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Today we are talking to P.J. Jones about her latest book called Romance Novel. Romance novel is being toured by Goddessfish Promotions and during this promotion P.J. Jones is giving away a $15.00 Gift Certificate to Amazon or Starbucks(my most favorite place). To be entered, just leave a comment and an e-mail address so that we can get hold of you if you win. To increase your chances of winning, click HERE to get the tour schedule and comment on as many blogs as you can.
As you can tell from the cover art above, this isn’t your usual romance novel!! Just the cover art alone had me putting this book on my wish list before I’d even read the blurb.
PJ Jones, not your everyday closet romance junkie…
I’m not a closet romance reader. I love reading romance and am not ashamed to admit it. I’ve even loved writing them. But what I LOVE the most is to make fun of them. Is that wrong?
I started sneaking my mom’s romances into my bedroom when I was twelve. I’ve been hooked ever since. There is a stigma attached to romances, especially the steamier stories. Even though I have a Kindle now, I’ve never felt embarrassed going into the bookstore and buying romance books. I don’t care what other people think of my tastes in literature. I read for my own pleasure, not for anyone else’s. Currently, some of my favorite authors are CJ Wilson, Julianne Maclean, Donna Grant and Paula Quinn.
One of my other great life pleasures is laughing and making others laugh. I love comedy so much, I even had to marry someone who shares my twisted sense humor. Let’s face it, a life without laughter sucks. A life without romance is suckier. So, hey! Why not pair the two? A novel that would make the reader swoon, gag and gasp while busting a seam .
Romance Novel was born out of my need to laugh when I was going through a health crisis. I find the need for comedy even greater when life takes a downward plunge into the toilet. My health is much improved now, but PJ Jones has tickled my funny bone to the point that I must continue writing books in her name. Currently, I’m finishing up a romantic comedy, not a parody, and have brainstormed ideas for Romance Novel 2.
Bio: PJ Jones began writing Romance Novel in the spring of 2009 when she was seriously ill, thinking that this book would be her last dying legacy for mankind. After you read this book, you will probably wonder if she was trying to seal her fate in hell. Who knows? But PJ Jones has conquered her illness and is much better now. But you probably don’t care, as long as her writing is funny. PJ Jones is also an avid reader of real romance novels. So why does she poke fun of them? Consider it comic relief.
PJ Jones can be found at:
Her Blog: http://pjjonesramblings.blogspot.com/
Her FB page: http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100002264026213
Smella Rosepetal must find a millionaire husband to finance her baby’s heart transplant. She flies home to her deputy father’s ranch in Pitchforks, Texas, where she falls in love with Deadward Forest, a wealthy environmentalist vampire.
When a deranged murderer is on the loose in Pitchforks, killing romance heroines, Deadward assumes Smella would be safer without him. Smella turns to her childhood friend, Snake Long, for comfort. But Snake doesn’t have the money to save her baby, so Smella places herself in peril in a desperate hunt for a rich husband.
Time is running out for Smella’s baby, and she must escape the Australian Outback, then face down Flabio, an overweight and disgruntled, aspiring cover model, plus enraged vampire wives and their homosexual, vampire, cowboy husbands, a jealous were-gerbil, James Bond, a drunk rodeo clown and Smella’s strange boyfriend who wants to drain her blood, yet is repulsed by her smell.
Excerpt:
“Snake,” Smella cooed while trailing her fingertip along his bulging biceps. “There’s something I need to ask you.” His eyes widened, and he looked at her with a goofy, hopeful gleam in his eyes. “You want me to be the father of your illegitimate child?”
“Don’t be silly.” She swatted his shoulder while rolling her eyes. “I was wondering if you knew anything about Deadward Forest.”
Snake winced, a gleam of anger flashing across his features. “Why do you want to know about pasty face?”
“That’s not very nice, Snake,” she scolded. “Maybe he’s allergic to Vitamin D.”
“Are you joking?” He spat. “Deadward is a bloodsucker, just like the rest of his family.”
“Bloodsuckers? Really?” Smella perked, the visualization of heaping wads of money making her mouth water. “So that’s how he got rich. Do they handle personal injuries or divorces?”
