2008 February

Years and years ago, when I still played with Barbies, Saturday nights were a magical time. They were all about steak dinners with the family around the candlelit table and my dad smoking his cigar in the backyard afterward. Saturday nights were also when IN SEARCH OF… aired on TV, and I remember watching it, enthralled, and oftentimes, scared to death when Leonard Nimoy told us about things like The Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot.

Of course, I was young, and I freaked out at everything. So when a certain episode abut vampires aired, it left an indelible impression that’s stayed with me until this day.

Long claws, sharp teeth, a woman in bed with a gnarly shadow creeping over her…. I was hooked, and it’s no surprise that I’m writing about vampires now for Ace Books.

In keeping with what scared me when I was younger, my own vampires usually have a mean streak and will do anything to survive. In fact, my first vamp book THE HUNTRESS (for the defunct Bombshell line from Silhouette) featured a tribe of female bloodsuckers, feral and hard to slay. I loved those gals, but the real villain in that story was vampirism itself.

I suppose you could say the same about my Vampire Babylon series, a noir-mystery-fantasy with romantic elements. This particular group survives because of secrecy; among their many gifts, they’re great spies who continually mess with the heroine, Dawn Madison, and her new team of hunters. Every book in the series revolves around a vampire-related mystery, but to me, the horror comes from how far a person might go to capture long-lasting life, youth, and fame.

Here’s a hint of what the first book in the series was about:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkQTdpPunes

But NIGHT RISING, Book One (2/07), concerned more than Jesse Shane’s death. Dawn got sucked into the search for a vampire underground when her dad went missing, and her personal discoveries go hand-in-hand with what she finds out about these vampires—and what her own mother’s death might’ve had to do with them.

As you can see in this next trailer, the second book, MIDNIGHT REIGN (2/5/08), continues Dawn’s search for her dad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWENWQPBzHg
There are a lot of twists and turns for you mystery fans. And for those of you who want to follow the relationship between Dawn and The Voice? There’s plenty of that, too, and BREAK OF DAWN, Book Three (out in September) is going to delve into Dawn’s search for who “Jonah” really is!

I hope you stop by my Web site at www.vampirebabylon.com because, among other things, I’m giving away a great prize for the contest. It’s a “museum quality” Giclee print called “Little Blood Sucker,” and it’s signed by the artist, Billy Martinez of Neko.

Isn’t it great? I’ve got one hanging on my own wall.

Thank you for reading, and happy hunting!

Chris Marie Green (AKA Crystal Green) writes full time across the genres. Besides her Vampire Babylon series, she writes for Harlequin Blaze and Silhouette Special Edition. You can visit her other web sites at www.crystal-green.com and www.myspace.com/vampirebablylon.

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Crystal Green/ Chris Marie Green Author Party

February 2nd, 2008 | Author: Selena

On Tuesday Feb. 5th, The Seducive Secrets Google Group will be having a Crystal Green/Chris Marie Green Author Party
to celebrate her new release from the Vampire of Babylon series Midnight
Reign! So come on by check out info,excerpts and the fun! It’s an all day
party so drop by whenever you can! To find out more about the series and
the author please drop by her sites:

Author Site:
http://www.crystal-green.com/

Series Site:
http://vampirebabylon.com/

To join our group go click here.
Selena
and
Shar

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Archive for February, 2008

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Chris Marie Green on Midnight Reign, Vampire Babylon, Book Two

Crystal Green/ Chris Marie Green Author Party

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