I hate the song “Love Shack.” For hours after hearing it, I feel as if an alien took over my brain, insisting that we can “get together,” even though I am the type of woman who puts shacking up in a category with mud wraps and other unfathomable practices.

During the last year I’ve battled an alien invader without a soundtrack: Romeo and Juliet.  As a Shakespeare prof who’s taught the play for years, it should hold no mysteries for me.  But lately I’ve been plagued by the question of what Romeo and Juliet’s marriage would look like if their parents hadn’t been so grumpy.

We all know about the morning after—the nightingale that might be a lark—not to mention the play’s suicidally depressing conclusion.  But what if a kiss at a ball led straight to a marriage proposal? What if one dance and a moonlit balcony resulted in vows?

Once I thought up the balcony, I jumped to a tower…and in the end I modeled my heroine on Rapunzel. I had a great time writing Once Upon a Tower, in which Romeo meets Rapunzel, climbs several buildings, and weathers a rocky marriage. 

Gowan Stoughton of Craigievar, Duke of Kinross, inherited his title as a young boy and he’s used to making decisions without hesitation: when he sees the exquisite daughter of the Earl of Gilchrist, he asks for her hand the very next morning.

But Juliet was no pushover, and neither is Edie. Gowan isn’t prepared for marriage to such as passionate and opinionated woman.

In the end, it will take all his power and determination to surmount the obstacles between himself and the woman he loves more than life itself.

For your chance to win a copy of Once Upon a Tower, tell us who your fictional hero is in the box below. Good luck!

Fifth Grave Past The Light

Fifth Grave Past The Light isn’t available until 9th July, so if you haven’t read the first fabulous four titles in the series, we suggest you get reading now!

Gutsy, wise-cracking PI has a highly unusual clientele that includes the dead as well as the living. Right now, in addition to her usual spectral guests, Charley’s apartment is filled with the ghosts of 20 blonde women, all of whom were brutally murdered by a serial killer. In fact, their deaths were so horrific they can’t speak to her—they just relive their murders over and over. Charley has other problems.

There’s the undead nurse who appears as a ghost, the naked spirit who has claimed the passenger seat in her Jeep, and the growing suspicion that Charley’s perfect crime-solving record involves more than good investigative skills. As for her love life, with incredibly handsome Reyes, the son of Satan, for a soulmate, you know that things are going to get hot.

From its unique premise to its wonderfully imaginative characters, Jones’ award-winning Charley Davidson mystery series, from First Grave on the Right (2011) onward to this fifth delectable installment, will continue to attract and delight a broad spectrum of readers.

— Shelley Mosley

Well so have we. We receive a lot of reader feedback, on Twitter and Facebook, emailed in to us or anecdotally in person, but now we want to make it official and give YOU, the readers, a voice.

Each month we’ll make one Entice title available for review. Tell us why you want to be Entice Reviewer and if you’re picked, we’ll publish your review right here on our site.

This month we’re kicking off with book one in an unforgettable new romance series from Lisa Kleypas, Someone to Watch Over Me. If you’d like the opportunity to review this title for us, fill in the form below before 12th May, letting us know why you’d like to write an Entice Reader Review in less than 100 words.

Apocalypse

To celebrate publication, we’re offering one lucky reader the chance to win Larissa Ione’s complete Lords of Deliverance series in paperback. Eternal Rider, Immortal Rider, Lethal Rider and Rogue Rider are filled with steamy sexy, gripping action and gorgeous men, making them the perfect paranormal read this April.  

To enter the competition, you’ll need to answer the following question:

*This competition is now closed*

What is the title of Book One in Larissa Ione’s Demoica series?

Pleasure Unbound
Divine Pleasure
Pleasure Forever

Fill your details in the box below (making sure you’ve read our terms and conditions first) and we’ll contact the winner on Friday 12th April.

To celebrate Easter and a blissful four whole days all to ourselves, we’ve rounded up four fantastic Entice ebooks to suit every romance taste. What will you be reading?

Wedding Belles by Zoe Barnes is escapist fiction at it’s very best. If you’re a fan of real-life romance, this is the Easter read for you.

