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March 17, 2012
Saturday Snippets - CRAVE - vampire erotic romance novella - part one
It's release time again! CRAVE , the second book in my already popular Vampire Erotic Theatre romance series , is out now and I'm going to spend the next couple of weekends focusing on the book in my Saturday and Sunday Snippets!
So, here's the blurb for this hot new erotic vampire romance novella and the first part of chapter two. You can read chapter one in this previous post.
Crave
Felicity Heaton
His mind has been set on his work for the past one hundred years. Now a forbidden beauty has stolen his attention and is threatening to steal his heart too.
Callum has come to the city of romance on business, not pleasure, but when he sets eyes on a gorgeous werewolf in a nightclub, he can't ignore the dark carnal craving she ignites in him. His work for Vampirerotique, the erotic theatre he runs with three other vampires, can wait. The only thing that matters now is satisfying his sinful hunger for a woman who most vampires would consider an enemy.
Kristina is on the run from her pack. Her alpha is intent on forcing her to bear his child and she's not about to live through the same nightmare as her mother had. When a tall, dark and sexy vampire catches her eye, she can't believe the ferocity of the desire he unleashes in her or the fact that she enjoys the feel of his eyes on her and his silent pursuit of her in the clubs each night.
When Kristina finally gets a taste of Callum in a forbidden kiss, will she be strong enough to resist the allure of the vampire and his offer to share his bed for a week of unbridled, wild sex, or will she surrender to her own craving for the safety and passion she finds in his embrace?
genre: paranormal vampire romance
length: 35000 words
released: March 2012
Book 2 in the Vampire Erotic Theatre series
Available in e-book from:
Author's website: http://www.felicityheaton.co.uk/ebooks.php?title=Crave
Amazon Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007HBKNG6
Amazon Kindle UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007HBKNG6
Amazon Kindle Germany: http://www.amazon.de/dp/B007HBKNG6
Amazon Kindle France: http://www.amazon.fr/dp/B007HBKNG6
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/140336
EXCERPTWhat was she doing?
When she had fled England, Kristina had vowed to avoid interacting with werewolves. It was safest that way, no matter how much she often craved the company of her kind. All packs had a unique scent, something a werewolf could smell on each other and recognise. Part of her training as a cub had been spent on burning knowledge of the European werewolf packs and their scents into her mind. It was something all packs taught their young. The man now grinding against her backside and turning her stomach with his dominant grip on her was from a local pack here in Paris but that didn't mean he wouldn't turn her over.
She had been on the run from her pack for months now but she was sure they were still looking for her.
This was a mistake.
Kristina tried to get free of her partner but his thick arm tightened across her stomach, holding her firm. A spark of panic leapt through her blood and she struggled to tamp it down and disguise it so he wouldn't sense it in her. She made out she was turning in his arms and he allowed it, his large hands moving to her backside, clutching and squeezing.
What the Hell had she been thinking?
The vampire had scared her and she had gone running to her own kind. Pathetic. She was stronger than that. So his fangs had come out and she had felt their sharp tips on her tongue, that didn't mean he had intended to bite her. Not everything she had been told about vampires was true. She had thought she had known that, had accepted it as fact, and had always been proud of herself for being able to see that vampires weren't really a threat unless you made them one by provoking them. It turned out that she was wrong and she hadn't accepted it after all. The moment his fangs had touched her, she had panicked and lashed out, her heart rocketing and hackles rising. Everything bad she had ever been told about vampires had shot through her mind and she had gone with it rather than telling herself that it was just desire that had brought his fangs out. It was a reaction her kind shared with vampires. Whenever she got a little overexcited, her canines extended against her will.
She should have been flattered by his reaction to her kiss, not sought to knock his fangs out.
She was no better than every other werewolf. They had driven fear of vampires, horror stories about them, so deep into her mind that she couldn't escape it even when she thought that she had.
The male werewolf leaned down towards her and she stiffened in his arms, fear of him rising inside her and telling her to break away from him, that he would try to dominate her just as her alpha had. She had to run.
His warm breath washed over her skin, turning her stomach, and she shrank backwards, trying to escape his touch. She had been a fool to run back to her own kind for protection. She had probably been safer with the vampire than she was with this male. They all wanted the same thing from her, all smelt her readiness to mate and took it to mean that she wanted them when she didn't. She wasn't interested in bearing cubs like a dutiful female. She wanted a life.
A firm cool hand on her shoulder caused her to jump. The start of a shriek escaped her before she clamped down hard on it and the world whirled past her in a blur of blue and purple neon and laser lights. A hard wall of black slammed against her and a low threatening snarl curled out over the pumping music.
Her instincts sparked, senses zeroing in on the male werewolf at her back and the dark presence of vampire in front of her. The vampire's arm tightened around her, pressing her to his chest, and he snarled again, a feral sound that a werewolf would have been proud of making. The werewolf growled back but it lacked the strength and ferocity of the vampire's, sounding weak and tailing off at the end.
Kristina glanced up at her unlikely saviour, looking past the strong defined line of his jaw and the sensual mouth that had sent her head spinning with only a kiss, beyond his straight nose that said he might be an aristocrat vampire, to the red coals of his irises and the vertical slits of his pupils. He growled again, bearing his fangs. They were enormous now, fully extended as he threatened the werewolf behind her.
The werewolf snarled back at him and she sensed the two other male werewolves rise from their seats, heading out of the booth to back up their leader.
Kristina wasn't sure how to defuse the situation before it exploded. She did the first thing that came to her.
She tiptoed, caught the vampire's cheek in her palm, and kissed him.
Available in e-book from:
Author's website: http://www.felicityheaton.co.uk/ebooks.php?title=Crave
Amazon Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007HBKNG6
Amazon Kindle UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007HBKNG6
Amazon Kindle Germany: http://www.amazon.de/dp/B007HBKNG6
Amazon Kindle France: http://www.amazon.fr/dp/B007HBKNG6
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/140336
Did you all enjoy the excerpt?
Amazon KDP Select and my paranormal romance books
I've been tracking book sales and it's been interesting to see how well In Heat and In Heat: Mating Call have been doing on Amazon.com after the free day I had for In Heat. I put them both into the Amazon KDP Select programme because I was taking them off sale because they hadn't been performing well and they are both around 4+ years old now.
I put them up exclusively on Amazon to try out the KDP Select thing with a novel priced at $2.99 because the results with a $0.99 sweet fantasy romance short hadn't been great, and the results have been interesting. I have always said that I wouldn't remove my books from other retailers in order to participate in Amazon KDP Select but to be honest, the difference in sales is pretty dramatic for In Heat, so I am looking at making some other books exclusive to Amazon.
With these books though, it will be a temporary thing. I'll be doing just the required 90 days exclusive to Amazon for them, and it will be a rolling thing, so not all my books will be exclusive to Amazon at once. It's only select books too, those that aren't performing at all on the other retailers, and definitely none of the current Her Angel romance series and Vampires Realm romance series books.
I don't want to exclude any readers by making my books exclusive to Amazon, but the number of people I can reach with the Amazon KDP Select programme is high enough that I really can't justify not giving it a go for the minimum required time. The books will go back on Apple, Nook, Sony and Kobo etc after the 90 days are up, so they will be available to readers who use those devices. I think numbers speak for themselves though.
In Heat moved over 1000 copies in February and looks like it will move over 2000 this month on Amazon, and it's currently in the Top 1000 Kindle books. It has not left the Top 1500 since the start of February.
In Heat: Mating Call has sold over 500 copies in February and is likely to sell 1000 copies in March.
Prior to being an Amazon KDP Select exclusive, In Heat was doing a grand total of under 300 sales a month across ALL websites. Around 200 of those were on Amazon, and the remaining 100 were spread across the other 7 retail sites where it was available. The books I'm talking about adding to KDP Select and making exclusive to Amazon for 90 days are books that are doing under 100 sales a month at those 7 retail sites. If I can reach an extra 900-1900 people by doing this, then it makes business sense to do it. I want to expand my reach as an author and this seems a viable method of doing that.
Like I said, I would be removing one or two books at a time and making them exclusive to Amazon for 90 days. They will then go back onto the other retailers, and I'll make a different book exclusive to Amazon. I won't make the books totally exclusive to Amazon forever. That's just wrong and I don't want to exclude anyone. There's a chance these books won't do as well as In Heat or that book is just a fluke or it's because it's part of a two book series, and I'll be forgetting the whole idea. Who knows? But I need to find out for myself. Feel free to rail at me but writing is a business and this makes sense to me as an author looking to expand her reach. I have to experiment with things like this to see if it's viable and helps me promote my brand and my books. I can't really apologise for it. I'm sure many authors would do the same, or perhaps even you would if you were an author trying to make a name for yourself and reach a bigger audience.
