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The Death Of Real Suspense In Romantic Suspense These Days

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The Romantic Suspense genre used to be a well-mannered, narrowedly defined genre with predictable novels and heroines you could depend upon to behave a certain way so that the hero could rescue them in the nick of time from certain types of situations that would thrill you to the fingertips as you flipped through the pages to The End.

Not these days.

The problem is that paranormal romance went and got itself super popular.  So the romantic suspense genre...

"Richly Detailed" HEART OF VENGEANCE, Plus Another Review (They Keep Arriving!)

Siren Book Reviews surprised me with this very nice 4.5 star review recently for Teal's erotic urban fantasy romance, Beauty's Beasts:

Beauty's Beasts is a great story with interesting characters. Teal Ceagh's vampires are different in this story, for they are not so focused on bloodlust. Rather, they are more focused on everyday relationship problems that the century's old vampire might encounter. It was refreshing to see the more "humanistic" characteristics show through in these...

Vampire Powers – Part 2: Blood Drinking

Vampire PowersPart 2: Blood Drinking

The quintessential factor that makes vampires what they are is their fangs.  Stick a pair of dollar store plastic fantastic fangs in your mouth and smile and everyone knows what you're pretending to be.  No other prop is necessary.

A vampire's fangs are what pierce a human's flesh quickly and with the least amount of fuss.  Human skin is quite tough, and the membrane that protects the arteries is also surprisingly resistant.  A vampire needs something sharp ...

Kelly Jamieson Here On Friday and You Can Win

Ellora's Cave author Kelly Jamieson will do a guest spot here on Friday to mark the launch of her newest title, Power Struggle.

Kelly will also be giving away one copy of any of her backlist titles, reader's choice, as a gift for the day.

Stop by and say hello to be in the running and to get to know Kelly.

Friday!

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Tori is the vice president of her company. Her career is all about being in charge, solving problems, making decisions. But in the bedroom she likes to give up control. She...

Excerpt Tres for BLUE KNIGHT

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Despite the fact that I haven't even got a release date yet, I've managed to bombard you guys with three excerpts for Blue Knight already.  Not to shabby, huh? ~grin~

Today's makes number three and the third in this Monday series.  Next week I'll move onto another series.

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Held hostage by the Insurrectos for weeks and forgotten by the world, Olivia has watched Daniel bed everyone women but her, who he can't see. Daniel lives dangerously and is forced to use h...

Erotic Publisher Roundup: Loose ID

Loose-ID was established in 2004 and has been in continous operation since that date.  The name is pronounced "lucid."

The front page interface is pretty clean and simple.

Site: http://www.loose-id.com/

Erotic romance?: Loose-ID are 100% erotic romance. 

Print and Ebook?: Yes, they do both, and there is a separate listing for their print books.

Covers: Loose ID do unbranded covers (every cover is unique).  I did see two or three of the dreaded Poser covers (computer generated people), but...

This Week in 1100 A.D.

Medieval romances tend to stick with the thirteenth century and the later medieval period, when knights glittered, ladies were pampered and chivalry was at its most developed and complicated.  Thanks to the third and fourth crusades, the battling Plantagenets (who had the coolest and most romantic family name on the planet, right there), a really sexy and ruthless French king, siege engines and some surprisingly advanced technology for the time and even more, it's hard to take your eyes off t...

Amy Redwood Sins With Intent

Today we get to know Amy Redwood a lot better.

Amy is new(ish) to the cave.  Sinful Intentions is her fourth title with Ellora's Cave, and she has kindly offered a copy of one of her other titles, Midsummer Charm, as a gift to a commentor, to be drawn by random number generator.  I'll close the draw on Wednesday August 11 at midnight MST and announce the winner on Thursday, August 12.

Let's talk to Amy.

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What is your favourite novel cover (can be from anywhere)?

I don't have a...

Winner of the Berengaria Brown Book of Your Choice draw.

Berengaria Brown, erotic romance author with Ellora's Cave, who was guest author here on Friday, kindly offered an ecopy of any one of her backlist to a commentor.

The winner was Sue G., who has been contacted by email.

Congratulations, Sue!

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It's Just A Job. Part 2, Centaurs

Centaurs

Wikipedia says that:

In Greek mythology, the centaurs (from Ancient Greek: Kéntauroi) are a composite race of creatures, part human and part horse. In early Attic and Boeotian vase-paintings, as on the kantharos (illustrated below left), they are depicted with the hindquarters of a horse attached to them; in later renderings centaurs are given the torso of a human joined at the waist to the horse's withers, where the horse's neck would be.

This half-human and half-animal composition...