Need help on your 2013 pet week? Well, here is a post for you

I wanted to write a post to help those of you who signed up for Blogger’s Helps Paws with a Cause. This is a weeklong event. One day is for your pet posts so all you have to come up with 6 more days. I want to let you know what I did last year to help you get stated. This is something very simple it just is a bit time consuming and it takes someone who knows a bit about planning ahead of time. 

You can either make a post on your blog so authors can come to you or sign up for the event, or you can email each one that you want to write a guest post. But you don’t have to limit yourself to just authors you can pick from bloggers and let them write up post about their pets.

Now what I did during pet week of 2011 was I had the authors write up their own post, reason because they know their pets and know how to make them shine. An interview would be very hard to do with a pet but you can give them a pet related topic. Remember to have the author or blogger send their pet pictures because everyone loves to see what kind of pets that you have.

See I told you it was simple, all it take is a bit of planning.

If you have any question please feel free to ask

Here are two examples from last year’s pet week.

http://www.bittenbyparanormalromance.com/2012/05/authors-and-their-pets-day-1-with-dani.html

http://www.bittenbyparanormalromance.com/2012/05/authors-and-their-pets-day-6-with-tina.html

Hope this helps.

Blogger and author that signed up for 18 and Over giveaway hop Sept 13-16 2012

To everyone that signed up for the 18 and Over giveaway hop. I just sent out an email to the participants that I had email to, so if you didn't get an email please contact me. 

It's almost time I hope you guys are ready for some hot giveaway fun! 

Review Oh, Cherry Ripe by Claudy Conn

Title: Oh, Cherry Ripe b

Author: Claudy Conn 

Source: Kindle Freebie

Genre: Historical romance

Length: Novella  

Reviewed by Laurie 

Cherry Elton was beside herself! Her own mother had arranged a marriage for her to a man she had never even met. She had no choice but to run away.

Sky Westbrooke had no wish to marry, but his mischievous siblings sorely needed a firm maternal hand. Yet, how could he court his unseen bride, when into his employ had come the most remarkable, enchanting governess?

And Cherry, playing at being a governess was smitten by the handsome, cavalier Lord Westbrooke. His stolen kisses left her breathless—yet, he was betrothed to another. Whatever was a love struck governess to do?

Guest romance author Kellysten

Please welcome romnace author Kallysten

“You know, I could make it really good for you,” Nicholas whispered, his lips brushing the back of Andrew’s ear. “You wouldn’t have to do a thing, I’d take care of you.”
With a quick laugh, Andrew bucked, and promptly reversed their positions so that he was lying on top of Nicholas, pinning his hands down above his head.

“Not the way it works,” Andrew said in a low, rumbling voice. His eyes were glowing with molten gold. “I’m the one who takes care of you, remember?”

Nicholas arched his hips up so that his cock pressed against Andrew’s, both of them as hard and needy. Nicholas lowered his eyelids, affecting a coyness that was a mere echo from a long-gone time, and tilted his neck to one side to present his throat to Andrew.

Review Vampire Dreams (Victorian Erotic #1) by Gabrielle Bisset

Title: Vampire Dreams (Victorian Erotic #1)
Author: Gabrielle Bisset
Source: Self- purchased
Genre: Paranormal romance- vampire
Length: Novella
Reviewed by Laurie

This book will be no longer available! You have to buy Vampire Dreams Revamped! 

Homeless and without any family, Arden Stephens must live on the streets of mid 19th century London, never a safe place for a young woman. One night, as she is running for her life from an attacker, she is rescued by Brandon Ridley and offered a place in his home as his maid. Brandon is enchanted by Arden from the moment they meet, but just as she has secrets, so too does he. A vampire hundreds of years old, he yearns for the companionship she can give him. But for that he must make her one of his kind.

Nightly, he visits her in her sleep, preparing her for the night he will finally make her his own. For Arden, the wanton dreams she has about her handsome employer seduce her and each day when she wakes up, she finds herself more drawn to him. But love and desire aren't enough for Brandon to sire her. He must first obtain the approval of his maker, an ancient vampire named Vasilije who has thwarted his chance for happiness before.

But if Brandon can convince him, he may finally find the love he's been without for centuries

Calling BDSM Authors and readers!

 BDSM Authors vs. Bitten by Paranormal Romance Reviewers

November 1st – 30th 2012

The whole month of November, Bitten by Paranormal Romance will be playing the submissive role, while the BDSM authors will be in the dominate role. Since we are playing the submissive role, we will each have our own safe word. The safe word will be used if we can't finish the book. We will publish the review using the safe word and telling why we had to use the safe word.

I sent out a call to all BDSM authors a month back to bring their books and see if they can push out push our limits. Now, it’s time to see who used the safe word first.

This is open to all BDSM sub-genres, not just paranormal, so you get a good verity.

I the reviewers and I had so much fun hosting this challenge for you and the readers. We also want to think each author that had the courage in sending us their book to review.

I hope this challenge helps you in picking up your next BDSM read.

