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February Issue of Bewitching Book Tours Magazine

February Issue of Bewitching Book Tours Magazine now available- Vampire Valentine theme.

Join us for character interviews, discussions on vampires in fiction, tarot in fiction, featured author interviews and excerpts, recipes, vampire poetry, erotic poetry, The Naughty Nook, La Mamma Verde, Wedding Folklore and Superstitions from Around the World and so much more

featuring Susannah Sandlin , Milly Taiden , Maria Hammarblad, Ann Gimpel, Laura Bickle (writing as Alayna Williams), Wenona Napolitano, MM Shelley, and more

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The Night My Husband Killed Me by Kathleen Hewtson

Can you tell readers a little bit about yourself and what inspired to write in this particular genre?
There’s not much to say about me beyond the obvious facts of my unusual beauty and intellect and that I once thought I was a Silver Backed Gorilla for six years. As to why I picked this genre, heck I like rich people who go off the rails I mean I don’t like them but I like writing about them.
What is it about the paranormal, in particular vampires, that fascinates you so much?
Because I’ve never once met anyone myself included who doesn’t have a ghost story, everyone does, and I think we all want to know what happens, why are they around, will it happen to us, does being a ghost mean you’re in hell or is that just the way it rolls out for some people? If so why?
What inspired you to write this book?
I knew the whole Natalie Wood story stunk, no way did a girl terrified of dark water who couldn’t swim get into a little dinghy, and who beat her up first? From there I had to go onward and the other three ladies were always on my radar so it became a book.
Please tell us about your latest release.
Well this one is about Natalie Wood, Nicole Simpson, Sunny Von Bulow and Colette Macdonald four beautiful innocent victims the next one is about Casey Anthony and she is neither beautiful nor innocent to my mind at least and it will be called The Night My Mother Killed Me
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?
Names are rough, I like to stick close enough to the real names for them to feel familiar to me but maybe not close enough to get sued  When that doesn’t work out I just use a friend or relatives name.
Was one of your characters more challenging to write than another?
Yes, writing about the murder of children is excruciating that last scene took me three weeks to complete and it was only five pages long, in the upcoming book the opening which tells how the little girl was killed took me two months, for seven pages.
Is there a character that you enjoyed writing more than any of the others?
Yes my one totally fictional book I loved both Leeann and Jessie with a passion they became family members.
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?
99 percent of what I write is based on actual events but as I learn their lives backwards I come to know them or think I do and then when they are alive again to me I let them tell their own stories, I’m often very surprised by what they have to say.
What is your favorite scene from the book? Could you share a little bit of it, without spoilers of course?
Well favorite may not be the right phrase but I spent six miserable hours floating in dark water in the Pacific in a nightgown and a down coat to capture Natalies death and I totally wanted to write it out!
Did you find anything really interesting while researching this or another book? 
Everything about this was interesting but it left me with the same unanswered question I had at the beginning. How do you do this, how do you kill someone? Particularly someone who loves and trusts you, what turns a human into a monster or were they monsters to begin with and how can any of us ever tell?
What is the most interesting thing you have physically done for book related research purposes?
It’s a tie, floating in the ocean all night, blowing up my jeep by accident and breaking into a dead heiresses house and getting stuck there, strange genre, strange research.

How does this world differ from our normal world?
The people I write about are either very rich or very famous or very beautiful or all of the above, that’s not the normal human experience they have everything they lose it and it’s a reverse fairy tale that’s not normal its Disney if Disney were filmed in hell.
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?
Each of these books is a stand alone story, I hope the reader finds it that way.
Do any of your characters have similar characteristics of yourself in them and what are they?
No not at all, I’m about the most ordinary person alive and these women were never that.
Do you ever suffer from writer’s block? How do you deal with it?
It took me twelve years to write one paragraph once, I handle it by reading other people and over eating
Do you have any weird writing quirks or rituals?
Yes I am (obviously) a little over the top in my research lol and then my writing is just boring and regimented Monday thru Friday 8am till 5pm or 8am till 2am if I don’t get my daily five pages laid down.
Do you write in different genres?  
Kind of, I write in faction, true crime that is fictionalized and then straight up horror.
Do you find it difficult to write in multiple genres?
No because my two genres are pretty close.
When did you consider yourself a writer?
Its funny I still don’t, I’m just someone who writes not a real writer at least that’s how I feel, I never even tell people I write unless I’ve known them for a while it feels funny saying it.
What are your guilty pleasures in life? 
Chocolate, and really bad horror films
Other than writing, what are some of your interests, hobbies or passions in life? 
My husband, great books, family and friends, San Francisco
What was the last amazing book you read?  
Until The Twelfth of Never
Where is your favorite place to read? Do you have a cozy corner or special reading spot?  
I have a small couch in the corner of my kitchen that overlooks the bay, that and bed and bath too!
What can readers expect next from you? 
The Night My Mother Killed Me, a not so loosely based novel about the Casey Anthony Case
Where can readers find you on the web? 
Kathleen Hewtson Facebook or Taylor Street books
Would you like to leave readers with a little teaser or excerpt from the book? Okay 
I’m a ghost by choice, I don’t know if that happens in every case. Seconds after he broke most of my bones and carried me back to our bedroom to finish bleeding, I saw the light that people talk about. I even saw my oldest little one standing inside it…smiling…waiting, not broken anymore. If I could have left I would have. I didn’t want to stay in this terrible little apartment── a place where even before he killed us we had never been happy. 




February 1 InterviewRoxanne’s Realmwww.roxannesrealm.blogspot.com
February 2 InterviewBooks & Other Spells. www.nightskydarkstar.blogspot.com 
February 3 Guest blogBex 'n' Bookshttp://bexnbooks.blogspot.com
February 4 reviewReviewing Shelfhttp://reviewingshelf.wordpress.com/
February 5 Guest blogThe Creatively Green Write at Home Momwww.creativelygreen.blogspot.com
February 6 Spotlight and reviewMy Sexy Escapes www.mysexyescapes.com
February 7 Interview and reviewhttp://andisbookreviews.blogspot.com
February 8 InterviewFang-tastis Bookswww.fang-tasticbooks.blogspot.com
February 11 SpotlightReadaholic's Reviews/ www.readaholicsreviews.com
February 13 SpotlightLisa’s World of Bookswww.lisasworldofbooks.net
February 14 Guest blogMama Knows Books http://mamaknowsbooks.blogspot.com  




