Getting Closer…
As you can see by my little countdown timer over there —->
we are inching ever closer to the release of HIS VIRGIN ACQUISITION!!! (and you can actually get it a whole month sooner if you order it from the M&B UK site…yep.)
So, in honor of the book, I’m gonna talk a little bit about how it came to be.
It all started with a contest. A contest I didn’t win, with a chapter that only ever stayed one chapter. This chapter had horrible pacing, a ridiculous plot and a petulant heroine. It also had a hero who wasn’t so bad. And this hero, it turned out, had a brother.
And while I waited for the outcome of the contest, I started thinking about that hero’s brother. His name, so he told me, was Marco De Luca.
I sat down in the Starbucks at my local mall one day, and I just started to write. The first sentence, which is still the first sentence of the book (though a lot else has changed) just sort of came out of nowhere.
My heroine proposed to my hero. And that was when I first started learning about Elaine Chapman. She was determined, she was driven, and she was going to achieve her goals however she could (barring illegal activities of course…) and if that meant proposing to this sexy Italian billionaire, she would do it.
Ladies, (and gents, maybe…I dunno) I panted the first draft of this book. I had NO idea what was going to happen, when, or why, but I wrote it. Then I polished it as best as I knew how, and I (after finding out I had epic failed the comp) went ahead and submitted it.
Then came the real work. The revising, the rewriting, all with the fantastic guidance of my editor.
And I’m so glad I put the work in, because now it’s going to be a real, honest to goodness book, and people are going to read it. And now, it’s actually worth reading!
So I hope you love my smart, feisty heroine who isn’t afraid to go for her goals, a sexy alpha male who ends up with a bride that’s a little more than he bargained for, just as much as I love them.
They’re my first couple I saw through to the end, and I’m so glad I did.
And don’t forget to check out the Peek of the Week over at www.sevensassysisters.com
HIS VIRGIN ACQUISITION will be available everywhere on August 6th!
Daring proposal…
When Elaine gives her business presentation to Marco De Luca she thinks she can be cool, calm and collected. She’s wrong! The fierce tycoon can see straight through her shapeless suits and scraped-back hair to get right under her skin…
Ruthless awakening!
She may have proposed marriage as the perfect business arrangement, but suddenly Elaine’s not quite so confident. Marco’s made it clear that he’s no modern man- if he takes a wife, he wants a ravishing beauty by his side, obedient and willing, day…and night!
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I love your blurb!! A ravishing beauty… It’s so worth reading, hon. One word: waterfall… 😉
It sounds fabulous! Thank God for the Starbucks at your local mall 😛
Jackie, I was so tempted to reference the waterfall, but you’ve done it for me! I’m very fond of that waterfall…
Lacey, thank you. And thank God for Starbucks in general, at my mall or wherever they want to put one.
I love, love, love that cover, Maisey! Can’t wait to read this! And woohoo for Starbucks! ;D
Thanks, Cari! I love the cover too! And yeah, big woohoo for Starbucks. 😀 And thank you so much for the support. 🙂
I’m (im)patiently awaiting its release! It’s been a fantastic to find out about you (via Heidi Betts) and then follow your progress. And as someone who has her own goal to be published, it’s a blast to watch you become and up-and-comer.
Congrats!
Thanks, Jessica! That means a lot to me. And I wish you the best of luck with your goals. If my story can help anyone, that means a lot to me. I just want to see people going for their dreams, whatever they are. 🙂
I’m just dying to read it! Go, Maisey!
Aww…thanks, Sally. You’re so sweet. 🙂
The book sounds delicious. Can’t wait for the release!
Thank you, Anne! I’m so excited to share the story with everyone.
Hey Maisey,
I’m horribly late, but I can’t wait to read it again… in such a pretty cover!
Awww…thanks, Chelsea. I love the covers too! Seeing the Aus version will be cool.