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February 4, 2012
About Realm Immortal 3: Stone Queen by Michelle M. Pillow
Coverart by Natalie Winters
I love history. I love studying the details of a time period, of fitting stories into a world that existed long ago. Many of my books have a flair of history in them, even the modern day ones. Part of history is the superstitions and mythical creatures of the time. From those, the Realm Immortal series was born. Well, that and my love of the movie, Labyrinth. But we won't go into the whole David Bowie, eye shadow lovin' thing right now. LOL
I'm thrilled to announce that book three of my Realm Immortal series is coming to print Oct 30th. The first two books in the series, King of the Unblessed and Faery Queen, are both in ebook and print.
Realm Immortal Book Three
Queen Juliana of the Unblessed married out of love, to share the burden of her husband's throne. Little did she know the true cost of that decision. With war raging between the blessed kingdom of Tegwen and her unblessed kingdom of Valdis, she feels her spirits weakening even as her powers grow. Risking everything for a bit of peace in her newly immortal life, Juliana will do anything to save her family, even if that means casting a spell over herself to end a war. The only thing she didn't count on was the betrayal of the one person she'd asked to help her.
For a brief time, Merrick knew happiness, as much happiness as the king of necessary evil could ever feel. Though he can never tell his wife he loves her—or risk upsetting the balance of both the mortal and immortal realms—the words are understood between them. Or so he thought. Now, with her body trapped in stone, he's left to again face his reign alone with no idea how to free her from her prison.
Print Publication Date: October 30, 2007
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February 1, 2012
PSI Spies Author Jim Marrs – Interview by Michelle Pillow
(Originally published in Paranormal Underground Magazine)
Jim Marrs, Interview
by Michelle M. Pillow, www.michellepillow.com
Jim Marrs has led an interesting life. As a journalist, he's worked as a police reporter and a general assignments reporter covering stories in the USA, Europe and the Middle East. He served with the Fourth Army Intelligence Unit during the Vietnam War, where he became a military and aerospace writer and an investigative reporter. His 1989 book, Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy, met with critical acclaim, becoming a New York Times Bestseller, and ultimately was the a basis for the Oliver Stone film JFK where he served as a chief consultant for both the film's screenplay and production.
Since then, Marrs has written Alien Agenda, a book about UFOs, as well as books on the secret societies, ancient mysteries, psychic warfare, and 9/11 conspiracies. In 1993, Marrs was awarded Freedom Magazine's Human Rights Leadership Award. He's appeared on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, CSPAN, and the Discovery, Learning and History Channels; Good Morning America, Geraldo, Montel Williams, Today, Tech TV and Larry King Live; and George Noory and Art Bell radio programs, among others.
I had the chance to talk to him about his book, PSI Spies: The True Story of America's Psychic Warfare Program, and his own personal experiences with remote viewing.
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Q: In your book, PSI Spies, you delve into the world of psychic warfare. What inspired you to write about this?
Jim: Following the success of my first book, Crossfire: The Plot that Killed Kennedy, I went around the country asking what people thought was the next big secret government cover-up. Almost unanimously, I was told that they wanted to know the truth about UFOs. So I started reestablishing my contacts within the UFO research community which had languished since I resigned as a newspaper reporter in 1980. In so doing, I was contacted by a source in the Mid-West who sent me a transcript of a speech by a military intelligence officer in early 1992. He was talking quite matter-of-factly about UFOs. I contacted this man and was thus introduced to the then-secret and fascinating world of the military remote viewers.
Q: PSI Spies uncovers the true story behind the Army's remote viewing program, which was hidden under several code names: Grill Flame, Center Lane, Sun Streak and Star Gate. What is remote viewing as the U.S. Government has practiced it?
Jim: Remote viewing or RV is a psychic ability that in the past had been called clairvoyance, prophecy, or soothsaying. Although recorded by all cultures throughout human history, it was believed simply an occult fantasy until scientific studies during the 20th century confirmed its existence. Very simply put, RV is the ability to perceive people, places and things at a distance by means of than the normal five senses. The government did not invent or create RV. It is inherent in each of us. The government simply developed techniques to sharpen this ability and call it forth on demand.
Q: Why and how long did our government fund the PSI Spies remote viewing unit to spy on other countries? How were the CIA, the U.S. Army and the Defense Intelligence Agency involved?
