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Here is a transcript of the conversation police had with the Conways. This was recorded by Tana Mongeau via facetiming with Claudia. My hearing is not great but I used an ap to increase the volume and this is what I think was said to the best of my ability hearing it.
Apologies to people who followed my blog interested in writing tips if you don’t want to know about this. I just decided I would use my blog to share this with some other people who are interested in case it can help someone.
The topless selfie was tweeted in Kellyanne Conway’s fleets a few days after Claudia released a video of her mother allegedly hitting her and screaming a great deal of abuse at her. The video was a compilation of different videos where Kellyanne had allegedly verbally abused her daughter. Some people have surmised Kellyanne may have tweeted the topless photo for revenge after the video of her was released. While Claudia has walked back any allegations against her mother in four TikTok videos she did the domestic violence distress handsignals known on TikTok while doing so and pretending that her mother was hacked. She has also liked (clicked the heart) on any comments on TikTok that said that the recanting videos were coerced.
Here is a transcript of the audio during the vidist by the police to the Conway home.
00:00
Kellyanne Conway: “When you doctored the videos of me, that got a lot of likes, yes? And that does it, that’s gonna bother her tremendously, that she’s nothing without going after her mother.
And now she’s taken it too far. I do not feel safe. I do not feel safe with that loaded gun in her hand. I don’t feel safe. Because if she [unintelligible] The same thing last week. She makes up a story.”
00:30
Claudia Conway:
“-story I’m literally not safe-“
Kellyanne Conway:
“You did the same thing last week [unintelligible] loaded gun in her hand.”
Claudia:
“What is- my phone’s a loaded gun in my hand?”
Kellyanne:
“Yes, it is!”
Kellyanne:
“She posted videos of me then deleted it-“
Claudia:
“I did delete it. Because I’m scared of you. I deleted it because I’m scared of you.”
Kellyanne Conway:
“You have no reason to be scared of me. You’re the one trying to get people arrested and killed here.”
Claudia:
“How am I trying to get anyone killed?!”
Kellyanne:
“-That guy who got shot in New Brunswick? When the- when the guy posed as the Fedx driver and went to her house with [unintelligible] and killed her son. Last summer.”
01:26
“She’s dangerous.”
Claudia:
“How am I dangerous, because of my phone and my tiktok?”
Kellyanne:
“She asked people to get me arrested I-[unintelligible]”
Claudia:
“You posted a naked picture of me. You literally posted a nude photo of me. And you can say you didn’t but-”
Kellyanne:
“I certainly didn’t-”
Claudia:
“-But millions of people saw it, there’s proof.”
Kellyanne:
“I did not- millions of people- listen, your ex-boyfriend, because of what you did to him, and the cops arrived there, you have a history. For someone who hates cops and has lied to cops you sure do rely on them often. Your ex-boyfriend told you ‘Claudia, this was posted by one person with 8 followers and 32 comments’ that’s what he told you. Now you’re lying to them that millions of people saw it? They didn’t see it.”
Claudia:
“That’s why you’re trending on Twitter-“
Kellyanne:
“Listen to me-“
Claudia:
“-Because people saw that photo (unintelligible) -in the first place is what’s concerning, and you can do whatever you want with me now. But you will end up in jail if you keep lying about this sh*t.”
Kellyanne:
[unintelligible]
Claudia:
“So, what are you gonna do? You’re gonna get me arrested for that? What are you gonna do? [unintelligible] Not right now. There’s nothing on my phone. You even took pictures of it.”
02:48
Kellyanne:
“(Tana talks over)-hours ago and you went on your phone.”
“Because she-“
“You hid it. You’re a phone addict, they see it. Now they see it.”
Claudia:
“Mom you can’t compare addiction to a teenager being on her phone. It’s the only way I can share my story. These are the only people who listen to me.”
Kellyanne:
“Your life- your story is fiction.”
Claudia: “My story’s ‘fiction’? I have proof.”
Kellyanne:
“I can tell them this- your proof- your story is fiction. She’s threatening me online.”
Claudia:
“‘My story is fiction?’ I’m not threatening you, I’m five foot! Ninety-five pounds! What does that even mean?”
Kellyanne:
“Because- look at her- because she’s so troubled, look at her.”
Claudia:
“How am I troubled?”
Kellyanne:
Look at her hair!
Claudia
“She just woke me up.”
Kellyanne:
[unintelligible]
03:35
Claudia:
“That makes no sense, there’s no- there’s no reason to do that.”
Kellyanne:
[unintelligible]
Claudia”You can’t call me mentally ill when [unintelligible] and you’re calling the cops on me because you’re scared for your reputation.”
Kellyanne:
” I am calm and civil while she’s telling that I- I- posted pornography telling them I’m creepy, and now-“
Claudia:
“You posted pornography, that’s a fact.”
