The Last Supper of Simon – A Spotless Epilogue
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You may start screaming. Here’s the epilogue to the Spotless series, taking place shortly after Island Chaptal & The Ancient Aliens’ Treasure. You can start reading it below… or listen…
MARCH 26 – A Spotless Vignette
Dear readers, how about a belated Christmas gift? Here’s a short chapter taking place between SPOTLESS and BEATING RUBY, from March’s point of view. 🙂 Good grief, he’s been hard…
Latest Canned Email From ACX: Full Text & My Response
Hello Camille,This is Luis, from the ACX team. I hope you and your loved ones are safe.Hello Luis,and thank you for this lovely (half) canned email! And on the day we…
Our Favorite Historical Romance Tropes
Petite heroine, big heroA classic that requires no explanation. Perhaps the most egregious example of this trope is *** by ***, in which the hero is a seven feet-tall Scottish…
Of Blood And Light, Chapter 1
Read the first chapters of OF BLOOD AND LIGHT for free on my blog this summer. Chapter 1 Etched under the scutcheon of our coat of arms, our motto demands…
Discover The First Chapter of Island Chaptal and The Ancient Aliens’ Treasure (Spotless #5)
Discover the first chapter of Island Chaptal and The Ancient Aliens’ Treasure by Camilla Monk. 🙂 Opening Monologue When they met, it was murder! Opening monologue to Hart to Hart,…
New release: Island Chaptal and The Ancient Aliens’ Treasure (Spotless #5)
IT IS DONE. You can find Spotless #5 on Amazon and everywhere else. Island Chaptal and the Ancient Aliens’ Treasure, a novel by Camilla Monk Okay, so it starts kind…
Romancelandia, a short story by Camilla Monk
A glorious dawn is rising, pouring fiery gold and molten copper over the roofs of an inaccurate rendition of Regency London. Designers had to come up with something generic enough…
Discover The First Chapter of Apache Strike Force
Discover the first chapter of Apache Strike Force by Camilla Monk. 🙂 1 – The Eye of Simon “The aircraft ripped through the night air as he went full throttle.…
Discover The First Chapters of Butterfly in Amber
Discover the first chapters of Butterfly in Amber by Camilla Monk. 🙂 Butterfly in Hell He’ll go against mountains and cross rivers, he’ll tread a pathway through heaped-up snows, he’ll…
Discover The First Chapter of Crystal Whisperer
Discover the first chapters of Crystal Whisperer by Camilla Monk. 🙂 Local is Lekker I’ll tell you what, if this was a romantic suspense, I’d throw my tablet through the…
Discover The First Chapters of Beating Ruby
Discover the first chapters of Beating Ruby by Camilla Monk. 🙂 A Prologue of sorts “Destiny feverishly pressed her perfectly sculpted body to Colt’s. He growled, the evidence of his…
Discover The First Chapter of Spotless
Discover the first chapter of Spotless by Camilla Monk. 🙂 1 – The Visit “The icy professional they called ‘the Nazi’ was the cruelest, most dangerous assassin in the world,…
6 Reasons Why You One-star Romance Books
Of course I read all of your one-stars! And here’s a few reasons why readers go nuclear on books, and particularly on romance titles. 1- Because the book was just……
Sugar-free Chocolate Pudding For Y’all Junkies Out-there
So, I recently embarked on a looooow-carb diet, which has me eating tuna salad boats every Goddamn day (I actually like them, but still…), but the one thing I could…
It’s Release Day For Still!
It’s Paranormal Hobo Day! Still is live! Buckle up for the adventures of rebellious twenty-year-old Em, and laid-back immortal hobo Faust—who happens to be able to stop time—as they face…
Here’s How Much You’ll Make if You Enroll Your Books in Audible’s Romance Package
Hey everyone, a serious post for a change: Maybe some of you have heard of Audible’s Romance Package. Maybe some of you even subscribed, because, hey what an incredible deal!…
Here’s Why You Did Not See Me Use the “#Metoo” Hashtag on Twitter until Now
I’m probably going to regret posting this but it is something I’ve been turning around in my head for a while now, and I need to let it out. You…
Thanksgiving Treat: First Three Chapters of STILL
HOY! A little Thanksgiving treat: a sneak peek at the first three chapters of STILL, my new NA paranormal romance, to be released at the end of February! It always…
Silverlegs World Building, Part I – Another Nature
Howdie! As my next project is set in a fantasy world, it required for this world to have its own nature and rules. So, I thought I’d share with you some illustrated elements…
Milk Bread Recipe
As promised, an easy bread recipe that’ll taste great with a little butter and jam! You will need, by order of appearance: 1/2 cup milk 1/8 cup water 1 tablespoon…
Review: The Corner Office by Katerina Baker
I’m so happy to share this. Katerina Baker, a fellow author and longtime online friend (she’s the one who actually led Spotless to get published!) is releasing her first book,…
My Spotless Series Pitch for HBO (and Netflix)
Warning: This pitch spoils pretty much the entire series! 🙂 Dear HBO, below is my pitch for your TV adaptation of the Spotless series. I kept it short, because it’s…
Winners of the Twitter #ExplainSpotlessBadly Giveaway
You guys made it so hard to choose that I actually picked a number of runner-ups who’ll receive a print copy of the Butterfly in Amber July novella! And now,…
Hot French Crêpes Action!