The Night My Husband Killed Me
Kathleen Hewtson
Genre: Fiction/Paranormal/True Crime
Publisher: Taylor Street Books Publication Date 07-11-2012
ISBN: 1478231688 ASIN:  B008KEE5W2
Number of pages: 328Word Count: 90.000
Cover Artist: Tim Hewtson
Book Description:
A movie heart-throbA sports superstarAn aristocratA brilliant surgeon
Killers all.
These are the stories of those they killed.
Their wives.
'The Night My Husband Killed Me', is the story of four women who were murdered by their husbands.
All of the women were beautiful, and were either famous at the time of their deaths, or became famous for being the victims of the charismatic, disturbed, men who ended their lives.
Being dead doesn’t end a woman’s feelings, or her anger. There is Natalie, the international and revered movie star who died the death she had most feared all of her life. There is the beautiful, life-loving Nicole, who might just have gone back to the stunning athlete she loved, if only he hadn’t killed her first. Then there is Sunny, heiress to one of America's greatest fortunes, sent into an irreversible coma for paying too much for all the wrong things. And finally, there is Colette, the high school sweetheart who married the golden boy and endured a marriage of increasing lies and disappointment, culminating in her death and that of her little girls shortly after Valentine’s Day.
These four amazing women’s lives were cut short, but each has a story to tell … and now they have.
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 About the Author
Kathleen Hewtson lives and writes in San Francisco California, her writing focuses on actual cases which she then takes and makes into books about how it might have happened. This is her fifth novel.
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Men in Cowboy Hats with Ruby Vines

February 1 InterviewRoxanne’s Realmwww.roxannesrealm.blogspot.com
February 2 PromoLilyElementwww.lilyelement.blogspot.com
February 3 Guest blogwww.stephaniesbookshelf.blogspot.com
February 4 PromoReviewing in Chaos   http://reviewinginchaos.blogspot.com
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February 8 Promo and reviewNot Just 9 to 5 http://notjust9to5.com
February 10 Guest blog and reviewWords of Wisdom from The Scarf Princesshttp://wowfromthescarfprincess.blogspot.com
February 11 Interview and reviewUrban Girl Reader – http://www.urbangirlreader.com
February 12 Guest blog and reviewBooks Books and More Books http://booksbooksmorebooks.blogspot.com/
February 13 Guest blogAll I Want and Morehttp://alliwantandmore.blogspot.com
February 14 Interviewwww.vividumas.wordpress.com
February 15 Promo and reviewReadaholic's Reviews http://www.readaholicsreviews.com
A man in a cowboy hat is a powerful thing. Here’s a few of my very favorite actors made even sexier with a western lid. 
Drool at your own risk. 
I’d love to hear about your favorite cowboys and your favorite westerns.
John Travolta in Urban Cowboy 
Brad Pitt in Legends of the Fall 
Val Kilmer in Tombstone 
Kurt Russell in Tombstone 
Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain 

Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain 
Hugh Jackman in Australia 
Garrett Hedlund in Country Strong 




My Little Texas Tornado
Ruby Vines
Genre: Contemporary Cowboy Romance (Sensual)
Publisher: Grapevine Press
ASIN: B00ASE1J9OWord Count: 69,000 words
Cover Artist: Erin Dameron-Hill
Amazon  Barnes and Noble
Book Description:
Colt Daniels is a Texas rancher known for his award winning steaks. The king rancher has known his good neighbor and vintner, Mr. Moon for years. In fact, he recommends the Moon Wines as the ideal label paired with his mouth watering steaks. When Mr. Moon dies and leaves the vineyard to his long lost niece, Savannah Moon, Colt offers to show her the ropes since the California girl is clueless, not only about Texas but about wine. Even his Southern Charm is lost on the snob who doesn't even have the decency to thank him for saving her life her first day in town. 

Thing is, he ain't cut out to train someone he can't stand, even if Mr. Moon was like a grandfather to him. But there's no denying it, the Moons know how to grow 'em...wine and women. Savannah isn't a woman he can easily forget. Bitchy or not, he finds reasons to teach her about grapes, among other things. And while he's finding reasons to stomp the grapes with his new neighbor, a plan is brewing to bring the wine heiress down.
About the Author:
Ruby Vines (AKA Alisha Paige) was born and raised in the South.

Her debut novel, Canyon Wolf Bride, published under the pen name, Alisha Paige, was awarded Reviewer Top Pick Award and nominated as best Ebook Paranormal Romance by Night Owl Romance Reviews for the 2007 Fall NOR Awards, and awarded Recommended Read by My Book Cravings Reviews.

Ruby loves to mingle real history and true life events within her romance novels and enjoys people watching and people listening when creating new characters and blending genres. She writes dark paranormal romance, fantasy romance, time travel romance and vintage romance under the pen name, Alisha Paige. All of contemporary romance titles are written under the pen name, Ruby Vines.

Ruby writes on her red porch while her kids play in the water sprinkler. She loves to read at the park, the beach in the summer, by the fire in the winter and in bed when it rains.

Her favorite things in life are the sound of her children laughing, her kitty cat curled at her feet, girls’ night out, hazelnut coffee, candle light, thunderstorms, good books, nostalgic music, dark chocolate and red wine.

You can visit her online at www.alishapaige.com, tweet with her at @Alishawriter and email her at where she loves to answer every single email from her wonderful readers.
Website: http://www.alishapaige.com
Blog: http://alishapaige.blogspot.com
Twitter: @Alishawriter
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alishapaigeauthor
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1269119.Alisha_Paige

