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May 10, 2011
Celebrating 50 Books--Day 10
Welcome to Tuesday and Day 10. Today I'm continuing on with the Dalakis Passion vampire series. Yes, there are only three Dalakis brothers but I wasn't finished telling their stories...not yet. Welcome to Eternal Brothers.
This is one of my favorite covers ever!
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The Dalakis brothers are rich, powerful men, but they have secrets — the kind that men kill to protect. Ex-cop Zane York has watched them for several years and has returned to New Orleans to resume his investigation. He has to know if his suspicions are true — are the Dalakis brothers murderous vampires?
Reporter Sophia Daring has had many tough assignments in her life, but nothing has prepared her for the late-night phone call, which leads her to the cemetery and to the body of a dead woman. The murderer drained all the blood from his victim's body and the clues point straight to the Dalakis family.
The attraction between Zane and Sophia is instantaneous and explosive. But Zane has secrets of his own and questions that need answering. Are the Dalakis family the villains or are they being framed for murder? As Zane and Sophia investigate the grisly string of deaths, they discover that the murderer may not be the family's only enemy…and a secret from the past may bring the deadliest threat yet.
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This is one of my favorite covers ever!
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The Dalakis brothers are rich, powerful men, but they have secrets — the kind that men kill to protect. Ex-cop Zane York has watched them for several years and has returned to New Orleans to resume his investigation. He has to know if his suspicions are true — are the Dalakis brothers murderous vampires?
Reporter Sophia Daring has had many tough assignments in her life, but nothing has prepared her for the late-night phone call, which leads her to the cemetery and to the body of a dead woman. The murderer drained all the blood from his victim's body and the clues point straight to the Dalakis family.
The attraction between Zane and Sophia is instantaneous and explosive. But Zane has secrets of his own and questions that need answering. Are the Dalakis family the villains or are they being framed for murder? As Zane and Sophia investigate the grisly string of deaths, they discover that the murderer may not be the family's only enemy…and a secret from the past may bring the deadliest threat yet.
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May 9, 2011
Celebrating 50 Books--Day 9
Good morning and welcome to Monday! Today is Day 9 of the celebration. Welcome to the world of Stefan Dalakis! I love all my charcters, but every now and then some of them are extra special. Stefan and Laurel Rose are such characters. Take a peek at Stefan's Salvation.
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Stefan Dalakis has been wandering the countryside for months. Ever since both his brothers found their mates, loneliness has been his constant companion. He's been searching for five centuries but has been unable to find the one woman whom he can love. When his travels lead him to a small roadside bar in North Carolina, he overhears a conversation that will change his life forever.
Laurel Rose McCaffey always knew she was different. Some say she has the Sight. Others say she's a witch. Most are afraid of her, but they've left her alone. That's always been fine by her. But now strange things are happening and the peaceful life she's built for herself is being threatened. Developers want her land and a lot of the townsfolk are pressuring her to sell.
A dark stranger enters her world, a man who both fascinates and frightens her. As her world spirals out of control and the threats escalate into outright violence, Laurel Rose turns to the one man she's come to trust — a vampire!
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Stefan Dalakis has been wandering the countryside for months. Ever since both his brothers found their mates, loneliness has been his constant companion. He's been searching for five centuries but has been unable to find the one woman whom he can love. When his travels lead him to a small roadside bar in North Carolina, he overhears a conversation that will change his life forever.
Laurel Rose McCaffey always knew she was different. Some say she has the Sight. Others say she's a witch. Most are afraid of her, but they've left her alone. That's always been fine by her. But now strange things are happening and the peaceful life she's built for herself is being threatened. Developers want her land and a lot of the townsfolk are pressuring her to sell.
A dark stranger enters her world, a man who both fascinates and frightens her. As her world spirals out of control and the threats escalate into outright violence, Laurel Rose turns to the one man she's come to trust — a vampire!
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May 8, 2011
Celebrating 50 Books--Day 8
Welcome to Day 8! If you were intrigued yesterday by the Dalakis brothers, you'll love Lucian's Delight, the second book in the Dalakis Passion vampire series.
