Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Win a Trip to Tulsa and Have Lunch with PC and Kristin Cast
The lucky winner will receive a 3-day, 2-night trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma for two people which includes airfare, hotel accommodations, a tour of Tulsa and lunch on Saturday, April 30th, 2011 at the Chalkboard Restaurant with the authors. In order to enter the promo, they must answer three questions about the series.
More about the contest: http://bit.ly/fO0Jnp
Contest rules: http://houseofnightseries.com/pages/tourtulsaofficialrules.html
Also, St. Martin's is also holding a contest via the House of Night Facebook fan page.
Fans can enter for a chance to win 1 of 30 complete sets of House of Night books.
http://on.fb.me/i9W8cZ
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Guest Blog and Giveaway with Kat Duarte
Vampires: Good Guys or Bad Guys?
by Kat Duarte
Happy Holidays, everyone. It’s great to be here as a guest at Fangtastic Books where there are so many like-minded readers and authors. I’ve been looking forward to getting your feedback on one of my favorite topics: vampires.
I’ve often wondered what it is about vampires that makes them so appealing to our imaginations. Danger, elegance, eternal life. Vampires represent such a mixed bag of hopes and fears. I’m sure that whether we view them more as a threat or as tragic, romantic figures depends on our exposure to literature, films, and television.
For example, my first impression of vampires was comprised of the curious yin yang of Bela Lugosi’s Count Dracula in the old 1931 film (seen on “Creature Features” at a very young age) and Al Lewis’s portrayal of Grandpa on The Munsters. That contrast really left me wondering what to think about vampires! As an adult, the strongest influences that shaped my perspective were Anne Rice’s Interview With The Vampire and Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer series. Rice’s Louis and Lestat have stayed in my imagination as much as Whedon’s Angel and Spike. (I’ve got to say that Lestat and Spike tickle my fancy the most, though.)
In my writing, I still go back and forth on my views about vamps. In Rise of the Wolf, my first book for Eternal Press, the werewolves are the good guys and the vampires are the bad guys, but of course that didn’t stop me from writing the vampire as sexy and desirable. Take the scene where my heroine Hilary first sees the vampire who’s on her trail.
Excerpt from Rise of the Wolf:
...she nonetheless noted his wavy black shoulder length hair and the ample pecs playing peek-a-boo beneath his unbuttoned white silk shirt that glowed and glistened—both the shirt and his pecs—in the bright moonlight. He also sported some mighty tight black trousers and an impeccably tailored black coat that reached past his well-muscled thighs to end mid-calf. The quality of his clothes shouted serious money although his fashion sense was just as seriously stuck somewhere in the 1800s...
...She couldn’t seem to stop staring at him. After all, he had such dark, deep glowing red eyes. What? Wait a minute.
But why should you wait? Your skin in the moonlight looks as soft and radiant as pearl. Do you not yearn to be caressed?
She would have sworn his lips didn’t move. His voice was so gentle, warm, sensuous, intimate as though he were inside her thoughts, her soul.
Then somehow, without moving, he had covered the space between them and stood next to her, pressed against her, leaning over her. His soft hair tickled her cheek. His breath whispered across her lips as he parted them with a flick of his hot tongue. The kiss was light, soft, then firmer and deeper, the deft movement filling her with the promise of such delights to come that her knees actually began to give way. He caught her, one of his arms bracing her at the deepest curve of her back, the other wrapped so that he cradled her neck in the palm of his hand....
...His chest muscles were sculpted white marble in the moonlight, like some statue from the ancient world, but he was warm to her eager touch. His muscles rippled as she snaked her nails under white silk and up his back. She grasped his shoulders, desperate to make them fit together as one.
I’m currently working on a sequel, tentatively titled “April’s Moon” where, once again the Vamps and Lycanths will duke it out. Vampires are still the bad guys, but I couldn’t stop myself from writing the full gamut of vamps from a super-evil vampire clan leader to a newly-made vampire who is definitely not cut out for the full-evil lifestyle.
