Adultery is mentioned, but that’s about it. Seems like a conventional tale of intrigue and woe and businesses sinking like the Titanic and younger sisters falling in love with the blue-eyed detective brought in to detect the adultery and solve the murder, all set against the idyllic world of Orange County, California.
Indie small press is rife with erotica; if an author is NOT writing erotica they should be very careful in titles, covers, blurbs, tag lines, etc. to avoid the “tells” associated with the genre so they don’t turn away their target audience.
I am, thanks. It absolutely makes me cringe. I can’t believe anyone is that daft! I mean, if they aren’t creepy-rotica, what where they thinking…and if they are, what the hell are they thinking????
Well, I checked the comments on Amazon, and none of them seemed to indicate that it’s that type of book.
What an awful type of false-flagging to have on your cover… how many people might have picked up the book if it didn’t look like it might be about something incestuous?
Is that a table? Are they straddling a table? How long and freakishly jointed are their legs that they can straddle a table yet look as though they’re dangling all normal-like, knees together like proper young ladies?
It looks to me like they are sitting sidesaddle on a picnic table, legs toward the viewer, looking over their shoulders at the alpine landscape of scenic Orange County.
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If “Mina’s first adventure…” wasn’t there, then the whole creepy incest vibe wouldn’t be either. But, maybe that’s what this book IS about.
I’m not checking. Just in case.
Adultery is mentioned, but that’s about it. Seems like a conventional tale of intrigue and woe and businesses sinking like the Titanic and younger sisters falling in love with the blue-eyed detective brought in to detect the adultery and solve the murder, all set against the idyllic world of Orange County, California.
But wait, it’s part of a Complete series of Mina’s Adventures:
1 Love Thy Sister
2 Bosom Bodies
3 Italian Summer
4 Ashes of Autumn
The titles sound like edgy erotica to me. #TitleFail
Or is it: #UseIdyllicCoverPhototoScrewWithAmazon
😉
Oh – and that is NOT Orange County CA. Obviously, the author has never been there.
You mean Orange County CA doesn’t look like Heidi’s Switzerland?
Naaman,
Please tell me you made those up. Please.
Nope. He didn’t make those up.
Indie small press is rife with erotica; if an author is NOT writing erotica they should be very careful in titles, covers, blurbs, tag lines, etc. to avoid the “tells” associated with the genre so they don’t turn away their target audience.
(Hitch,
I wish I could bring myself to lie to you, but you are best served by honesty, I think.)
Naaman:
I am, thanks. It absolutely makes me cringe. I can’t believe anyone is that daft! I mean, if they aren’t creepy-rotica, what where they thinking…and if they are, what the hell are they thinking????
Well, I checked the comments on Amazon, and none of them seemed to indicate that it’s that type of book.
What an awful type of false-flagging to have on your cover… how many people might have picked up the book if it didn’t look like it might be about something incestuous?
On the other hand, I wonder if any fans of Baron Lesade bought this book and felt ripped off?
Is that a table? Are they straddling a table? How long and freakishly jointed are their legs that they can straddle a table yet look as though they’re dangling all normal-like, knees together like proper young ladies?
I think they are are on the viewer’s side of the bench and have their knees plugged into the bench’s anti-gravity levitation adapter.
It looks to me like they are sitting sidesaddle on a picnic table, legs toward the viewer, looking over their shoulders at the alpine landscape of scenic Orange County.
Of course I want you to “love” your sister, but boundaries, Luke, boundaries.
I thought the little girl was on fire at first glance.