Join me today at Marie Treanor’s blog where I’ll be blogging later about why I love heroines who can kick-ass and also be having a giveaway. Just leave a comment on Marie’s blog for a chance to win a collection of my Nocturne Cravings e-novellas, namely, NOCTURNAL WHISPERS, THE VAMPIRE’S CONSORT and AMAZON AWAKENING.
Sizzlin’ Stacia in South Beach
After so long, I’m very happy to chat with you about the next book in THE CALLING/REBORN vampire series. KISSED BY A VAMPIRE will be available on October 16 from Harlequin Nocturne.
The heroine in the novel is Stacia, a nearly two thousand year old vampiress who has seen her share of pain and death. She herself experienced it in the days before her wedding when she is turned by her husband-to-be and after, when he enslaves her as she struggles to deal with her new undead life.
Stacia always presented a wealth of contradictions for me. When she first appeared in DEATH CALLS (a 2006 CATAROMANCE Reviewers Choice Winner), you knew she was brash and almost promiscuous as she chased after both Ryder and Diana with equal fervor.
I knew that her sexual pursuit hid a much greater need: To be loved.
That became very apparent in DESIRE CALLS where Stacia and Blake explore their attraction. You can read that story for free by clicking here.
Ever since then, I’ve been trying to find a way to give Stacia her happily-ever-after. There was something about her deep loneliness and the outrageous behavior that she uses to hide it that really called to me. I hope you’ll enjoy her story, KISSED BY A VAMPIRE, when it’s released on October 16.
I also hope you’ll enjoy a slightly different location for KISSED BY A VAMPIRE since I’m moving Stacia’s story to South Beach. It was time for a bit of change from the other Manhattan locales for THE CALLING/REBORN novels.
South Beach was the perfect location for Stacia to meet the man who would challenge her: Sexy DEA Agent Alex Garcia. You might also remember Alex from DEATH CALLS. Alex is Diana’s ex-lover and the events from their brief reunion in New York have had a lasting effect on Alex. KISSED BY A VAMPIRE is as much Alex’s story as it is Stacia’s and I hope you will love this honorable and caring man as much as I do.
I also had another reason for setting the story in South Beach — I’ve been there a few times and wanted to share with you the feel of the sizzling South Beach strip. To get you in the mood, here are some photos of the area where Stacia and Alex will meet and face danger as they fall in love.
I’ll be sharing more Behind the Scenes photos and history with you as we approach the release of KISSED BY A VAMPIRE!
Winners of Lisa Renee Jones’ #Giveaway
Thank you all for dropping by last week to leave comments on the two blogs to help Lisa celebrate her new release, IF I WERE YOU.
I’ve selected two winners from the blogs. One will receive a copy of Lisa’s IF I WERE YOU and the second will receive a very rare print edition of my THE FIFTH KINGDOM (one of my fav books!).
So now, a little drum roll . . .
The winner of IF I WERE YOU is Pam Howell.
The winner of THE FIFTH KINGDOM is Michelle Harlan.
Thank you ladies for coming by! Please e-mail me so we can get out your prizes!
#ManCandyMonday Henry Cavill
It was a tough choice this Man Candy Monday, but I hope you’ll like this diverse actor who has gone from playing in a period piece like Showtime’s THE TUDORS to slipping into the skin-tight suit for the new MAN OF STEEL Superman movie!
If you can’t see the video below, you can click here.
Photo Credit: Sue [email protected]
Happy Release Day Lisa Renee Jones & #giveaway!
It’s the release day for IF I WERE YOU and I want to wish my friend all the best with her new release! Take a moment to leave your congrats for a chance to win a very limited edition print copy of THE FIFTH KINGDOM romantic suspense novel.
This is one of my fav books and I hope you’ll like it also.
Congrats again, Lisa!
If I Were You by Lisa Renee Jones & #Giveaway
I am soooo excited to have with me today my good friend and fellow Dangerous Woman Lisa Renee Jones. Lisa is the author of a number of fabulous books and she is with us today to talk about her latest release, IF I WERE YOU.
So please welcome Lisa who has a very special giveaway for you also!
Thanks Caridad for letting me stop by today! I have a signed arc of IF I WERE YOU, a $10 gift card to your bookstore of choice, and a copy of Wicked Werewolf Passion. Just comment for a chance to win!
Inspired by a journal my fiancee found when buying and selling storage units (yes like the show but before the show) I call this my SHADES OF GREY meets BASIC INSTINCT. Why Shades of Grey? The dark, damaged characters and passion. Why Basic Instinct? Because the main character Sara finds an erotic journal and begins to read. Sara becomes as obsessed with the writer of the journal as the writer is with the two men in the journal, and they with her. She seeks out the woman to be sure she is safe and becomes absorbed in her life, where she meets two powerful men — one of which draws her into an intensely passionate affair. Here’s a little about IF I WERE YOU and a never seen before excerpt:
Book 1: If I Were You
Book 2: Being Me
Book 3: Revealing Us
He is rich and famous, and dark in ways I shouldn’t find intriguing, but I do. I so 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.
A short excerpt from IF I WERE YOU:
His fingers knot in my hair and I gasp at the unexpected bite of his grip, holding me steady. “Is that all you got?†I demand, shocked at how much I want more. How much I want whatever is beneath his surface.
I’m not scared. I’m aroused. I’m ready.
His eyes probe mine, his expression hard, intense. “I thought you were a good little school teacher.â€
“You’re corrupting me,†I declare, “and I seem to like it.†I barely issue the challenge before he’s pulling my mouth to his, and he is kissing me with unrestrained, burning passion. I taste the part of him I want to know, the part he’s afraid of, and I burn to know more. Maybe he’s right. Maybe I am playing with fire, but I cannot stop myself. Beyond reason, I will push him until he reveals everything.
My First Christmas in America
My nephew is getting married in September which is very exciting! As part of the preparations for the wedding, my sister has been rounding up some family photos. She shared this one with me. It was one I don’t ever recall seeing and yet it’s a special one.
This is my sister and me on our first Christmas in America.
That’s me in the back, closest to the tree, a Charlie Brown one if ever I saw one and yet you can see how happy we were.
We were somewhere safe. We were with my parents again. It had been nearly a year and a half since my parents had been forced to flee Cuba and came to the United States to request political asylum. My sister and I had remained with my maternal grandparents in Cuba, expecting that all of us would soon leave shortly to join my parents in the United States.
It didn’t happen that way. Not with Castro.
It’s a long story, but seeing this picture and our joy, I know that things worked out as they should have even if the road to get here was difficult.
Seeing where I’ve gone in all those years, how our family has prospered thanks to this Nation, I know the sacrifice and journey was worth it.
Thanks for coming by today! I hope you all have a lovely Tuesday.