Lord and Master cover art!

[julesjones]

Lord and Master
ISBN:978-1-59632-410-7
Forthcoming from Loose Id

When Mark's PhD supervisor sent him for a job interview with an old university friend, he didn't mention that the friend was devastatingly handsome. He also didn't mention to either of them that the other one was gay.

Steven was just looking for a young scientist to train as a PA to help him run his technology company. No extra services required. But watching other people react to a young, pretty man playing secretary to an openly gay CEO amused them both. Subverting the stereotype, watching people wonder if they were having an affair, was an entertaining game. Then the game became real as the fantasy caught them both up, and Mark was left wondering... how real? Because he's the one PA in the building who can't marry the boss...

Excerpts.

Comments

[hafren.livejournal.com]

Very pretty. The blond looks distinctly androgynous.

I suppose now the law's changed he can marry the boss, in a manner of speaking?

[julesjones]

The blond is supposed to look like that, quite apart from yaoi art stylistic conventions. :-) He's just finishing a PhD in chemical engineering and has a mind like a steel trap, which is why his boss hired him -- but he *looks* like a male version of the fluffy little thing hired for her chest measurement and not her typing speed. They proceed to have a lot of fun using this to fuck with people's heads.

It's set in the period summer 2003 to February 2004 -- with a final chapter in February 2006 that I couldn't have written when I wrote the short story that started this off.

(And no, we're not supposed to give away the publication dates in case they have to be changed, but I think it's pretty obvious what day it's coming out.)

[sarahf.livejournal.com]

I think it's pretty obvious what day it's coming out.

It is? Secretary's Day? I'm really looking forward to this one, so when IS it coming out?

[julesjones]

It's a romance, coming out in February, with two key scenes set in February. :-)

What Hafren and I were referring to is that the UK Civil Partnership Bill essentially went through in March 2004, and the registrars first started doing partnership ceremonies in December 2005. I wrote a short story a few years ago, which wasn't published until last year. The novel grew out of the ensuing discussion in my LJ:
http://julesjones.livejournal.com/90731.html

[(Anonymous)]

Beautiful cover! I will no miss it. When excatly it will be out? ciao, elisa

[julesjones]

This is a Loose Id book, so you should know better than to ask that question. For the answer will be...
altogether now...

Soon!(TM)

:-)

(Over the last two years Madame Publisher Treva has turned that word into a tagline for LI all by itself...)

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

I may have to buy this book. Because I like paper for some reason and this is the first one (on paper) that has made me go, "oooooo". And there is a sequel to Spindrift? How did I miss that?

[julesjones]

This one will initially only be available in ebook, as far as I know. But there are plans afoot to ramp up the number of titles they take to print, so it's possible that it will come out on dead trees later if it does well in ebook (for definitions of "does well" that include how much buzz there is about a book in the romance forums, not just e-copies sold).

Yes, the Spindrift sequel came out a while back. 18,000 words, so a lot shorter than the first one. William redeems himself, and the silkies demonstrate just how dangerous they are when sufficiently threatened.

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

I was fooled by the ISBN. I though those were only for paper books.

And "lalala, not listening!" I mostly don't want to know a single thing about a book or movie before I sit myself down to read/watch. Because I'm a crazy person.

[julesjones]

They're for books in any format, as long as they're books. Print, ebook, audiobook... If you take a look at my books from Loose Id you'll see they all have ISBNs.

[emmyjag.livejournal.com]

ohhhh pretty. More of Nunn's work?

[julesjones]

This one's Anne Cain (annecain), who also did the Dolphin Dreams cover art. But there are at least two artists doing yaoi-style art for Loose Id now. Maybe more, but I haven't been keeping up to date with who's doing what on the art.

I'm trying to get the hi-res file uploaded to ritzpix so that I can get some prints for giveaways, but it is hanging every time I try. :-(

[samcdermott65.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous cover(and guys!). Very Yaoi in appearance. I love it. Anne Cain did a wonderful job. She's soooo good. I can't wait for this story to come out. It sounds fantastic.

shari

[julesjones]

As I've said before, one of the reasons I'm happy to keep working with Loose Id is that they give me good cover art. :-)

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

I don't usually like yaoi style art, but this is very pretty. Can't help thinking of Aziraphale and Crowley :)

[julesjones]

I hadn't thought of it, but you're right -- there's a touch of them about it. :-) No cheekbones, though...

[jetm.livejournal.com]

Oh! Lovely, lovely cover, Jules!!!
And the story sounds terrific!

[julesjones]

I bet it's going to look gorgeous as an 8x6" photographic print.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Will this ebook will be out this week? or the next? ciao, elisa

[julesjones]

It comes out on the 13th, assuming there are no problems (such as the time the Loose Id server had something weird happen, and they couldn't take orders for a couple of days).

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

> assuming there are no problems (such as the time the Loose Id server had something weird happen, and they couldn't take orders for a couple of days).

Oh yes, I rememeber that day: I want to buy Keira Andrews book and cannot... I will be very interested in read this book of yours... One of my favourite stories are the tycoon/secretary type (I absolutely adore some books by Diana Palmer... I know, I know, she is an old style writer, but what can I do? Lord of the Desert is one of the most impossible story but also one of the most funny I have ever read). Another story I like is the superstar/nerdy type: if I could write something (and I'm absolutely inable to write something) I will write about two college roomates which meets after some year, one famous and rich, the other nerdy and plain jane type... ciao, elisa