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August 24, 2012
Vampirerotique Summer Book Tour stops at Reading Between the Wines
Join in with the summer of sin! We're nearing the end of my fantasitc Vampirerotique Summer Book Tour now and I hope you've all really enjoyed the posts. Today, we're stopping at Reading Between the Wines Book Club where I have a very special interview with Payne!
At Reading Between the Wines Book Club, there's a final chance to win a fantastic swag pack that includes Vampire Erotic Theatre romance series trading cards, signed cover postcards, bookmarks, black rubber "Blood Donor for Snow" wristband, 2013 calendar, pen and a magnet.
Don't forget once you've commented at the post to enter the Grand Giveaway at the Vampirerotique Summer Book Tour page on my website, where you could win a $50 or $25 Amazon Gift Certificate together with more fantastic swag packs. Giveaway is international and closes on August 31st.
This week is the final week of the tour. We'll be visiting my blog on Saturday to talk more about what's to come in the Vampire Erotic Theatre romance series. Join us there!
Here's a full breakdown, including links to the stops.
VAMPIREROTIQUE SUMMER BOOK TOUR
June 28th@ Dark Haven Book Reviews
Introducing the Vampire Erotic Theatre series
June 30th@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt of SEDUCE
July 1st@ The Romance Studio
Author Interview
July 2nd@ Satin's Bookish Corner
The heroes of the Vampire Erotic Theatre series
July 4th@ Page Flipperz
Introducing Covet
July 6th@ Romance Book Junkies
Introducing Javier and Lilah
July 7th@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt of COVET
July 9th@ Bex n Books
Character Interview with Javier
July 11th@ The Secret Sanctuary of Books
Character Interview with Lilah
July 14th@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt of CRAVE
July 16th@ Full Moon Bites
Introducing Seduce
July 19th@ Bitten by Paranormal Romance
Creating the world of Vampirerotique
July 20th@ Forbidden Passion Reviews
Introducing Antoine and Sera
July 21st@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt of SEDUCE
July 25th@ Ex Libris
Character Interview with Antoine
July 26th@ Grave Tells
Character Interview with Snow
July 27th@ United by Books
Character Interview with Sera
July 28th@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt of ENSLAVE
July 30th@ Day Dreaming
Introducing Crave
July 31st@ Bookin It Reviews
Introducing Callum and Kristina
August 3rd@ Riverina Romantics
Character Interview with Callum
August 4th@ The Book Nympho
Romp Vs Stomp - Interview with all the heroes of the series
August 6th@ Fictional Candy
Character Interview with Kristina
August 8th@ Romancing the Darkside
The heroines of the Vampire Erotic Theatre series
August 10th@ Reading on the Wildside
Introducing Enslave
August 11th@ The Jeep Diva
Introducing Andreu and Varya
August 13th@ The Enchanted Book
Character Interview with Andreu
August 14th@ Under the Covers Book Blog
Introducing Snow
August 17th@ Fang-Tastic Books
Character Interview with Varya
August 18th@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt of Enslave
August 20th@ Reading the Paranormal
Introducing Payne
August 22nd@ Feeling Fictional
Writing the Vampire Erotic Theatre series
August 24th@ Reading Between the Wines
Character Interview with Payne
August 25th@ My Blog
What's next in the Vampire Erotic Theatre series?
August 23, 2012
Vampirerotique Summer Book Tour stops at Feeling Fictional
Join in with the summer of sin! We're nearing the end of my fantasitc Vampirerotique Summer Book Tour now and I hope you've all really enjoyed the posts. Yesterday, we stopped at Feeling Fictional where I talked about writing the Vampire Erotic Theatre romance series.
At Feeling Fictional , there's another chance to win a fantastic swag pack that includes Vampire Erotic Theatre romance series trading cards, signed cover postcards, bookmarks, black rubber "Blood Donor for Snow" wristband, 2013 calendar, pen and a magnet.
Don't forget once you've commented at the post to enter the Grand Giveaway at the Vampirerotique Summer Book Tour page on my website, where you could win a $50 or $25 Amazon Gift Certificate together with more fantastic swag packs. Giveaway is international and closes on August 31st.
This week is the final week of the tour. We'll be hopping over to Reading Between The Wines on Friday, and then visiting my blog on Saturday. Join us at all these great stops!
Here's a full breakdown, including links to the stops.
