Charcterfest interview #8 with CINSEARAE S.

Please welcome Cinearae and her gang from "Diary of  a Vampire Stripper"

CHARACTER INTERVIEW WITH AURDA, LUCINDA AND PAUL FROM “DIARY OF A VAMPIRE STRIPPER” BY CINSEARAE S.

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1. Welcome! So, tell us a bit about yourselves!

Audra: Can I skip this question, please?

Lucinda: (Snorts) She kinda hates talking about herself, but me, I don’t care. I’m an open book, so ask anything!

Paul: Um, I’m not too good at this kinda stuff either, but I’ll try.

Interviewer: Wonderful! So…as for the first question…

Audra: Still skipping. I’ll answer the next one, promise.

Lucinda: (Sighs and rolls her eyes.)She’s a vamp. I’m a were. And Paul here is a zombie.

Paul: Will you stop calling me that?!? I’m a ghoul!

Lucinda: (Wrinkles her nose.) Close enough!

Interviewer: What an interesting trio you three make!

Lucinda: We get that a lot. (grins)

Paul: Yep. And I’m her boyfriend! (Points to Audra)

Interviewer: You…? She…? (clears her throat.) Is that so?

Audra: We’re trying to get that fixed. His problem, I mean. He was human before.

Interviewer: Well, I wish you luck with that, Paul. Really.

Paul: Thanks. I need all the help I can get right about now! (Scratches his scalp, and a small bit of it sloughs off. He tries patting it back in place.)

2. So….what’s your story?

Audra: Well, pretty much like most folks these days, I stumbled into some tough times trying to keep a job. Out of desperation, I decided to try out as a stripper for a relatively new club that opened up. I met Lu at the auditions and we became friends, and much later, I ran into Paul there.

Lucinda: (whispering) She’s being soooo vague…

Interviewer: Do tell.

Lucinda: (sitting up at attention) True, we met at the strip joint, but she also met her husband there, too.

Audra: Luuu….!

Lucinda: (ignoring her) Her husband’s a bit of a dick. It’s why she became a vamp in the first place.

Paul: And that’s what fascinated me about her. (grins dreamily, showing his pointed teeth. The Interviewer cringes.)

Interviewer: I didn’t realize ghouls had sharp teeth.

Paul: Gotta tear through that raw flesh somehow, right? It’s one of the things that clearly distinguishes me from a zombie, Lu.

Lucinda: You and zombies are the same difference in my book.

Paul: I do not shuffle around mindlessly with my arms stuck out, going ‘braaains’, do I?”

Lucinda: Well, no, but—

Paul: I rest my case. (Folds his arms.) We’ve gotta stop having this argument!

3. Moving on, being what you are, do you guys embrace conflict or run away from it?

Lucinda: Are you kidding??? Whatever it is, we gotta face it head-on, or else it’ll simply get worse if we don’t nip it in the bud. Many humans don’t believe our kind exist, which is all fine and dandy, but those that do know, well…we’re not well-liked by them, to say the least! Being hunted by extremists that are out to kill us sucks… and they say WE’RE the freaks!!

Audra: Long story short, there’s a group of vigilante asshole cops trying to eradicate us. I hate people that are hell-bent on trying to destroy what they refuse to try and understand.

Paul: Definitely what they both said.

Interviewer: I’m so sorry to hear you guys are having it so tough. You guys are really cool.

Lucinda: Aw, thanks!

Cataclysm by C. L. Parker

Title: Cataclysm
Author: C.L. Parker
Publisher: The Writer's Coffee Shop
Reviewer: Twigs


Cataclysm:
Through the darkness of night, Light will lead the way.

Kerrigan Cruz and Dominic Grayson thought the worst of the storm was behind them. In reality, they have only weathered impossible odds to find they are smack dab in the eye of an unforgiving cyclone. More is on the way. The raging bands of chaos that surrounds them are forcing the destructive walls of the monster to close in around them. Taking on a life of its own, the storm growls and gnashes its teeth, threatening to devour everything they ever were or ever will be. There will be nothing but devastation left in its wake, and it sets its sights on Kerrigan and Dominic.

Through the howling winds and punishing lashes of rain, a stranger comes. The promise of a better tomorrow, a brighter, sunnier life filled with hopes and dreams rests in the palm of his hand. It is knowledge, a formidable weapon when wielded by the right person at just the right time. If she can only harness the power of this stranger’s knowledge, Kerrigan may be able to save the one she loves before he fades into nothingness, and she is left all alone.

But is this stranger friend or foe? Drawn to her side by an unseen force, will he enlighten Kerrigan or will he seek to claim her for his own?