Jim: Remote viewing studies began as a reaction to reports that the former Soviet Union and its Eastern European allies were seriously studying psychic phenomena. The CIA initiated the first studies into remote viewing. When the CIA drew criticism in the 1970s for questionable projects such as assassinations, the RV program was picked up and used operationally by the U.S. Army. In later years other agencies such as the DIA became involved in both the study and use of remote viewing.
Q: How do you know that remote viewing works? Are you a remote viewer? If so, who trained you and what has been your experience?
Jim: I became convinced that remote viewing actually works by noting the historical record, replete with reports of both psychic events and scientific studies. Furthermore, the combine narratives of the Psi Spies, many decorated military intelligence officers, confirmed the reality of this technology. And lastly, I have tried it for myself. In October 1992, I was preparing to travel from my home in Texas to Albuquerque to meet some military remote viewers. I had no idea what I was getting into, but I already knew it concerned remote viewing. I decided that I would try remote viewing before I left. I had been told that they were planning to build an office, so I thought I would attempt to view their office. Already having some knowledge of meditative techniques, especially Transcendental Meditation, I just sat quietly in a comfortable chair and closed my eyes, wondering in my mind what the office would look like. I immediately got the image of an office in what appeared to be a strip shopping center or plaza. The corners were higher than the rest of the building and there was something sticking out near the roof. Not knowing then about the danger of analytical overlay, which is allowing your conscious mind to insert images into the RV, I thought that these jutting objects must be the wood beams so prevalent in New Mexico architecture. I then saw the floor plan of this office from an overhead, or bird's eye, perspective. After arriving in Albuquerque, I learned that the viewers were temporarily operating out of a private home, which bore no resemblance to what I had seen. I figured my career as a remote viewer was over and promptly forgot the incident. Then on August 16, 1993, I returned to Albuquerque. There I was informed that because training had become a priority, the viewers had postponed building plans and had rented office space to conduct training. I was reminded of my earlier description of their office and handed back my drawing, which carried a stick-on note reading, "Good job, Jim! Spontaneous AOL sketch". I was then driven to the new office and it indeed resembled what I had seen and described almost a year earlier. The office was in a complex that was like a strip shopping center. It was a dark earth tone and the corners were higher than the remainder of the building. But instead of wooden beams near the roof, there were lion heads jutting from each corner. My drawing of the office building's floor plan matched the building's printed floor plan 100 percent, hallway for hallway, office for office. I was told this was a case of my looking forward into time rather than viewing the present. It was certainly an eye — and mind — opening experience for me. However, I do not consider myself a remote viewer because I have not been fully trained nor do I practice this ability on a regular basis. But I soaked in all the information from the Psi Spies, obtained some preliminary instruction and have not only done remote viewing myself but have taught it in several venues. And I have been tested for my remote viewing ability and, surprisingly, found that I am pretty good at it. During one test, I tried to call a halt because all I could see was this potted plant in the office where I was being tested. It turned out my target was indeed the potted plant, which I correctly saw as artificial although I had gone nowhere near it.
Q: Why does our government continue to deny that the remote viewing program was used to penetrate the Kremlin and to help end the Cold War? And how was it used by the Soviet Union against us?
Jim: The Government used a skewed study in an attempt to disparage remote viewing because they want to keep this ability for themselves. They certainly do not want the civilian population using remote viewing to see through government-generated misinformation and disinformation. The Soviets used their version of the Psi Spies, they called them "extrasensors" to spy on us. This mutual penetration of secrets by both sides may have ended the Cold War, which was based entirely on secrets. Once the secrecy was pierced by both sides, the Cold War collapsed.
Q: How has remote viewing helped to prevent espionage and crimes such as the assassination of President Ronald Reagan?
Jim: There never was a serious attempt to kill President Reagan with remote viewing. It was a case of the Secret Service becoming concerned that such a thing might be possible. However, they were assured by the Psi Spies that, while enemy psychic spies might be able to look in on the President, it was doubtful that they could harm him physically.
Q: How were you able to get interviews for your book with members of the PSI Spies unit and their supervisors and consultants?
