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Putting the “Normal” into Paranormal Romance with Lisa M. Airey

Putting the “Normal” into Paranormal RomanceLisa M. Airey, Author, “Touching the Moon”
Like many, I read to relax. I read as a stress-buster. I enjoy supernatural and paranormal elements in a novel especially when built into a supernatural/paranormal world because the abnormal is normal in that construct.  But I take special issue with novels in which everyday folk living within an everyday reality embrace the paranormal/supernatural as if all the weirdness were mundane occurrences. “Oh, you’re a vampire/leprechaun/faerie/werewolf. Cool!”I’m not buying. Normalcy goes a long way into making a novel, especially a paranormal novel, believable. Most readers of the paranormal genre have no problem suspending their disbelief. I don’t either. Patricia Briggs and Charlaine Harris are two of my favorite authors. I love the worlds that they have created. Their main characters are, above all things, “normal” even when belonging to another reality altogether. They have jobs, broken relationships and struggle to pay bills. When trouble comes, there is no Deus Ex Machina; they deal.Likewise, when their human characters are confronted with the paranormal/supernatural aspects of the story, there is shock, denial and fear as they try to reassemble themselves within a world they didn’t know existed. As a result, the paranormal elements of the story become all the more believable. It’s a technique that works. In “Touching the Moon”, the protagonist, Julie is devastated to find out that her love interest is a lycanthrope. She shares her shattered reality in this scene:Cole looked up as she walked through the office door Monday morning and did a double take. Despite the rouge and the cover-up, Julie looked shattered and haunted.“We’ve got a few minutes. Why don’t we talk?” he said in an avuncular manner. Julie joined him wordlessly and took a seat. “What happened this weekend?” Cole asked, handing her a cup of coffee.She looked up at him, trying desperately to keep control of her emotions. She didn’t know what to say, so she spoke the truth. “Met that tiger in the jungle,” she whispered.“From the looks of it, the encounter didn’t go so well,” he said softly.She brushed away a tear.“Have you been hurt, Julie?”She shook her head “no”.“You look very upset.”She looked at him with a ravaged soul. “I thought I was a tough cookie,” she said, taking a deep and shaky breath.“You are a tough cookie” They both fell silent, and Cole waited for her to collect herself.“You know, they teach us that the sky is blue.” She looked out the window. “All our lives we are told that the sky is blue. I see it with my own eyes. But it isn’t really blue, is it? It’s black. Space is black. Our atmosphere is just an illusion.”“Julie.”“I’m not handling this new reality very well.”“What can I do?”She worked very hard at a smile. “Nothing, Cole, but thank you so much for asking.” She took a ragged breath. “I’ve got some things I need to work out and I’ve got to figure this one out all by myself. I think that I’m over the worst of it. I hope that I’m over the worst of it.” She wiped away another tear. “Right now I’m just trying to get myself back in the saddle, so to speak.”“Well, young lady, anytime you need a leg-up, you just holler. I’m here to listen too, if you need an ear.”“I appreciate that.” She expected polite respect, but what she saw was complete understanding. She was rather confused by this. Their eyes met wordlessly.“I’m right here Julie.”She was so fractured. “I don’t know what to do.”He waited. “Can you give me a little more to go on?”“I really like the tiger.”“Ah. Well, can you like the tiger from a distance? Would that work? You don’t have to go into the jungle if you don’t want to.”“I’m already in the jungle.”“Can you get out?”“I’m not sure…and I’m not sure that I want to get out.”“What does your heart tell you, Julie?”“It tells me to hang in there.”“Then hang in there, okay?”She nodded.“Hey,” he said softly. “I happen to know a little bit about tigers. I’ve lived here all my life. You know, I’ve run into a few myself on occasion.”“I’m not sure that we’re talking about the same thing,” Julie said carefully. “I’m not really talking about tigers.”     “Neither am I,” said Cole meaningfully. “If I’m on the right page, Julie, and I think that I am, I don’t think you need to be afraid of your tiger. You just need to get used to the fact that he’s a tiger. Does that help?”

What do you think? Does such a scene make the “unbelievable” element of the story more believable?

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Touching the MoonLisa M. Airey
Genre: Romantic Suspense with a Paranormal Twist
Publisher: Aakenbaaken & Kent, NY
ISBN: 978-1-938436-05-5ASIN: B00A6GM0X8
Number of pages: 272Word Count: 89K
Cover Artist: www.reese-winslow.com
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Book Description:
A gifted healer with a genetic secret and a haunted past, Julie Hastings takes her new veterinary degree to South Dakota hoping to bury memories of a physically abusive stepfather and unprotective mother.
Although intending to lead a quiet life, she finds herself relentlessly pursued by two unwelcome suitors: the Chief of Police and a powerful member of the Sioux Indian Nation.
The man she chooses shatters her world-view.
Her stepfather taught her that not all monsters run on four legs. Now Julie must face another truth—some beasts are good.
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About the Author:
Lisa has worked in the wine industry for 20 years, the most recent eight in education with the Society of Wine Educators and the French Wine Society. In these roles, she has authored and/or edited wine study manuals and developed or expanded certification programs for the wine trade.
In her free-time, she writes fiction...naturally, with a glass of wine at the elbow.
She is a Maryland Master Gardener and puts that training into practice in her sizable vegetable garden. To assist her, she has recruited the services of a very helpful staff: two Chinese geese, two mini-Rex rabbits and 2,000 red wigglers (worms)…all of which are “master composters”. An adopted feral cat guards the perimeters and keeps the groundhogs at bay. She resides in Monkton, Maryland.
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Creatures of Habit with Giovanna Lagana