Interview with MM Shelley

Can you tell readers a little bit about yourself and what inspired to write in this particular genre?
I grew up in a household full of boys, with four brothers in the house I was often out voted on what we would watch on TV. We grew up in La Puente, CA a Latino community. My writing, I believe, has been greatly influenced by the Latin heritage in which I was fortunate to grow up in. I enjoy reading YA and this seemed like a natural fit for me.
What is it about the paranormal, in particular vampires, that fascinates you so much?
With the paranormal there are so many possibilities and I enjoy discovering the unexpected.
What inspired you to write this book?
There is one scene in Murder on Mars where my central character, Ava arrives at the New Orleans airport and finds a band playing near the taxi and shuttle area. This actually happened to us, it was amazing and such a welcome. To hear music played with such soul I had to incorporate this experience into the story. It was the little things such as this that provided me with the inspiration for this story.
Please tell us about your latest release.
Murder on Mars is a mystery suspense, it begins with sixteen year old Ava Lopez arriving in New Orleans after learning that a good friend of hers has disappeared. She begins to track him down by piecing together what he had been doing the last few days before he disappeared; she discovers a hidden world within the city.
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?
I do like to use names that are from the area that I’m writing. For my Hawaiian series I matched the characters to names that had special meaning for each character and for Murder on Mars I didn’t want to use popular names from Louisiana, I wanted them to have a more authentic feel without being cliché.  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 do create have a spread sheet for each character and I list everything about them and will often come back to it while I’m working on the story and add to it. I find that the more time I spend with them the more I learn about them and will have to go back to certain aspects of the story to blend that in.
Did you find anything really interesting while researching this or another book?
I discovered many interesting folklores while researching this book, one that will be the central mystery in the next book.
Do you write in different genres?
I would like to, but for now I’m going to stick with Paranormal.
Where can readers find you on the web?
My website: www.mmshelley.comOr my blog: http://mmshelley.blogspot.com/
Would you like to leave readers with a little teaser or excerpt from the book?
New OrleansThey told her to never venture down alleyways on dark nights—not when the moon was hiding, too afraid to show itself. She was also told to never let her cell phone run low on its battery, so low in fact that a call could not be made on it. Her cell phone powered down on its own moments ago and was useless to her now. A howl reverberated down the alleyway, at first it sounded far away, but it seemed to travel down the alley until the howl become deafening. Rosemary had to cover her ears as she quickly looked about for signs of the beast that made the noise. Chiding herself for being fearful she urged herself down the alley, drawing her arms close around her almost as if she meant to ward off evil spirits to keep her soul safe. She had made her decision very late into the night; her mind had raced from one scenario to another. Seeking peace Rosemary grabbed her coat, still dressed in her nightgown she walked to Henry Davis’ home. He kept a residence in the Garden District, a residence he had assured her his own wife didn’t even know about. A dark shadow blocked the light from a street light at the end of the alley.  Rosemary halted her steps, straining her eyes she tried to make out the form within the shadow. Squinting, her eyes unable to see, she took one step closer then gasped in fear. It was the last sound she made as an unseen blunt force struck her from behind dropping her to the ground. Rosemary’s breathing came to a stop and her eyes went missing from their sockets with the greatest of ease.“No witness,” a raspy voice stated. “No witness,” it repeated once more. A shadow dropped down beside Rosemary as it searched through her pockets, they did not come away empty handed. Clutched within the shadowy grasp was a diary containing loose pictures, within seconds the shadow was gone leaving behind the remains of a fallen Rosemary.


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February 7 InterviewBooks, Books the Magical Fruithttp://booksbooksthemagicalfruit.blogspot.com
February 11 Guest blogLisa’s World of Bookswww.lisasworldofbooks.net
February 15 Review A Chick Who Readshttp://achickwhoreads.blogspot.com/
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February 17 InterviewRoxanne’s Realmwww.roxannesrealm.blogspot.com
February 18 Guest blogJodie Piercehttp://www.jodiepierceauthor.blogspot.com/
February 28 Guest blogThe Creatively Green Write at Home Momwww.creativelygreen.blogspot.com 
March 1 InterviewCloey's Book Reviews and Other Stuffwww.cloeyk.blogspot.com 
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March 21 Guest blog and reviewUrban Girl Review – http://www.urbangirlreader.com

Murder on MarsA New Orleans Mystery book 1M.M. Shelley
Genre: Fantasy and Suspense
ISBN: 13: 978-1480250062ASIN: B00AF2MXCG
Number of pages: 365Word Count: 59,734
Cover Artist: The Killion Group Inc.

Amazon / Sony e-reader / Smashwords
Book Description:
A paranormal force has lured Ava to New Orleans, where shadows lurk behind every corner and an unknown power has yet to be unleashed.

There is darkness in New Orleans, one that has brought sixteen year old Ava Lopez to the city in search of her best friend, Dyson. A dark crime has been committed, and there are supernatural forces involved. Three sisters who whisper "fate" are awaiting the arrival of the Guardian.

Shadow People fiercely haunt the city, unchallenged, but Ava senses that Dyson may be involved with their crimes. She must discover the secret that the Shadows are so determined to keep hidden.

Ava will have to risk everything, because where the Fates are concerned there are no second chances.

Book Trailer: http://youtu.be/4hOL-Xt1kR0


About the Author:
M.M. Shelley is a storyteller, word smith and dreamer. She has traveled the world extensively in search of the magic which is often overlooked in every day life. M.M. Shelley is a native of southern California, and a student of mythology from which she gets much inspiration. Visit M.M. Shelley: www.mmshelley.com
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Guest blog with Karin Shah Female vampires? Yes or No?

Female vampires? Yes or No?
I enjoy hanging around the discussions on my Goodreads groups. In my Gotta Have Paranormal Romance with Kick group, a thread was started that really got me thinking. A reader confessed that she hates when the heroine in a PNR is a vampire, and this sparked quite a string of agreement from the group. Others came out in defense of this lady vamp or that lady vamp. Half-vampires were championed, as well.
What was going on? I wondered. Then, I noticed that usually the female vampires that were liked had a hero who was also a vampire/shifter/berserker/insert your creature of the night here -- and it came to me. The readers didn't like it because vampires are insanely strong and if the hero is human, that makes the heroine physically stronger than the hero.
We want to imagine ourselves as the heroine, but no matter how strong we want her to be, the hero has to be stronger. If he's human, can he still be alpha?
But there's more than one kind of strength. Is it enough if the hero is more resilient? If the emotionally damaged female vampire can lean on the human hero's rock solid -- uh hem -- support? Does the human hero work if he offers her something no one else can?
What do you think? Female vamp (or whatever) and human hero? Do you like it? Can it work?  I'd love to get your opinion and hear about books where you feel it doesn't work  or it does. Or if I'm way off base, and the negative reader reaction comes from something else? Aggression or blood taking or whatever? I'd love to know!
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February 5 InterviewThe Creatively Green Write at Home Momwww.creativelygreen.blogspot.com
February 7 InterviewRoxanne’s Realmwww.roxannesrealm.blogspot.com
February 9 PromoA Bibliophiles Thoughts on Bookshttp://bibliophilesthoughtsonbooks.blogspot.com/
February 10 InterviewBooks & Other Spells. nightskydarkstar.blogspot.com
February 13 Interview and reviewBooks Books and More Books http://booksbooksmorebooks.blogspot.com/
February 14 Interview and reviewMy Home Away From Homehttp://www.officialmhafh.com/
February 18 Guest blogSultry storyteller/ www.sultrystoryteller.blogspot.com 
February 19 Guest blog Shelley Munro...Provocative, Adventurous Romance.Are you up to PAR?http://www.ShelleyMunro.com
February 20 Guest blogAll I Want and More – http://alliwantandmore.blogspot.com/
February 22 reviewParanormal Cravings - Paranormal Book Reviews & Book Tourswww.paranormalcravings.com
February 24 Guest blog and reviewWords of Wisdom from The Scarf Princesshttp://wowfromthescarfprincess.blogspot.com/
February 25 PromoMy Paranormal Book Reviewhttp://www.myparanormalbookreview.blogspot.com
February 27 Interview and reviewBookswaggerhttp://bookswagger.com/
February 28 Interview or Character interviewLaurie's Paranormal Thoughts and Reviews http://lauriethoughts-reviews.blogspot.com
March 1 Guest blogBuffy's Ramblingshttp://buffy-kennedy.blogspot.com/
March 2 Guest bloghttp://www.booksandtales.blogspot.co.uk/
March 3 Promo and reviewMichelle's Paranormal Vault of Bookshttp://concisebookreviewsbymichelle.blogspot.com
March 4 Guest blog and reviewAlways a Booklover – http://alwaysabooklover.blogspot.com
March 4 reviewCloey's Book Reviews and Other Stuffwww.cloeyk.blogspot.com