Kellyanne:
“I’m calm and civil.”
Claudia:
“Mom that’s not even up for nego- that’s not even up for discussion, you posted pornography. You might- you might have been hacked, it might have been an accident, you might have done it on purpose, regardless of the circumstance you posted it- [unintelligible] -that you had possession of it.”
Kellyanne:
“Then where is it? Then where is it? it’s not here-“
Claudia:
“You deleted it off your phone, because my-“
Kellyanne:
“Excuse me it’s nowhere, stop making people think that it’s uh- the uh- Paris Hilton sex tape. You’re sounding crazy you just told me millions of people saw it-“
Claudia
“Paris Hilton se- are you okay?”
Kellyanne:
“Your boyfriend told you 32 people commented on it. Thirty two!”
[unintelligible]
Claudia:
“No, because thousands of people have been texting me about it-“
Kellyanne:
“People are texting her. You are being some kind of martyr. I mean this is crazy-[unintelligible]”
04:50
Claudia:
“You’re gonna get me sex trafficked, you posted a naked picture of me.”
Kellyanne:
“We were already worried about that because of all the provocative clothing.”
Claudia:
“-I wear provocative clothing? [unintelligible] Do you know how f**ked up it is to say something like that?”
Kellyanne:
“You’re not listening. That’s how you have people get sex trafficked, they always know when to post more. She said you post so much and everybody [unintelligible].”
Claudia:
“Somebody doesn’t get raped or sex trafficked for what they’re wearing, mom.”
Policeman:
“Listen, listen, I understand, Claudia, that your followers, right, are clearly on your side, right? Your followers support you, obviously they’re concerned about you-[unintelligible]”
Claudia
“United States? Who’s calling you from outside of the United States?”
[unintelligible]
Policeman:
“-Panama, Europe, listen, Claudia, listen, so obviously those people are- they believe they have your best interests at heart, right? But for every one of those people, you have- there’s probably someone out there who doesn’t have your best interest in mind.”
Claudia:
“Of course not.”
Policeman:
“I’m just- I’m playing devil’s advocate, I’m just trying to explain to you that [unintelligible] -who- they might- they come in here and doing something deceitful or horrible to your family, you know what I mean? So just remember that it’s not only the people who like you that see these things. It’s the whole world that sees these things.”
[unintelligible]
06:35
“Everything you’re doing, they know where you are.”
“The accusations you’re making against your mom…which may or may not be- that’s to be determined [unintelligible] The whole world, that’s probably something that-“
Claudia:
“That’s the point of posting them.”
Policeman:
“Listen- but- at the end of the day-“
Claudia: “That’s the point of posting these, correct?”
Policeman:
“Claudia, Claudia look at me, I’m trying to get through to you here. At the end of the day, those people are not gonna determine what happens to your mom. So at the end of the day, you feel like something like that happened, you know whos the person you should call? Us. And then we could have investigated-“
Claudia:
“I’m scared of her! You know I’m scared of her!”
Policeman:
“I know so[unintelligible]”
Claudia:
“It says here (maybe looking at a pamphlet he’s given her)- lets say you go to a police officer, respectfully, the cops were here five days ago-“
Policeman:
“That’s not gonna invalidate-“
Kellyanne: [unintelligible]
“And she’s been here every night since, being pampered and spoiled as she usually is.”
[unintelligible]
“She’s not scared I’ve asked her a hundred times, we have it on video, um, ‘Are you scared?'”
[unintelligible]
07:39
“And she goes ‘oh no I’m okay’ And then when-[unintelligible]”
Claudia: (desperate sounding and fed up.)
“Can they just take me? They can- they can evaluate me themselves, because I don’t feel like going out in an ambulance.”
Kellyanne:
“What you wanna- No what you wanna do- you just wanna be on your phone that’s all!”
Claudia:
“You’re literally- you- you’re putting it-[unintelligible]That’s the scary thing.”
Kellyanne:
“Claudia, Claudia, I’m putting you in an ambulance because you’ve already been hospitalized three times because-[unintelligible]”
Claudia:
“Because of my PTSD.”
Kellyanne:
“No, that wasn’t why.”
Claudia:
“Yes-[unintelligible] You’re literally berating my mental health-“
Kellyanne:
“They see you’re very troubled”
Claudia:
“No you’re degrading my mental health and you’re using it as an excuse for….”
08:12
Kellyanne:
“Excuse me, I was at the doctor’s-“
Claudia:
“You act like I’m mentally ill.”
Kellyanne:
“I went to the doctors who hospitalized you and sent you there-“
“Yes, because I had panic attacks and I still do.”
