by Jina Bacarr
Il Profumo del peccato (Sinful Perfume) is the name of my Spice novel, Cleopatra’s Perfume, in Italian. I was very excited to see they used the same cover as my American publisher (Harlequin). Since I had already put together a book trailer in English, I decided to use the same video, podsafe music, still photo, etc.
I love the blurb my Italian publisher wrote, but it was way too long for a one-minute book trailer. So I used what I thought made sense–here is the translation:
“What is hiding in Cleopatra’s Perfume? It all resides in a woman named Eve, a woman reckless, sexy, unleashed, uninhibited, insatiable. Only she can reveal this passionate story with its nonstop erotic scenes…
“Jina Bacarr, author of Passioni di una Geisha (The Blonde Geisha), takes us into a film noirish atmosphere in the year leading up to 1940, enticing us with sensual dreams, spies, secret missions, situations and affairs beyond your wildest imagination.
“Sinful Perfume (Cleopatra’s Perfume): Love, passion, intrigue.â€
Then I recorded the voiceover. I love doing voiceovers (I used to do radio commercials in English and Spanish) and this one was a lot of fun. So here it is, the black and white book trailer in Italian for Il Profumo del peccato. I hope you enjoy it!
Best,
Jina
Jina Bacarr is also the author of The Blonde Geisha , Naughty Paris, Tokyo Rendezvous, a Spice Brief, and Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs, featuring an Indiana Jones in high heels.
Coming in February 2010: The Blonde Samurai “She embraced the way of the samurai. Two swords. Two loves.”
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Thankz, Linda! It was fun doing the trailer in Italian (thankz to the Harlequin Italy marketing department for the script).
Cleopatra's Perfume is also coming out in Poland in October…can you imagine doing the trailer in Polish? Yikes!
Jina
Jina, congratulations on having your book published in Italy. I think I like the trailer even better in Italian!
Linda / Lyndi