BIG ANNOUNCEMENT…

        BIG NEWS!! YOU GUYS!! I have the biggest most amazingest announcement ever. I know many of you have been sad because I decided to back off of shooting stock, but the reality is that I’m an author and I really need time to write, shooting stock isn’t conducive to that because … Continue reading

#Twitchy is HERE!!

Today Jenn’s excited to share her newest illustrated romance, ABSOLUTE SURRENDER. This book, like THE RAKE AND THE RECLUSE: Redux, has gorgeous images to enhance the story. Hey look it’s Jenn: Colorado. Canon. Curls. CJs. Chuck Norris. Born and raised in this beautiful state —very nearly with a camera in hand— I never left. I started my … Continue reading

#StudioSmexy Superstar of Romance Author Jenn LeBlanc

CUE THE HORNS!! ANNOUNCEMENT!!!  Since this is the last post of the tour, I’m giving something away to every commenter, just answer me this: WHAT is your favorite romance novel book cover and why. ANY cover, not just Smexy covers. We’ll call this market research. And if you have a link it would be awesome. … Continue reading

#StudioSmexy Superstar of Romance Author Pamela Clare

PAMELA!!!!!!! I dunno. What do I say about this woman. She has quickly become one of my dearest friends. Or Sushi dates to Sushi Kaiten are the best, EVER, and our writing dates are fabulous. Then when I bring her into my world? Oh goodness. It get nuts. We both started out in the same … Continue reading

#StudioSmexy Superstars of Romance Cover Tour!!

Cue the horns!!!! Announcing the first EVER Superstars of Romance Cover tour!! Launching February 1 #StudioSmexy is going on tour and we all know tours require stars, well our stars are the authors whose beautiful books we cover. These are the confirmed authors: Pamela Clare  Vivian Arend Carrie Ann Ryan Delilah Marvelle Grace Callaway Katalina … Continue reading

For the love of KARL and DEREK

Now you can haz them.  These posters will be shipped out this month. I’m broken, so give me a minute.  They are a little expensive to create, so I have to charge for them, but not much.  $10 each or both for $16 Click on Derek to order Derek, and Karl to order Karl. If … Continue reading

DEFIANT

First off, let me say that this book is incredible. Amazing. Wonderful. Gut wrenching. Insanely good. Pamela sent it to me a few months ago to read, and I just loved it. The story is beyond anything I could have imagined, because she is SO good with history and painting a beautiful image on a … Continue reading

Swoony

I am all kinds of swoony over the recent wet shoot for #StudioSmexy. I haven’t done a real studio post in awhile, what with Studio Smexy Saturdays over on Romancing Rakes, but this image here, it made the whole day worth it. I LOVE this image. And this one, just WHOA, love our new models, … Continue reading

Friday Fireworks!

WELCOME to Illustrated Romance! I actually moved my author website to JennLeBlanc.com and this site is dedicated to my cover novel photography. But both sites tend to have fun, exciting and sassy blog posts with beautiful men and fun themes. So hang out awhile, check out the site, then mosey on over to my other … Continue reading

As a bee…

I had a big #StudioSmexy shoot this weekend. We went from paranormal to contemporary and historical to BDSM and a bit of M/M, Menage and back to the wild wild west. It was a good time, as always. I had a few requests, so we had a basic roadmap of where we were headed, but that doesn’t mean we stuck to it like glue. It’s always more fun to … Continue reading