Review Surrounded by Temptation by Mandy Harbin

Title: Surrounded by Temptation (Woods Family # 3)  

Author: Mandy Harbin 

Source: Author request

Genre: Paranormal romance- shifters

Length: Novella

Reviewed by Laurie 

When Krista needs Ariel’s biochemical expertise because her new boyfriend can turn into a mountain lion, Ariel thinks her sister has lost her mind. But the possibility of a major discovery like this is too much of a temptation to ignore. Create a drug to stop a shifter from forcing a mating? Only if she got to test his sexual limits herself.

Rob thinks Ariel is an angel in disguise, and he immediately knows she’s the one for him. But is he strong enough to resist his animal’s need to claim her once the temptation begins?

Steel's Edge by Ilona Andrews / Series Finale and 5 Star Reading

Title: Steel's Edge (The Edge, #4)

Author: Ilona Andrews

Genre: Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy

Length: Novel

Reviewed by Douglas Meeks

The Edge lies between worlds, on the border between the Broken, where people shop at Wal-Mart and magic is a fairy tale—and the Weird, where blueblood aristocrats rule, changelings roam, and the strength of your magic can change your destiny…

Charlotte de Ney is as noble as they come, a blueblood straight out of the Weird. But even though she possesses rare magical healing abilities, her life has brought her nothing but pain. After her marriage crumbles, she flees to the Edge to build a new home for herself. Until Richard Mar is brought to her for treatment, and Charlotte’s life is turned upside down once again.

Richard is a swordsman without peer, future head of his large and rambunctious Edger clan—and he’s on a clandestine quest to wipe out slavers trafficking humans in the Weird. So when his presence leads his very dangerous enemies to Charlotte, she vows to help Richard destroy them. The slavers’ operation, however, goes deeper than Richard knows, and even working together, Charlotte and Richard may not survive...

 

Characterfest interview #7 with Lissa by Josee Renard

Please welcome Lissa and Josee Renard

Character interview – Lissa – Making History by Josee Renard

Lissa making history right this moment…

Lissa:  I know this is supposed to be a character interview, but there’s a few things I need to know about you first –

Characterfest interview #6 with Terek and Gabrielle Bisset

Please welcome Trek and Gabrielle Bisset ! 

Thanks to the lovely bloggers at Bitten By Paranormal Romance for having me over today to interview my newest hero, Terek, from Blood Spirit (Sons of Navarus #3)! It's great to be here.

Gabrielle:  Hello, Terek. Thanks for joining me here today.

Terek: My pleasure, Gabrielle. Vasilije told me about this place when I mentioned to him that you were interviewing me at a blog with the word Bitten in the title. He seems to have liked it.

Gabrielle:  That's good since he's returning later this month to be interviewed, along with Saint. If you'd like to join them, you're more than welcome.

Terek: (raises his eyebrows and grins)  Three vampires at once? Feeling brave, Gabrielle?

Gabrielle:  (blushes)  You know me, Terek. Plus, with you and Saint around, I know I'll be in good hands.

Terek:  True, but remember, we're vampires, after all, even if we are your vampires.

Review The Witch's Dream by Victoria Danann

Title: The Witch's Dream (The Order of the Black Swan, #2)
Author: Victoria Danann
Source: Author
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Length: Novel (ebook 298pgs)
Published by 7th House



He was left behind when Elora Laiken made her choice. Now he’s had it with love, but a transplanted witch who happens to be the world’s best tracker hopes she can change his mind.

The Witch’s Dream begins with B Team on temporary assignment to Black Swan headquarters in Edinburgh where they are supposed to fill in for stretched-thin resources and assist with a werewolf issue. They’ve been given permission to stop in Ireland for a few days and help Ram and Elora celebrate their hand-fasting at the palace in Derry.

When they reach Edinburgh, the afterglow of an elf-tale wedding quickly turns all business. A missing person report turns into a demon abduction. A simple werewolf sanction becomes a diplomatic issue requiring the one thing Elora is no longer willing to give - finesse.

From New York to Ireland to Edinburgh to Siena to the Texas Hill Country to Napa Valley. From promises to rages to hunts to epiphanies, emotions intersect to prove that true love can find you when you’re least expecting it – even when you’re far, far from home.

ARC Review : Where There's a Will by Karen Kelley

Title: Where There's A Will
Author : Karen Kelley
Source: NetGalley
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Length : ebook  274 pages
Published: September 4th, 2012
Reviewed by: Cerridwen



When good girl Haley Tillman is stood up (again), she prays for a dating miracle— and then slams the front door in its face when it appears! Ryder is half angel, half mortal, with powers to do whatever the hell he wants. When he hears Haley’s prayers, he is bound and determined to answer every single one of them.