VAMPIREROTIQUE SUMMER BOOK TOUR
June 28th@ Dark Haven Book Reviews
Introducing the Vampire Erotic Theatre series
June 30th@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt of SEDUCE
July 1st@ The Romance Studio
Author Interview
July 2nd@ Satin's Bookish Corner
The heroes of the Vampire Erotic Theatre series
July 4th@ Page Flipperz
Introducing Covet
July 6th@ Romance Book Junkies
Introducing Javier and Lilah
July 7th@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt of COVET
July 9th@ Bex n Books
Character Interview with Javier
July 11th@ The Secret Sanctuary of Books
Character Interview with Lilah
July 14th@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt of CRAVE
July 16th@ Full Moon Bites
Introducing Seduce
July 19th@ Bitten by Paranormal Romance
Creating the world of Vampirerotique
July 20th@ Forbidden Passion Reviews
Introducing Antoine and Sera
July 21st@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt of SEDUCE
July 25th@ Ex Libris
Character Interview with Antoine
July 26th@ Grave Tells
Character Interview with Snow
July 27th@ United by Books
Character Interview with Sera
July 28th@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt of ENSLAVE
July 30th@ Day Dreaming
Introducing Crave
July 31st@ Bookin It Reviews
Introducing Callum and Kristina
August 3rd@ Riverina Romantics
Character Interview with Callum
August 4th@ The Book Nympho
Romp Vs Stomp - Interview with all the heroes of the series
August 6th@ Fictional Candy
Character Interview with Kristina
August 8th@ Romancing the Darkside
The heroines of the Vampire Erotic Theatre series
August 10th@ Reading on the Wildside
Introducing Enslave
August 11th@ The Jeep Diva
Introducing Andreu and Varya
August 13th@ The Enchanted Book
Character Interview with Andreu
August 14th@ Under the Covers Book Blog
Introducing Snow
August 17th@ Fang-Tastic Books
Character Interview with Varya
August 18th@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt of Enslave
August 20th@ Reading the Paranormal
Introducing Payne
August 22nd@ Feeling Fictional
Writing the Vampire Erotic Theatre series
August 24th@ Reading Between the Wines
Character Interview with Payne
August 25th@ My Blog
What's next in the Vampire Erotic Theatre series?
August 20, 2012
Vampirerotique Summer Book Tour stops at Reading the Paranormal for an introduction to Payne
Join in with the summer of sin! We're nearing the end of my fantasitc Vampirerotique Summer Book Tour now and I hope you've all really enjoyed the posts. Today, we stopped at Reading the Paranormal , where I talked a little more about Payne.
At Reading the Paranormal , there's another chance to win a fantastic swag pack that includes Vampire Erotic Theatre romance series trading cards, signed cover postcards, bookmarks, black rubber "Blood Donor for Snow" wristband, 2013 calendar, pen and a magnet.
Don't forget once you've commented at the post to enter the Grand Giveaway at the Vampirerotique Summer Book Tour page on my website, where you could win a $50 or $25 Amazon Gift Certificate together with more fantastic swag packs. Giveaway is international and closes on August 31st.
This week is the final week of the tour. We'll be stopping at Feeling Fictional on Wednesday, hopping over to Reading Between The Wines on Friday, and then visiting my blog on Saturday. Join us at all these great stops!
Here's a full breakdown, including links to the stops.
VAMPIREROTIQUE SUMMER BOOK TOUR
June 28th@ Dark Haven Book Reviews
Introducing the Vampire Erotic Theatre series
June 30th@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt of SEDUCE
July 1st@ The Romance Studio
Author Interview
July 2nd@ Satin's Bookish Corner
The heroes of the Vampire Erotic Theatre series
July 4th@ Page Flipperz
Introducing Covet
July 6th@ Romance Book Junkies
Introducing Javier and Lilah
July 7th@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt of COVET
July 9th@ Bex n Books
Character Interview with Javier
July 11th@ The Secret Sanctuary of Books
Character Interview with Lilah
July 14th@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt of CRAVE
July 16th@ Full Moon Bites
Introducing Seduce
July 19th@ Bitten by Paranormal Romance
Creating the world of Vampirerotique
July 20th@ Forbidden Passion Reviews
Introducing Antoine and Sera
July 21st@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt of SEDUCE
July 25th@ Ex Libris
Character Interview with Antoine
July 26th@ Grave Tells
Character Interview with Snow
July 27th@ United by Books
Character Interview with Sera
July 28th@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt of ENSLAVE
July 30th@ Day Dreaming
Introducing Crave
July 31st@ Bookin It Reviews
Introducing Callum and Kristina
August 3rd@ Riverina Romantics
Character Interview with Callum
August 4th@ The Book Nympho
Romp Vs Stomp - Interview with all the heroes of the series
August 6th@ Fictional Candy
Character Interview with Kristina
August 8th@ Romancing the Darkside
The heroines of the Vampire Erotic Theatre series
August 10th@ Reading on the Wildside
Introducing Enslave
August 11th@ The Jeep Diva
Introducing Andreu and Varya
August 13th@ The Enchanted Book
Character Interview with Andreu
August 14th@ Under the Covers Book Blog
Introducing Snow
August 17th@ Fang-Tastic Books
Character Interview with Varya
August 18th@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt of Enslave
August 20th@ Reading the Paranormal
Introducing Payne
August 22nd@ Feeling Fictional
Writing the Vampire Erotic Theatre series
August 24th@ Reading Between the Wines
Character Interview with Payne
August 25th@ My Blog
What's next in the Vampire Erotic Theatre series?
