September 30, 2006

Back Cover Copy

I received my shipment of Silhouette Desires and as I was reading the back cover copy (to see which one I wanted to read first)….I realized the power of that brief tease. I didn’t have any trouble picking which one I wanted to read. I’m going to post two of the four here and see if you chose the same one. If you don’t read category romance, pick the one that you feel is most intriquing.

1.
What’s the Bride Worth?
Wealthy rancher Mitch Ramsey had never given much of a second look to his neighbor Emma Davis, until an unexpected encounter led to a night of unbridled passion. Mitch figured their affair could be a discreet diversion, one they had both gone into with eyes wide-open.

Then Emma’s father made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. Marry Emma and Mitch would inherit what he had always coveted–the entire Davis ranch. But Emma was never to know….

2.
The Pretender
Successful businessman Ryan Bennett had agreed to masquerade as his wealthy cousin for a blind date. But from the moment Ryan saw Julie Nelson to the moment he should have said good-night, he was captivated and couldn’t resist an invitation to share her bed. In the hazy afterglow of their heated lovemaking, Myan confessed he true identiy, claiming the passion between them was real despite his deception, but Julie wasn’t buying it. Obviously she considered him the enemy.

Except now she was having the enemy’s baby…
Also if you have any back cover copy that you’d like to share….I’d love to see it.

I thought it might be fun for you to see what happens when I try to write a back cover copy for a proposal. For my first Avon book “When She Was Bad” which will be out in July 2007, here’s the back cover copy I wrote at the top of my synopsis to give them a flavor of what the book is about:

Living two lives has never been so much fun…

Being a bad girl is a blast until Jenny forgets the rules… and falls in love with the one man who can never be hers.

This is what I submitted at the top of the synopsis for my follow-up novel (tentatively titled “When She Was Good” which will be out in April 2008

She lives life in the fast lane…

Is their secret affair a recipe for disaster? Or for a happily-ever-after ending that will make even the most cynical believe in the power of love?

  6 Responses to “Back Cover Copy”

1. On September 30th, 2006 at 3:13 pm
   Shana Says:
   

   I think #2 is the more intriguing. I can’t ever resist an enemies as lovers theme.

   Isn’t it fun to write your own back cover copy? I always do it in my synopses. Sometimes, I even get to keep it!

2. On September 30th, 2006 at 3:53 pm
   Robyn DeHart Says:
   

   Oh, I think #1 sounds the most intriguing. The conflict is so thick it gave me a catch in my belly just reading the blurb. Looks like a train wreck about to happen. So which one did you pick, Cindy?

3. On September 30th, 2006 at 4:01 pm
   Cindy Kirk Says:
   

   My favorite is #2…there’s something about a secret baby that gets me every time.

4. On October 1st, 2006 at 1:15 am
   Shirley Karr Says:
   

   I’d read the second one first — I love mistaken/switched identity stories, almost as much as a really good amnesia tale. Loved the TV show The Pretender, too.

5. On October 1st, 2006 at 2:12 pm
   Kathleen Says:
   

   I would read one of them quickly to get to the next one!!!

   What are the titles of these books?

6. On October 1st, 2006 at 5:26 pm
   Cindy Kirk Says:
   

   Kathleen,

   I agree with you totally! The first is “Bedded Then Wed” by Heidi Betts. The second is “The Substitute Millionaire” by Susan Mallery. They will both be out in November from Silhouette Desire

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