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Raine On Me - Feb 1st!!!

It's being released Feb 1st!!! I'm so excited. This is the second Riding the Raines book. Here's a blurb and the link to the excerpt. LINK

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Brit wants to get on with her life and leave her rough past far behind. Most of the cowboys who end up in her care are cranky old ex-rodeo stars. But not the new guy. He's a tall, mouthwatering hunk with the hottest body she's ever seen. And she can see it all since not one inch of that incredible flesh is hidden from her gaze. The blunt, crude man shocks Brit a bit when he flat-out tries to get her into his bed…immediately.

Brit is the sexiest woman River has ever come across. Every time he thinks he's starting to tame her, she tries to bolt from his life. He's a man who always gets what he wants and the more time he spends with the mouthy, stubborn woman, the more convinced he becomes that can never give her up. Good thing for him he's not above chaining a woman to his bed if that's what it takes to keep her right where he wants her—under him.

I hope everyone has a great week! I've been suffering the flu. I'm getting better but I'll sure be happy to totally recover from it. On an up note I lost 4 pounds. LOL. I want to lose weight but I was thinking exercise would have been a good way to start off my diet rather than just no appetite.

I'm a bad, bad blogger!

LOL. I truly have been lately. I am so sorry. Between the holidays and writing...life...and everything else my blog has been pretty much abandoned. I am going to try to add a lot more fresh posts.

First let me start off by saying...

The 2010 CAPA Award Nominees were announced at The Romance Studio!

Mate Set was nominated in Paranormal Erotic Romance

Kissing Steel has been nominated in Fantasy Erotic Romance

Kidnapping Casey was nominated in Fantasy Erotic Romance

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Laurann Dohner (ME!) was nominated for Favorite Erotic Author!!!

http://www.theromancestudio.com/capa.php

Thank you soooo much!!! VERY COOL! I really feel floored to even be nominated. An author emailed me to let me know I'd been nominated, they were just putting them up, and I swear I read my name about ten times before it sank in that I actually made a list. As more of them came out and I found my name on a total of three of them...WOW. It's really an honor to be put up with authors who I respect and admire. Blown away...actually...in the best way.

I finished the 5th cyborg book. It's about Coal. I read feedback comments when Touching Ice came out, many of who emailed me to ask about the poor fate of Coal, and if I planned to write his book. I was deep into the story already. I couldn't just leave him in a life pod with Zorus...stranded. I'll let you know when I hear back on it with any official news. I'd hoped to finish the book in early December but there was more story to tell than I had originally thought so it ran about 10,000 words longer than I'd guessed.

Raine on me - the second Riding the Raines book should be getting a release date soon.

In other news...I'm writing. When aren't I? LOL. I'm really a workaholic or should I say write-a-holic. I love it so much that I write every day. I write a few books at a time, it keeps me from getting writer's block. If I get hung up on one book - I just switch WIP's for days or a week at a time, and then come back to another one. I'm hoping - life rarely goes according to plan so keep that in mind, I always do - to submit another book by the end of this month. Since I write more than one WIP at a time...I'm not sure which one will be done first so I'll let you know who wins on which story is finished first. This year I plan to write more books in each series. I may even toss in some surprises this year. Have I mentioned I really LOVE to write? I do!

The other things I have to look forward this year is going to Romanticon 2011. I believe I've mentioned I'm going...a lot...because I'm looking forward to going that much. Last year I had the best time ever there. Everyone was just so wonderful. The workshops were a blast. The people I met were fantastic. I had always heard conferences were stressful but it wasn't that way at all! Ellorascave really went above and beyond to make it a comfortable, fun, relaxed setting. If you can go - really try! You won't regret it. Here's a LINK.

