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Fresh Pick | BLOOD HUNT by Shannon K. Butcher
Fresh Pick / April 12, 2012

Sentinel Wars #5  August 2011 On Sale: August 2, 2011 Featuring: Hope; Logan; Krag 400 pages ISBN: 0451234294 EAN: 9780451234292 Paperback $7.99 Add to Wish List Paranormal – Supernatural Buy at Amazon.com Voted by us as Best Vampire Romance Blood Hunt by Shannon K. Butcher Hope appeared out of nowhere, naked and alone, a woman without a past. The only thing she knows is that she is imbued with a strange power. It’s in her blood. And two men want to posses it. One is Logan, a Sanguiner demon-fighter who needs Hope’s essence to survive. The other is Krag, a Synestryn lord whose desire is to enslave Hope, and drain her of the lifeforce. When Hope and Logan both fall prey to Krag, a powerful desire grows between them. But is it enough to thwart their captor’s diabolical plan and his demon warriors, and survive a vampire’s destiny written in blood? Butcher’s Sentinel Wars Continues with Non-Stop Action and Steamy Sex Scenes! Excerpt Chapter 1 Kansas City, Missouri, March 16 When death comes for you, it will not be gentle. Logan hadn’t truly understood Sibyl’s prophecy of his death until this moment. But now that he was staring into its…

Susanna Kearsley | What’s Old is New Agan? Or Keep the Original
Author Guest / April 12, 2012

Back when MARIANA was first published, in the early 1990s, most paperback originals (as books published first in mass market paperback format were called) had only a few weeks or months of life in which to find their readers, before they were shunted off the bookstore shelves by the next season’s new releases, so it’s always heartening to see a book that came and went so briefly get a second chance to find the readers who might like it. But with each re-release, there always comes that moment when the proofs arrive to be corrected, and I read a sentence over and I see its flaws in hindsight, and I wonder whether I should maybe change it, just a little. The Russian writer Tolstoy once confided to his friend, Aleksandr Borisovich Goldenweiser: “I scarcely ever reread my published writings, but if by chance I come across a page, it always strikes me: all this must be rewritten; this is how I should have written it.” I’ve felt twinges of that, too, from time to time. Whenever I read one of my early books I feel a little like I’d imagine a carpenter feels when he looks back at the first…

Tammy half of Lydia Dare | Secret Keepers? Do You Have One?
Author Guest / April 12, 2012

“Those penniless Hadley brothers.” Weston, Grayson and Archer have heard themselves described as such their entire lives.  The comment usually occurs along with a slur about their recent behavior in society. You see, the Hadley brothers not only have pockets to let, they also like to stir up trouble at every opportunity. These gentlemen like to gamble, they enjoy a good brawl (often with one another) and they don’t believe in following society’s rules. Not at all. We first met Weston Hadley and his brothers in THE TAMING OF THE WOLF. They just happen to be Dashiel Thorpe’s younger, unclaimed, half-brothers, though society isn’t aware of the connection. If they are aware, no one brings it up. It’s simply too outlandish. The very thought that such a lofty lord would have siblings without a shilling to their names would shock the stockings right off the Duchess of Hythe. Dash’s father had an affair with Dash’s mother which is how Dash came to be, and then the viscount went on to marry and produce these three blights on society. In THE TAMING OF THE WOLF, Caitrin, Lord Eynsford’s witchy wife, sets about the process of uniting the three brothers with her…

It’s Raining Men–Story Garden talks Real Heroes
Author Guest / April 12, 2012

Post a Comment Enter Our Contest Three of our Story Gardeners celebrate April showers by chatting up one of their favorite topics. Heroes. We know readers want to be the story’s heroine for a time, and they want to be with the hero. How do we create a wonderful hero? What kind of a hero makes a believer out of you? Cathy Maxwell: I was charmed by the recent video of the firefighters who were dressed in prom dresses and riding in a float to promote a beauty pageant fundraiser. When a nearby pickup truck caught on fire, they weren’t afraid to jump from their float and set to work–still wearing red and blue prom dresses. A hero isn’t about his pecs or his height or his bank account. Heroic status is about his attitude, about what he values and is willing to protect, and what he stands for. A six foot six guy without any of those things might as well be a rubber dummy no matter how odd looking we think he is. When it comes to heroes, character count. I’ll send a copy of my newest book, LYON’S BRIDE–the first of the Chattan Curse series—to the author…