from the back of the book: Beneath the glitter of dazzling 19th-century London Society lurks a bloodthirsty evil… . Vampires have always lived among them, quietly attacking unsuspecting debutantes and dandified lords as well as hackney drivers and Bond Street milliners. If not for the vampire slayers of the Gardella family, these immortal creatures would […]
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Contest: Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side
I have a copy of Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side to give away. To enter leave a comment on this post with a high school horror story (or any dating horror story). The contest will be open until Friday night at midnight. The winner will be announced on Saturday! About the book: […]
REVIEW: Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey (New Author Challenge)
From the cover: Marrying a vampire definitely doesn’t fit into Jessica’s senior year “get-a-life” plan. Enter a bizarre new exchange student named Lucius Bladescu who claims Jessica is a Romanian vampire princess by birth and he’s her long-lost fiance. He’s arrogant, officious, embarrassingly overprotective, and well, incredibly hot. Armed with a copy of Growing Up […]
Review: Nice Girls Don’t Have Fangs by Molly Harper (New Author Challenge)
From the back of the book: Maybe it was the Shenanigans gift certificate that put her over the edge. When children’s librarian and self-professed nice girl Jane Jameson is fired by her beastly boss and handed $25 in potato skins instead of a severance check, she goes on a bender that’s sure to become Half-Moon […]
Review: Bad to the Bone by Jeri Smith-Ready
From the back of the book: TURN ON, TUNE IN, DROP DEAD. If you’re just joining us, welcome to radio station WVMP, “The Lifeblood of Rock ‘n’ Roll.” Con-artist-turned-station-owner Ciara Griffin manages an on-air staff of off-the-wall DJs – including her new boyfriend Shane McAllister – who really sink their teeth into the music of […]
Guest Blog and Contest with Jeri Smith-Ready
The Making of a Character Quirk by Jeri Smith-Ready When we think of “quirky characters,” the first who come to mind are the secondary folks – the heroine’s best friend with a Doritos addiction, or the hero’s uncle who builds a shrine to his old bowling trophies. The quirky characters are often the best-loved or […]
Review: Real Vampires Live Large by Gerry Bartlett
From the back of the book: You think it’s easy to keep a boyfriend, run a business, and survive for centuries as one of the immortal undead? Just try it sometime, sweetheart… It was hard enough when a sexy Scottish vamp bit me while I was feeling a bit…bloated, leaving me eternally retaining, if you […]
Review: Real Vampires Have Curves by Gerry Bartlett (New Author Challenge)
On the back of the book: What – did you think all vamps were pale, thin, and brooding? Don’t I wish. Me, I just happened to be bloating when a sexy Scotsman sank his teeth into me, so here I am, Glory St. Clair, eternally “full figured.” On the plus side, I can rock a […]
Review: Ravenous by Sharon Ashwood
From the back of the book: One kiss is all it takes to lose your soul… Holly Carver is a small-time witch who busts ghosts for tuition money, but she ends up wrangling a demon when a haunted house job goes bad. Her Undead business associate, Alessandro Caravelli, suspects the demon is somebody’s not-so-secret weapon. […]