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Colette Moody
Colette Moody
has long been an avid bibliophile and fan of history (and
swashbuckling). When she isn’t doing research or crafting scenes for
her next romp of a novel, she can be found doing one or more of the
following: trying to best her high score on Wii Tennis; sequestered in
the kitchen eagerly trying to prove that everything DOES taste better
with bacon; meticulously recreating classic cocktails from the 30s and
40s; or planning her next trip to Disneyland. While waiting to be
generously (and inexplicably) remembered in some wealthy stranger’s
will, she begrudgingly bides her time as a corporate lackey, working
for the man. She lives in Southeastern Virginia with her beloved dog
and her equally Wii-addicted partner.
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Current Releases...
The Seduction of Moxie
(September 2009)
Excerpt
When Hollywood-bound actress Violet London meets speakeasy singer Moxie
Valette, her trip takes an unexpected turn toward love.
New York City, 1931: When wry Broadway actress Violet London and her
hard-drinking cohorts venture into a speakeasy the night before she is
to board a train for Hollywood, she is floored by sassy blond singer
Moxie Valette. As Violet introduces Moxie to an assortment of bootleg
liquor, cross-dressers, and sex shows, she vows to find a way to see
her again. Moxie is fascinated by Violet in a thrilling and unfamiliar
way, and the ensuing evening of bon mots, shameless flirtation, and
illicit revelry is unlike anything she has ever experienced.
From Manhattan to Los Angeles, both women’s lives are turned
upside-down by separation, unscrupulous motion picture studio
executives, self-serving agents, eccentric celebrities, and the
collection of hedonistic reprobates that are their closest friends.
The Sublime and Spirited Voyage of Original Sin
Excerpt
The Gulf of Mexico, 1702: When pirates of
the square-rigger Original Sin steal ashore to abduct a doctor to
tend to their wounded, they end up settling for the doctor’s attractive
fiancée—Celia Pierce, the town seamstress.
Together with Gayle Malvern, daughter of
wounded pirate captain “Madman” Malvern, Celia becomes a reluctant
participant in an unexpectedly thrilling journey through the
Caribbean. For Gayle, Celia’s presence is at first a welcome and shapely
distraction, but as her attraction to the seamstress deepens, she realizes
that Celia comes to mean more to her than is almost
certainly
prudent. As Celia and Gayle
navigate the perilous territories of gypsies, prostitutes, mercenaries, and
slave-traders, they forge a partnership born of necessity that Gayle soon
hopes will veer away from insurmountable danger—and instead detour directly
to her bed.
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