Kellyanne:
“-okay? This has to do with my reputation. You have psychiatric problems. “Now listen to me-“
Claudia:
“That’s so f-“
Kellyanne:
“-you were suicidal,”
Claudia:
“-psychiatric problem- are you okay?”
Kellyanne:
“Listen to me, You were suicidal-“
Claudia:
“Having anxiety and depression doesn’t mean I’m suicidal-“
[unintelligible]
Kellyanne:
“You were put in the adolescent psychiatric unit-“
Claudia:
“And?”
Kellyanne:
“-three different times this year-“
Claudia:
“And? Why is that an insult? Okay? She got arrested for assaulting me, I’ve got it all-” I have proof of her assaulting me. Literally proof of her assaulting me and they had to arrest her because the secret service was there. She was working, you had immunity.”
Kellyanne:
“No.”
Claudia:
“You were working for Donald Trump.”
Kellyanne:
“Oh, ‘immunity’ And- and now I don’t have immunity.”
Claudia:
“Can I just go to sleep, honestly?”
Kellyanne:
“Who- who said that- No! Who said that, tiktok?”
Claudia:
“I’m not even- Can I just go to sleep please.”
Kellyanne:
“We need the adolescent psychiatric unit. She’s been there before and she needs to go back now because this is the worst I’ve ever seen.”
Claudia:
“I’m not even doing anything.”
Kellyanne:
“She’s manipulative, she’s gaslighting all of us-“
Claudia:
“You’re the one gaslighting me! You are literally gaslighting me!”
Kellyanne:
“-She’s threatening my life, and she’s sending- she’s sending a mob-[unintelligible]”
Claudia:
“Oh my god I-“
[unintelligible]
Kellyanne:
“I can’t, I really can’t.”
09:26
“I literally can’t, I literally can’t.”
“Nope. No.”
“Get off that. We’re here.”
Claudia:
“I don’t feel- I don’t feel comfortable being near you.
Kellyanne:
“Claudia, nobody believes you. And all you care about is your phone. You can’t be without your phone, that’s what you feel comfortable with, and they see it. They will write it down.”
Policeman:
“Miss Conway. If she wants a little bit of space-“
Claudia:
“I need space from you, I’m sorry, I don’t feel comfortable living here.”
Kellyanne: “She’s troubled.”
Policeman:
“Miss Conway you can give her a little bit of space. Miss Conway give her a bit of space obviously you want her evaluated.
Are you calling someone to evaluate her? Are you expecting the police to do that? Do we have to call someone to evaluate her?”
Kellyanne:
“Yes, yes. I’m calling- Check her phone!
Policeman:
“Alright- Does she have someone on her phone?
Claudia:”Are we alright to take a nap or-“
Kellyanne:
“No! Why should she leave the room just so she can be on her phone?! Because she’s on her phone. Just take her away she’s- she’s an addict!”
Claudia:
“To what? I’m an addict to what?”
Kellyanne “Like an alcoholic.”
Claudia:
“You can’t compare this to alcoholism.”
Kellyanne:
“She texting the TikTok…
Put it down!
Claudia:
“No! People are texting because of what you…”
Kellyanne:
“Stop lying I never laid a hand on you. That was all investigated.”
Claudia
“It’s- I have proof!”
Kellyanne:
“CPS New Jersey said it-“
Claudia:
“You are comparing my phone to- oh my god- I- these people are texting me, like-“
10:55
Kellyanne:
“People are texting- It’s all she lives for.”
Claudia:
“Am I allowed- Am I not allowed to be on my phone? Is that illegal?”
“And ‘I’m afraid of my mom’ and the cops have-
Kellyanne:
Get her outside, I can’t! She’s just lying right in front of you! She lies to cops.”
Claudia:
“You are literally lying! It’s the scariest thing, they never believe the kids, ever.”
Policeman:
“Are you-“
Kellyanne: (sarcastically)
“They never believe the kids? The bar for taking somebody out of the house for hurting a kid is this low (presumably holds hand low.)- are you kidding me?”
Claudia:
“Do you know who you are?”
Kellyanne:
“Are you kidding me?”
Claudia:
“You are a white, blonde, fifty-four year old woman, who worked for Donald Trump for four years.”
[unintelligible]
Policeman:
“You and your mom, you’re just two more individuals, we no longer regard-There’s no longer a (unintelligible) thing.
Kellyanne:
Yeah.
Claudia:
“Not so- not to- she has privilege.”
Kellyanne:
“That bothers her”
Policeman: (unintelligible)
“they’ll follow this situation, to the letter the exact same way I am, okay?”
Kellyanne:
“She doesn’t wanna just be another person-“
Claudia:
“If you were anybody else-“
Kellyanne:
“But I’m not, I’m your mom.”
Claudia:
“If you were anybody else, you’d be in jail.”
