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Vampires and Lattes... Eloop chat this Saturday!

Join the Vampire Book Realm Author Chat Saturday, April 20, 2013, all day in the Latte Lounge at Coffeetime Romance. The link below should take you to all the action:

http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/board/forumdisplay.php?f=2013

(The forum says "March 20th" instead of April. Oops!)

Here's a link that takes you directly to my postings (I hope!): 
http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/board/showthread.php?t=28760&p=168446#post168446

This is an all day Eloop chat at The Latte Lounge at Coffee Time Romance featuring the work of Vampire Book Realm Authors. The VBR Authors that will be participating in the event are:

Denyse Bridger- Special Giveaway
Cinsearae S.- Special Giveaway and Mystery Prize
Lisa Kessler- Special Giveaway
Maya DeLeina- Special Giveaway
Aquita Lane
Tamara Monteau
Jodie Pierce
Catherine Green
Jeff Dawson- Special Package Giveaway
Tricia Schneider
Tara Fox Hall- Special Giveaway
Siobhan Muir
Lisa Carlisle- Special Giveaway
J. Annas Walker- Special Giveaway
Amy Mah
Cornelia Amiri- Special Giveaway
Celine Chatillon- Special Giveaway -- a drawing for an e-copy of BLOOD BETRAYAL
Suzi M.- Special Giveaway
Janet Breakfield
Katalyn Sage - Special Giveaway
R.E. Mullins- Special Giveaway
Carole Gill
Tori L Ridgewood- Special Giveaway
Cynthia Arsuaga
Michelle Clay
Dawne Dominique- Special Giveaway
Tammy Dennings Maggy- Special Giveaway




Special Giveaways and Packages Include: Signed Trading Cards, Bookmarks, Print Books, eBooks, Clothing, Posters, Gift Cards, and mystery accessories.

Readers: Join us anytime between 12am and 11:59pm on April 20th to explore all types of vampire books. You might just find wonderful gifts for your friends, family and yourself! Many of the VBR Authors will be giving away prizes as well. See you there this Saturday!



http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/board/forumdisplay.php?f=2013

Getting Lucky with MFRW!

The roll of the dice, the turn of the card, the spin of the wheel... It's time to gamble on some erotic-romance courtesy of yours truly. ;)



Welcome to my blog and the Let's Get Lucky Blog Hop, sponsored by Marketing for Romance Writers. Yes, first and foremost, I consider myself to be a romance author. Why? Because it's not only about the sex... there's emotions and relationships involved with those body parts in any well-written erotic-romance. Because if you don't care for the characters, why would you want to read about their exploits in bed?

I've written everything from contemporary erotic-romance (A Middle Class Existence) to humorous science fiction erotic-romantic adventure (The Brandi Whyne and Her Incredibly Erotic Adventures series) to paranormal/vampire loving (Help I'm Falling for the Vampire Next Door, Blood Betrayal, Blood Bond). I guarantee if you take a chance on one of stories, you won't be bored. It's all about entertainment, and I try to craft the most entertaining tale I can create with your full enjoyment as a reader in mind.



Thanks for dropping by my blog and for checking out some of my books. There are links galore to excerpts and buy pages on my books page (click tab above) or at my main web site, http://www.celinechatillon.com Don't be afraid to befriend me at Facebook, Goodreads, Pinterest, Twitter or wherever else I hang out online. (Links on the right side bar.) I promise my characters  don't bite. Well... not on the first date at least. ;)

Enjoy some Vampire Lovin' on Sneak Peek Sunday!

This is a first, and hopefully not last, experience with Sneak Peek Sunday (http://sneak-peek-sunday.blogspot.com/). On Sneak Peek Sundays readers can enjoy six paragraphs from currently published books or works-in-progress from a variety of authors. So, get your TBR list pencils sharpened and start reading!




Six paragraphs from BLOOD BOND...

Blood Bond (Book 2 in the Kindred vampire series)by Celine Chatillon eXtasy Books


Edwin travels to Liverpool out of duty only to discover desire in the arms of the wildly sensual Ophelia and her darkly exotic employer known simply as Hamlet. When a vampire hunter threatens to destroy Hamlet, the three lovers’ blood bond is tested. Will Edwin be able to save his Kindred sire and return home in time to see the 1904 World’s Fair?Excerpt: Ophelia takes Edwin back to her employer's mansion... “Why do you call your friend my Hamlet?” Edwin asked, trying not to fall under the spell of Ophelia’s darkly sensual charms. “Is he your benefactor or your employer?”

She smiled sensuously at Edwin and began to stroke the inside of his thighs. “My Hamlet is both. He found me, a lost soul wandering the streets of Liverpool far from her home in Wales, and took me in and gave me a home and clothing and gainful employment. I call him Hamlet because he has never told me his real name.”
Edwin began to perspire. The wonderful sensations from his groin threatened to overwhelm him. His cock began to swell and rise of its own accord until it noticeably stretched and threatened to pop his fly buttons. Ophelia began to lick her red lips as if she thirsted for the taste of him.
“You finished with your drink?” she asked in a husky tone.  He meekly nodded and handed her the glass to place down beside the chair. “How can you accept such gifts from a man whose real name you don’t even know?”
She shrugged. “Once you’ve met him, you’ll see.”
“Um, shall I meet him soon?”
Ophelia laughed. “Don’t worry. He’s out tonight. We have the place to ourselves—all to ourselves.” And with that she quickly pounced upon his pants buttons and released his hard member to the mercy of her eager hands and lips... (I know I cheated--I posted about eight paragraphs, but some of them are very short. Blood Bond is available in all e-formats--including Kindle--at the eXtasy Books web site.) ;)

Kindle ebooks and a $5 store credit--check it out!