We are so different and yet the same. Our imaginations and our thoughts make us different, but our emotions and environment make us the same. We are all creatures of habit, whether we accept it or not. We all have something we do on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis that if we were to deviate from would fill us with dread or unease. The only difference is to what degree.
I’m an avid creature of habit. If I don’t have my strongly caffeinated coffee the minute I awaken each morning, odds are I’ll be in an irritable mood for most of the morning. The same goes with getting a good night’s rest. I need my six to seven hours of sleep each night, too little or too much and then everything is out of balance the next day.
When it comes to my writing, well that gets complicated. It’s great to be a creature of habit as long as your habits are healthy, beneficial, productive, etc. But when they aren’t, then there lies the problem. When it came to my writing and work, I noticed that my attention span was getting shorter and shorter and I didn’t understand why. I thought it was caused by writer’s block. But although this did factor into it, I noticed that when I was freed of writer’s block, my attention span was still not like it used to be.
I blamed it on getting older. I thought the older we get the harder it is to concentrate on something for long periods of time. The same thing with our memories. The older we got, the more we forgot. But then I thought of my grandmother, who at the age of 91 still had the memory and mind of a woman in her twenties. She had what is called exact memory or total recall and could remember the exact time and date when she bought her living room sofa some forty years ago. And what was shocking was she could remember when we bought ours, or when I lost my first tooth. Minor things that slip our minds as time passes. But she remembered it all, accurately, the minor and the extremely important. Precisely everything.
I know I can never have my grandmother’s brilliant mind, but maybe I could get back the brain I used to have. The one where I could concentrate on something for over an hour and not become distracted, where I could remember an appointment without having to write it down in my electronic calendar.
I looked at my daily habits for the cause and the remedy. What was I doing differently in recent years that I wasn’t doing before? It was obvious, web surfing. I had picked up a bad habit of web surfing on my writing and work breaks. I thought reading daily entertainment and worldly news would recharge me and help me focus on my work at hand. It did initially, but the truth be told, as time progressed, it hampered my productivity and my focus. How?
Well, the fact that I could jump from one news or entertainment article to the next with a click of a button. So easy, so addictive, and so distracting. Do that once or twice and that’s okay. But when it becomes a domino effect, well, then that not only zaps your time away, but it changes your thinking patterns. Thanks to web surfing, my attention span and focus were shortening.
So I decided to curb this bad habit once and for all. I am staying clear of the Internet when I write or work. My Internet connection is closed until the evening hours. What do I do now on my work breaks? I meditate. I close my eyes and cleanse my mind and body with deep breathing and relaxation exercises. I also use my recumbent bike and peddle for half an hour at a time. So far, so good. I see the positive results. My attention span is expanding as is my physical endurance. As for my memory, well that is the same. But I think that it’s due to another bad habit I picked up these past few years, and that’s I’m always posting reminders in my electronic calendar. It has become one of my daily lifelines. And that’s my big mistake.
After all, our brain is an organ and like all organs if we don’t use it to its full capacity, then it becomes less productive. And thanks to my bad habits, that’s what happened to me. But I’m changing that one day at a time, changing my bad habits to good ones and in turn hopefully getting my memory and my writing and work focus I used to have years ago.

How about you? Are there any bad habits you want to change to good ones? 




BegottenThe Forsaken PropheciesGiovanna Lagana
Genre: Paranormal romantic suspenseMystery/Thriller
ASIN: B00H0M7PLI
Number of pages: 324Word Count: 78280
Cover Artist: Ghislain Mallet
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In the blink of an eye Megan Johnson’s perfect life turns into a nightmare. Her beloved husband mysteriously dies in a car crash and her fourteen-year-old son, Tristan, runs away with a diabolical cult leader named Vincent Hellion. Her world is spiraling to destruction. She leans on her husband’s best friend, Rhett Foster, for support and help. But when feelings she thought she never had for Rhett begin to surface and unknown psychic powers possess her, she becomes more confused than ever. She tries to push her feelings for Rhett aside and focus on her visions to save her son before it’s too late.
Rhett Foster has loved Megan for so long. But he never confessed his feelings to her because his best friend was her husband. Now that her husband is dead, he struggles with his conscience. Should he tell Megan how he really feels or should he honor his best friend's memory?
Megan's desperate quest to find and free her son sets them both on a path of love, danger, and renewal. If they return, their lives will be changed forever.


About the Author:
Giovanna Lagana is a freelance author. Some of her short stories and poems have been featured in magazines like Tales of the Talisman, Short-Story.Me, Static Movement, and Fear and Trembling Magazine, etc.
To learn more about Giovanna and her writing, please check her website at: www.giovannalagana.com
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VAMPIRES NEED NOT...APPLY? by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

VAMPIRES NEED NOT...APPLY? by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff 
March 25, 2014; 
Forever Mass Market; $8.00
Impending apocalypse.  Check.
Leaders of the gods' army captured.  Check.  Check.
Three slightly ticked off women now charged with saving the world while the gods fall apart, the good vampires go on holiday, the bad guys are popping up everywhere.  Check.  Check. Check.
Help is on the way.  Check?

Meet Dr. Antonio Acero, a world-renowned physicist whose life is about to take a turn for the worst.  And the bizarre.  While on vacation in southern Mexico, Antonio discovers an ancient Mayan tablet.  Local legends say it contains magical properties, properties that could put his stalling research on the map. But is this really his lucky break?  When Antonio attempts to put the tablet to use, he'll discover that Fate has other plans.  And her name is Ixtab.

