AAD Featured Author Interview: Annabel Joseph

Welcome Authors After Dark 2014 featured author Annabel Joseph!

Is this your first year attending AAD?

This is my second year. I jumped in headfirst last year as a featured author. It was my first ever conference!

What brings you back to AAD?

The READERS! Being new to conferences last year, I was soooo nervous, but the readers were so warm and welcoming. I had incredible conversations with complete strangers about love, and life, and my books, and just...everything. Now those strangers are my friends! This year I’m not going to spend one second being nervous. I’m going to talk with people, go to all the parties, and hopefully see a lot of familiar faces.

So where will attendees be able to find you at AAD? Do you hang out in the bar? The lobby? Or are you the one who throws parties in their room?

I’m planning to attend every party and event I can, and yeah, my suite will be open for impromptu cocktail parties like last year. I’ll be the one walking around in the black “I Like Naughty Books” shirt, with the long red curly hair.

If you were to suggest one of your books to the AAD attendees, which book would it be?

I’d tell them to read my Cirque Masters series: Cirque de Minuit, Bound in Blue, and Master’s Flame. The books have got mega-hot BDSM, tension and romance, and a lot of visual and physical beauty since they take place in the world of the arts. Definitely a new and different setting for kinky romance.

I heard through the grapevine you’re sponsoring a table at the Sins & Virtues ball. Tell us more!

HA! I am sponsoring one of the CHASTITY tables, along with Jenn LeBlanc. If you read my books you know that one of my fave kinks is orgasm denial and control, so being at the Chastity table is kind of a wink to that. If I get drunk enough, I might wear a chastity belt under my ball gown.

SWAG. We all love SWAG! What cool stuff are you bringing?

This is the year I give EVERYONE who wants one an “I Love Naughty Books” tee shirt. Seriously, just come up to me and ask. And of course, I’ll continue my $5 book pricing at the book signing. That’s right, any signed paperback, five bucks!

Where can readers find you?

Annabel's website: http://annabeljoseph.com/

Annabel's twitter: http://twitter.com/annabeljoseph

Annabel's facebook: http://www.facebook.com/annabeljosephnovels

Annabel's instagram:  http://instagram.com/annabeljoseph

Annabel’s Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/annabeljoseph/

Sign up for Annabel’s Newsletter: http://wordpress.us7.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=9fede62992868ca7b5cdc3dc2&id=c24d7c4ca2

Want to attend Author's After Dark and meet Annabel, plus lots of other amazing authors? Register today!!

AAD Featured Author Interview: Jenn LeBlanc

Welcome Authors After Dark 2014 featured author Jenn LeBlanc!

Is this your first year attending AAD?

Nope! This is my third year at AAD, and I love it.

What brings you back to AAD?

I absolutely LOVE the conference and the readership it brings. This reader con has a completely different vibe from most of the con I go to. It’s close, fun and intimate and everyone has a good time.

So where will attendees be able to find you at AAD? Do you hang out in the bar? The lobby? Or are you the one who throws parties in their room?

If I’m not in a panel I’ll be where everyone else is, last year it was the bar/lobby area, I haven’t seen this hotel, but it will be one or both of those.

Do you have a book coming out before AAD you want the attendees to know about?

My most recent book came out in April, and it’s called ABSOLUTE SURRENDER. It’s the story of a woman with mental illness, who is doing her best to marry the man she was promised to before he discovers there’s something wrong with her, all while her best friend attempts to ruin their progress to keep her for himself.

It’s truly a very different kind of historical… and it may start out a love triangle, but ti somehow ends up a ménage, even as the guys are rivals and don’t like each other.

If you were to suggest one of your books to the AAD attendees, which book would it be?

ABSOLUTE SURRENDER. Of course. I am absolutely in love with these characters and this story. It’s the book I’ll be signing at AAD. Preorders for hardcopies for AAD are already popular, I should have a few extras, but I have limited space on the plane! Preorders from my website are the only way to guarantee a copy.

Tell us about the party you’re hosting at AAD!

I am one of the authors hosting the Sins and Virtues ball… which should be amazing.

I heard through the grapevine you’re sponsoring a table at the Sins & Virtues ball. Tell us more!

My table is CHASTITY… which should get very interesting, and wicked.

What panels will you be on at AAD?

