Reviewers have the power to make authors cry–happy tears, in this case. Since Through the Red Door released last month, I’ve received some heart-warming reviews for this steamy seasoned romance. (An industry term for stories in which the characters are past the first blush of youth.) Nothing pleases me more than knowing my story has touched readers in their happy places. 

 Here’s a snippet from Professor Nick”s point of view:

    Nick pressed his back against the red door and blew out a long, shaky breath. He’d heard about Book Nirvana for years, but nothing prepared him for what he found inside. The shop was aptly named, that was for damned sure.

    From the first jingle of the brass bell over the doorway, he knew this place was something special. The sweet, almost edible scent of books, both new and used, wafted out to greet him. The early-summer sunlight bathed the shop in a welcoming glow and highlighted the colorful posters on the walls—Peter Max’s psychedelic sunset pointing toward the art books, the Beatles’ Yellow Submarine above the music section, and a lush still life of fruit, bread, and wine for the cooking section. Further down the long, narrow space, comic superheroes, a futuristic spacescape, an armored knight charging into battle, and, above a lacquered red door at the rear, Ingres’s La Grande Odalisque threw a languid glance over her bare shoulder—at once an invitation and a dare.

    But the jewel of the collection was Clara herself. His friend at the University of Oregon told him about the pretty shop owner, but “pretty” hardly did her justice. Her unruly dark hair glimmered with just a hint of red fire. Those eyes—dark, like the Pacific on a stormy day, somewhere between green and gray—eyes a man could get lost in.Something about this woman set his pulse to revving like a race car at the starting line. Caught off guard by her startling beauty, he’d behaved like a horny teenager, ogling as her delicate fingers fiddled with the locket between her breasts. She noticed, too. Damn.

Tomorrow at 5 p.m. Pacific time, 8 p.m. Eastern, please join me and three other authors for a chat on Night Owl Reviews. Click on the link above!

Books make great holiday gifts. (nudge, nudge) And the greatest gift you can give an author is a review! (more nudging) 

Buylinks:

  https://www.amazon.com/Through-Red-Door-Book-Nirvana-ebook/dp/B07J5BCTSG/

https://wildcatalog.thewildrosepress.com/all-erotic/6283-through-the-red-door.html  

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