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The Naughty List–Mass Market Re-Release

As of today, my Christmas anthology, THE NAUGHTY LIST, is now available in mass market form (re-release!). Yay! Just in time to curl up and have a sexy read for the holidays.

Originally released last September, THE NAUGHTY LIST includes holiday stories from Donna Kauffman, Susan Fox, and, yep, me:

Deck the halls with white-hot passion!

Donna Kauffman: Naughty But Nice

Businessman Griffin's never believed in luck…until sassy-sweet small-town baker Melody turns his world around. Except there's a catch: There's no way he'll be able to build his empire and hold on to her. His new "lucky charm" could destroy all his dreams…or make this Christmas better than he ever imagined possible…

Cynthia Eden: All I Want for Christmas

Good girl toy inventor Christie takes a walk on the naughty side when she sparks a no-strings fling with Santa—actually, sexy cop Jonas in a Santa suit. She loves her new "bad girl" persona, except as the holidays approach, she starts falling, and hard, for this known' "love 'em and leave 'em" ladies man…

Susan Fox: Tattoos and Mistletoe

Charlie returns to her hometown to fix up her aunt's B&B, but she doesn't count on LJ handling the renovations. Nerdy LJ pined for her in school, but now he's grown into the town's hottest bachelor. Charlie's been burned before and won't let him get close. But LJ's determined to break down her walls and make her dearest Christmas wish come true.

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The re-release of this book now has me humming holiday carols.  Who knows what will happen next? The book might put me in the mood to tackle some early Christmas shopping!

Hope you have a fantastic day!

October!! Katie Reus! Fun! Awesome Prize!

Okay, I know…that is a crazy subject line, right? But it's October and I LOVE October.  There's a chill in the air, spooky stories are spilling from everyone's lips, and Halloween fun is just waiting to be had! Since I am such a Halloween fan, expect lots of paranormal posts this month. Guest authors, prizes, Halloween recipes, scary movie recaps.  Party time.

And to get the Halloween fun going, my guest today is the very talented Katie Reus. I love Katie's work, and I adore Katie–she's a sweetheart and soon to be my ghost hunting partner-in-crime (ahem, more about that later). For now…here's Katie!

Thank you so much to the wonderful Cynthia Eden for having me here today! As a fellow paranormal author and ghost hunting buddy, it's always fun to blog at her place.

I fell in love with romance through romantic suspense so it's only natural that once I figured out writing was for me, that would be the genre I started out writing. But the more I wrote, the more I read and a few years ago I discovered there was more to romance than suspense (seriously, I had no idea!). Once I discovered paranormal romance, this amazing world opened up to me. But I never in a million years (that's what I get for using the word never) thought I would write paranormal. I mean, yeah, I loved reading it, but actually writing it? Luckily, the more I fought it, the more I craved writing about paranormal creatures. It was the world building that eventually sucked me in. I love the research part of romantic suspense (and still have to research for paranormal romance) but actually getting to create my own world with my own rules? I finally caved and I'm so glad I did. If I hadn't, I wouldn't have written DESTINED MATE, my first release from Harlequin Nocturne Cravings (the second comes out next year). So what's it about?

Almost a century ago, Angela Lavigne and Alpha werewolf Knox had a shared passion neither could control. Then Angela was turned into a vampire and disappeared.

The last thing Knox expects is for Angela to show up on his doorstep on a rescue mission, as sexy and irresistible as ever. And he can sense how much she still wants him, too. She's gone against both their species' rules and trespassed on his land. By law he can keep her as long as he wants—and Knox doesn't intend to let her go ever again.

As their desire explodes once again, Knox is more sure than ever that he's must claim her forever. But as vampire and werewolf, they are natural born enemies. Can she truly be his destined mate?

Warning: Expect a red-hot shower scene, a smartass heroine who isn't afraid to use her teeth and an alpha wolf who's willing to fight anyone and anything to keep his vampire lover by his side.

What's your favorite thing about paranormal romance? One commenter will win a copy of Destined Mate. (Contest open to all readers, 18 years or older, who are legally allowed to participate in such a contest as allowed by their local laws. By participating in the contest, participants agree to be bound by the decision of the contest sponsor, Katie Reus.)

A little about me: I've been reading romance since I discovered my mom's hidden stash at a young age and the addiction stayed with me into adulthood. I write paranormal romance and sexy romantic suspense. My publishing houses include Carina Press, Harlequin Nocturne, and in early 2012 the first book in my paranormal series will release from NAL/Signet Eclipse. To learn more about me please visit my website, my blog, facebook or find me on twitter @katiereus.

