Thursday, November 10, 2011

Spotlight - Artemis Hunt author of The Body Snatcher Wears Lipstick


About the Book...

The Body Snatcher Wears Lipstick
By Artemis Hunt
Genre: Romantic Comedy with Paranormal Elements


SYNOPSIS:
Abby Watson is about to move in with the man of her dreams. Too bad the body she wears isn't hers.

Abby Watson's life is an airtight box of a dead-end job, a skinflint boss, and a best 'frenemy' who thinks Abby has the fashion sense of a tubeworm. When a lab experiment at work blows up in Abby's face, she develops the ability to jump into other people's bodies. Suddenly it's goodbye frump, hellooooo . . . anyBODY gorgeous.

Abby's leaping into the bodies of heiresses, her best 'frenemy', anyone who has ever been mean to her in high school, her scrooge boss, and even the President of the United States (!).

When a chance encounter with the Ferrari of her childhood idol -- stunning movie A-lister, Jake Carradoc -- leaves one of her beautiful bodies in the hospital, Abby feigns amnesia . . . then a spot in Jake's home as his indefinite 'houseguest'.

But Abby's real body is dying in her soul's absence. What must she do to get and keep Jake, the only man she's ever loved with all of somebody else's heart?

Get it at: Amazon and Smashwords

About the Author...

Artemis Hunt has a husband who thinks all fiction is nonsense and all writers of fiction should get their heads checked for situational delusions. At any one time, they have 16 to 20 dogs, many of suspicious virtue.

Artemis frequently wishes she has telekinesis, so she doesn't have to lift a finger to change the room temperature. She's constantly glued to her computer, which serves as her gateway to her friends, books, movies, TV serials and sometimes husband, even though they're sitting on the same bed two feet apart.

Artemis writes under the name of A.R. Hunt for the adult thriller and suspense genre.

BOOKS BY ARTEMIS HUNT
The Body Snatcher Wears Lipstick
The Hunt for the Catalyst (Ether World Chronicles)
Snow White and the Alien
The Ether World Chronicles: Beginnings

Books by A.R.HUNT
Psychotic

WEB LINKS:
http://artemishunt.blogspot.com/
www.artemishunt.org
Twitter handle: @ArtemisHunt1

Read the Excerpt...
I‟m on Cloud Platinum.

Jake Carradoc is beside me, driving his red Ferrari 599 GTB (personalized and customized) – the very Ferrari which floored me into procuring the very litigious medical diagnosis of retrograde amnesia – and we are cruising to his home in Beverly Hills where I‟m going to live!

That‟s right.

I‟ll be staying with Jake Carradoc (!) until such time I recover my memories and decide I want to go back to my life. He has very kindly offered me food, shelter, money, and his complete hospitality until I get my memories back, or if someone with a similar backpack from a rat-infested, one-star „the bar soap on the grimy sink is as thin as an insurance agent‟s promise‟ motel ultimately claims me.

This is so incredible I have to literally cradle my bladder from shooting out a squirt of excited pee every time we navigate a bump.

Jake, of course, completely believes I have severe amnesia.

“We‟re. Now. Going. To. My. House,” he says slowly, enunciating every syllable just in case I‟ve forgotten the specifics of English grammar. “Do. You. Remember. What. A. House. Is?”

Since leaving the hospital, we have conversed no more than three very prolonged sentences in this manner.
“How. Are. You. Feeling. Today?”

“This. Is. My. Car. This. Is. The. Key. That. Unlocks. My. Car.”

“This. Is. A. Seatbelt.”

I‟m going to let Jake continue to think I have complete amnesia, but not so severe we‟d have to descend to smoke signals to get communication across.

“I remember what a house is,” I tell him. “I remember the meaning of words, and grammar, and what things are. I just don‟t remember specifics. Like where my house is. Or my street address.”

I‟m tempted to add it‟s just like Samantha Who, except I remember I‟m not supposed to remember who Samantha Who is.

“That‟s great.” He is visibly relieved. For a long-accused-to-be-monosyllabic actor, he doesn‟t like monosyllables.

He gives me a sidelong glance. “Do you know who I am?”

This is the time to decide once and for all how much of a sham I want this to be.

In Artemis' Own Words...

I started indie publishing exactly 2 months, 2 weeks ago. It has not been an easy journey for me, because my husband basically doesn't like me to write as I tend to get so absorbed in it. My writing has been the bone of contention between us for years, almost culminating in near-divorces. But I can't help it, I HAVE to write.

I find it strange, because the stories I write have so much hope in them, and love . . . when I find that the more successful an author I am, the worse my personal life becomes.

Since starting 10 weeks ago, I have sold almost 1800 works under my 3 pen names, either books or short stories. I am told that's really quite good in the publishing world. 2 of those works have hit the Top 50 Bestsellers in Bookstrand. 7 of those works have hit the All Romance Ebooks bestseller lists, and I'm proud to say that this includes THE BODY SNATCHER WEARS LIPSTICK.

I'm even more proud to say that to date, everyone who has read it loved it. Good reviews mean as much to me as sales, because it means I have touched someone's heart out there.

So . . . onward to writing. I shall journey on, like my characters, and weather whatever it is my personal life throws on me. And that in an essence is why we read books - to believe that we too can triumph no matter what adversity we encounter.

Artemis Hunt

**  Thank you most kindly for stopping on by The Marsh and sharing your thoughts with us all~!!  I wouldn't worry to much about hubby...he'll come around whence you are a superstar...hehe  We wish you all the best in success Artemis...may your star shine~!!  **

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