Today's post is a Virtual Blurb Blitz Tour for Love in the RV Park: A Romance for Men by Jeffrey Ross, a Contemporary Romance book available now from Rogue Phoenix Press. As a Blurb Blitz, this tour will not include interviews or guest blogs; however, a blurb, excerpt and author bio will be here for your enjoyment. Jeffrey will be awarding a $25 BN GC to a randomly drawn commenter during the tour, so please leave your e-mail address when you comment. I will also post a complete list of the stops on the tour.
Jeffrey Ross, who resides in
Arizona, is a writer, rockabilly musician, and former full-time community
college teacher. He has had four "Views" pieces published on
InsidehigherEd.com, has authored and co-authored several national and
international op-ed articles on community college identity, purpose, and
culture, and has recently published numerous parody poems and articles on the
Cronk Newshigher education satire website. Ross co-authored the comic and
critically acclaimed campus novel College Leadership Crisis: The Philip Dolly
Affair (Rogue Phoenix Press, 2011).
Social Media
Twitter @salinaschick
Tumblr http://adamswiss.tumblr.com/
Blog Open Salong
http://open.salon.com/blog/slipdoc
Rogue Phoenix Press Print
and E book
http://shop.roguephoenixpress.ieasysite.com/productinfo.aspx?productid=LOVEINTHERVPARK
B & N Nook
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/love-in-the-rv-park-jeffery-ross/1116809125?ean=2940148790525
Smashwords http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/352903
BLURB for Love in the RV Park:
This quirky and
fast moving romance revolves around passionate lovers in tangled and mostly
unfulfilling relationships. The tale is complete with hot housewives, rock
musicians, exotic dancers, motorcycles, steamy nail polish-melting love
scenes, hard drinking college
professors, hybrid alien children, a romantic bug exterminator, girl fights, a New Year’s Eve brawl, religious zealotry, prophecies (The Temple
of Just DOET) —and more. Ultimately, Love in the RV Park is about the male
perception [misperception?] of the female psyche.—and the novel attempts to
answer an age-old question: What do women want? Laugh or cry—you’ll come away
enlightened after reading this zany romance.
Excerpt from Love in the RV Park
Melting Toenail Polish
Adam’s Place, December 26th
Even though it was a short
winter day, Adam had been busy patching big holes in the street which looped
through the park.
His hands were sore, too,
from doing a lot of caulking on the Rec Hall doorframe.
But the big caulking job
wasn’t finished yet.
Coming in late, and tired,
he ate some left over Chinese food and took a long, steaming, hot shower. He
cleaned himself thoroughly. Everywhere.
Leah, wearing silk pajamas,
was painting her toenails, watching TV, and thumbing through a book.
Forty-five minutes later,
Adam was enjoying the evening with Leah, who had fallen asleep on the bed,
knees up, while reading Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.
Adam nibbled on her ear
lobes—no response.
He stuck his tongue in her
rum-flavored belly button—a murmur.
He licked the inside of her
cocoanut smelling calves—husky, labored breathing.
He kissed her freshly
painted toenails—Bingo!
He looked up, between her
perfect knees, and saw her smiling face.
She was smiling because wet
toenail polish had smudged his lips. She was not so pleased her paint job had
been messed up. Oh well.
Their loving was swift,
powerful, epic, and glorious—a locomotive at full throttle, thrashing through
the night, trackless and pounding—Fiery Power!
Wintering cardinals, perched
on ice-glazed willow branches just outside the trailer, watched through the
window, chirping and smiling. Their red heads bobbed, their clutching claws
stretched and eased, syncopated. The birds occasionally shrieked with obvious
hot-feathered delight.
An early morning sun, a dull
red blossom, tired and limp, found Leah and Adam content, cuddling in a pool of
molten polish.
Steam curled up out of every
un-caulked crack in the travel trailer. Not a bit of ice remained on the
windows. Oh My.
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November 8: Farm Girl Books
November 11: Nana Prah's Blog
November 12: Reviews Unleashed
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November 14: Books to Light Your Fire
November 15: Snarky Mom Reads...
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November 19: Booklover Sue
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ReplyDeleteLol this woman seems to be a very fragrant lady. Though I suppose we all are when we put a different lotion, cream, conditioner, etc on each body part...though I have to admit, I would be PISSED if my man screwed up my pedicure because he was kissing my icky toesies.
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One of my writing friends, Allison [Everything is Melting novel], helped me with that "scene." Man that I yam, I was unfamiliar with toenail polish drying time. But the toenail polish references, creams, perfume, body washes-- all of those items represent, what I hope, the male fascination with rituals and artifacts that have been female-focused. Or something like that. Remember, this is a romance for men....Hah!
DeleteThis sounds like such a fun and interesting story.
ReplyDeleteThank you for Hosting today. Jeff.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the excerpt, sounds like a fun read.
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Thanks for sharing the excerpt and for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great read!!
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