Kellyanne:
“She doesn’t get as many likes as her mom. That’s why she goes online, harassing me, and getting these people to harass me, because she-“
Claudia:
“I don’t get anyone to harass you!”
Kellyanne:
“You just told the world they see the video…”
Claudia:
“You posted a f**king- a nude photo of me today!”
Kellyanne:
“-that I should go to jail. You just said that.”
Claudia:
“Because you posted a nude photo of me!”
Kellyanne:
“You just said I should go to jail! You just said that.”
Claudia:
“Yes you sh- you deserve to go to jail.”
Policeman:
Miss Conway, Miss Conway. Let me- let me speak to you for a minute.”
(Apparently Kellyanne tries to grab the phone off Claudia after the police asks to speak to her for a minute and hurts Claudia in the process?!)
Claudia:
“Stop! Ow!”
Kellyanne: (very gently and fake nice mother voice.)
“Put the phone down.” (Tries to take phone again.)
Claudia
“What the f** Don’t touch me!”
Kellyanne:
“She can’t- she can’t be without her phone-“
Claudia:
“I’m al- I need space from her I’m sorry. I don’t feel safe near her.”
12:20
Kellyanne:
“Okay just so you both- she has to be on her phone, get her out, I mean it, get her out, put her in the ambulance[unintelligible]”
Claudia:
“She’s literally- she’s literally mad because I’m on my phone. It’s scary.”
Policeman:
“Claudia-“
Claudia:
“It’s literally scary.”
Policeman:
“Claudia- Claudia”
Claudia: (To her mom)
“You’re scary.”
Policeman:
“Claudia, Claudia, Claudia, you… if you want this situation to come to a resolution-
Put the phone right here. I asked you- put it down. I asked you to put it down. (Starts playing the heavy) “I have asked you to put it down. You have not put it down.”
George Conway:
Claudia what are you doing?
Kellyanne:
“Is she taping us now?”
Policeman:
She’s not. She’s not. I’m standing here.”
Kellyanne:
“Oh, she’s not saying anything now. She’s not taping us.”
Policeman:
“I’ve asked you to put the phone down.”
Claudia: “It’s not illegal to have my phone.”
Kellyanne: (In a screechy, horrifying MommyDearest voice at Claudia):
“Yeah, it’s legal. You’re gonna start learning what’s legal and what’s not legal instead of making it up and getting illegal advice on tiktok!”
George Conway:
Shhh! Stop!
Kellyanne: ( Again shrieking like Fay Dunaway acting as Joan Crawford in the Mommy Dearest movie.)
Okay? Those days are over!
(To the policeman in a normal voice) “Just so you know- “
Claudia: (to Kellyanne)
“Kelly…What the f** did I do? You posted my nudes on..
Kellyanne:
“She’s telling people- I’m trending on twitter- George I’m trending on Twitter!”
George Conway: Stop it. Stop talking to me.”
13:16
Claudia: (Directed at her father.) She posted my nudes on her twitter today; did you see that?”
George Conway: “Listen… I don’t care.”
Claudia (upset) “PLEASE! You see he’s….”
George Conway “I’m what?”
Policeman:
“No. He has NOTHING to do with this right now, OK?”
Kellyanne:“But- but in Washington DC, all three of the other kids had to be interviewed, my mother who sobbed all the way through the interview who lives with-“
Claudia:
“You are actively gaslighting them right now-“
Kellyanne: (To the police)
“These are the facts. I need you to know what the Metropolitan Police Department did. They were involved, Child Protective Services were involved, no finding whatsoever. She diverted resources away from kids who- who really are in need. And it happened here. The police came….(Tana talks over) They told her three times(Tana talks over) Her exboyfriend told her not to use TikTok against her mother- by name- so she got in a fight with him. I’m not living this way anymore guys. it- it ends tonight! My life is in danger, she on- she’s on tiktok telling people I should be arrested-
Claudia:
“MY life is in danger!”
Kellyanne:
“-I should be arrested.”
Claudia
“You posted a nude photo of me!”
Kellyanne:
“I did not.”
Claudia:
“Yes, you did.”
Kellyanne:
“I did not.”
Claudia:
“There’s proof.”
Kellyanne: “Nobody- nobody intentionally posted anything of you. There is no nude photo of you.. you just lied to the officers that quote ‘millions of people saw you’, Carmelo (Claudia’s exboyfriend) himself told you-“
Claudia:
“No, that was the one tweet mom-“
Kellyanne:
“No-“
Claudia:
“And since then it’s been sent around”
Kellyanne:
“No, no its not sent around, you’re wrong, it is nowhere. They don’t see it, you don’t see it, it’s nowhere, you’re making this up to be a big shot.”