In Heat
Felicity Heaton
A heat wave isn't the only thing making London too hot for lawyer Kim. She's been spending each night with a man who sets her body and heart on fire. The problem? He's a man that always sprouts black fur and purrs, and he's only a dream. Walking into work on the hottest day of the year, the last thing she expects is to meet Erik, a man who sends her temperature soaring and who resembles her dream guy exactly.
A black panther shape-shifter, Erik Blackwell has been searching for his mate for twenty-seven years. The visions they share each night are getting hotter but finding her is proving impossible as he's never seen her face. That is, until it turns out she's working as his lawyer on his contract negotiations with his brother, Alistair.
Kim can't deny her attraction to Erik. The heat she feels with him is intense and it's only a matter of time before they surrender to their carnal desires.
When Kim discovers Erik's secret, will she turn her back on him, or will she complete the mating and become like him so they can be together forever?
Available in e-book from:
Amazon Kindle | Amazon Kindle UK | Amazon Kindle Germany | Amazon Kindle France | Amazon Kindle Spain | Amazon Kindle Italy
In Heat: Mating Call
Felicity Heaton
The English winter weather has no chance of cooling Kim down when her dreams of Erik return, and this time they're hotter than ever! Having spent the past two years waiting to be in heat again so she can mate with her black panther shape-shifter lover, Erik Blackwell, Kim is excited about the prospect that she's ready at last. But there's one thing that she isn't ready for...
The handsome white tiger shape-shifter that walks into their visions and then into their life, proclaiming himself to be her potential mate too!
Torn between two lovers and unable to stop herself from joining in the carnal pleasures in their visions, will Kim be able to resist the lure of Kristian in real life? Will Erik believe everything that happens or will he see past the lies to the truth and fight for the woman he loves?
Available in e-book from:
Amazon Kindle | Amazon Kindle UK | Amazon Kindle Germany | Amazon Kindle France | Amazon Kindle Spain | Amazon Kindle Italy
I put them up exclusively on Amazon to try out the KDP Select thing with a novel priced at $2.99 because the results with a $0.99 sweet fantasy romance short hadn't been great, and the results have been interesting. I have always said that I wouldn't remove my books from other retailers in order to participate in Amazon KDP Select but to be honest, the difference in sales is pretty dramatic for In Heat, so I am looking at making some other books exclusive to Amazon.
With these books though, it will be a temporary thing. I'll be doing just the required 90 days exclusive to Amazon for them, and it will be a rolling thing, so not all my books will be exclusive to Amazon at once. It's only select books too, those that aren't performing at all on the other retailers, and definitely none of the current Her Angel romance series and Vampires Realm romance series books.
I don't want to exclude any readers by making my books exclusive to Amazon, but the number of people I can reach with the Amazon KDP Select programme is high enough that I really can't justify not giving it a go for the minimum required time. The books will go back on Apple, Nook, Sony and Kobo etc after the 90 days are up, so they will be available to readers who use those devices. I think numbers speak for themselves though.
In Heat moved over 1000 copies in February and looks like it will move over 2000 this month on Amazon, and it's currently in the Top 1000 Kindle books. It has not left the Top 1500 since the start of February.
In Heat: Mating Call has sold over 500 copies in February and is likely to sell 1000 copies in March.
Prior to being an Amazon KDP Select exclusive, In Heat was doing a grand total of under 300 sales a month across ALL websites. Around 200 of those were on Amazon, and the remaining 100 were spread across the other 7 retail sites where it was available. The books I'm talking about adding to KDP Select and making exclusive to Amazon for 90 days are books that are doing under 100 sales a month at those 7 retail sites. If I can reach an extra 900-1900 people by doing this, then it makes business sense to do it. I want to expand my reach as an author and this seems a viable method of doing that.
Like I said, I would be removing one or two books at a time and making them exclusive to Amazon for 90 days. They will then go back onto the other retailers, and I'll make a different book exclusive to Amazon. I won't make the books totally exclusive to Amazon forever. That's just wrong and I don't want to exclude anyone. There's a chance these books won't do as well as In Heat or that book is just a fluke or it's because it's part of a two book series, and I'll be forgetting the whole idea. Who knows? But I need to find out for myself. Feel free to rail at me but writing is a business and this makes sense to me as an author looking to expand her reach. I have to experiment with things like this to see if it's viable and helps me promote my brand and my books. I can't really apologise for it. I'm sure many authors would do the same, or perhaps even you would if you were an author trying to make a name for yourself and reach a bigger audience.
In HeatFelicity Heaton
A heat wave isn't the only thing making London too hot for lawyer Kim. She's been spending each night with a man who sets her body and heart on fire. The problem? He's a man that always sprouts black fur and purrs, and he's only a dream. Walking into work on the hottest day of the year, the last thing she expects is to meet Erik, a man who sends her temperature soaring and who resembles her dream guy exactly.
A black panther shape-shifter, Erik Blackwell has been searching for his mate for twenty-seven years. The visions they share each night are getting hotter but finding her is proving impossible as he's never seen her face. That is, until it turns out she's working as his lawyer on his contract negotiations with his brother, Alistair.
Kim can't deny her attraction to Erik. The heat she feels with him is intense and it's only a matter of time before they surrender to their carnal desires.
When Kim discovers Erik's secret, will she turn her back on him, or will she complete the mating and become like him so they can be together forever?
Available in e-book from:
Amazon Kindle | Amazon Kindle UK | Amazon Kindle Germany | Amazon Kindle France | Amazon Kindle Spain | Amazon Kindle Italy
In Heat: Mating CallFelicity Heaton
The English winter weather has no chance of cooling Kim down when her dreams of Erik return, and this time they're hotter than ever! Having spent the past two years waiting to be in heat again so she can mate with her black panther shape-shifter lover, Erik Blackwell, Kim is excited about the prospect that she's ready at last. But there's one thing that she isn't ready for...
The handsome white tiger shape-shifter that walks into their visions and then into their life, proclaiming himself to be her potential mate too!
Torn between two lovers and unable to stop herself from joining in the carnal pleasures in their visions, will Kim be able to resist the lure of Kristian in real life? Will Erik believe everything that happens or will he see past the lies to the truth and fight for the woman he loves?
Available in e-book from:
Amazon Kindle | Amazon Kindle UK | Amazon Kindle Germany | Amazon Kindle France | Amazon Kindle Spain | Amazon Kindle Italy
March 16, 2012
Her Angel Romance Series - get book one for $0.99!
Taking a little time to draw your attention to my fantastic angel romance series,
Her Angel
, today. I have four books in the series so far and I'm writing the fifth at the moment. The first book in the series is only $0.99 so it's a real bargain and a great introduction to this best selling angel romance series!
HER DARK ANGEL An angel without a mission, Apollyon lives trapped in Hell guarding the bottomless pit. Surrounded by endless darkness, he longs to fly free on Earth once more but his master hasn't called him in centuries. When the call finally comes, it's to serve a new master, a beautiful woman he has often watched over, a woman who has always captivated him.
Serenity is shocked when a gorgeous black-winged angel shows up in her city of Paris claiming that she called him when she was only casting a simple vengeance spell. He's no other than the angel of death! When Apollyon offers to obey her and help her have revenge on her cheating ex-boyfriend, she can't resist the temptation, but can she resist him? Can an angel as dark as Apollyon ever fall for a mortal woman like her?
Dark, passionate and erotic, Her Dark Angel is a tale of intense desire and deepest forbidden love guaranteed to get your heart racing.
ONLY $0.99 / £0.99 / EUR 0,99!
Available in e-book from:
Author's website | Amazon Kindle | Amazon Kindle UK | Amazon Kindle Germany | Amazon Kindle France | Apple iBookstore USA | Apple iBookstore UK | Apple iBookstore Australia | Apple iBookstore Canada | Barnes and Noble | Kobo Books | Sony Reader Store | Smashwords | All Romance eBooks
HER FALLEN ANGEL Annelie fell for Lukas the moment he walked into her pub three years ago. He's stunning, his vivid green eyes lending to his otherworldly beauty, but he's seriously out of her league. When he tells her that she's beautiful and confesses that he wants her, she can't resist him and his passionate kiss. She unleashes her desire and seizes the moment and Lukas with both hands. But Lukas has a secret, one that will test Annelie's love for him and threaten to tear them apart.
He's an angel.