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Excerpt:

New Year’s Day. New York City               “Save me. Please save me.”               “Dammit. Where are you?” Thirty-four-year-old Antonio Acero frantically searched the dark, empty, cavernous room, helplessly listening to the woman’s cries.               “Time is running out. You must work faster,” she wailed.               “I am doing everything I can,” he called out, his voice bouncing off the bare, smooth walls. “But I can’t get to you. If you just tell me…” Two catlike eyes punched through the darkness, sucking the words from his mind. He wanted to see more of her, to touch her. He felt like he might become the one who needed saving if he did not.               “Save me. Please save me,” the woman repeated. “Time is running out. I have the answers you need, but you must work faster. Destiny—”               Antonio catapulted from his deep slumber, dripping in cold sweat. “Puta madre, ” he whispered and flipped on his stainless steel reading lamp. It had been the same damned nightmare every night for the last month. Ever since he’d found that fucking tablet in Mexico. Or had it found him?               Doesn’t matter. It’s what you were looking for, the answer to your prayers.               “Everything all right, baby?” A silky arm slipped out from beneath the steel-gray satin sheets and rubbed his bare thigh.               “Uh… yeah. Sure.” He looked down at the mop of brown hair. Her face was as obscure as her name.               Mierda. What was he doing? It didn’t matter how many women he brought home, he couldn’t wash her—the woman in his dreams—from his mind.               He slid from bed and plucked his discarded tee and boxer briefs from the floor. On his way to the kitchen, he slipped them on and tried not to punch something.               Dammit. The dreams were only getting worse, more vivid, more frantic with every passing night.               He yanked open the fridge, pushed past the Odwallas and beer, and grabbed the soy milk. He knew this madness didn’t make sense, but what the hell did that matter? The dreams kept coming. Scotch—the good stuff—sex, hypnosis didn’t matter. Every night she came. Every night he woke. Every day he worked and didn’t stop until his mind reached exhaustion. And even then, he couldn’t stop thinking about the tablet.               Or her…
               Shit. What was happening to him?

About the author: 
Before taking up a permanent residence in the San Francisco Bay Area, Mimi spent time living near NYC (became a shopaholic), in Mexico City (developed a taste for very spicy food), and Arizona (now hates jumping chollas, but pines for sherbet sunsets). Her love of pre-Hispanic culture, big cities, and romance inspires her to write when she's not busy with kids, hubby, work, and life...or getting sucked into a juicy novel.

She hopes that someday leather pants for men will make a big comeback and that her writing might make you laugh when you need it most.

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Blitz The Submission Gift by Solace Ames

The Submission GiftLA DomsBook 2 (stand-alone)Solace Ames
Genre: Erotic Romance, Ménage
Publisher: Carina Press
Date of Publication: March 24, 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4268-9828-0.ASIN: B00GKBIPLY
Number of pages: 254Word Count: 100,000
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Newlyweds Jay and Adriana had a happy marriage and a spectacular sex life—until tragedy struck. Wounded in a car accident, Jay spent a year recuperating while Adriana worked overtime as a chef to pay their bills. Though he’s made nearly a full recovery, some aspects of their intimate play will never be the same. It’s a small price to pay, all things considered.
But when a long struggle with the insurance company results in an overdue payout, Jay has a plan. He’ll take some of it and hire a high-end rent boy who specializes in sexual dominance. Not for him, but as a gift for Adriana, for taking care of him for the past twelve months.
Paul is the handsome stranger they choose…and the one who changes everything. What starts out as a onetime session to fulfill a fantasy turns into something bigger than all of them. But when the money runs out and Paul’s dangerous past resurfaces, the sacrifices required to stay together may end up tearing them apart…


About the Author:
Solace Ames has roots in the Southeast US, although her heart lives somewhere along the Pacific coast of Mexico. She's worked in restaurants, strip clubs, academia and the corporate world and studied everything from the philosophy of science to queer theory to medieval Spanish literature. Rejecting neat categories, her writing sprawls across genres and genders and swings from high art to low art, marching with the erotic avant-garde, tongue sometimes in cheek and at other times... well. Along with writing, education and political activism are her passions. Family takes up most of her time, but she loves to keep learning.
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Review of Wild Things: Chicagoland Vampires Book 9 by Chloe Neill

Wild Things by Chloe Neill
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Another fabulous installment of the Chicagoland Series. Book 9 and we're treated with more mystery, more drama, and a lot more sizzle between Merit and Ethan...and we finally get a more in depth look at the shifter world we've only seen bits and pieces of before.

The mayor has it in for Ethan. After the big blowout he has with GP members on Cadogan property- which resulted in the death of one of them in the previous book- she has something to use against him- even if the police decided it was self defense the major is using it to publicly lynch him and all the vampires.

Ethan and Merit leave town and end up outside Chicago in the home of wealthy shifters, one who happens to be Merit's old boyfriend. But it's not just the Breckenridge clan in residence, many members of the North American Central Pack are there for their annual Lupercalia celebration. Ethan, Merit, Mallory and Catcher get invited to participate in an event that not many non-shifters ever get to see.

Of course things go horribly wrong and they get blamed for it and once again are on the hunt to figure out who is behind the debacle so they can clear their names and deal with other troubling issues- like the Mayor and her "witch hunt" and torment of the local vampires and Cadogan's problems with the GP.

Once I started reading I do not want to put this book down. Twists, turns, questions, drama, and a healthy dash of sizzle blend in this book for a perfect page turning read.