I'm trying to lose the last of my weight I gained. Hard to do when you spend as many hours as I do sitting at a desk. I have lost 50 pounds in all but it's taken me over a year and a half to do it slowly. I've kept it off. That's the good news. The bad news is that last 30 feels more like super glue than extra weight. I'm really motivated although so I'm hopeful to get it gone by my birthday in June. This summer I'd love to pull out my old clothes I've refused to toss away to fit back into. That's the plan at least. I'm hoping stating it makes it so! LOL.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Laurann

Touching Ice on Kindle and what else happened today

Touching Ice has been added to amazon for kindle users. The search engine isn't finding it though for some reason so click on the cover or HERE for a direct link to the Kindle Store.

2011 is here and I'm so happy to get started with a brand new calendar. LOL. My plans this year are to write books for the Zorn Warriors, Cyborg Seduction, and Riding the Raines series. I'm also writing books connected to Mate Set so that's exciting. I've got books I'm writing on now and I'm close to submitting one. Very exciting.

Today Ellorascave opened registration for Romanticon 2011. Click HERE for the information.
I have reserved my room! Mr. Laurann and I had such a fantastic time last year that I wouldn't miss going again this year for anything. I'm so excited it's not funny! LOL. Mr. Laurann is going to escort me, of course. I don't know which party theme set up that has me smiling the most. I hope you check it out and decide to go. It's going to really be a great event!
In other news - A friend of mine has a hot Ellora's Cave Quickie today. A Kiss for Luck by Kele Moon is now available. Hot cover and even hotter story. Good thing there's a fireman handy! LOL. Click the cover for the direct link.

Happy Holiday everyone! The sum of my year.

Mr. Laurann & I ..............My grandson and I................My kids n GS w Santa..

It's been a fantastic year for me. At the end of 2009 I had just become published when Ral's Woman was released. I had contracted and had a release date for the beginning of 2010 for the second Zorn series book - Kidnapping Casey. When I wondered what 2010 held for me...even with my wild imagination...I didn't come close to guessing how it would turn out.

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I ran across this fantasy art picture that had plot bunnies leaping right into my lap and even though I was a newbie author I took a run at starting a new and second series. I wrote Burning Up Flint and it was picked up. The Cyborg Seduction series launched. I quickly wrote Kissing Steel and Melting Iron. I also learned that I have an obsessive streak when it comes to my love of writing. I was able to release a third and fourth Zorn book as well this year - Tempting Rever and Berrr's Vow. My last release was for the cyborg series - Touching Ice..If that wasn't enough to keep me busy...LOL...one night a sexy rancher and a lonely widow crept into my thoughts and stayed there until I'd finished writing Propositioning Mr. Raine. He has brothers and blood brothers. That launched a third series - Riding the Raines. I had people ask if I was nuts. I have to admit I knew it was a little crazy to take on three series my first year out as a published author. I'm more than aware that a lot of people wondered if I could handle the pressure. LOL. My answer was writing Mate Set. I wrote it as a standalone though but I left the door wide open for it to turn into a series since that sexy but gruff werewolf has brothers. The response...WOW. Needless to say, I'm writing more books connected to Mate Set in 2011. If they get picked up that will be four series I'll be juggling. I might be certifiable but I'm having a blast running around without a straight jacket. LOL!!! I also wrote the second Riding the Raines book - Raine on me. It got picked up and will be released in 2011! I also had two books come out in print - Loving Zorn (Ral's Woman and Kidnapping Casey in one print book) and Burning Up Flint. Getting to hold a print book in my hand - pretty darn amazing! I feel so darn blessed. Thank you to everyone who has made all this possible. I can't express enough how much it means to me or how happy I am..On a more personal note this year I became a grandmother. Our children range from ages 19-6. My oldest daughter gave birth to an adorable little boy. He's a living doll. Mr. Laurann and I also attended my first conference - Romanticon was held in Ohio in October. We hadn't taken a trip since we were married a long time ago. I had a fantastic time meeting authors, some of whom I've become friends with, and I met people from Ellorascave who are a terrific group of people. They went above and beyond to make sure everyone had a wonderful time. My hat off to them and they know how to throw one heck of a conference. To say it had to be the best five days of my life...understatement. We had THE BEST TIME EVER. .We're planning on going again in 2011. You couldn't keep me from going to the next one. LOL. Just being there...amazing and a dream come true. I'd always read the blogs, seen the photos people put up, but to be there myself... AWESOME! Then to my shock I even won my first award ever. I swear I sat there too stunned to move, nearly sliding right out of my chair when the shock made me numb, when they said my name. I probably wouldn't have moved if everyone at my table hadn't reacted to let me know I hadn't been hearing things. LOL. I framed the certificate and I keep my trophy on my desk. I show it off to anyone who ventures inside my home. .Here are some pictures to sum up my year. I hope that everyone has a safe, fun, love-filled holiday and a very happy new year. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping make my dreams come true. .
All my book covers!