So, my question to all of you Fangtastic fans out there is this:
What type of vampire do you prefer, dark and dangerous? sensitive and romantic? Or some unique combination from your own dreams?
Email a short description of your version of the perfect vamp to me at katsreaders@gmail.com by midnight December 8, 2010.
One lucky entrant will win a matted copy of the limited print “The Autumn Danse” from photographer Lilly Prinn, shown below. (Note: watermark of title and name are for copyright protection only and do not appear on print.)
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BLURB for Rise of the Wolf:
City girl Hilary Samuels had no idea that Murphy’s Law was about to kick into high gear on the first night of the Hunters Moon. One flat tire on a country road and a skid into a cornfield later, she finds herself in a face-off with an evil but seductive vampire. Add to that one huge werewolf who leap in to save the day.
Anyone else would scurry back to the more conventional hazards of life in Chicago, but Hilary moved to the city’s far distant suburb of McKenna with an agenda. If she makes a success of the new CafĂ© Lotti, it will mean a promotion to manager for the next new Lotti in the heart of the city. But just how do you build your customer base when stalked by the undead? Not to mention that the hot, hunky head of your company turns out to be the werewolf who charged to your rescue?
When C.E.O. Nathan Sutton admits he’s her shape-shifting protector, Hilary suspects there’s something else he’s not telling her. Will the secret he reveals have the power to bond them together forever or will it rip her life apart?
Friday, October 30, 2009
Free Book Friday Fang-tastic Giveaway

So today I am wrapping up my virtual tour for Eternal Desire and to celebrate that and the fact that tomorrow it is Halloween I have a huge Fang-tastic Books Free Book Friday Giveaway for you today.
Everything you see above is in the prize pack: a Fang-tastic Books tote bag, Blood Ties Season One and Season 2 on DVD (thanks Eagle Rock Entertainment), a copy of The Mammoth Book of Erotic Confessions which contains two "confessions" by yours truly (it's just fiction but they sound like pretty good confessions I suppose), a copy of Blood Price by Tanya Huff (the first book in the Blood series that launched the Blood Ties TV show) and a signed copy of Eternal Desire.
Plus there are some author bookmarks and promo stuff that authors have sent my way.
So the winner will receive this whole prize pack full of goodies.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Fang-tastic Books Desk Set



Friday, May 29, 2009
Free Book Friday Sweet Persuasion By Maya Banks
This week I have a steamy, hot, erotic novel- Sweet Persuasion by Maya Banks.
Description (from the back of the book):
For five years, Serena has run Fantasy Incorporated and has devoted her time to fulfilling her clients’ fantasies. Never her own. Until now…
Her most secret desire is to give ownership of her body to a man. Someone who will command her, pleasure her, and have complete authority over her. So she seeks out Damon Roche, owner of an exclusive sex club and a man strong enough to make her do anything he wants. Anything.
Together they’ll journey into a world she’s only dreamed of. She’s given the opportunity to immerse herself in a different life while her normal one waits for her to return whenever she wishes. Damon has no desire to let her go, however. Serena is the woman he’s long searched for, and it’s up to him to convince her to stay when the game is all over with. He wants their fantasy to become their reality and for Serena to remain his pampered, cherished submissive.
Want to read an excerpt of this hot erotica book? Go to Maya's website to check it out.
Ready to win a copy? Leave a comment with email address and you'll be entered to win this hot summer read. US residents only please.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Guest Author Erin O'Riordan Is With Us Today

Beltane is an erotic, explicitly sexy romance, available as an e-book from Eternal Press, on Fictionwise, and at All Romance E-Books, and in paperback on Amazon.com.
Zen went up front. She was surprised to see the same man who’d been at the bar in O’Connor’s the night before. This time, instead of a blue suit, he wore a gray pin-striped button-down with the sleeves rolled up, and gray pants. He wore another pair of Gucci shoes that matched just as perfectly. He smiled as he examined a row of herbs: anise seed for love potions, to stir up lust; mistletoe, hung above door and windows to banish nightmares; yarrow to increase one’s psychic abilities, hawthorn for protection from evil spirits, and bloodroot for love potions. It seemed to Zen that he was even sadder tonight than he’d been the night before.