I am looking forward to book ten coming out later this year.

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Cover Reveal The Tears of the Rose

The Tears of the RoseBook 2 of Twelve KingdomsJeffe Kennedy
Release Date December 2014

The Cowboy and the Vampire Reboot

Let ‘er buck!The Cowboy and the Vampire Reboot
The phrase “you can’t judge a book by its cover” is a lie. It’s a damn lie. People do it all the time. Art is truth.
To mark the upcoming May 2014 release of the third book in The Cowboy and the Vampire Collection, the series was treated to a gothic western makeover, with artwork commissioned exclusively for the series.
“We wanted to give readers something special and the new covers get right to the heart of the series,” said co-author Hays. “Go on and judge the books by these covers! They bring together the paranormal and the western elements perfectly, setting a dark tone with just a hint of the humor.”
“Each time you look at the images, you see something a bit different, even more of the opposites-attract romantic theme pops, and the overtones of simmering passion,” said co-author McFall.
Get caught up on the love between Tucker and Lizzie now before the release of book three. 

A Very Unusual Romance
The Cowboy and the Vampire
Book 1
Clark Hays and Kathleen McFall

“Deliciously dark.” – Booklist

Welcome to LonePine, Wyoming, where the best of the American west faces off against the rise of the undead. It’s a love story for the ages.

Worlds collide when a broke cowboy and a glamorous big city reporter fall lipstick over boot heels in love. But she carries a 2,000-year-old secret in her veins that will test their unusual romance.

Saddle up for a hilarious, existential gallop through the dying west with an army of ancient bloodsuckers in hot pursuit.




Blood and Whiskey
The Cowboy and the Vampire
Book 2
Clark Hays and Kathleen McFall

“Strong writing, funny characters … riveting.” – Kirkus Reviews 

Welcome back to LonePine, Wyoming. It’s like any other slowly dying town in the modern American West. Except it’s suddenly lousy with vampires.

Cultures clash as the vampire illuminati ride into town to settle ancient scores, test loyalties and thrash out a new world order. Can the fragile relationship between a cowboy and a vampire survive lust, betrayal and country music?

Grab the reins and hold on tight as Tucker and Lizzie stampede through rural America and across the vampire afterlife, desperate to protect their unlikely love.
A Tangled Publishing History

The first book of this series, A Very Unusual Romance, was published in 1999, long before the vampire craze. With comparisons to Anne Rice and Zane Grey, the book gained a devoted following with initial sales of more than 10,000 print units. Fast forward a decade, and the publisher (Llewellyn) brought out the book as a second edition in 2010, aiming to capitalize on the Twilightmega-hit. Meanwhile, the authors wrote the second book in the series — Blood and Whiskey — bringing it out under their own imprint (Pumpjack Press, 2012). In 2013, they gained the rights back for the original book, and now, with book three poised for publication in May 2014, the restored Cowboy and Vampireseries has been redesigned with exclusive art and is coming out for the first time in 15 years as a complete collection. Yippi-ki-yay!
About the Authors:

Between the two of them, Clark Hays and Kathleen McFall have worked in writing jobs ranging from cowboy-poet to energy journalist to restaurant reviewer to university press officer. After they met, their writing career took center stage when they wrote the first book in The Cowboy and the Vampire Collection as a test for marriage. They passed. Clark and Kathleen now live in Portland, Oregon.

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About the artist
When asked about his biggest artistic influences, Aaron Perkins says there are too many to name, but when pressed mentions Gustav Klimt, Modigliani and the full-on art deco and nouveau movements, abstraction expressionism and surrealism. Aaron is also a big fan of concert poster art. That heady and diverse collection of inspiration shows up in The Cowboy and Vampire Collection covers. Connect with the artist:
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Telling Tales
Charlotte SteinSourcebooks CasablancaISBN 9781402289590
Allie has held a brightly burning torch for Wade since college. They were part of a writing group together, and everything about those days with him and their friends Kitty and Cameron fills her with longing. When their former Professor leaves them his rambling mansion in his will, it's a chance for them to reunite. But there's more than friendship bubbling beneath the surface.
As secrets are revealed and relationships rekindled, the stories get dirtier and the stakes get higher. And now Allie's realized that she isn't quite sure who she wants…fun-loving Wade, or quiet, restrained Cameron. Neither have been honest about their feelings, and now they have the chance to act on all of the tales that ignite their most primal desires.
Excerpt:
“But anyway. Back to the sex--ghosts,” Wade says abruptly, as though maybe he spottedthe glittering coolbeneath Cameron’s steady stare too.Sadly, this only puts me in the spotlight again. I feel like a Vegas stripper,only without the feathers. Or spangly nipple--covers. Or skin.“I really have absolutely no idea what you guys are talking about.”“Your stories were always like that, Allie,”Kitty says, because she’s a goddamned traitor. “But it’s OK, ’cause mine were too.”OK, maybe not a traitor, exactly. Maybe more like a really evil partner in crime who drags you down with her, into disaster.In all my many dreams of how this reunionwould end up going—-minor explosions, someone killing someone else, nervous breakdowns—-none of this ever featured in even the tiniest, remotest sense. I didn’t even imagine myself ending up in bed with Wade, really, because whenever I let myself want somethingit almost never happens.DidI dothe opposite of wantingthis chat about sex stories?“Yeah, alsoguilty,” Wade says, and I rack my brain trying to think of where they crammed all this boiling lust into tales about being a pig who could fly (Kitty) and a cyborg from the future (Wade).Maybethe pigs and the cyborgs had a lot of sex I just don’t know about.“It’s OK, Cam, you don’t have to put your hand up for this one,” Wade adds, and my brain automatically makes an odd little dinging noise. As though it’s decided to tally up all the littledigs Wade’s going to get in about Cameron, for no apparentreason. “Everyone knows that you’renot a part of our dirty pervertsclub.”Seriously. Were they like this before?Because that last part seems even meaner than the first bit, as though Wade would like nothing better than to slice Cameron right out of our group forever, for some end I can’t quite see.I can’t see it so much that I’m compelled to say somethingin too big and too funny a voice,as though I can just smooth everything over by being ridiculous.“Hey, how do you know he’s not a dirty pervert?You seem really perverted to me, Cam, I swear.”By being really ridiculous. Because in truth, there isn’t a person on earth who seems less sexual than Cameron. I’m sure MotherTeresa was more adventurous with her lovers than Cameron is with his. In fact, now that I’m thinking about it…I’m not even sure I’ve ever seen him with someone Icould loosely term a “lover.”Heprobably has constant, epic sex with therobot girl he’s built.Annnnddd…now I feel mean. Especially when he then says: “Thank you, Allie. Your faith in my perverted--ness is very…welcomed.”He actually does seem heartened too. When I look at him he’s gettingreally close to smilingin this strange, almost--definitely--drunk way, and after a couple of long, weird moments have tickedby Ifind my mind rolling back and back to that word he used.Welcomed. And the pause he had before it, as though he had a couple of other contenders before he settled on something so mundane.Though for the life of me, I can’t think what other word he couldhave slotted in there. What replaces welcomed, easily? Pleased?Sweet?Andthen my brain throws up arousinglike an insane hiccup, and I move alongquickly.