IN LIKE A LIONThe Chimera Chronicles Book OneKarin Shah
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing
ASIN: B00AQJ756C
Word Count: 86,673
Cover Artist: Rae Monet
Amazon
Book Description:
Dangerous and forbidden...
Research scientist, Dr. Anjali Mehta, lost her beloved family in an earthquake. Only her work cuts through the paralyzingly grief, but when she finds her new research subject, reputed mass murderer, Jake Finn, maddeningly uncooperative and inexplicably sexy she's tempted to run away. How can she burn to touch a killer--a man behind bars?
What she doesn't know is that Jake is a chimera, a shapeshifter who can change into a lion or a dragon with all the strengths of both even in human form, who believes his ability to shape shift is nothing but a terrifying hallucination, and his overpowering attraction to his new doctor proof positive he’s finally gone over the edge.
And the employer she trusts has an agenda all his own. If she can't believe the impossible, neither she nor Jake may make it out alive.
Book Trailer: http://youtu.be/iLsLAtOMmhM
About the Author:
I live in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio and worship Jeni's Ice Cream, JK Rowling, Jayne Ann Krentz, the tv show Supernatural, and the movies, Hunt For Red October and The Princess Bride(though not necessarily  in that order.)
I am a fanatical reader of Romance, particularly Sci-Fi Romance, Fantasy Romance and Paranormal Romance. I always write the book I want to read, so I tend to jump sub-genre a bit. My husband and I are the parents of two kids (a girl and a boy)  and slaves to two dogs ( a basenji and a vizsla)
I was born in Rochester, NY, attended SUNY Oswego and got my Master's in Information and Library Science at the University of Buffalo. I was a School Librarian in Webster, NY for five years before starting my writing career. (I still miss my students.)
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http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2878278.Karin_Shah   

Interview with Folami and Abeni Morris

What inspired you to write this book?
Folami: Ever since I got the idea for this story, I couldn’t get rid of it. I would envision the characters, hear them, I even dreamt about Hyalee once. One day I just had to write it all down.
Abeni: My sister asked me to write the story with her. I don’t know what could be more inspiring than that.
Please tell us about your latest release.
Folami: Our book, The Exemeus, is really about the length people will go for love and for freedom. The character Dephon is being hunted by the Treptonian government, because he inspires hope. To stay alive he needs the help of the world’s greatest warrior, unfortunately she’s dead.
Hyalee, our other main character, has to discover what she’ll sacrifice for love and for duty. Her world is being taken over by a holocaust like dictator, but to save the planet she might have to give up more than she could ever imagine.
Abeni: To me, this book is about two characters on the road to self-discovery. They both have to discover who they are as people in order to survive.
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?
Folami: It really depends. Sometimes we take a word and play with it until it’s a name. Hyalee’s name we saw on a waitresses tag at Chili’s. When we looked it up it meant beautiful meadow in Cherokee.  We thought it was fitting. For other characters, we look up names from different cultures and find out what they mean.  We do a little bit of everything to find the perfect name.
Is there a character that you enjoyed writing more than any of the others?
Folami: I loved to write about Virginia. I am always thinking up snide things to say, but I hold my tongue, because I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings. I love the fact that with her I can be totally uncensored. I look forward to writing from her perspective more than anyone else.  
What is your favorite scene from the book? Could you share a little bit of it, without spoilers of course?
Abeni: I have a lot of favorite scenes. I love the introduction of the character Bristol and how you can tell that something is going on, but only Hyalee seems to notice.  And when Mrs. Johnson comes in and is surprised to see him, I love her reaction. I love how there is so much going on in that scene, but it all has to hum under the surface. It was the hardest scene to write, but to me it is the best to read. It makes you want to go on this adventure with Hyalee even more. 
Folami: My favorite scene would be the first kiss. I don’t want to give away any more than that, but the scene shows the importance of perseverance.  
What is the most interesting thing you have physically done for book related research purposes?
Abeni: On Father’s Day, my sister and I drove to 53 Clarendon Heights in San Francisco- the setting for the Johnson house. At the time the house was for sale and it was having an open house, so we left the kids with our parents (we’re horrible children) and visited this 3.5 million dollar mansion in San Francisco.  It was a nice break from reality and it got us on the same page about what the house looked like.
What are your guilty pleasures in life?
Abeni: Eating foods I know my body doesn’t need.
Folami: Unfortunately, mine is Coca Cola. Caffeine practically runs through my blood.


What was the last amazing book you read?
Abeni: Twilight
Folami: Demons at Deadnight, it was literally my favorite read of the past year.  That and Angel Fall. I’m actually going to cheat and list them both as the most amazing reads.
What can readers expect next from you?
Abeni: They can definitely expect the sequel. Our main focus now is making sure the next book is even better than the last.
Where can readers find you on the web?
Abeni: We are on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TheExemeus
Our website is www.folamiandabenimorrisbooks.com
Folami: Our blog is www.theexemeus.blogspot.com
And you can reach us via twitter at https://twitter.com/TheExemeus



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February 8 InterviewFrom the Musehttp://claireashgrove.blogspot.com/
February 11 InterviewMichelle @ Mom With A Kindle http://momwithakindle.blogspot.com
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The ExemeusBook One
Folami and Abeni Morris
Genre: young adult fantasy
Publisher: Royal  Colours Ink
ISBN: 9780988688605
Number of pages: 504Word Count: 101,595
Cover Artist: Amalia Chitulesca
Book Description:
Haylee Smith is dead, she just doesn’t know it yet.

Her short life was devoted to love and to hate. Love of the man who stole her heart, hate for the man who stole the world. Murdered by the government she swore to destroy, fate has given her another chance to make it right. But to save the planet, she needs the help of the most powerful mystic the world has ever seen—unfortunately he hasn’t been born yet.

In a world where fear is the only currency, Dephon has committed the ultimate crime: inspiring hope.