Annelie can't believe it when Lukas says that their feelings for each other aren't a sin, but she can believe his pain when he tells her the reason he's on Earth. He is fallen, cast out of Heaven as punishment for a crime he didn't commit. Lukas isn't about to give up and accept his fate though. He's determined to prove both his innocence and his love for Annelie, and to show her that the intense passion they share is real.
When Lukas and Apollyon discover who framed him, will he be able to stop them from going after Serenity and Annelie? Will he be able to protect the woman he loves and fly away with her into their forever after?
Available in e-book from:
Author's website | Amazon Kindle | Amazon Kindle UK | Amazon Kindle Germany | Amazon Kindle France | Apple iBookstore USA | Apple iBookstore UK | Apple iBookstore Australia | Apple iBookstore Canada | Barnes and Noble | Kobo Books | Sony Reader Store | Smashwords | All Romance eBooks
HER WARRIOR ANGEL Einar is one of Heaven's best hunters and he's on a mission to uncover why an angel was working with demons. When he finds the first demon fighting a beautiful woman named Taylor, he intervenes and saves her life. Taylor has spent her whole life protecting London from the lowest demons and she's not about to let an angel waltz into her city and take over her job, and she's certainly not about to fall in love with him, even if he is gorgeous. The reason why she can't is simple—she's half demon.
There is no love in this world more forbidden than that between an angel and a demon.
Sense tells Taylor to get out before she gets her heart broken, but she winds up convincing Einar to partner with her instead. Einar is certain that working with Taylor is a bad idea, and not only because he can't focus when he's around her, but he can't let her go. The mission leads them deep into the city's underworld, where old flames burn Taylor while new flames of passion and fear of the consequences consume them, and the threat of Einar's demons hangs over them both.
Can a love so forbidden ever have a happy ending or are they destined to break each other's hearts?
Available in e-book from:
Author's website | Amazon Kindle | Amazon Kindle UK | Amazon Kindle Germany | Amazon Kindle France | Apple iBookstore USA | Apple iBookstore UK | Apple iBookstore Australia | Apple iBookstore Canada | Barnes and Noble | Kobo Books | Sony Reader Store | Smashwords | All Romance eBooks
HER GUARDIAN ANGEL A simple mission becomes a fight for survival in this fantastic instalment in the Her Angel series.
A guardian angel dedicated to his duty, Marcus will do whatever Heaven asks of him, but even his loyalty has its limits. When his superior orders him to gain Amelia's trust through seduction, Marcus starts to question his mission and his feelings for the beautiful woman he has watched over since her birth.
Amelia has gone from one bad relationship to another, so when a gorgeous guy moves in next door looking like Mr Right, she hopes he doesn't turn out to be another black knight in disguise. But there's more to Marcus than meets the eye, and when he rescues her from three demonic men, Amelia is thrust into his nightmarish world—a world where God and the Devil exist, and only one angel can save her from death—Marcus, the angel she's falling in love with.
On the run from demonic angels and the Devil himself, aided by Marcus's angel friends and their amazing women, fighting for survival against the odds, Marcus and Amelia discover a love that will last forever.
A love so strong it will shake Heaven and Hell.
Available in e-book from:
Author's website | Amazon Kindle | Amazon Kindle UK | Amazon Kindle Germany | Amazon Kindle France | Apple iBookstore USA | Apple iBookstore UK | Apple iBookstore Australia | Apple iBookstore Canada | Barnes and Noble | Kobo Books | Sony Reader Store | Smashwords | All Romance eBooks
You can download samples of all of these angel romance books at the retailer websites such as Amazon Kindle, or you can read an excerpt of the books on my website. You can also download an extended excerpt for Her Guardian Angel in PDF format from the product page on my site.
HER DARK ANGEL An angel without a mission, Apollyon lives trapped in Hell guarding the bottomless pit. Surrounded by endless darkness, he longs to fly free on Earth once more but his master hasn't called him in centuries. When the call finally comes, it's to serve a new master, a beautiful woman he has often watched over, a woman who has always captivated him.
Serenity is shocked when a gorgeous black-winged angel shows up in her city of Paris claiming that she called him when she was only casting a simple vengeance spell. He's no other than the angel of death! When Apollyon offers to obey her and help her have revenge on her cheating ex-boyfriend, she can't resist the temptation, but can she resist him? Can an angel as dark as Apollyon ever fall for a mortal woman like her?
Dark, passionate and erotic, Her Dark Angel is a tale of intense desire and deepest forbidden love guaranteed to get your heart racing.
ONLY $0.99 / £0.99 / EUR 0,99!
Available in e-book from:
Author's website | Amazon Kindle | Amazon Kindle UK | Amazon Kindle Germany | Amazon Kindle France | Apple iBookstore USA | Apple iBookstore UK | Apple iBookstore Australia | Apple iBookstore Canada | Barnes and Noble | Kobo Books | Sony Reader Store | Smashwords | All Romance eBooks
HER FALLEN ANGEL Annelie fell for Lukas the moment he walked into her pub three years ago. He's stunning, his vivid green eyes lending to his otherworldly beauty, but he's seriously out of her league. When he tells her that she's beautiful and confesses that he wants her, she can't resist him and his passionate kiss. She unleashes her desire and seizes the moment and Lukas with both hands. But Lukas has a secret, one that will test Annelie's love for him and threaten to tear them apart.
He's an angel.
Annelie can't believe it when Lukas says that their feelings for each other aren't a sin, but she can believe his pain when he tells her the reason he's on Earth. He is fallen, cast out of Heaven as punishment for a crime he didn't commit. Lukas isn't about to give up and accept his fate though. He's determined to prove both his innocence and his love for Annelie, and to show her that the intense passion they share is real.
When Lukas and Apollyon discover who framed him, will he be able to stop them from going after Serenity and Annelie? Will he be able to protect the woman he loves and fly away with her into their forever after?
Available in e-book from:
Author's website | Amazon Kindle | Amazon Kindle UK | Amazon Kindle Germany | Amazon Kindle France | Apple iBookstore USA | Apple iBookstore UK | Apple iBookstore Australia | Apple iBookstore Canada | Barnes and Noble | Kobo Books | Sony Reader Store | Smashwords | All Romance eBooks
HER WARRIOR ANGEL Einar is one of Heaven's best hunters and he's on a mission to uncover why an angel was working with demons. When he finds the first demon fighting a beautiful woman named Taylor, he intervenes and saves her life. Taylor has spent her whole life protecting London from the lowest demons and she's not about to let an angel waltz into her city and take over her job, and she's certainly not about to fall in love with him, even if he is gorgeous. The reason why she can't is simple—she's half demon.
There is no love in this world more forbidden than that between an angel and a demon.
Sense tells Taylor to get out before she gets her heart broken, but she winds up convincing Einar to partner with her instead. Einar is certain that working with Taylor is a bad idea, and not only because he can't focus when he's around her, but he can't let her go. The mission leads them deep into the city's underworld, where old flames burn Taylor while new flames of passion and fear of the consequences consume them, and the threat of Einar's demons hangs over them both.
Can a love so forbidden ever have a happy ending or are they destined to break each other's hearts?
Available in e-book from:
Author's website | Amazon Kindle | Amazon Kindle UK | Amazon Kindle Germany | Amazon Kindle France | Apple iBookstore USA | Apple iBookstore UK | Apple iBookstore Australia | Apple iBookstore Canada | Barnes and Noble | Kobo Books | Sony Reader Store | Smashwords | All Romance eBooks
HER GUARDIAN ANGEL A simple mission becomes a fight for survival in this fantastic instalment in the Her Angel series.
A guardian angel dedicated to his duty, Marcus will do whatever Heaven asks of him, but even his loyalty has its limits. When his superior orders him to gain Amelia's trust through seduction, Marcus starts to question his mission and his feelings for the beautiful woman he has watched over since her birth.
Amelia has gone from one bad relationship to another, so when a gorgeous guy moves in next door looking like Mr Right, she hopes he doesn't turn out to be another black knight in disguise. But there's more to Marcus than meets the eye, and when he rescues her from three demonic men, Amelia is thrust into his nightmarish world—a world where God and the Devil exist, and only one angel can save her from death—Marcus, the angel she's falling in love with.
On the run from demonic angels and the Devil himself, aided by Marcus's angel friends and their amazing women, fighting for survival against the odds, Marcus and Amelia discover a love that will last forever.
A love so strong it will shake Heaven and Hell.
Available in e-book from:
Author's website | Amazon Kindle | Amazon Kindle UK | Amazon Kindle Germany | Amazon Kindle France | Apple iBookstore USA | Apple iBookstore UK | Apple iBookstore Australia | Apple iBookstore Canada | Barnes and Noble | Kobo Books | Sony Reader Store | Smashwords | All Romance eBooks
You can download samples of all of these angel romance books at the retailer websites such as Amazon Kindle, or you can read an excerpt of the books on my website. You can also download an extended excerpt for Her Guardian Angel in PDF format from the product page on my site.