Review: Born in Twilight by Maggie Shayne

Title: Born in Twilight (Wings in the Night #5)

Author: Maggie Shayne

Source: Self-Purchased

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Length: Novel
Release Date : July 1, 2007

Reviewer: Jasmyn

He found her in an abandoned building, half-starved, her face chalk white yet strikingly beautiful. Those violet eyes drew him closer, even though Jameson Bryant knew what she was. Even though she warned him away. But it was too late. With one parting of her lips, the hungry creature of the night took him...

Nine months later, their tiny dark angel was born...in twilight.

Characterfest interview #5 with Laurent Bovier by RM Sotera

Interviewer – RM Sotera

Interviewee – Laurent Bovier New Orleans Vampire and part of the world of the Dirty series

RM:  Hi there followers of Bitten By Paranormal Romance.  Today I have the pleasure of sharing with you the interview I did with Laurent Bovier, New Orleans vampire extraordinaire.

Location – RM Sotera’s Office – August 3, 2012

RM – Sitting in my home office across the desk from the man of the hour I’d cleared my throat. “Let’s start our interview today with your name.”

LB – His Lips twitched as he hid a definite smile. “Ma cherie you know my name.  Do you not?”

RM – “Okay, let’s move past that.  You’re right.  I do know your name, Mr. Bovier.”  The damned man had a way of making my body quake inside.  The way he annunciated words, and the way the words rolled off his tongue made talking the way he did x-rated.

Comrade Bloggers hops

This post is where I will add my comrade bloggers giveaway hops. 

Characterfest interview #4 with Miakoda by Tina Carreiro

Please welcome Miakoda and Tina Carreiro

Today we have Miakoda Starr, the heroine from Tina Carreiro’s new release, Power of the Moon.

So, I guess I should open by asking what I should call you. I know you have name issues.

Mia: MY-A is fine. Thanks, for asking.

 How difficult is it to connect with the dead?

Mia: It’s not something I’m use to yet. I guess it’s more difficult because I don’t want to connect with the dead, so I shut down and block everything out.  

 Who is your closest friend?

 Mia: Cynthia. Although, she’s a little mad at me right now.  I have to buy her something Coach and beg for forgiveness. *rolls eyes* This Coach obsession of hers is out of hand. Beyond the purses, she has Coach shoes, iphone case, lipstick case, and wristlet. You name it she’s got it. I think she needs an intervention.

  You knew this question was coming so I’ll just ask it now, what’s up with Cole?

Mia: Well, it’s complicated.

Yeah… I didn’t ask for your Facebook status, I want to know what’s going on with Cole.

Mia: We’re getting there. *grins*

What’s your greatest talent?

Mia: *smirks* I think that’s yet to be seen.

What is your favorite activity?

Mia: Riding the elevator with Cole. *drops eyes and blushes*

Yes, I think we’d all like to ride the elevator with Cole.

Mia: Watch it, or I’ll make your aura twitch.

Jealous?

Mia: With a vengeance.

Who do you love?

 Mia: Cole, of course. *smiles*

Who makes you mad?

Mia: Cole, of course. I think he does it on purpose though. Oh, and mean people. I’ve been picked on all my life and I’ll never understand the need to be mean.

 What’s your favorite snack?

Mia: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup.

 Favorite Color

 Mia: It use to be midnight blue, but since I met Cole, it’s amber. When he gets excited his eyes change to this beautiful color. It’s like someone is holding a light behind a precious brown stone. And then the look he gives me, wow it’s just---

*clears throat*

Mia: Oh, sorry. He has that affect on me.

Favorite Movie

Mia: Dracula, with Bela Lugosi.

Oh, yeah, that’s right… You have a Siamese cat named after Bela Lugosi.

Mia: Yes, and he has one eye. He’s adorable.

Any final words to those who have read about you?

Mia: Yes. You know, I have some hang-ups and, you don’t even know the half of my issues, yet. ;) Not everyone has smooth edges, some of us have rough ones.  I wanted to thank all the people that stuck with me until the end. You felt my fear, my tears, and my love for Cole.

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Characterfest interview #3 with Astra by Sam Cleever

Astra's Interview with the Angel City Bugler

Astra Q Phelps recently did an interview for the Angel City Bugler, during which she gives readers some wonderful insights into how she got her start as a kick-butt demon slayer and all around tough Tweener.

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R: Hello Astra, thank you for joining us today, we love your books and were hoping we could get to know you a little bit.

A: Hey! How’s it going? You got anything here that needs to be blown up or vanquished?