Happy reading

Laurie 

Interview with one of our reviewers CaroleDee

Everyone please give a welcome to one of our own reviewers Caroldee. 

I sent out a small interview with a few of my question and a few of our Facebook users questions, to each reviewer, in hopes this will help you get to know each reviewer better.

CaroleDee has been with us for sometime now, so I'm sure a lot of you have already gotten to know her quite well. What I know is she so much fun to chat with and she has become one of my biggest helpers on the blog. 

First off please tell the readers a bit about yourself, please. 
I’m a 28 year old mother of an extremely shy 6 year old. (Don’t ask me where he gets if from. I’m the weirdo that will talk the ear off a stranger in the grocery line) I’ve been married to my best friend for almost nine years. My father was in the Marine Corps and my husband is in the Air Force so I’ve been a military brat/spouse my entire life. I’ve lived in Japan, Germany, England, and 4 different states.  Needless to say I move a lot, and I love it! I dread the day when my husband retires because I honestly don’t know how to live in the same place for a long time. Not to mention I don’t even know WHERE I want to live permanently.  Ideas anyone?

Review Transforming Love by Debra Smith

Title: Transforming Love (A Koning Clan Novel, #1)

Author: Debra Smith

Source:Request

Genre: Paranormal Erotic Romance

Length: Novella (approx 80pgs) 

 

Jenny never expected her thirst for freedom to lead to her capture. Family secrets prevent her from running from the only man tempting enough to make her submit to her body's desires.

Gryph is dark, sexy, and determined to win Jenny in the Slag, a contest revered by his kind. As the leader of his Clan he's used to getting his way, until her. Can he give Jenny her freedom while winning her heart?

Coming events and Network followers

I really only have handful of network followers but I wanted to post this so you know I will be being shut down. You can either follow by Facebook, twitter, GFC, RRS, email or just add the blog to your favorites. 

Events coming

October is Characterfest and it's just 30 days away. I hope you guys are in for some great character interviews and giveaways. This is always a good time to just have fun with the authors and characters. 

November will be a special month of fun. We are hosting a whole month of BDSM Authors vs. Bitten by Paranormal Romance. The full announcement post will be posted Monday morning so be on the lookout.

Remember to check out interview post by our reviewers. I have a few that will be posting over the next few weeks. 

Review Blurred Memories, Paranormal Romance by Kelystan

Title: Blurred Memories
Author: Kallysten
Source: Review Request
Genre: Paranormal Romance m/m and m/f/m
Length: 196 pages 
Review by: Emi 

After months of trying to find again their place in each other’s lives, Blake, his Sire Marc and their human lover Kate are going back to the fight against demons… but is Blake ready?

His time in a cell in the demon dimension left him with physical and mental wounds, and while the first healed without leaving a mark, the latter still cripple him at times, plunging him into nightmares until he can’t differentiate between horrific memories of abuse and a present in which his lovers tiptoe around him to avoid causing him more pain.

When Kate can’t stand the status quo anymore and risks pushing at the walls behind which Blake hides, things seem to take a turn for the best. Marc, however, decides to make up for his failure to rescue Blake from the demons with a bold move that could start the nightmare all over again… or bring this trio together, closer than ever before.

18 and Over Giveaway hop is almost here. Sept 13-16 2012

Sign up for the 18 and over giveaway hop is now closed. We ended up with 102 blogger. I'm looking forward to seeing what the bloggers comes up with for post and giveaways.  Have fun!


Here is the list of participants

Review: Blurred Bloodlines, Paranormal Romance by Kallysten

Title: Blurred Bloodlines
Author: Kallysten
Source: Review Request 
Genre: Paranormal Romance m/m and m/f/m
Length: 255 pages 
Reviewed by: Emi

Months after closing the breach in the City, Kate’s squad is in a new town, battling demons yet again. Blake and his Sire Marc have accompanied the soldiers and continue to help them, although Blake, these days, is just as busy fighting demons as he is scheming.

He sleeps with both Kate and Marc separately, and figures that, since they are attracted to each other, they should sleep together too.

Before his ultimate goal of sharing his bed with both of them can be achieved, however, the unthinkable happens: while fighting demons, Blake stumbles through a breach and becomes trapped in another dimension.

Grieving over his loss, his lovers fall apart and go their separate ways. Will finding Blake again  a damaged Blake, half-human and half-vampire, incapable of speech and scared of both of them help them grow closer once more, or will it end their relationship for good?

Guest romance author Dianna Hardy + giveaway!

The Time To Be Independent.

by Dianna Hardy

www.diannahardy.com

Whatever you think about Fifty Shades Of Grey, it cannot be argued that its success has brought, not just romance, but super-steamy / erotic romance into the limelight. Something that was closet is now mainstream.

As an independent author, I have to say that I’ve noticed a difference in attitude and my readership since that book was picked up by commercial publishers. Friends and acquaintances, who would never have asked about my books before, suddenly are asking.

