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Also by Anita Bunkley:

Boardroom Seduction, January 2011
Paperback
First Class Seduction, June 2010
Paperback
Vote For Love, January 2010
Mass Market Paperback
Spotlight On Desire, June 2009
Mass Market Paperback
Suite Temptation, September 2008
Mass Market Paperback
Suite Embrace, January 2008
Paperback
You Only Get Better, March 2007
Trade Size
Silent Wager, May 2006
Trade Size
Relative Interest, December 2003
Hardcover
Mirrored Life, November 2002
Hardcover
Girlfriends, July 1999
Mass Market Paperback
Steppin' Out With Attitude: Sister, Sell Your Dream!, October 1998
Paperback

Spotlight On Desire
Anita Bunkley

Kimani Press Kimani Romance
June 2009
On Sale: June 1, 2009
Featuring: Jewel Blaine; Taye Elliott
224 pages
ISBN: 0373861168
EAN: 9780373861163
Mass Market Paperback
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Multicultural African-American | Romance Contemporary

For Jewel Blaine, the spotlight and her fans are all the family she'll ever need. She is the star of the popular daytime soap The Proud and the Passionate, after all. After a high-profile breakup, Jewel has come up with her own call sheet: no romantic entanglements with cast members, producers and especially directors. But when the stage lights dim, Jewel secretly yearns for a sexy leading man to costar in her real life.

Rugged, handsome Taye Elliott is new on set at P&P— this time behind the camera. Trained as a stuntman, but always with an eye on directing, Taye knows this is his big break. And he needs P&P's leading lady to trust him. But Jewel thinks he's better off pretending to break legs than really calling the shots. Taye's never shied away from a challenge and he's certainly not going to now. He's perfecting the scene of a lifetime—to direct Jewel on-screen…and love her off of it.

Comments

7 comments posted.

Re: Spotlight On Desire

I like finding the title in a book. It's kind of like a puzzle.
(Judy Anderson 12:01pm June 11, 2009)

"tying the title to the story in subtle, yet evident ways -- Yes, I know a lot of readers eagerly search the pages of a book to locate the spot where the title makes its appearance." Huh? People really, actually do that?!? I'd never heard of that, let alone done it!! Hmmm. The things I learn reading blog postings!

Later,

Lynn
(Lynn Rettig 12:17pm June 11, 2009)

Is it easy to ignore 'tempting' sideline characters when you are writing a romance? Do they end up getting a book of their own?
(Rosemary Krejsa 12:19pm June 11, 2009)

I agree with Judy - I like finding the title - but I like it to sneak up on me - find it when I'm least expecting to find it!
(Kelli Jo Calvert 12:20pm June 11, 2009)

That is why the series books are such fun. Don't toss tempting story threads aside - Have colored folders and put them in there to become a story of their own.
(Karin Tillotson 12:55pm June 11, 2009)

It's really interesting what you say about the differences in the writing you were able to do before and the demands of the romance now. I was just thinking along the same lines after rereading the "Stephanie James" title "Fabulous Beast" by Jayne Ann Krentz. The heroine was very interested in medieval bestiaries, and as a result, I was able to learn new very intriguing snippets of information about the subject. I also felt sad that there are few books like that anymore.

I am also usually very conscious of the language used and find that there has really been a dearth of good writing in a lot of the books now being published. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned, but I really prefer a little more meat in my books--even if they do take me longer to read.

Have you always written as Anita Bunkley?

As for titles, I used to mark (very lightly) where in the book the meaning of the title was revealed. That was so much more interesting than reading a book called "The Billionaire Arabian Prince's Twin-Carrying Mistress." lol
(Sigrun Schulz 12:56pm June 14, 2009)

Looks like a fun read.
(Cindy Madson 5:33pm July 6, 2009)