“OK, so, maybe I liked to occasionally write about sex--ghosts,” I say, but it comes out less funny and more wounded than I intend.And Wade spots it, which is weird because he never used to. He neverused to know when I’d taken a mortal hit and was down for the count.“Hey, what’s the big deal?” he says, and there’sthis creamy, smooth note of conciliation in his voice that sounds weird. Weird, but not exactly unwelcome. “We’re all grown up now. We can be perverts if we want to be.”“I didn’t care about being a pervert before, quitefrankly,” Kitty says.Of course, my mind flicks to her bonking the living daylightsout of Martin Carruthers in the bed next to mine, in our tiny dorm room. ThoughI’ll admit, my mind sometimesgoes to her bonking the living daylightsout of Martin Carruthers when I’m busy plungingthe toilet or waiting for a kettle to boil, so it’s no realcommentary on the things we’retalking about now.“So where are the stories, Kit? The dirty stories, about something other than magic balloons that get lost?” Wadeasks, and Kitty heys!Then tries to hurl a cushionat him and fails, miserably.“I wrote loads more than kids stories,you doof. I wrote fabuloustales of rip--roaring sexual adventures thelikes of whichthe world has never seen.”Ican well believeher. One of her postcards just had the word “five--way” on it in big letters.
Is five--way evena word? I’m not sure and largelyfelt too afraid to ask.
About the Author Charlotte Stein: 
Award-winning author Charlotte Stein writes short stories, novellas, and novels. Her first novel, Control, was recently called “a non-stop crazy-hot sex book.” When not writing, she can be found watching terrible sitcoms eating jelly turtles. She lives with her husband and their imaginary dog in West Yorkshire.


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Interview with Angela McGurk