Jim: It was quite difficult, in fact nearly impossible, to get straight answers to my questions to Psi Spies members back in the early 1990s. This was, after all, a Top-Secret classified Government program. But some members, such as David Morehouse and Mel Riley, felt strongly enough that the remote story needed to be brought to the public that they were willing to talk. Other Psi Spies were willing to talk but only off the record. Today, most of their information in now available to the public.
Q: Are the government-trained remote viewers teaching people how to use this psychic technology? Is it still being used for psychic warfare?
Jim: Many of the government-trained remote viewers are today teaching their techniques to a whole new generation of remote viewers. This should prove to the skeptical that it really works. Why else would these former military intelligence officers continue to work with this technology? No one is willing say for certain if the government is still using remote viewing today. Officially, it has been said that the government no longer has a remote viewing unit and this appears to be technically correct. However, from my sources, I know that the some trained remote viewers are now embedded within certain agencies as well as military units such as the Navy SEALS and Army Rangers. Additionally, I know that when government officials want a remote viewing study, they simply contract such with one of the former Psi Spies. This way they get the RV study but can deny that tax money is being spent on maintaining a psychic unit.
Q: Have any of the military remote viewers seen UFOs? If so, are viewers continuing UFO research and monitoring?
Jim: While none of the Psi Spies were officially ordered to view UFOs, they nevertheless encountered them while pursuing other targets. This is another reason the government wants to depreciate remote viewing. It can lead to direct knowledge of the reality of non-human craft visiting the Earth. Some of the former Psi Spies speak opening about this while others fear the ridicule such talk provokes in some people. But all had encounters with unworldly craft. Each and every Psi Spy, at one time or another, encountered craft interacting with the Earth piloted by non-humans. To the best of my knowledge, there is no organized and coordinated remote viewing study of UFOs being conducted today, which is unfortunate.
Q: Do the U.S. Government and other governments continue to utilize remote viewers as spies? How are independent viewers now practicing remote viewing for their own purposes?
Jim: Officially, the U.S. Government is out of the remote viewing business. There is no longer a remote viewing unit or group operating with taxpayer funds. However, within many agencies and military units there are one or more persons trained in remote viewing. In a military operation, for example, how could a commander not want to have someone who can give him some idea of what is over the next hill? The former Psi Spies are using their military remote viewing training to instruct their students in how to control and use this ability. Many still do remote viewing themselves to learn more about themselves and the universe.
Q: What is the next big secret government cover-up?
Jim: The continued suppression of extraterrestrial technology as well as the knowledge regarding the reality of UFOs and their occupants remains certainly the biggest ongoing cover-up of the past 60 years, perhaps in all human history.
Q: Why do you think readers, and society in general, are fascinated by the paranormal?
Jim: I think that each of us down deep knows there is more to life than our three-dimensional physical reality and we all would like to think there is some meaning and purpose in life. The paranormal, which impinges upon all of us once and awhile, is evidence that some things are going on that we don't consciously know about or are being reported in the mainstream and conventional corporate mass media news. A study of the paranormal expands one's worldview and broadens one's knowledge.
Q: Do you have any paranormal pet projects?
Jim: I have no particular pet paranormal project or issue. I am interested in just about everything that comes along, from ghost stories and Sasquatsh to UFOs and the Chupacabra. When I learn of some new narrative or issue, I place it in what I call my "Huh?" file. I say, "Huh?" and file away the information. Then, over time, as that particular file grows thicker, I usually can decide if the topic has some substance or if it is just a hoax or one person's idea.
Q: What are your favorite paranormal shows, movies and books?
Jim: Since I spend my days dealing with serious subjects – government conspiracies, the collapsing economy, the emerging police state, assassinations, etc. – for relaxation I love to read and watch totally escapist material. I especially enjoy Grade-B horror flicks done creatively and well on a low budget. A good recent example of this is a movie entitled I Sell the Dead. I love the old Frankenstein and wolfman movies of my childhood and I read a lot of science fiction. I was reading sci-fi back in the 1940s and 50s, even before it became an established literary genre. And being male, I have always like the war movies and books and I grew up reading Mad comics and the later magazines, which probably accounts for my sardonic view of the conventional world.
Q: Have you ever had a paranormal or psychic experience?