His only goal is to make it safely through ninth grade, but on a post-apocalyptic Earth run by the Treptonian government, it isn’t that simple. Heir to a legendary power, Dephon Johnson is the only threat to the government’s rule. And on Trepton, all threats must be eliminated. When hundreds of assassins are dispatched to neutralize him, Dephon is forced to fight back. His only chance of survival is to enlist the aid of the greatest warrior the world has ever known. The only problem is, she's been dead for 13 years.
About the Authors:
Folami and Abeni Morris are a sister-sister writing team. Together they wrote (and rewrote) The Exemeus series, somehow managing to accomplish it without murdering one another. Despite their facial similarities, tendency to finish each other’s thoughts and stick up for each other constantly, no, they’re not twins and thus deserve their own individual bio.Folami Morris
Folami grew up in the tiny city of San Mateo Ca, where nothing ever happens and no one ever leaves. She went to Xavier University for undergraduate, getting her B.A in physics and her B.S in Biology. After graduation she returned to California, to live in an even smaller city, where even less happens, Antioch Ca. During this time she escaped the monotony by hanging out with her imaginary friends Hyalee and Dephon, and by writing the Exemeus.She finally escaped to Queens NY and now realizes that quiet and tiny aren’t so bad.Abeni Morris
As luck (and logic) would have it, Abeni grew up in the same tiny little town as her sister, then she too escaped to the tinier town of Antioch. She has yet to leave. She received her bachelor’s degree in early childhood development from Cal State East Bay. She is the mom of two amazing kids, who swear that they deserve a percentage of the book proceeds and a ton of the credit. At least she raised dreamers.
www.Folamiandabenimorrisbooks.com
www.theexemeus.blogspot.com
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http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16189172-the-exemeus 

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Vanilla on Top by CJ Ellisson

Vanilla on TopBy CJ Ellisson
Discover your inner bad girl, and set her free…
Heather Pierce is done being a wallflower, both personally and professionally. Desperate to live a different life for one night, she attends a speed dating event. Maybe here, anonymous unless she chooses otherwise, she can become someone new. When a man way out of her league sits across from her, Heather gathers her courage and takes charge of what she wants, secretly fearing he won’t desire the real person she’s desperate to hide.
Top acquisitions officer and international playboy Tony Carmine is about to close the biggest deal of his career. But then he meets Heather at a speed dating event…and discovers losing control may be exactly what he needs. Her blossoming sensuality occupies his every thought, consuming him with the need to possess the most intriguing lover he’s ever encountered—until he walks into the boardroom and sees Heather on the other side of the negotiating table.

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Determined to leave her wallflower tendencies at the door, Heather Pierce attends a speed dating event pretending to be someone new. Someone dominant. Little does she know, the larger than life man whose world she rocks is incognito himself, and he isn’t about to let the mysterious vixen slip through his grasp.


HOT Excerpt from Chapter 1 of Vanilla on Top

I smirk with a confidence I’m not completely feeling. “Nice of you to join me, Tony.” I relax against the brick and check him over from head to foot, making sure he knows with just my eyes exactly how desirable I find him. You can do this, don’t panic. He won’t laugh at you.

 I nod toward the stacked chairs. “Take off your coat.” He slips the expensive garment from his shoulders, pulling the starched fabric of his shirt across his defined chest. I nod my approval and his eyes glint with desire in the dimming light. 

He smiles, seemingly eager to play whatever game I’ve got in mind. “Anything else?”

I push down my inner anxiety and grin, in what I hope is a teasing manner. “Your tie.”

His eyebrows shoot up, but he loosens the knot and pulls the material free. The red silk slides over his shirt, and then is tossed carelessly toward his coat.

Holy crap, he’s doing it. He’s listening to me. What now? 

“Unbutton the top two buttons of your shirt.” The command springs unbidden to my thoughts.

He complies and reveals the golden skin below his throat, with a few stray chest hairs visible near the neck of his undershirt. He looks so good I’d like to grab his shirt and rip it open, licking the skin as it’s uncovered. 

Holy cow, where did that come from? I’m not this aggressive woman I’m pretending to be.

“How’s that?” he asks.

My pulse pounds so loudly in my ears I can only nod, afraid I’ll give too much away if I answer. I clear my throat, reaching for nonchalance. “It’ll do.” My hands slide to my hips and I take the plunge, pouring every ounce of courage I possess into my next actions.

I grab my skirt’s black material and work it slowly up my thighs. Tony’s eyes grow round as he follows my movements.

“Get down on your knees,” I say, forcing out my voice in a firm tone. Keep it together, girl! He looks like he’s game. Keep going.

I tug the fabric up, until my skirt scrunches up around my waist and my black lace underwear is bared to the night air. The handsome man’s breath rushes out and I worry he’s going to balk, leaving me here with my skirt rucked up like a fool.

The intensity of the sexual moment overwhelms me a bit and I slide a finger over my heated mound, teasing the aroused flesh underneath. Desire pushes me to be bold. “Did you not hear me, Tony?” Strength pours into my voice, making me sound more sure of myself than I feel. God, if he laughs at me now, I’ll die.

Tony steps closer and sinks to the cobblestone terrace, reaching with two eager hands toward my hips. He buries his face in my crotch and breathes deeply. “You smell so good.” He rubs his cheek back and forth against my panties. “What do you want me to do?” 

A shudder ripples through me as the breath of his whispered voice warms my skin through the thin lace. He wants me to tell him what to do. I can do this.

“Kiss me,” I rasp, my voice barely above a whisper.

His soft lips press against the thin garment as the heat from his flesh teases me higher. My every sense feels on high alert during this encounter. I’ve never done anything so daring in my entire life. The next kiss presses harder and little shocks of arousal dart through my core.

“That’s nice,” I say, resisting the primal urge to grind myself into his face. “But I need more.”

I glance down into Tony’s light brown eyes and see an intensity I’ve never seen on a man’s face. To know it’s directed toward me feels even more amazing. “Tell me what you want.” His hot hands skate up my thighs to rest near the aroused juncture between my legs.

I feel the wetness pooling in my panties, my body eager and ready to be with this man I just met. More than anything I want his fingers teasing me to a release. “Slip your thumbs under my underwear and stroke me.”

He pulls his hot lips away from the damp cotton panel of my panties and breathes deep. “Yes, ma’am.”

A prickling ignites my skin, sending the hairs on end when he calls me ma’am. I like it. 

I like it a lot.

Two thick digits slide under the delicate fabric, one angling for my aroused bud and one slipping deeper toward my waiting wetness. A jolt of pleasure rips through me the second his thumb makes contact with my clit. An instant later, his other thumb presses against my tight opening. 

“You’re very wet.” His voice rumbles into the evening, almost reverent, like I’m a precious object he’s not sure how to handle. “I want to taste you.”

