Cover Reveal - SOME OTHER CHILD by Sharon Buchbinder

Some Other Child, available soon from the Wild Rose Press

A stolen baby, a missing aunt, decades of secrets to unravel, and love lost and found.

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            Between taking on the responsibility for the care of her critically injured mother as well as straightening out her muddled finances, public health researcher Sarah Wright hasn't a minute to herself, much less time to repair a fractured romance. After a much loved aunt goes missing, Sarah is convinced it's a kidnapping but the police refuse to investigate. Former fiance Dan flies to Sarah's side to help—and it looks like things might come back together for the two of them—until Sarah is arrested for her aunt's murder. As evidence stacks up against her, Sarah must find the real culprits as well as unravel decades old family secrets along the way.

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The Next Big Thing blog meme

Many thanks to my dear friend, Christine Ashworth, for tagging me! Writers are always hopeful that their current work in progress is going to be the next big thing. For this one, I'm branching out, using a new pen name - well, it's really an old one because it's my real one - into the world of mainstream contemporary romance. I'm hoping Roz Lee fans will give this one a try and maybe a few people who find Roz a bit too risque will find this one to their liking. This one is due out in January, 2013.

What is the working title of your next book?
Lost Melody

Where did the idea come from for the book?
I was driving my daughters car down the freeway, listening to her kick-ass stereo, and the idea came to me to write about a drummer. In the evolution of the story in my mind, it became more about the heroine than the hero, but the idea began with the hero.

What genre does your book fall under?
Mainstream Contemporary Romance – This one isn’t an erotic romance, and will not be published under Roz Lee’s name.

Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?

Ryan Reynolds would be great as Hank Travis and Dakota Fanning would do an excellent job with Melody Ravenswood.

What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?

A young woman is caught between who she is and who she wants to be as she struggles to define what normal means for her.

Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?
I plan to self-publish it.

 How long does it take to write the first draft of your manuscript?
I’m embarrassed to say that this one took a very long time to write – over a year. Since then, it has been through several rewrites while I tried to find my voice in this genre.

What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
I was inspired by the works of Robyn Carr, Sherryl Woods and Mariah Stewart. I know I’m not in their league, but this book strives to be along those lines. Succeed or fail? We shall see.

Who or What inspired you to write this book?
Good music? LOL Yep, I confess. I was listening to 70’s music when the idea came to me.

What else about your book might pique the reader’s interest?

The hero and heroine are extraordinary people trying to live their lives as best they can. That’s pretty simple for most of us, but for these two, life’s a bit more complicated. Hank Travis made it big in the world of rock and roll but his heart lies in the small farming community he calls home. Melody Ravenswood is the daughter of a rock and roll legend but she’s spent her life trying to hide that fact from the world. When fate throws these two together, it’s a dream come true for one and a nightmare for the other.

Not enough?? Then how about this? Here's the fabulous cover my friend Talina Perkins at Bookinit Designs has created for Lost Melody.

Read an excerpt here.

Visit the new Dolores W. Maroney website.

Here comes the tagging part of the meme. I'm kind of late to the party, and most everyone I know has already posted in this meme, so I'm only going to pass it along to one person, but I think you'll agree, she's awesome! So,  next Wednesday, check out the lovely, Sharon Buchbinder when she posts her next big thing! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Sharon Buchbinder - Guest Blog

I'm so excited to have Sharon Buchbinder here today! She's just released a wonderful anthology that has something for everyone. From short stories to novellas, from sweet to paranormal and erotic, it's an exciting sampler of Sharon's awesome writing talent.

Today, she has a great blog for you, full of history and mythology, and even a bit of Hollywood.

Nobody weaves all that together better than Sharon Buchbinder.