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At twenty-eight, Delight Deveraux enjoys her family, work and independence. But all that changes when she witnesses her boss being murdered. Suddenly, she is running for her life, pursued by the murderers who now wish to silence her. She is saved by a mysterious stranger whom she met only once before in her dreams.
Dalakis men love only once in their life, so for hundreds of years, Lucian Dalakis has searched for his mate. He is shocked when she turns up unexpectedly in his dreams. Now that he knows she exists, he will stop at nothing to find her and bind her to him.
The explosive sexual chemistry between them sends Delight reeling. Not only does she have to deal with the fact that she is still being pursued by criminals, but the man she is falling in love with is a vampire!
Delight struggles with her growing attraction to Lucian, even as she tries to protect him from the scrutiny of the police detectives investigating the murder. But the threat to her still exists and when her brother is kidnapped, Lucian takes matters into his own hands.
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At twenty-eight, Delight Deveraux enjoys her family, work and independence. But all that changes when she witnesses her boss being murdered. Suddenly, she is running for her life, pursued by the murderers who now wish to silence her. She is saved by a mysterious stranger whom she met only once before in her dreams.
Dalakis men love only once in their life, so for hundreds of years, Lucian Dalakis has searched for his mate. He is shocked when she turns up unexpectedly in his dreams. Now that he knows she exists, he will stop at nothing to find her and bind her to him.
The explosive sexual chemistry between them sends Delight reeling. Not only does she have to deal with the fact that she is still being pursued by criminals, but the man she is falling in love with is a vampire!
Delight struggles with her growing attraction to Lucian, even as she tries to protect him from the scrutiny of the police detectives investigating the murder. But the threat to her still exists and when her brother is kidnapped, Lucian takes matters into his own hands.
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May 7, 2011
Celebrating 50 Books--Day 7
Welcome to Day 7! Today I'm bringing you Harker's Journey, my first vampire book. It's a novella about a modern day Harker who goes to Transylvania to visit a mysterious client--Cristofor Dalakis. Johanna finds more than she bargained for...
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Johanna Harker's life changed drastically on her eighteenth birthday—she received a copy of Bram Stoker's Dracula, discovered her fascination with vampires, and experienced her first of many hot, erotic dreams featuring a tall, dark and mysterious man. For the next thirteen years, on the full moon, Johanna's dream lover appeared. Sometimes his lovemaking was playful and tender, other times passionate and raw.
When no flesh-and-blood man can compete with her dream lover, Johanna puts all her energy into her job and studying vampires. Then she is sent to the fabled Carpathian Mountains of Transylvania to meet her company's largest client, the mysterious and demanding Cristofor Dalakis.
Cristofor, the enigmatic and formidable patriarch of the Dalakis family, plans to use his every skill to seduce and possess Johanna. But Cristofor is harboring a dark family secret that will challenge all that Johanna has known and believed.
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May 6, 2011
Celebrating 50 Books--Day 6
Welcome to Friday and Day 6 of the countdown! Today's book is Lily Blossoms, and older woman/younger man story that will make the sheets sizzle while it warms your heart. I really love this cover and the fact that the heroine has a second job--as an erotic romance writer. Geee, I wonder where that idea came from.
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"What do you say?" Carson, the man she's lusted over for the past five years, is standing in her kitchen, offering himself up for research.
Lily isn't convinced she hasn't fallen asleep at her keyboard and is now having the most amazing dream. No one in the town of Summersville knows she writes erotic romance under a pseudonym. Everyone knows her as the quiet, conservative woman who owns and operates the local flower shop, Lily's Blossoms. She's rarely dated and certainly not a man eight years younger.
But Carson is resolute. He's wanted Lily for years and when he stumbles onto her secret, he seizes the opportunity to get closer to her. Lily has a list of erotic fantasies she wants to research including sex in public, roses, whipped cream and a striptease. Carson has a few ideas of his own and he's determined to be the man she experiences each and every item with. What she doesn't know is that he has an agenda of his own—one that ends with them together forever.
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"What do you say?" Carson, the man she's lusted over for the past five years, is standing in her kitchen, offering himself up for research.