R: Uh, well, no, not really. I have an ex-husband… But no, forget I said that. I just wanted to chat with you for a few minutes.

A: You don’t want me to save the world?

R: Um, no, not right at this moment.

A: Oh good. Okay.

R: So, Astra, you certainly lead an exciting life. Vanquishing demons, fighting off devilishly handsome Royal Devil Princes, and saving the world, how does one get into this line of work?

A: It doesn’t hurt to be born a Tweener, with a powerful Seraphim for a father and an equally powerful Royal Devil as a mother. It’s not an easy gig you know.

R: I can imagine. Can you tell us what exactly a Tweener is?

Monthly Events

 I will be posting my events and giveaway blog hops, along with my comrade events, here on this post. 

April 

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Phantom Shadows Book Promo + Giveaway

Phantom Shadows

Dianne Duvall lures readers into a world of romance and suspense, where love can mean the difference between life and death. . .

Dr. Melanie Lipton is no stranger to the supernatural. She knows immortals better than they know themselves, right down to their stubborn little genes. So although a handsome rogue immortal seems suspicious to her colleagues, Sebastien Newcombe intrigues Melanie. His history is checkered, his scars are impressive, and his ideas are daring. But it's not his ideas that have Melanie fighting off surges of desire. . .
Bastien is used to being the bad guy. In fact, he can't remember the last time he had an ally he could trust. But Melanie is different--and under her calm, professional exterior he senses a passion beyond anything in his centuries of experience. Giving in to temptation is out of the question--he can't put her in danger. But she isn't asking him. . .


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She stared at him in silence for so long he began to feel a bit self-conscious. “You can feel other people's emotions?” she asked finally.
“Yes. And Stuart's told me he was lying to try to save his ass.”
Again she stared at him.
“What?” he asked when the silence stretched.
“You can feel my emotions? Right now?”
“No. I have to touch you to feel them.”
“So . . .”
He could see her considering it, trying to remember every time he had touched her or she had touched him. At the network. In her car. At David's. Trying to remember what she might have inadvertently revealed.
“You might have mentioned it. Given me a little warning.”
“Such didn't occur to me.”
More silence.


 Dianne Duvall
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Review: A Dragon's Seduction

Title : A Dragon's Seduction (The Gatekeepers, #1)
Author: Tamelia Tumlin
Length: Novella (ebook 68pgs)
Publisher: Steel Magnolia Press
Publication Date: 6 Apr 2012


Firefighter and Gatekeeper Brayden St. John guards the Northern portal to Jarithia the same way he fights fires: with honor, bravery and his own set of rules. But when the dragonshifter meets a certain lovely sorceress, he soon learns that rules are meant to be broken. Even his rules.

Sorceress Callie Gautreaux, owner of Ribbons and Roses Flower Shop, walked away from her powerful family and her Magik years ago. Now, as a malevolent wizard invokes a rogue Chaos dragon to terrorize the streets of New Orleans, she must join forces with her sworn enemy – an ultra-sexy dragonshifter – and face her past in order to save the humans. But can she save her heart from the dragon's charm?

Something for my followers to read from my heart

You know it’s amazing what authors will say behind your back. I started this blog just too keep my personal reviews, not for it to go this far. I never went to authors for reviews because I knew I had grammar issues. I’m just an ordinary average reader and human. I didn’t go through collage to be an editor. I started having followers and then all the sudden authors started coming to me to and asking for me to read and review their books, so what was I to do? I started reading their book and giving my honest opinion. Now after some gets huge they want throw me to the mud because of my grammar issues, well fine by me, but they know who came to whom first.

The blog will stay open and my reviewer will continue to review but I myself will not be taking any review request in for a while. I really need time to think.

Thanks

Laurie 

ARC review Already Freakn' Mated by Eve Langlais

Title: Already Freakn' Mated (Freakn' Shifters #3) 

Author: Eve Langlais

Source: Author request

Genre Paranormal romance- shifter M/F

Length: Novel 

Reviewed by Laurie 

Release date October 3, 2012

Lucky him, he found his mate. Just one teensy, tiny problem. She was already married to someone else.

Meeting the woman of his dreams would have worked a lot better if she didn’t already belong to another man. But Chris wasn’t about to let something like ‘until death do us part’ keep him from claiming his woman. He’ll do anything to win his mate, including throwing his attractive cousin at the pesky husband.

Despite the danger, and her marital status, Jiao can’t help falling for a handsome wolf. Honor says she should stay away, but her curious inner cat is flexing her claws and demanding they claim their man.