When I wrote The Witching Pen (paranormal romance) one year ago, the fact that I wrote sex scenes in a book that would otherwise have been mainstream, simply counted it out of the running for any kind of acknowledgement from general readers. Now… there’s never been a better time to be an independent author. One by one, self-published authors are finding themselves picked up by big publishers, but more than that, they are finding that their readership is growing because of a new acceptability and accessibility within the mind and public consciousness, that wasn’t there before.

Laurie’s upcoming Indie Romance Convention is another example of how now is the time to be independent, if you were ever going to try.

From The Witching Pen (book one of The Witching Pen Novellas) to this third book out today, The Demon Bride, my writing life has been one fast-paced, amazing journey that I hope continues to grow stronger every day.

The Witching Pen Novellas are available in digital and paperback format. All info and buy links can be found on the series website The Witching Pen Novellas.

The Demon Bride

(Book Three of The Witching Pen Novellas)

Two thousand and eleven years after the birth of the Failed One, the Witching Pen will be made manifest on Earth by the Great Shanka Witch of the Old Scrolls. By her hand, the Earth will rumble and shatter, and all dimensions will bleed into one.

The true purpose of the Witching Pen has been revealed, and it must be destroyed before an apocalyptic prophecy comes true. There's just one problem – the Pen is indestructible.

As everyone searches for much needed answers, Elena lays down plans for a radical mission to save her mother from the Shanka's shadow world.

Meanwhile, Mary has finally discovered who she really is, and what that means for the human race.

What Mary doesn't know, is that Gwain has been searching for her for over ten thousand years, and had lost all hope of finding her. Now that he has her, he's faced with an impossible choice: does he save the woman who altered his very existence, or does he sacrifice her to save mankind? 

The Demon Bride eBook is released TODAY in Amazon stores and Smashwords (other retailers to follow). All download links can be found at Dianna’s website.

The Demon Bride paperback (released 31^st October) can be pre-ordered from

Amazon UK   Amazon US   The Book Depository

Dianna Hardy is a multi-genre author of paranormal things, dark things, poetic things, sexy things, taboo things, and sometimes funny things. She writes about witches, demons and angels. All info about her books can be found on her website DiannaHardy.com

GIVEAWAY!

Since this series needs to be read in order, I’m giving away one copy of either book one, two or three – winner’s choice!

Reader chooses eBook format. International giveaway.

Interview with paranormal romance author Jacqueline Rhoades

I'm super excited to introduce you to one of the best new authors I've found this year.   Please welcome Jacqueline Rhoades!

Would you tell us a little about yourself?

First off, I want to thank you for having me. I truly am thrilled to be here. It's a scary thing to put your work out there for the first time and your review made me feel welcome. My sales have grown steadily and that's certainly a positive reinforcement, but reader comments have been few. Your review and those of a few others mean more than I can say.

Now about me. Where to begin? Let's see. I'm older than I ought to be. Where did those years go? I've fallen in love over and over, fortunately with the same man; my husband, who tolerates my craziness, brings me coffee every morning and still makes me laugh. I have a degree in Biology, but must have slept during the human reproduction lecture because I ended up with five kids in rapid succession. What was I thinking? I now work in a public school with Middle School kids. Again, what was I thinking?

My husband and I live in a rural area of Ohio and we've camped in most of the contiguous forty-eight states (Hotel in Hawaii, Yeah!). I wish I could list all the exciting things I've done, but most of my adventures happen in my head. Don't get me wrong. I wouldn't change my life for love nor money and now I get to do what I always dreamed of doing and never thought I would. I am the luckiest of women.

ARC review Temptation in a Kilt by Victoria Roberts

Title: Temptation in a Kilt (Bad Boys of the Highlands #1)
Author: Victoria Roberts
Source Netgalley 
Genre: Historical Romance
Length: Novel
Reviewer: Laurie

But if Brandon can convince him, he may finally find the love he's been without for centuries.

This hot new series follows a trio of Highland lairds, who are driving King James crazy with their constant clan battles and uproarious way of life.

Laird Ciaran MacGregor discovers the beautiful, wounded Lady Rosalia Armstrong while journeying to the king's court. Already burdened with the task of maintaining the peace in his lands, Ciaran has very little patience for this headstrong woman. She's as fearsome as the men trying to kill him for his lands, and their verbal sparring leaves him burning for a more intimate relationship. And if Rosalia's not careful, she'll soon discover his prowess...on and off the battlefield.

Review “For Want of An Angel” (Book 3 of the Fallen Warriors Series) by Rosalie Lario

Title: For Want of An Angel
Author: Rosalie Lario
Source:  Author Request

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Length: ebook - 120 pages

Release Date:  8/31/2012

Reviewed by Kris

Fallen angel Aaron has found the woman of his dreams, an alluring nephilim who has no clue what she really is. By taking her as his mate, he can preserve his strength and immortality... something he’ll need in the fight against the angels who seek to destroy mankind. But first he must convince her that he and his Fallen brethren are not the evil beings they have been made out to be. 