Can you tell readers a little bit about yourself and what inspired to write in this particular genre?
I’m a dreamer, reader, writer, watcher, designer and that really makes books an ideal ‘career’ for me as I can write, design book covers, and dream a thousand worlds and a thousand characters. As well as writing I run my own wedding stationery and graphic design business and my husband is a photographer (my cover photography is his work), we mesh nicely!
What inspired me to write in this genre? That’s quite a tough question because I’ve written in this genre since my early teens so I can’t really remember why. I’d say Buffy the Vampire Slayer has a lot to do with it and the mythology behind some of the ‘Vampire Alliance’ series comes from a story I first came up with when I was thirteen or fourteen and a huge Buffy fan. It is the background mythology, the story that will become a prequel set in ancient Rome, which developed all those years ago and stayed with me. That helped me develop my ‘world’ for my (predominantly) modern day series.
What is it about the paranormal, in particular vampires, that fascinates you so much?
I suppose immortality is a fascinating concept; the idea of permanent youth, having to adapt to changing centuries and changing societies, it offers a unique set of problems to explore. Plus, and maybe more intriguingly, vampire stories allow us to explore the darker side of human nature in safety. There’s seduction and murder, questionable morality, a range of dilemmas we’d never want to face in real life but are curious about in fiction. Vampires also provide an author with the ultimate monster, the ultimate predator, so that lets us develop heroes as well and we can adventure through a fantastic world which shows us both the best and worst of people.
What inspired you to write this book?
Allegiance: The Vampire Alliance Book Two was written because there was so much more to the story and the world than I could fit into Absolution: The Vampire Alliance Book One. It develops that story, takes it to new levels, and explains more of ‘why’ the events of Absolution happened while also giving the main character a wider set of problems.  The series as a whole, if I’m honest, was developed first and foremost because I’d read every vampire book in the paranormal romance and urban fantasy sections of my local bookshop. I needed a new story and wanted something gritty and local so I decided to write my own book. I quickly realized I had a story to tell, a story that incorporated a mythology I’d developed years ago. Then I realized that the story I wanted to tell needed more than one book to do it justice.
Please tell us about your latest release.
Allegiance follows a few months after Absolution ends, the vampire government are becoming ever more oppressive and Eve, the protagonist, once again finds the life she’s built crumbling at their hands. She’s left in a position where she’s mourning, fragile and still not completely aware of what’s going on around her. She has a lot to learn and a lot to overcome in Allegiance in order to become the person she has to be in Antithesis: The Vampire Alliance Book Three which will be released later in 2014.
Allegiance has a lot of darkness in it, but at its core it’s about loyalty, faith in those around you and being able to survive because of those bonds.
Do you have a special formula for creating characters' names? Do you try to match a name with a certain meaning to attributes of the character or do you search for names popular in certain time periods or regions?
Eve was named for the evening as I knew she’d ‘become’ a vampire. I know, how very corny. However, the more I write the more it suits her. There isn’t an intentional religious metaphor in the books but at times there almost seems to be. Eve tempts Rob and Tul to act in ways they previously would’ve considered to be forbidden, she offers forbidden fruit. Robert Blakethorn the Second was named for the time in which he was born, as the son of English landed gentry. Tulloch Sullivan was born in the same time period but was of Scots-Irish descent and a servant, so his name hints at both his ancestry and his status – it had to be a little less pretentious than Robert Blakethorn the Second.
Was one of your characters more challenging to write than another?
They were all challenging in the own way. I suppose Eve, the protagonist, was most challenging in that her behavior, driven as it is by grief and fear, is often questionable. It’s difficult to have a character behave questionably and write in a way which adequately explains why she’s doing it and why it’s the correct move.  Her emotionless chapters were really difficult to write; writing in first person without the benefit of emotions is not a task I will ever endeavor to complete again.
Is there a character that you enjoyed writing more than any of the others?
Again I have to say Eve because she does so many things you’d just never do in real life. She’s braver and stronger than me and I’ve lived vicariously through her. That said I also really enjoyed writing the boys, especially in the historical chapters.  Their lives, what happened in the past, influences so much of what happens to Eve and her values that it was really interesting developing their characters and how they interact with each other.
Do you have a formula for developing characters? Like do you create a character sketch or list of attributes before you start writing or do you just let the character develop as you write?
I didn’t have a formula or list of attributes but I knew I wanted Eve to be a walking contradiction until she found her confidence, her strength, her ‘self’. She had to be used, abused and world weary while retaining naivety. She had to be incredibly strong while also being afraid and breakable.
Tul had to be unerringly loyal. He’s really the backbone of the trio. He’s Eve’s strength, and for most of their lives he was Rob’s strength. He needed to be that character so that when his loyalties finally came into question it would create an interesting dynamic.
Rob had to embody a few different characteristics over the course of book one and two, going from self-entitled gentleman, to broken man, to cold a merciless drone.
Basically I knew what the story needed, developed a list of basic characteristic in my head as starting points and then let the characters grow organically in their roles. In this case that seemed to work.
What is your favorite scene from the book? Could you share a little bit of it, without spoilers of course?
That’s another tough one as I like a lot of scenes from Allegiance. It’s my favourite book in the series, I love the way the characters interact more in Allegiance than in Absolution and truthfully I don’t think I’ll love Antithesis until it’s re-drafted.  So, a favourite scene… My favourite would be too much of a spoiler I think, so perhaps my second favourite is a better choice. This is from chapter five:
Upton looks bored, picking at his fingernails without so much as acknowledging my arrival. Is his unconcerned appearance an act or had Donal lied? Is this another waste of my time just like when I’d gone to Upton with my bribe? But no, there’s Tul on his knees in front of a line of Enforcers. They won’t have brought him out here unless they’re willing to trade, right? 1352 stands at attention just behind him, features expressionless and eyes devoid of emotion. There’s so much wrong with the picture they paint. I’ve read Rob’s diary so I know what he and Tul should mean to each other. I suppose this picture is just further proof that 1352 is not Rob, not in any way that matters.Slate blue eyes meet mine as I climb down from the Range Rover, comprehension dawning through a fog of pain and starvation. I can see the denial in Tul’s expression as he asks softly, uncertainly, his voice heart-wrenchingly weak, “What are you doing?”I can’t bring myself to answer when I know any reply will cause a dispute. I just need to do this, to know he’s safe. “You agree with the trade?” I ask Upton, turning from Tul so I can’t see the denial in his expression even though I can feel it in his emotions.“Evie, no, don’t.” I hear Tul but I wish he wouldn’t implore me to stop. He is not the first to make such a plea. Does he really think he’ll have a greater chance of stopping me than Rob had when I offered to take his place?“You never understood it, did you?” I ask him softly and surprisingly without accusation. “Despite any evidence to the contrary I do love you just as much as I loved him. Everything I would have sacrificed to save him I’ll willingly sacrifice for you.”“You don’t need to do this to prove you love me,” he tells me urgently.Inexplicably under the circumstances his answer irritates me more than Donal’s snort of mocking laughter. “Don’t you do that Tulloch Sullivan, don’t you try and make this about me trying to prove something. I shouldn’t have to prove it. You can feel what I feel even if you don’t believe it. I’m trying to save your life, nothing more than that, because you are the only thing that matters to me.”
Did you find anything really interesting while researching this or another book?
Honestly I think the World War One history in book one was the most interesting thing to research. Trench life and the battles the soldiers were required to fight in were horrific, the loss of life was horrific. I had to research a number of battles for the book and it was fascinating at the same time as being very emotive.

