Blog of Author Christine d’Abo
Hello everyone!!
*runs around the room giving high-fives*
December is flying by at a rapid rate. I can’t believe Christmas is going to be here in two weeks! I guess that means I better get my butt in gear and mail off that box to my sister (she is used to my procrastination).
Happy Friday everyone!!! I’ve been slacking here at the old blog this past week, mostly because I’ve been super busy. Between new releases, promotion, my personal life and NaNo, I’ve been run off my feet.
Speaking of NaNo….
I need to start off by thanking Vivian Arend for pointing this one out to me. I found out that Library Journal.com reviewed Double Shot this month! I can’t tell you how excited I got last night when I found this out. 
OMG I leave for Romanticon TOMORROW!!! I am so freaking excited about going to the conference this year I’m about ready to burst.
Happy Monday everyone. I have to say I’m very excited about this up coming weekend because I’ll be attending Word on the Street for the first time. For those of you not familiar with it, Word on the Street happens this Sunday, September 25, 2011, in Toronto. This is the 21st year for the Word on the Street festival, taking place in Queen’s Park with the goal of celebrating everything literature.
I love fall. I love getting back to the routine of things and letting my life take on some semblance of order. Being a creature of habit, there is something calming about getting the kids back to school.
Woot!! I hope everyone is having a fantastic Labour Day weekend. We’ve had company visiting for the past week so I feel I’ve been out of the loop. That’s okay because jumping back in has me seeing not one but two reviews for Girls Who Bite! Continue reading ‘Reviews That Bite’
With all the excitement getting ready for Christmas (including a much anticipated visit by my parents), I was excited to find not one, not three, but FIVE reviews sitting in my Inbox this week! Yeah, it’s enough to make me giddy (or that could be the chocolate overload!).
When writing a sequel, it’s always hard to find the balance between not wanting to bore readers of the first book, but giving enough information to new readers in the second. Considering how much I love the characters in my pirate series, I was really happy to see that readers are enjoying them.
Lea over at BlackRaven’s Reviews gave No Remedy five ravens and said,
No Remedy is a truly outstanding story. With great characters, a complicated and intriguing plot, settings that tie into the storyline in a meaningful manner that advances the plot, and a timeframe that has a quite literal deadline ticking away in the back of your mind as you read, this is not only an enjoyable, but memorable book.
Christine d’Abo gifts the reader with a daring combination of sci-fi space adventure, sexy and soulful ménage, and pirating with a conscience topped off with a bit of professional gunslinger and she makes it work, and work well.
Thank you, Lea!! I was also stunned to learn that No Remedy won book of the week over at BlackRaven’s Reviews! Thank you to everyone who voted. You can read the full review here.
AlexJouJou at Manic Readers gave No Remedy four stars and said,
I very much enjoyed how the dynamic between the three primary characters developed and how it all worked together for their ménage. Permanent ménage can be difficult to write as it is more than just a sex thing and here we see several layers developed and expanded so that you believe a happily ever after for three is the outcome. I’m going to seek out more books by Ms. D’Abo as I am quite impressed!
Thank you, Alex! You can read the full review here.
Not one but three reviews came in for Commanding Acquisitions this week. Being book two is always hard. Lots of expectations to live up to. After the wonderful start with Marilu Mann’s Needing Harte, I’m thrilled to say people are still loving the 1-800-DOM-help series.
The always fantastic Tina at Two Lips Reviews, gave Commanding four lips!
Commanding Acquisitions by Christine D’ Abo is a BDSM story that teaches the real meaning of BDSM – trust. Both Simon and Gavin have trust issues. 1-800-Dom-Help has put them on track to finding out why they have the trust issues but can they take a chance and make the most of the opportunity?…The emotional connection between the lead characters and their hotter-than-sin sex had me hooked on Commanding Acquisitions. Now I have to check out the other books in the 1-800- Dom-Help series. Bring them on!
Lea at BlackRaven’s Reviews gave it four ravens.
Commanding Acquisitions is one of those great stories where the strong come to understand their weaknesses, the weak come to find and accept their strengths and eventually everything sorts out to an HEA ending. At just under 100 pages, this story is easily read and greatly enjoyed in one or two sittings.
And last, but certainly not least, AlexJouJou at Manic Readers gave it four stars.
Commanding Acquisitionsis a tender love story at heart—even with BDSM elements thrown in it is the connection between Simon and Gavin that steals the show. Gavin is coming to grips with a past that has left him scarred and Simon is trying to let go enough to be what Gavin needs. The way that Simon anticipates Gavin’s desires is at the core of what power exchange is all about—that level of trust in the other person to give you what you need is not hard to give but, once given with a good Dom like Simon, the pleasure is all the better.