“Neither, Smella.” Snake shook his head, while jumping out of the truck and slamming the imaginary door. “You need to stay away from The Forests,” he raged, before sweeping Smella into a passionate embrace. “Let me take care of you and the little bastard,” he begged, his eyes turning dark, thunderous.
Mouth agape, Smella stared at Snake. His body was large, strong and warm. She could get lost in his liquid molten gaze. Oh, if only he was rich and white. But now was not the time to be distracted by secondary heroes. She needed a man who could save little Wally.
“Do you have the money to pay for my baby’s heart surgery?” she rasped.
“No,” he said on an exhale, as if his chest had been crushed with the admission.
“Then forget it, Snake!” Smella pushed away, trying hard to ignore her feelings for him as she bemoaned the fact that friendship sex would count as a strike against her virginity. “I’ve already made up my mind.” She spoke without conviction then bit hard on her knuckles in an effort to quell her raging sexual hormones.
“Besides,” she confessed, “even though I don’t know much about Deadward, I’m already irrevocably and unconditionally in love with him.”
I’d like to thank PJ Jones for dropping by my blog today. Don’t forget to leave a comment to be entered to win the gift card!
OMG that book cover cracked me up! Now this sounds (and looks) like an honest romance novel to me … no fake six-packs kind of drooling *lol*.
danaan at gmx dot at
Hi Birgit!
I know what you mean. From the cover alone, I need to read this book! Thanks for stopping by!
Hey, Barb! Thanks so much for having me and FLABIO over today. You ladies are EARLY risers. Sheesh! LOL!
Hi PJ! I have little kids that wake the chickens:) I am so looking forward to reading your book!! Thanks for visiting!
Birgit, no fake six packs here, with the exception of Snake Long. He’s pretty hot. I hope you get a chance to read Romance Novel. I hope you don’t wet your pants while reading.
This book is a hoot! PJ is a genius (as I have said before and no she didn’t pay me to say that!)! I loved this book and look forward to Romance Novel 2!
i soooo want to read this book! i love a book with lots of laugh out loud humor and this looks like it has tons. love the cover and the excerpt. i can’t wait to read it and see what happens next.
i am also enjoying following your blog tour.
trvlagnt1t@yahoo.com
A great excerpt, just love the character names with this story, it sounds like a riot to read.
skpetal at hotmail dot com
Well it does sound kind of interesting, definitely not your everyday romance novel but that’s probably why it intrigues me a little.
I do appreciate funny romances so this probably my kind of thing! Good luck with it!
kakuchouakisame_19(at)yahoo(dot)com
Hey, Kathy, I’m working on RN 2 just for you. Thanks! PJ
Oops, Cathy! Now I’ve probably lost my genius points. Sorry!
It’s ok…I still think you are a genius! 🙂
Hey, Tammy, thanks for stopping by and following the tour. Please let me know what you think of RN.
Jean, I was aiming for ‘peaceful demonstration’ but, unfortunately, this book did turn out to be a ‘riot’. I hope you get a chance to read it.
I would love to win this
This book looks like it would be a riot to read! The excerpt is hillarious! I love the character names ….and the cover…perfect and one of a kind….lol
junegirl63(at)gmail(dot)com
Allison, your name’s in the drawing for the gift card. Thanks for stopping by.
Maria, thanks! I’ll pass on the cover comment to my model, FLABIO, who just loves compliments. He’s such a ham. PJ
I love the cover! It’s absolutely perfect! I wouldn’t change a thing. Please give my regards to the lovely model:) I really can’t wait to read this book now!
Julie, I will pass on the compliment to FLABIO. Really, you ladies are making his head swell, which would be a good thing, I guess, so his head can match his moobs!
“…swoon, gag and gasp while busting a seam.” Hmmmm…. Sounds good to me! 😉
Glad your heath has improved, and also glad you’ve continued to write!
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This sounds so good! I love the cover too! Heck…isn’t it what most men look like….AFTER they hook us. LOL
so true! But then gravity takes over for all of us! Thanks for making me laugh!!
I came, I saw, I followed. My family all migrated out west, too. They’re on Vancouver Island.
It’s way too late to win the book, but now I have to buy it. I LOVE THE COVER> LOVE IT.
It makes me laugh every time I see or read it.
I agree Kate! This one is certainly on my wish list! I love tongue in cheek humor. Just reading the excerpt sold me!