Samantha Benson has the ability to interfere with electrical signals, an attribute which makes professional thievery the perfect career for her. As if her special abilities weren’t enough to deal with, a fallen angel lands right before her and tells her she has angelic blood. He also expects her to believe the Fallen are really the good guys, and that the rest of the angels plan for human annihilation. Surely the sexy-as-sin Fallen is lying. But if so, then why do his words make such sense?

As the Fallen plan to infiltrate a secret prison built by the angels, Aaron must not only convince Samantha that mankind needs her help, but also that the two of them are meant to be together...forever.

Interview with one of our reviewers Carin

Everyone please give a welcome to one of our own reviewers Carin. 

I sent out a small interview with a few of my question and a few of our Facebook users questions, to each reviewer, in hopes this will help you get to know each reviewer better.

Carin has been with us for a few weeks now, so please by all means pick her brain if you have any questions or just leave a comment saying hello. 

First off please tell the readers a bit about yourself, please. I am 29 again, have 3 kids, been married 18 years and I read like crazy.

Besides reading what do you like to do in your spare time? I crochet, quilt and bead, I also cross stitch, love word puzzles and am an all-around geek.

Review: Dark Rival by Brenda Joyce

Title: Dark Rival
Author: Brenda Joyce
Source: Self Purchased
Genre: Paranormal Historical Romance
Length: Novel

Release Date : October 1, 2007

Reviewer: Jasmyn

Highland warriors sworn to protect Innocence throughout the Ages—A golden man, he is called Black Royce—a battle-hardened soldier of the gods. His vows are his life—until he is sent to New York City to protect a Healer from those who would use her powers for themselves. The moment Royce sees beautiful, feisty Allie Monroe, he knows she will be his only weakness—and he is right. Destiny is a dangerous thingAllie Monroe is more than an heiress. She is a Healer, willing to do anything to save victims of the evil that lurks in the city at night. But alone, she can do only so much—until destiny sends her the darkest Highlander of them all. Then evil strikes and Royce is destroyed before Allie's eyes. Now Allie will do anything to save Royce—even if it means going back in time to a dark, dangerous world. Confronting their enemies could cost not only their lives, but their love—for all eternity.

Interview with author Kaily Hart and giveaway

Would you tell us a little about yourself?

Gosh, I hate this question. That’s why I’m a writer. I get to make stuff up about others J. How about…I’m old enough to have figured out what I finally want to be when I grew up and still young enough to believe I can make a difference, to someone or something.

Do you have a hobby?

A what? LOL. With a hubby, four kids and a moody cat, I don’t have a lot of time for hobbies. What time I do have, I write! Although…I am somewhat obsessed with decorating.

When you're writing do you listen to music? If so, what are some of your favorite artists/albums/songs to write to?

Actually, when I’m writing, I like silence. Well, white noise is OK, but I’ve found music just too distracting. I know. I’m probably in the writer minority, right?

Review My Vampire Cover Model by Karyn Gerrard

Title:My Vampire Cover Model 

Author:Karyn Gerrard 

Source: Author request

Genre: Paranormal romance- Vampire 

Length: Novella

Reviewed by Laurie 

Life changed for Deanna Brooks the night she attended a book signing for her aunt's best-selling paranormal romance series. There she met Burney "Burn the Cover God" Sheridan. The model for the fictional vampire hero, Burn is beyond handsome with an overabundance of Irish charm.

Burn Sheridan, a man with scores of past lives, has a secret: He really is a vampire. Meeting Deanna was agony because for the first time in over two hundred years, Burn experiences the rarest of vampiric needs, the "mate of his soul" connection. Keeping people at a distance had been Burn's existence for centuries, but Deanna makes this pledge of staying detached impossible.

 Many obstacles lie ahead and the biggest of all may be Burn himself. Can Deanna and Burn overcome them and find lasting love?

ARC review a Lady and Her Magic by Tammy Falkner

Title: A Lady and Her Magic

Author: Tammy Falkner

Source: Netgalley

Genre: Historical Paranormal Romance

Length: Novel (approx 384)

Published by Sourcebooks Casablanca

Release Date September 4, 2012

Only a fool would get between...
A Lady and Her Magic.

Rules Are Made to be Disobeyed...
Sophia Thorne is new to the Regency's glittering high society, which resembles her magical homeland only insofar as both places are filled with ridiculous rules. Which means no matter where she goes, she's bound for trouble...

And Scandals Are Meant to be Shocking...
The Duke of Robinsworth has flaunted and shocked society for years. In a moment of fateful mischief, Robinsworth encounters the enchanting and distinctly scandalous Sophia. Between her streak of magical mischief and his penchant for scandal, they're about to take rule-breaking to a whole new level...

A special guest post for Authors and giveaway!

Authors are you tired of trying to find the right blog to review your books? If so, then I have some one you need to meet. Her name is Chirsty, and she is the wonderful author of Book Reviewer Yellow Pages. I met Christy in  2010 and she has worked hard at getting this up and running and it is something that authors can appreciate. Just think how many blogs have you searched though to find the right one, just for your books. Well, Christy takes all that work out and gives you a book at a good price, with listings full of book reviewers. This is not only for self-published authors, this book is for all NY, Small, and Indie authors. 

