My Call couldn’t have come at a better time. I had been deep in conversation with a publisher regarding a free manuscript evaluation I won in a contest. The publisher mentioned interest in publication, but was slow to send word. While waiting, I had sent a second, steamier MS to Phaze for consideration and was pleased to receive an acceptance via e-mail. Truth or Dare was accepted, edited, and published within the year, while the other publisher still has yet to respond! LOL

Leigh Ellwood is the author of the erotic Dareville series for Phaze and the vampire erotic romance The Healing for Venus Press.

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