by
William Quincy Belle
ADULT title
Science Fiction with (gasp) sex!Blurb:
Alan Maitland is a successful businessman on his way up the corporate ladder. Life is good, but life is also full of the unexpected. A scientific experiment goes awry, and Alan’s mind is transferred to the body of Hana Toussaint, a high-class escort. Suddenly, he must not only contend with a new identity, but with the eye-opening experience of living as a female: how to walk in high heels without falling; how to put on a bra without dislocating a shoulder; how to deal with makeup without poking out an eye; and how to get along in a society which in many ways is still male-dominated.
When Alan discovers that Hana has taken over his body, the two of them must work together to find the scientist who can reverse the experiment and give them back their respective lives. Along the way, they must cope with living as each other and learn what it's like to be a member of the opposite sex. And as their adventure goes on, Alan the woman must figure out his growing feelings for Hana the man.
Alan faces the biggest challenge of his life which Hana sums up with one decisive question:
“Are you man enough to be a woman?”
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Excerpt
After their small breakfast, Alan and Hana set about getting ready, selecting clothes for one another.
“I start with moisturizer,” he said examining the various items laid out on the bathroom counter.
She stood behind him, looking at herself in the mirror and adjusting her collar. “That’s right.”
He picked up the bottle of moisturizer and unscrewed the top. “This hadn’t been on my list of required life skills, but I’ll be able to say I’m a truly well-rounded man.”
“Well-rounded? You missed me having my period last week!”
He stopped and wrinkled his brow.
She half smiled. “Are you man enough to be a woman?”
He gave his head a shake then continued his morning ritual.
Hana pulled the looped tie over her head and mimicked Alan’s earlier movements by tightening the loop and getting the tie in place. “I’m getting the hang of this.” She pulled her collar down and raised her chin to give the knot a final adjustment. “All set.”
She watched him go through the steps of getting ready for another day as a woman. “You’re doing fine.”
Before going out the door, Alan paused in front of a mirror. He smoothed out his skirt and leaned closer to check his makeup. He looked himself in the eye. What am I doing? Am I getting womanlier?
Hana held open the door, and the two of them left to meet their fate.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for participating in this book tour. Being an indie author is an uphill struggle.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Wikipedia, there are 2.2 million new books published each year, 300,000 in the U.S., 150,000 in the United Kingdom, 20,000 in Canada. The book review section of The Washington Post states they get 150 new titles each day. Each day! What are the chances of anyone getting noticed? Even if somebody has written the next classic, there’s the harsh reality of statistics. Having the public choose any particular book out of the annual American field of 300,000 strikes me as being the equivalent of winning the literary lottery. Congratulations, E. L. James: over 70 million copies of the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy sold.
By the way, the above is about new books published each year. According to Google, there are over 150 million books in existence! Literary lottery, indeed!
There's a lot of junk out there, which means the public is leery of investing their time in anything unknown. Who wants the literary equivalent of bad movie? "I want two hours of my life back." Cheers to the risk-takers who brought E. L. James to the forefront.
I appreciate you taking the risk.
All the best to you in your world. :-)
Always fun to hear about another new great book. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHow many hours a day do you spend writing?
ReplyDeleteAs I said elsewhere, my work comes from inspiration not perspiration. I can work in fits and starts, but when inspired: This book was written in eleven days as part of NaNoWriMo. Of course, it then took nearly two years of part-time editing to polish my diamond in the rough for publication. If I'm going to put my name on it, I want it to be something I can be proud of.
Delete“Don’t like to write, but like having written”.
-Frank Norris (1870-1902), American journalist and novelist
Sounds like a good book.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a book I'll enjoy!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the excerpt! It sounds really good.
ReplyDeleteDo you think that Of Sound Mind and Someone Else's Body would translate well to film, and if so, is that something that you would like to see?
ReplyDeleteUnlike Metrofloat which I can imagine in film, this story has a lot of inner dialogue. How to translate that and translate it well? For instance, I thought Dan Brown's book The Da Vinci Code had the same issue. I enjoyed the book, but thought the movie, although good, was missing that inner dialogue.
DeleteThat's a very good point.
DeleteGreat cover & I enjoyed learning about this book and author!
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