Me holding my first print book!

I can't wait to find out how next year is going to turn out. I know I'll be writing more books for all of my series.

Raine on me cover and some A's to Q's.

Guess what I got? The cover for the second Riding the Raines book in the series! I love it. I don't have a release date yet or an official blurb but I'll post when I do have those. This is River Raine's story. He's Ryder's identical twin ( interfering Ryder...LOL ).


A's to Q's...

I've gotten a LOT of questions coming at me lately in emails ( Thank you, I appreciate all of them! ) so here are the answers.
YES, I'm writing more stories to whatever is your favorite series.
YES, I'm going to write more stories connected to Mate Set.
YES, I'm writing Coal's story from the Cyborg Seduction series.
NO, I won't have Council man Zorus tossed out an airlock into deep space just because... 'he's such an asshole'. LOL!


Now about me - I'm gearing up for Christmas. I love this time of year..as long as I get all my shopping done by the beginning of the month. I'm almost done. Today we're putting up the tree and I can finally have closet space again. I can put the wrapped gifts under the tree instead of keeping them hidden. Mr. Laurann has a big Christmas party next weekend so we're really looking forward to that. They go ALL OUT at his work for these things. Nice hotel, OPEN BAR (yeah...that is awesome - free mixed drinks!), sit down dinner, and dancing! Mr.Laurann's mom is driving down to babysit the kids for us. We'll have a blast because we do every year. They really just throw a hell of a nice party for their employees and we really appreciate it.

I hope everyone has a fantastic week.

Touching Ice - 4th Cyborg Seduction book is out today

Yippee! Today is the day that the 4th cyborg book comes out. I'm really excited and nervous. I always feel this way when a book releases. You'd think I'd get use to this wild but fun ride of emotions when a new book comes out - counting ALL my books published this makes the tenth one - but nope. I'm strapped into my seat tightly and ready for it to start again. I wouldn't change it for anything. I LOVE writing. I really hope everyone loves Ice's story in the cyborg series.
Here's the blurb and a LINK to the Ellorascave site or just click the cover above.

Book 4 in the Cyborg Seduction series.

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What can go wrong overseeing a bunch of android sex bots on an automated whorehouse in deep space? Great job, if Megan doesn't die of boredom. Then she catches sight of the sexiest male she's ever seen. On her grainy security monitor, she watches all his sexual exploits with the bots, and fantasizes. But that's all she can do because he's a cyborg. Then fate steps in.

There's a crash and Megan must escape or die. The cyborgs are rescuing the sex bots—taking them onboard their ship. She knows cyborgs hate humans. They'll kill her if she asks for help so she devises an insane plan—pretend to be the most realistic sex bot ever made.

His name is Ice, and Megan is now his personal sex bot. He will satisfy every sexual fantasy she's ever had—and as many more as she can dream up. She just has to figure out how to keep her big, sexy cyborg from discovering that she is all woman.

Here is the trailer

I hope everyone has a FANTASTIC weekend!

Book news and trailer

Book news...I wrote and submitted the second Riding the Raines book and it was accepted!!! The contract just cleared. When I get a cover and release date I'll be sure to share it. What I can tell you is the title - Raine On Me - and this is about Navarro's brother River Raine (Ryder's twin). I don't have an official blurb but I'll post it as soon as I do!

Book trailer - I made the trailer for Touching Ice! Here it is. I really had fun making the commercial to introduce the Folion and the sex bots aboard. LOL.



