It’s release day at Ellora’s Cave, and Leticia’s Lovers is finally out. Yes, it’s true. After what seems like a long wait, it’s finally here. Amy W – are you listening??? 
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Today I share my release date with friend and blogging buddy, Amy Ruttan. You’ve probably heard more than enough about my book, so I sent Amy a mini interview and pleaded for answers, at very short notice, I might add. Champ that she is, Amy came through. I present to you: Hard Candy by Amy Ruttan.
HARD CANDY by Amy Ruttan
A golden ticket to a hedonistic club, that’s the marketing idea Lenore Byrne offers her newest client Pallator Sinclair as a way to promote his Innocent Pleasures Candy Company. Candy that is for adults only. Landing this account will make her career and it doesn’t hurt that her client is damn sexy.
Pallator has been up and down Madison Avenue, but no one gets his vision for his company. That is, until he meets Lenore. He offers her the chance of a lifetime, a tour of the hedonistic club. It’s an offer she can’t refuse, but can she turn down his other offer? To completely let herself go with the sinful man she hardly knows.
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1. Where did the idea for Hard Candy come from?
Well, I saw the call for submission on the EC website, and I got thinking about candy, and of one of my favorite books as a child, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I was trying to think how I could make candy erotic. I’m not one for placing food in various spots in the body etc., I had read a post on Redlines and Deadlines from the editors about the various kinds of food “stuffing” they had seen. So I wanted to write a story where there was candy involved, but make it for adults only. The story then just fell into place, I made the candy the reason my hero and heroine got together. He owns an Adult brand of candy and she’s in advertising.
2. Describe your hero for us and then wrap up your description with one word that describes him best.
His name is Pallator Sinclair, his mother is from Brazil, and his father is from England. His mother’s family has lived in Brazil for a long time. They know things about the rain forests other don’t, though he doesn’t know the specific tribe his mother’s family descended from. He’s sexy, darker skin, shoulder length black hair, dark eyes and a sexy Portuguese accent. He’s intelligent, was schooled at some very fine post secondary institutions and very open with his sexuality. He’s a savvy business man. He knows what he wants and goes for it. One word that describes him, I would say confident. Pallator Sinclair is confident.
3. Do you tell people you write erotic romance? Why or why not?
It depends. I certainly don’t tell the other mothers at my daughter’s school. They know I write romance, they know I have books in e-book format, but they don’t know my pen name and I don’t tell them. I would if they honestly asked, but I’m trying to keep my identity secret around my daughter’s friends. I would hate to have my career affect my children since they are both so young. Others, oh yeah, I proudly let them know I write it. I’m not ashamed by that fact. I like what I write, I love writing the sexual tension. I like HOT books, so writing erotic was a natural transition for me.
My entire family knows, my parents, my in-laws (though they aren’t impressed), my friends all know. My former co-workers knew and my DH’s co-workers know what I write. My husband’s co-workers think he’s the luckiest man alive … it’s our private joke. And most people who were at Nationals this past year, I am sure, know I write erotic romance since I stumbled out of the Passionate Ink Party with a vibrator or two in my hands. LOL.
Thanks, Amy, and all the best with your newest release!