August 19, 2012
Manday Hotties Hop - Some sexy showering David Gandy mancandy for you!
It's time for the Manday Hotties Hop again! Be sure to follow the links in the list below to get your full fix of hot sexy mancandy this Monday.
It's been hot and sunny a little over the weekend, but since I did sexy summer mancandy last week, I decided that this week I would have a new hottie on the blog to cool us down in some sexy shower pictures! The oh-so-lush David Gandy!
Okay, so I veered off the shower theme at the end there, but I'm sure you forgive me because wowser! Right?
Which picture gave you the perfect start to the week?
Visit the other blogs in the hop:
August 18, 2012
Vampirerotique Summer Book Tour: ENSLAVE Exclusive Excerpt - erotic vampire romance book
The Vampirerotique Summer Book Tour comes to my blog again today for an exclusive excerpt from one of the erotic vampire romance books in the series.
My last exclusive excerpt is from the new release in the series, Enslave . I've already posted chapter 1 in a previous blog post as part of the Vampirerotique Summer Book Tour and also chapter 2 when the book was released, so here's chapter 3 for you all to read today. You can read chapter 1 at this blog post and read chapter 2 at this blog post.
First, I'll set the picture with the blurb so you all know a little more about the story and characters.
Enslave
Felicity HeatonHis determination to succeed in business has left no room in his life for love. Now, a beautiful and deadly succubus has teleported into his dark, decadent world and is in danger of enslaving his heart.
Andreu’s future entails opening an erotic theatre like Vampirerotique, gaining wealth, women and power, not shackling himself to a single female, but he cannot deny the dangerously seductive succubus who stirs his anger and passion, and tempts him like no other—he will have her.
The moment their eyes meet, Varya knows she cannot have the exotic dark vampire who sets her pulse racing. His shadowed aura marks him as forbidden, but the hungers he awakens in her are too intense to resist—she must have a taste.
When an erotically-charged kiss ignites their soul-searing passion and reveals something dangerous about Andreu, will Varya leave forever or will she dare to risk all in pursuit of something she thought was beyond her reach?
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Warning: HOT excerpt, not for the shy types...
CHAPTER 3
“I want to know what the fuck she is!” Andreu snarled and paced the black-walled double-height room, shaking all the way to his bones.
Whatever she had done to him with that kiss, it had been potent and drugging, leaving him all too compliant and hazy. His senses still hadn’t come back to full strength yet and his skin felt too tight and too hot. Not to mention that his cock was on a hair-trigger, eager to get instantly and painfully hard whenever he recalled his moment with her, which was around ten times per second.
Wherever she had touched him burned with blistering heat that had branded her imprint onto his flesh and he couldn’t shake the images of her that rushed through his mind, constant replays of how good it had felt to pin her against that wall and kiss the breath out of her.
“Whatever the creature is, it is gone.” Snow’s words were of little comfort. Andreu hadn’t sensed her fully until she had let him. What if Snow was wrong and she could fool his senses too?
“How do you know that?” Andreu turned on him and the cold edge to the immense ancient male’s icy eyes warned him to back off or face the consequences.
“I know.” The calm reply was one he would be a fool to challenge but he was too fired up, too rattled by how easily she had closed the gap between them and brought him to his knees, to heed any warnings.
Andreu curled his fingers into fists and clenched them so tightly that his bones ached.
“Andreu.” Javier stepped into his path, blocking his way to Snow, and settled his hands on Andreu’s shoulders. He squeezed them, a show of solidarity and comfort that Andreu needed now more than ever. “We will find out what the creature is and how to protect against her.”
