meeting on a construction site, verbal sparks fly. Their argument escalates into a dare for a date—and the game is on. Lucy thinks Jake is the perfect fake boyfriend to parade around in the hopes of getting her father off her back. Jake is amused by the chance to annoy both Lucy and her dad—he doesn’t intend to take the dating thing seriously.

But the heart is a fickle thing, and not above playing dirty. In their quest to prove something—to each other, or maybe to themselves—they find themselves building a case…for love.

Excerpt and buy links available here

It is also currently available as an e-book at Samhain Publishing. Click here.

Awesome News, Awesome Books and Awesome Heaving Bosoms!

Heh…How’s THAT for a title for today’s blog?

So let’s talk about something other than Amazon for a change? Though my sales rankings are back up. Yay!

Awesome news – RIDING ON INSTINCT made the Barnes & Noble and Borders Bestseller Lists! Super thank yous to everyone who bought my book! I really, really, appreciate it! :heart:

Awesome books – Lots of awesome books releasing today:

Lauren Dane’s Always, available at Samhain Publishing. Everything Lauren writes is golden. Go forth and purchase.
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Excerpt and buy links here

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Mandy Roth’s Going The Distance, available at Samhain Publishing. Mandy is an incredibly talented writer of many genres, successful at all.

Excerpt and buy link here

And the Smart Bitches, Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan, have finally released the long awaited Beyond Heaving Bosoms, a very irreverent and loving look at the romance industry.

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I can’t think of two people who love the romance industry more than the Smart Bitches. This book is funny and insightful and smart and if you want to consider yourself a smart bitch (and really, who doesn’t?), get this book at your nearest bookstore or online retailer. (And no, I’m not linking to Amazon.) But the Smart Bitches have links up at their site here

So lots of great books to get out there and read today. Including mine, if you haven’t yet. :giggle:

The Amazon Insult Continues…

So I’ve spent today waiting for Amazon’s explanation of why several of my erotic romances have been delisted. Still waiting. So far I’ve heard that it’s a glitch, a troll, and even blaming France. The only thing I do know is that sales ranks have not been reinstated on my books and I’m not happy about it.

For those who don’t understand what it means, let me explain. The sales # associated with a book is no great shakes. It’s just that that sales # affects a book’s visibility on the various Amazon bestseller lists (of which there are many), and the “If you like ___, then you’ll like ____” comparison, which also increases a book’s visibility.

My erotic romances almost always hit several of the Amazon bestseller lists. Which means…more visibility for my books to readers who might not go to Amazon looking specifically for Jaci Burton, but would go there looking for….let’s say, hey, let’s look at the top 100 contemporary romances, or the top 100 erotic romances, or the top 100 adult fiction titles. Yes, I’ve been on all those lists every day. Now? No. Because my books don’t have sales #’s on them. Hence the term ‘delisted’. Does it affect my sales at Amazon? You bet your ass it does.

What’s even more bizarre? Go to Amazon, click on “All Departments”. Then in the search box type in “Porn”. The first item up is Naughty Girls Rock, a dvd. It has a sales ranking. Or type in “Vibrators”. The # 1 item is the Trinity Rabbit Vibrator. And yes, it, too has a sales rank. But my books? No sales rank. So explain to me, Amazon, what exactly are you trying to protect your customers from? Gay, lesbian fiction and non fiction as well as erotic fiction? But it’s okay for your customers to buy porn and vibrators? If y’all understand that, then you’re smarter than I am.

More informative links:

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