 How does this world differ from our normal world?
The vampires have their own government and their society runs alongside but separate to the human world. They have their own politicians, their own laws, even their own police who are called ‘Enforcers’.  While humans in Britain live in a democracy, the vampires are oppressed by the dictatorship which has ruled since World War Two.
The struggle for freedom in the vampire world is the core ‘problem’ in the series. The Senate, the ruling (and only) political party in the vampire system is responsible for most of the heartbreak Eve faces, even as a human, because she became part of the vampire world when she married Rob who was, at the time, a ‘Chief’. Chiefs are local government officials in the Senate. 
Rather than opposition parties those who oppose the Senate have formed rebel gangs, groups of freedom fighters who rely on sympathetic parties and businesses to fund their anti-government activities. Some of the allegiances and business are questionable, such as drugs rings and brothels, but the aim of the gangs generally is to change the regime because there are no opposition parties. Some gangs would change the world for the better, some wouldn’t offer much improvement and some are open to Senate bribes.
The vampire underworld is quite dystopian in some way, there’s a civil war going on, yet it’s all hidden behind the human world.
With the book being part of a series, are there any character or story arcs, that readers jumping in somewhere other than the first book, need to be aware of? Can these books be read as stand alones?
The books can’t be read as stand alones, The Vampire Alliance series isn’t like many paranormal romance books where the focus switches between books or characters change. The series as a whole is a story in its own right, like Lord of The Rings, if you jump into book two you are going to skip a lot of important explanation and developments.  The history in book one is hugely important to what happens in book two.
Do any of your characters have similar characteristics of yourself in them and what are they?
I wouldn’t want to do any of what Eve does, but her strength, her determination, is what I would like to possess. She is, in some ways, my ideal version of myself but she isn’t me as such. Or perhaps it’s fair to say she’s an exaggeration of me, good and bad is exaggerated to the extremes.  I think it’s hard, as a writer, not to include aspects of yourself in your characters because you’re creating them.
Do you ever suffer from writer’s block? How do you deal with it?
Oh, goodness, yes! But in the case of the Vampire Alliance series I’ve always just pushed on through it. I’m taking a short break before I re-draft Antithesis but then I’ll have to push on through that too. Presently I’m trying to write something else to give myself a little Eve-free break but I have so many ideas I just can’t pick on to run with. I suspect I’ll get Antithesis done and then I’ll just have to pick a one and force myself to focus.

Do you write in different genres?
I do, although none of them have been published. I do dabble in historic fiction, sci-fi and fantasy. I’m focusing on paranormal romance and urban fantasy because it’s my favourite but I have ideas and first drafts written for far more than that.
Do you find it difficult to write in multiple genres?
No, not really. However, I also read different genres so my experience is wide and I enjoy a lot of genres. I read historical autobiographies for fun, so research isn’t an issue either. Coming from a family of Star Wars and Lord of the Rings geeks also feeds my love of sci-fi and fantasy.
When did you consider yourself a writer?
I’ve been a writer for as long as I can remember. Writing is a huge part of my life, of how I cope with life, and of me. As for considering myself an ‘author’ that’s a different matter. Part of me wants to consider myself an ‘author’ because I’ve sold books, because there are people on the other side of the world who’ve bought, read and enjoyed my writing. However, because I’m pretty much unknown and this series is my debut I don’t really think of myself as an author yet. Maybe it just sounds too pretentious to proclaim myself an author, I don’t know.
Other than writing, what are some of your interests, hobbies or passions in life?
Reading, I think that’s a must for a writer. I also love camping and kayaking (gentle kayaking, not the whitewater stuff – I’m not that brave). I do also love drawing and painting but I honestly don’t have time for it at the moment, not with a business to run, books to write and a toddler and a baby to chase!
What was the last amazing book you read?
Biting Cold by Chloe Neill, I love the Chicagoland Vampire series. I was trying to re-read them all before the Wild Things UK release date which, incidentally, is today as of two minutes ago (I’m writing this on 20th Feb at 00:02). Hopefully my answer to this will soon change to Wild Things by Chloe Neill! I need to get my Methan fix as soon as possible.
Where is your favorite place to read? Do you have a cozy corner or special reading spot?
Anywhere. I pretty much zone out when I’m reading, the result is that I can read just about anywhere and I’m happy as long as I have a world to immerse myself in.
What can readers expect next from you?
Antithesis: The Vampire Alliance Book Three which will be released later in 2014.  It’s the end of this story arc and after Antithesis I’m not really sure if I’ll be doing sequels, prequels, spin offs or something entirely new as I have plans for all of the above.
Where can readers find you on the web?
Website: www.angelamcgurk.com
Twitter Tag: @Angela_McGurk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/angelalouisemcgurk
Blog: http://angelamcgurk.blogspot.co.uk/
Would you like to leave readers with a little teaser or excerpt from the book?
My stunning green satin dress is torn and blood coats the bottom of my skirts where I’ve waded through the gore of a battlefield. My sword is only loosely grasped in my hand, its tip trailing along the ground as I no longer have the will to hold it up. My hair is wispy, coming loose from the pins and twists which Vanessa Rosa and Sophie-Jayne had so painstakingly plaited into it earlier. The beads and jewels from my curled tresses are falling out around me and cracking in the heat, but I don’t care. The flowers that had decorated the pews have burned away and the soot from the blaze which destroyed them smears my cheeks where once there had been blusher. My mascara hasn’t run yet and my eye shadow is still in place because I can’t let myself cry. If I begin to weep I will never be able to stop again. I will weep and weep and my bloody tears will flood the Earth in some twisted corruption of a biblical punishment wrought by a vengeful god. Flames are still licking up the pews but I cannot feel their heat. I can’t feel anything over the ache in my chest, the suffocating pressure constricting my throat as I make my way back down the aisle. I step over bodies, both friend and enemy, as the train of the dress Tulloch had dreamed for me soaks up yet more gruesome evidence of what has taken place.So many have died today and I wish I’d died with them. Why does this heart still beat its slow percussion in my chest? Why does this brain still plague me with memories of what had gone before and dreams which will never come to pass? Why does the blood in my veins still move from organ to organ and back again when I long for it to stop, when I long for it to coagulate and turn black? I wish for the world to fade and my body to decay. I want this pain to end but it won’t, just like it hadn’t last time.I find what I’m looking for at the top of the aisle, a scrap of paper now scorched and tattered round the edges. Blood has dripped and sprayed over the document and it’s only through luck that the grotesque blots haven’t obscured our names and signatures; Eve Blakethorn and Tulloch Sullivan, the scrawls that make us man and wife. I hadn’t wanted to go through another wedding.I hadn’t wanted to curse another good man.I hadn’t wanted to feel this all consuming grief again. And this time they haven’t even given me a few days of joy.