“Succubus.”
Everyone turned to stare at Payne.
“She is a succubus. They feed on sexual energy but normally they have more sense than to wander into a vampire’s territory.” Payne shook his head, the motion echoing the disbelief in his tone. “This one is missing a few pieces of her puzzle, if you get what I mean. Not only did she breeze straight in here to catch the show, but she sucked your face.”
Andreu frowned at him, unsure whether Payne was insinuating that she had made a poor choice by kissing him and could have done better or she had been insane to go after a vampire.
“You seem to know a lot about fae.” Antoine stepped away from Snow and towards Payne. Payne shrugged again but a glimmer of discomfort surfaced in his eyes, demolishing the effect of his casual air. He flexed his fingers, causing his forearms to ripple and tighten against the rolled up sleeves of his dark silver shirt. A nervous trait? What did Payne have to be nervous about? “Is she going to prove a problem?”
“I doubt it.” Payne ran his fingers over the soft spikes of his blond hair, revealing the elaborate swirling symbols tattooed on the undersides of his forearms. “Succubi know better than to meddle with vampires. We can sense them. She was using a strong glamour tonight, one that would have been draining her fast, and we startled her. She probably kissed Andreu to take some strength, enough for her to zip out of here and away to somewhere safe.”
“So she won’t be coming back?” Andreu frowned at himself. Why the Devil did he sound so disappointed? The succubus had tried to drain him with that kiss. What a kiss it had been though. He couldn’t remember ever sharing a kiss quite like it. His blood heated at just the memory, scorching him with the need for another, and his cock hardened once again.
Dios. He would probably end up dead if she kissed him again. He wasn’t even sure how he had found the strength to push her away. One moment he had been swimming in the kiss, oblivious to anything other than the bliss of her lips on his and wanting it to go on forever, and the next he had come crashing back to the world and realised that she was out to harm him. He had reacted on instinct to protect himself. He hadn’t meant to toss her across the room as he had. He had just wanted her mouth off him.
Was the pleasure he had felt when kissing her the result of her power as a succubus? For some reason, that thought didn’t sit well with him. It had felt real at the time, a natural passion and hunger for her that he hadn’t been able to deny. He didn’t like the idea that it might have all been the product of her tampering with his feelings. That was what succubi did. They toyed with men and made them feel things so they could get off on their aroused state. Andreu growled under his breath. She had played him.
But it had all felt so real at first. He had wanted her and when she had kissed him, he had given in to that need, surrendering to the attraction he felt towards her and his desire. It had been bliss and fire until his senses had sparked and he had suddenly weakened.
Did that switch between pleasure and pain signal the moment she had begun to feed from him?
If it did, then was everything that came before it real and not an illusion caused by her power?
He growled and tunnelled his fingers through his short hair. He would never know without asking her, and even if that happened he probably couldn’t trust a word that left her sultry luscious lips.
His cock hardened again.
Dios. She was going to be the death of him.
He tugged his black suit jacket down to make sure none of the males in the room with him would notice just how much that single mind-blowing kiss had affected him.
It wasn’t just the kiss that had him rock hard for her. She was undeniably beautiful, had dangerous curves designed for his hands to snake over and his lips to explore slowly, and extraordinary eyes that captured his whenever they met. She was bold, tempting and sexy. He had known some firecrackers in his time, but he had a feeling that she would outshine them all.
“I highly doubt she will return,” Payne said and Andreu nodded, and ignored the part of him that clung to the hope that Payne was wrong and she would return so he could kiss her again. Payne shrugged. “You saw how she reacted to me.”
Andreu certainly had. The succubus had stared at Payne as though he was the antichrist and had flashed a sharp set of teeth before disappearing.
“Either way, I want security at the theatre increased. Javier and Andreu, call the firm we use for day security and see about getting us some older vampires to protect the theatre. I want them to be discreet. The last thing we need are the attendees seeing them.” Antoine flicked a glance at him and then his brother. “All clear?”
Andreu nodded at the same time as Javier. It was clear all right. They were going to be on high alert for the next few performances at least. If their uninvited guest decided to return, it could prove to be a problem for the business, and the business was his priority, not pleasure. The older vampires had sensed her tonight. Chances were, they were already talking about what they had felt.
“Payne, I want you to come with me and Snow to my office. You are going to tell us everything you know about her species.” Antoine didn’t wait for the blond elite vampire to acknowledge him. He strode away with Snow stalking along behind him.
Payne muttered a curse under his breath and then followed.
