For example, Rach chose a sexy serial killer/gay undertaker. We had two requests each for Hugh Jackman and David Tennant (only two!?) and two for Pierce Brosnan, and four for fictional characters—five if you count Lorraine asking for the hero of her own wip. Kathy did her usual selection of someone barely legal, on a video I couldn’t access from this country. We had Tom Cruise, Robert Pattinson, Peter Andre and his ex Katie Price (separately), a whole bunch of country and western artists (unsurprisingly, from Biddy and Danielle) and one alien Blue Opera Singer.

Who’s the alien? You decide.

In the end I had to choose a winner by random draw. But first I have a couple of runners-up. Girls, I don’t have a prize for you, but you do get eternal fame from being featured on this here blog.

Ruth was quite frightening in choosing nearly all men who I would also welcome naked in a blue tube. I’m not convinced about Rob Lowe (too much jaw), but I’m all over David Tennant, Ewan McGregor in biker gear, and Captain Picard. Good taste, my woman. As a reward, I may have to challenge you to a duel.

Janet Mullany had the post that made me laugh. Her choice was:
At this point, just about anyone with a pulse.

As a reward, I will pimp her book, A Most Lamentable Comedy, a hilariously funny and feelgood and intelligent Regency chick lit from Little Black Dress. Buy it!

But the winner, by random draw, was Gail, who emailed me her fantasies about Tom Cruise from Top Gun with the body of Christiano Ronaldo, holding some baby oil. Totally…I’m sure the aliens could arrange that! Gail, I’ll email you soon to get your address to send you a copy of the book.

Don’t forget the gene splicing and baby oil, boys.

Thanks everyone for playing!

Dude! I have totally neglected to mention that CLOSE ENCOUNTERS is out NOW in paperback!

(I will remind you discreetly that CLOSE ENCOUNTERS is the book I co-wrote with Kathy Love as B.H. Dark, and it’s an erotic science fiction romantic comedy, or, as described on the BBC, an “eromscicom”. It’s about space aliens abducting four human beings in order to form an intergalactic porn empire. It’s sexy, it’s funny, it’s completely implausible, and it contains the line “We’re going to be the Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson of the galaxy.”)

You can buy it in your favourite bookstore, or on Amazon here, or with free shipping from The Book Depository here. Or it’s still available as an e-book, here.

In fact, I do believe I have a copy of the paperback to give away with a contest. Either leave a comment or email me, using the “contact” form above, and answer the following question:

If you were abducted by space aliens and made to have sex with someone in a glowing blue tube…who would you want it to be with?

I’ll keep the contest open until Monday the 24th. Or longer, if I’m really enjoying the answers.

And lots of other free books all this month. Check it out here.

CONTESTS AND AUCTIONS

First, the auction for Jo Leigh is going on all this week, and the items are really fantastic. Go here to check out the full list on eBay. I’ve got copies of ONE NIGHT STAND and HONEY TRAP up for sale. Especially if you’re in the US, this would be a great way to get hold of them, because I’ll cover the shipping and you won’t have to worry about exhange rate problems.

On the other hand, you can win a totally free copy of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS by B.H. Dark (aka me and Kathy Love), and a lot of other books, in Moira Roger’s holiday contest, on her website, here.

Don’t forget, too, the Samhain contest to win a Kindle e-book reader and books, which is still going on here.

REVIEWS

The Oxford Times has called HONEY TRAP “a dark, edgy, unusual romance.” Yay!

Fallen Angels Reviews has given CLOSE ENCOUNTERS 5 Angels and called it “a humorous joyride of a novel populated by rich colorful characters and cartoonish space aliens”. Yay yay!!

ACHIEVEMENTS

And finally…go congratulate Biddy at the Pink Heart Society for finishing her novel and getting it off to the Golden Heart in the nick of time!

(P.S. No gross spillages yet today, but the day is still young.)

Kathy and I did the interview over the telephone. It was hilarious. You gotta love any interview that begins with the response, “Lady, are you an alien?”

Anyway, pop round and check it out and join in the discussion: Would you give up everything on Earth for love?

And coincidentally, a strange message from outer space has found its way onto the Samhain weblog, purporting to be from some alien creature called Nisom…go have a look.

Or you can just buy the book, for the bargain price of $4.95, here.

And today, we’re giving away a FREE COPY, one day before the release date, at http://southernfriedchicas.com. So go there and leave a comment for a chance to win!

Also, all this week we’ll be posting stuff about the book on B. H. Dark’s blog…and if you leave a comment there, on any post, you’ll be in with a chance to win a FREE COPY there, too!

Today, we’re talking about how CLOSE ENCOUNTERS started. A sordid tale of alcohol and a Greek alpha male who smouldered a bit too much…go look!

Half-nekkid couple. Stars. Funky comic-book-style font. Big alien eyeball.

Yup, you gotta love it.

I’ve made a B. H. Dark page on my website, which is here, and have also put up an extract on our blogspot site, which is here. And if you’d like to be our friend on MySpace, that’s here.

It’s out as an e-book on 28 October, and will be out in print next summer.