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Not easy to find = rare?

Posted by Leslie on May 28th, 2010 | No Comments

Can’t seem to find paper copies of BEAUTY in the stores. None of my friends have found it in their stores and none of the searches I’ve done have turned it up either.

But by some quirk of fate (or me asking at the store), my local Borders got a few copies in. I stopped over today with my daughter and saw two on the shelf. I signed them and the clerk put a sticker on them.

Here’s a picture of me holding the books:

Holding two copies of BEAUTY @Borders on Twitpic

As to WHY they aren’t anywhere yet — I don’t know. When my first book came out with Samhain back in 2007, they took a few weeks to get into stores, but they were OUT THERE somewhere. The distribution is no where NEAR what most Mass Market books are/were, but I still felt I had a decent showing.

This time I don’t know what’s going on. I spent more money on promotion (including an ad in Romance Sells, which goes directly to book buyers) and yet three plus weeks after release, they aren’t sitting on a shelf in a brick and mortar store.

My contest is still open. Who ever sends me a picture of BEAUTY TEMPTS THE BEAST on a bookstore shelf will get a gift card to their store of choice. SO KEEP LOOKING!! :-)

Because I Am Desperate

Posted by Leslie on May 17th, 2010 | No Comments

I am holding another contest! I want to see that BEAUTY TEMPTS THE BEAST is actually in a brick-and-mortar store somewhere! I will give away a $15 gift card to any bookstore you wish (including Amazon) to the first person on Twitter and Facebook to send me a picture of my book in a store.

You can @reply me on Twitter or even email it to me at leslie at lesliedicken dot com. Please include the name of the bookstore and the city/state.

If you’re the first, I’ll let you know and message you about your gift card preferences.

Hope to hear from you soon! :-)

Today is the Day

Posted by Leslie on May 4th, 2010 | No Comments

BEAUTY TEMPTS THE BEAST is released officially in print. Hopefully, it is on the shelves of your local chain bookstores. It’s always available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble.com, Books A Million.com, and My Bookstore and More.

The winner of my give-away contest for Facebook is Eileen Patterson. For twitter, the winner is Cara Wallace. I hope you both enjoy the book!

Another note is that I am more than half way through my current work-in-progress, The Iron Heart. It’s currently at 203 pages and 43,000+ words. It’s all downhill from here, right? LOL! As a bonus, here is a short (unedited) teaser from the manuscript:

Yearning mingled with frustration. Somehow Ella was responsible for his continued defeat. In his mind, she was the obstacle holding him back from finding Hugh. The distraction she caused led to his failures.

He must find relief from this overwhelming desire.

Bennett used both hands to pull her away from his neck. His fingers curled into her hair, his thumbs splayed across her cheeks.

Her eyes were wild, no doubt a perfect match to his own. Her passions were just as raw as his own. Even if her reasons were not the same.

“Ella,” he whispered into the cool night air. “I have to absolve myself of this madness.”

She nodded.

“You don’t understand. I can’t let you go again…not until I—“

Her lips covered his. She put her hands around his neck and pressed herself to him. Her mouth was hot and eager.

A probing tongue teased the seam of his lips, gently sweeping across until he opened himself to her.

Once their tongues touched, Bennett lost every ounce of control. He delved inside the moist fire of her mouth.