Lily isn't convinced she hasn't fallen asleep at her keyboard and is now having the most amazing dream. No one in the town of Summersville knows she writes erotic romance under a pseudonym. Everyone knows her as the quiet, conservative woman who owns and operates the local flower shop, Lily's Blossoms. She's rarely dated and certainly not a man eight years younger.
But Carson is resolute. He's wanted Lily for years and when he stumbles onto her secret, he seizes the opportunity to get closer to her. Lily has a list of erotic fantasies she wants to research including sex in public, roses, whipped cream and a striptease. Carson has a few ideas of his own and he's determined to be the man she experiences each and every item with. What she doesn't know is that he has an agenda of his own—one that ends with them together forever.
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May 5, 2011
Celebrating 50 Books--Day 5
Welcome to Day 5. Today I'm bringing you Heat Wave, which is the second book in the Summersville Secret series. All three books in this series are stand-alone reads.
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Emma Howard has been sensible her entire life, focusing all her time and energy on her career. In fact, Emma doubts that there is much passion inside her, at least until Tucker Martin moves into her apartment building.
Their immediate reaction to one another is explosive and she grabs the opportunity to explore her awakening sexuality. But after a heated encounter, Emma backs away from their growing relationship, unwilling to trust the passion flaring between them.
Tucker's wanted Emma since the first moment he laid eyes on her. When a blackout traps them in an elevator, it's not just the heat wave that makes him feel hot. Determined to convince her that they are made for each other, he's more than willing to take advantage of the circumstances that have trapped them alone together.
But Emma's fears go deeper than either of them realizes, and she will have to face her past before she can claim a future with Tucker.
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Emma Howard has been sensible her entire life, focusing all her time and energy on her career. In fact, Emma doubts that there is much passion inside her, at least until Tucker Martin moves into her apartment building.
Their immediate reaction to one another is explosive and she grabs the opportunity to explore her awakening sexuality. But after a heated encounter, Emma backs away from their growing relationship, unwilling to trust the passion flaring between them.
Tucker's wanted Emma since the first moment he laid eyes on her. When a blackout traps them in an elevator, it's not just the heat wave that makes him feel hot. Determined to convince her that they are made for each other, he's more than willing to take advantage of the circumstances that have trapped them alone together.
But Emma's fears go deeper than either of them realizes, and she will have to face her past before she can claim a future with Tucker.
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May 4, 2011
Celebrating 50 Books--Day 4
It's Day 4 of my Celebrating 50 Books countdown. Today I'm going back to my very first published book--Annabelle Lee, which was published by Ellora's Cave.
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By day Annabelle Lee is a perfect small town librarian, with loose-fitting dresses and hair scrunched up in a tight bun. But at night, lying in her lonely bed, her sensuality emerges in scorching, erotic dreams about Mike Sloan.
Annabelle's not the only one with a few fantasies. Mike has been dreaming of stripping her out of her prim clothing and getting her into his bed, and when the opportunity arises, he grabs at the chance. Soon they're heating up the sheets, and each other, with steamy sexual interludes.
While Annabelle is luxuriating in their no-strings secret affair, Mike is longing for something more permanent—like exploring the exhilarating heights of passion as man and wife.
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By day Annabelle Lee is a perfect small town librarian, with loose-fitting dresses and hair scrunched up in a tight bun. But at night, lying in her lonely bed, her sensuality emerges in scorching, erotic dreams about Mike Sloan.
Annabelle's not the only one with a few fantasies. Mike has been dreaming of stripping her out of her prim clothing and getting her into his bed, and when the opportunity arises, he grabs at the chance. Soon they're heating up the sheets, and each other, with steamy sexual interludes.
While Annabelle is luxuriating in their no-strings secret affair, Mike is longing for something more permanent—like exploring the exhilarating heights of passion as man and wife.
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May 3, 2011
Celebrating with the Smutketeers...
The ladies over at the Smutketeers are celebrating my release day and my 50th book with me. Stop by and comment and you're in the running to win a download from my backlist.
Fifty and Counting
No, I'm not talking about my age. I'm close but not quite there yet. *g* I'm talking about my books.