Why had she reacted so violently to Payne?
When Andreu had seen her across the theatre, and when she had revealed herself to him in this room, she hadn’t reacted to him in that way. She had looked shocked, but definitely interested in him. Not scared.
Was she only interested in him as a target or did she desire him because she found him attractive?
He had seen the hunger in her incredible eyes. He had never seen eyes like hers. Deep brown edged them but in the centre, around the black chasms of her pupils, they were blue and flecked with gold. Maybe Payne was wrong and she was a siren rather than a succubus. She could lure a man with those eyes. Had lured him in with them more than once.
He frowned.
“It wasn’t chance that she kissed me,” he whispered and Javier looked over at him. “It wasn’t random. She didn’t just come across me and see a chance to feed so she could disappear.”
“What makes you say that?”
Andreu lifted his head and met Javier’s deep brown gaze. “I saw her in the theatre, when you went down to speak to Antoine and Snow. She saw me. She looked right at me and I felt pulled to her, and then she disappeared and the spell snapped. She was still there though, Javier. Watching me as I watched the spot where she had been.”
“What do you think it means?”
“I think it means that I need to take a shower and get my head straight.” Andreu pinched the bridge of his nose and closed his eyes.
He was reading into things again and he only had to look at his brother to know where that sort of behaviour led when it came to females. He wasn’t about to become the victim of a woman’s charms. She was beautiful, but he refused to fall for her tricks. Nothing he felt for her was real. It was a fabrication created by her so he would go along with everything she did and she could feed on him. It was the same trick a vampire used on a human, putting them in thrall and making them feel pleasure so feeding from them was easy.
“She probably just chose me as a target because I saw her,” Andreu said, trying to convince himself as well as his brother. “If I hadn’t stopped her, she could have killed me. Maybe that’s what she wanted from me. I saw her and she wanted me dead. What other reason could she have for remaining at the theatre?”
“Payne said she needed more energy.” Javier ran a hand over his short sandy hair and settled it around the back of his neck, an action he often did when thinking or concerned. It was a wonder his brother had any hair left. “Do you think that wasn’t the case?”
Andreu nodded. “She had enough power to disappear. She could have used it to get out of the theatre, or could have slipped out with the crowd. Why stay if not to kill me?”
“I don’t want you sleeping in your temporary quarters today.” Javier frowned and touched his arm, his eyes warm with worry. “Stay in Callum’s quarters across from mine. I will keep an eye on you.”
Andreu covered his brother’s hand on his arm and tried to take comfort from it, and from the promise in Javier’s dark eyes. Neither gesture reassured him though. If the succubus wanted him dead, what was to stop her from feeding to regain her strength and then teleporting straight into his room? Would he be strong enough to fend her off again or would she get her wish this time?
Death by sex.
What a way to go.
He was too damn young to die though. At barely five hundred years old, he was in his prime and had centuries if not millennia ahead of him, and he wasn’t about to let a succubus take those from him.
She could come after him if she wanted but he wasn’t going to take it lying down. Andreu raised an eyebrow. He wasn’t going to take anything at all, and certainly not lying down.
He had fought fae in the past, had warred with werewolves and even vampires in his time as a warrior when he was younger and the world had been a place where battles were frequent and swords were more than ornaments.
In those days, he had spent more time bloodied than clean.
She had chosen the wrong vampire to target.
A shower would help him steel his mind against her beauty and those eyes, blood would replenish his strength and bring his senses back to their full power, and time would lure her into his trap.
If the succubus wanted a fight, then she had got herself one.
This was war.
And he would be the victor.
I hope you enjoyed this exclusive excerpt!
Available now in ebook from:
Amazon Kindle Stores:
USA / International | UK | Germany | France | Spain | Italy
Apple iBookstores / iTunes:
USA | UK | Australia | Canada
Other ebook retailers:
Author's website | Kobo Books | All Romance eBooks
Be sure to follow this fantastic tour between June 28th and August 25th to learn more about the passionate heroes, wicked heroines, and life at London’s premier vampire erotic theatre! You can also find yourself in with a chance to win a $50 or $25 Amazon Gift Certificate if you follow the tour. More details, including how to enter and a full list of stops, are available at the Vampirerotique Summer Book Tour page.
Leave a comment on this post and enter the giveaway on the tour page in order to gain points. Just let me know you commented on this specific post by pasting in the URL into the extra information box.