Claudia:
“I’m not making- it’s literally online”
Kellyanne:
“And instead of calling the police, excuse me, instead of calling the police, or Diana who has an active case open, Diana Winona, or your mother, you went right to tiktok. They say you have an addiction. You need to break this addiction. You need to go somewhere where they help girls like you who can’t get past whatever is haunting them. This is ruling your life.”
Claudia:
“Uh-huh? I have an addiction to my phone??”
Kellyanne:
“You think tiktok-“
Claudia:
“I’m literally barely on it and when I am, it’s trying to get help from people because you are… you.”
15:00
Kellyanne:
“You think tiktok is real! You think tiktok is real! You think that- and you just said- I l- um- I- ‘I’m so glad I have the love of 1.5 million people’. You have the love of a family, and friends!”
Claudia:
“No, I do not.”
Kellyanne: (Talking to her friend on her phone.)
“Hi. Well, the cops are here again. And I don’t think she’s gonna make it this time she needs serious evaluation.”
Claudia:
“For what? What did I do that needs serious evaluation?”
Kellyanne: (to her friend on the phone.)
“She needs serious evaluation.”
“I bet some- yep. Yeah, she’s here.”
Claudia:
“If only the world could see you like this. If only.”
Kellyanne (To the person on her phone)- About what? It’s all online.”
Claudia:
“If only the world could see you like this.”
Kellyanne (to her friend on the phone)
“The cops are here. Because the cops get calls from strangers, and they have to take it seriously. People who sit on their asses like she does, online, in the dark, pretending it’s real life, calling her mother a f**king c**t get the f** out- who (Tana claims Kellyanne called Claudia a c**t to her face five minutes before the meeting with police) …talking to MTV and Viacom for her, it’s such a joke. She doesn’t do any of that, she blew you guys off completely.”
George Conway:
Who are you talking to right now?”
Claudia:
“The fact that you called the cops because of my phone. That she ha- that you have the cops here because of my posts-“
George Conway: “Didn’t you call the cops?”
Claudia “I didn’t call the cops!”
Claudia
“(unintelligible).”
Kellyanne:
“I’m entertaining them?- She’s bringing a lot of hate my way, and I just have more evidence of it all, so what I was trying to do is get all the evidence-She’s ruined her life. She’ll never get a job. Do you think people are gonna wanna work with her?”
Claudia:
“I’m not bringing any hate your way. [unintelligible] -you brought that on yourself. I get worse than that every day. The hate you get? I top that- [unintelligible]”
Policeman:
“Alright listen we should- we shouldn’t be having a measuring contest about- We want everyone to have the LEAST amount of hate.”
Kellyanne:
“Well then she shouldn’t be using that. She shouldn’t be using that as a-“
Kellyanne (to her friend on the phone) “I can’t hear you.
Claudia:
”No no no no no I pay for that, I pay for that.”
Kellyanne:
“If that stays here-“
Policeman:
“I’m holding it, I’m holding it now.”
Kellyanne:
“That’s- that’s leaking to [unintelligible] There are investigators here. I paid for my (unintelligible) and she can too.”
Claudia:
“I pay for that. That is my property.”
Policeman:
“Okay.”
16:55
Kellyanne to Claudia:
He has to take the PSATs, SELFISH! And who are you texting? Who’s still awake?”
Claudia:
“I wasn’t texting anybody.”
Kellyanne: “You said you were texting- ‘people are texting me’ you said that, LIAR!”
Claudia:
“Yeah, my friends were.”
Kellyanne:
“Oh, they’re still awake? Good, all witnesses, I can hardly wait.”
Claudia:
“To see if I was okay, yeah.”
Kellyanne:
“All witnesses. Yeah, and you’re always saying that you’re okay, and then the cops are told you’re not okay. And they come here to see if you’re okay. Does that make you feel better? Do you feel any more loved? That strangers on tiktok called- called New Jersey- called Governer Murphy’s whatever? And then they call the cops and then they have to call DYFS? You feel good about this?”
Claudia:
“The whole point of this is that you put- that a naked picture of me was posted on instagram- on your twitter.”
Kellyanne:
“I don’t have instagram never have, that’s you. I’ve never had Facebook in my life I’ve never had tiktok- I’m not so insecure-“
Claudia:
“You have 3.4 million followers on twitter-“
Kellyanne:
“I hate twitter, your father loves twitter, you love social media, I hate it, I have to live my life offline [unintelligible] and kids who rely on- on me. And there are three others besides you and I spent one whole year on you, and for what? For this. One whole-“
18:00
[COP CUTS CONNECTION]
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Today I’m interviewing Natasha Moore. Her book, Her Royal Masquerade is a contemporary romance and was released on October 21, 2013.