But Jiao isn’t the only one falling in love. When her husband finds himself head over heels with a she-wolf, will Sheng do the right thing and end the marriage sham? Or will the past catch up first and bite them?

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Freakn' Shifters series (each can be read as a stand alone):
Book #1 Delicate Freakn' Flower
Book #2 Jealous And Freakn'
Book #3 Already Freakn' Mated
Book #4 Human and Freakn' (Dec 2012)

**Please note, while Book 1 & 2 are MFM stories, Book 3, Already Freakn' Mated is not. Suprising, I know given the title lol. But for those who crave MFM, never fear, Freakn' Shifters #4 will be MFM and HOT as hell!

Characterfest interview #2 with Rekkus by Dominique Eastwick

Please welcome Rakkus and Dominique Eastwick! 

Thank you for coming to chat with us today. Why do you think Dominique Eastwick choose you to represent her?  I didn’t really have a choose as she is one of the high member of the Syndicate which rules the Para’s.

Tell us a little about yourself? I am head of Security for the Wiccan Haus, as well as the protector of the Rowan Family.

And? And what?

Charcterfest Interview #1 with a Succubus name Pia by Annie Nicholas

Please welcome Pia and Annie!! 

Interview with a Succubus

Hi, I’m Annie Nicholas and I’ve dragged my current heroine along with me to hold my hand during this interview.

 I’m Pia Blyton and I’m forcing Annie to come out of her shell. Sort of…  (pushes Annie to the front of the class)

What? (blinks) I write paranormal romance and Pia is my succubus. Wait, not mine-mine, but my character in my new book.

(whispers) Starved for Love.

Starved for Love. She has three boyfriends—

Not boyfriends, suitors, big difference.

How?

Boyfriends implies I love them. I can’t allow myself to do that. It’s too dangerous for my mental health. Suitors are more like… contracted lovers? Geez, that makes them sound like prostitutes. (laughs) Some of them would prefer that, but I don’t pay them. The contract states that we have sex every nine days so I can feed.

What do they get out of it?

Dude! (gestures at her body) All this.

Every nine days, divided by three boy—suitors that equals…

Yes, yes, every three days I have to orgasm so I can feed. Don’t look at me like that. I’m not the writer.  You wouldn’t want to be around me if I don’t feed either. It can get ugly, well actually, I’m told I get more beautiful, but that’s not the point. I get demanding and horny and no one’s safe.

Are you close to your day three now?  (clears throat)

(tosses Annie the evil eye) Yes, I have a date after this so you’re safe.

(perks) Which suitor?

Review: Forbidden by Jacquelyn Frank

Title: Forbidden
Author: Jacquelyn Frank
Source: Edelweiss
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Length: Novel

Release Date : October 30, 2012

Reviewer: Jasmyn

From New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Frank comes this first book in The World of the Nightwalkers—an exciting and sensual new spin-off series in which the Bodywalkers, an ancient race of the night, battles the evil forces who prey on them.

The unexpected happens in an instant. On her way to work, secretary Docia Waverley hurtles into a crashing crossroads, and she quickly begins to suspect that things will never be the same. Then, when a tall, blond, muscular stranger intervenes on her behalf, telling her it is his duty to protect her at all cost, what is just a feeling turns to proof positive. That is, as long as Docia’s savior doesn’t turn out to be a crazed kidnapper.

When Ram finds Docia, he has no doubt that she is his queen. But as this golden warrior sweeps in to protect her, he feels something more than body heat every time they touch. He is overwhelmed by a searing connection that goes deep into the twin souls inside him. A desire rises in him that is forbidden—this woman is his queen, the mate of his king, his leader, his best friend. And yet Docia is so vulnerable and attractive that she awakens a hunger in Ram that is undeniable, a carnal craving he cannot yield to . . . not without risking the very survival of the Bodywalkers.

Review Dark Nights by Christine Feehan

Title:Review Dark Nights 

Author: Christine Feehan

Source: Edelweiss

Length: Novel Mass Paperback 

Reviewed by Laurie

DARK DREAM

Book #7 in Dark Series

Previously in After Twilight & Dark Dreamers

She’s known him since she was fifteen. Every night, he is with her: his face, his voice. Tonight, Sara Marten will meet the man who is both angel and demon, salvation and temptation: Falcon—the Carpathian, the banished hero. Tonight, Sara will meet the dark-eyed destroyer destined to be her mate..

DARK DESCENT

Book #11 in Dark Series

Previously in The Only One

In this version of Dark Descent there is an additional hundred pages. I rewrote it from the original version as I felt it was too short. I do not plan on doing this for the other re-prints, but I hope you enjoy the newest version of Dark Descent.