"Welcome to Light and Shadow," Zen said. "May I help you?"
He nodded slightly, not looking up from the potions. "The cocktail waitress at the bar up the street said you’re a witch."
"That’s me," Zen said. She noticed, for the first time, the cross that he wore around his neck. That wasn’t so unusual. Half of her customers were very religious. "I should warn you that my powers are very limited. So if there’s anyone whom you wish to turn into a toad, I can’t help you."
He laughed. "But you tell fortunes, don’t you?"
"Yeah, that I can do," she said. "I can’t tell you exactly where you’ve been, or where you’re going, but I can give you a general idea of how things are, and how they should be."
He thought about this for a moment. "That’s good," he said. "How much?"
"Forty," she said. This was twice what she usually charged, but he looked like he could afford it. He took out his billfold and handed her a fifty.
She went to the cash register to get him his change, but he said, "Keep it."
"Thank you."
"So, where do we do this thing?" he said, adding, "I assume you’re just going to read my palm or something. I hope this won’t involve chicken blood or anything unpleasant like that."
"Through the golden door," she said, pointing. "And the chicken blood service is forty dollars extra."
As Zen and her customer entered, Gillian picked up the last of the tarot cards from the floor and stood. "Hi," she said. "I’m Gillian, the assistant witch. Do you need any help, Zen?"
"No," Zen said, "unless you feel like running to the coffee shop for a couple of lattes."
"Bring me one, too," the customer said. He handed her a ten-dollar bill. "Please."
Gillian nodded. "What do you like? Caf or decaf? Sugar or artificial sweetener?"
He laughed. "I’ll make it easy on you," he said. "I’ll have whatever you ladies are having."
"You got it." Gillian went outside, the door’s chimes jingling behind her.
"Zen?" the customer said, turning from Gillian’s departing form back to Zen. "That’s a really unusual name."
"It’s short for Zenobia," she said. "Mom read it in a Hawthorne novel or something. Please, sit down. And you are?"
"Orlando Parisi," he said.
"Could you be any more Italian?" she joked, taking the seat across from him.
"Actually, yes," he said. "I’m only half Italian. Dad was from Milan; Mom’s from Slovenia. I was born in Slovenia—well, Yugoslavia, technically. Why am I telling you all of this?"
I’m also quite proud of my werewolves-and-vampire menage story, "Oliver’s Famous Clam Chowder," which appears in the Torquere Press anthology Love Bites. It’s my second werewolf story. My first was the girl-pirates-and-werewolves tale "Fall of the Estrela," published at Midnight Times.
You can read more of the adventures of Erin O’Riordan at my Pagan Spirits blog, http://www.erinoriordan.blogspot.com/.
One lucky reader who leaves a comment here AND signs up to follow the Pagan Spirits blog will win a signed paperback copy of Beltane!
Friday, April 24, 2009
Free Book Friday- Cry for Passion by Robin Schone
Cry for Passion is the book up for grabs. If you would like to receive a copy of this new, shiny book just leave a comment and make sure to include your contact info. US residents only.
Want to know a little about Cry for Passion?
Robin Schone is known for her historical and very heated erotica romance books and Cry for Passion is one of those.
Rose has been married for twelve years to a man who does not desire her. She is dying of loneliness and the need for passion. She seeks the help of lawyer Jack Lodoun (barrister in England) to help her get a divorce (not so easy back in the day).
Poor Jack sacrificed love for power and now he is paying the price. He knows all too well the shame that Rose will face for seeking a divorce and the impossibility of actually being granted one.
For some reason he just can't deny Rose. They are drawn together and can not resist one another. Rose is swept up by the passion that has finally come into her life.
But what price will they pay for being together and succumbing to their passion?
Sounds like a hot read doesn't it?
If you would love to get your hands on this hot book of erotica leave a comment and enter the contest. A winner will be chosen and announced on Wednesday April 29th.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Today's Guest Author is Barbara Bretton


Everywhere.