Describe the genre of this particular title. Is it the only genre you write in? Her Royal Masquerade is a contemporary romance, a contemporary royal romance if you want to get a little more specific. I’m having a lot of fun writing this series, but it is not the only genre I write in. I’ve written the odd futuristic or fantasy or paranormal, but I mostly write contemporary and I always write romance.
1. How did you come up with the title of your book or series? Her Royal Masquerade is book #1 in the Her Royal Romance series. The series name is pretty self-explanatory. Book #1’s title comes from the opening premise – the heroine masquerades as her princess cousin when she attends the ball where she meets the prince.
Book #2 Her Royal Bodyguard was released on New Year’s Day and again is self-explanatory, it’s the story of a princess protected by a sexy bodyguard.
2. When did you start writing toward publication? I’ve been writing forever, but first got serious about it in the early 90s. I had several complete manuscripts requested by Harlequin, but eventually they were rejected. I took a break from writing for about 6 years when my kids were teenagers and were in every activity imaginable, on top of a full-time job, the writing just wasn’t happening. In 2002, I started focusing on my writing again and signed my first contract in 2006.
3. Do you have any rejection stories to share? Too many to count, was my first thought. LOL I’ve been writing and submitting for a long time and those first few rejections were completely heartbreaking (although I know how lucky I was to have a full requested from my first query ever!) Don’t get me wrong, they still hurt after 20 years, but I’ve developed a thicker skin and I rarely cry, but usually still indulge in wine and chocolate. And then re-think my plan for the book.
4. Will you share some encouraging words for authors still struggling for that first contract? Don’t give up. I know it’s cliché, but you need to hear it over and over again. There are plenty of people who want to write who WILL give up, so if you really want this, and you don’t give up, you’ll be ahead of the game. Also, be open-minded about genres and markets. You know all those rejections I mentioned. Most of them I was able to tweak to target other publishers. And they sold.
5. Who or what inspires you? Other writers. Other books. Some because I didn’t like them at all and strive to be better than that. Some because of how utterly awesome they are and I strive to be half as good.
1. Can you share two/three fun facts about yourself? I used to sing in a women’s barbershop chorus and even in a couple barbershop quartets.
In another life, I’d have loved to sing & dance on the stage. Instead, I have to enjoy from the audience.
I love to visit new places but hate to travel. I wish Scotty could just “beam” me wherever I want to go.
2. What’s next for you?
I will be releasing books #2 & 3 in Her Royal Romance. Book # 2 Her Royal Bodyguard will be released early in 2014. Her Royal Mistake, book #3, will be out later in the year.
I will have two releases from Samhain Publishing in 2014. Playing for Real will be out in Feb and The Cottage Next Door in Sept.
BOOK BLURB
Time is running out for Prince Vittorio. His father’s health is failing and he must find a royal bride. Fast. He’s never forgotten his glimpse of a beautiful Scandinavian princess and lures her to his Mediterranean country with an invitation to his father’s birthday ball. He’d planned to propose a marriage agreement as cold as her icy reputation, but then he discovers she’s as colorful and warm as a summer sunset. The heat between them flares red-hot and when she allows him to seduce her, Vittorio sees his future unfolding just as he had planned. But what he doesn’t know is that the woman in his bed is not a princess at all.
The last thing schoolteacher Mia Holmberg expects when she masquerades as her royal cousin is to be swept off her feet by a charming prince. The incredible night in Vittorio’s arms is like a fairy tale come true, but she’d never want the life of a real princess, with all its pomp and politics. Knowing they can never have a future together, she slips out of his bed and back to reality, where she belongs.
But Vittorio discovers the deception and kidnaps Mia back to his palace, demanding she be his mistress until the real princess appears. Despite her attempts to stay aloof, Mia soon learns there’s more to the prince than arrogance and attitude, but now she’s in danger of falling in love with a man she can never have.
Excerpt
Mia’s skin tingled as Vittorio continued to play with her hair and softly brushed her face with his once again. They were barely moving, not doing much more than swaying in each other’s arms to the rhythm of the music. His breath was warm along her cheek. He murmured a few words she didn’t recognize. Soft words with a silky, sensual feel to them, just like the lips that were now teasing along her jaw line.
Her breath caught when his lips found hers. He drew them lightly across hers, not a real kiss, but the hint of one, the promise of more, if only they weren’t in the middle of a crowd. Mia shifted in his arms, moving her body against his. She found his hard erection and her body softened, moistened.
What was she doing?
“Hot,” she gasped, stumbling out of his embrace. “So hot. I’m sorry. I need some air.”
“Of course.” Vittorio wrapped his arm around her waist and the couples on the dance floor stopped and parted for them. He led her to a French door in a bank of floor-to-ceiling windows that opened onto a softly lit patio.
Mia rushed over to the waist high railing constructed of rough-hewn stone like the rest of the palace. Darkness had fallen while she’d been inside. Lights from the towns around them sparkled below. Stars in the inky sky twinkled above. Once again she had the feeling of stepping into a fairy tale.
The air was warm, even outside, with barely a breeze to lift the moisture from her skin. She took a few decidedly un-princesslike gulps of air, trying to calm the edgy arousal that burned within her.
“Are you alright?” Vittorio asked. He stepped up to her and the heat from his body didn’t help her at all. “Do you need to sit down? Something cold to drink?”
“I’ll be okay. Just give me a minute. I guess I’m just not used to the climate here.” She was so hot. She began to tug down one of the opera-length gloves. Would it be a serious breach of conduct if she whipped them off and threw them over the railing?
“Allow me,” he said, his voice suddenly a little deeper, a little slower than it had been a moment before. He took her hand in his, stretched out her arm in front of him. He ran his free hand up, starting at the palm of the hand resting in his. Slowly, so slowly, he moved his hand up her arm. There might as well not have been the fabric of the glove between them, she felt his touch so strongly. When his fingers reached the top of the glove, he didn’t immediately begin to remove it. Instead, he teased the bare skin of her upper arm with his fingers. “So soft,” he whispered, holding her gaze. He swept his hand up to her bare shoulders and cupped her neck, skimming his thumb along her collar bone, just above the diamonds Birgitte had trusted her with. “This beautiful necklace is not half as lovely as you,” he murmured.
She couldn’t speak, could only offer a shaky smile in response. He was holding her hand, her throat. Could he feel her trembling beneath his touch?
“But you are hot. It is our weather, no doubt. I can help you with this problem, I think.” Vittorio began to slowly peel the glove from her arm, dragging his fingers along her skin as he did. He focused all his attention on her arm, as if it were the most important thing to him at the moment.
What would it be like to have that single-minded attention focused on her while making love? Even as Vittorio stripped off her glove, her body heated further with the image of his long, powerful frame moving over her, entering her.
Mia imagined he would take command of her body, ensuring that he pleasured her with all the skill he surely possessed. She couldn’t help but wonder if he would look as amazing out of the expensively tailored clothing as he did at this moment. Of course, he would. Everything about Vittorio was first class. He would fit right in with Birgitte. Mia wasn’t close to being in the same league.
Vittorio began to strip off the second glove, giving it every bit as much attention as he had given to the first one. His fingers strummed along her arm as he tugged at the satin. Her newly bared arm hung at her side, her fingers closed into a fist so she didn’t reach out and tangle them in his thick hair.
“Don’t you have breezes in Mezzano?” she asked, her voice rough with desire. She hoped he would think it was the heat that affected her so. He still held one of her hands in his. She lifted the other hand to wave in front of her face, trying to stir the muggy air.
“Ah, my poor cara. It is still and humid this evening. Be assured we have our share of wind and rain.” The second glove was off now and Vittorio released her hand. How ridiculous it was to feel bereft at the loss of his touch. He folded the gloves and tucked them into the pocket of his jacket.
Mia lifted her heavy hair off her neck to try to cool off for a moment. Maybe she should have worn it up. “I know I should enjoy the warm weather. Right now in Stagatland I would have to be bundled up in a coat and scarf and boots to stand outside.”
Vittorio swept his gaze over her. “And it would truly be a shame to cover the amazing view I have at this moment.”
She let her hair fall down her back. “I suspect you have had a lot of practice with those charming lines,” Mia said, letting the amusement show in her voice. Still, she soaked up the compliment, let the pleasure flow over her like a warm spring rain.
He took her hand, lifted it to his lips. This time the kiss to the back of her bare hand sent fireworks bursting through her system. “It’s only the truth, Birgitte.”
Hearing her cousin’s name fall from Vittorio’s lips was like a handful of snow smacking her in the face. Of course. She had to remember she wasn’t Mia Holmberg tonight. She’d almost forgotten she was playing a part. Still, she lifted a skeptical brow at his words, they were so foreign to those she usually heard.
“You will find that I always speak the truth,” he said. “I despise lies and deception. I have heard and seen too many of them during my years in the palace. Too many people say one thing to my face and another behind my back. I speak only the truth when I say that I am so glad you accepted our invitation to my father’s birthday celebration and that I find you incredibly attractive. I would never lie to you.”
Mia shuddered at his words. She couldn’t let him discover her deception. He would never understand.
MORE ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Natasha Moore fell in love with the written word as soon as she could read. As she grew up, she discovered romance and now enjoys the chance to add some extra heat to her stories. She writes sexy contemporary and erotic romance because she believes that stories of love and hope are important, and that there’s nothing better than a happy ending. She lives in New York State with her real life hero who is happy to tell everyone that he’s her inspiration.
