Archive for October, 2008

Of the Tartan Werewolves Series. The wonderful Alyssa Brooks interviewed Katherine and Iain. Stop by and check out what they had to say. *Grin*

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Selena

Halloween every day?

In the past, Halloween has always been a time for horror tales. Witches, ghosts, werewolves and vampires have been the creatures used to frighten children and adults alike. Halloween has always been a time where a good scare is what it’s all about, a time for “tricks” or “treats”, or any combination of the two.

This “scary” holiday has undergone a radical shift over the past few years with the rising popularity of the paranormal romance genre. Halloween has become a time for deliciously naughty tales involving heroes and heroines who are witches, vampires, shifters, ghosts, or any number of otherworldly creatures.

Luckily for fans, Halloween isn’t the only time we get to indulge our love of the paranormal. New books are released each week featuring hot heroes who happen to be totally dependent upon the blood of others, or sexy heroines who can shift into a beautiful wolf or sleek cat. The combinations for pairings are as endless as the imaginations of the writers.

For instance, Selena Illyria has an amazing series of books about a family of vampires. One of the brothers is paired with a normal human; another with a dragon shifter. Her terrific Tartan werewolf books have taken her sexy, furry men to the Highlands of Scotland, where they meet their feisty, strong-willed heroines. The sparks fly and the sex scenes are scorching, yet underneath it all are stories about two people finding one another and falling in love. No matter whether one or both of the partners is not human, the love story is what it all boils down to.

There are even paranormal romances where one of the main characters is a ghost. It would appear on the surface that a romance with a ghost would be impossible, yet there are wonderful stories where the author has created a reasonable, in the world of paranormal entities, resolution and even a happily ever after. I never would have thought this possible if I hadn’t read some of these for myself. Lacey Savage has an excellent Halloween romance where the hero is a ghost, Ghostly Awakening from Ellora’s Cave. Selena has a great one coming soon with a ghost as her hero as well. Both of these books have happy endings, even with a main character who is a ghost.

Another prime example of how the creatures of Halloween have entered our everyday reading lives are the books of such authors as Sherrilyn Kenyon, Christine Feehan, Nina Bangs, Dakota Cassidy, Lynn Viehl, MaryJanice Davidson, and Michelle Bardsley, just to name a few. Whether the stories are scary or sexy or a little bit of both, Halloween has made its presence known 365 days a year.

Personally, I’m happy with this turn of events as I am a huge paranormal romance fan. I grew up reading horror stories but found as I got older I wanted more than just a good scare. I wanted more depth to the characters, relationships, and a romance with a happily ever after ending. Authors today are giving me that in spades and I couldn’t be happier.

As an aspiring author, I find myself drawn to writing paranormals since that is my favorite reading material. I have written books with witches, shifters, and sorcerers just to name a few. Each of these types of characters can be found in scary Halloween tales passed down through the ages. The great thing about the stories today is the addition of romance to spice things up and keep it all fresh.

I’m happy to see that Halloween isn’t just an October holiday anymore and that we can enjoy a little bit of it any time we want to in the pages of great books. To all the authors out there who delve into the paranormal genre, keep up the great work!

Hey guys!

Today I’ll be chatting over at the wonderful Mary Winter’s Loop

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marywinterchat/

Also, I just heard, Blood Claim: Trapped’s release date has been moved up to Dec. 23rd. *Big Grin* I’m so excited.

Selena

Over at Marilny Lee’s Group. Want to know tidbits about my stories, my inspiration, little bits and pieces about the characters? Stop by Marilyn Lee’s Group to check out some Hot and Steamy excerpts and ask me questions. Here is the link:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marilynlee/

Selena

Witches and Werewolves and Hot Sex—Oh, my!

Hi everyone, Evangeline Anderson here and I just wanted to have a naughty little chat with you about some erotic Halloween tricks and treats to heat up your Friday night.
First I want to thank Selena for having me on her blog. Looks like she’s got some very naughty reading material here so I should feel right at home. I’ve been writing erotic fiction for years for my own enjoyment and I started publishing around 2004. Since then I’ve written somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 books. (Those are the ones that got finished. I’m terrible about stopping one story in the middle to write something else.) Anyway, writing is one of the great loves of my life along with my DH, our son, and chocolate.
Today I’d like to talk about my latest release which happens to have a Halloween theme but if you’re interested in checking out my other books you can find them here www.evangelineanderson.com Come on by and join my newsletter to find out the latest news on new releases or just check out the book covers in my coming soon section. (There are some awful ones, I can tell you. I seem to have been visited by the bad book cover fairy lately so you can have a laugh on me.) In fact, I have to say that I really don’t feel like the guy on the cover of my latest release, Red and the Wolf, looks at all like the hero I wrote in my head. There is one scene especially where the hero is in the bath and gets out dripping wet. This is how he looked in my head.