And it's true. Ideas really are everywhere. They're in the produce aisle of Shoprite. They're in the local diner. Sometimes they're even on some gorgeous tropical beach, hiding at the bottom of a pitcher of lovely margaritas.
I'm a writer. Over the course of twenty-something years, I've published almost fifty books and that means I know a little something about ideas and where they come from.
Which is why I'm going to tell you exactly where I got the idea for CASTING SPELLS.
My dentist's waiting room while I was preparing to die.
Now I hate dentists. Okay, not the actual dentists themselves. Some of them are very lovely people. But, let's be honest here: the things they do to our poor unsuspecting mouths are probably against the laws of the Geneva Convention. Needles, drills, all manner of sharp instruments the Marquis de Sade would have loved.
So there I was, sitting alone in the waiting room, trying not to hear the cries of pain coming from the other room. (Yes. I'm exaggerating.) I had already flipped through back copies of the American Dental Association journal when my gaze landed on a fancy display of brochures for (hold on) dental implants.
Not exactly the kind of reading that puts you in a relaxed frame of mind but I'm one of those people who'll read the backs of cereal boxes so I grabbed for it. To my surprise it was kind of interesting. You could still eat steak without worrying that your teeth will land on the table. I could see the benefit. No wonder he had the stack of brochures placed next to a back issue of AARP's Modern Maturity.
Suddenly a question popped into my head, "But what happens to an aging vampire when his teeth start to go? Do they make uppers and lowers for the undead? Is there a dentist out there who would fit a vampire with implants?"
I pretty much giggled my way through my time in the dental chair, thinking of the possibilities.
And then I forgot all about it for almost four years until I was chatting on the phone with a knitter/writer friend of mine. We were talking about what makes one yarn shop better than the rest and I said, "I wish there was a magic knit shop where your yarn never tangled, your sleeves always came out the same length, and you always, always got gauge." (If you're a knitter, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.)
Well, the next day my imagination was on fire. It was Labor Day 2006. A cold rainy September Monday. I'm not sure how the two ideas came together but they did and in a few hours I suddenly had created the magical town of Sugar Maple, Vermont with its resident vampires, werewolves, witches, trolls, house sprites, shapeshifters, mountain giants, and Chloe Hobbs, the half-human half-sorceress owner of the knit shop of my dreams. Toss in a murder, a Fae enemy, and a hunky human cop who comes to town to solve the crime and you have CASTING SPELLS which, I'm happy to say, is still available. And I'm even happier to say that the sequel, LACED WITH MAGIC, will be on the stands August 4.
(And yes I do have some retired vampires in my book who zip around in Rascals and don't let dentures slow them down.)
I'm giving away five copies of CASTING SPELLS to five lucky readers. All you have to do is leave a comment and I'll choose five winners at random on Sunday. Winners' names will be posted here and on my blog at http://bmafb.blogspot.com/ – I look forward to hearing from you.
Drop by my website http://www.barbarabretton.com/ or my knitting blog http://www.romancingtheyarn.blogspot.com/ and say hello! There's always a contest going on.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Winner Wednesday Announcing the Winners From Angie Fox and Caridad Pineiro's Guest Blogs
First we have Kytaira who was chosen as a winner for Angie Fox's contest to receive a free copy of The Dangerous Book for Demon Slayers.
Then we have Debby who was chosen as the winner for Caridad Pineiro's free T-shirt and copy of the book Temptation Calls.
So Debby and Kytaira I need you to contact me at eroticroxanne at yahoo dot com so I can send your info to our guest bloggers so you can get your free stuff.
A reminder everyone, when you enter a comment contest please leave an email address with your comment or make sure your blogger profile page lists your email so you can be contacted if you win. Thank you.
If our winners do not get back with us before next Wednesday a new winner or winners will be chosen.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Contest At Night Owl Romance
I have been so sick I haven't even read any books the last two nights, I did watch Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice last night though. Anyone see Amber Benson on Private Practice?
Drop by the Night Owl Romance blog for a discussion about vampires with author Angela Cameron and leave a comment for a chance to win a great bag of goodies.