Covet, Crave, Seduce and Enslave are all available in ebook from Amazon Kindle stores, Apple iBookstores, Kobo Books and other retailers. Covet, Crave and Seduce are also available at Barnes and Noble Nook store. Covet and Crave are also available as an anthology paperback, and Seduce is available as a solo paperback. Excerpts are available for all of the current releases in the series, so you can get a taste of these wicked erotic romances.
Books in the Vampire Erotic Theatre romance series
Covet (Vampire Erotic Theatre Romance Series Book 1)
Crave (Vampire Erotic Theatre Romance Series Book 2)
Seduce (Vampire Erotic Theatre Romance Series Book 3)
Enslave (Vampire Erotic Theatre Romance Series Book 4)
Bewitch (Vampire Erotic Theatre Romance Series Book 5) – Coming soon!
Unleash (Vampire Erotic Theatre Romance Series Book 6) – Coming in 2013!
August 17, 2012
Vampirerotique Summer Book Tour - Stops at Fangtastic Books - Win a $50 Amazon GC or signed book swag!
Join in with the summer of sin! We're nearing the end of my fantasitc Vampirerotique Summer Book Tour now and I hope you've all really enjoyed the posts and had fun getting to know the characters and their books. Today, we stopped at Fangtastic Books where I did an interview with a sassy succubus!
At Fangtastic Books , there's another chance to win a fantastic swag pack that includes Vampire Erotic Theatre romance series trading cards, signed cover postcards, bookmarks, black rubber "Blood Donor for Snow" wristband, 2013 calendar, pen and a magnet.
Don't forget once you've commented at the post to enter the Grand Giveaway at the Vampirerotique Summer Book Tour page on my website, where you could win a $50 or $25 Amazon Gift Certificate together with more fantastic swag packs. Giveaway is international and closes on August 31st.
Next week is the final week of the tour. We'll be dropping into Reading the Paranormal on Monday, stopping at Feeling Fictional on Wednesday, hopping over to Reading Between The Wines on Friday, and then visiting my blog on Saturday. Join us at all these great stops!
Here's a full breakdown, including links to the stops.
VAMPIREROTIQUE SUMMER BOOK TOUR
June 28th@ Dark Haven Book Reviews
Introducing the Vampire Erotic Theatre series
June 30th@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt of SEDUCE
July 1st@ The Romance Studio
Author Interview
July 2nd@ Satin's Bookish Corner
The heroes of the Vampire Erotic Theatre series
July 4th@ Page Flipperz
Introducing Covet
July 6th@ Romance Book Junkies
Introducing Javier and Lilah
July 7th@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt of COVET
July 9th@ Bex n Books
Character Interview with Javier
July 11th@ The Secret Sanctuary of Books
Character Interview with Lilah
July 14th@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt of CRAVE
July 16th@ Full Moon Bites
Introducing Seduce
July 19th@ Bitten by Paranormal Romance
Creating the world of Vampirerotique
July 20th@ Forbidden Passion Reviews
Introducing Antoine and Sera
July 21st@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt of SEDUCE
July 25th@ Ex Libris
Character Interview with Antoine
July 26th@ Grave Tells
Character Interview with Snow
July 27th@ United by Books
Character Interview with Sera
July 28th@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt of ENSLAVE
July 30th@ Day Dreaming
Introducing Crave
July 31st@ Bookin It Reviews
Introducing Callum and Kristina
August 3rd@ Riverina Romantics
Character Interview with Callum
August 4th@ The Book Nympho
Romp Vs Stomp - Interview with all the heroes of the series
August 6th@ Fictional Candy
Character Interview with Kristina
August 8th@ Romancing the Darkside
The heroines of the Vampire Erotic Theatre series
August 10th@ Reading on the Wildside
Introducing Enslave
August 11th@ The Jeep Diva
Introducing Andreu and Varya
August 13th@ The Enchanted Book
Character Interview with Andreu
August 14th@ Under the Covers Book Blog
Introducing Snow
August 17th@ Fang-Tastic Books
Character Interview with Varya
August 18th@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt
August 20th@ Reading the Paranormal
Introducing Payne
August 22nd@ Feeling Fictional
Writing the Vampire Erotic Theatre series
August 24th@ Reading Between the Wines
Character Interview with Payne
August 25th@ My Blog
What's next in the Vampire Erotic Theatre series?
Guardians of Hades - Progress on the first draft of book one in the series!
It has been a long but fruitful week. I've completed the first round of proofing for Her Demonic Angel so I can now focus on getting the first draft of Guardians of Hades Book One written. Exciting news for me, and hopefully for you too.
