Infidelity's Gray Area by Adele Dubois

I walked a razor thin line when I wrote TEMPTED, the story of a mature heroine who fantasizes about sex outside marriage, though she loves her husband. The subject matter elicited stern warnings from my editor during the revision process, because married women cannot step their toes over the fidelity line in romantic fiction. Though Emily doesn’t technically cheat, TEMPTED takes place in that gray area between desire and action.

Does the ‘no cheating’ rule extend to the imagination? That depends upon whether or not you consider daydreaming about sex with other men acts of unfaithfulness. As my heroine becomes caught inside the technology of 3-D interactive television and takes an unexpected adventure, the line between reality and fantasy blurs. Her resolution of this state lies at the heart of TEMPTED.

So, readers and authors, what do you define as cheating?

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TEMPTED by Adele Dubois

Summary:

Emily never dreamed that getting hooked on interactive TV would lead to so much trouble…

Is sexual fantasy cheating? If so, Emily’s got a problem. Though she’s never been unfaithful to her husband in reality, she’s found a new hobby with 3D Mental Image Projection. In the privacy of her home, she indulges her secret desires on interactive TV. What else is a lonely woman of a certain age to do?

When Emily wins a weekend getaway to mystical Isle de Paradises, she swears she won’t stray. But temptation lures her at every turn. Desirable men want her and beautiful women pursue her. When Paradises’ youth-restoring powers crumble her resistance, Emily is faced with an irrevocable choice. Her decision will forever alter her life and the fate of her marriage.

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OUR HAPPILY EVER AFTER KICKS BUTT by Adele Dubois

It’s no secret that life has a way of kicking you behind the knees and dropping you face-first in the gravel when you least expect it. And so it happened that while working on the early chapters of my erotic romance novella TEMPTED my husband was diagnosed with a virulent form of a potentially fatal illness. Our lives imploded with the news and everything at our house changed in an instant.

I don’t remember how long it took for me to try to work again. I think my brain simply shut down to anything outside the immediacy of family needs between hospital visits. Eventually, though, I emerged from my stupor of shock and fear and picked up my laptop to revisit my WIP; not expecting to get any real work done. To my surprise, my TEMPTED characters pulled me into their story and immersed me in their world. My raw emotions channeled through their voices, animating them with hope and the amazing power of enduring love. The book’s central theme posed the questions: If technologically restored youth were possible, would you choose it? What if you couldn’t take your lifelong partner with you? Would you choose it then?

I finished TEMPTED and the book was published. My characters enjoyed their Happily Ever After while my husband and I celebrated his miraculous full recovery. Life had pushed our faces in the dirt, then dusted us off with silver-lined gloves and sent us on our way.

In the afterglow of my husband’s stunning return to health I began my paranormal erotic romance novella EROTIC ART. While writing this book, I became filled with renewed vigor and bright-eyed optimism. My characters overcame the wrath of a powerful ghost determined to keep them apart. Love transcended death in the lives of my characters as it had in mine. EROTIC ART also sold to a publisher and remains one of my favorite stories.

What creative lessons have I learned from the life-changing events my husband and I experienced? Deep emotions may at first wound and paralyze, but they can also sharpen creativity as the artistic process heals the troubled soul.

I love TEMPTED and EROTIC ART for entirely different reasons. One book gave me strength in the face of adversity while the other celebrated victory. The emotions I experienced while writing them were equally powerful opposites.

Our Happily Ever After kicked some major butt.

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What makes a book an irresistible purchase? Why do you press that online Buy button?

Authors spend a lot of time and money on book promotion. We’re always searching for new and better ways to reach readers. Lately, I’ve been using the Goldilocks Method to tinker with the prices of my titles on Amazon and Barnes & Noble to see what works.

What is the Goldilocks Method, you ask? It’s the name I coined for testing whether or not a book price is too much, too little, or just right. I also pay close attention to the tagline and excerpt, hoping to find the most appealing blend. Cover art is extremely important, but authors have no control over covers issued by publishers. We do get to choose covers for re-releases, though, like the cover I created for my revised and expanded paranormal erotic romance novella TEMPTED.

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TEMPTED by Adele Dubois

Emily never dreamed that getting hooked on interactive television would lead to so much trouble…

Summary:

Is sexual fantasy cheating? If so, Emily’s got a problem. Though she’s never been unfaithful to her husband in reality, she’s found a new hobby with 3D Mental Image Projection. In the privacy of her home, she indulges her secret desires on interactive TV. What else is a lonely woman of a certain age to do?

When Emily wins a weekend getaway to mystical Isle de Paradises, she swears she won’t stray. But temptation lures her at every turn. Desirable men want her and beautiful women pursue her. When Paradises’ youth-restoring powers crumble her resistance, Emily is faced with an irrevocable choice. Her decision will forever alter her life and the fate of her marriage.

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Adele Dubois' (Shameless) Guilty Pleasure

There was a time, not so long ago, that I didn’t own a television. I was a young, self-supporting woman, working both full-time and part-time jobs to pay bills for the modest house and car I owned. Between jobs, I worked out almost every day at the gym. During free time I played racquetball, skied, or read. For fun I went to clubs with friends or out on dates. Television wasn’t even part of my vocabulary.

Today, things are different. I’m happily married and as domesticated as a house cat. Though I still work hard, read a lot, and routinely exercise, TV has become my biggest guilty pleasure. The joys of HD and On Demand have introduced me to a whole new world of fun. God help me if I ever subscribe to cable. Who says there’s nothing good on television?

Here’s my list of never-to-be-missed shows:

1. Survivor. Still my all-time favorite, year after year.
2. The Good Wife. The best written and acted show on the air.
3. Revenge. One of the best TV dramas, ever. Totally addictive.
4. Grimm. We learn that the fairy tales are real! Soooo scary, but
soooo good!
5. Once Upon A Time. What’s not to like about the not-too-scary fairy
tales?
6. Prime Suspect. Maria Bello is awesome in this detective series.
7. Against The Wall. This Lifetime police drama is terrific!
8. Project Runway. Fascinating insight into the creative process of
wearable art.
9. Judge Judy. Want to know how the law works? Watch her.
10. Burn Notice. Still hooked after five seasons of outrageous stunts.

I won’t list my Honorable Mentions, because TV is a guilty pleasure. I’m an author, and my first loyalty will always be to books. When I’m not reading or writing, though, you know where to find me.

What is your favorite TV show? New or old?

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The heroine in my new release TEMPTED uses interactive television with 3D Mental Image Projection to spice up her ordinary life. She soon discovers, however, that too much of a good thing inevitably leads to trouble.

TEMPTED Summary:

Is sexual fantasy cheating? If so, Emily’s got a problem. Though she’s never been unfaithful to her husband in reality, she’s found a new hobby with 3D Mental Image Projection. In the privacy of her home, she indulges her secret desires on interactive TV. What else is a lonely woman of a certain age to do?

When Emily wins a weekend getaway to mystical Isle de Paradises, she swears she won’t stray. But temptation lures her at every turn. Desirable men want her and beautiful women pursue her. When Paradises’ youth-restoring powers crumble her resistance, Emily is faced with an irrevocable choice. Her decision will forever alter her life and the fate of her marriage.

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