Thank you to all the reviewers who have helped end my 2010 on a high note. And thank you to all the readers who continue to enjoy my stories.
*does a snoopy dance*
I think it’s pretty obvious that I love reviews. Good or bad, I value the feed back a reader provides as I always try and learn something from it. When I get a review from another writer, it makes me very excited and nervous. Especially if they are authors who I admire.
Both the amazing Delphine Dryden and Michelle Polaris gave Commanding Acquisitions fantastic reviews recently. These are both ladies who write some of the best BDSM romance I’ve ever read, so getting their thumbs up on a story means a lot.
Michelle said:
It gives us two characters, intelligent, intriguing, sexy and enjoyable, places them at an important pivot point of their lives, drives the sexual heat high between them, and makes them face important decisions about taking the risk of relationship and coping with the fears that get in their way.
And De’s review makes me sound like I knew what I was doing! LOL!
Christine does a wonderful job keeping the pace flowing in this short but intense book. She makes great use of the 1-800-DOM-help setup to get Simon and Gavin together, but then lets the setting fade to background as they work their way into this relationship. The sex scenes are scorchingly hot and surprisingly sweet for a m/m BDSM tale. I enjoyed how the sex kept the emotional story rolling, as the steamy interaction became another form of communication between the two heroes.
If you haven’t checked out either of these two ladies, you really need to do so. Amazing story tellers and I’m privileged to know them.Thanks to both of you!
Sunday is supposed to be a day for reflection. As I sit here on my bed, cup of coffee in hand, I’m trying to get my head around a lot of news I’ve received recently. Thankfully, most of it is good! I thought I’d share with you some of the things coming up in the Christineland.
In Print
I found out on Friday that not one, or two, but three of my Ellora’s Cave books will be coming out in print in 2011! For those of you collecting the paperbacks, both The Bond That Consumes Us and The Bond That Saves Us will be hitting the shelves. I’m also thrilled to have learned that Primal Elements will also be coming out in print! I’ll keep you posted on any other updates.
New Sales
I have a very exciting new sale that I am desperate to announce, but I can’t quite yet. I just received the contract and will be sending it in shortly (must give it a good read through first). Let’s just say I’m VERY excited with this one.
EDIT: Hell, I just read the contract and signed, so I’m going to announce it anyway! I’m thrilled to say that my short story, Bruised Ego, will be in the November 2011 Berkley anthology, Agony and Ecstacy. To say I’m still in shock is an understatement. I have to thank J.K Coi for encouraging (making) me write this story right before the deadline. Even better? Her story also got in!!!
Reviews
Thank you to everyone who has bought and read No Remedy! I have received a ton of emails on this book and many people are also going back to read No Quarter. I had this review from Carla at RomFan Reviews pop up in my Google Alerts. They gave No Remedy a five hunk rating! Thanks to them and please check out their other reviews.
I know I’ve said it before, but to everyone who has taken the time to either place a review on Goodreads, the Ellora’s Cave site, a blog or even sent me an email – THANK YOU! Your comments mean so much to me.
Coming Soon
I have two releases coming out in the next few weeks! Commanding Acquisitions is my first novella in the 1-800-DOM-help series from Ellora’s Cave. Writing this book was like a gift from my (smutty) muse. Simon and Gavin came to me complete (with a bow around their necks) and the story setup really flowed. I am really excited it will be out on November 10th and I hope to have the cover to share with you shortly.
In addition, I have a short story coming out as part of the EC Merry Kinkmas line. My story Firm Touch will be out on December 6th and has to deal with….
*drum roll*
M/M Fisting.
*and waits for the audience to breath again*
I know what you’re thinking, but it is a very thinking/smutty book. According to my beta readers, it’s pretty hot too LOL! I’ll have to wait to see what you all think about it.
In Progress
With all this going on, I’m not slowing down. I am currently working on No Master, which is book three in my space pirate series. This one is dealing with Korbin, the Admiral of the Black and Zain Strand, his second in command. I’m about a third of the way through I am hoping to have it finished by the end of December.
I’ll be working on a different book for NaNoWriMo. I’m still working out all the details, but the book will be three interconnected novellas. Should be a lot of fun.
I also have plans to do a second book for the 1-800-DOM-help series. More on that once I get it done.
Well, that’s me. As always, I’ll keep people posted of updates as they happen. I wish everyone a fantastic week!
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