Honestly, I don't know how I got here. When my first book was released by Ellora's Cave back in late October 2004 I couldn't even begin to imagine I'd write fifty. Yet, here it is today—Legacy Found—my fiftieth book.
I can't even begin to tell you how proud and excited I am by the release of this book. I've met so many wonderful readers and writers online over the past six and a half years. I've had so much support from this community.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for allowing me to do a job that I love. I've been hooked since Annabelle Lee was accepted by Ellora's Cave in early 2004 and I haven't stopped writing since. And, furthermore, I have no intentions of stopping anytime soon. I have so many stories left to tell.
My fiftieth book--Legacy Found--is being released by Samhain Publishing, which in many ways is fitting since they also published the very first book I ever wrote—Discovering Dani. Now, this wasn't the first book I ever had published, but it was the first book I ever wrote. It underwent many, many rewrites and revisions before it was finally published back in March 2006.
I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Thanks for all the support. Here's to the next fifty!
NJ
Honestly, I don't know how I got here. When my first book was released by Ellora's Cave back in late October 2004 I couldn't even begin to imagine I'd write fifty. Yet, here it is today—Legacy Found—my fiftieth book.
I can't even begin to tell you how proud and excited I am by the release of this book. I've met so many wonderful readers and writers online over the past six and a half years. I've had so much support from this community.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for allowing me to do a job that I love. I've been hooked since Annabelle Lee was accepted by Ellora's Cave in early 2004 and I haven't stopped writing since. And, furthermore, I have no intentions of stopping anytime soon. I have so many stories left to tell.
My fiftieth book--Legacy Found--is being released by Samhain Publishing, which in many ways is fitting since they also published the very first book I ever wrote—Discovering Dani. Now, this wasn't the first book I ever had published, but it was the first book I ever wrote. It underwent many, many rewrites and revisions before it was finally published back in March 2006.
I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Thanks for all the support. Here's to the next fifty!
NJ
Celebrating 50 Books--Day 3--NEW RELEASE!
Today is the day! Legacy Found, my 50th book, is now available from Samhain Publishing. I can't tell you how exciting I am about the release of this book. It represents a huge milestone in my life and in my writing career. Plus, I love this story!
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She outran her memories. She couldn't outrun her past.
Legacy, Book 3
Shelley is a killer. Never mind that her "crime" freed her from thirty-five years of brutal captivity—the bounty hunters on her trail don't care. For the first time in her life, she is on her own, free to put the past behind her and explore what it means to be a werewolf.
James Riley is dead tired. After a week untangling legal and financial affairs his brother's death left behind, he's feeling every ounce of his new responsibility as Wolf Creek pack alpha. He's not too tired, though, to notice his sexy waitress is a werewolf—one that strangely doesn't recognize him as one of her own kind.
After his questions rattle her composure and get her fired, Shelley figures the least James can do is drive her to the next town, but he wants more. He wants to take her home. And despite her fear, something inside her is irresistibly drawn to his commanding yet gentle presence.
James is willing to give Shelley all the time she needs to embrace her heritage, her sexuality, and eventually his love. But her past will not be denied...and her secrets demand a price paid in blood.
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She outran her memories. She couldn't outrun her past.
Legacy, Book 3
Shelley is a killer. Never mind that her "crime" freed her from thirty-five years of brutal captivity—the bounty hunters on her trail don't care. For the first time in her life, she is on her own, free to put the past behind her and explore what it means to be a werewolf.
James Riley is dead tired. After a week untangling legal and financial affairs his brother's death left behind, he's feeling every ounce of his new responsibility as Wolf Creek pack alpha. He's not too tired, though, to notice his sexy waitress is a werewolf—one that strangely doesn't recognize him as one of her own kind.
After his questions rattle her composure and get her fired, Shelley figures the least James can do is drive her to the next town, but he wants more. He wants to take her home. And despite her fear, something inside her is irresistibly drawn to his commanding yet gentle presence.
James is willing to give Shelley all the time she needs to embrace her heritage, her sexuality, and eventually his love. But her past will not be denied...and her secrets demand a price paid in blood.
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