Please give a warm welcome to Christy! 

The Book Reviewer Yellow Pages

Review of Love Comes Twice by Adonis Devereux

Title: Love Comes Twice
Author: Adonis Devereux
Source: Requested Review
Genre: Erotic Fantasy
Release Date: June 4th 2012
Author's Website

Review: Boyfriend From Hell by Jamie Quaid

Title: Boyfriend From Hell
Author: Jamie Quaid
Source: Edelweiss
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Length: Novel

Release Date : September 25, 2012

Reviewer: Jasmyn

They say justice is blind. But Justine isn’t.

Justine (Tina) Clancy is just an ordinary law student with a faulty arrest record, a part-time job in Baltimore’s radioactive Zone, and a family secret so bizarre even she doesn’t believe it. That is, until in a fit of fury she damns her boyfriend to hell—and it’s exactly where he ends up.

Much to her surprise, Tina is apparently one of Saturn’s daughters, with the power to wield vigilante justice. But poor Max didn’t deserve to go up in flames, even if he did almost run her over with her own car. Tina’s convinced someone cut the brakes—and now a relentless nemesis is stalking her through the Zone’s back alleys, where buildings glow, statues move, and chemical waste exposure comes with interesting consequences. Tina’s usually a loner, but now she needs a posse like no other: a shape-shifting kitten, an invisible thief, a biker gang, a snake-charming private detective, a well-meaning cop, and her sleazy, sexy boss. But in between freeing Max from hell, saving her own neck, and solving a mystery that threatens the Zone and her new-found friends, how is she ever going to study for finals?

Review: The Twilight Saint by Jessica Penot

Title: The Twilight Saint
Author: Jessica Penot
Genre: Fantasy
Length: 293 pages
Published by Musa Publishing
Reviewed by Twigs




In a land torn apart by violence, the fragile peace of the world lays in the hands of one tattered warrior.

It has been thousands of years since the fall of the great nations and the tribes that remain in the ashes of the fallen must fight to survive in the shadows. In this desperate landscape, Ailive has spent her entire life fighting for the honor of her tribe and she has grown weary of war. When Ailive sees a chance to escape her fate, she flees into a chaotic landscape where death and darkness lurk behind every friendly face until she finds refuge in the peaceful city at the center of her world. In this city, Ailive finds everything she’s ever dreamt of, but news of a strange prophet from the South brings whispers of war to Ailive’s peaceful home. Now Ailive alone can stop the genocide of an entire tribe of people. Ailive alone holds the key to bringing peace to the world and destroying the monstrous man whom she once loved, if she can only gain the courage to pick up her sword again and make herself fulfill the destiny she’s fought her entire life.

ARC review Immortally Yours (Monster M*A*S*H #1) by Angie Fox

Title: Immortally Yours (Monster M*A*S*H #1)
Author: Angie Fox
Source: Author request
Genre: Paranormal romance- Various paranormal  creatures.
Length: Mass paperback novel
Reviewed by Laurie

No one patches up the incoming wounded like Dr. Petra Robichaud. Recruited by the gods for her uncanny medical skills, she’s the best M*A*S*H surgeon in the army. Along with a nosy guard sphinx,vegetarian werewolf, and otherparanormal paramedics, she bandages soldiers who are built like Greek gods (literally). But when one sexy immortal ends up on her operating table—half dead and totally to-die-for—Petra’s afraid she’ll lose her patient and her heart…

NOTHING IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN LOVE

Commander Galen of Delphi is one gorgeous but stubborn demi-god. When his spirit tries to slip out of his fatally wounded body, Dr. Petra has to slip it back in—unwittingly revealing her ability to see ghosts. Now that Galen knows her secret, he’s convinced she’s part of an ancient prophecy. If the oracles are right, Petra could lead Galen’s army to peace. And if he seduces her on the way to hell and back? Heaven knows—all’s fair in love and war

Sleepy Willow: The Narcoleptic Vampire

Title: The Narcoleptic Vampire Series
Author: Dicey Grenor
Source: Self purchased
Genre: Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy (Vampire with "others")

Sleepy Willow's Bonded Soul: The Narcoleptic Vampire Series Book 1
Sleepy Willow's Heartless Soul: The Narcoleptic Vampire Series Book 2
Sleepy Willow's Loosed Soul: The Narcoleptic Vampire Series Book 3
Book #3 Release Date October 2012


Summary: Ever since vampirism became illegal, the undead have been hunted to near-extinction. So Willow has to watch her back to make sure no one finds out what she is. And that’s not easy considering she’s a vampire with narcolepsy. Predator can become prey at any moment, especially with the skillful Vampire Extermination Team (VET) on the job.

Hoping to blend in with the nightlife, Willow takes advantage of being an animated corpse by performing for necrophiliacs at premiere fetish club Hades. Here, she discovers colleagues with other supernatural secrets. She’s also unexpectedly drawn to Remi, her most loyal fan, despite his deviant sexual nature and personality disorder. But succumbing to her lust is not a good idea, especially since her maistre vampire forbids it.

