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Unique Vampire Stories To Die For

We are starting an awesome blog hop today with six of my vampire romance author friends! Take a moment to visit each blog over the next few days for a chance to win some awesome prizes, learn why we write vampire romance and find out more about us!


Vampire romance is such a full and dynamic fiction genre that it can be a challenge for authors to make their stories stand out from the crowd. Here, six vampire romance authors sink their teeth into what they think is especially unique about their latest vampire stories…

Joyee: I think what’s different in my newest book and the series from most vampire books is they respect humans. So much of what they do is to protect those who know nothing about them so that they may live their lives in blissful ignorance. Also, there is more than just vampires in the world. Maverick will find himself mated to a fae warrior who’s over seven feet tall and a gorgeous werewolf. Both their blood have different effects on Maverick but only one will be pleasurable!

Laura: Two things are particularly unique about my debut novel, a vampire romance called Forever Freed. First, the story is told from the first person point of view of the hero – just imagine living in the head of a sexy, tortured vampire hero! Second, the story has a child character who is central to the plot and to the hero’s character development, and the relationship between the hero and the child is one of the most unique and compelling things about the book. In Seduced by the Vampire King, book 2 in my Vampire Warrior Kings series that releases June 1, one of the things that is unique is that the human heroine knows about vampires and wants absolutely nothing to do with them. Another is the worldbuilding in which seven remaining vampire kings in alliance with a handful of elite, influential humans reign over their respective regions of the world and fight in an ancient war against evil, immortal enemies.

Lisa: In the first book of my Night Series, we meet Calisto, a Night Walker. While he is immortal and drinks blood in order to survive, his race is slightly different from the European vampires. Night Walkers actually come from the Mayans, and when the sun sets, their hearts start to beat and they breathe. They’re alive at night and dead by day. There are a few other differences between Night Walkers and vampires, that readers will discover as the series unfolds.

Laurie: TEMPTED BY BLOOD, the third book in the Sweetblood series, is Jackson’s story. He’s the playboy charmer of the Seattle area Guardians, vampires sworn to protect sweetblood humans from Darkbloods who want to sell their very rare, highly addictive blood on the vampire black market. But his secret world is turned upside down when Arianna Wells, the spunky, sexy blogger behind Paranormalish, puts his picture on the internet, identifying him as a vampire, and sets in motion a terrible plot by his enemies.

Caridad: The Vampire’s Consort, is one of my new erotic paranormal novellas for the Nocturne Cravings line. The hero, Adrian, is a vampire who took a liking to Eliza, a young woman dying of tuberculosis. Despite the warnings of other vampires about taking on a young and attractive woman as his keeper, Adrian gives Eliza a choice: die of a fatal illness, or become his consort and attend to his every need. Eliza chose life, but she did not expect to fall in love–and lust–with him.

Elisabeth: In King of Darkness, Thad is a rare alpha/beta archetype king. He was once a fighter but has been hit by crisis after crisis on the heels of the tragic death of his parents. He must fight to win the love of his reluctant destined queen, Isabel. All this, while struggling to rise to the occasion and present a united leadership for the good of his race. Their wizard enemies are killing the vampires off in order to steal magical powers from them, and gaining ground quickly…

About the Authors

Joyee Flynn dreams of one day living on enough land to have a few horses, and find a couple of cowboys or pool boys of her own. She loves to get lost in fantasy that only books can bring. Her wide interest in reading is reflected in her writings, whether short stories, romance, or mystical.

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Laura Kaye is the bestselling and award-winning author of over a half-dozen books in paranormal, contemporary and erotic romance. Her debut novel Forever Freed is a 2012 Booksellers’ Best Double Finalist for Best Paranormal and Best First Novel, and won the NJRW Golden Leaf Award for Best Paranormal of 2011.

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Lisa Kessler loves to make up stories. Her work has been featured in print anthologies, and her vampire story “Immortal Beloved” was a finalist for a Bram Stoker award. She was also a finalist in RT Book Review magazine’s “Writing with the Stars” contest. Her debut novel, Night Walker is a Bookseller’s Best Double Finalist for Best Paranormal and Best First Novel.

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Laurie London is the award-winning author of the Sweetblood series. The hotly-anticipated third book, TEMPTED BY BLOOD, is available now, and the fourth book, SEDUCED BY BLOOD, comes out in late July.

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Caridad Pineiro is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author and RITA® Finalist. Caridad is the author of over thirty published novels and novellas. Caridad’s latest paranormal romance release is THE CLAIMED, the second book in the Sin Hunter series. For more information, please visit www.caridad.com.

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Elisabeth Staab still lives with her nose in a book and at least one foot in a fantasy world. Her bestselling paranormal romance novel, King of Darkness, is available now. Her second book, Prince of Power, releases in January.

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Giveaway!

Wanna talk vampires? Wanna win vampires?? Follow along the Vampire Romance To Die For Tour all week for both!