Yeah—that’s how he looked in my head. And you’re welcome for the man candy.
Okay, got a little distracted there, sorry. I’m also on MySpace and facebook under Evangeline Anderson so you can check me there too, if you want. Friend me and send me some love and chocolate. I love talking to readers and other writers too.
Okay, so enough chit chat. The book I’d like to tell you about is called Red and the Wolf and it just came out from Ellora’s Cave today. It’s about a witch who uses her powers only for good and how she winds up binding the man she loves to her accidentally through hot sex and a fidelity spell gone wrong. So here’s a blurb and an excerpt you won’t find on the Ellora’s Cave site—very naughty I might add but since you’re all regular Selena readers you probably expected that. ; )

Red and the Wolf Blurb:
Sara Jensen is the local town witch in Buck Lake, Tennessee. More than anything she misses her older brother and his best friend Reeve who are overseas in the Marine Corps. But when her brother is killed in action, Reeve comes back with a secret—an ancient crone laid a curse on him that turns him into a ravening wolf every full moon.
Sara has a secret of her own—she’s head over heels for Reeve and has been since they were kids. When he comes to her house on Halloween night asking for help, she inadvertently lays a fidelity spell on him while trying to keep him in his human form. Sara knows she must undertake the difficult and dangerous task of lifting his curse. But when the wolf within him is banished, the fidelity spell will be lifted too and his love for her will disappear.
Now Sara must choose between keeping the love of her life, and lifting the curse that threatens his very existence.

Red and the Wolf: EXCERPT

But apparently Reeve had other things in mind. Just when she was getting ready to swallow, he pulled her gently but firmly off and dragged her to her feet.
“Hey, what…?” Sara’s lips felt swollen from sucking him and she could barely make her mouth form the words.
“Bedroom.” Reeve’s eyes still glowed the inhuman gold and he was still having trouble expressing himself.
“I…I can finish you here just as well,” Sara offered weakly. But Reeve shook his head violently.
“Not in your mouth. Need…need to be inside you.”
“Inside me?” Sara asked in a voice so low she could barely hear it herself. While she had been sucking him, she had come to the conclusion that it was better that she get him off that way instead of by fucking him. And not just because she didn’t want to bind him to her unfairly—because he was so fricking huge she didn’t see how he could get into her tight, only used twice, pussy. Over and over the words in Arailia’s book echoed in her head, But beware! The beast will take out its hunger on the one who is given to the cursed one and the sacrifice will not be an easy one.
“Need to fuck you. Need to come in your pussy.” He gripped her shoulders tightly in his big, hard hands. “Bedroom, Sara. Or do you want…want me to take you here. Against the wall.”
“No, no—the bedroom’s this way,” Sara said hastily. He was right—if they were going to have rough sex at least it would be better to have it on the nice soft surface of the queen-sized pillow top bed than against the hard, tiled bathroom wall.
She attempted to lead the way but he wasn’t going to let go of her again. The most she could manage was a fast shuffle down the hallway since he had molded his front to her back. Through the silk robe which was still half clinging to her arms she could feel the heat and hardness of his erection pressing against her ass and inner thighs. Goddess, how was she going to get through this?
The minute the bed came into view, Reeve steered her toward it but when she tried to turn around and face him again, he didn’t let her. Instead he pressed her against the high side of the bed, her waist right at the top level of the mattress, her feet still planted on the hardwood floor.
“Now,” he growled and ripped the red silk robe from her completely. Sara shivered, feeling exposed and put on display. This time she didn’t try to turn around because she was afraid of what she’d see. Was he a monster now? Had he turned completely in the time it took them to walk from the bathroom to the bed room?
Was she about to be fucked by a real live werewolf?

****Well, that’s all for now. I want to say thanks to Selena again for having me on her blog. And remember, Halloween is just around the corner so buy a dirty book and have some fun because erotica isn’t as fattening as candy!

Hugs to all, Evangeline Anderson

Hi Everyone!

