We are sending a HUGE congrats to the New York Times and USA Today’s bestselling author, Teresa Medeiros on releasing her 22nd book, “The Pleasure of Your Kiss.” From witty adventure, to seductive romance, this novel has it all! And it has a hero that you can’t help but swoon over, Mr. Ashton Burke. Ashton has been roaming the world for ten years but hasn’t been able to forget the lovely Clarinda Cardew, the only girl he ever regretted leaving behind. When Clarinda (who also happens to be engaged to his older brother) is kidnapped and sold to a sultan’s harem, Ash is given what may be his last chance to play the hero.
You might ask how Teresa Meirdos came up with such a hunky, bad boy hero? Like many great things, this story was inspired by the one and only Indiana Jones. (ok, ok, so most things aren’t inspired by him, but they should be…it’s Indiana Jones for goodness sake!)
“I’ve been swooning over Indiana Jones since I was fifteen years old and my best friend and I sat through RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK eleven times at the local theater. To me, Indy—as portrayed by the one and only Harrison Ford—was the perfect combination of sardonic wit and swashbuckling derring-do. (Those hazel eyes and that gorgeous, slightly lived-in face didn’t hurt either!) As a budding romance author even then, I was especially fascinated by his relationship with Marion and spent countless hours plotting scenarios of what might have happened to drive the two of them apart when they were young lovers.
My adoration for Indy finally inspired me to create my own swashbuckling adventurer for my new historical romance THE PLEASURE OF YOUR KISS—Captain Ashton Burke. By tossing in a dash of Rick O’Connell from THE MUMMY and a pinch of Captain Malcolm Reynolds (a.k.a. Captain Tight Pants) from FIREFLY, I was able to create the hero voted MOST LIKELY TO MAKE YOU WANT TO STAY IMPRISONED IN A HAREM FOR MORE THAN 1001 NIGHTS.” Whew now THAT’s a hero!
For the release of “The Pleasure of Your Kiss”, Teresa recently had a book signing event that PosterBrain was able to print an eye-catching poster for.
With our ability to print true to life colors and super crisp posters, PosterBrain has been a favorite place for many authors to create promotional posters for their upcoming novels and events. We dare you to try to avoid looking at a huge poster of awesomeness, it’s not an easy task!
Congrats and good luck to all of you amazing writers out there!