Allegiance
The Vampire AllianceBook TwoAngela Louise McGurk
Genre: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance
ISBN: 978-0-9927894-1-1ASIN: B00I80ZP6S
Number of pages: 369Word Count: 112,000
Cover Design by Angela McGurkPhotography by Matt McGurk Photography
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Book Description:
Eve hadn’t wanted a second marriage, she wanted to remain happily unmarried rather than curse another good man to Rob’s fate. If only Tul had listened to her protestations. Instead the Senate are intent on making her relive her own personal hell. Worse, the instrument they seem intent on using to bring about her suffering is the creature, the merciless drone they’d created from all that remained of Rob.
The world seems to be conspiring against Eve and the Alliance, and even among Johan’s band of rebels not everyone is happy to have Eve as part of the group. With Tul missing and friends few on the ground, Eve begins to slip back into the pit of despair which had once consumed her and that may just lead her to behave more recklessly than ever before. Mistakes have consequences however, and for Eve the consequences of her actions may just decide the course of the future.
Is there a way to save Tul? Does anything of Rob remain in the Senate controlled puppet his body’s become? More importantly, why are the Senate determined to take control of Eve and just how far will they go to gain possession of her?

About the Author:
Angela is the author of the Vampire Alliance series. Books one and two, Absolution and Allegiance, are both available for Kindle. Antithesis will follow later in 2014.
While currently occupied running her wedding stationery and graphic design business, Angela spends much  of her free time writing, reading, and trying to find a way of saving all the worlds in her head before they evaporate to some forgotten place never to be retrieved.  As well as being a designer, business owner and writer, Angela is the mother to two fantastic children and wife to a husband who still hasn’t read her books!
She grew up in a small Northumbrian pit village and briefly lived in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne where the Vampire Alliance series is set. One of her favourite places in the world in Rome and when she gets around to finishing the re-write of the prequel to the Vampire Alliance series this will be set in Rome. The prequel, currently going under the working title of ‘Irredeemable’ has been a workin progress for fourteen years, originally written in Angela’s early teens it is currently being re-‘vamped’ and will be published sometime after ‘Antithesis’.
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Raging StormSpiritual DiscordBook 2Brandy Nacole
Genre: Fantasy/Paranormal/Paranormal Romance
Date of Publication: March 21, 2014
Word Count: 81,000
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Book Description:
After Kayson fell from heaven, his life got complicated.  His greatest enemies, the hell hounds, thrived on Earth and hunted not only the fallen but the blood children created by their Master.  After being chased and confronted by one of those very creatures, Kayson’s life becomes even more complicated.  He never expected to be rescued by a vampire named Sabrina.  He also never expected to become her protector after she falls prey to a hell hound’s deadly bite.
Falon, head of the hell hounds, has been desperately trying to hunt down Kayson and Sabrina but with the rain steadily falling—due to interference by the lower-realm Angels, also known as the assemblies—Falon grows irritated.  His only option is to threaten those that may know where the fallen can be found.With the threat of the hounds finding Kayson and the other fallen, Kayson is running out of time.  Stille, once a respected Warrior in the assemblies, is pushing Kayson to leave an unconscious Sabrina behind.  After all Sabrina has done for him, Kayson refuses to abandon her.  But will his decision leave his friends vulnerable to attack?

Sabrina is conscious enough to sense the struggles that Kayson is facing.  If he knew the torture she’s been going through, she knows he would suffer even more.  Sabrina silently fights the darkness that is seeping into her dreams, while struggling to stay strong for Kayson.  But when the pain becomes too much, Sabrina has to make a choice that may cost not only her life, but the lives of others as well. 

About the Author:
Brandy Nacole resides in Arkansas where her imagination runs wild. Her obsession is reading but her passion is writing. She put her dream of becoming a writer on the back burner and went to college to become a psychologist. Three years after endless classes in a field she only felt half satisfied with, Brandy picked up her pen once again and wrote the outline to Uniquely Unwelcome. She finished out her degree in psychology, but traded her dream of writing for the degree and put psychology on the back burner. Whenever she's not reading or writing, Brandy is spending time with her family and friends, throwing around crazy ideas, teaching , and singing like a rock star at a concert for no one else but herself. She loves plants, but unfortunately is a killer of anything that requires water but can't voice (scream) their needs.
She is the author of The Shadow World Series and The Spiritual Discord Series.
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