“Not yet.” There’s no way I could handle his mouth right now. I’d lose it completely and my credibility on driving the bus in this scenario would blow up in my face. My breath hitches and I gather myself, aiming for calm, cool and collected. “Only when I say.” 

A moan of protest echoes into the night, cutting off when his hungry kisses pepper my thighs. My legs widen of their own accord and I slide down the cool brick a fraction of an inch, heedless of the snags my clothes will receive. The stiffness of his thumb pushes deep inside me and after a few plunges a small groan erupts from my lips.

It’s been months since I’ve been with anyone. I’m so turned on by this man doing exactly what I want, what I told him to do, that I fear I won’t last long. The slick pressure on my clit starts to circle, driving me even higher.

“Come here and kiss my mouth,” I say. His hands pull away and I feel bereft of his touch. I hastily add, “Don’t stop touching me. Use your fingers instead.”

In a flash, the sexy businessman stands, ravaging my mouth with a passion I’ve never had directed toward me. A deep rumble sounds in his throat while his lips cover mine. The frenzied action reveals his pent-up arousal and desire, and I’m almost giddy with the power surge I feel. He truly wants me. Not just what I can do for him, but wants me and what I’m making him feel. What a rush!

Two slick fingers pump into my sex while Tony sucks on my bottom lip, nipping it once in his haste. He leans in to deepen the kiss and the length of his erection presses against my hip. I want nothing more than to tell him to take me right here—to beg this gorgeous man to do me until I scream his name—but a part of my brain still holds on to the act.

I bet he can have any woman he wants any time. I need to stand out from the others. For once, I want to be the desired one. My mind empties as exquisite waves of pleasure build and spill through my limbs.

I break the intense kiss to focus on what I need to do. “On your knees,” I whisper. “Now.”






About the Author:
C.J. Ellisson writes erotica and urban fantasy. Her vampire series, The V V Inn, mixes a heavy dose of erotic elements with suspense, action, a little bit of mystery and some light humor. She lives in northern Virginia with her husband, two children, two dogs, and a fluffy black cat who makes her sneeze.
To learn more about C.J.'s books (where you can read half of the novels for free), please visit her website at www.cjellisson.com
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Interview with Brett Davis

Please welcome Brett Davis to Fang-tastic Books today.
Brett, what is it about the paranormal that fascinates you so much?
First of all, thank you, Roxanne, for this opportunity. As for the paranormal, for me, it's a way to look at life from a different angle. Paranormal stories are usually about the real world but they add a twist and let writers explore some pretty serious issues — how we treat others who are different from us, or how we would behave if we could live forever — in a fun way.
What inspired you to write this book?
I wanted to write a secret agent adventure story that explained why it was that the hero never gets killed. My way of explaining that was to make him a zombie. He can't be killed because he's already dead!
Was one of your characters more challenging to write than another?
Getting into the head of my zombie character was pretty tough, as he's sort of mentally frozen in 1983. I have him in the modern world now and had to try to keep track of what he would know about this world and what he wouldn't understand.
Is there a character that you enjoyed writing more than any of the others?
My lead female character, Abigail Callisto, was fun to write. She's an electronics whiz with a flair for the dramatic and is a bit of a secret agent herself. Her character grew and developed over the course of the rewrites and in the end I have her taking up a pretty serious responsibility.
What is your favorite scene from the book? Could you share a little bit of it, without spoilers of course?
The final showdown scene is my favorite. Some of the zombie lore I used is pretty accurate to actual voodoo, but at the end I introduce a pretty big twist of my own. You haven't ever seen a zombie behave like this before.
Did you find anything really interesting while researching this or another book?
The whole concept and structure of voodoo is really interesting. It's one of the last pantheistic religions in the world and the way the gods interact with people is very different from most other religions. It's very direct in some cases.
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?
Well, let's just say that by the end of the book the title character is being kept alive by the love of a young girl, and love can be a fickle thing sometimes.
Do you ever suffer from writer’s block? How do you deal with it?
Sometimes. I have made my living as a writer since college, or even high school, really, so I know you just have to power through it and get something on paper. Even if you have to change it later, at least you have something to work with.
When did you consider yourself a writer?
I would say I started writing seriously when I was 21, and haven't stopped, although I take a break now and then.
Other than writing, what are some of your interests, hobbies or passions in life?
Photography is number one, right up there with writing. I love to take pictures in any form, digital or film. Travel is next, and fortunately those two go together very well.
What can readers expect next from you?
A sequel to this book, although it's still in the planning stages. And, last year I wrote and shot an indie movie, so now I'm editing that and hope to have it out somewhere later this year. It has vampires!



January 5 Interview and reviewwww.saratrimble.wordpress.com
January 8 Interview The Zombie Survival Crew www.zombiesurvivalcrew.com
January 10 InterviewImmortality & Beyondwww.immortylcafe.com
January 13 Character InterviewLaurie's Paranormal Thoughts and Reviews http://lauriethoughts-reviews.blogspot.com
January 14 Interview Books & Taleshttp://www.booksandtales.blogspot.co.uk/
January 15 InterviewBewitching Book Tours Magazinehttp://www.issuu.com/bewitchingbooktours
January 16 Promo and reviewPriestess of Heartswww.thepriestessofhearts.blogspot.com
January 20 InterviewBooks & Other Spells. nightskydarkstar.blogspot.com
January 22 Interview and reviewhappy tails and taleshttp://magluvsya03.wordpress.com
January 31 Guest blogCloey's Book Reviews and Other Stuffcloeyk.blogspot.com
February 2 InterviewFang-tastic Bookswww.fang-tasticbooks.blogspot.com
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Mama Lona's Man
The Straw Man Series Book OneBrett O'Neal Davis
Genre: Paranormal Romance
ISBN: 9781301347049ASIN: B00AH01DKE
Number of pages: 219Word Count: 74,000
Cover Artist: Cate Meyers
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Book Description:
Mama Lona’s Man combines a Caribbean love story with a zombie thriller. It’s a bit James Bond, a bit "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" and a dash of "Night of the Living Dead.
The leading man is a ex-Navy SEAL controlled by a witch doctor. When he meets an American girl caught up in island intrigue, they fall in love even though he's been dead longer than she's been alive.
About the Author
Brett O’Neal Davis is a native of Florence, Ala., and attended the same high school as Sam Phillips, who discovered Elvis Presley. He studied journalism at the University of North Alabama and the University of Missouri, writing about music whenever possible. He also briefly “fronted” the one-man punk band Screwhead. Despite clearing $1.50 in profit on consignment sales of the band’s lone album at Salt of the Earth Records in Columbia, Mo., he turned to the slightly more stable world of aerospace and defense journalism, working today in the field of unmanned systems and robotics in Washington, D.C.
He is the author of four science fiction and fantasy novels, all published by Baen Books. The first, The Faery Convention, was listed among the best fantasy novels for 1995 by Science Fiction Chronicle, and Two Tiny Claws was named to the 2000 Books for the Teen Age List by the New York Public Library. An occasional panelist at area science fiction conventions, he also has discussed fiction writing at National Press Club events and at literary festivals, including the annual T.S. Stribling celebration at the University of North Alabama. Mama Lona’s Man is his first foray into paranormal romance, but it won’t be the last.
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How to Build an Underground Vampire Nest Guest blog and Giveaway with Susannah Sandlin