March 12, 2012
Manday Hotties - get your Monday mancandy fix!
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.
Yes, I'm back. Sorry I missed the past couple of weeks. My ear operation took me out of action so I haven't been around much. I've been lazing, reading and recuperating. While I have been doing those things, I've also been thinking about my Vampire Erotic Theatre series and how often cuffs and chains come up in the stories, so I've succumbed to my wicked side and found some pictures of men involving chains for you to enjoy this Monday...
Enjoyed those? I have some more for use at a later date too... :)
Visit the other blogs in the hop:
March 10, 2012
Crave - hot vampire romance novella out today!
It's release time again!
CRAVE
, the second book in my already popular
Vampire Erotic Theatre romance series
, is out today and to celebrate I'm going to post the excerpt here to tease and tempt you all. Crave has already received some fabulous reviews from both readers and reviewers alike. Some are even saying that it's now their favourite in the series, which is exciting for me because after the reviews for
Covet
I began to feel that
Crave
might not live up to the hotness and intensity of that book. Phew!
So, here's the blurb for this hot new erotic vampire romance novella and an excerpt almost guaranteed to crank your temperature up a few notches!
Crave
Felicity Heaton
His mind has been set on his work for the past one hundred years. Now a forbidden beauty has stolen his attention and is threatening to steal his heart too.
Callum has come to the city of romance on business, not pleasure, but when he sets eyes on a gorgeous werewolf in a nightclub, he can't ignore the dark carnal craving she ignites in him. His work for Vampirerotique, the erotic theatre he runs with three other vampires, can wait. The only thing that matters now is satisfying his sinful hunger for a woman who most vampires would consider an enemy.
Kristina is on the run from her pack. Her alpha is intent on forcing her to bear his child and she's not about to live through the same nightmare as her mother had. When a tall, dark and sexy vampire catches her eye, she can't believe the ferocity of the desire he unleashes in her or the fact that she enjoys the feel of his eyes on her and his silent pursuit of her in the clubs each night.
When Kristina finally gets a taste of Callum in a forbidden kiss, will she be strong enough to resist the allure of the vampire and his offer to share his bed for a week of unbridled, wild sex, or will she surrender to her own craving for the safety and passion she finds in his embrace?
genre: paranormal vampire romance
length: 35000 words
released: March 2012
Book 2 in the Vampire Erotic Theatre series
Available in e-book from:
Author's website: http://www.felicityheaton.co.uk/ebooks.php?title=Crave
Amazon Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007HBKNG6
Amazon Kindle UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007HBKNG6
Amazon Kindle Germany: http://www.amazon.de/dp/B007HBKNG6
Amazon Kindle France: http://www.amazon.fr/dp/B007HBKNG6
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/140336
EXCERPTThree weeks had passed since Callum had left London and headed to Paris to scout for performers for a new show at the theatre he ran with three other vampires, and it had been one week since he had last emailed Antoine, the aristocrat pureblood in charge of overseeing the performances at Vampirerotique.
He should have contacted him again by now. It wasn't as though Callum hadn't thought about it. He had booted up his laptop and started to type out the email every morning before retiring for the day. Yesterday, he had even reached the point of typing in his name at the end of the email before deleting the entire thing.
Callum leaned his back against the brass rail that edged the curved dark mahogany bar top, his green gaze scanning the occupants of the crowded room, picking out viable prey, potential performers, and identifying the species of each person his eyes fell on. Part of him was still working and it was that part that kept whispering that Antoine wouldn't be angry with him for disappearing. If he just dropped a brief email or even a text message stating that he was still looking for performers but hadn't spotted anyone worthy of joining the Vampirerotique family in the past week then Antoine would probably forgive him for disobeying his command to contact him daily.
It would be a lie though.
He had seen several vampires, both male and female, at the nightclubs he had been moving between for the past three weeks. All of them would work well in the theatre and draw the crowds. They were exhibitionists who had been more than comfortable performing private acts in front of the gathered dancers. There had been males who had groped and grinded with their human female prey, and female vampires who had engaged in acts just a whisper away from screwing in the open booths where anyone could see them. All of them had been worthy of him approaching them and giving them the hard sell. Not many of their type refused to audition when they gained an all expenses paid trip to London and the chance to try out for a place in a famous theatre.
There was one female who had stood out amongst the usual crowd last week. She was perfect for the new show that Antoine had in mind, could easily be the star performer, but Callum couldn't bring himself to approach her and whenever he thought about mentioning her to Antoine, a knot formed deep in his gut.
Callum had ignored the feeling and just satisfied himself with watching her in the club. He had first seen her with another female, one that he had approached during a lull towards the end of the evening. She had eagerly accepted his offer of an audition, even though she knew the sort of place his theatre was and that it didn't normally look for performers from her species.
Werewolf.
When Antoine had first told him that he would be departing for Paris in search of new talent, and that it wouldn't just be the usual scouting mission this time but would include seeking werewolves for a special performance, Callum had almost choked on his glass of blood.
Vampirerotique had never hired werewolves before. In fact, he was certain that in the hundred years they had been running the theatre, there had never been a werewolf on stage. Their kind rarely interacted with each other, unless you counted the occasional war. Werewolves didn't like vampires. The feeling was more than mutual.
Callum had sent three werewolves to audition so far, all female as requested.
This female would be perfect for the show too. She would steal it and make it hers, just as she stole the attention of the entire club as she moved through it with sensual grace that had the eyes of every male and some females on her, and made Callum think about some therianthropes he had met in the past. She had the moves of a feline shifter rather than a werewolf.
Callum could easily imagine her moving on the stage, how she would sidle over to the large vampire males and bring them to their knees with only a seductive sway of her hips and flash of a sultry smile.
Hell, she had Callum on his knees. He had been following her for a week now, shunning his duty in favour of tracking her down each night and watching her from a distance. His new private pleasure. The club she had chosen tonight catered to a mixed crowd, although the humans didn't know that. One of the male bartenders was a shifter, one was human, and one was a vampire. That surprised Callum. He had never thought he would live to see a vampire working alongside a shifter, but the two young males seemed to get along. He couldn't sense any bad feelings between them so it wasn't an act put on for the sake of the patrons and the human bartender.
Callum's gaze tracked the female through the club, studying how she slid between the dancers, occasionally stopping to work her body against a male. She smiled wickedly at a young human man as he caught her wrist and pulled her against him, twisting her so her back pressed against his front. She wriggled her hips and raised her hands above her head as she slid down the length of her partner and then back up again, almost as tall as he was in her heeled black boots. Her tight dark jeans emphasised lean long legs that Callum had rather disturbingly dreamed about since first seeing her, imagining their slender strong lengths wrapped around his backside as he fucked her. He had dreamed about pushing the loose flowing material of her empire-line top up to reveal the toned plane of her stomach and then kissing it, feeling her body shift beneath him, before continuing and peeling the high waist tucked under her breasts over their full firm globes. He had dipped his head and captured each sweet dusky bud in turn, swirling his tongue around and sucking them until she moaned low in appreciation.
The brunette female werewolf moved on, thanking her temporary partner with a brief brush of her rosy lips across his cheek and a saucy stroke of her palm over his crotch that had Callum ready to speed onto the dance floor and rip the human to shreds.
She was his.
He drew a long slow breath to calm himself, focusing on it and not her, waiting for the need to pass. If he looked at her now, he would be on the dance floor before he realised what he was doing and would be tugging her into his arms, using all of his strength to make it clear to her that she belonged to him now.
Callum shook his head to rid it of the desire to dance with her and feel her body pressing into his, hot and supple under his questing hands. He wouldn't let her go as easily as the male human had.
He watched her move through the dancers again, twirling and smiling, her wavy soft brown hair dancing with her, tumbling over her shoulders and breasts. Each time she lifted her bare arms in the air, the hem of her top rose, revealing a tantalising flash of her stomach or back. Her jeans rode low on her hips, barely covering her backside and crotch.
She was a vixen, a real predator as she glanced over every man, even those with partners, looking for tonight's fun. He had seen her leave with a new man every night. A strange urge to follow her and see what she did with them had built inside him until he had no longer been able to resist the need to know. It wasn't what he had thought it would be and an even stranger feeling had swept through him on realising that she was luring males away to feed on them. Like his kind, werewolves enjoyed the taste of blood and needed it to survive, although they could supplement their need with nourishment from food.