Here’s the schedule:

Here’s what you can win:

    1) A grand tour-wide prize of a $60 amazon or B&N gift card!

    2) Each day’s blog hostess will give away one book of a vampire romance to a commenter at their blog

What are the rules?:

    1) You must comment to enter to win with your email address. Blog follows are appreciated but not required
    2) Contest is open until midnight EST Monday, May 21
    3) Winners will be announced on May 22
    4) Open to international
    5) Winners to be picked using random.org
    6) Participating authors not responsible for biting, blood loss, or swooning-related accidents

115 Replies to “Unique Vampire Stories To Die For”

  1. Yay Vampires! My favorite. What a great tour line-up. Look forward to hopping and reading. 🙂 celia(at)celiabreslin.com

  2. All these books sound good. Sounds like a fun hop. Thanks for the giveaway.

    bn100candg(at)hotmail(dot)com

  3. I love vamps. And I already love a lot of these authors but finding new authors is never a bad thing (except maybe for my wallet). 🙂

    smurfettev AT gmail DOT com

  4. I love me some vamps!!! I can’t wait to read Claimed! I haven’t been able to find it so I’m just gonna have to get it on kindle:) Thanks for the awesome blog hop!

    [email protected]

  5. This is going to be an awesome blog hop!!! Love me some vampires! My favorite books are all PNR and vampires make up the majority of them. I haven’t read all of the authors but I’m looking forward to that changing!! Thanks so much!
    suz2(at)cox(dot)net

  8. Oh this is such a fun blog! I LOVE VAMPIRES! My favorite genre is PNR and there’s just not enough hours in a day for my long TBR list. I’m glad I get to discover new authors. Will add your names to my “must read” list. Thanks so much for the opportunity and wish you all continued success!
    [email protected]

  9. I mostly read paranormal books. I am familiar with some of the authors but all of you. It’s great to find some new ones. Looking forward to this week and learning more about your books. It’s wonderful that you are all here together. Thanks for hosting this awesome group Caridad.Have a great day.
    [email protected]

  10. Thank you all for coming by! 🙂 I’ve had a blast sharing e-mails with you and finding out what you love about vampires. 😎 Like you I am totally looking forward to the next stops on the tour, but hope you’ll come back here off and on and see what’s up at my blog! THANK YOU!

  11. hopping in like a kangaroo from DOWNUNDER AUSTRALIA…..lovvvvvvveeee all paranormal stories cant get enough…driving husband crazy loll…mmm thinks a day late lolll
    definetly going to look into Caridad Pineiro…more books to buy woohoo
    thanks

  13. I adore everything Vampire and am very excited about this Vamp blog hop. Most of you are new to me with the exception of Elisabeth Staab and Laura Kaye. They are both top faves of mine. If you have not read Elisabeth’s “King of Darkness”, you are missing out on a fantastic, steamy, twisty-turny read!!!!(not at all sure if those are spelled right) Although I have not read “Forever Freed” by Laura(which I will now), I have read her “Hearts in Darkness”, which was fabulous and so incredibly intense for a short read, and way worth it AND I am reading “North of Need” currently. Another winner!!! 😛

    Thank you to all the ladies bringing us this fun time!!!

    brandypm(at)optonline(dot)net

    2. Hi, Phyllis, great to see you! Thanks for stopping by and checking out these other awesome ladies!

  14. Great authors all of you and from the sound of it, great books too!

    dsadler53 at yahoo dot ca

  16. I LOVE vampires…but don’t know that I’ve ever seen one hop…have you? ROFL! Sorry…that was bad, I know…forgive me, I’m still recovering from mom’s day! <3<3<3 Thx for the giveaway op! 🙂

    barbbattaglia @ yahoo.com

    1. Ha! I love it Barb! 🙂

      So glad you’re hopping with us this week!

      Lisa 🙂

  17. Hi everybody! This is a great hop! My favorite paranormal creatures are vampires.

    Some of you guys I know better than others. I probably know Laurie London best though. I’ve been bothering her ever since Bonded came out 😉 I’ve also just recently been in contact with Laura for my blog and a book win.

    Love the hop idea!

    2. Aw, hey Megan, so fun to *see* you here. 🙂 And you’re never a bother! I love seeing you on the interwebs. :mrgreen:

  19. I love Vampire books. I started reading them about 4 or 5 years ago. The book that got me hooked was Jeaniene Frost’s Halfway To The Grave. I think the reason I like them so much is they are mysterious and intriguing and super sexy. This tour is awesome and I look forward to meeting the authors. Some are new to me.

    1. She’s awesome! Thanks so much for stopping by and checking us all out!

  20. This is such a great idea! Such amazing authors. I am only familiar with a few, seeing you all together just makes me more anxious to reading new stories. Thank you for writing these stories and keeping my mind sane! Lol reading PR just makes life a little easier every evening when I need to relieve the stress of my life. Thank you!