I am on the following panels:

Humor (because who doesn’t love to giggle),

Sexy Sexy Sexy (because who doesn’t love… yeah why do we read romance?),

History Unlaced (because I do write true historicals, requiring research and the whole shebang),

Cover Art (because I’m also a cover photographer) and

Historical Romance (back to the whole history thing, and history as a character in the book)

If an adoring fan wanted to buy you a drink at the bar, what’s your poison?

OMG at a bar? That all depends on where we are, at RT in Kansas City I was all about the Dark and Stormy, and at AAD in Savannah I was in love with the Release the Kraken. There were a few different drinks I loved in NOLA, but I don’t remember the names. So I suppose I need to find a new one in Charlotte! Let’s figure it out!

Everyone loves the conference costumes. Can you give any hints about what to expect?

Stripes down the rabbit hole. :)

SWAG. We all love SWAG! What cool stuff are you bringing?

I CAN’T SAY. It’s a huge HUGE HUGE secret that has been trying it’s level best to make it’s way out into the real world. But it’s amazing, involves an artist who is incredible, and some original artwork. I guarantee you haven’t seen anything like this.

We’re all excited about the book signing. What books will you have on hand to sign and sell?

I will have ABSOLUTE SURRENDER and THE RAKE AND THE RECLUSE both in limited supply AT the signing unless you have preordered them from my website. I currently have a few of the special editions of ABSOLUTE SURRENDER still available, signed by the cast if you’d like to guarantee yours.

Where can readers find you?

Author Site: http://jennleblanc.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/illustratedromance

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jennleblanc

Illustrated Romance: http://StudioSmexy.com/

Facebook: http://Facebook.com/studiosmexy

Twitter: http://twitter.com/StudioSmexy

#Twitchy is coming to Authors After Dark

First of all I want to thank EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU. Because Authors After Dark is one of my VERY favorite conventions every single year, and the reason for that is YOU.

Meeting all the readers is simply so much fun I can't even begin to tell you what it means to me to be included, and the fact that I'm welcome back every year tells me that you just might think I'm pretty cool too ;) That and I bribe my way in. KIDDING! If you've met Stella you know that's not possible.

Anyway, my first AAD was in New Orleans (which was AMAZING!!!) I made so many new friends and had such an amazing time and I WON THE BOOKIE FOR HISTORICAL ROMANCE!! Which, was shocking to me. Obviously because I got up and said something like, "Oh Shit!" Yeah, I did NOT see that coming at all.

That award has meant so much to me over the last couple years because it was voted on by readers, and you are my peeps. When you're an author there isn't anyone more important than a reader.

So THANK YOU. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.

The big PIIINK book, a.k.a. The Rake And The Recluse : REDUX lived on the time travel charts for OVER a YEAR. That's because of you guys.

Well, that thing is over and done with. I have a new book out (I KNOW!! IT DID TAKE ME AWHILE!!!) But I was busy making cover images for some people you might know, like this:

and this:

and this: 

and this: 

and this: 

and possibly a few others you might recognize. AND I HAVE LOVED EVERY SECOND OF IT. 

But it was time for me to get back to writing... and shooting my OWN stuff. So I did, and I have, and the next Illustrated Romance is available TODAY. 

ABSOLUTE SURRENDER, the book formerly known as #Twitchy: 

YOU GUYS!! 

I can't tell you how excited I am about this book.

Stupid excited. 

You can pick her up on 

AMAZON

iBOOKS

BARNES AND NOBLE

KOBO

and from me :) 

So here's the deal. I have copies that I'll be bringing with me to Authors After Dark in Charlotte, these are special because they're signed by the cast. Charles, Amelia and Hugh will all sign the book. BUT I NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY. Guys, I'm getting on a plane. Yes I'll bring books, but how many is completely dependent on the preorders, and ONLY preorders will have all the signatures in them, because these people live all over the country and rounding them up isn't easy. 

So IF YOU WOULD LIKE the trade edition of #Twitchy, you need to order it THIS WEEK from my website HERE. 

When you pay, you can leave a comment and tell me WHO to have it signed to, and WHERE you'll pick it up (Authors After Dark) and I'll have your book ready for you when you arrive. 

YAY!! 

I am so very much looking forward to seeing everyone and having a good time. Until then see you online!! 

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*hugs* and *smooches*

Jenn

ONE MORE THING! 

If you purchase and review the ebook within the first two weeks of release you can enter the review giveaway! You just have to send in a link to the review on Goodreads and/or one of the big sites BEFORE APRIL 22nd to be entered.