Jim: I have had several experiences which I would have difficulty in finding a conventional explanation but nothing that was overtly paranormal. In college, I might have experienced a ghostly apparition and I have seen some most peculiar lights in the night sky. But mostly, I feel like I have always been a good reporter because I learned to trust my intuition. I could always sense which source was telling me the truth and which was lying to me. In my study of remote viewing, I was taught and tested and found to have good ability at remote viewing. This confirmed my faith in my intuition. Anyone who is sensitive to the energies of the universe can experience the soft, subtle sensations of psychic frequencies which can act as a good guide on life's path. Some folks simple know when to put on the seat belt or when to cross to the other side of the street. If one does not think they can sense this energy, they should study and practice until they get it.
Q: When we were talking earlier, you alluded to an alien ghost in Roswell, NM. Have you been to Area 51? Was there really an alien ghost?
Jim: In 2004, I was in Roswell, NM, taping a television documentary at the New Mexico Rehabilitation Center which, until the base closed in 1967, was the hospital for Walker Air Force Base. The center's Assistant Director Jacqueline Allen gave me permission to film on an upper floor wing of the facility but added the employees did not like to go there because they believed the wing was haunted. Interviews with several of the center's employees confirmed this fear and finally, I talked to Josie Morones, a night nurse tech who said she had actually seen the apparition. "It was kind of shocking," she said. "And it happened twice. The first time I saw this thing I didn't tell anyone because I figured they would think I had gone crazy. But after I saw it a second time, I realized that this was real, so now I don't mind talking about it." She described it as small, with a large head and strange hands that seemed more like mittens. It had large dark eyes. "It was definitely not human," she added. I immediately thought of the typical small alien "gray," especially as I was hearing this in Roswell. Others in the center confirmed that there were reports of this short creature dating back to at least the early 1950s. When I checked old maps against new satellite images I was amazed to find that the site of the "haunted" second-floor wing was on the exact spot of the original wooden hospital at what then as the Roswell Army Air Base, the place where alien bodies were taken in 1947 according to reports. So it would seem there is an alien ghost in Roswell. But then, why not? Throughout history there have been reports of ghost people and even animals. In fact, the military Psi Spies reported that the famous Loch Ness Monster might be a dinosaur ghost, since it seemed real to their viewing but could not be traced backward to an originating point or forward to a destination. It just seemed to appear and then disappear.
Q: What does the future hold for you? Any new books planned?
Jim: My latest book, The Trillion-Dollar Conspiracy: How the New World Order, Man-Made Diseases and Zombie Banks Are Destroying America, was on sale in June 2010. Paranormal devotees might like to know that my original title was Zombie Nation, because like zombie banks, which have more debts than assets yet still operate, we Americans are dead broke as a nation (we now owe more than $12 trillion) yet we still go through the motions of life. The publishers changed the title because they felt someone would buy it thinking it was a horror novel. It is indeed a horror story, but, unfortunately, it is not fiction. This book deals not only with the financial collapse but with strange new man-made illnesses, toxic vaccines, a dumbed-down education system and political corruption that has gone off the chart as well as the growing police state. But it also offers some ideas on how to remedy the situation. It will be an eye-opener for those people whose worldview is caught in the electronic Matrix woven by the corporate mass media.
Q: You can insert your own question, if there's a paranormal topic you'd like to talk about that wasn't asked.
Jim: I think this about covers it. My most sincere thanks to both my readers and those folks whose minds are open enough to deal seriously with the paranormal, outlandish though it may seem to those conditioned to think only in certain ways.
Thank you for joining us Jim!
To learn more about PSI Spies: The True Story of America's Psychic Warfare Program published by HarperCollins, or Jim Marrs's newest release The Trillion Dollar Conspiracy, please visit him on the web at JimMarrs.com.
January 31, 2012
Raven's Recession Gift Card Giveaway!
Raven's Recession Gift Card Giveaway!
We know times are tight. We're feeling the pinch too. We also know that the first things to be cut from most household budgets are the luxuries like book buying. Often we have contests that features free downloads or paperbacks (yes, we're including those in this too) but we thought it would be nice to do more—to help ease the pinch as best we could. Our solution, a massive gift card giveaway contest. We're giving away thousands of dollars worth of prizes! (We've given away thousands and are STILL doing it!)