In a cave of mystery and wonder deep in the Carpathian Mountains, bodyguard Joie Sanders encounters a most remarkable being. Proud, strong, immortal, he is called Traian—an ageless hunter, locked in a life and death battle with enemy vampires—and he will be her salvation in a labyrinth protected by the ingenious traps of a mysterious ancient race. What awaits them in the darkness is not known, and each step could be their last—as their destined path leads them toward a fiery passion that will illuminate the perilous dark night.

The Fire Inside by Virginia Cavanaugh

Title:The Fire Inside 

Author: Virginia Cavanaugh 

Source: Author and publisher request

Genre: Erotic paranormal romance 

Length: Novella

Reviewed by Laurie 

Werewolves be damned. Tyra Smith chose to leave behind her nature to protect her heart after the wrenching loss of her own pack. She wants nothing to do with another wolf. Never again wants to feel the deep pain of loss. At least until a sexy-as-sin wolf named Konrad shows up, saving her from the roaming paws of another wolf.

The sparks of lust ignite a desire that burns with hellish intensity inside her, making her crave something she’d dared to forsake. The ability to resist wanes. Is it a true mate bond that pulls her to him or just the heat cycle she’s entering? Something only time can tell.

When a real threat from another pack presents itself, Tyra must move into Konrad’s den for her physical protection. But as things continue to heat up between the two of them, will he also be able to protect her heart?

Horngate Witches Series - Books 1-3 / This is 5 Star and Take No Prisoners Urban Fantasy

Horngate Witches Series:

Bitter Night - Book #1
Crimson Wind - Book #2
Shadow City - Book #3

Calling BDSM Authors this is the last round so if you want to get into the fun you better hurry.

 BDSM Authors vs. Bitten by Paranormal Romance Reviewers

November 1st – 30th 2012

Last call, so if you want in please be quick. I'll leave this open until October 15, 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.  Oh yeah, you can't miss this one. You have to stick around to see which reviewer uses the safe word first.

I walked in Wal-Mart the other day and saw they had Fifty Shades of Gray on the shelves, and I got pissed because BDSM has been around for years. But now, this author is going to make a killing off what others have been struggling to do in this so-called taboo market. The cashier at Wal-Mart told me about little old ladies asking for this book, but I guarantee that the little old ladies would scold someone for reading BDSM last year.  The thing that kills me the most is one day I was in Wal-Mart, and the book lady was taking away the Lora Leigh erotic books. She told me,"Wal-Mart said because of the sexual content they couldn't sell these types of  books." But yet here they are selling an BDSM book? What the heck? Well, that got me thinking, and I came home and submitted my idea to my reviewers, and I couldn’t believe the response. They are totally up to this.

Blog tour with romance author Claire Ashgrove

Please welcome romance author Claire Ashgrove! 

Good morning!  It’s so good to be back here today.  Since we’re five days into the release of Immortal Surrender, I thought it might be nice to check in with our fearless Templar commander, Merrick du Loire, and see what he thinks of the new turn of events.

Claire:  Merrick, it shows through Immortal Surrender that you still don’t trust or care for Tane, but Anne has forgiven him. Why do you think she can but you can’t?

Merrick:  ‘Tis a most unpleasant subject, Lady Ashgrove.  Must we continue this course?  I do not make it habit to speak of the traitor.

Claire:  I know you don’t.  Humor me for a moment or three, please?

(Merrick grumbles, but gives a short nod.)  If ‘tis necessary for the comprehension of our plight, I shall suffer the inquisition.  Quite simply, Lady Anne possesses a gentleness of heart that I do not.  Nor do I possess the desire to cultivate such outside of my relationship with her.  My duties are such that softness and tender-heartedness could be deadly upon a battlefield.

Claire:  But this isn’t a battlefield – not in the temple at least.  This was once your brother.

Merrick:  Indeed.  The very same reason why his betrayal runs much deeper.  Were he another knight, his actions would not be so grievous, though indeed they would warrant punishment.

Claire: Do you think you will eventually forgive him?

Review: IMMORTAL SURRENDER (The Curse of The Templars #2) by Claire Ashgrove

Immortal Surrender (The Curse of the Templars #2)

Author:  CLAIRE ASHGROVE

Publisher:  Tor Books

Release Date:  September 25, 2012

Source:  ARC provided by author for review

Genre:  Paranormal Romance

Length:  Novel – available in print and digital

Reviewed by:  Artemis

Farran de Clare, loyal member of the cursed Knights Templar, wants nothing to do with predestined mates. Even the Almighty won’t turn him into a fool again—he’d rather sacrifice his soul. Yet in the scientist Noelle Keane, a devout atheist, Farran meets the seraph designed for him.