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And by the way…Katie will be hosting some an awesome Halloween party over at her blog.  Here are the details hope you can join the fun!

It's Chat Day!

I'll be chatting today at Literal Addiction–here are the details:

The Live Chat will run from 4:00 – 6:00pm EST (3-5pm Central/2-4pm Mountain/1-3pm Pacific) in the Literal Addiction Author Chatroom.

Prizes are up for grabs–oh, yes, they are:  books, ARCs, and a $20 Amazon.com gift certificate.

Can't make the chat?  Then you can check out my interview on Literal Addiction or on Book Monster Reviews.  You can comment on those posts to be included in the prize giveaways.

I hope that you have a fantastic Saturday!

Chat On Saturday!!

Hi, everyone!  I'll be chatting at the Literal Addiction Paranormal Book Club this Saturday (September 22nd) at 4 PM Eastern time. If you're free then, come and join the on-line chat!  There will be prizes given away–books, ARCs–come on, do you want to miss that?

Here's a link to the chat:

http://www.literaladdiction.com/contact-us.php/

Just scroll down to the bottom to see the LITERAL ADDICTION AUTHOR CHAT link.

Have a great day!

ANGEL OF DARKNESS–Interview & Giveaway

Hi, everyone!! Today I'm over at Good Choice Reading–there's an ANGEL OF DARKNESS interview posted & an ARC giveaway is going on! So if you want to enter the giveaway, head over and join the fun.

Have a great day!

BOUND IN DARKNESS–A very big Thank YOU!!!

When I woke up this morning, BOUND IN DARKNESS had broken the top 100 list at Barnes & Noble (it was at 88 then, but those numbers may have shifted by the time you read this).  Wow–I was thrilled!! And I want to extend my thanks to all of the wonderful readers who have given BOUND IN DARKNESS a try. I want to thank everyone who has reviewed my .99 novella. Everyone who has helped to spread the word about its release–THANK YOU!!   Readers, bloggers, reviewers–thank you.

I appreciate all the reads and all the shout-outs.  You are so wonderful–thank you!

And enjoy your weekend!!

.99 Paranormal Novella

The Good, The Bad, and the Unread

The lovely ladies from  The Good, The Bad, and the Unread are helping to spread the word about the ENTANGLED anthology!! I'd like to send a HUGE cyber thank you to Sandy, Sybil, and Ash for all of their assistance. If you head over to The Good, The Bad, and the Unread, you'll find special posts written by the ENTANGLED authors and ENTANGLED excerpts.

(My friend Liz wrote a post that I'd love for everyone to see:  Why This Anthology Matters To Me. Liz is is one of the bravest and strongest ladies I know, and she always inspires me. )

Release Day Contests

Thank you for helping me to celebrate my double ebook release day! I appreciate all the great comments, Tweets, & emails that I received. Thank you!

All of the release day giveaways are now closed. I'll be picking the winners and listing them at the top of each post (unless the guest author prefers to pick her own winners and in that case, we'll still post the names at the top of the posts). Winners will also receive emails with prize claim information.

I hope you're having a wonderful Tuesday!!

Thank you.

Thank you so much for coming by and helping me to celebrate the release of both ENTANGLED and BOUND IN DARKNESS. I'm going to leave all the contests open until noon (Central time) on 9/13/11, so be sure you go back and check through the posts. Each post has at least one (often more) giveaways. So enter as many as you'd like!

I hope you have a fantastic week, and, again, thanks for helping me to celebrate!

(And thank you to all the wonderful guest authors who donated their time and their awesome goodies!!)

Let's Talk Sexy

(And if this blog post title doesn't get me a ton of weird spam responses, nothing will!)

But, let's talk sexy for a few moments. You know what I think is sexy?  A hot werewolf (cough, cough, Alcide from TRUE BLOOD). A sexy vampire (ahem, Eric, please–again, TRUE BLOOD). Can you tell what I've been watching lately?  What can I say?  With the finale last night, I just have TRUE BLOOD on my mind.

So for the next giveaway, how about we do something sexy?  An Eric poster, for one lucky commenter.

And is it any wonder that I've got vampires & werewolves on my mind?

Now tell me…what's on your mind?

.99 Paranormal eBook