From the Editor...

Let's see...now that it's June 1, 2009, and we still haven't moved into our new house, what's left to do in my to do list? First, attend my son's wedding. Ok, now that I'm out of my 50s, I won't mind if he decides to have children. Yep, I can handle being a grandfather, even though on the inside I'm just a twenty-something. Ha! My son is almost forty! Who am I trying to kid?

Another item on my to do list is move into the newly renovated house. This is like the third deadline that has come and gone. And so once there, another item on the list is to launch my writing/editing classes.

And then there's my current retirement job of editing. Wow is it ever going well! Of course, it's taking up most of my time. I keep office hours all week and, when necessary, they cut into my weekends. Still, I've worked all my life, and retirement is just a word that means I don't have to show up at some job site and have a boss!

Here are seven of my titles in the Kindle Store. They're selling well, and so I still urge other writers to pursue this as another venue to sell your work.

 

Books for June 2009

Title:  September Canvas
Author:  Gun Brooke
ISBN10:  1-60282-080-5
ISBN13:  978-1-60282-080-7
Price:  $16.95
ePrice:  $12.95
Pages:  264
Genre:  Romance
Publication Date:  June 2009, Bold Strokes Books, Inc.
 
Physically depleted and at a crossroads in her personal life, popular TV-personality Faythe Hamilton rents a lakeside cabin in Vermont for a much-needed vacation. On her first day in town, Faythe receives unsolicited warnings from the locals to stay away from her neighbor, which only rouses her curiosity.

Deanna Moore, a successful illustrator, has dedicated her life to her work and her family. Beleaguered by accusations stemming from an event she is powerless to explain or defend, Deanna lives a solitary life. When she meets Faythe, she is reluctantly attracted to her, but she fears Faythe will not be able to see beyond the rumors.

September Canvas is a story of hurt and betrayal, but also of trust and endurance as two women struggle to show faith and dare to love.

 
Title:  Punishment With Kisses
Author:  Diane Anderson-Minshall
ISBN10:  1-60282-081-3
ISBN13:  978-1-60282-081-4
Price:  $14.95
ePrice:  $11.95
Pages:  208
Genre:  Romance
Publication Date:  June 2009, Bold Strokes Books, Inc.
 
Home from college, Megan spends her days in her east-wing room of her parents’ palatial estate overlooking the pool house where her sister has taken up residence. Her sister Ashley spends her days wildly bucking convention, bringing home a bevy of female lovers, each one more dangerous than the last, and making love to them by the pool—in plain view of her sister, their conservative parents, and their bewildered staff. Ashley stays out all hours, goes places that she doesn’t tell anyone about, and keeps secrets that only she knows. Then one night, Ashley is murdered, and when the case grows cold, Megan immerses herself in her sister’s underground life in order to find out who killed her and why. She starts by finding Ashley’s diary and begins a sexual odyssey of her own. Will she find the answers she seeks, or will her growing relationship with one of Ash’s exes blind her to the real truth?
 
 
Title:  Dark Garden
Author:  Jennifer Fulton
ISBN10:  1-60282-036-8
ISBN13:  978-1-60282-036-4
Price:  $15.95
ePrice:  $12.95
Pages:  224
Genre:  Paranormal Romance 
Publication Date:  June 2009, Bold Strokes Books, Inc.
 
Two sworn enemies who can’t resist each other. Something has to give.

The Blakes and the Cavenders have been going at it since 1870 and Vienna Blake keeps up the family tradition, gunning for the Cavenders at every opportunity. All the same, she’s shocked when Mason Cavender confronts her in her office and accuses her of murder. Vienna has the stunningly sexual Mason thrown out by security, but she can’t rid herself so easily of her powerful, instant attraction to the woman she’s been groomed since childhood to destroy.

Last in a long line of “Cursed Cavenders,” as the media describes them, Mason has just walked away from the small plane crash that killed her brother. Now in charge of her family’s crumbling business empire, she suspects sabotage and believes beautiful, ruthless Vienna Blake is responsible. Fearing for her life and grieving for her brother, Mason hires a private investigator to get evidence she can take to the police. She is frustrated when the man finds nothing but makes the bizarre suggestion that she hire a psychic to undo the “curse” on her family. He gives her a name. Phoebe Temple. Phoebe’s dreams have always centered on the victims of crimes, and she isn’t surprised when the woman steps from her dreams into her life, asking for help.

Exposing family secrets always comes at a price. With passion and family honor in the balance, Mason is willing to pay her dues. But can she persuade Vienna to accept a truce before it’s too late? Dark Garden brings together two powerful women who must confront the past if they want to seize the future.
The third book in the Dark Vista series

 
Title:  Late in the Season
Author:  Felice Picano
ISBN10:  1-60282-082-1
ISBN13:  978-1-60282-082-1
Price:  $17.95
ePrice:  $12.95
Pages:  196
Genre:  Gay Gen. Fiction
Publication Date:  June 2009, Bold Strokes Books, Inc.
 
A telling novel about gay life after Stonewall, Late in the Season is one of the finest novels in the long career of one of the founding members of the Violet Quill Club. Set on Fire Island in late September, this is the story of an unlikely pair of friends—a gay composer in his late thirties and an eighteen-year-old schoolgirl—both of whom are trying to make sense of their complicated lives. But much more than this, it is a compelling portrait of a magical time and place, after the Stonewall riots opened up so many possibilities and before AIDS forever changed the face of the gay world.   Reprint.