I had a slow start because of my writing jitters, but I managed to get the first chapter written on Tuesday, and on Wednesday increased that to the first three chapters, ending with around 11500 words written in the first two days. That's below my usual output but it has been a very slow start with this book.
I'm picking up speed now though. I had some ideas for tweaks for the first three chapters, so my first task this morning was to go through each chapter and complete my tweaks, improving the description and adding some things I had thought about on my day off on Thursday. I finished today at 20500 words, and had to force myself to stop because my back was getting achy from sitting for so long and my fingers were tired. It's closer to the speed I like to write at, clocking up 9000 words today. Hopefully, I can hit my optimum 10000 words a day next week and then we'll be flying.
I'm really enjoying writing the series so far and I'm still really excited about it. I think you guys are all going to absolutely love these godly brothers. I've reached a scene where all seven sexy heroes are in the same room with the first heroine, and hell, she's finding it hard to concentrate despite her dire situation. There are a few brothers that scare her, but her hero and the eldest brother have her mesmerised!
I'll hopefully wrap up this chapter on Monday and then I get to dive back into the heroes head as he has a meeting with his brothers to address a few sticky issues, namely his antagonist.
Writing for two days in my usual cafe in my town has led to a decision that I don't like it there as much as I like it at the Starbucks near where my husband works. It's much easier to concentrate there because there are less kids running amuck and the seats are more comfortable, and the lighting is natural. It's just a nicer place to work. The local cafe in my town has bench seats like Starbucks, but the seat is too deep so I can't sit with my back against the padded back, and I end up hunched forwards and get a crick in my neck. Not a great environment for writing.
I'm hoping to spend time at the Starbucks next week and my productivity should rise to reach my daily writing targets.
Still, with the first 20000 words of the book done, I now have a better impression of the characters and the story, as well as the series, and I really do think you guys are going to love it!
August 14, 2012
Vampirerotique Summer Book Tour - Stops at The Enchanted Book and Under the Covers!
Join in with the summer of sin! The Vampirerotique Summer Book Tour stopped at The Enchanted Book yesterday, where I interviewed Andreu from Enslave, and we stop at Under the Covers Book Blog today where I'm talking more about Snow!
At both blogs, there's another chance to win a fantastic swag pack that includes Vampire Erotic Theatre romance series trading cards, signed cover postcards, bookmarks, black rubber "Blood Donor for Snow" wristband, 2013 calendar, pen and a magnet.
Don't forget once you've commented at the post to enter the Grand Giveaway at the Vampirerotique Summer Book Tour page on my website, where you could win a $50 or $25 Amazon Gift Certificate together with more fantastic swag packs. Giveaway is international and closes on August 31st.
We end the week on Friday with a stop at Fang-Tastic Books where I'm interviewing Varya.
Here's a full breakdown, including links to the stops.
VAMPIREROTIQUE SUMMER BOOK TOUR
June 28th@ Dark Haven Book Reviews
Introducing the Vampire Erotic Theatre series
June 30th@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt of SEDUCE
July 1st@ The Romance Studio
Author Interview
July 2nd@ Satin's Bookish Corner
The heroes of the Vampire Erotic Theatre series
July 4th@ Page Flipperz
Introducing Covet
July 6th@ Romance Book Junkies
Introducing Javier and Lilah
July 7th@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt of COVET
July 9th@ Bex n Books
Character Interview with Javier
July 11th@ The Secret Sanctuary of Books
Character Interview with Lilah
July 14th@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt of CRAVE
July 16th@ Full Moon Bites
Introducing Seduce
July 19th@ Bitten by Paranormal Romance
Creating the world of Vampirerotique
July 20th@ Forbidden Passion Reviews
Introducing Antoine and Sera
July 21st@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt of SEDUCE
July 25th@ Ex Libris
Character Interview with Antoine
July 26th@ Grave Tells
Character Interview with Snow
July 27th@ United by Books
Character Interview with Sera
July 28th@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt of ENSLAVE
July 30th@ Day Dreaming
Introducing Crave
July 31st@ Bookin It Reviews
Introducing Callum and Kristina
August 3rd@ Riverina Romantics
Character Interview with Callum
August 4th@ The Book Nympho
Romp Vs Stomp - Interview with all the heroes of the series
August 6th@ Fictional Candy
Character Interview with Kristina
August 8th@ Romancing the Darkside
The heroines of the Vampire Erotic Theatre series
August 10th@ Reading on the Wildside
Introducing Enslave
August 11th@ The Jeep Diva
Introducing Andreu and Varya
August 13th@ The Enchanted Book
Character Interview with Andreu
August 14th@ Under the Covers Book Blog
Introducing Snow
August 17th@ Fang-Tastic Books
Character Interview with Varya
August 18th@ My Blog
Exclusive Excerpt
August 20th@ Reading the Paranormal
Introducing Payne
August 22nd@ Feeling Fictional
Writing the Vampire Erotic Theatre series
August 24th@ Reading Between the Wines
Character Interview with Payne
August 25th@ My Blog
What's next in the Vampire Erotic Theatre series?