With This Kiss by Eloisa James is gorgeous Regency romance. If you fancy escaping to another world this Easter, don’t miss this sumptuous story in three parts.

If you’re looking for something a little more seductive, download book one in Emma Allan’s Deep Desires series, Naked Ambition.

And if a sweeping saga of love and relationships is exactly what you want to read, don’t miss A Highland Engagement by Anne Douglas.

Whatever you read this Easter, we hope you have a wonderful weekend full of romance and escapism. Happy reading!

As You Wish

To celebrate, we’re offering five lucky Entice readers the chance to win a copy of the paperback.

If you can’t wait until then, Eloisa James’ novella, With This Kiss, will be published in three 99p installments on 12th, 19th and 26th March. A luscious historical romance read for the price of an ice cream? You can’t say fairer than that.

To be in with a chance of winning a copy of As You Wish by Eloisa James, simply fill your details in the box below, making sure you’ve read our terms and conditions first.

*This competition is now closed*

I’m very excited at the publication of the first five of my books on Piatkus Entice. What I like to explore as a writer is the reaction of ordinary people, with often very limited sexual experience, being put in situations where they are offered the opportunity to expand their sexual horizons. As a result, their involvement in activities that they might previously have thought of as taboo ignite all sorts of hidden passions and desires.

In AMATEUR NIGHTS for instance I tried to imagine what an attractive married woman, sexually frustrated due to her husband’s lack of interest in her, would do if she was mistaken for a high class call girl and offered money for sex. It’s such an interesting situation. My character, Diana, accepts the money and the role and embarks on a roller coaster ride of sexual exploration. She finds that pretending to be a call girl gives her a sexual freedom she’s never experienced before. Her adventure continues in AMATEUR DAYS.

NAKED AMBITION has a different premise. Here a plain but extremely hard working girl realises that in the television company she works for a lot of less talented girls are getting on purely because they are beautiful and willing to sleep with the boss. Inheriting a little money she decides she is going to play the same game and transform herself. The difference is immediately apparent. Men become pawns to her ambition but in the process she also discovers she has a natural talent for sex and uses it to get just what she wants. In NAKED INTENT she soon finds that her talent is properly rewarded and that sex is one way for her to break through the glass ceiling.

Sex between married couples can often become routine and boring. In SECRETS a couple are offered the opportunity to join a very exclusive and very decadent club. Reluctant at first they are gradually drawn into the furthest reaches of sexual behaviour. But will it all end in tears? You’ll have to read the book to find out . . .

It’s been an incredible twelve months. We’ve brought you some of the best names in romantic fiction, published hundreds of ebooks and featured articles from some of our amazing authors. We’ve also run lots of lovely competitions because you, our readers, are hugely important to us. Without you, Piatkus Entice would not be possible.

To celebrate the one year anniversary of Piatkus Entice, we’ve teamed up with Best Magazine to offer you the chance to win one of three Kobo Touch ereaders. Wired Magazine’s Editor’s Pick for Best Ereader, the Kobo Touch is contemporary and lightweight (read handbag-sized) with a touch screen keypad – perfect for all your ereading needs.

The competition is running on Facebook and you can enter here (this link is also smart phone friendly). The closing date is midnight, Monday 4th March.

P.S. make sure you pick up a copy of Best magazine this week to read an exclusive extract from Duchess in Love by Eloisa James!

Second only to a hunky, handsome man and eternal adoration (or possibly first, depending on who you ask), chocolate is high on our list of Valentine’s Day must-haves here at Entice.

Wicked chocolate sounds even better, which is why we couldn’t resist teaming up with the brilliantly named Wicked Chocolate Company to celebrate our one year anniversary which lands – of course – on Valentine’s Day.

We’ve got four mini hampers to give away, each containing Wicked truffles, buttons and sensations and perfect for picking at as you curl up with a good ebook.

And because everyone deserves a treat this Valentine’s Day, Wicked Chocolate have also come up with an exclusive offer for Entice readers. If you’re not lucky enough to win a hamper, you can still get 10% off a gorgeous box of twelve chocolate truffles by clicking here.

To enter the competition, simply fill your details in the box below, making sure to read our terms and conditions first.

Good luck!