How to Build an Underground Vampire Nest
Susannah Sandlin
I honestly hadn’t thought about what I’d done until I read a review of Omega (coming out Feb. 5) in the newest issue of RT Book Reviews magazine. The reviewer said, “It takes guts for an author to destroy the setting of her series.”
It was probably more lack of foresight than guts but, yeah, I kind of did. Think grenades and bombs and arson.
When I started the Penton Legacy series, I created a world of vampires and their willingly bonded human familiars in the quasi-fictional town of Penton, Alabama. These vampires have created a harmonic, self-contained community that’s helped them escape the starvation and civil unrest running rampant among the vampire world after a human pandemic vaccine made the blood of vaccinated humans poisonous to vampires. And the starving bureaucrats of the Vampire Tribunal don’t like it. Led by a Bad Guy (because he deserves to be capitalized) named Matthias, they set out to destroy Penton.
I knew from the outset that by the third book, my vampires were going to be forced to flee into a secret underground facility codenamed Omega. In the first book, Redemption, they’re working on the Omega structure. In the second book, Absolution, they have completed it. Now, in Omega—as the name implies—they have to use it. (Can the books be read as standalones? Yes, you need all three to see the big story arc but each book focuses on a different hero and heroine.)
I had no idea what I was getting myself (or, rather, my characters) into. If it were only vampires moving underground, that would be one thing. They don’t have to do annoying things like breathe. Convenient, eh?
Having to accommodate the vampires’ human companions in my little underground kingdom created all kinds of challenges. I found myself doing a lot of research and, inevitably, I ended up frequenting the websites of a lot of, um, shall we say, interesting survivalist types.
So here is my handy Five Considerations for Underground Living, for those who feel they might need at some point to flee beneath the earth for an extended period of time with or without their favorite sexy vampire.
* Air. Unless you’re a vampire, you’ve gotta breathe, right? The vampire who designed Omega (the hero of the book, Will Ludlam) came up with a series of ventilation pipes that stretched up from the facility to the fresh air in a dense wooded area above them. The pipe openings are narrow enough to be easily camouflaged. Inside the facility was a filtration system for air and…
* Water. Pesky humans have to drink, too. In this case, water is pumped in from a natural spring. The spring is what dictated the location of the facility. There are a series of rooms in the octopus-shaped Omega structure dedicated to the water and air filtration systems and…
* Lights. Vampires can see pretty well in the dark, but humans…not so much. A series of battery-operated generators provide power, although they use as little as needed. The vampires have also gone shopping and stripped every Lowe’s and Home Depot in a hundred-mile radius of fluorescent lanterns.
* Food. This is the easiest one, of course. The humans feed the vampires, and there’s an enormous supply of non-perishable food on the market. In this one instance, in fact, the humans are better off than the vampires; the vamps outnumber the humans (imagine that—not so many humans wanted to move underground), so what humans there are have to feed more than one.
* Bodily functions. You know, I realized as I was writing this book that very few books—especially romance books—make much use of a bathroom other than for shower scenes (and yeah, I’m quite fond of those myself). But when you’re moving underground, waste disposal is an unpleasant but necessary consideration. Let’s just say we dealt with it, my vampires and I, and not go into the land of TMI.
There were other considerations, of course. How big would the structure have to be to accommodate thirty vampires and humans? Fifty? A hundred? How would they be able to come and go without being seen? How long could they stay down there before going stir-crazy?
Well, you get the idea. Was it gutsy to destroy the place the series was named for? Well, you know the saying—it’s the people that make a town, not the buildings.
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February 3 InterviewRoxanne’s Realmwww.roxannesrealm.blogspot.com
February 4 PromoAll I Want And More www.alliwantandmore.blogspot.com
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February 11 Guest blog and reviewTynga's Reviews http://www.tyngasreviews.com
February 12 Promo and reviewMichelle's Paranormal Vault of Bookshttp://concisebookreviewsbymichelle.blogspot.com
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February 19 InterviewImmortality and Beyondwww.immortylcafe.com
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February 20 Character InterviewLaurie's Paranormal Thoughts and Reviews http://lauriethoughts-reviews.blogspot.com
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OmegaPenton Vampire Legacy, Book 3Susannah Sandlin
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Date of Publication: February 5, 2013
ISBN:978-1612183596 ASIN: B0073XV3L2 
Number of pages: 328Word Count: approx. 88,000
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The bloody war between the Vampire Tribunal and the defiant scathe of Penton, Alabama, rages on, forcing its residents and their bonded humans to retreat into the underground fortress of last resort: Omega. There, Will Ludlam is charged with the care of Penton's humans, though he longs to fight alongside his vampire brethren. He knows the risks: as the renegade son of the Tribunal's vicious leader, Will's capture could doom the resistance. 
Yet he is determined to prove his worth to his adopted scathe, to his vengeful father and to former US Army officer Randa Thomas, his beautiful, reluctant partner. Randa has little faith that a former member of the vampire elite has what it takes to fight a war. But as their enemies descend upon Omega, Will's polished charm and Randa's guarded heart finally give way to the warrior within. 
Fans of Susannah Sandlin's Penton Legacy are sure to devour this long-awaited third installment of the steamy paranormal series.  

ABSOLUTIONThe Penton Legacy, Book 2By Susannah Sandlin
Release date: October 9, 2012Publisher: Montlake Romance
Book Description:
With the vampire world on the brink of civil war over the scarcity of untainted human blood, battle lines are being drawn between the once peaceful vampire and human enclave of Penton, Alabama, and the powerful Vampire Tribunal.
A Scottish gallowglass warrior turned vampire in the early 17th century, Mirren Kincaid once served the Tribunal as its most creative and ruthless executioner—a time when he was known as the Slayer. But when assigned a killing he found questionable, Mirren abandoned the Tribunal’s political machinations and disappeared—only to resurface two centuries later as the protector and second-in-command of Penton. Now the Tribunal wants him back on their side—or dead.
To break their rogue agent, they capture Glory Cummings, the descendant of a shaman, and send her to restore Mirren’s bloodthirsty nature. But instead of a monster, Glory sees a man burdened by the weight of his past. Could her magic touch—meant by the tribunal to bring out a violent killer—actually help Mirren break his bonds and discover the love he doesn’t believe he deserves?
It’s a town under siege, a powerful warrior in a battle with his past, and one woman who can make the earth move—literally—as the Penton Legacy continues.