Now Willow has to outsmart VET agents, escape bounty hunters, and find a cure for narcolepsy…or vampirism. And she’s got to break the bond with her maistre, no matter how powerful and unrelenting he is.

Most importantly, can she stay awake long enough to do any of it?

Review:The Darkest Day (Immortal Heat 1) by Britt Bury

Title: The Darkest Day (Immortal Heat 1)
Author: Britt Bury
Source:NetGalley
Genre:  Paranormal Romance
Length: ebook 300 pages
Publisher: Forever Yours
Reviewed by : Cerridwen (http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/11035793-cerridwen)

Izel Campbell was raised to believe she is an immortal Fionn with the magical skills of persuasion. But when she travels to Scotland to visit her ancestral home, Izel discovers that she is actually the world's last living human. Forced to run for her life, Izel crosses paths with Kelvin Kerr, the Campbells' greatest foe-and the most magnificent warrior she has ever seen.

BURNS BRIGHTEST . . .

A thousand-year-old battle chief of the Kerr clan, Kelvin lives only to avenge his father, who died at the hands of the bloody Campbells. Honor demands he kill the Campbell heir, but when he learns that the lovely Izel is both Campbell and human, Kelvin is torn between duty and desire . . .

ON THE DARKEST DAY

Guest author Amanda Arista + giveaway!

Please welcome Amanda Arista! 

-How'd you get the idea for this book?

            A wise woman once said that your first novel is always a little bit autobiographical. Books are therapy and your demons will be confined to the page. What these wise women failed to mention is that every book you write is autobiographical, especially in Violet Jordan’s case.

            In the case of Diaries of an Urban Panther, Violet was unabashedly me in a slightly taller, slightly more stubborn, slightly more preternatural version. Diaries was born out of an intense need to see a normal chubby heroine in paranormal situation. I’d read every necromancer and vampire hunter out there and couldn’t see me on the page. Yes, they were strong and I like to think of myself as strong, but they kicked ass. I try not to make a habit of that. They have guns and cross bows and I have a Louisville slugger under my bed and I dog with bat-like ears.

ARC Review The Demon Bride by Dianna Hardy

Title: The Demon Bride (The Witching Pen Novellas, #3)

Author: Dianna Hardy

Source: Request

Genre: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance

Length: Novel (approx 280pgs)

Published by Satin Smoke Press

Release Date August 31, 2012

 Two thousand and eleven years after the birth of the Failed One, the Witching Pen will be made manifest on Earth by the Great Shanka Witch of the Old Scrolls. 

By her hand, the Earth will rumble and shatter, and all dimensions will bleed into one.

The true purpose of the Witching Pen has been revealed, and it must be destroyed before an apocalyptic prophecy comes true. There's just one problem -- the Pen is indestructible.

As everyone searches for much needed answers, Elena lays down plans for a radical mission to save her mother from the Shanka's shadow world.

Meanwhile, Mary has finally discovered who she really is, and what that means for the human race.

What Mary doesn't know, is that Gwain has been searching for her for over ten thousand years, and had lost all hope of finding her. Now that he has her, he's faced with an impossible choice: does he save the woman who altered his very existence, or does he sacrifice her to save mankind?

Review Obsessed: Erotic Romance for Women by Rachel Kramer Bussel

Title: Obsessed: Erotic Romance for Women
 Author: Rachel Kramer Bussel
Source: Publisher request 

Genre: Erotica

Length: 240 pgs

Reviewed by Laurie 

Edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel

Foreword by Caridad Piñeiro

Experience the Heights of Passion and the Depths of Desire

We've all been there—so taken by a lover that you just can't stop thinking about him. Your imagination runs wild, fueling your fantasies. You feel hot, feverish, out of control. Your only hope of release is to possess and be possessed. In Obsessed: Erotic Romance for Women, Rachel Kramer Bussel has curated a gloriously explicit collection of riveting romance with an edge. Whether just-blooming passions, rekindled sparks, or reinvented relationships, these lovers put the object of their obsession first. From the almost-divorced couple in "Aftershocks," by Bella Andre, who finally confess their deepest desires during an earthquake to a woman who tells her boyfriend just how much she lusts after another man in Emerald's "Then," these lovers push the boundaries of their trust, and are rewarded for taking those risks. Obsessed lovers don't always do what is rational; sometimes they chase their dreams, as in Kayla Perrin's "One Night in Paris," across the world and across the landscape of their lovers' bodies. Lustful and literary, Obsessed asks just how far you'll go for the man you love.

With contributed stories by Donna George Storey, Kayla Perrin, Portia Da Costa, Logan Belle, Justine Elyot, Emerald, Jennifer Peters, Ariel Graham, Bella Andre, Adele Haze, Charlotte Stein, Kristina Wright, Garnell Wallace, Andrea Dale, Elizabeth Coldwell, K.D. Grace, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Teresa Noelle Roberts, and Louisa Harte.