How does it work?
Glad you asked! Once a month we'll randomly select winners from those who have entered. They'll be notified via email.
What are you entering to win?
You're full of awesome questions! We have lots and lots and lots (can't really stress this enough) of gift cards to nationwide retailers to give away, plus free book downloads, free paperbacks, and pretty much whatever else we can think to toss at folks come winner selection days. Examples of just some of the ones we'll be giving away—Wal-mart, Meijer food, Gordon Foods, Kroger, Visa pre-paid cards, Borders, Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Outback, Chilis, Red Lobster, Old Navy, Macy's, Sears, Hot Topic, JcPenny, prepaid gas cards, starbucks, and many, many more. Also, we'll be tossing in free downloads of our books and paperbacks as they're available to us to giveaway. UPDATE to prizes: DSI Lites, kindle ereaders, video games, moives, tv box sets and much, much more!
How often are we selecting winners?
Monthly! Again winners will be notified by email and if it's a gift card (rather than an e-gift card) that you won, we'll need your snail mail addy to send it to you. Don't worry, we'll ask you for it if you're a winner.
Can I pick which gift cards or prizes I get?
No, sorry. We're randomly selecting winners and pairing them equally as random with prizes.
How do I enter for a chance to win?
We'll be drawing out winners from a few different places this time around. From our Raven Books newsletter mailing list members, from Raven Books Twitter Followers and from Raven Books' owners Michelle Pillow & Mandy Roth's personal mailing lists, facebook followers and twitter followers. If you're already on all the mailing lists and follow each twitter/facebook, yay, you're already entered to win! If not, here are the direct links for each.
The Raven Books Email Newsletter
Mandy M Roth Email Newsletter
Michelle M Pillow Email Newsletter
Michelle M Pillow Twitter
Mandy M Roth Facebook
Why aren't you posting winners name publicly?
We got dinged for doing this and are taking a small break. Apparently, not all people who enter contests want their name out that they entered and won. (Frankly, I find this odd but that's me… Ouch, Michelle just slapped me for saying that publicly. I feel someone had to.)
When should I start?
Now! The sooner the better. We'll repost this contest page in its entirety at the start of each month of the contest as a refresher for any who might have missed it and a reminder to any who might want to enter more than once.
Can I get a bonus entry if I also promote this contest in addition to promoting Raven Books?
You sure can! Just be sure you're promoting Raven Books first and foremost. Then, if you spread the word about the contest too, you'll be entered multiple times.
Any stipulations?
Yes, you must be 18yrs old or older to enter. Contest is void where prohibited. No, we will not send you cash equivalent and all the other normal disclaimer stuff inserted here_____. Yadda yada yadda yada….
King of the Unblessed (Realm Immortal) by Michelle M. Pillow
The choice is simple: go with him or die.
Realm Immortal, Book One
Merrick, dark elfin King of Valdis, had once been heir to all that was good—happiness and pleasure his domain. Now, trapped as the ruler of mischief, king of necessary evil, he stands on a precipice of choice. On one side, his estranged brother, now ruler of what should have been Merrick's, and on the other, King Lucien of the Damned. Both would sway him. Damnation is winning.
Lady Juliana of Bellemare is from a human family, protected by the Blessed, coveted by the Damned. Betrothed to an old friend of her father's, Juliana is resigned to living out her days close to her childhood home, longing for an adventure, never dreaming she'd get what she wished for. When her fiancé is murdered and the children of Bellemare are stolen, Juliana is sent on a quest in a strange realm where appearances are deceiving.
Merrick brings more adventure and passion than any woman could want. Can she withstand the temptations of the Unblessed king? The spell she weaves over him is more than he can resist and, desperate to be the one to rule her, Merrick offers her a choice; either come with him until he tires of her…or die.
Warning: This book contains hot sex, violence, trickster goblins, overly helpful sprights, a king of necessary evil who lives to get his way and a woman who would dare to deny him.