Some great news from my publisher, eXtasy Books!

Because of a bad web server and the web site crashing this past week, publisher Tina Haveman has issued the following statement:

"All customers [will be] given 5 dollar credit for the bad experience of the last few days... They don't have to spend 20 dollars to use the credit. It's a gift from us that they can use right away."

Yes, that's right--you can get free ebooks with this credit with no wait. :)


And here's some more great news--Kindle versions of all Devine Destinies/eXtasy Books are available now at the publisher's web sites. Experience great customer service at the best prices in one of the most popular e-formats out there today.

Be sure to consider purchasing one of my books with your $5 credit!

Celine

http://www.celinechatillon.com

My book listings at eXtasy Books:
http://www.extasybooks.com/index.php?route=product%2Fauthor&author_id=930

My Cynthianna book listings at Devine Destinies Books:
http://www.devinedestinies.com/index.php?route=product/author&author_id=902

Vote for Defiance Today!

Click on the Demand it link below and help St. Louis land a world premier of the television show Defiance. After all, there's a picture of the Gateway Arch in their logo. Shouldn't St. Louis have a premier? Thanks for voting early and often.





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Get Lucky with Candelight Reads!

Head on over to my alter-ego's Confessions of a Blonde Writer blog now until March 18th to enter the Candlelight Reads Irish Gold Blog Hop. The grand prizes include a $60 gift certificate and a swag bag.  Sounds good... Plus, Cynthianna is having a drawing for a free copy of her romantic-comedy novel The Fixer Uppers. Not bad at all.

Available at Devine Destinies Books: http://www.devinedestinies.com/the-fixer-uppers


Here's where you can go to get started in on the fun and prizes:

Confessions of a Blonde Writer: http://momsday.blogspot.com

Go get'em and tell them that Celine sent ya! ;)

Book Review: Wrath of the Lemming Men

Wrath of the Lemming Men by Toby Frost
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

They're furry and they belong in a cage to deal with their rage. Space Captain Smith is destined to battle the Yull, homicidal/suicidal rodent-like aliens, and prevent them from taking over British Space in Wrath of the Lemming Men. The same crazy crew of the John Pym is back, and the camaraderie is the high point of this third action tale. Polly the Simulant is sent on an undercover mission to teach other androids the basics of self-defense and learns a bit more about Jane Austen than necessary. Surak the Slayer seeks revenge against Colonel Vock of Yull, and Rhianna the Space Hippy gets a chance to learn more about her Vorl father. Major Wainscot and the members of DOG come out fighting with panache and occasionally no pants. All the while, Smith handles the violence with typical British reserve along with, of course, tea. Hopefully we'll see more adventures with these characters to come.

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Book Review: God Emperor of Didcot

God Emperor of Didcot by Toby Frost
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The British Space Empire's source of tea is threatened. Who better than Captain Isambard Smith to take on the evil ant people, the Ghasts, and their righteously right-winged allies, the New Edenites, along with the Great God Emperor Hyrax of Didcot? God Emperor of Didcot is a fitting sequel to Frost's Space Captain Smith with all of the wacky characters you came to know and love in the first tale along with some new weird friends. The M'Lak have become metrosexual accountants and architects rather than blood-thirsty warriors. Suruk has to convince his family members that sometimes you have to get your golf sweater dirtied in battle in order to really live. Will Polly ever find her hitman crush? Will Smith ever get up the nerve to tell space hippy Rhianna that he really cares for her? All this and water-tankfuls of morally uplifting tea awaits the happy reader.

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Book Review: Space Captain Smith

Space Captain Smith by Toby Frost
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

If you're looking for a good time sf/fantasy read without a lot of heavy thinking involved, look no further than to Toby Frost's Space Captain Smith. The first of a series, Isambard Smith's saga is full of farce and fun, puns and double entendre galore. Smith longs for a space command but when he's given a spaceship (from the bottom of the heap of course) and a female simulant pilot named Pollyanna (with a very shady past), he chooses to take along his head-hunting warrior alien friend Suruk for back up. Wise plan it is, too, as those nasty space ants, The Ghast, want his passenger, space hippy Rhianna, for their own evil purposes to dominate the galaxy. Fortunately for Captain Smith even though Rhianna is a pacifist she's got her own special means of self-preservation. For those who think the sun never set on the British Empire--instead it headed for the stars and did its best to "civilize" the rest of the universe with tea and handlebar moustaches--the Space Captain Smith series will provide just the right amount of comedy, adventure, and "moral fibre" to entertain. So...how about a cuppa?

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Book Review: The Difference Engine

The Difference Engine by William Gibson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The Difference Engine is the supposed grandaddy of all steampunk stories of the modern era. Recently I've gotten into steampunk sci-fi (and dressing up in pith helmet and khaki clothing with various goggles and accessories), so I thought I'd immerse myself in it.

 The alternate history story that Gibson and Sterling create is breath-taking at times... To consider how famous personalities such as Darwin, Babbage, Byron and Marx could have taken an alternate course and altered our world is mind-boggling to contemplate. But, sadly, the story seems complete in all aspects save one. The political, social, mechanical, military angles are all covered well, but it's the individual characters' story arcs which don't seem quite complete. 

What really becomes of Sybil or Lady Ada? Does Dr. Mallory go on to bigger and better adventures? Is Oliphant about to retire? We don't really find out, and it's frustrating. The steampunk world is described in such intricate detail, and the reader comes to feel that it is a real place with real possibilities, but we don't get to dwell in it with any one character we sympathize with for long. 

So I'd have to give The Difference Engine four and half stars for creating a world where the steam engine reigns supreme but only two stars for the characters who dwell there. Perhaps that's a fine balance for most fans of the genre, but strong character arcs could have made it a five star must read.

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