Well, one more day until the weekend. *Grin* Today I’m chatting over at Sierra Dafoe’s Yahoo Group all day and from 6pm-8pm EST, I’ll be chatting over at the ARe Chat Room.

And I have some good news, I have been offered a contract with Aspen Mountain Press for my story: Mudslide for the Del Fantasma series line. I’m very excited. *Grin*

Okay, that’s my news, sending Big Hugs all around.

Selena

Dravian’s Seer is Out Now at ARe.

Dravian’s Seer:

Blurb

Seeking his abducted father and running away from his throne, Prince Dravian sets out on a journey, guided by a vision of a woman who will help lead him to his destiny.

Lilya is a seer who loathes her gift and wants nothing to do with the prince whose come looking for her help. He kidnaps her in order to keep her safe from those pursuing him and uses her to help him find his lost father. She tries to ignore her attraction to him after all he’s also a wolf caller, considered crazy, even dangerous. But every reading she does tells her she is destined to be his mate.

Dravian is determined to claim her as his and find his father. Danger, deception and illusion surround them. When the gods become involved things become even more complicated. Will Dravian be able to claim his seer and get back his father? Or will a dark god destroy everything.

Buy Link:

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Excerpt:

“What is going on here?” A deep gravely baritone demanded. She shivered, nipples standing at attention as the sound slid up and down her spine causing her stomach to tighten and body to flush with heat.
“This is none of your concern stranger,” Mathrik sneered.
“Miss, are you all right?”
Damn, he’s stupid, she thought. “Oh, I’m just fine thanks, couldn’t be better tied to a tree, with my head pounding due to one of those morons assaulting me. Other than that, I’m just peachy. Why don’t you mosey on by, this is some sort of sex ritual taking place here, wouldn’t want to anger the goddess now would we,” Lilya replied dryly. Her vision cleared to find a giant of a man standing at least a head taller than Mathrik and two of his cronies. He wore dark brown leather pants, knee high brown boots with a sword at his side, in what looked like a simple leather scabbard with some sort of wolf seal imprinted on it.
His once white shirt was stained with what looked like mud and his dark brown hair was pulled back to show off his jaw shadowed by dark brown stubble, full sensual lips, a slightly crooked nose and hooded dark blue-gray eyes framed by dark lashes. She shifted as his gaze turned on her, there was a storm in his eyes, something wild and untamed, animalistic lurked there. She shivered as heat flooded her body, he screamed warrior. A man that would take you hard and fast, then throw you away as if you meant nothing. Lilya looked away, she didn’t need a guy like that saving her, his kind would ask for payment as they had in the last village she had lived in and the one before that and one before as it had been ever since she came of age. She was no great beauty but because she was a seer, there was no one to protect her.
If she had been born during the time, when seers were valuable she would have had a protector and her parents would have been held in high regard, but that time had passed on. Very few held seers in high regard. Ever since her parents and been slaughtered when she was ten she had moved from village to village trying to find a place to belong to, so far she hadn’t found a single place that hadn’t either beaten her or offered her up as protection price to soldiers.
She started to struggle against her bindings, she had to escape, she refused to be fucked and tossed away no matter how attractive her ‘rescuer’ was he was no different from the others. The rope burned and cut into her skin with each twist of her body. Mathrik and his buddies had tied her tightly to the tree.
“Stop that, seer bitch,” Mathrik ordered but she refused to listen to him. Once she got herself loose she would gather her meager belongings and run away just as she had done before, but first she had to get loose. She continued to wiggle and writhe against her bindings. Her head snapped back when one of Mathrik’s cronies punched her in the chin, hard, the side of her head hit the rough side of the tree and she bit her tongue, the metallic salty taste of blood filled her mouth. She spit it out turned her head and glared at the man known as Yeb. She shook and rolled her eyes for affect. Yeb was afraid of Lilya due to her abilities.
Lilya slumped against the tree and then opened her eyes looking directly at Yeb.
“Tomorrow you will wake up with a large headache and an upset stomach. Your wife will then kick you out of the house and refuse to let you back in. You will turn to your mistress only to be discovered by your wife who will attempt to kill you.”
Yeb paled and stared at her. He started to back up, right up to the edge of the lake, he almost lost his footing when Mathrik caught him by the arm.
“She’s lying Yeb,” Mathrik assured.
“But, she knows about Lessa,” Yeb said shaking.
Mathrik opened his mouth and then closed it. No one was supposed to know about Lessa and Yeb, despite the fact that everyone knew.
“If you are so concerned go home to your wife, Melonia. Bastwick and I will take care of things here.”
Yeb looked uncertain but then seemed to make up his mind, rushing off up the dirt road leading to the village. One down, Lilya said. Lilya knew Bastwick wouldn’t be so easy to scare away. Lilya spared a glance at the stranger and felt a jolt as their eyes connected. The way he looked at her, as if he truly saw her and wanted her made her breath halt, her sex pulsed to life. She licked her lips and looked away. He is just like the others, she reminded herself. You can get out of this without him, without anyone. She started to wriggle and squirm. Her head snapped to the side again and more blood flooded her mouth, her vision swam.
“Stop that, seer whore.”
Anger burned inside of her. “You guys should pick better insults. Calling me a whore or bitch doesn’t really do it anymore. Besides, I’m not the one that is called fire pants!” She yelled at Bastwick, whom she assumed was the one who attacked her this time. Another punch to the face told her she was right. She spit out more blood and closed her eyes. It was obvious the stranger wasn’t going to help her, not that she thought he would, but it would have been nice if he just walked away.
Suddenly things became silent, not a sound was uttered by Bastwick and Mathrik. She opened her eye slowly, as her vision cleared, she was sure she saw something furry moving back and forth before her, with two large masses lying on the ground. She blinked and saw things clearly. Two gray wolves paced before the bodies, Bastwick and Mathrik lay on the ground, large hunks of flesh were missing from their throats and blood seeped from the wounds into the ground.
Her stomach roiled, as the ropes fell from around her body she dropped to the ground on all fours heaving. Tears streamed down the corners of her eyes, her throat burned and her head pounded. The world became black as she passed out for the second time that night.