Unlike his kind, werewolves couldn't turn a human. Her bite wouldn't change the human into a werewolf. Once she had finished with the man, she had wiped his memory and left him in the alley.
Callum had almost followed her home but had forced himself to return to his hotel instead. The sight of her feeding had given him some seriously erotic dreams and he had woken tonight with a raging erection that hadn't gone down until he had tended to it.
It was coming back as he watched her, his thoughts diving down routes they shouldn't be taking. A vampire had no place desiring a werewolf.
Desiring?
Hell, this hunger went beyond desire and ran deeper in his veins than lust.
He craved her.
Callum turned and flagged down the vampire bartender. The blond man smiled knowingly, nodded, and took down a martini glass. He filled it to the brim with dark liquid that was black in the flashing purple and blue lights of the club and stuck a cherry on a stick in it. Callum held out a twenty euro note at the same time as the vampire placed the glass down on an elegant white napkin and slid it across the bar to him.
"I'll take one of those," a female voice said right beside him, "and tall, dark and sexy here is paying."
He was?
Callum frowned and turned to say that he damn well wasn't paying for her drink and froze as his eyes fell on the female werewolf. He felt the vampire bartender's gaze on him, sensed him waiting to see what Callum's reply would be. Callum glanced at him and nodded. The vampire made up another glass of blood, stuck a cherry in it, and slid it over to her before moving away.
The werewolf raised her glass in a salute to Callum, sipped the blood, and set it back down on the napkin. Her bloodstained lips curved into a wicked sultry smile.
Callum was smitten.
She leaned closer, her bare left elbow resting on the bar, and ran her fingertips down his dark purple silk tie. Her smile widened when she curled her fingers around it, drew it away from his black tailored shirt, and tugged him towards her.
"You've been watching me like I'm a bitch in heat and you're an alpha. What gives?" She wasn't French as he had expected. Her accent was as British as his own.
Callum calmly removed her hand from his tie, straightened it out and smoothed it down. "I'm just here on business, and I'm definitely not an alpha. I'm a vampire."
She smiled and tilted her head to one side, causing the long waves of her brown hair to shift across her breasts and cover the tempting display of cleavage the tight section of her black sleeveless top created.
"A vampire with a definite hard-on for a species most of his kind would see as disgusting and forbidden," she said over the rapid beat of the music, lifted the cocktail stick and cherry from her drink, and popped it into her mouth.
Callum's gaze narrowed on her mouth, transfixed by the sight of her sucking the cherry. She parted her lips and withdrew the glossy red fruit, dipped it back into her blood and swirled it around before raising it back to her mouth and teasing him by licking the crimson liquid off it again. His chest tightened and he struggled to breathe as the tip of her tongue flicked over the cherry, swirling around it. She slowly slid the fruit into her mouth, lips puckering as she sucked, her eyes closing in what looked like pleasure to him. The sight of her ratcheted his hunger up another notch, flooding him with a deep throbbing ache to feel her tongue brushing his in the way it had the cherry, to have her mouth on his flesh and to run his lips over every inch of her bare skin and drive her wild until she was sobbing his name and begging for more.
"I don't have a hard-on for your species... just you." Callum moved faster than she could evade, catching the wrist of the hand she held the cocktail stick in, pulling it away from her lips and claiming them for his own.
She responded instantly, her tongue thrusting past his lips and teeth to slide along his. He slanted his head, slipped his other arm around her slim waist and dragged the full length of her body against his as he seized control of the kiss. She melted against him, as supple and hot as he had dreamed she would be, her breasts pressing into his hard chest, the heat of her driving him to the edge. He tangled his tongue with hers, swallowing her breathy gasps as he dominated her, crushing each attempt she made to reclaim control. Her fight only made him burn hotter for her, made him use his strength on her and tighten his grip on her wrist and side. Her gasps became low rumbling moans. The firmer he was with her, the more of his strength he used, the lower they became and the more she struggled, as though she wanted to feel how much more powerful he was than her.
She liked it.
The female werewolf snapped out of his grasp and slapped him so hard across his cheek that he couldn't fail to realise where he had gone wrong. His fangs cut into his lower lip. He hadn't noticed them extending. Before he could explain to her that it was just the heat of the moment that had brought them out and that he hadn't intended to bite her, she was striding away from him, heading back towards the busy dance floor.
Callum growled, swiftly drank his martini glass of blood to take the edge off his hunger and followed her, intent on explaining and tasting her again. The crowd kept closing behind her, blocking his way and frustrating him. He pushed through them, his senses tracking her so he didn't lose her again. She wasn't heading out of the club at least. The expansive dark club only had one exit and that was the other way, beyond the bar. She was either heading towards the booths that lined the edges of the room or the dance floor itself. Was she planning on losing him in the throng of people? It would be difficult to track her in amongst so many signatures. There were several other werewolves in the club tonight. Their presence would help mask hers even though he knew her scent now, had instinctively put it to memory when kissing her. Devil, she had tasted so wicked and delicious.
Callum licked the faint trace of blood off his lips and finally broke through the crowd around the bar, coming out near the edge of the dance floor. The heavy beat of the music pounded through his body, thrumming in his veins, pushing the tension mounting inside him, the need to find her and have her in his arms again.
The need to taste her lips.
He scoured the dancers and spotted her heading closer to the DJ. The lights flashed brightest there, hurting his eyes, and the volume of the music would be unbearable that close to the speakers. She knew vampires well. Her species could move around during the day so they weren't as sensitive to light and her hearing wasn't as acute when she was in her human form. She stopped there and danced with a male. He couldn't tell whether her partner was human or werewolf, but he was immense, taller and broader than Callum was. She had intentionally chosen a place that would hurt him and had now selected a partner who could easily protect her. Her wiliness told Callum that the male would be a werewolf.
He only wondered why she no longer looked confident. Her gaze constantly darted about as she danced with the man, her body held at a distance from his, as though she was afraid to get any closer. Why would she fear her own kind?
That question and the challenge she had issued by choosing to dance with an immense werewolf in an area that was uncomfortable for Callum drove him onto the dance floor. He moved through the crowd, his gaze constantly on her, studying her face and the flicker of fear that was gradually surfacing in her eyes. The usual confident shine in them was gone by the time he was within a few metres of her.
The male werewolf caught her shoulders, turned her around and dragged her back against his bulky body, caging her there with a thick forearm across her stomach. His black t-shirt stretched over an obscene amount of muscle and Callum considered the insanity of approaching such a male. Although he was likely older than the werewolf, and vampires were inherently more powerful, his build was almost slender compared to him and he was a good few inches shorter too. That could be an advantage though. A lower centre of gravity gave him a more solid footing than his monolithic rival and his slimmer build gave him the advantage of speed. He could probably incapacitate the werewolf with only minimal injury to himself.
However.
There were two other male werewolves seated on the curved dark leather seat of the booth behind the male dancing with the woman, and both of them were watching the couple. Three glasses stood on the oval black table in the centre of the booth. The male was with them.
One werewolf he might be able to handle.
Three would crush him.
It should have stopped him from pursuing the woman, but his feet still propelled him forwards, towards what could only be a bloody and painful future.
He couldn't turn back now that he had tasted her.
He hungered for another touch, another taste.
He craved her.
And he would have her.
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So, here's the blurb for this hot new erotic vampire romance novella and an excerpt almost guaranteed to crank your temperature up a few notches!
Crave
Felicity Heaton
His mind has been set on his work for the past one hundred years. Now a forbidden beauty has stolen his attention and is threatening to steal his heart too.
Callum has come to the city of romance on business, not pleasure, but when he sets eyes on a gorgeous werewolf in a nightclub, he can't ignore the dark carnal craving she ignites in him. His work for Vampirerotique, the erotic theatre he runs with three other vampires, can wait. The only thing that matters now is satisfying his sinful hunger for a woman who most vampires would consider an enemy.
Kristina is on the run from her pack. Her alpha is intent on forcing her to bear his child and she's not about to live through the same nightmare as her mother had. When a tall, dark and sexy vampire catches her eye, she can't believe the ferocity of the desire he unleashes in her or the fact that she enjoys the feel of his eyes on her and his silent pursuit of her in the clubs each night.
When Kristina finally gets a taste of Callum in a forbidden kiss, will she be strong enough to resist the allure of the vampire and his offer to share his bed for a week of unbridled, wild sex, or will she surrender to her own craving for the safety and passion she finds in his embrace?
genre: paranormal vampire romance
length: 35000 words
released: March 2012
Book 2 in the Vampire Erotic Theatre series
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EXCERPTThree weeks had passed since Callum had left London and headed to Paris to scout for performers for a new show at the theatre he ran with three other vampires, and it had been one week since he had last emailed Antoine, the aristocrat pureblood in charge of overseeing the performances at Vampirerotique.