January 30, 2012
Memento Mori: Photographing the Dead
Memento Mori: Photographing the Dead
by Michelle M. Pillow
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These days when you talk about photographing the dead most people think about capturing apparitions or orbs, but in the early stages of photography the concept had an entirely different meaning. With the affordability of new photographic techniques came the practice of memento mori, "remember death", or post-mortem photography, in which people hired photographers to photograph the corpses of their loved ones before burial. This sometimes included the remains of deceased pets. Though now seen as a macabre practice and used as otherworldly movie props in such films as The Others to build supernatural suspense, in the mid-1800's photographing the deceased became a culturally accepted practice to help memorialize the dead and to help with the grieving process.
In 1839 portraiture became commonplace, as inventions like the daguerreotype, an early kind of photograph, made it possible for the masses to afford to have their pictures taken. The shorter exposure times made sitting for a portrait not only feasible but more practical than it had been in previous years. Hitting the height of its popularity in the mid-19th century and dwindling toward the late 1800's, post-mortem photography persisted well into the 20th century in some Eastern European cultures. What, by today's standards, may seem morbid was in fact a reflection of the average 19th century person's ability to understand and deal with death. These pictures were often included on mantle places, mingled with pictures of the living, or sent to distant relatives who could not make the trip to pay their respects.
High mortality rates meant many people didn't always have the opportunity to get their picture taken when they were alive. Every household was touched by death. According to Ancestry.com, "in the United States in 1850, the average life expectancy at birth was 38.9 years" and the "infant mortality rate in 1850 was 217.4 per 1,000 births". It is this high mortality rate in children that accounts for the numerous post-mortem images of Victorian children. With so much death, the Victorians were more adept at dealing with the grieving process than we are today and these photographs were an important step in their process.
Mother and Child
Earlier photographs were often close-ups of the adult's face or full body shots of a child. Loved ones were rarely posed in a coffin. Before the advent of the funeral home, bodies were laid out in at home in a parlor, kept cool by a block of ice. It's not so unusual then that people would want to remember their loved one in a natural setting. Often, they were laid out on a bed or couch to look as if they slept, or arranged in poses meant to mimic the living. Props, such as toys, religious items, or flowers, were added to the scene. In some cases eyes were left open or the photographs were later doctored to paint pupils over the closed eye lids and to add a rosy flush to the cheeks.
Sometimes even the living relatives were included in the photograph, posing with or, in the case of a young child, holding the deceased. Children normally were posed on a couch or crib. When they were held by a living parent, they were posed with their eyes closed. Adults were more commonly pictured sitting up in chairs, braced into place by special frames. It wasn't until embalming practices improved after the Civil War that people could be preserved long enough to be photographed inside their coffins, which were made to order and not readily available the day of death. By the time corpses were photographed in coffins, less effort was made to make them appear more lifelike.
Other variations of the post-mortem included mourners holding a photo of the deceased, family members photographed by a shrine dedicated to the passed loved one including a photo from the deceased's life, or the funeral goers surrounding the open coffin. Today, the post-mortem photograph is more of a strange curiosity to be wondered at and collected. One of the largest collections in the United States is kept by the Burns Archive at www.burnsarchive.com. Other web sources include Paul Frecker at www.paulfrecker.com and at The Thanatos http://thanatos.net. All three of these sites show a tasteful representation of the subject and are not gory.
Michelle M. Pillow is an award winning author writing in many romance fiction genre, including futuristic and paranormal. She can be found at www.michellepillow.com.
January 29, 2012
The Bound Prince – Now In Print
The Bound Prince (Lords of the Var 3) by Michelle M. Pillow
A simple mistake…
Captain Samantha Dorsey and her crew are on a mission, a mission to complete a Galactic Scavenger Hunt and claim the prize money. Flying about space for a year collecting their items, they only have one thing left to get–a primitive wild beast. Drunk and feeling like some fun, Sam and her crew fly to Qurilixen to finish their collection by snagging a white tiger. Only the next morning, severely hung over, Captain Sam realizes that they got more beast than they bargained for. They kidnapped a warrior Prince.
A royal destiny…
Prince Falke, Commander of the Var Armies, is a man raised to fight. Out of all the Var Princes, he alone must be the hardest. When the beautifully frustrating female Captain kidnaps him, no one knows where to come looking. Now it's up to Falke to use all his training, and powers of seduction, to find his way back home.
