PJ Jones began writing Romance Novel in the spring of 2009 when she was seriously ill, thinking that this book would be her last dying legacy for mankind. After you read this book, you will probably wonder if she was trying to seal her fate in hell. Who knows? But PJ Jones has conquered her illness and is much better now. But you probably don't care, as long as this book is funny.
PJ Jones is also an avid reader of real romance novels. So why does she poke fun of them? Consider it comic relief.
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ROMANCE NOVEL - A parody from P.J. Jones
Smella Rosepetal must find a millionaire husband to finance her baby's heart transplant. She flies home to her deputy father's ranch in Pitchforks, Texas, where she falls in love with Deadward Forest, a wealthy environmentalist vampire. When a deranged murderer is on the loose in Pitchforks, killing romance heroines, Deadward assumes Smella would be safer without him. Smella turns to her childhood friend, Snake Long, for comfort. But Snake doesn't have the money to save her baby, so Smella places herself in peril in a desperate hunt for a rich husband.
Time is running out for Smella's baby, and she must escape the Australian Outback, then face down Flabio, an overweight and disgruntled, aspiring cover model, plus enraged vampire wives and their homosexual, vampire, cowboy husbands, a jealous were-gerbil, James Bond, a drunk rodeo clown and Smella's strange boyfriend who wants to drain her blood, yet is repulsed by her smell.
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WIN - Leave P.J. a question today at her Cyber Launch Party, and your name goes in the hat for a free Starbucks gift card and a free download of ROMANCE NOVEL. That way you can spew coffee on your ereader when you read PJ's new book! Please leave your email address so we can contact you if you are today's winner - Good Luck!
Hey there PJ - super congrats on the new release! I read the excerpt and nearly did spew my coffee - so funny! And that cover - oh yes!
ReplyDeleteYou pretty much cover every subgenre of the romance novel and poke fun at them all.
So tell me, how did you come to write this parody and what are you working on now?
Times like these, everyone needs a good laugh, so thanks for that! Hope it's a great success for you and enjoy your launch party!
Hi, AI! Thanks for hosting my launch today. I wrote this book a few years ago when I was going through some tough times. Believe me, the laughter was therapeutic!
ReplyDeleteI am currently working on a mainstream comedy with some romantic elements, and then I have brainstormed some ideas for Romance Novel II, which I plan to write once I finish my other comedy.
In my spare time, I really do love reading REAL romance novels. PJ
Congrats on the release! I laughed out loud when I read the release, too funny. Thanks for good laugh in the morning.
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I laughed at the blurb so it must be fantastic!
ReplyDeleteJean P, I hope you read ROMANCE NOVEL. I promise you'll be in for more laughs! I've already had a reviewer spew her Pepsi on her keyboard and a reader spit up coffee on her ereader.
ReplyDeleteThanks for coming by...PJ
Rebecca, thanks so much! Please stop by my blog, and read some laugh-out-loud scenes!
ReplyDeleteHoly cow, a were-gerbil?! Named James Bond?! Yes, yes, I feel a book induced comic orgasm coming on (pun intended)!!! I'm so glad you are feeling better and that your sense of humor helped you through. I would love to read this. Thanks for the giveaway.
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Hey, Jen. The were-gerbel is named SNAKE LONG. Hmmmm. James Bond does make an appearance. He's just sooo Scottish and sooo sexy! And, yes, you will have MULTIPLE comic orgasms if you read ROMANCE NOVEL. I promise!
ReplyDeleteWow, your Romance Novel sounds hilarious! You had me at "Smella Rosepetal."
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Thanks, Rose! Please stop by my blog to read some hilarious scenes. I promise to leave you in stitches!!!
ReplyDeleteThis books sounds like a side-splitter!
ReplyDeleteThe Bible says, "A merry heart does good like medicine." Did using comedy during your illness come naturally to you, or did you make the decision to write a comedy novel because you knew the physical benefits of laughter?
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Chicki, excellent question! I've always loved to laugh and make others laugh. A few years ago, when I was incredibly ill, I needed some sort of escape, and this was it. Also, and now I'm being brutally honest, about that time I volunteered to judge a writing contest. Some of the entries were so..well...needing work, that I made up my own bad entry as a joke. It was only a few pages, the love scene between Smella and Snake. I laughed out loud while writing it and then just kept writing more and more scenes and piecing them together. PJ
ReplyDeleteHey, PJ!!!! Just stopping by to say hello on your cyber launch party! Woot!
ReplyDeleteLoved, loved the book. Laughed so hard I cried! I hope you and Flabio sell a gozillion copies! And I would love to see this baby at the movies! OMG!! You'll be a freaking millionaire! Muah!
Alisha, I'd settle for a thousandaire! Thanks so much and MUCHO congrats on your sales of Circle City, but I STILL think my cover model is SEXIER!!! LOL! PJ
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the new release, PJ. Glad to hear that you're doing well. I'm always in the mood for some laughs and look forward to reading "Romance Novel."
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Thanks, Jane. I'm always in the mood for laughter, too. Hope you enjoy Romance Novel. PJ
ReplyDeleteThis looks too good to pass up. I love humor
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sara! I sure hope you don't pass it up. I promise to make you laugh! PJ
ReplyDeleteGreat concept!
ReplyDeleteMy question: where do you come up with these wacky character names?
Wow, what a funny blurb! I love the cover. Did you pick the cover?
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Hmmm. Smella, Snake and Deadward are a twist on our favorite teen vamp epic. Flabio is a distant cousin of a famous 80s romance icon. I think Ebony's name choice was described in the novel. Heath and Jake were inspired by Brokeback Mountain. And if you remember, Smella's baby, Joshua, had a different name each scene because Smella kept forgetting her baby's name. I randomly chose names for Joshua, but I also inserted my nephews' names in there as well. PJ
ReplyDeleteThis idea is so funny. How hard was it to write a satire of Romance?
ReplyDeleteNot hard at all. I simply broke all the rules I'd been taught. LOL!
ReplyDeleteLove it! Where else can you get a great laugh for only 99 cents!!!
ReplyDeleteGood for you!
Thanks, AI and thanks again for hosting this blog. It was an awesome launch party! I will be recommending it to friends.
ReplyDelete*snort* that was great! I loved the main character names and I swear, that sounds like something out of my own life.
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Hey, there. I wasn't sure how to pick the winner, but I guess I'm supposed to post it here?
ReplyDeleteJen, you are the winner because 'comic orgasm' made me laugh out loud. And I LOVE laughing out loud! I'll send you a PM. PJ