Review Blurred Nights: Paranormal Romance by Kallysten

Title: Blurred Nights
Author: Kallysten
Source: Review Request
Genre: Paranormal Romance m/m & m/f/m
Lenght: 182 pages 
Review By: Emi

In a future world shattered by the invasion of beast-like demons, humans are fighting back as well as they can, using ancient weapons along with magic to defend their cities. Next to them, vampires are fighting too – some for the thrill of it, others to hold on to age-old Pacts, which demand that they protect humans.

When Kate’s squad of fighters meets vampires Marc and Blake, she is torn. Her squad could use their help, but the two men are distracting her from her duty. Night after night, they search together for the breach between realities that allows the demons’ invasion. They search, also, for the equilibrium that will allow Blake to forgive his Sire, Marc to accept Blake as he is – and Kate to admit she is attracted to both of them.

Can they find that delicate balance beforens destroy the squad?

Review Lustfully Ever After: Fairy Tale Erotic Romance by Kristina Wright

Title: Lustfully Ever After: Fairy Tale Erotic Romance  

Author: Kristina Wright

Source: Publisher request 

Genre: Erotica 

Length: 240 pgs.
Reviewed by Laurie 

Edited by Kristina Wright

Live Out Your Ultimate Romantic Fantasy!

Even grown-ups need bedtime stories, and this delightful collection of fairy tales will lead you down a magical path into forbidden romance and erotic love.

In Michelle Augello-Page's naughty "Wolf Moon," Little Red Riding Hood herself is the big, bad wolf, while Kristina Lloyd reimagines "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" with a scorching hot threesome in "The Last Dance." Shanna Germain's "Mirror Mirror" reveals the Sapphic side of Snow White's stepmother and Lisabet Sarai's Rapunzel captivates us with her wanton ways in "Shorn." As editor Kristina Wright notes in her introduction, "the authors of Lustfully Ever After know your heart's most wicked and secret desires."

With contributed stories by Anya Richards, Jeanette Grey, Anna Meadows, Emerald, Michelle Augello-Page, Shanna Germain, Kristina Lloyd, A.D.R. Forte, Donna George Storey, Charlotte Stein, Sacchi Green, Michael M. Jones, Lisabet Sarai, Evan Mora, Lynn Townsend, Andrea Dale, and Kristina Wright.

Review of Mage's Bane by Chacelyn Pierce

Title: Mage's Bane
Author: Chacelyn Pierce
Source: Requested Review
Genre: Paranormal Romance (Djinn/Mage/Demons)

Mage's Bane


Summary:

The seemingly abandoned daughter of a rogue Akasha Mage and unknown father . . .
Being a rogue Akasha Mage is no easy feat for Aribelle Delano. Neither is summoning Riaz, a djinni that makes her knees go weak in a way that would shame her ancestors.

A new threat of demons intent on killing Ari for nefarious purposes has her putting all her trust in Riaz, who swears to protect her in the face of evil. But she's been taught that fully trusting Riaz is unwise, and he's constantly looking for a way to break free of her control.

She has dreamed of the Sultan of Old Magic for years. . .

Ari must face the new demonic threat and handle the Sultan of Old Magic who dominates her mind…and eventually, her body and soul as well. Together, her and Riaz must find a way to stop the demons and their summoner, even if that means breaking the rules that have been in place between the Akasha and Djinn for millenniums.

Mage's Bane is a passionate paranormal mystery/romance for adult readers.

ARC Review of If I Were You by Lisa Renee Jones

Title: If I Were You (Inside Out Trilogy Book #1)
Author: Lisa Renee Jones
Source: Requested
Genre: Erotic Romance/Contemporary Romance
Length: 330 Paperback pages
Reviewer: Revolutionary Riot Gyrl

He is rich and famous, and dark in ways I shouldn't find intriguing, but I do. I don't understand why his dark side appeals to me, but the attraction between us is rich with velvety promises of satisfaction. Chris is dark, and so are his desires, but I cannot turn away. He is damaged beneath his confident good looks and need for control, and in some way, I feel he needs me. I need him.

Review Red Velvet and Absinthe: Paranormal Erotic Romance by Mitzi Szereto

Title: Red Velvet and Absinthe: Paranormal Erotic Romance
Author: Mitzi Szereto
Source: Publisher request
Genre: Erotica
Length: 240 pgs
Reviewed by Laurie

Edited by Mitzi Szereto

Explore Your Dark Desires

The supernatural: Think vampires, werewolves, ghosts...eerie sounds in the night, impassioned whispers teasing at the depths of sleep...Think red velvet, flickering candles, love and lust with otherworldly partners who unleash passion and desire far beyond that inspired by simple mortals. Editor Mitzi Szereto's sensual stories provide thrills and chills of telltale hearts, redolent with romance and danger. Red Velvet and Absinthe will carry you away, conjuring up the romantic spirit of classic Gothic fiction with a generous dose of eroticism.