TRS Book A Day Giveaway

I’m giving away PDF copies of Tartan Interlude and Dravian’s Seer over at The Romance Studio to enter here’s the link, Good Luck!

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Selena

But Iain is determined to prove her wrong, and he’ll do everything he can to convince her of his love.

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How could she not be going crazy? He could smell her perfume. Her presence was overwhelming him. He couldn’t concentrate on anything else but her.

Iain lowered his head to his desk and ground his teeth. His erection throbbed painfully in his pants, pushing against his fly, the zipper biting into sensitive flesh. His inner wolf wanted to mate. It wanted to drag her out of her seat, carry her upstairs and fuck her until the only thing they could do in the afterglow was hold each other. The world outside would not exist for either one of them.

“Problem, son?”

Iain looked up at his father and glared. This is his fault, Iain thought. He brought her here and now look at me, I can’t function properly. Iain wished his father would get up and leave, even if it was only for half an hour. He had to be inside of his mate, claim her over and over again until his scent was yet again imprinted on her skin.

“No, Father, no problem.”

His father nodded and continued to read. Movement out of the corner of his eye made him turn his head. He watched in agony as Katherine walked over to the bank of filing cabinets on the far wall, her hips swaying seductively. She stopped at a large, black cabinet and crouched down. Fuck. Iain groaned, his wolf whimpering with need. He watched as she pulled open the drawer. He heard the sounds of files falling against each other. After a minute or two she closed the drawer and rose up gracefully, running her hands over the sides of her skirt as if to smooth wrinkles he couldn’t see. Just this morning, in the shower, he had been inside of her, her cunt squeezing him so sweetly. Her screams music to his ears as she came. He bit down on his lip to keep from making a sound.

She walked back toward her desk, head down, dark brown curls framing her face. She didn’t even look up at him. Instead she sat down and pulled the chair back under the desk.

“What you got there, Kat?” His father asked. Iain resisted the urge to correct him. He hated when anyone else but him called her Kat. It was Katherine, old man, he said in his mind. Iain shook his head. The full moon was only a week away… and yet he felt as if it were that night. He had been edgy as of late. The combination of finding his mate, learning the ropes of the company, and the pack being split down the middle about whether Katherine should be inducted made him irritable. So far, the Montgomery twins and Conall were in favor of Katherine being inducted into the pack. Roarke was nowhere to be found. Brody, Kameron and William were against it.

He understood why some were against Katherine joining the pack. Humans could not always be trusted to be discreet. Brody, Kameron and William could all attest to that. The Montgomery twins, on the other hand, had a human assistant, and Iain honestly felt sorry for her. That poor woman and what she had to endure. Just the thought of it made Iain shake his head. Those lusty bastards couldn’t seem to keep it in their pants, and then they would ask her to break things off for them. At Conall’s wedding they were in their element, fucking any woman that showed interest, sometimes sharing that woman. Iain had almost blown a gasket when he found the twins in the bathroom sharing a woman out in the open space near the sink.

