First of all, I want to say thanks to Mandi for asking me to guest blog. Thanks so much, Mandi! As some of you may know, I have a book coming out today -- Spider’s Bite, the first book in my new Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series. The star of the book is Gin Blanco, a part-time cook and waitress at the Pork Pit barbecue restaurant. In her spare time, Gin moonlights as the assassin the Spider. For this blog, Mandi asked me to talk a little about how Gin is a strong, kick-butt assassin who Continue Reading
Review: Spider’s Bite by Jennifer Estep
My name is Gin Blanco. They call me the Spider — the most feared assassin in the South (and a part-time cook at the Pork Pit BBQ joint.) As a Stone elemental, I can hear the whispers of the gravel beneath my feet and feel the vibrations of the soaring mountains above me, though I don't use my powers on the job unless I absolutely have to. Call it professional pride. After a ruthless Air elemental double-crossed me and killed my handler, I'm out for revenge. And I'll exterminate anyone who Continue Reading
Fugitive Contest Winners!
The winners of Fugitive by Cheryl Brooks are:Tweetybrd22Linda HendersonCongratulations! I have sent an email with the details :)Thank you to Cheryl Brooks and Sourcebooks! Continue Reading
Review: Bad Blood by Mari Mancusi
Sunny McDonald is in the ultimate forbidden relationship. Her boyfriend Magnus is a vampire, and the leader of the Blood Coven. Their differences have never been an issue, until now… When the Blood Coven decides that Magnus needs a mate to be his co-ruler, Sunny’s humanity puts her out of the running. The Coven’s chosen candidate is Jane Johnson, a magna cum laude graduate of Oxford University who just happens to look like a vampiric celebutante. Sunny is suspicious of a Rhodes Scholar Continue Reading
Renewing My Love of Hairy Men in 2010
(Dear dude above, I don’t know who you are, but thanks for being hairy) Now that it is 2010, it is time for Smexy to get serious. Hit the deep topics, the ones that make you stop and think. What, you don’t believe me? Fine - we are talking hairy men today, because in my opinion, there can never be enough hairy men posts and it has been awhile since we have chatted about it. Although the hairy man is always swirling around in my brain on some level, it got kicked to the forefront recently when Continue Reading
Review: Pride Mates by Jennifer Ashley
Twenty years ago shape shifters and announced themselves to the world only to be shunted into “Shiftertowns” and forced to wear collars that control their hunting and fighting instincts (referred to as “Taking the Collar”). Liam Morrissey, big cat-Shifter, is currently liaison between the Shifters of Austin, TX, and the humans of the city. Kim Fraser, attorney, finds herself in the unique position of having to defend a Shifter on a murder charge. Kim ventures to Shiftertown to seek Liam’s Continue Reading
Interview and Giveaway with Cheryl Brooks
Who is Cheryl Brooks? Give us the lowdown. Cheryl Brooks is a composite of many people. She is a writer, a mother, a cook, a wife, a nurse, a gardener, a horse lover, and a musician. Shy with strangers, but outgoing with friends, she can be serious and professional, but is also a romantic who loves to laugh. Fugitive is the fifth book in the Cat Star Chronicles series. How has your writing evolved? Is each book easier/harder to write or are they all different? The most obvious change over the Continue Reading
Review: Fugitive by Cheryl Brooks
When a Zetithian fugitive meets a beautiful Earth woman, their passion may cost them both their lives… Manx is a Zetithian fugitive with a feline gene that gives him remarkable sexual powers. He has been in hiding in the remote jungles of Barada Seven ever since being marked for extermination by the violent Nedwuts. Artist Drusilla arrives on Barada Seven, enticed only by the promise of finding a nature paradise there. But she discovers a wildlife she wasn't expecting when she encounters Manx. Continue Reading
Review: Succubi Like It Hot by Jill Myles
With a flirtatious new figure, her dream job as an archaeologist, and two gorgeous boyfriends to scratch her seductive Itch—an angel and a vampire—Jackie Brighton is totally getting the hang of life as a succubus. Then her need for sex spirals out of control, and she accidentally knocks the pizza guy unconscious with her touch. Great, she’s cursed. Unfortunately, neither of her jealous lovers is exactly talking to her right now. So after Jackie strikes a deal with a crafty demon, she and her Continue Reading
Review: A Black Tie Affair – Sherrill Bodine
As the curator of the costume collection at the Fashion Institute of Chicago, Athena Smith lives and breathes couture dresses. They're her entire life. And while she's in a vast underground bunker where the Insitute houses their private collection of vintage couture clothing, examining the dresses, she falls desperately ill and is rushed to the hospital. Word around town is that Athena has been poisoned. Dr. Drew Montgomery, a physician at Northwestern Hospital, knows all about Athena's Continue Reading