With my latest book Seduced by Her Texas Billionaire Boss, coming out tomorrow, I thought I would let you into my secret obsession ~ cover making. You may not be aware that I have just started making my own cover art, and I have to confess that’s it’s become something of an obsession. It goes beyond deciding what the hero and heroine should look like, but encompasses some of the emotion in the story. First I had to choose a hero Kyle Brannigan in my latest book, is a wild, devil-may-care guy who has built an empire with his own bare hands. His expertise in well control is second to none, and I needed to choose him carefully. I think he really looks the part, don’t you? Next I had to find a heroine for my hero   Tess Morgan had to have sex appeal, and a vulnerability all rolled into one. She was more difficult to find, and I spent hours trawling the web for someone who I thought fit the bill. I think I found my perfect heroine, with just the right amount of sassiness to keep my hero on his toes. Yep, she really fits the part….

Today we have guest blogger Lori King, a fellow Siren author who has written two erotic paranormal romances. Find out about her latest romance Reflections of the Wolf, which was only released yesterday! Hi Jan! Thank you so much, for letting me borrow your blog for a day! I’m Lori King, a newly published author with Siren-Bookstrand, as well as a full-time mom of 3 boys, a wife, PTO secretary, and I work a full-time job in the financial industry.  I’m an everyday woman, with a lot of things to juggle, and I use my writing as a way of stepping out of my shoes for a little while.I write stories about Dominant men with a teddybear middle. I want them tough on the outside maybe even a little bossy, and gooey like melted chocolate inside, when it comes to their women. I write about women who are softies when it comes to their men, but stand on their own two feet the majority of the time. No wishy-washy whiners for me. I like to say put on your big girl panties and deal!As for why I write erotic romance, well that’s pretty easy for me. I write to bring fantasies…

Seduced by Her Texas Billionaire Boss  Now on pre-order at Bookstrand HERE The Guilty Pleasures series features hot billionaires and their even hotter love lives! Warning: Seduced by Her Texas Billionaire Boss contains, light BDSM, bondage, role play and a sexy hero to die for. Will Kyle Brannigan give Tess Morgan the happy ever after she desires, or will their relationship simply crash and burn?  [Siren Everlasting Classic: Erotic Cowboy Romance, consensual BDSM, role play, sex toys, HEA] Kyle Brannigan, the legendary forty-year-old well control expert, and boss of Brannigan Enterprises, lives life on the edge—it’s what gives him a buzz. There’s only one thing that compares to the adrenaline rush of his demanding job, and that’s the adrenaline rush he finds in the bedroom. When he hires beautiful twenty-eight-year-old Tess Morgan as his personal assistant, he decides to mix business with pleasure. Tess knows all about Kyle Brannigan’s womanizing ways, and though deeply attracted to him, vows never to become another of his sexual conquests. However, just watching her new boss in action, as he tames the dangerous environment he works in, causes her libido to run out of control. Can Tess resist Kyle Brannigan’s unique charm and Alpha male persona, or will she be…

Leave a comment and be entered into my draw to win an e-book from my back catalog. I’m running the competition from now until the end of the year. See the competition page above for details on how to enter.Welcome to fellow Siren author Clair de Lune!  Congratulations on your latest release, The Locket, which is out today!! Can you please tell us something about the book? Q. Where did you get the idea for, The Locket? Thank you for having me on your blog, Jan. I have always loved the Regency period of English History. I have lost count of the number of books I have read about it from novels to biographies. After I had started to write the “Prometheus in Chains” series I realised how much I enjoyed writing. I had a really old, gold locket that has been in the family for generations. I gave it to my daughter on her 21st birthday as my mother had given it to me. The title came from that. My daughter’s reaction to being told about this book was,  ”Well it was only a matter of time.” She knows me too well. It was really the idea of identical triplets…

Today we have Tonya Ramagos as my guest blogger. Tonya writes for Siren, Ellora’s Cave, and she’s also written for Total-E-Bound, and eXtasy Books, too. Tonya has over 30 books in her back catalog! Not so much a back catalog, but more a library! Tonya has supplied some links, so I’ve coloured them RED for your convenience. Now let’s put some questions to my special guest. Q. Where did you get the idea for, Dangerous Kisses? A. A great majority of the setting of Dangerous Kisses takes place in a public aquarium. I love aquariums! I find a lot of enjoyment walking along the halls and exhibitions and peering into tanks full of marine life I will never likely see otherwise, especially since I can’t swim. Yep, you read that right. This girl who was born and raised on the Coastal beach of Biloxi, MS never learned how to swim. The rest of the idea for Dangerous Kisses came from playing the “what if” game I love to play. What if the owner of a public aquarium was attacked by a shark in his own facility? What if it was later discovered that attack was provoked? What if a former employee…