Galatea, Pygmalion, Pigmalion: A Rose by Any Other Name

Like many authors, my inspiration for my short story, PIGMALION, in my new anthology, KILLER KISSES, came from an old myth. The Greeks and Romans worshiped Aphrodite and Venus, respectively. In one of the versions of the myth of Galatea, a sculptor whose heart has been broken and hardened by a bad break-up, decides to sculpt the perfect woman from marble. Possessed by some unknown power, he works day and night. As he works, the marble feels warmer to his touch and what emerges from the block of stone is a woman so beautiful, she takes his breath away. He falls in love with his statue and falls asleep at its life-size feet. He awakes to a living woman who steps down from the pedestal into his welcoming arms.
Centuries later, George Bernard Shaw, revisited this myth and updated the story with linguistics Professor Henry Higgins and his flower-seller student, Eliza Doolittle. His charming and tongue-in-cheek tale is available in full text for all to read at Pygmalion. The years have not dimmed his humor. Shaw's use of the new technology of languages and all the gadgets and scholarship available at that time are put to good use to move the story forward, all contingent, of course, on a bet. If you are old enough to remember bell-bottoms, then you know this story later became the hit 1964 musical film, My Fair Lady, starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison.
Fast forward to current times and you have my version of the myth retold in PIGMALION. In my story, the professor has become a female speech-language pathology graduate student, Levisa Harris, and the language-challenged student has become an accounting student from Pigtown, Baltimore, an area well-known for its heavily accented dialect.
Whether it is Galatea, Pygmalion or Pigmalion, in this rose by any other name, all of the stories focus on the transformative power of love. Isn't that what we all want?


Here's a little excerpt to tease you into reading more from PIGMALION and the rest of my anthology, KILLER KISSES.


She rubbed against him, and her legs felt weak. She whispered, “I’ve been struggling to keep my hands off you for four months.”
“We’ve waited this long, this is going to be special—for both of us.” He nibbled at her shoulder, and began kissing his way down to the base of her neck. “Time to take this off.” Her turtleneck sweater slid up over her long curls, exposing her black camisole. “Next.” He peeled the spaghetti straps down, removed the silk lingerie, then her bra. His lips hovered over her breasts, his breath warming her, thrilling her nipples.
Levisa moaned and shuddered with anticipation. She cupped her hands under her breasts, offering them up to him with abandon. She had never been this free with a man before. She’d always felt like an observer, not really involved, when she’d made love. But this time, this man, this aching need was different.
Oh my God, I’m so in love with him!
In a nearly hypnotic state, she watched him lightly lick her left nipple and then take it into his mouth, sucking and pulling. She groaned and grabbed his firm butt, pressing hard against the outline of his erection.
“Now?”
"Not yet.” He took her nipple between his teeth, tugging lightly. Levisa gasped as his hands slid up her skirt, between her legs, and stroked her thigh a torturous inch below her silk thong. She pulled at his waistband and unzipped his pants, barely recognizing her own voice thick with lust, “My turn to drive you wild.”
“I like the sound of that.”
“Get over here,” she ordered. Slowly, intent on teasing him, she eased his jeans down. As he stepped out of the pant legs, she tiptoed her fingers down his back, beneath the waistband of his underwear, and grabbed his butt. “Did I tell you, you have a perfect ass?”
A look of surprise flickered across Sam’s handsome face; then in a in a flash, still watching his expression, she yanked his briefs down to his ankles. His beautiful penis stood at attention, long and hard, waiting to be of service.
“Oh my,” she whispered in awe. “I admire a man who’s happy to see me."

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And if you haven't yet figured out how awesome Sharon is, let me show you her Diva side!

This is Sharon at the RT Convention in Chicago in April of this year.

Look close. Those most awesome shoes kind of get lost in the carpet pattern!

I think maybe she'd been to one party too many when I took this photo!

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Sexy Romance Stories

Roz Lee, Chellesie B. Dancer, Jennifer Lynne, Sharon Buchbinder

(and no, that's not either one of us in the photo!)

Hi, loyal readers! I'm so excited about a new endeavor! It's called Sexy Romance Stories. It's a group of authors who write Sexy Romance Stories! Bet you couldn't figure that out, huh?


Anyway, we're just getting started, but we have a website, a Facebook page, and even a Twitter account. In other words - we're legit!

We're working on getting some interesting posts up for you to read, so be patient. But while you're waiting, I've posted one titled, 50 Shades of Green. It's my take on all the hype surrounding E.L. James' mega-successful erotic romance trilogy, 50 Shades of Grey.


Never fear - this blog isn't going anywhere - except maybe to a different server one of these days when I learn to speak the other server's language, but in the meantime...why don't you hop on over to Sexy Romance Stories and read my post there.


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