Although now, just thinking about the twins and that woman made him hot. He yearned to show Katherine some of that animalistic need that boiled just below the surface.

I’m floored and so happy.

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Selena

Hello everyone!

I hope your October is going well. Well, this month I have two releases:

Oct 10th: Tartan Interlude from Changeling Press

Oct 15th: Dravian’s Seer from Tease Publishing

I’m so excited. I’ve got a lot of chats coming up and I’ll be guest blogging this week as well. *Grin* Now if I could figure out where the on switch is for my brain then I can think up topics. Is Halloween to cliche? Naaah, I’ll think of something. LOL

I just finished Mudslide just need to blurb it and give it a synopsis and there you go all ready for submission. Next I have to start on Tartan Mind, sex outdoors a good or bad thing? Then there’s Tigris Exposed the second book for the Hades’ Helmet Crew series. I have to finish Aki’sstory but the characters don’t want to cooperate with me, I just want them to get from point A to a menage, how hard is that? Geesh, some characters, right? LOL.

I also started the beginning of Blood Claim: Bound the second book in the Blood Claim series in my mind but I just have to remember what the fruck it was as I was on the verge of sleeping when the damn thing came into my brain.

Okay, enough about writing and books for a bit, soo I see you guys have been voting the polls, thanks you very much. *Grin* Oral Foreplay, weelll, in my world it’s when you use words to arouse. One example that comes to mind is from Trapped, the first book in the Blood Claim Series (Coming Jan 6th to Loose-Id). Rysen is just holding Kit, nothing more. (Unedited Excerpt):

Trapped
The Blood Claim Series
By:
Selena Illyria

Copyright © 2008 Selena Illyria, All Rights Reserved
Interracial, Paranormal, Vampires

“Pervert. You just want to watch me get dressed.” (Kit is speaking)

“That is quite true. I am a pervert. You bring out the letch in me. I want nothing more than to watch you bend over as you put on your jeans. I want see that sweet ass exposed to my gaze. I long to part those deliciously rounded cheeks, fall to my knees and lap at your anus until you become aroused, your pussy dripping with need for my cock. I want to tease you until you squirm against me urging me to fuck you, long, hard and deep. I want you to admit you want my cock up your ass, in your pussy and in your mouth. So, yes darling, I am a pervert.”

She shivered at his words, each syllable causing her aching channel to clench with need, gushing more cream. Her clit throbbed as her nipples tightened even further.

-End of Excerpt-

Well, what do you think? That is just a taste, Rysen goes on a bit more about what else he wants to do to Kit but you’ll have to get the book to find out what else is said. Mwahahaha. *cough* *cough* How do evil villains laugh like that? Geesh. Anyway, that to me is what Oral Foreplay is, sorta like phone sex but without the sex part. LOL. Thank you to everyone who voted so far. I’m sure I’ll think of more crazy polls to put up. Back to Halloween, sooo, anyone dressing up?

Me, I don’t dress up, just too lazy now the candy, well, gimme! What? Mini size candy is so cute and yummy. I looove White Chocolate Reeses Peanut Butter cups, very yummy. I want some . . . damn I’m out of them, oh well. Back to dressing up, so what’s your favorite costume? What would you dress up as if you could? Me I’d go for a Goth Loli look or something vampy. *shrugs*

Now that we’ve talked about dressing up, mini candy, oral foreplay and upcoming books, let’s talk TV.
What new shows do you love? What returning shows are you happy to have back?

New shows: Privileged (like Gilmore Girls minus all the music references), Fringe, Into the Unknown with Josh Bernstein, Sanctuary, Hell Girl, Stacy and Gavin (so cute and funny), Primeval, (Just to name a few).

Returning Shows: Chuck (I heart this show so much), Heroes (Much better than last season, I’m so happy to have Crystal Green’s Recaps back *Grin*), NCIS, Bones and I’m sure there are more but I can’t think of any others right now. You know later, I’ll smack my forehead and remember the shows that I love. I’m a dork like that. LOL.

Moving on, I haven’t been able to read much of anything. I’ve been either editing or writing. So has anyone read any good books lately or seen any good movies? Okay, gotta go work on edits, sending Hugs all around.

Selena