The Book of Hot

A Manifesto

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Pub Date 14 Feb 2019 | Archive Date 15 May 2019

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Description

Fabulous Goddesses: Mrs. Hot, here, inspiring, empowering and entertaining you to the vibrant vitality, sexuality, and joy you deserve on your own personal Mission: Possible. Sixty is the new forty—or even thirty!—as we simply refuse to hang up our running shoes or our sexual attractiveness. To the very, fabulous end! I’m a gorgeous Goddess who transformed from drab to fab, rut to strut, and shot to hot! I found myself in my late fifties facing a future of loneliness, infirmity, and pain—single, in a job from hell, and battling emotional issues that left me unhealthy, unattractive, and in despair. The only men on my sofa were Ben and Jerry! With time goosing me with “it’s now or never,” I plunged into my makeover, a journey of emotional, physical and sexual healing; then, after decades away from it, the world of dating, with its mind-blowing contemporary dynamics. Fearless, edgy, and disruptive, I’m Sex and the City’s Samantha 2.0, now fully ripened—and that much more wise, joyous and juicy. We’re not getting older, we’re getting bolder; my quarter million Facebook followers agree (https://www.facebook.com/SmokinMrsHot/). Life should be lived at full tilt at any age, without boundaries and without apology. To that end, I share my journey and wisdom with you here, much adapted from my blog at mrshot.com. Unabashedly feminine yet feminist, I write about health, beauty, allure, sexuality, self-actualization, and the romance and sex life these pursuits make possible — my erotic adventures. Meanwhile, I encourage you to access your own Inner Goddess to create the fabulous life you deserve! Part One In Hot Pursuit details my transformation and sets you on your path to an exuberant, sexy lifestyle. In Part Two, I share some of my erotic stories—True Confessions. You’ll meet my local MENagerie, as well as a few exotic foreign acquisitions: intriguing men of all ages. Why exist an existence when we can live a Life à la Hot?

Fabulous Goddesses: Mrs. Hot, here, inspiring, empowering and entertaining you to the vibrant vitality, sexuality, and joy you deserve on your own personal Mission: Possible. Sixty is the new...


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Kindle Ebook available, $6.99.
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Kindle Ebook available, $6.99.
ISBN 978-0-9912051-3-4


Advance Praise

"The Book of Hot: A Manifesto lives up to its subtitle as a call to arms—and legs, and sundry other parts of the female anatomy…"

Barbara Hoffman, Arts Editor, The New York Post

"An entertaining and educational firsthand account of an older woman’s single sexual life.

The pseudonymous Mrs. Hot offers a guide to women nearing 60 who are currently in—or planning to join—the dating scene, featuring accounts of her personal experiences and tips on beauty and self-confidence. Following her divorce, the debut author was a single mother who spent two decades in voluntary celibacy. But after her son left home, she felt it was time for a change. In her late 50s, she opted to transform into a person she called “Mrs. Hot” and start dating again. In this first book of a planned duology, she details her various life changes, from leaving her unnamed “highly stressful public service job from hell” to getting cosmetic surgery, including Botox treatment. She also took up dieting and exercise, mainly because she wanted a “smokin’ hot body” to attract men. She offers her readers numerous tips, including on how to choose the right perfume, adopt good posture, and radiate confidence in order to feel, think, act, and be sexy. Her specific advice on dating, meanwhile, focuses primarily on the online variety. Along the way, Mrs. Hot warns of potential scammers—including men who have no intention of having any interactions beyond the virtual—and provides a bevy of suggestions for stimulating sexting. Later, she shares some of her own escapades in the post-50 dating world. They include dates with men of various ages; some were selfless lovers, she says, while others were complete misfires, such as one man who seemed more interested in a movie than he was in Mrs. Hot. This work will likely be encouraging to women who share the author’s age and relationship status. Although Mrs. Hot does promote the benefits of physical beauty, she also maintains that true attractiveness comes from within; throughout the book, she encourages women to release their “Inner Goddess.” She also highlights the power of positive thinking and the importance of loving oneself.  Mrs. Hot’s prose is concise, with many instances of clever wordplay, particularly in chapter subtitles, such as “Taking Delivery of the U.S. Male” or “I Experience Getting Lust in the Stacks.” Indeed, her accounts of sexual encounters are similarly more playful than they are erotic. For instance, she writes that a 27-year-old “nice Italian boy” named Daniele “gave me a full, passionate serving of his native tongue—and I don’t mean a lesson in Italian.” The erotic tales in this book eschew BDSM (“It’s Fifty Shades of Nay, in my opinion”) and occur in places that some readers may feel are sex-fantasy clichés (such as a plane, a movie theater, and a beach). Nevertheless, the author’s dating stories, while a mixed bag, are often delightful—and on more than one occasion, she intriguingly tells of deepening feelings (love, perhaps?) for a man she was seeing."

Kirkus Reviews

"The Book of Hot: A Manifesto lives up to its subtitle as a call to arms—and legs, and sundry other parts of the female anatomy…"

Barbara Hoffman, Arts Editor, The New York Post

"An entertaining and...


Marketing Plan

Review copies sent to print/online media, broadcast media and influencers. The same list will receive a press release announcing book launch Valentine's Day, 2019, plus a follow-up press release the day after the book launch party at the Museum of Sex or Madame X, New York, around Valentine's Day, 2019. That same day Mrs.Hot will host a Facebook launch party with Facebook ad campaign, then sponsor an Amazon ad and bestseller campaign. Mrs. Hot will receive reviews from book bloggers and well-known authors, and guest on podcasts, radio shows and television, writing guest posts for book and special-interest online blogs and websites. Mrs.Hot will pitch features for print and online media, as well as be cited as an expert by media such as HuffPost Women and Cosmopolitan.com. Mrs.Hot will create a YouTube book trailer and appear in promotional YouTube videos. Mrs.Hot will apply for book awards, attend book conferences and engage an agent for speaking engagements.

Review copies sent to print/online media, broadcast media and influencers. The same list will receive a press release announcing book launch Valentine's Day, 2019, plus a follow-up press release the...


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Featured Reviews

I really enjoyed this book. And I was surprised actually how much I liked it. To be honest when I request it I thought is going to be an erotic romance and didn't even read the blurb. So when I started it I read that is not a romance at all but more like a memoirs or even an autobiagraphy. And I don't usually read those kind of books and I thought oh I might leave it for some other time. But then I start reading a bit just to see what is about. And I was really surprised that it actually kept me reading. So later I found out that the books is more of a self help on how to live the live on full tilt without setting any boundaries even when you are a woman in your late 50s as the author said. I loved it to be honest. And I liked how the book was devide into two parts and I must say I liked the second part a bit better ;) and I also liked the writing. I think this book should be read by anyone. It was really motivating. I give it 4 starts.

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This is a very interesting and funny read. You’ll read about sex.....having it, talking about it, planning it, finding it.....what to do and say...Then the second part you read the actual interactions of people....doing online dating. It’s really interesting!!! Read it, you’ll see. :)

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A highly entertaining about getting your hotness mojo going on. Loved it! i voluntarily read this book via NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion.

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A steamy smoking hot romance book. Great characters that will make you fall in love with them and their stories. Relatable characters.

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