Guardians of Hades - Writing the series for a proposal has given me a case of the butterflies!
I am both excited and very nervous today. It's that weird mixture of trepidation and adrenaline and doubts and confidence, and general craziness that sometimes hits an author when they're about to begin writing something new. It's the blank canvas effect I used to suffer when painting or drawing. You know what's in your head, and you want it to look as amazing as it does there when you get it down onto paper, but you have these niggling voices that tell you it's not going to... it's going to suck.
My stomach is somersaulting better than most Olympians.
I know the way to overcome the nerves is to sit down, get a playlist together that suits my characters and the book, put that music on, scan my outline for the book and just let it flow, but it's never as easy to do something as it is to say it... or think it.
I guess I'm writing this post mostly because I'm extremely excited about finally putting fingers to keyboard on a first draft of the first book in this series (and also extremely nervous) and also because I know a lot of writers out there will be able to empathise with me on this one, and it might help a lot of new authors if they know that if they get a case of the butterflies before or even during writing a book, it's perfectly normal and even the most seasoned of writers experience it.
For me, the nerves this time around are there for several reasons. The Guardians of Hades series is one that I originally came up with back in 2008 and since then I've been working on it in dribs and drabs, never quite finding the time to sit down and write it. I wanted to be at the top of my game when I wrote this one. I wanted to have ironed out every little bump in my writing so I could do a fantastic job on it, because I REALLY wanted it to look on paper as it does in my head. I knew that back in 2008, I wasn't at the level of writing to do that. I had some issues to overcome, and much more to learn. I'm constantly learning--from each book I write, each book I read, each article I scan over, and everything I hear. I never stop learning and I never stop trying to reach the top of this writing game, and I know that to reach that pinnacle, I need to keep learning and not stagnate and declare that I'm perfect and I don't need to grow as a writer. Every writer needs to keep growing, keep learning, and keep reading. If you think you don't, then you're only hurting yourself.
The other reason I'm experiencing a bad case of the jitters is because I'm writing this series for a proposal. Yes, a proposal as in something that will become a submission to an editor at a publishing house. I have always maintained that this series was going to be the one I approached New York with and I stand by that, even in this age of indies. I'm a success as an indie writer, but I'm not one to count my chickens before they've hatched, meaning I don't bank on indies being forever as successful as they are today. I want a slice of both pies, a foot in each pond, and any other metaphor you want to throw in there. I also still believe that to reach my maximum potential audience, I need to keep expanding and break out beyond where I am now, and to do that, I need some major backing. I've built myself a very good platform and I have fantastic readers who support me through thick and thin, but I want to take that to the next level. I want to reach new readers and there's still a huge percentage of them who prefer paperbacks to ebooks, or who prefer published to indie. I don't fall on one side of the argument or the other about indie vs published. Both are writers, and I'm a writer, and to reach my goals, I need to take advantage of every possible avenue open to me.
I was recently given the opportunity to speak to the wonderful agent of a very wonderful author who hooked me up with her. I honestly never expected the agent to email me, or for us to strike up a conversation about this series, or her to see the potential in it and my author brand. I can't thank this amazing, friendly author enough for what she did for me, a relative stranger and also a kindred soul. She's given me a boost up the ladder towards that star I'm trying to reach at the top. Now I just have to live up to my hype and produce a book and a series that will blow not only the agent away, but New York with her.
Wish me luck!
August 12, 2012
Manday Hotties Hop - Sexy Mancandy to help your week begin with a bang!
It's time for the Manday Hotties Hop again! Be sure to follow the links in the list below to get your full fix of hot sexy mancandy this Monday.
It's been hot and sunny a little over the weekend, so I'm in the mood for some summer sexy mancandy!
Which hottie do you want to play in the surf with?
I'd totally be up for some surfing lessons with #1! And I'd be more than happy to help #2 get those trousers down... poor guy seems to be struggling with them, that's all :)
Visit the other blogs in the hop:
