Fantasy and Vampire Book Club discussion

Hi!
First of all thank you for the opportunity you are giving us authors to post our books here.
Besides being an author myself I'm a huge fan of vampire books, an I must say I liked this group a lot.

If anyone wants to check out my vampire book Distract my hunger, please feel free to do so :) in fact, I'd love it! ;)

there is an active giveaway for this book too!

Cheers!

X. Williamson

love the cover

Here's Anita shamelessly promoting. My new Scottish paranormal just came out. I signed books this past weekend with Nora Roberts, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Kristan Higgins, and a bunch of other authors, and Awaken the Highland Warrior sold out!!! What a glorious moment. The story is about a treasure hunting historian who finds a 19th century Scottish warrior buried in the crypt behind her house, but the warrior isn't dead.

http://www.amazon.com/Awaken-Highland...

I'm giving away two more books on Goodreads.

Awaken the Highland Warrior

Forgot to include an excerpt. Hope that's acceptable.



http://www.amazon.com/Awaken-Highland...

http://www.anitaclenney.com


Awaken the Highland Warrior
Excerpt

Bree’s fingers tightened around the metal disk as she ran through the graveyard, zigzagging past leaning headstones. Her lantern swayed, throwing shadows on the crypt looming before her, its stone walls the color of bones. Thick vines crept over it, sealing in cracks left by time, while gnarled branches from the twisted oak hovered like outstretched arms. Protecting… or threatening?

An owl screeched overhead as she scurried up the crumbling steps, wishing night hadn’t fallen, when shadows twisted into monsters and spirits came out to play. The burial vault lay open near the back of the crypt, waiting. Blood rushed past her ears, a sound like all the angels’ wings beating in unison. She moved closer and peered at the chest inside. It was ornate, made of metal and wood, with green gemstones embedded in each corner. It looked ancient, like it belonged in a museum or a pyramid, or perhaps Solomon’s Temple. The beauty of it struck her again, as it had when she’d first discovered it.

She set the lantern on the edge of the burial vault and studied the markings on the chest. Swirls and shapes like writing shifted in the amber glow. Stretching out a finger, she touched the surface. Warm? She yanked her hand back and hit the lantern. It crashed to the floor, throwing the top of the crypt into darkness. Dropping to her knees, she scrambled for the light. A sound cut through the silence, scraping, like fingernails against stone. She grabbed the lantern, not daring to blink, then remembered the wind outside and the claw-like branches of the old tree.

She placed the lantern securely on the vault cover she’d pushed onto the alcove and unfolded her hand. The metal disk she held was three inches in diameter and appeared to be made from the same metal as the chest, not silver, not gold. One side had deep grooves; the other was etched with symbols. With trembling fingers, she lined up the disk with the matching grooves on top of the chest and pushed. There was a series of clicks as the notched edges retracted.

A voice rushed through her head. What lies within cannot be, until time has passed with the key.

Bree whirled, but she was alone. Only stone walls stood watch, their secrets hidden for centuries. It was sleep deprivation, not ghosts.

She pulled in a slow, steadying breath and tried to turn the disk. Nothing. Again, this time counterclockwise, and it began to move under her hand. She jerked her fingers back. A loud pop sounded and colors flashed… blue, orange, and green, swirling for seconds, and then they were gone. Great, hallucinations to go with the voices in her head.

Her body trembled as she gripped the lid. This was it. All her dreams held on a single pinpoint of time. If this ended up another wild goose chase, she was done. No more treasure hunts, no more mysteries, no more playing Indiana Jones. She’d settle down to a nice, ordinary, boring life. She counted. One. Two. Three.

She heaved open the chest. Terror clawed its way to her throat, killing her scream.

The man inhaled one harsh breath and his eyes flew open, locking on Bree. A battle cry worthy of Braveheart echoed off the walls. Bree jumped back as metal flashed and a rush of air kissed her face. Petrified, she watched him crawl out of the burial vault, a wicked-looking dagger in his hand. Her scream tore loose as she turned and fled.

Fingers grazed her shoulder, and she glanced back. The last thing she saw before her feet tangled with the shovel was the dead man reaching for her.

ooh i never thought someone may want to leave an excerpt. awesome stuff.

Hello all. Nicola and Adele, you've been great in helping me to get the word out on my ebooks. I'm pleased to say that not only are my books doing well, but I have another author joining my little publishing house (Staccato Publishing) that will hopefully benefit from the fabulous word of mouth network we've tapped into. Now, my first paperback is available at Barnes and Noble.com, and bookstores everywhere. I'm rolling out the rest of the trilogy over the rest of the summer.
Check out Empath, if you're interested. It's a paranormal romance/adventure romance full of "vampires, weres and psychics" that got a 5 out of 5 star review on Vamptasy. Check it out!

Vampires Rule:

They don't call him Jackpot for nothing.

Seventeen-year-old Jack Creed has always beat the odds... at least until now. When a werewolf tried to kill him, vampires saved him. When he got tired of living as a vampire, another attack returned his mortality. Now he just wants to live a normal life, but what's normal about a hunter-girlfriend, a brother who wants to stake him just to be safe, and a homicidal werewolf building an army to rule the world?

A sample chapter can be found here: http//kasi-kcblake.blogspot.com

The book is available here:
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...

and here:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004YZB8XU

or the links are available on my blog.

Joel,
Good job! Any news?

I've got an ebook out, coming in paperback form in the next couple weeks. It's on amazon, barnes & noble, and smashwords.


And you can read about it here on goodreads, too.

Lena
The Superiors

if you like it, i also have a blog, facebook, twitter, all that good stuff. my real name is on everything, and i have an author profile on goodreads, too.

Lena Hillbrand
I'm giving away an advanced paperback of my book right now, contest rules on my blog.
http://lenahillbrand.blogspot.com

Here's a book blurb:
Draven Castle is a Superior, a member of the future race that has taken control of the human population and raises humans as livestock. But Draven himself, a discontented, lower-class Superior, doesn't have the means to buy a human.

One night he captures Cali, a human runaway, and becomes fascinated by her ability to maintain a spirited outlook in the face of her circumstances. Although he must return her to the government, he finds himself drawn back to her. He continues to visit Cali until one night he makes the decision to purchase her.

His ambition takes him to further and further extremes as he begins to put himself in greater danger each step of the way, determined to get the money he needs to purchase his own human.

Thanks for the room to plug. :D

My name is Dennis Sharpe, and my new release is: "Blood & Spirits"




Short Synopsis:

Small-town life can be hard for a dead girl...

For Veronica Fischer the night to night life of a bloodsucking madam in Middle America is tough enough before she adopts Rachel Gregory, an eight year old ghost.

After her house is set on fire, and Rachel disappears, all signs point to foul play. When she finds herself with a hit out on her unlife, and warrants for her arrest, it becomes clear she's going to need help.

Now she has to contend with horny zombies, violent spirits, and murderous grave robbers if she's ever going to find Rachel and discover the awful truth of the coming storm.

A raucous ride through the dangerous lives of the lecherous undead.

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This is my excessively long list of links:


Link to the book:
Smashwords
Amazon Kindle
Amazon Paperback
Amazon UK KindleAmazon UK PaperbackLibrary Thing


Contact the author:
@witlesslackey on Twitter
witlesslackey on Gtalk
[email protected]
witlesslackey on AIM
http://witlesslackey.tumblr.com/


Thanks again,

-Dennis

Lena wrote: "I've got an ebook out, coming in paperback form in the next couple weeks. It's on amazon, barnes & noble, and smashwords."

Lena,

I think I've talked a few other people into buying this book and reading it with me. I really can't wait.

-Dennis

Dennis,
Thanks! I just added your book to my to-read list. I love books about creepy kids, lol...yours sounds like it could be made into a great scary movie!

And thanks for talking about my book! Smashwords has a sample, so does Kindle, if you want to peek at it. It should be out in paperback by the end of this week if Amazon is as fast as they have been in the past.

Thanks again!
Lena
The Superiors

Well I am not an author however; my friend is a new one and her book is pretty good. Please check it outWalkersIf she's not already on this group I am going to recommend it to her.

Elaine wrote: "Well I am not an author however; my friend is a new one and her book is pretty good. Please check it outWalkersIf she's not already on this group I am going to recommend it to her."

Kyra is a member of our group :o) Elaine if you want to let her know that she can put a plug for her book here.
We only have one rule in this topic and that is No Spamming.
it's one thing to Shamelessly Self Promte your Book, but it's another to annoy people about it! lol well thats what i think.

If anybody would like to post a link to their book or Author Page on the Facebook Page. Go to the page and Please Post a link up.

However if i see any spam it will be deleted Straight Away!

Shameless self promotion allowed in this thread, great. Here is mine:
Are you sick of vampire stories where the heroine could be a run way model already? or that the vampires are so nice they won't kill? So am I.
One of the things that inspired me (along with a dream while listening to gloom metal) was the current bad-#ss vampire in fiction. Out of that came the Coiree Series.
The series centers around four vampires.
Fledgling
The first book: Fledgling centers around Rebecka, a rather self centered drama queen with a weight issue. The story is how she changes after she becomes a vampire. You are introduced to the other characters and the object called the coiree.
Killer
The second: Killer is about the smooth talking Vincent, who messes up and has to clean up a mess caused by an arrogant vampire that likes the public eye. A little bit like Vincent...

The third (Patriarch) and the fourth (Surgeon) are not out yet, but I am working on them.

Thank you for giving a spot for us to post links. I am always wary about talking up my books because it isn't really why I join groups (I have also joined very few groups).

My books have no vampires though. Plenty of monsters. I just published my first YA Dark Fantasy The Shadow Men. It the fist of a planned three books. I wanted to write a monster story for teens.

My short story collection A Very Zombie Holidayis an attempt to throw the zombie story for a loop. It follows a dad, recently turned zombie, as he tries to protect his family and find a good meal. I went for humor and horror with a whole lot of love.

The Shadow Men at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00522MOSW

A Very Zombie Holiday at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0050PK0A0

Thanks for the oppurtunity to promote here.

I am Tracey O'Hara author of the Dark Brethren series for HarperVoyager US.


I am and just putting finishing touches on Book 3 Sin's Dark Caress

I also have a free read available:


My links are

website: http://www.traceyohara.com/

Twitter: http://twitter.com/traceyohara

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tracey.ohara...

I am looking for a publishing company can someone point me in the right direction

check out the authors looking for publishers topic
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...
we have vamptasy and a couple others there too.

nicola set it up specifically for authors like yourself

Hi, I finally stumbled across this site, so I will (as requested) introduce myself and my books.

I have four YA fantasy humor books, two with vampire and/or werewolf elements(Fang Face and WereWoof), and two urban fantasy humor sci-fi books from my Adventures of Guy series (the second of which won Preditors and Editors best SciFi fantasy in 2007).

Reviewers tend to compare my books to The Hitchhikers Guide, and #1 Amazon Reviewer Harriett Klausner five-starred Fang Face.

I hope you give my books a peek.
Norm

www.normcowie.com

More shameless self promotion... : )

Ever meet a Human Vampire? Want to?



I will also plug Lena Hillbrands book, the Superiors. Just finished it last week.

Hey guys,

Thanks for setting up this section. I'm still new to the Goodreads group scene and am just really amazed at the support and camaraderie between readers and authors. Very cool. :)

I'm plugging my upcoming book release below, but just so you know, I still have a Barnes and Noble gift card giveaway happening this month. It ends June 29th, so if you haven't entered yet, hop on over to my website: www.RachaelWade.com and sign up for my newsletter, add me on Facebook, or follow me on Twitter. Any of those options will automatically enter you. (Details here: http://www.rachaelwade.com/?p=336)

My new book releases Sept. 30th and is a combination of epic paranormal fantasy/romance, a bit of a UF and PNR feel all the way around. You'll have the chance to win a free e-book version in July, and print copies in August before it releases. Thanks for checking it out!

Book One of The Resistance Trilogy:Amaranth

Knowledge changes everything…

Hoodoo-influenced Southern Louisiana seems like the perfect place for Camille to relocate and escape her abusive past. She didn’t expect to fall in love and plummet herself into the world of Amaranth, an exile for reformed vampires.

Thanks to her deadly vampire ex-boyfriend, she’s confronted with decisions that not only threaten her life but the lives of her inhuman friends that she has come to love. Entangled in her friends’ quest for freedom, she dives into their realm and faces the threats of the ruler of Amaranth—the mother of all vampires—and her own inner demons.

Will she derail her life and make the ultimate sacrifice for the very monsters that interrupted her bumpy path back to sanity—the one she wanted so desperately in the first place? Or will she find a way to escape with her vampire love before it’s too late?

Nicola wrote: "great idea adele. I havent really promoted my book on here because i didnt want people to think that was the reason i opened the group.

My book is called Red's Robin and it the first in a Vamp s..."

I'm glad you did post. Your book sounds like an interesting take on vampires and I was glad to see there was an erotic element (we all have preferences with vampires, and I like the more sensual take). I've added it to my to-read list. Best of luck with your novel!

Patricia, if you look in the vamptasy folder of the group you can find out more. I read the original version of red's robin and it was awesome.

Fellow vampire fiction readers and authors!

My name is Morgan Rice and I've written four novels in my VAMPIRE JOURNALS series (TURNED, LOVED, BETRAYED and DESTINED). If you like paranormal romance, urban fantasy and vampire fiction, check them out!

You can find out more about the books at www.morganricebooks.com.

Thanks so much and happy reading!

Morgan

Hi all...I am Robin Renee Ray: Multi Genre Author. I know everyone in here likes vampire reads so I add my book to the book list in the group. It's a different sort of read, but who wants the same ole same ole. Bloodbreeders: Living in Darkness. I also have a great little release that came out today called AFTER HOURS: dedicated to all the working women of the world...who just so happens to have a wee bit a demon in them..LOL Hope you check out the vampire read...I have had several 5 star rating on it!

Mama Yank!

Hi Nicola! *waving*

My vampire novel, Night Walker will be released the first week of August... I have the book trailer up now! :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OTD8V...

Thank you!!!

Lisa
PS - My facebook page is http://facebook.com/LisaKesslerWriter

Hi Everyone!

Thanks for creating this discussion, Adele! My debut novel is Eternal Starling, a YA paranormal romance being released December 6, 2011 from Pendrell Publishing. Eternal Starling is listed on Goodreads and I'm also on Twitter and Facebook. The links are below. Thanks again for helping authors promote their work!

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Emblem...

http://www.twitter.com/AngCorbett

http://www.angelacorbett.com

My friends and readers call me Wicked and I wave hello to the group. I joined here about a month ago. I don't write vamps but I do write some scorching paranormals and fantasy genre books that are so unique, readers are blown away by the new worlds built and the hot heroes, created by my muse Leanore.
I had two new releases in May, one in June and 3 more books come out in July. This will make 11 novels since august 2010 out of the 14 I've written.
Take a ride on the 'Wicked Side' and try one of my tales.
MY AMAZON PAGE:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_...

My Website: http://captivesouls.weebly.com/-leano...
Thank you,
Wicked Leanore

My name is Nathan Wrann and I'm a writer, filmmaker and publisher based out of West Haven, CT.

After more than a decade of writing screenplays and the occasional short story I just published my first novel, DARK MATTER HEART, a YA paranormal thriller.

I would like to give you this book (ebook) for free.

You just have to do two things.

1) e-mail me at nw[at]daltongangpress[dot]com. I'll send you a coupon to get DARK MATTER HEART for free at smashwords (any e-book format: nook, kindle, kobo, pdf, etc).

2) promise to review it on your blog/amazon/B&N/GoodReads etc.

That's it. Anybody can get it for free from me.

You have questions? What if people try to rip me off? How do I know that you'll post a review? I trust you. It's the honor code. I want people to read my book. I think readers will like it and want to review it. Plain and simple.

I posted this on a couple of other GoodReads groups and have already had great response to it.

Here's the details:

Synopsis:
A new town. A new school. A new beginning. Seventeen year-old Cordell Griffin and his mother move from Los Angeles to the Pacific Northwest to deal with his "allergies" and start a healthier new life. Cor has one goal: To blend in and be invisible. Unfortunately for him, no matter how far he goes, he can't run away from his secrets. Secrets about who he is. Secrets about why he's sick. And secrets about why so many people he meets end up dead, drained of blood.

In "Dark Matter Heart" the origin novel in the "Cor Griffin Bloodsuckers" Young Adult Paranormal Thriller series from filmmaker and author Nathan Wrann, Cor must uncover the mysteries of his past and conquer the secrets of the present in order to protect the girl of his future, and save himself.

Availability:
e-book:
Amazon Kindle: http://amzn.to/DMHKindle
Barnes & Noble nook: http://bit.ly/DMHnook
iTunes Bookstore: http://bit.ly/DMHitunes
Smashwords: http://bit.ly/DMHsmash

Trade Paperback:
Createspace: http://bit.ly/DMHcsp

Thanks! I look forward to seeing your reviews.

Nathan Wrann
Dalton Gang Press
http://www.daltongangpress.com

I happen to have a new release that fits this group.

$.99 at Amazon, B&N, ARe and Smashwords. Dark is the Night is a darker, paranormal erotic romance. The vampires here do not sparkle. They don't drink from engineered synthetic blood, or sneak into blood banks. They are predators. but it is a romance. =oP Hope you'll check it out. I'd love to hear peoples opinions on it.

I, as a reader can recommend Brindle's fabulous books! He writes some hot paranormal. Yes, I'm a huge fan!

ahhhh *blush* Thanks Leanore!!!! XoXoXoX

Here is my new blog, here you can find information about the book, myself, adn upcoming works.http://kyragates.posterous.com/

If that links doesn't work try this http://www.kyragates.posterous.com

@Leanore your not alone in being a fan of brindle's work. i may have only read one thing so far. but i seriously can't wait to see what else he come up with!

@Kyra the second link worked perfectly.Thanks for Posting.
Actuallly That goes for everybody here. who knew when i started thids topic it would be so successful!! Not only does it show other members a book that they might want to read next(without any nasty spam!), but it also gives authors an area to promote their work.
a win win ! :o)
Keep up the good work everyone! :o)

Adele, he knows I stalk him, LOL.(Brindle Chase) I found him on a blog about 6 months ago and read an excerpt, then found out he was a man! I was floored, went and friended him on FB ASAP and I've been just a breath behind him ever since. I write competitively in the same genre he does, and that will tell you how much this admiration means.

wow you are a stalker lol!! security.... security???....
nope i'm all alone in this dark alley called the internet. lol
nah seriously, that's great. so was he your inspiration to write in the genre? or were you already writing in the genre and just seriously impressed by his work?

I have 9 novels out and all I write is erotic paranormal,lol.He is a good friend and is seriously married as am I.:) Just was impressed, I tease him with the stalking stuff, because he's a guy writing in our genre and he writes hot!

*lol+blush*

Such a cute-devil...lol.

Leanore wrote: "Such a cute-devil...lol."

A devil am I? That would imply that I'm naughty... oh, wait... I see the correlation now. =oP

Yep, I'll bet that wicked sense of humor shows in your writing as well.

Leanore wrote: "Yep, I'll bet that wicked sense of humor shows in your writing as well."

And other places... *lol* I so bad!!

Man,you are burning me!(that's a good thing,though)
We two erotic authors should never get into a wicked contest.
"We would have our swords at the ready and words to the fore. And if we lived a different life, I'd already have you pinned to the floor!"
(Giggle, just words...only wicked words)

lol wicked contest is a draw! too bad i don't have a naughty corner or a whip handy....

I like you Adele! You think just like I do!

hahaha thanks! :o)

Leanore wrote: "Man,you are burning me!(that's a good thing,though)
We two erotic authors should never get into a wicked contest.
"We would have our swords at the ready and words to the fore. And if we lived a d..."

But... I don't have a sword... only this here... *ahem* ... where's the censor?