The Hit Parade, but for books...

It's July, and you know what that means: I tell you which print books sold best in June.  If you like data (as I do) or have some perverse, obsessive interest in my sales stats (as I also do), keep reading!

Well, well... we had a 5-way tie this month.  In no particular order, here are June's Giselle Renarde bestsellers:

Cherry

List Price: $14.99

5.25" x 8" (13.335 x 20.32 cm)
Black & White on Cream paper
186 pages

ISBN-13: 978-1499730654
ISBN-10: 1499730659
BISAC: Fiction / Coming of Age

Late nights by a roaring fire, star-gazing with the cute park ranger, lazing around the balmy beach—sounds like a perfect summer vacation, doesn’t it? Cherry loves camping so much she doesn’t even mind spending a week with her nosy parents. Anyway, camping is kind of their family tradition.

That’s why Cherry’s so upset when her father invites his recently-divorced friend, Phil, along. A geeky guest intruding on their family vacation? Not fair!

But when Phil arrives at the campground… WOW! Was he always so cool? No, definitely not. When she was younger, Phil had been just another dorky dad. Now he’s stylish and fun and even pretty hunky! Divorce suits him nicely, as far as Cherry’s concerned.

Phil is the last man in the world who should be turning Cherry’s head, but the fact that their love is forbidden makes it that much tastier. The forest isn’t big enough to keep two lovelorn people apart… even if they’re totally wrong for each other.

This book contains scenes some readers may find offensive. It is intended for mature audiences only.

Blood Addict

List Price: $12.99

5.25" x 8" (13.335 x 20.32 cm)
Black & White on Cream paper
150 pages

ISBN-13: 978-1494896218
ISBN-10: 1494896214
BISAC: Fiction / Erotica

Spanning the ages from medieval fairy tale to today's dark desires, there's a story to meet every sultry taste in this collection of paranormal romance, menage and BDSM stories.

A jealous God keeps wicked Eve in a cage while a mountain monk guards his chastity with similar restraints. Recovering vampires fall to temptation when they find a cutter who claims to hold the cure. A Gothic mesmerist meets his demons in a repressed patient's nightmares. Twelve men fall to an enchantress’ curse while a sea creature drags an Inuit woman beneath the ice. A husband keeps his thirst for blood secret to protect his wife, and an office romance blossoms between an employee and his succubus boss.

Eight paranormal erotic tales from award-winning author Giselle Renarde.

Like It's 1999

List Price: $11.99

5.25" x 8" (13.335 x 20.32 cm)
Black & White on Cream paper
176 pages

ISBN-13: 978-1496039774
ISBN-10: 1496039777
BISAC: Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs

True confessions of a real-life high school student on the cusp of a new millennium.

On the eve of the year 2000, high school student Giselle struggles with spirituality, ambiguous friendships, a family dealing with the aftermath of substance abuse, and deepening feelings of attraction toward her English teacher, a married man more than twice her age. Over the course of one school year, she shifts from seeing Lawrence as a father figure to falling obsessively in love.
Is Giselle making a total fool of herself, or will her teacher return her affection? Having an affair with a student would easily cost Lawrence his career, his wife, and his kids, not to mention his sanity. Will a by-the-books teacher sacrifice everything to indulge Giselle’s teenage crush?

LIKE IT’S 1999 is the actual, unabridged, honest-to-god diary of a teenager in love with her teacher.

Don't You Savage Me

List Price: $12.99

5.25" x 8" (13.335 x 20.32 cm)
Black & White on Cream paper
156 pages

ISBN-13: 978-1500261344 
ISBN-10: 1500261343
BISAC: Fiction / Lesbian

In “Don’t You Savage Me,” bestselling author of the Rainbow Award-winning novel The Red Satin Collection has bundled together six lesbian love stories featuring Indigenous characters.

There’s a little something for every taste, from the sticky-sweet romance between a cop and the girl next door in “Cuff Divers” to the intense heat of “Sugar Bush.” Rusidan learns about her girlfriend’s heritage in “Traditional Inuit Throat Singing” while Emma encounters a legend come to life in the historical romance “To Dream of Her True Love’s face.” A group of girls leave Jansey utterly exhausted in the charming bondage story “Knowing the Ropes.” Charm or no charm, Dina can’t resist rodeo rider Leslie Goosemoon in “Leslie Goosemoon Rides Again.”

All royalties earned by the author on sales of “Don’t You Savage Me” will be donated to charitable organizations allied with Indigenous women in Canada.

My Mistress' Thighs

List Price: $15.95

5.25" x 8" (13.335 x 20.32 cm)
Black & White on Cream paper
264 pages

ISBN-13: 978-1494301538
ISBN-10: 1494301539
BISAC: Fiction / Anthologies

Erotic Transgender Fiction and Poetry
Rainbow Awards Honourable Mention  

A cross-dressing cowboy, a post-war pin-up, and a wolf in grandmother's clothing all find a special home in My Mistress' Thighs.

This collection of erotic trans and genderqueer fiction makes room for everyone. There's a secret solstice sacrifice, a case of spring fever, an online romance, and a Wednesday night dinner routine that's anything but dull.

From the timid closet dresser of Love in the Time of Instant Messenger to the post-op rodeo queen of Leslie Goosemoon Rides Again, all who seek love find it in the world of Giselle Renarde Erotica.
 
Table of Contents

Sonnet: Fear of Drowning
The Public Life of Private Paulsen
Friends of Dorothy
Sonnet: Earthly Constellations
Dressing for Dinner
Love in the Time of Instant Messenger
Third Rail
Sonnet: Time That You Love
A Wolf in Grandmother’s Clothing
Secrets and Guys
Sonnet: Light Walker
Secrets of the Solstice Sacrifice
Cock for A Day
Leslie Goosemoon Rides Again
Sonnet: A Female Bond
Spring Fever
Sonnet: My Mistress’ Thighs

Thanks for your purchases, readers!  You're puttin' my cats through college.
Love,
Giselle