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REDEMPTION
Book One Penton Legacy seriesBy Susannah Sandlin
Following a worldwide pandemic whose vaccine left human blood deadly to vampires, the vampire community is on the verge of starvation and panic. Some have fanned into rural areas, where the vaccine was less prevalent, and are taking unsuspecting humans as blood slaves. Others are simply starving, which for a vampire is worse than death—a raging hunger in a creature too weak to feed.
Immune to these struggles—at first—is Penton, a tiny community in rural Chambers County, Alabama, an abandoned cotton mill town that has been repopulated by charismatic vampire Aidan Murphy, his scathe of 50 vampires, and their willingly bonded humans. Aidan has recruited his people carefully, believing in a peaceful community where the humans are respected and the vampires retain a bit of their humanity.
But an unresolved family feud and the paranoia of the Vampire Tribunal descend on Penton in the form of Aidan’s brother, Owen Murphy. Owen has been issued a death warrant that can only be commuted if he destroys Penton—and Aidan, against whom he’s held a grudge since both were turned vampire in 17th-century Ireland.  Owen begins a systematic attack on the town, first killing its doctor, then attacking one of Aidan’s own human familiars
To protect his people, Aidan is forced to go against his principles and kidnap an unvaccinated human doctor—and finds himself falling in love for the first time since the death of his wife in Ireland centuries ago. 
Dr. Krystal Harris, forced into a world she never knew existed, must face up to her own abusive past to learn if the feelings she’s developing for her kidnapper are real—or just a warped, supernatural kind of Stockholm Syndrome in which she’s allowing herself to become a victim yet again.
Susannah Sandlin’s REDEMPTION is the first in the Penton Legacy series. Book two, ABSOLUTION, will be out September 18, and book three, OMEGA, on December 18.
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About the Author:
Susannah Sandlin is the author of paranormal romance set in the Deep South, where there are always things that go bump in the night. A journalist by day, Susannah grew up in Alabama reading the gothic novels of Susan Howatch and the horror fantasy of Stephen King. (Um…it is fantasy, right?) The combination of Howatch and King probably explains a lot. Currently a resident of Auburn, Alabama, Susannah has also lived in Illinois, Texas, California, and Louisiana.
Website: http://www.susannahsandlin.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/susannahsandlin
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/susannahsandlin
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5828129.Susannah_Sandlin
Indie Bound: http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781612183541


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Giveaway with Melody Manful

Can you tell readers a little bit about yourself and what inspired to write in this particular genre?
I’m eighteen, like the color black, because it’s easier to wash J and I have a little brother and sister. On top of being ‘trying’ to be an author, I’m also a songwriter and works for a record label here in Denmark. What inspired me to write Dominion were angel stories my late grandmother told.
What is it about the paranormal, in particular vampires, that fascinates you so much?
What fascinates me about the paranormal world is the fact that anything can happen in there, you never know when you are going to meet a hot alien, or even Dead himself. When it comes to the vampire world, I’m a sucker for the way each author tries to interpret his or her visions on them.
Please tell us about your latest release.
My latest is also my first, Dominion, which is a story about a seventeen-year-old girl, Abigail, who thought she was on the ride of a lifetime when she find out that guardian angels existence, but her life started trembling down when she find out not all guardian angels were here to guide, and her ride was about to land with an explosion.
Was one of your characters more challenging to write than another?
The most challenging character to create was Tristan. I had to make sure he wasn’t too much of the same thing. I had to somehow make him seem human, although Tristan is an angel. In the beginning I set him on a pedestal and it was really hard to bring him down from it whiles the story progressed.
Is there a character that you enjoyed writing more than any of the others?
Gideon’s character was fun to write, for those who’d read the book you’d wonder why, even think I’m a little bit crazy, and I wouldn’t blame you if you do. I like writing his character because I had to challenge myself to see just how far I could go trying to create a world for a character as him. I had to start him off as being annoying, and gosh, sometimes the thoughts I myself wrote from his POV annoyed me. I knew he had to sound all conceited, spoiled, and a total brat, but I still couldn’t help rolling my eyes during those scenes. The challenge though was building him from an annoying disliking character to a loving one, well almost, a loving one.
Can you tell readers a little bit about the world building in the book/series? How does this world differ from our normal world?
Dominion feature both our world and a make believe world of the angels. The angels world differ from ours in the sense that the buildings aren’t the same, though morals are, the angels have a different sense of code they have to live by, and their life are somehow all heading in the same directions as guardian angels, although with different ambitions.

Do any of your characters have similar characteristics of yourself in them and what are they?
All of them have. Somehow I managed to put a little bit of myself in each one without even knowing it. It was only when I was reading the final work that I saw some glances of myself in them.
What are your guilty pleasures in life?
A really big spoon, a can of peanut butter, music and a really good book!
Other than writing, what are some of your interests, hobbies or passions in life?
My passion is working on how I can become a pirate or superman! Childhood passions and dreams… still have them! Haha, okay some of my other passions are learning about the film world, I watch films, behind the scenes and documents about directors, set designers, location scouts and all thing filmmaking. I’d like to work on set of a feature movie in the future, preferable an action movie.
What can readers expect next from you?
The next book from me would be the sequel to Dominion, which I’m working on at the moment. It will take off right after the events that took place in Dominion.
Where can readers find you on the web?
On my website www.melodymanful.comAnd on goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4473599.Melody_Manful


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DominionGuardian Angels Book OneMelody Manful
Genre: YA paranormal fantasy.
ISBN: 0615739458ISBN13: 9780615739458
Book Trailer: http://youtu.be/pUgKlm-mSdA
Book Description:
I Dare You.
Look Over Your Shoulders.
Do You See Them?
They are behind you...
They are always behind you.
Abigail Cells had a nightmare the day before she met Gideon, the new guy in school who has every girl drooling just to be near him. In her nightmare, she was murdered by a magical creature. As she gets to know Gideon, she begins to remember pieces of her nightmare, and was shocked when Gideon turned out to be the creature from her nightmare. Who is Gideon really? Should Abby allow herself to fall completely for him, or is he the next disaster waiting to happen?
About the Author:
Melody Manful was born on June 8, 1994, in a town in Ghana called Tema. She started writing at a very early age and has been doing it ever since. Melody has two siblings and lives in Denmark with her family. She loves music, reading, and writing, and she puts a great deal into making her friends happy.
www.melodymanful.com
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9747943-dominion
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