Ordered by the archangel Gabriel to protect Noelle, the possessor of a sacred relic that could give Azazel incredible power, Farran swears to do his duty—but in name only. Fighting an attraction that grows with each day, he’s determined that he’ll never pledge himself to her.

As they war over her future, their mutual passion ignites a conflict far more damning. But before Noelle will agree to eternity with him, she demands the ultimate sacrifice – his heart.

Review Beyond Shame by Kit Rocha

Title: Beyond Shame (Beyond, #1)
Author: Kit Rocha
Source: Netgalley
Genre: Dystopia Erotic Romance (BDSM elements)
Length: Novel

All Noelle Cunningham has ever wanted is a life beyond–beyond the walls of Eden, where only the righteous are allowed to remain, and beyond her stiflingly restrictive existence as a councilman’s daughter. But only ruins lie outside the City, remnants of a society destroyed by solar storms decades earlier.

The sectors surrounding Eden house the corrupt, the criminal–men like Jasper McCray, bootlegger and cage fighter. Jas clawed his way up from nothing to stand at the right hand of Sector Four’s ruthless leader, and he’ll defend the O’Kane gang with his life. But no fight ever prepared him for the exiled City girl who falls at his feet.

Her innocence is undeniable, but so is their intense sexual attraction, and soon they’re crossing every boundary Noelle barely knew she had. But if she wants to belong to Jas, first she’ll have to open herself to the gang, to a dangerous world of sex, lust and violence. A world where passion is power, and freedom is found in submission.

Review: Incarnation by Emma Cornwall

Title: Incarnation
Author: Emma Cornwall
Source: Review Request
Genre: Paranormal
Length: 33 pages
Reviewed by: Emi

In the steampunk world of Victorian London, a beautiful vampire seeks out the author of Dracula–to set the record straight . . . If one is to believe Bram Stoker’s legendary vampire tale, Lucy Weston is Dracula’s most wanton creation, a sexual creature of the night who preys on innocent boys. But the real-life Lucy is nothing like her fictional counterpart—and she demands to know why the Victorian author deliberately lied. With Stoker’s reluctant help, she’s determined to track down the very fiend who transformed her—from the sensual underworld where humans vie to become vampires, to a hidden cell beneath a temple to madness, and finally into the glittering Crystal Palace where death reigns supreme.

Haunted by fragmentary memories of her lost life and love, Lucy must battle her thirst for blood as she struggles to stop a catastrophic war that will doom vampires and humans alike. Ultimately, she must make a choice that illuminates for her—and for us—what it means to be human.

CharacterFest is almost here!

Characterfest is just a few more days away. Check out the new list, I had to make some last min changes this week so it's not the same line up as I had over the last 6 months. 

Make sure your here for a month of fun character interview and giveaways!!!

Guest post from the CEO of BTS magazine Myra Nour

Please welcome Myra Nour CEO of BTS magazine. Myra is also an author so please check out her website below. 

Why did you start publishing BTSeMag?

     My daughter, Christy, said to me one day, “we should publish an eMagazine.” Simon and I both were against it because Chris was attending college. When would she have time for this? But she really wanted to do it, so we started helping her look for authors to include in the eMag

Feedburner update

UPDATE. Thanks to Miki Suggestion for http://blogtrottr.com. I signed up and I think I have it up and running. This is for you to get post by email.  If you look at the top left sidebar, you'll see a place to add an email. Just add your email and you will get the post, it worked for me today and others. So, this one seems to work better. 

Thanks 

Since my attempted of using the free Feedcat failed, I have looked into some more Feedburners. The sad fact is there isn't much for free so with only 60 Freedburners users I can't see myself paying 5.00 to 10.00 a month, plus with most of these feedburner host, if I gain subscribers then it could run into 30.00 or more a month.Until I can find something similar to Google Feedbruner than I will not be having one. I'm sorry but all of this monthly pay here and there is getting too much for this blogger.

To those of you 60 people who uses Google Feedburner you will have it for a few more weeks before they shut it down.

I am considering using mailchimp for my events next year, that way it will be easier for you to keep up with them, but again I have to be careful because if I go over the limit it too will cost around 5.00 a month, if not more it just depends on how many signs up. 

The free blogging world is changing fast, it's becoming a dollar digger by the month. This is the biggest reason you see a lot of blogger closing up because they didn't see this coming before they open a blog.

What are you reading this Autumn?

