Elle Lothlorien

The Frog Prince Elle Lothlorien

Publisher Marketing: It was his pheromones that did it. With one sniff, sex researcher Leigh Fromm recognizes that any offspring she might have with the mysterious stranger would have a better-than-average chance of surviving any number of impending pandemics. But when Leigh finds out that the handsome "someone" at her great aunt's wake is Prince Roman Habsburg von Lorraine of Austria, she suddenly doubts her instincts-not that she was intending to sleep with the guy. The royal house of Habsburg was once completely inbred, insanity and impotency among the highlights of their genetic pedigree. (The extreme "bulldog underbite" that plagued them wasn't called the Habsburg Jaw for nothing.) It doesn't matter that his family hasn't sat on a throne (other than the ones in their Toilette) since 1918, or that Austria is now a parliamentary democracy. Their lives couldn't be more different: Roman is routinely mobbed by paparazzi in Europe. Leigh is regularly mocked for having the social skills of a potted plant. Even if she suddenly developed grace, charm and a pedigree that would withstand the scrutiny of the press and his family, what exactly is she supposed to do with this would-have-been king of Austria who is in self-imposed exile in Denver, Colorado? Contributor Bio:  Lothlorien, Elle Elle's first self-published romantic comedy- The Frog Prince-became an Amazon bestseller in December 2010, a distinction it kept through the summer of 2012 when it peaked at #2 on Amazon's Top 100 List for Humor. On Valentine's Day 2012 her second novel, Sleeping Beauty, catapulted to Amazon's Top 100 List for Romantic Suspense. In March of 2012, she published an alternate ending version called Sleeping Beauty Wakes Up in response to fan feedback. In December 2012, both versions were named to Kindles & Wine "Best Reads of 2012." In October of 2012, she wrote Alice in Wonderland in 35 days and e-published it seven days later. Elle's appearance on Digital Book World's (DBW) "Successful Self-Published Authors" panel in January 2012 was noted in Publisher's Weekly. In February 2012, she was named to Expert Messaging Group's "25 Self-Published Authors to Watch." She is considered a "reluctant expert" on the topic of self-publishing and is well-known for taking advantage of her full creative control by pushing the envelope-and advising other self-published authors to do the same. Elle has contributed to articles on self-publishing for both TIME Magazine and Writers Digest. She's been interviewed by USA Today's Happy Ever After with Joyce Lamb, GoodEReader.com with Mercy Pilkington, "The Trash Talk Show" with Barb Tobias and "Your Book Is Your Hook" with Jennifer Wilkov. In April 2012, Elle was invited to be a regular contributor to DBWs Expert Publishing Blog, an industry blog with 20,000 subscribers. She almost immediately created a firestorm of controversy by blogging that authors should respond to negative reader reviews-a blog that was later named one of the "Top 10 Digital Publishing Stories of 2012" for its "importance." She was one of 93 authors-including over 50 New York Times bestsellers-invited to blog for National Read-a-Romance Month in August 2013. In January, 2014, Elle and co-host Isobel Irons, launched a self-publishing consulting company, The Book Escorts, as well as "The S&M (Self-Publishing and Marketing) Podcast with Maven and Minx" on the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network. Beginning in 2014, this dynamic duo will present self-publishing workshops at conferences nationwide. Elle lives in Denver, Colorado and keeps a miniature dachshund named Bacon around the house to provide comic relief. Find out more by visiting her website at www. ElleLothlorien.com!