I hope everyone has a great week!!!

November Update

First off, Berrr's Vow IS available at Kindle. For some reason...it's hard to find. If you click on the above cover...it will take you directly to the amazon.com site for the ebook link. I'm sorry for the issue, I contacted amazon...and hopefully they resolve it soon.

In other news... the 4th Cyborg book is coming out November 26th! Just over two more weeks to go. I really have a lot of fun writing but I have to admit...cyborgs are at the top of my fun list. I get a lot of laughs when I meet up with tall, gray, and serious...who happen to be sexy. If you click on the picture it will take you to the Ellorascave site where you can find the link to the excerpt.

Book 4 in the Cyborg Seduction series. What can go wrong overseeing a bunch of android sex bots on an automated whorehouse in deep space? Great job, if she doesn't die of boredom. Then Megan catches sight of the sexiest male she's ever seen. On her grainy security monitor, she watches all his sexual exploits with the bots and fantasizes. But that's all she can have of him because he's a cyborg. Then fate steps in.. There's a crash and Megan must escape or die. The cyborgs are rescuing the sex bots—taking them onboard their ship. She knows cyborgs hate humans. They'll kill her if she asks for help so she devises an insane plan—pretend to be the most realistic sex bot ever made.. His name is Ice, and Megan is now his personal sex bot. He will satisfy every sexual fantasy she's ever had—and as many more as she can dream up. She just has to figure out how to keep her big, sexy cyborg from discovering that she is all woman..

In other news... I WILL have good news I can officially announce really soon. Let's just say I'll be adding a title to my coming soon page on my website. Yippee. I can't hint anymore about it because I like to wait until a contract clears. I just wanted to share the happy fact that there IS news. LOL.

I'm making a book trailer for Touching Ice and will post it on here (I'm estimating) on Monday. That will give me the weekend to finish it. I really love doing them but finding the right music is the hardest part for me. I think I've listened to hundreds of songs in the past few days on the sites kind enough to put up royalty free songs. I appreciate them very much and it's wonderful that I have such a huge selection but that's what is holding up the trailer. LOL.

Have a great week and an even better weekend!

Answering a few questions and explaining a few things. LOL.

I have been sick and neglecting my blog. I last left you with the trailer for Berrr's Vow. While I'm sure it was nice...(I made it so I'm bias...LOL) you are probably tired of seeing it. I feel better today after days and days of icky! They call it recovery. I call it feeling well enough now to realize just how crappy this cold really is. : ) I'm getting better, that's all that matters really, and I'll stop whimpering now. Mr. Laurann will be happy when I'm better. He's been a trooper!<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

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Berrr's Vow came out last Friday and I wanted to thank everyone who emailed, left comments on various sites, and messages on facebook. I always worry myself sick when a book comes out. (I think most authors do) I got a lot of warm, wonderful compliments so that was amazing and awesome! YIPPEE!!! I also got asked a lot of questions. I started to make a list of them, tagging the ones I got the most, and thought... AH HA! Blog topic! LOL!!! So here goes...questions and answers!

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Q - Are you writing more (insert your favorite series here) books?

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A – The easiest way to answer this is to let you know that I have no current end in sight to any series I write. I haven't mentally put a limit on the number of books. If a story comes to me, if people want to read it, and if I think I can get it out there… I WILL write it. (Okay, if I love a character I'll write it even if I figure it will never sell but don't tell anyone that because they'll think I'm insane. LOL)

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Q – When are you writing about (insert the character you really want to read more of - here) and when will it be coming out?

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A - I don't know. I have no control over how fast a book gets written. Really. LOL. I'm a visual/mood person so some books get written faster than others, some slower, but I'm a write-a-holic. I put in a lot of hours typing out stories on my keyboard so you can at least know if you're anxiously waiting on a certain story that I'm drinking a lot of iced coffee and not getting enough sleep. LOL! I have no control about book release dates either but once I submit them, if the book is picked up, Ellorascave is amazing about getting them out for release quickly.

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Q – Where do you come up with your ideas?