On the very first day of September 2012, I travelled to Lincoln to meet with fellow Siren author Jennifer Denys. Steep Hill, Lincoln © Copyright (Dave Hitchborne)and licensed for reuse / CC BY-SA 2.0 As I walked up the long steep hill (yes, it is that steep!) to our meeting place just outside Lincoln Cathedral gates, I wondered how our lunch date would go. Would we get on? Would we even like each other? I needn’t have worried. We both felt at ease with each other, and found ourselves talking throughout the whole two and half hour lunch in the Magna Carta ~ A pub close to Lincoln Cathedral. Like myself, Jennifer has done a lot of research, finding out what genre sells the best. I think the fact that we both write BDSM novels speaks volumes. Of course we’re always on the look out for that elusive book that will thrust us into the limelight, big time. It happened to E L James with her Fifty Shades of Grey, so you never know. 🙂 Jennifer Denys also writes for Evernight Publishing, and her latest book, Retraining the Sub has already reached bestselling status at ARE/ Evernight, and Amazon. I recently had…

Today we have guest blogger and fellow Siren author Nicole Morgan. She also writes for Silver Publishing, and has many, many Best Sellers. Nicole has provided some links which are all highlighted in RED for your convenience. Without further interruption, I’ll now hand over to Nicole. By the way Nicole, I love your portrait. Hello all! I’m Nicole Morgan and am so very happy to be a guest on Jan Bowles’s blog today! For those of you who don’t know me, I am a multi-published author of erotic romantic novels, which more often than not have a suspenseful back story. Picture erotic romance mixed with a good old-fashioned whodunit and you’ve got a Nicole Morgan story! While I’ve written everything from contemporary to paranormal my leading men will more often than not be wearing a uniform of some kind. From military to police officers, she has a love for writing about those who protect and serve. From her very first novel (which turned into a 4 book series) about Navy SEALs to my more recent releases you will be sure to find a few twists and turns you were not expecting. In additional to my books, I also have a…

Coming soon to Siren My latest release in the Guilty Pleasures series Seduced By Her Texas Billionaire Boss The Guilty Pleasures series features hot billionaires and their even hotter love lives! Warning: Seduced by Her Texas Billionaire Boss contains, light BDSM, bondage, role play and a sexy hero to die for. Will Kyle Brannigan give Tess Morgan the happy ever after she desires, or will their relationship crash and burn? Find out about the previous books in the series at my website HERE of at Bookstrand HERE

Today I have fellow Siren author D’Ann Lindun!  She’s a very successful author with Crimson Romance and has just had her first book published with Siren.  Congratulations on your latest release, D’Ann. I’ve got so many questions to ask you. Q. Where did you get the idea for, Vaquero? A. Will you laugh if I tell you I don’t remember? Q. Tell us a bit about the hero and heroine in, Vaquero. A. Cordero Ybarra just wants to make something of himself and live in peace when he becomes the target of racial prejudice. Aspen O’Hare has been abandoned by men all her life, starting with her father. Q. What are you working on right now and what can we expect from you next?  A. A story with no name about a young woman sheriff and the undercover FBI agent. Coming out next is Desert Heat, due on October 22. Q. Where do you get the inspirations for your books?  A. Everywhere! I can make a story out of anything and any one! Q. Do you prefer stand-alone books or series (As a reader or a writer) ?  A. I have always written stand-alone. The new story will be a series of three,…

Today I have fellow Siren author Berengaria Brown visiting my blog. Berengaria has written over 50 books, and also writes for Ellora’s Cave, Torquere Press, Evernight Publishing, Breathless Press, Whiskey Creek Press, and Silver Publishing. Wow, Berengaria, that is some list. I’m seriously impressed. Just how do you find the time? Now let’s hear what Berengaria has to say on her latest series. Q. What inspired you to write the “Wet and Willing” series? A. For some years I’ve enjoyed swimming at a local, large Aquatic Center. One day as I was swimming up and down in my lane (the slow lane, sadly, not the fast lane, or even the medium lane), I started thinking that an Aquatic Center would be a mighty fine place to meet Mr. Right. After all, there’s plenty of brawny, naked chests, quite a lot of young, good-looking, ultra-fit life guards, and lots of sweaty, delicious muscles in the gym. The only surprising part of my decision was that I hadn’t thought of doing it long ago. Q. Which element of story creation is your favorite and why? A. When the ideas flow, the characters are talking to me, and I can’t type fast enough…