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You’ll love the building romance in my new book. Among the samples shown, cast your vote for the new Counterblow cover art.
I’m so excited for you to experience the beautiful romance blossoming in my new book! Certainly, the elements you love to hate are still present. After all, a good book requires plenty of drama.
I can’t wait to share it with you. Among the suggested cover art options for Counterblow, I’d love for you to cast your vote and help shape its visual journey! Your input means so much to me!
Before I publish Counterblow, I am updating my cover art from its original concept and need your help. I’ve created four sample book covers. Which one would make you stop for a second look while browsing your favorite bookstore?
They are all similar yet different. I’m trying to capture an air of romance permeating throughout the new book, Counterblow, book 8 in my Consortium Series.
Make your choice. Please help and vote for your favorite. I will give a free book to a random person who votes and fills out the contact form displayed after voting.
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‘Counterblow: Revenge is Sweet‘, an erotic thriller about global human trafficking, is the latest from Richard Verry‘s Consortium series. Counterblow is a disturbing but captivating erotic thriller about dark romance and primal desires.
Despite opposition from two troublesome young women and many global government agencies; Raven and Sir dedicate their efforts to restoring the Consortium to its former glory.
Meanwhile, a dark romance begins between Avril and Sir; Avril helps Sir understand love, something he’s never truly known. But his sister opposes this growing possibility.
Can he restore his Consortium, appease Raven, and control his dark emotions?
Ever wondered if you’re being hunted? Are you looking over your shoulder? Paranoid? This story may prompt you to question whether that’s true.
Counterblow is a disturbing but captivating erotic thriller. Look for it in late Spring 2025. In the meantime, catch up on the series on Amazon.
Counterblow, Consortium book 8 is almost here. That’s right, everyone. It’s completed several rounds of edits, and my copyeditors are looking for inconsistencies, sudden tense shifts, etc. They should finish in the next couple of weeks, and then it will be ready to schedule for publication.
In the meantime, here is the book cover. I did something different this time. I prepared a few prototype book covers and asked many people for their opinions on which one they liked best. The question I asked them to consider. If you were walking past a table at Barnes & Noble, which cover would entice you to stop and look closer? By an overwhelming majority, this is the winner.
What do you think? Were they right? Would this cover stop you in your tracks to take a closer look?
As my copy editors do their work, I’m working with a marketing team to promote my stories better. I do alright, but I know I can do better. I know little about marketing—at least I know that I don’t know—so I reached out for help. Naturally, it’s cutting into my budget, but it’s all good if I can offset that with increased sales. I’m also considering getting a professional website designer to upgrade my website. I need it to be more about my business and less about me.
So yes, Counterblow, Consortium book 8 is almost here. I can’t wait to release it. The previous books are available on Amazon if you haven’t read them yet. While you don’t need to read the earlier books in the series, it will help you understand the story behind Counterblow.
Again, what do you think? Could you drop me a note and let me know? I’m always interested in hearing from you, my readers. Thank you.
Finished Book 8 draft
Well, well, good news; I finished Book 8 draft of the Consortium series. Yes, the first draft is done. Now it is time to edit. I know it took a long time. Honestly, it took longer than I expected. I struggled with the last 25% of the book. I knew how I wanted to end it, but getting there was more difficult than I expected. But I got there. Whew!
While I finished book 8 draft, there is much more work to do. I even struggled with the book’s title. I considered several options, but I liked none of them. So, I went to the Internet. Nope, I still didn’t find one. Then, I went to my trusty thesaurus. I believe I have found the perfect title, ‘Counterblow.’
Def: Counterblow – a blow given in return or retaliation, as in boxing.
This seems the perfect title, although I plan on a first edit of the book before deciding. After that, I’ll turn it over to others for further editing. From the title, you can guess that the story is one counterblow after another throughout. In the end, I love how it all came together. I’m feeling uplifted and eager to get it to you.
I’d love it if you had any other suggestions.
(more…)The Trafficking Consortium, third edition
I’m especially proud of The Trafficking Consortium, third edition. I ran into an issue with writing the last couple of chapters of book 8. I know how I want to end it, yet I didn’t know how to transition from story to it. So, I took a break. What did I do? I wanted to issue an audiobook version of the first book in the Consortium series.
That led to a rewrite of the entire book, a dozen or more edits using several sources, and perhaps five walk throughs of the audiobook. And before any of you ask, I have several people reading and editing it, just in case something got missed. I wanted to get the cadence just right, and it provided me an opportunity to delve deeper into the mindsets of the characters. Overall, it’s the same story. And as you can see, while I was at it, I gave it a new book cover. Frankly, I was bored with the original one.
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