Friday, January 13, 2012

Freebie Friday - Back to the Bedroom by Janet Evanovich (end 1/20/12)





In a previous life, before the time of Plum, I wrote twelve short romance novels. Red-hot screwball comedies, each and every one of them. Nine of these stories were originally published by the Loveswept line between the years 1988 and 1992. All immediately went out of print and could be found only at used bookstores and yard sales.


Back to the Bedroom is presented here in almost original form. I've done only minor editing to correct some embarrassing bloopers missed the first time around.


I lived in northern Virginia when I wrote Back to the Bedroom. My children were young, and we spent a lot of time visiting the Washington, D.C. museums and wandering through the historic neighborhoods. One day while strolling Capitol Hill I came upon two townhouses that captured my imagination. The houses were totally different -- a birthday cake of a house and a bran muffin of a house, and yet they shared a common wall. I wondered about the people who lived inside the houses. And eventually the houses inspired Back to the Bedroom.


Back to the Bedroom is the story of a young woman with the soul of a birthday cake living in a bran muffin house -- and a nice-looking guy with the substance of a bran muffin living in a birthday cake. They share some misadventures, some romantic moments, some misunderstandings, and ultimately they turn into wedding cake.
And for Plum fans, you'll be interested to find that this was the first of the four romances to feature Elsie Hawkins, the prototype for Grandma Mazur.








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18 comments:

  1. I love the plum series, so I bet these would be a really good book.

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  2. Thanks for hosting this! I bet the stories are a blast. :)

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  3. I am excited for the movie one for the money. cant wait these books are good. rlrlaney at yahoo.com

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  4. It has certainly been fun to read through the evolution and see the Plum characters (you can take that both ways)...

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  5. I love reading Evanovich's books--they generally make me laugh till tears roll down my face. I am not a movie person but I might make an exception for "One for the Money"!

    Michele
    MikiHope1@Yahoo.com

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  6. I always enjoy her books, I'd love to read this one.

    seriousreader at live dot com

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  7. This is one that I've not read & I'd love to!

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  8. happy weekend, thanks for the chance.

    Julie

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  9. Thanks for the giveaway. I would love to read this book. Please enter me in contest. Tore923@aol.com

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  10. i have not read any of her books yet, i would like to try one before buying any, this would be a good one to try.

    sweetpea0861@yahoo.com

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  11. I love Janet Evanovitch, she really cracks me up. I have to hold my sides for fear of pain from laughing so hard.

    Please enter me in this great giveaway.

    CarolNWong(at)aol(dot)com

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  12. I haven't read this one. I would love to read it :)

    alison.fees(at)gmail(dot)com

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  13. I love Evanovich's Plum series, I love her sense of humor in them and I would love a chance to read this one. - Thanks!!

    suzebomb(at)gmail.com

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  14. I recently started the Stephanie Plum series and am looking forward to her other books. Thank you for the giveaway.

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