Little known fact about Inez:

I have a degree in Creative Advertising. Most people despise commercials but I love them, or at least, I like the good ones.  A good advertising jingle or slogan can catapult a product into an American Icon. I mean, think about it. Had you ever even heard of Aflac Supplemental Insurance BEFORE that damn duck? Probably not.

Some of the most memorable slogans have lasted longer then the products themselves or evolved into the common language of society. Put that slogan to music and it becomes a jingle, an earworm that works for you and gets stuck in people’s heads. Here are just a few examples

“Breakfast of champions” -Wheaties

“Ring around the collar”- WISK detergent

“Strong enough for a man, but made for a woman”  -Secret Deodorant

So when I was thinking of today’s list of 13, I wondered what famous advertising slogans could be used for romance titles. Some may be geared to erotic romances, others toward …okay, most of these lean toward erotic but work with me.

Let’s see what I found:

13- “M’m! M’m! Good!” – Campbell’s Soup or a naughty little cooking story?

12- “Does she or doesn’t she?” – Clairol or a Question about whether she puts out?

11- “The quick picker upper.” – Bounty or a Romantic Comedy

10- “Reach out and touch someone.” – AT&T or erotic?

9- “Finger lickin’ good.” -  KFC or  a pianist with magic fingers?

8- “Melts in your mouth, not in your hand.” M&Ms or .. yeah, don’t go there

7- “Just do it.”- Nike or advice from the best friend?

6- “Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t.”- Peter Paul Mounds or is it Butterfly Tattoo all over again?

5- “Where’s the beef?” – Wendy’s or what the heroine says about her first lover, the one BEFORE the hero?

4- “Let your fingers do the walking.”- Yellow Pages or a masseuse love story?

3- “We’re Looking For a Few Good Men” – U. S. Marine Corps or prostitute heroine?

2- “His master’s voice” – Victor Talking Machine Co. or M/M BDSM??

1- “You’ve come a long way, baby!”-   Virginia Slims Cigarettes or the Romance industry as a whole?
**I’m sorry, Louisa, Lilli, Deidre, Eden and Claire. I loved the books and it is late, and these struck me as funny

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