Are you done scrubbing chocolate batter from the walls since my last recipe? Excellent. Today we’re making French crêpes (note the pedantic use of a circumflex accent, indicating just how…
Basic Chocolate Cake
Today, an easy recipe to trash your kitchen and make you fat: my easy chocolate cake (This is what I like to call my American-style recipe, although it’s not typically American.…
Butterfly in Amber is Available For Pre-order
He’s waiting for you… Under a blanket of snow, surrounded by dark woods and a frozen sea, lies an ogre’s castle. There lives a little princess, trapped in the maze…
Tough Shores… (An Excerpt From Butterfly in Amber)
What better way to try out this new website than posting a little excerpt from Butterfly in Amber, for those of you who crave some ice-cream! I’m so used to…
Butterfly in Amber Cover & Blurb!
Butterfly in Amber will be released on May 12th, 2017, and we got a cover and blurb! 🙂 He’s waiting for you… Under a blanket of snow, surrounded by dark…
Crystal Whisperer Necklace Giveaway!
Third edition of the Swarowski Giveaway for Crystal Whisperer‘s release! From November 29 to December 15, 2016, answer one of ten random questions below for chance to win a gorgeous…
Crystal Whisperer Audiobook – Exclusive Chapter 1 Sneak Peek!
Something to help you wait. 🙂 A sneak peek at chapter 1 of Crystal Whisperer, the upcoming third book in the Spotless series, narrated by Amy McFadden.
Snickers and Floggers . . .
Oh hell, if I’m going to share excerpts from my Works in Progress… I might as well go for hardcore BDSM pr0n. The Billionaire, the poor Cinderella, the flogger. You…
On The Meaning of Regulating VS Infringing – A Mad Rant About Gun Control
Below is the edited version of a comment I found myself leaving on a blog post discussing Samantha Bee’s response to Orlando’s mass shooting. (Here: http://www.vox.com/2016/6/14/11930030/samantha-bee-orlando-shooting) This reflects nothing more…
“He can sleep with you over my dead body”: An Excerpt From Crystal Whisperer
Here’s an excerpt I was editing and thought I’d share. It’s not spoilerish if you’ve read Crystal Whisperer’s blurb. 🙂 I trotted to the upper deck. As agreed, Dries was…
Crystal Whisperer Is up for Pre-order!
What the title says! Just click on the image to check it on Amazon! I’m so glad this first step is done! Sweet Jesus, this is it! Or maybe not.…
Sweet Jesus! The Author is Getting Her Rights Back!
In other words, thank you guys for your support throughout this adventure. It means a lot. And there’s a lot to do in the upcoming months, now! (And if this…
The Words Count Race: Stop Trying to Improve Your Performance. Be a Slacker.
A quick note about a topic I see trending on Twitter these days: We writers get bombarded by encouragements to write MORE, FASTER, up to 5,000 words a day, no,…
Hunt Down Repeats with Novelwords
Updated, and a shameless plug to this: http://www.camillamonk.com/rd/novelwords. NovelWords allows you to: Identify all the words you’ve used in your book; Know how many times you’ve used them; Search for…
3D Fun – How 3D can Help you as a Writer
I already mentioned that I love using 3D to help me visualize the scenes in my novels. Here, I’ll go into some details of what I use, what models I…
My Guacamole Recipes (Slow Friday Night …)
Guacamole, freshly squeezed orange juice and whatever chocolate-based confection I can get my hands on amount for 80% of my diet. I shall therefore share my recipes. The Janice It’s…
Erotic Romance Live Review, Part #2: The Twin Stepbrothers (“Aiee!”)