He should have contacted him again by now. It wasn't as though Callum hadn't thought about it. He had booted up his laptop and started to type out the email every morning before retiring for the day. Yesterday, he had even reached the point of typing in his name at the end of the email before deleting the entire thing.
Callum leaned his back against the brass rail that edged the curved dark mahogany bar top, his green gaze scanning the occupants of the crowded room, picking out viable prey, potential performers, and identifying the species of each person his eyes fell on. Part of him was still working and it was that part that kept whispering that Antoine wouldn't be angry with him for disappearing. If he just dropped a brief email or even a text message stating that he was still looking for performers but hadn't spotted anyone worthy of joining the Vampirerotique family in the past week then Antoine would probably forgive him for disobeying his command to contact him daily.
It would be a lie though.
He had seen several vampires, both male and female, at the nightclubs he had been moving between for the past three weeks. All of them would work well in the theatre and draw the crowds. They were exhibitionists who had been more than comfortable performing private acts in front of the gathered dancers. There had been males who had groped and grinded with their human female prey, and female vampires who had engaged in acts just a whisper away from screwing in the open booths where anyone could see them. All of them had been worthy of him approaching them and giving them the hard sell. Not many of their type refused to audition when they gained an all expenses paid trip to London and the chance to try out for a place in a famous theatre.
There was one female who had stood out amongst the usual crowd last week. She was perfect for the new show that Antoine had in mind, could easily be the star performer, but Callum couldn't bring himself to approach her and whenever he thought about mentioning her to Antoine, a knot formed deep in his gut.
Callum had ignored the feeling and just satisfied himself with watching her in the club. He had first seen her with another female, one that he had approached during a lull towards the end of the evening. She had eagerly accepted his offer of an audition, even though she knew the sort of place his theatre was and that it didn't normally look for performers from her species.
Werewolf.
When Antoine had first told him that he would be departing for Paris in search of new talent, and that it wouldn't just be the usual scouting mission this time but would include seeking werewolves for a special performance, Callum had almost choked on his glass of blood.
Vampirerotique had never hired werewolves before. In fact, he was certain that in the hundred years they had been running the theatre, there had never been a werewolf on stage. Their kind rarely interacted with each other, unless you counted the occasional war. Werewolves didn't like vampires. The feeling was more than mutual.
Callum had sent three werewolves to audition so far, all female as requested.
This female would be perfect for the show too. She would steal it and make it hers, just as she stole the attention of the entire club as she moved through it with sensual grace that had the eyes of every male and some females on her, and made Callum think about some therianthropes he had met in the past. She had the moves of a feline shifter rather than a werewolf.
Callum could easily imagine her moving on the stage, how she would sidle over to the large vampire males and bring them to their knees with only a seductive sway of her hips and flash of a sultry smile.
Hell, she had Callum on his knees. He had been following her for a week now, shunning his duty in favour of tracking her down each night and watching her from a distance. His new private pleasure. The club she had chosen tonight catered to a mixed crowd, although the humans didn't know that. One of the male bartenders was a shifter, one was human, and one was a vampire. That surprised Callum. He had never thought he would live to see a vampire working alongside a shifter, but the two young males seemed to get along. He couldn't sense any bad feelings between them so it wasn't an act put on for the sake of the patrons and the human bartender.
Callum's gaze tracked the female through the club, studying how she slid between the dancers, occasionally stopping to work her body against a male. She smiled wickedly at a young human man as he caught her wrist and pulled her against him, twisting her so her back pressed against his front. She wriggled her hips and raised her hands above her head as she slid down the length of her partner and then back up again, almost as tall as he was in her heeled black boots. Her tight dark jeans emphasised lean long legs that Callum had rather disturbingly dreamed about since first seeing her, imagining their slender strong lengths wrapped around his backside as he fucked her. He had dreamed about pushing the loose flowing material of her empire-line top up to reveal the toned plane of her stomach and then kissing it, feeling her body shift beneath him, before continuing and peeling the high waist tucked under her breasts over their full firm globes. He had dipped his head and captured each sweet dusky bud in turn, swirling his tongue around and sucking them until she moaned low in appreciation.
The brunette female werewolf moved on, thanking her temporary partner with a brief brush of her rosy lips across his cheek and a saucy stroke of her palm over his crotch that had Callum ready to speed onto the dance floor and rip the human to shreds.
She was his.
He drew a long slow breath to calm himself, focusing on it and not her, waiting for the need to pass. If he looked at her now, he would be on the dance floor before he realised what he was doing and would be tugging her into his arms, using all of his strength to make it clear to her that she belonged to him now.
Callum shook his head to rid it of the desire to dance with her and feel her body pressing into his, hot and supple under his questing hands. He wouldn't let her go as easily as the male human had.
He watched her move through the dancers again, twirling and smiling, her wavy soft brown hair dancing with her, tumbling over her shoulders and breasts. Each time she lifted her bare arms in the air, the hem of her top rose, revealing a tantalising flash of her stomach or back. Her jeans rode low on her hips, barely covering her backside and crotch.
She was a vixen, a real predator as she glanced over every man, even those with partners, looking for tonight's fun. He had seen her leave with a new man every night. A strange urge to follow her and see what she did with them had built inside him until he had no longer been able to resist the need to know. It wasn't what he had thought it would be and an even stranger feeling had swept through him on realising that she was luring males away to feed on them. Like his kind, werewolves enjoyed the taste of blood and needed it to survive, although they could supplement their need with nourishment from food.
Unlike his kind, werewolves couldn't turn a human. Her bite wouldn't change the human into a werewolf. Once she had finished with the man, she had wiped his memory and left him in the alley.
Callum had almost followed her home but had forced himself to return to his hotel instead. The sight of her feeding had given him some seriously erotic dreams and he had woken tonight with a raging erection that hadn't gone down until he had tended to it.
It was coming back as he watched her, his thoughts diving down routes they shouldn't be taking. A vampire had no place desiring a werewolf.
Desiring?
Hell, this hunger went beyond desire and ran deeper in his veins than lust.
He craved her.
Callum turned and flagged down the vampire bartender. The blond man smiled knowingly, nodded, and took down a martini glass. He filled it to the brim with dark liquid that was black in the flashing purple and blue lights of the club and stuck a cherry on a stick in it. Callum held out a twenty euro note at the same time as the vampire placed the glass down on an elegant white napkin and slid it across the bar to him.
"I'll take one of those," a female voice said right beside him, "and tall, dark and sexy here is paying."
He was?
Callum frowned and turned to say that he damn well wasn't paying for her drink and froze as his eyes fell on the female werewolf. He felt the vampire bartender's gaze on him, sensed him waiting to see what Callum's reply would be. Callum glanced at him and nodded. The vampire made up another glass of blood, stuck a cherry in it, and slid it over to her before moving away.
The werewolf raised her glass in a salute to Callum, sipped the blood, and set it back down on the napkin. Her bloodstained lips curved into a wicked sultry smile.
Callum was smitten.
She leaned closer, her bare left elbow resting on the bar, and ran her fingertips down his dark purple silk tie. Her smile widened when she curled her fingers around it, drew it away from his black tailored shirt, and tugged him towards her.
"You've been watching me like I'm a bitch in heat and you're an alpha. What gives?" She wasn't French as he had expected. Her accent was as British as his own.
Callum calmly removed her hand from his tie, straightened it out and smoothed it down. "I'm just here on business, and I'm definitely not an alpha. I'm a vampire."
She smiled and tilted her head to one side, causing the long waves of her brown hair to shift across her breasts and cover the tempting display of cleavage the tight section of her black sleeveless top created.
"A vampire with a definite hard-on for a species most of his kind would see as disgusting and forbidden," she said over the rapid beat of the music, lifted the cocktail stick and cherry from her drink, and popped it into her mouth.
Callum's gaze narrowed on her mouth, transfixed by the sight of her sucking the cherry. She parted her lips and withdrew the glossy red fruit, dipped it back into her blood and swirled it around before raising it back to her mouth and teasing him by licking the crimson liquid off it again. His chest tightened and he struggled to breathe as the tip of her tongue flicked over the cherry, swirling around it. She slowly slid the fruit into her mouth, lips puckering as she sucked, her eyes closing in what looked like pleasure to him. The sight of her ratcheted his hunger up another notch, flooding him with a deep throbbing ache to feel her tongue brushing his in the way it had the cherry, to have her mouth on his flesh and to run his lips over every inch of her bare skin and drive her wild until she was sobbing his name and begging for more.