A lusty lady, ravaged, seeks comfort in the arms of her maidservent in Giselle Renarde's rapacious "Milady's Bath," while bondage and desire enslave a wolf girl to her master in "Snowlight, Moonlight" by Rose de Fer. Janine Ashbless's "Cover Him with Darkness" is an exquisite tale of secret love between an imprisoned fallen angel and the girl he seduces. Editor Mitzi Szereto's vampire romance "The Blood Moon Kiss" is sexy Southern Gothic at its finest.

With contributed stories by Rose de Fer, Janine Ashbless, Elizabeth Daniels, Mitzi Szereto, Anna Meadows, Charlotte Stein, Zander Vyne, Evan Mora, Ashley Lister, Sharon Bidwell, Claire Buckingham, Giselle Renarde, Carrie Williams, Tahira Iqbal, and Bonnie Dee.

Kristin Miller Virtual Tour Last Vamp Standing and giveaway

My Special Brand of Dark

Last Vamp Standing (Vampires of Crimson Bay #3) has been called “the darkest and grittiest of the series” by early reviewers. Although the heroine is a vampire, and some scenes take place in a bleak urban setting, I didn’t really think the book was that dark…at first.

Sure, the book features a tortured hero who quite literally feeds off of sex and violence. There’s a villain hell bent on wiping out vampires in Crimson Bay. There are vampire elders who wield all kinds of wicked-cool powers and a kick ass battle at the end where blood spills onto the page. I winced while writing it. No joke.

Okay, okay, so it’s a bit darker than the others. Why’d I choose to write the book darker over lighter?

I didn’t choose to write it that way. Not really. I wrote what I knew. What was in my heart.

My preferences in everything have been dark since I was young. I read Dean Koontz and John Saul when friends were reading Anne of Green Gables. I watched gory action movies over Disney from too young of an age. (Lethal Weapon and Die Hard, anyone?) I even prefer dark chocolate to milk chocolate…especially if that chocolate is Ghirardelli…with a chilled mint center. Ahem.

Guess you could say I love “dark and gritty” all around. If you’re anything like me, Last Vamp Standing just might be right up your shadowed, adrenaline-lovin’ alley.

Review Suite Encounters: Hotel Sex Stories by Rachel Kramer Bussel

Title: Suite Encounters: Hotel Sex Stories
Author: Rachel Kramer Bussel

Source Publisher request 
Genre: Erotica
Length: 244 pgs of short stories

Edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel

Hotel Hookups

Honeymoon suites, by-the-hour trysts, erotic escapes, romantic rendezvous...From vacationing couples reliving their glory days to coworkers heading downtown for secret quickies, Suite Encounters is sure to deliver the key to your wildest fantasies. Suzanne Fox teases us with a sexy murder mystery weekend in "An Inspector Comes," while in "Surrender with a Twist," Suleikha Snyder serves up lusty Las Vegas—no collection of hotel erotica would be complete without Sin City sex. Lily K. Cho brings on the kink as a married couples explores what it means to be "Unbound at the Holiday Inn," and Anna Meadows introduces a mermaid who seduces as well as she swims. Rachel Kramer Bussel, editor of the bestselling Do Not Disturb, knows just what makes us so hot for hotels: "I hope you'll be inspired on your next vacation, staycation, or work trip to engage in the spirit of these sexy stories."

With contributed stories by Delilah Devlin, Donna George Storey, Tenille Brown, Ariel Graham, Anna Meadows, Remittance Girl, Emily Moreton, Suzanne Fox, Suleikha Snyder, Lily K. Cho, Justine Elyot, Elizabeth Silver, Erobintica, Tahira Iqbal, Steve Isaak, Valerie Alexander, Andrea Dale, Ellie Vokes, Michael A. Gonzales, and Rachel Kramer Bussel.

Review of Siren's Serenade (Wiccan Haus Book 4) by Dominique Eastwick

Title: Siren's Serenade (Wiccan Haus Book Four)
Author: Dominique Eastwick
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Length: Novella
Reviewer: Twigs

Loving her might just be the death of him.

When Coast Guard rescue swimmer Kaleb Theldon sees what he's sure is a mermaid pulling his partner into the murky depths of the Bering Sea, they call it PTSD. In order to save his career, Kaleb agrees to a week at an island spa off the coast of Maine. But the spa is nothing like he expected, and he isn't prepared for the sexy siren that crosses his path. But will her passion be more than one mere human can take?

Serena has a problem, and after four previous visits to the Wiccan Haus, she'd expected things to get easier. But on the mermaid’s fifth visit, Kaleb walks in and everything in her life becomes complicated. Never has she wanted to mate with a human man before. But can she love a man who has a chip on his shoulder a league long when it comes to mermaids? Can she deal with her own issues all while keeping her true self secret from the man she loves?

And will loving him prove deadly?

This time, the staff have more than healing on their agenda. Can the siblings, Myron, and Rekkus prove to these two lovers that things aren't always how they appear on the surface? Or will Kaleb's demise be found in his Siren's Serenade?

Welcome back to the Wiccan Haus.