    2. Thanks, Melissa! I’m the same way. I love the escape. Thanks for joining our hop!

  21. twilight was the book that got me into vampires and now I can’t get enough of vampires witches shape shifters and I am always looking for new books to read 🙂

    1. Welcome to the dark side Sheila!!! Muahahahaha!!!

      *ahem*

      I mean, thanks for coming on the blog hop! LOL

      Lisa 🙂

  22. Love to read about vampires. Can’t wait to see what these authors have to say.
    karinwerner50(at)yhaoo(dot)com

  24. Love, love, love vampires! Thanks for the introduction to “new” authors! I can’t wait to learn more about them.

  25. I love rule #6. That is a good rule. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE VAMPIRES. I am going to be a busy girl reading. I have to tell you all that I love your book covers. Enjoy the rest of your day!!!—Rachel

    1. You sound like my kind of girl Rachel!!! LOL

      Hope you enjoy all the books!

      Lisa 🙂

  26. This is going to be a fun week! I loved reading about each of the stories and finding some new reads and authors to add to my lists. I’m thinking maybe a vampire reads marathon is in the near future for me 😉

    foreverbama@gmail

    1. Thanks, April! Oooh, I like the idea of a vampire reading marathon. Sounds fun!

    4. Hope you enjoy the vampire romance marathon April!!! LOL

      Thanks for commenting!

      Lisa 🙂

  28. What an awesome group you are and I am so excited to have the opportunity to join in on this vampy hoppin fun! Thank you so much. I am looking forward to each post 🙂

    dz59001[at]gmail[dot]com

  29. Awesome hop, love reading about hot, sexy vamps! It’s so fun to see the spin each author puts on their vampires. A couple authors are new to me so I’m looking forward to checking out their books! Thanks!
    lfacchini(at)tampabay.rr.com

  30. Wow! What a fun Blog Tour! I love PNR, especially the vamps. I have had the pleasure of reading books by several of these authors and loved them all. Thanks for the awesome giveaway! [email protected]

  31. Hmmm, two of these authors I am not familiar with… I will have to look into their books! Love Vamps!

  33. Thanks you so much for this event, i love paranormal romance and you made it international so it’s even better thanks you. i can’t wait to see all the new discovery i will do

    thanks you

    all teh best

    isabelle(dot)frisch(at)gmail(dot)com

  34. I Love Vampire stories so I am off to check up on all these author’s books 😀

    ilona
    felinewyvern at googlemail dot com

    1. Thanks, Ilona! The 6 of us participated in the Vampire Panel at the RT Booklovers Con, and at the time, I’d read only a few of the other authors’ books. When we read excerpts aloud, I remember sitting there thinking, OMG, I have to read all of them!

  35. Ooh, a vampire blog hop! Sounds wonderful, especially since I’ve read previous books in the series for some of these authors. 🙂

  36. wow, what a great bunch of authors all in one place! Will be sure to pass the word along 🙂

  37. Thanks for kicking off our Vampire week Caridad!!!

    This is going to be SO fun!!!

    Lisa 🙂

  39. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Vampire stories. Looks like I have a bunch of books to get and read. I love to read and Maggie Shayne’s Wings in the Night series on the Silhouette Shadows imprint were my first vampire romances. And that got me hooked for life. look forward to reading Ms. Caridad’s books.

    1. Hope you enjoy all the new vampire books Gloria!

      Thanks for commenting!

      Lisa 🙂

  40. Having all my favorite authors in one week talking about my favorite subjuct-Vampires- is just Heaven on Earth…LOL
    Each of you ladies bring a unique take on vampires that keep us readers coming back for more. Thanks so much for hours and hours of entertainment. I look so forward to this week’s discussions. PARTY ON LADIES!!!!!

    koonie2888 at yahoo dot com

    1. Aw, thanks, Michelle! I agree. Talking about our obsession with vampires is so much fun!

  41. Wow, congrats to all of you authors! Thanks for the tour–I’ve read some of you before, but love adding to my TBR either way! Looking forward to reading and adding more 🙂

    f dot chen at comcast dot net

  42. 90% of all I read is paranormal romance so I love to read about vampires :). This is going to be one of my favorite tours ’cause I love all 6 authors!

    vsloboda(at)gmail(dot)com

  45. Love the giveaway and all the blurbs, def. going up on my TBR list =)

    best wishes, Linda xo

    Oh, and thanks for making it International, we need something to read on this side of the pond, too =D

    1. I agree, it’s so nice to see a contest, made international, so we may participate as well. 🙂

  48. The only thing I like as much as reading about vampires is talking about them. I already read a couple of the authors listed so it looks like I have a few new ones to add to my to be read list. Always good to be turned on to new (to me) authors!

    Have a great week and thanks for the opportunity!

    xmelaniexthomasx(at)aim(dot)com

    2. Yay!!! Thanks for stopping by Melanie!!! Hope you enjoy and the new vampire books…

      Lisa 🙂

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