"I don't have a hard-on for your species... just you." Callum moved faster than she could evade, catching the wrist of the hand she held the cocktail stick in, pulling it away from her lips and claiming them for his own.
She responded instantly, her tongue thrusting past his lips and teeth to slide along his. He slanted his head, slipped his other arm around her slim waist and dragged the full length of her body against his as he seized control of the kiss. She melted against him, as supple and hot as he had dreamed she would be, her breasts pressing into his hard chest, the heat of her driving him to the edge. He tangled his tongue with hers, swallowing her breathy gasps as he dominated her, crushing each attempt she made to reclaim control. Her fight only made him burn hotter for her, made him use his strength on her and tighten his grip on her wrist and side. Her gasps became low rumbling moans. The firmer he was with her, the more of his strength he used, the lower they became and the more she struggled, as though she wanted to feel how much more powerful he was than her.
She liked it.
The female werewolf snapped out of his grasp and slapped him so hard across his cheek that he couldn't fail to realise where he had gone wrong. His fangs cut into his lower lip. He hadn't noticed them extending. Before he could explain to her that it was just the heat of the moment that had brought them out and that he hadn't intended to bite her, she was striding away from him, heading back towards the busy dance floor.
Callum growled, swiftly drank his martini glass of blood to take the edge off his hunger and followed her, intent on explaining and tasting her again. The crowd kept closing behind her, blocking his way and frustrating him. He pushed through them, his senses tracking her so he didn't lose her again. She wasn't heading out of the club at least. The expansive dark club only had one exit and that was the other way, beyond the bar. She was either heading towards the booths that lined the edges of the room or the dance floor itself. Was she planning on losing him in the throng of people? It would be difficult to track her in amongst so many signatures. There were several other werewolves in the club tonight. Their presence would help mask hers even though he knew her scent now, had instinctively put it to memory when kissing her. Devil, she had tasted so wicked and delicious.
Callum licked the faint trace of blood off his lips and finally broke through the crowd around the bar, coming out near the edge of the dance floor. The heavy beat of the music pounded through his body, thrumming in his veins, pushing the tension mounting inside him, the need to find her and have her in his arms again.
The need to taste her lips.
He scoured the dancers and spotted her heading closer to the DJ. The lights flashed brightest there, hurting his eyes, and the volume of the music would be unbearable that close to the speakers. She knew vampires well. Her species could move around during the day so they weren't as sensitive to light and her hearing wasn't as acute when she was in her human form. She stopped there and danced with a male. He couldn't tell whether her partner was human or werewolf, but he was immense, taller and broader than Callum was. She had intentionally chosen a place that would hurt him and had now selected a partner who could easily protect her. Her wiliness told Callum that the male would be a werewolf.
He only wondered why she no longer looked confident. Her gaze constantly darted about as she danced with the man, her body held at a distance from his, as though she was afraid to get any closer. Why would she fear her own kind?
That question and the challenge she had issued by choosing to dance with an immense werewolf in an area that was uncomfortable for Callum drove him onto the dance floor. He moved through the crowd, his gaze constantly on her, studying her face and the flicker of fear that was gradually surfacing in her eyes. The usual confident shine in them was gone by the time he was within a few metres of her.
The male werewolf caught her shoulders, turned her around and dragged her back against his bulky body, caging her there with a thick forearm across her stomach. His black t-shirt stretched over an obscene amount of muscle and Callum considered the insanity of approaching such a male. Although he was likely older than the werewolf, and vampires were inherently more powerful, his build was almost slender compared to him and he was a good few inches shorter too. That could be an advantage though. A lower centre of gravity gave him a more solid footing than his monolithic rival and his slimmer build gave him the advantage of speed. He could probably incapacitate the werewolf with only minimal injury to himself.
However.
There were two other male werewolves seated on the curved dark leather seat of the booth behind the male dancing with the woman, and both of them were watching the couple. Three glasses stood on the oval black table in the centre of the booth. The male was with them.
One werewolf he might be able to handle.
Three would crush him.
It should have stopped him from pursuing the woman, but his feet still propelled him forwards, towards what could only be a bloody and painful future.
He couldn't turn back now that he had tasted her.
He hungered for another touch, another taste.
He craved her.
And he would have her.
Available in e-book from:
Author's website: http://www.felicityheaton.co.uk/ebooks.php?title=Crave
Amazon Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007HBKNG6
Amazon Kindle UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007HBKNG6
Amazon Kindle Germany: http://www.amazon.de/dp/B007HBKNG6
Amazon Kindle France: http://www.amazon.fr/dp/B007HBKNG6
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/140336
Did you all enjoy the excerpt?
March 9, 2012
Crave (Vampire Erotic Theatre Romance Series #2) now available on Amazon Kindle & I'm back!
I'm officially working my way back to, well, work now that I'm all recovered from my ear operation that happened two weeks ago. I feel as though I've really neglected my blog and my Facebook and Twitter, and while part of me still wants to laze around reading books, playing my new PS Vita, and just chilling out, the rest of me is now quite eager to get back on the work wagon and get things moving forward again.
Have you all missed me?
I bet your inboxes were looking nice and tidy without my blog posts dropping into them if you're signed up to my feed.
I've basically spent the past two weeks doing a combination of things. I've read a few new books. I read The Darkest Lie and The Darkest Secret in Gena Showalter's fabulous Lords of the Underworld series. I read Dance with the Devil in Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunter series, and I read Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione. Besides reading some fantasitc paranormal romance books, I've been spending a lot of time playing my PlayStation 3 (I'm working my way through Prince of Persia) and watching TV, and planning holidays.
I did do some work. I proofed Crave ( Vampire Erotic Theatre series #2) and I've just finished reading through the first 68000 words I had written of Her Demonic Angel ( Her Angel series #5) so it wasn't all lying around not doing anything.
It took a lot for me to chill out the first week. I had my hubby around to dote on me, and dote on me he did, but I was so bored. I'm no longer used to doing nothing so it was really difficult for me to switch off. Now, I'm the opposite. I've finally got myself weened off the intensive work ethic and I'm so into just reading and playing on my PS Vita and PS3 that it's really hard to get back into working. I'll get there.
I've come back at a really exciting time too, because the next book in the Vampire Erotic Theatre series , Crave, is due for release tomorrow and it's already available at Amazon Kindle stores. I'm excited not only to see what you guys think of this second book in the series but of the first chapter preview of Seduce that I've included at the end of the book.
For those of you who do Kindle (like me) or like to purchase from Smashwords here's the blurb and the links...
Crave
Felicity Heaton
His mind has been set on his work for the past one hundred years. Now a forbidden beauty has stolen his attention and is threatening to steal his heart too.
Callum has come to the city of romance on business, not pleasure, but when he sets eyes on a gorgeous werewolf in a nightclub, he can't ignore the dark carnal craving she ignites in him. His work for Vampirerotique, the erotic theatre he runs with three other vampires, can wait. The only thing that matters now is satisfying his sinful hunger for a woman who most vampires would consider an enemy.
Kristina is on the run from her pack. Her alpha is intent on forcing her to bear his child and she's not about to live through the same nightmare as her mother had. When a tall, dark and sexy vampire catches her eye, she can't believe the ferocity of the desire he unleashes in her or the fact that she enjoys the feel of his eyes on her and his silent pursuit of her in the clubs each night.
When Kristina finally gets a taste of Callum in a forbidden kiss, will she be strong enough to resist the allure of the vampire and his offer to share his bed for a week of unbridled, wild sex, or will she surrender to her own craving for the safety and passion she finds in his embrace?
ebook price: $2.99
genre: paranormal vampire romance
length: 35000 words
Book 2 in the Vampire Erotic Theatre series
Available in e-book from:
Amazon Kindle | Amazon Kindle UK | Amazon Kindle Germany | Amazon Kindle France | Smashwords |
Have you all missed me?
I bet your inboxes were looking nice and tidy without my blog posts dropping into them if you're signed up to my feed.
I've basically spent the past two weeks doing a combination of things. I've read a few new books. I read The Darkest Lie and The Darkest Secret in Gena Showalter's fabulous Lords of the Underworld series. I read Dance with the Devil in Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunter series, and I read Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione. Besides reading some fantasitc paranormal romance books, I've been spending a lot of time playing my PlayStation 3 (I'm working my way through Prince of Persia) and watching TV, and planning holidays.
I did do some work. I proofed Crave ( Vampire Erotic Theatre series #2) and I've just finished reading through the first 68000 words I had written of Her Demonic Angel ( Her Angel series #5) so it wasn't all lying around not doing anything.
