Guess the sub-genre

[jmc_bks]

What’s in a woman’s heart . . .
Brilliant executive Kiera Stevens finds herself in a vulnerable position when she suspects insider espionage. Someone she trusts is stealing company secrets and threatening her professional stature. What she needs is an undercover man . . .

What’s on a man’s mind . . .
Security expect John Atlantis never expected his client to be such a hot distraction. That’s what makes his covert plan to pose as her lover so irresistible. What unfolds between them is no ruse – and what sparks is beyond their control.

Now, with their defenses down, a devious high-tech spy is moving closer and watching Kiera’s every move. What he sees, he likes. And what he likes, he takes . . .

Tell me, after reading this blurb and seeing this cover (which I like except for the woman’s stiff-looking hair), into which romance sub-genre would you expect this book to fall? If you are like me, you would never have guessed that it is a fantasy/alternate reality erotic romance. I got the erotic romance part, but thought it was a straight contemporary with some suspense. Imagine my surprise when the hero and heroine start talking about magic and spells. I'm not in the mood for magic (I wanted to read a straight contemporary) so this one goes into the TBR.

Comments

[sarahf.livejournal.com]

Um, yeahno. Right with you there. Shouldn't that be in the blurb somewhere?!

[jmc-bks.livejournal.com]

You'd thinks so, wouldn't you? Not in the blurb, not on the spine, not in the LoC designations inside. It's my own fault though -- if I had skimmed the first 10 pages before I bought it, I would have seen a couple of mentions of magic.

[rosario001.livejournal.com]

Nope, never would have guessed it. And considering paranormals are supposed to be so hot right now, I would have thought they'd advertise it all over the book!

[(Anonymous)]

That's awful. The publisher is misrepresenting the book completely. It's a nice cover too, they should have saved it for an actual contemp erotic romance. :)

It's so irritating when that happens. You have to know what you're getting into when you start a book.

--jennie

[jmc-bks.livejournal.com]

I didn't think of it as misrepresentation per se -- not like when something is labeled erotic romance when really it is plain erotica. I was just a little irked because my expectations (straight contemporary) weren't met.

The cover isn't actually outright wrong -- the setting is contemporary, it just so happens that magic is normal in that version of today -- it just didn't clue me in to everything that is going on in the book's setting.