Cleopatra's Perfume by Jina Bacarr

Previously I’ve posted about writing for Spice, including some basic info about writing for the line as well as whether or not a HEA is mandatory for Spice.

Now we’re going to dive into research.

Check out my post on how research has changed since the Internet at NAUGHTY AUTHOR CHICKS.

Best,

Jina     

I’m so excited to see my story about my “Christmas Piano Tree” on WE Magazine for Women.  It’s the story about my Holiday Tradition that you won’t want to miss!

Be sure to grab your coffee and take some time checking out the WE Magazine website–they have fabulous information “For Busy Women on the Move,” including great holiday articles and shopping tips. 

Also, check out the video of “The Christmas Piano Tree Play,” the story of a lonely widow lady who’s forgotten the true meaning of Christmas until a girl with pink hair, a dead cell phone and a big problem helps her re-discover the magic of the holiday season.  It was produced at the Malibu Stage Company Theatre in Malibu, CA. 

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!

 Best,

  Jina     

  February 2010: meet The Blonde Samurai
“She embraced the way of the warrior. Two swords. Two loves.”

Another question I’m often asked is: do Spice novels have to have a happy ending?

Find out the answer over at NAUGHTY AUTHOR CHICKS.

Best,

Jina

February 2010: meet The Blonde Samurai

“She embraced the way of the warrior. Two swords. Two loves.”

Jina with her Thanksgiving turkey

On this cool autumn day before Thanksgiving, I can’t help but think about how giving thanks for all the wonderful blessings in our lives is universal.

It became so real to me when the heroine in my upcoming novel, The Blonde Samurai, is in 1874 Japan celebrating Thanksgiving with her samurai family.

Check out my blog at NAUGHTY AUTHOR CHICKS and see what my heroine, Katie O’Roarke, wrote in her memoir.

Best,
Jina  

Jina reading j"The Blonde Geisha"

I’m thrilled to be a Harlequin author and I’m often asked about writing for Spice so today I’m blogging over at NAUGHTY AUTHOR CHICKS with my thoughts and experiences about writing for the line that I hope will answer those burning questions.  Check it out!

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Jina

Check it out at:

Naughty Author Chicks Blog on Wednesdays…

Collage of items belonging to Lady Eve Marlowe

…and you can read all about Lady Eve Marlowe’s adventures in 1928 Weimar Berlin (the heroine in Cleopatra’s Perfume) at my Cleopatra’s Perfume Prequel.

Thankz!

Best,

Jina

February 2010: meet The Blonde Samurai
“She embraced the way of the warrior. Two swords. Two loves.”

The Berlin Sex Diary of Lady Eve Marlowe

Check it out!

Best,

Jina 
 

Red "Carneval" Mask like the one Eve wears that night in the Berlin hotel room

Before the heroine in “Cleopatra’s Perfume,” Lady Eve Marlowe, married a member of the British peerage, she was a cabaret dancer in Berlin during the wild days of the Weimar Republic in the 1920s.

She came to Berlin with a show in 1928 looking for love and adventure. 

She found a city bathed in lust and sex.   

Here in her own words are sensual and erotic accounts of her adventures during that time before “Cleopatra’s Perfume“ takes place.

Episode 1: Eve meets a monocled gentleman with a secret fetish.

Cleopatra's Perfume by Jina Bacarr

CLEOPATRA’S PERFUME

Jina Bacarr
Harlequin Spice, Apr 2009, $13.95
9780373605309

In 1939 affluent Lady Eve Marlowe, following the death of her spouse in Cairo, rejects widows clothing. Instead she comes to London to enjoy sexual escapades that she obtains at the wealthiest clubs. However, Eve admits that American pilot Chuck Dawn is the best lover she ever had though she expects to be bored with him soon. Due to an incident involving crazed hardened Nazis, Chuck and Eve are separated.

Chuck wants to see his English lady soonest especially after the near lethal encounter in 1941 just outside Berlin, and reading her journal that he possesses only adds to his need for her. Following her trail, he goes after the woman he madly adores even as he knows she is wearing the ultimate enticer CLEOPATRA’S PERFUME.

This is a wild fun erotic historical romance that brings a unique perspective to WWII. Chuck is a brave aviator, but this heated war drama is owned by the audacious heroine as she brings danger and humor to the bedroom and a several other locales. Fans will relish the misadventures of Lady Eve as uses CLEOPATRA’S PERFUME to entice war secrets from the Nazis in Cairo, Berlin and London, and to lure her American flyer into her honey.

Harriet Klausner

 I belong to the Orange County, California chapter: OCCRWA and every month I do an audio podcast of our upcoming meeting. 

Jina Bacarr

Check out the audio podcast I recorded for the April 11, 2009 meeting of OCC/RWA, Romancing the OC:

 Jina’s Audio Podcast for April 2009

I hope you enjoy it.

Best,

Jina