January 28, 2012
Cupid's Revenge (Naughty Cupid) by Michelle M. Pillow
Review
"5 Angels! I found Cupid's Revenge hilarious and captivating. Enjoy!" –Fallen Angel Reviews, December 2005
"5 Blue Ribbons! CUPID'S REVENGE by Michelle M. Pillow is truly hilarious and entertaining." –Romance Junkies, Oct 2006
"4 STARS! This charming novel has a jubilant and mystical tone that made the second novel in the Naughty Cupid series a joy to read." –Just Erotic Romance Reviews
"Ms. Pillow never disappoints me when she is creating her worlds. Her words weave a wonderful tale combining the mortal world with a far away land where her characters live and emotions soar." –Joyfully Reviewed, Feb 2005
Description
Cupid's livid. It's bad enough he made two people fall in love, but now thanks to King Larus, the whole Immortal Realm knows about it. There's only one thing a troll can do. Get Revenge.
Lady Mina and her sister, Sophia, are impoverished, starving and their castle is crumbling around there feet. Their father is dead, the servants are gone and it's the dead of winter. Could things really get much worse?
After Cupid caused a great disruption amongst his lycans by bringing a human to their world, Larus has had to meet with the Council of Elders. He's made sure it will never happen again. Or so he thought. Hearing two women scream-one whose enchanted to be madly in love with him and one who wants nothing more than to claw his eyes out-he's quickly learning not to underestimate a troll bent on revenge.
Mountains Captive by Michelle M. Pillow
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Review
"5 Tattoos! A wonderfully romantic book!" –Erotic Escapades
Michelle Pillow is turning out to be a terrific surprise. I knew she'd mastered Horror (and) handled the Paranormal novel like a champ. It shouldn't have taken me so much by surprise to see that she could do a Contemporary Romance too. –Novel Spot
Ms. Pillow certainly has a knack for drawing the reader into the story –5 HEARTS! Love Romances
MOUNTAIN'S CAPTIVE proves Michelle Pillow will be around for a long time as an author, as her stories will not soon be forgotten. –5 STARS! Ecataromance Reviews
MOUNTAIN'S CAPTIVE is so captivating that it is a must-buy-must-read-and-must-keep book! –4.5 BLUE RIBBONS! Romance Junkies
Product Description
Waking up with a hangover in a Las Vegas hotel, New York writer Chloe Masters is sore from an unusual night of passion with a man she vaguely recalls. She soon discovers that the night before she dialed the wrong hotel suite and Paul, her arranged fiancé, is frantically waiting for her in a different room. And if that isn't bad enough, she married the wrong guy. Now she has to track down the mysterious Montana mountain man, Everest Beaumont, and get him to sign divorce papers so she can marry Paul and complete the terms of her father's will.
Everest Beaumont likes living on his own and is as rugged as the mountain demands. But when a woman—whom he drunkenly mistook for a Vegas prostitute sent by a corporation to sweeten the deal—shows up on his door claiming to be his wife, he is awestruck. The woman may be his wife, but she is not his to hold. Everest must resist the urges of his body in order to do what is morally right and not touch the woman engaged to another.
Mammoth Book of Hot Romance
Twenty-five unashamedly modern romances with a strong erotic element aimed at the women's market.
Twenty-five unashamedly modern short romances which don't shy away at the bedroom door from the crème de la crème of contemporary romance writers, including Lilith Saintcrow, Louisa Burton, Anna Windsor, Susan Sizemore, Michelle M. Pillow, Rebecca York, Charlotte Stein, Shiloh Walker, Victoria Janssen, Saskia Walker and Cathy Clamp.
This is writing which is more direct, less euphemistic, and frankly accepting of sexuality – fiercely hot stories of flesh and blood and feelings which will entrance and beguile romance readers.
Read Michelle Pillow's exclusive *FREE* story about how her characters in the book met at: http://www.michellepillow.com/mammothhotromance.htm
List of Authors:
Michelle M. Pillow
Lilith Saintcrow
Louisa Burton
Anna Windsor
Susan Sizemore
Rebecca York
Charlotte Stein
Shiloh Walker
Victoria Janssen
Saskia Walker
Cathy Clamp
Victoria Janssen
N.J. Walters
Jackie Kessler
KD Grace
Sasha White
Charlotte Stein
Madelynne Ellis
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January 27, 2012
Hello world!
Finally getting around to fixing the blog…. again.