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A – As I mentioned before, I'm a visual writer. As an example I saw this fantasy dark art picture of this big, muscular warrior type… and my imagination flared into the world of Cyborgs. I love stock photo sites where I spend money regularly. I've seen hot pictures of men…and BOOM. He's suddenly an ex-rodeo star with a damaged soul/body in need of a lonely, good-hearted woman to fix his emotional wounds (Propositioning Mr. Raine). With every book I write…I find some visual stimulation for a character/characters and it's my screen saver on my monitor while I write the book.

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Q – Do you or will you write ménage books?

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A – I'm a M/F storyline kind of woman. I read ALL kinds of books, enjoy them a lot, but no, I don't write them. Would I swear on a bible to never come up with a storyline? No. I NEVER say NEVER but I only go writing where my imagination takes me…and that's the M/F stories. I don't foresee any right now but again...I won't swear to say never. I will go with 'highly, highly doubtful'. LOL.

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Q - You set up certain situations in some of your book/series that imply multi sex partners so that's why I'm asking about the ménage question. Can you explain why you do that?

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A –(1) - Let's start with cyborgs. They aren't happy with the way things are. (It's the law since cyborg females are fewer that they have to share them with other men) They are possessive types of guys who don't want to share...anything. Human women come along and they are considered property. In other words... it's a way to bend their rules about having to share their females in family units so they can have what they want most - their own women. LOL. To me, romances are about finding something you long for most... and cyborgs find that with humans.

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A –(2) - Zorns - their culture is different than here on Earth. They don't have the same bonding relationships we have. To be blunt... they don't communicate well. A house helper, as an example, keeps the warriors homes clean, cook, and it's part of their duty/job to have sex with the men who provide for them. They don't cuddle, don't share their dreams and hopes, or get to really know the men they serve. It's more of an employee/employer situation that keeps their emotion bonds at a minimum. Zorn males are highly sexual, their females aren't, and the Zorn females are actually glad to have other Zorn females in the household to share filling to ALL of a warrior's needs. In walks a human...who wants to KNOW the guy, is interested in his day, and wants him to get to know her. They bond, grow closer, and get attached. I hope that clears that up. Of course the hot sex really helps too! LOL.

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This last one wasn't a single question as much as responding to a lot of emails I received about Mate Set. Yes, I SO did that! LOL. I read a lot of books as well as writing them. I think reading/writing walk hand in hand. I read a lot of M/F/M books and sometimes... I wish from the way the characters were written that that extra MALE wasn't tossed in there.

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Some Authors do super sexy tie in's that leave a reader panting and excited. (Awesome, sexy, HOT, and I want to read it!!!) A few authors have a reader squirming but not in the sexy way. I've read uncomfortable sex scenes were I screamed in my head... NO!!!!!!! Don't do it… you weren't written to be that way!!!! I wished it would have turned out differently instead of trying to read through sex scenes that I didn't want to read because it was so against the character's personalities. So YES... I did that. I wrote a scene where a woman said NO! I really sweat that decision, worried that it would get cut from the book, (who does a scene like that...right??? Um...me) but my editor and Ellorascave are just... AWESOME... and let me keep it in! LOL. I'm really glad that so many of you wrote in support of it, found yourselves doing mental 'high-fives', and were so happy that things turned out that way in Mate Set.

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I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!! I submitted another Raine book so my fingers, toes, and eyes are crossed! I'm working on more books – of course – and freely admit… Hello, my name is Laurann… and I'm a write-oholic!!!

Coming to you from Zorn...LOL!

This Friday the 4th Zorn Warrior book is being released!!! I'm so excited. Of course with getting ready for Romanticon and all the shopping I had to do ( had to buy all new clothes )...then going... (AND I'M GOING AGAIN NEXT YEAR!!!) I got a wee bit behind on my stuff like making a book trailer for my upcoming books. Last night I stayed up all night and got the one done for Berrr's Vow. Now...I just need to do Touching Ice - 4th Cyborg seduction book. I will do that one next week and release it then. For now though... coming to you from Zorn ( LOL )....