I know I’m really behind on getting my newsletter out the door.  I’m shooting for sometime this weekend.  (Cross your fingers for me!)  Anyway, I have a few things I thought I’d announce on here.

First, I came home the other night to find a box on my doorstep from Kensington.  I figured they’d sent me a few more author copies of Vision of Seduction, so I didn’t open it right away.  Once I finally got around to opening it, I was happily shocked at what I found.

Ceremonia de Seduccion, aka, Ceremony of Seduction in Spanish, as sold in Spain.  Woo Hoo!  Before this I didn’t even know any of the foreign rights had been sold.  I did Google it to try to find the cover image to post up here, but the image showing on the Spanish bookstores isn’t the same one I received, so there might be a few different versions floating around out there.

The cover it actually has on it is a fuzzed out picture of a couple embracing–so much more tame than either of my Seduction Series covers in the US…lol!

Now the only Spanish I know is what I learned on Sesame Street, so a lot of the words in this book are totally beyond my comprehension…lol.  However, in the dedication, I had said, “To my Critique Group, The Butterscotch Martini Girls…” and the Translation of that is fun “Mis Mejores criticas, las Chicas Butterscotch Martini”

Anyway, I’m still doing a big happy dance off this one!  Cassie Ryan has gone International!!  Here’s hoping for more translation books to pour in!!  I’d love to be able to add “Whose books are available in 44 languages world wide!” or something fun like that to my bio.  Tee Hee!

Also, I received some new reviews for Take It Off:

Take It Off was certainly one hot, yummy book! This was my first time experiencing Tina Gerow’s writing, and I definitely look forward to reading more of her exciting storytelling.

            -4 Stars, Contessa, Fallen Angle Reviews I fear that I’ve become a Tina Gerow junkie and Take It Off is a perfect example as to why.  The chemistry between Samantha and Chase is HOT and ignites the pages.  Rarely have I read love scenes that are hotter so you might want to have a bucket of ice and a dry pair of panties nearby when you read this sexy story.  Not only is Take It Off hot, it’s sweet and funny.  Tina Gerow’s creativity will have you laughing out loud and turning each page just to see what she’s come up with next!  My only regret was that this story wasn’t longer! 

            – 5 Lips, Kerin, Two-Lips Reviews

Also, I received some new reviews for Vortex Blues:

Tina Gerow’s new book, VORTEX BLUES, brings to life two riveting characters…readers can’t help but cheer them on!  Like boiling water, it soon heats up and leaves no prisoners.  What I enjoyed most was the build up of these two flawed characters who discover more and more about each other and the trust that slowly develops between Mitch and Molly.  In closing, Tina Gerow, I have only three words for you.  I want more!

         – 4 Stars, Estefanie L, Night Time Romance Reviews

Filled with supernatural creatures galore, Vortex Blues was a fast paced paranormal mystery. There were plenty of suspenseful and humorous moments to keep the plot rolling along.  The mystery was well written and I enjoyed the byplay between the other characters.  The paranormal world built by Ms. Gerow was well thought out and planned and seems like an intriguing place to visit.

- 4 Angels, Haley, Fallen Angel ReviewsLook for my newsletter soon!

Tina/Cassie

A Google alert popped into my box this morning and let me find a really terrific review about Ceremony of Seduction on the blog The Good, The Bad & The Unread!  And what I appreciated about it the most was it was a very honest and heartfelt review.  No, she didn’t love everything, but she had great reasons for those and explained them well.  Hell, as authors we don’t ever feel our books are perfect, so I have no issues reading a well balanced review.

What was truly great is, I felt this reviewer really “got” my warped sense of humor, and that’s why she connected so well with the book.  So, a big thanks and shout out to Shannon C!

Check it out and let me know what you think.

Cassie/Tina

Wow, I can’t believe how bad I’ve been about blogging lately!  ACK!

I could say I’ll try to be better, but I ALWAYS try to be better about it.  So, I’ll just keep taking it day by day.

What the heck have I been doing all this time?

• Writing my fingers off to try to finish Triangle of Seduction.
• Ceremony of Seduction is going into a second printing (Woo Hoo!)
• Spoke in Denver at the Heart of Romance Chapter on “Living the Life of a Writer:  Is It All Really Glamor & Bon Bons”
• My hard drive totally died.  I was down for five days and was writing on an Alpha Smart while my very wonderful hubby worked hard to recover my data.  Got about 95% of it back and only lost about 8K of Triangle of Seduction – Whew!
• Had a girl’s weekend mixed with some business in Vegas.  Thunder Down Under guys were amazing, as usual, and Jubilee – terrific costumes!  Slots were only so/so, but the trip itself was great
• Wrote my talk on plotting for this weekend’s trip to the Sister’s in Crime in Sierra Vista, AZ.
• I’m sure there’s more, but that’s about all that’s trickling to the top of my brain!

Anyway, this afternoon I’m headed to Afternoon Tea.  Yup, you read that right.  Cheyenne McCray, Isabella Clayton, Jordan Summers and I are stepping out in style for some afternoon tea!  Finger sandwiches, tea, and all that goes with it.

I’ll let you know how it goes.

Tina/Cassie

I just saw over on Smart Bitches Trashy Books that they picked up the worst covers of the year contest.

I knew Ceremony of Seduction had made their list–although I don’t think it’s a bad cover, but I am a tad biased…lol.  Anyway, their comments on mine weren’t too bad and hell, they get 12K hits a day, can we say great publicity?

Yeah, baby!

Cassie/Tina

Hi everyone! As usual, I’ve double booked myself…lol. Not only is today my day to blog with my favorite butterscotch martini drinking critique partners,  the Butterscotch Martini Girls but I’m also set to guest blog on the Naughty & Spice blog in my Cassie Ryan persona. It’s a fun look at how much plot you like with your sex…or not.

Pop on over, leave me a comment on that blog and you could win a FREE signed copy of Ceremony of Seduction!!

Tina