*Image courtesy of Evgeni Dinev/ FreeDigitalPhotos.net

 
I was looking at my TBR list (not reading any of them, just looking, because I'm really good at managing my time wisely. HA!)
I quickly realized how far behind I was, BUT my mind started to wander again and I ended up making this list of Fall releases that I'm excited for. 

I'm sure that there are tons missing from the list, so feel free to comment and tell me what I've overlooked or what books you are looking forward to!
*Fall runs from Sept 22- Dec 20 this year*

ARC Review Warrior's Last Gift by Melissa Mayhue

Title: Warrior's Last Gift (Warrior, #1.5)

Author: Melissa Mayhue

Source: Edelweiss

Genre: Historical Paranormal Romance

Length: Ebook Novella (100pgs)

Published by Pocket Star of Simon and Schuster

Release Date: October 2, 2012




When Jeanne MacGhie had nowhere to turn, Eymer Horvesson stepped in with an offer of marriage. He asked for only one favor in return…and now that he’s dead, Jeanne will stop at nothing to keep her promise to the young warrior—even though it means turning to the one man she swore she’d never speak to again.

Eric MacNicol never expected a cavalier refusal to wed would result in his losing the one thing he truly wanted in life. When a warrior’s final request forces him on a cross-country quest with the widow, he must battle his inner demons to make the right decision this time. Only one last gift from a fallen warrior can offer them both a second chance at true love…. 

Gabrielle Bisset Sons of Navarus Paranormal Fall Fling blog tour kick off!

Thanks so much to Laurie and all the bloggers here at Bitten By Paranormal Romance for having me here to celebrate the release of the third book in the Sons of Navarus series, Blood Spirit! And the celebration doesn't stop until the last day of October. Until October 31, the Blood Spirit/Sons of Navarus Paranormal Fall Fling giveaway has weekly prizes along with grand prizes of gift cards, ebooks, and cool Sons of Navarus swag at the end of the fling. Be sure to keep reading after the post for details on how to enter!

Blood Spirit is the third book in the Sons of Navarus series and continues the story from the first two, Blood Avenged and Blood Betrayed. When I began brainstorming for this series, I decided that this wouldn't be one of those series where each book is a stand alone. I have a series of novellas like that, but I wanted this series' story to be bigger. So readers are introduced to the first Son, Vasilije, in Blood Avenged and very gently eased into the non-romantic plotline of a vampire civil war between the Sons of Navarus and the Archons. At the end of Blood Avenged, readers meet the rest of the Sons and it all begins.

In the second book, Blood Betrayed, readers meet Saint, another Son, and learn more about the Archons, the law and order vampires who want to take over the vampire world and mold it into their very sterile and cruel likeness. Each book in the series features the love story of one of the Sons but continues the series' plot.

ARC Review :Waking Up Immortal by Rachel Carrington( Book 1 in Universal Security)

Title: Waking Up Immortal
Author:Rachel Carrington
Source: Author request
Genre: Sci-Fi Romance
Length: Kindle ebook nov
Expected Release Date: October 20th 2012
Review by: Cerridwen
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Feed burner news

So, I hear though the grapevine Feedburner is closing next month. I really don't have many of you that scribe to feedburner, so I figured I ask everyone before I go pay for something else or try to dig up something for free that probably wont work half way right. If there is a lot of you what wants Feedburber then I will go find one, if not I'm not going to even bother. 

Just leave me a comment and let me know you'd like to have a feedburner.

Thanks
Laurie 

Review: Higlander Reborn, by Laura Hunsaker

Title: Highlander Reborn
Author: Laura Hunsaker
Source: Review request
Genre: Paranormal Romance 
Length: novella, 33 pages
Reviewed by: Emi

Highlander Reborn begins in Scotland, many centuries ago, where a blacksmith fights for his life and his people. His life is forever changed when Amalia, one of the Nightkind, makes the choice to save his life. But first, he has to die...

1304…

After Nevin MacLachlan’s wife was killed by a vampire, he made it his mission to hunt them all down. But one late Highland night, in a battle he couldn’t win, one of the Nightkind ripped open his throat. With his blood draining onto the grass, the last thing Nevin sees isn’t a white light; it’s the dark of night closing in on him.

Amalia has been enamored with the blacksmith ever since he first held a stake to her heart. Watching him die was unacceptable. Will he ever forgive her for turning him into what he hates most?

Nevin has lived his life alone for a reason. When Amalia walks back into his life seven centuries later asking for help, he wants nothing more but to turn his back to her. But something about her still calls to him.

Some of the Nightkind in Amalia’s seethe have been killed. It’s up to her to find Nevin and ask for his help. But how can she show Nevin that she isn’t the monster he thinks she is?