How can my readers buy your book?
Her Royal Masquerade :
Amazon
B&N
Apple
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You can find more information about Natasha Moore and my book, Her Royal Masquerade by visiting my website, http://natashamoore.com or my blog at http://fierceromance.blogspot.com.
Twitter https://twitter.com/natashamoore
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Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/natasha_moore
Amazon Author Page http://www.amazon.com/Natasha-Moore/e/B004HX3QEI/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1387570208&sr=1-2-ent
Pinterest http://www.pinterest.com/natashamoore144/
Thanks! Natasha
Thank you!
Lisa xxx
If you have any questions for Natasha please post in the comments.
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To make this blog a little more helpful and comprehensive, I thought I should include some links to other sites that are really helpful for writers.
Here is Fiction Factor- A great free online magazine for writers. http://www.fictionfactor.com/
Here is an amazing blog about how authors can and should use social media for promotion. http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/about/
The site Brenda Hiatt’s Show Me the Money is the only one of its kind that I know of, that attempts to give information about income from romance writing. It is somewhat out of date though, so I would say the money is maybe slightly better than the site indicates, for some successful publishers.
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Maybe you’ve already read too many blogs about why 50 shades is so popular, but here is my perspective
There are several reasons for FSOG’s massive market appeal.
1. Billionaire/ Glamor ( long history of appeal in romance)
which combines with
2. Twilight connection after huge success of Twilight. (Readers get to see Bella and Edward have detailed sex and even better it’s light BD/SM sex!)
3. YA (young adult/ chick lit type) writing style that is easy and fun to read.
4.Sweet virgin gets corrupted and loves it. (long history of appeal as a romance trope)
5. Pretty Woman updated — Ana gets a LOT of cool shit, but it’s not just fashion and cars, there’s modern techno gadgets in there!
6 Dark, dangerous, tormented man meets Cinderella (huge history as a best selling theme in romance.)
7. A mystery….why is Christian 50 shades of fucked up?
And some market news…..
Harlequin Digital First is looking for Dystopian, and Alternate History novels of 70 thousand words or more and these could potentially go to print.
Stories should be inspired by the phrase “What If?”
What if the course of history had turned out differently? What if the world as we know it came to an end? What if humanity faced an apocalypse—and lived? This line is not intended for young adults. Romance or romantic elements are welcome, but not necessary. Books and films fitting this category might include: 1984, Brave New World, The Day of the Triffids, The Handmaid’s Tale, The Road, I Am Legend, V for Vendetta, The Book of Eli, The Walking Dead, Fringe.
As these stories should be rich with detail and these worlds highly developed, submissions should be a minimum of 70,000 words.
How to Submit:
Please submit only completed, fully polished manuscripts along with a query/cover letter and synopsis. In the subject line of your query, please type the manuscript title, your name and the genre of the manuscript. Queries must include the following and will not be reviewed if any piece is missing:
In the body of the email: a brief, introductory query letter including genre, word count and a short description of the book, as well as pertinent information about the author, including both legal name and pen name, full mailing address, and any writing credits.
As an attachment: the full manuscript saved as an RTF, DOC or DOCX file, with file name TITLE_MANUSCRIPT where you substitute your book’s title in place of TITLE.
As a second attachment: A 2–5 page synopsis of the book, detailing character development, plot and conflict/story resolution. Attach as an RTF, DOC or DOCX file with file name TITLE_SYNOPSIS where you substitute your book’s title in place of TITLE.
Please be sure to put the following information on the first page of all files: manuscript name, author pen name/legal name, email address, full mailing address, phone number, genre and word count.
Submissions should be sent to Submit_HDigital@Harlequin.com.
http://www.harlequin.com/articlepage.html?articleId=1734&chapter=0
Harlequin Digital First are also looking for EroticVacation Romance, contemporary erotic stories taking place while characters are on vacation.
HarlequinEroticVacation
Can one vacation change your life? HarlequinEroticVacation is all about exploring what can happen when you go on holiday and leave your inhibitions behind. Whether the hero or the heroine is traveling to an exotic resort for singles or going on an exciting adventure trek or completing a dream trip to Europe, the possibilities for romance are boundless. We’d love to see erotic romances where the hero and/or heroine are reaching outside of their comfort zone, and encountering love in exotic or faraway locations in the process. Characters can be tourists or ex-pats, guides or tour operators or resort staff. Stories can be novella length but must end happily—not necessarily with a proposal, but definitely with a promise that the relationship will continue beyond the holiday.
Word count: 15,000-50,000 words.
Sensuality level: Very high—these are definitely very hot romances. Sexual chemistry should play a large part in the development of the romance.
Films: Romancing the Stone, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Under the Tuscan Sun, Before Sunrise.
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