It took a lot for me to chill out the first week. I had my hubby around to dote on me, and dote on me he did, but I was so bored. I'm no longer used to doing nothing so it was really difficult for me to switch off. Now, I'm the opposite. I've finally got myself weened off the intensive work ethic and I'm so into just reading and playing on my PS Vita and PS3 that it's really hard to get back into working. I'll get there.
I've come back at a really exciting time too, because the next book in the Vampire Erotic Theatre series , Crave, is due for release tomorrow and it's already available at Amazon Kindle stores. I'm excited not only to see what you guys think of this second book in the series but of the first chapter preview of Seduce that I've included at the end of the book.
For those of you who do Kindle (like me) or like to purchase from Smashwords here's the blurb and the links...
CraveFelicity Heaton
His mind has been set on his work for the past one hundred years. Now a forbidden beauty has stolen his attention and is threatening to steal his heart too.
Callum has come to the city of romance on business, not pleasure, but when he sets eyes on a gorgeous werewolf in a nightclub, he can't ignore the dark carnal craving she ignites in him. His work for Vampirerotique, the erotic theatre he runs with three other vampires, can wait. The only thing that matters now is satisfying his sinful hunger for a woman who most vampires would consider an enemy.
Kristina is on the run from her pack. Her alpha is intent on forcing her to bear his child and she's not about to live through the same nightmare as her mother had. When a tall, dark and sexy vampire catches her eye, she can't believe the ferocity of the desire he unleashes in her or the fact that she enjoys the feel of his eyes on her and his silent pursuit of her in the clubs each night.
When Kristina finally gets a taste of Callum in a forbidden kiss, will she be strong enough to resist the allure of the vampire and his offer to share his bed for a week of unbridled, wild sex, or will she surrender to her own craving for the safety and passion she finds in his embrace?
ebook price: $2.99
genre: paranormal vampire romance
length: 35000 words
Book 2 in the Vampire Erotic Theatre series
Available in e-book from:
Amazon Kindle | Amazon Kindle UK | Amazon Kindle Germany | Amazon Kindle France | Smashwords |
March 7, 2012
Feeling Lucky Giveaway Hop
Feeling Lucky Giveaway Hop is hosted by I Smell Sheep and Fictional Candy .
Feeling Lucky Giveaway Hop runs from 12:01am March 7th through to 11:59pm March 13th 2012. My giveaway is open internationally so everyone can participate.
THE PRIZESOne ebook copy of Covet , plus signed book cover postcards, bookmarks and romance trading cardsOne ebook copy of Her Dark Angel , plus signed book cover postcards, bookmarks and romance trading cards
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March 5, 2012
Wallpapers - March features Crave from my Vampire Erotic Theatre romance series!
March's wallpaper celebrates the release of the next book in my already extremely popular
Vampire Erotic Theatre romance series
, Crave! Crave will be out on March 10th, so not long to wait now.
You can download the desktop wallpaper for March in various sizes direct from my website. There's also a version of each wallpaper without the calendar element so you can have them on your desktop at your leisure.
Just click on the sample image of the wallpaper below to go to my site and find the size right for you!
If you want wallpapers with or without a calendar, I have them available for my books in the Goodies section of my website. At the moment, I have ones available for: Prophecy Trilogy, Heart of Darkness, Hunter's Moon, Love Immortal, Her Guardian Angel, Forbidden Blood, Ascension and Covet.
Yummy!
You can download the desktop wallpaper for March in various sizes direct from my website. There's also a version of each wallpaper without the calendar element so you can have them on your desktop at your leisure.
Just click on the sample image of the wallpaper below to go to my site and find the size right for you!
If you want wallpapers with or without a calendar, I have them available for my books in the Goodies section of my website. At the moment, I have ones available for: Prophecy Trilogy, Heart of Darkness, Hunter's Moon, Love Immortal, Her Guardian Angel, Forbidden Blood, Ascension and Covet.
Yummy!
February 20, 2012
Manday Hotties - get your Monday mancandy fix!
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 the start of another week and the weather is getting better, and the spring flowers are beginning to colour up the garden. I have my ear operation on Thursday so I definitely need some cheering up this week, so I'm handing it over to my favourite Josh Kloss shots...
I already feel better... Gads, I love that last one. He is still how I picture Valentine in my Vampires Realm series... oh, and sexy serratus muscles alert in #4, *purr*
Don't forget to clicky click him to make him bigger!
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February 19, 2012
Sunday Snippets - Scenes from my Paranormal Romance Books
Today's Sunday Snippet is from the first book in my Her Angel romance series , Her Dark Angel .
Her Dark Angel is the story of Apollyon, a powerful angel who has spent the past few centuries guarding the bottomless pit in Hell to stop the Devil from escaping, and a beautiful petite Parisian witch, Serenity, who accepts his help in gaining revenge on a cheating ex-lover.
In this scene, Apollyon and Serenity are having a night on the town to make her ex, Edward, notice that she has a new beau.
"Do you think we should dance?" There was a nervous edge to her expression and her gaze flickered past him, over his shoulder.
"Is he still watching?" Apollyon could already feel the man's gaze on his back.
She nodded.
"Then we should definitely dance."
She hesitated. "Is it okay to dance... to do any of this?"
How many times was she going to ask him the same question? His answer wasn't going to change. Whatever she wanted, he would do it.
Apollyon took hold of her hand, stood and walked around the table to her. His smile seemed to give her the answer that she was looking for, bringing another dark blush to her cheeks, and she slipped from her stool and followed his lead towards the dance floor.
The music was heavier now, harder, and slower. The people on the dance floor were bordering on clothed sex again and, for a moment, he wondered if it really was a good idea. He wasn't sure where a dance would lead, but the look in Serenity's eyes said that wherever it took them, it wasn't pretend.
He pulled her into his arms, so her hands were against his chest, and stood there with her, looking down into her wide eyes. Her pupils dilated, darkening her irises, full of passion and hunger that he could feel beating in her heart.
Whenever she let go of her nerves and of the fact that he was an angel, she was more confident, sensual in her movements and almost flirtatious in her air around him. He wanted her like that now, and not because it would make Edward jealous to see it.
Apollyon slid his hands down to her waist from her ribs, and over her hips. She felt too good beneath his touch. Her eyelids slipped to half-mast and her palms pressed against his chest, not on his suit but on his armour. Did she like the feel of his hands on her?
He tightened his grip on her hips and drew her against him, starting to move slowly to the heavy beat. Her hands slid up over his breastplate and then over his collarbones towards his neck. He shivered when she lightly swept her fingers across his shoulders, and stepped into him, her body moving against his. Each time they brushed, each step that had them rubbing against each other, drove him a little farther towards the edge of control.
Serenity slipped her hands around the back of his head, twirled the dark hair of his ponytail around her slender fingers, and then settled them against the nape of his neck. He shifted his hands, easing them around her back, until they met in the small of it, feeling the way her hips moved as she danced with him. Her leg slid between his and his between hers, and her eyes half-closed again when he brushed the apex of her thighs. He groaned and moved closer to her, eager to feel the whole of her body against his, his thoughts diving down routes they hadn't traversed in a long time. How good would she look naked? He wanted to explore every supple inch of her with his mouth and hands, wanted to worship her body until she cried his name and collapsed into his arms.
Apollyon stepped back a little, unable to bear the torture and needing a moment to breathe. He was too close to letting go.
Serenity stared into his eyes, hers full of invite, asking him to give in to her. He would do so willingly if he could be sure that this wasn't an act. It was a charade, nothing more than pretend so they would make Edward jealous. That was all it was.
So why did it feel so good to have her in his arms?
She ran her hands down over his biceps, slowly, her gaze following her right hand as it traced the curves of his muscles, and her heart beating faster, as though exploring his body excited her. Her eyes darkened and he could feel the hunger in her, could sense the growing need.
Why did his body burn wherever she touched?
His gaze flickered to her mouth.
And why couldn't he keep his eyes off her cherry red lips and his mind off how good it would feel to dip his head and kiss her?
I hope you enjoyed this Sunday Snippet!
Her Dark Angel is available in ebook from all major retailers and also available as part of an anthology paperback with the other two novellas in the series. It's also available in Spanish. Visit my site for more details of the Spanish edition. Here's some links for the English ebook and paperback versions...
Available in e-book from:
Author's website | Amazon Kindle | Amazon Kindle UK | Amazon Kindle Germany | Amazon Kindle France | Apple iBookstore USA | Apple iBookstore UK | Apple iBookstore Australia | Apple iBookstore Canada | Barnes and Noble | Kobo Books | Sony Reader Store | Smashwords | All Romance eBooks
Available in paperback from:
Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Barnes and Noble