All right. I’ve skimmed through book 2, and I’m ready for this. It’s admittedly a lot more than I was prepared for, and I’ve never read something quite so ……
“Titty Fuck First!”: The Live Review…
In which I accidentally stumble on a complete gem on Amazon and share the love: Update: Edited, formatted and with a new, more comprehensive review of the first 8% of…
Final blurb for Crystal Whisperer is up!
Earlier than expected: the final blurb for Spotless #3, Crystal Whisperer is up on Goodreads, feast your eyes! Sweet Jesus, this is it! Or maybe not. Perpetually foiled romance heroine…
WIP: Phyllis meets 26 year old March …
#iamwriting Perhaps one of my favorite little chunks of the March/Phyllis novella I’m slowly writing along Crystal Whisperer. Phyllis meets 26 year old March for the first time … 🙂…
A little Advertisement Campaign for Spotless 😉
I’m kind of the Murdock of book marketing, and so, because I genuinely loved those reviews, here’s the next ad campaign for Spotless … 😉
Crystal Whisperer – Chapter 1 – Local is Lekker
Hi everyone. I was overwhelmed by the amount of support you gave me when I announced that Montlake was dropping the series. In truth, I don’t have much to give…
Crystal Whisperer Will be Released on July 29th, 2016!
The news came faster than expected! 🙂 So, now it’s official: The “bad” news: Amazon Montlake is dropping the Spotless series. They will not publish other books, due to insufficient…
Crystal Whisperer Wishlist!
Make a wish! “Alex needs to die.” “March needs to review romance books.” “Please insert a tyranosaur.” “An update on Krakky is required.” “More sex.” “Just sex.” “No sex.” Yes,…
Spotless Beating Ruby Giveaway
And here comes my favorite giveaway for Beating Ruby’s release! The Swarowski one! From January 23 to February 14, 2015, answer one of ten random questions below for chance to…
A Writer’s Ego, Featuring Prince John
I posted this for the first time almost three years ago, but I have to admit that I haven’t matured one bit, and as a result, the post hasn’t aged…
Spotless’s Worst Reviews
Like all authors, I love getting reviews. I love getting good ones, but I also derive some sort of perverse pleasure from bad (or even awful ones). In all fairness,…
Spotless Christmas Giveaway
How about something cool under the Christmas tree for my beloved readers? From December 12 to 24, 2015, answer one of ten random questions below for chance to win this…
Medicus, by Ruth Downie
Detective / Historical / Ongoing series, 6 books Divorced and down on his luck, Gaius Petreius Ruso has made the rash decision to seek his fortune in an inclement outpost…
It will not fit!
Don’t worry, those quotes will make sense in a moment, and you’ll regret you ever opened this post. The author of today’s new addition to my “Bookshelf of Hell” writes…
Youtube review: Spotless
Woot! Rebekka was kind enough to make a Youtube review of Spotless, my first ever! If you want to gaze at that Paperback in all its glory, like I did,…
BEATING RUBY blurb and cover! 🙂
It’s all in the title: the blurb and cover for Beating Ruby, book #2 in the Spotless series, have been revealed! 🙂 The book will be released in January! Life…
Is romance porn for women?
Where’s the line between romance, erotica, and porn? How is romance with many explicit sex scenes different than porn? Plot &feelings? What’s women’s perception of such romance books? What…
Spotless Short – March and Phyllis
Helloes!I’ve been toying with the idea of making a mini novella (10k or so), told in Phyllis’ POV, that would tell the story of how March and Phyllis started working…
BEATING RUBY announced for 01/26/2016
Here comes the official date! BEATING RUBY, SPOTLESS’s badass little brother, will be released on January 26th, 2016! I am pleased to confirm that: The body count will remain high;…
Exclusive stuff: A lost scene from SPOTLESS!
I’m keeping my promise: here’s a scene that got cut from Spotless for pacing, but that I loved because I know so many of us women can relate to it!…
Signed & Illustrated covers: View all 5
Hey! Here all all the signed/illustrated covers I created for the Minas Giveaway! As some of you may know, I love to draw and did a series of signed and…
Rapey Thundercats
I bought this particular book for all the wrong reasons and plead guilty: I wanted to read something awful to relax a bit, so I scoured Amazon for oiled bodybuilder…
5 Things I Learned While Looking For an Agent
Polishing your manuscript, targeting agents, pitching your book … A walk-through the pitfalls of querying. 1- Finish your book You think your book is finished? Chances are it’s not. Your…
My Favorite Online Writing Tools
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