No weekly wrap-up or Smex scene Sunday this week. Tori and myself (Mandi) are playing in New Orleans at the Author’s After Dark Convention. Here we are doing a little sight seeing… Me, Chelsea, Pam, Kristen and Tori (crouched in the middle with the lovely pose…LOL) Pam, Tori and I are rooming together. And we all have a little crush on Damon Suede (author of Hot Head) He may have wore a kilt yesterday and he may have crushed it out on the dance floor. I Continue Reading
AAD Spotlight: Sandy Sullivan
Our Author’s After Dark Spotlights continue with Sandy Sullivan. Sandy lives in Nashville and loves cowboys, especially in tight jeans and cowboy boots (don’t we all!!) Her latest releases include: Stakin’ His Claim Marissa Richardson rodeo reporter has a secret. Her infatuation with Corey Middleton, calf-roper, is driving her to distraction. He’s a player and players don’t fit into her idea of the man for her. But when Corey turns on the cowboy charm, how can she resist? Corey Middleton Continue Reading
AAD Spotlight: Virna DePaul
Our Author’s After Dark Spotlights continue with Virna DePaul. A former prosecutor, Virna now writes about flawed hero and heroines who find their path through love and courage. She has two series, her paranormal ‘Chosen’ series and a contemporary series through Harlequin. Highlights include: Chosen by Blood (Book one) Five years after the Second Civil War ends, humans and otherborn- humanlike creatures with superhuman DNA-still struggle for peace. To ensure the continued rights of both, Continue Reading
AAD Spotlight: Rosalie Lario
We continue our Authors After Dark Spotlights with Rosalie Lario. After practicing law for five years, she realized writing paranormal romance books was much more fun. Highlights include: Blood of the Demon Keegan lives to exact revenge on the evil demon who sired and abused him. When his father devises a plan to bring upon the apocalypse, he and his three half-brothers, inter-dimensional bounty-hunters for the Elden Council, are charged with capturing and delivering their father for Continue Reading
AAD Spotlight: Lissa Matthews
Our Authors After Dark spotlight continues with Lissa Matthews. Lissa loves coffee. No, really, really loves coffee (a girl after my own heart). She started writing romance in 2007 and hasn’t looked back. Highlights of her work include: Simple Need Vinter is not your typical businessman. Tattoos, piercings and not a suit and tie in sight. One-third owner of a bar and a tattoo parlor along with being a bassist in a band, Vinter comes and goes as he pleases. He likes his beer cold, Continue Reading
AAD Spotlight: Samantha Sommersby
We continue our Author’s After Dark series spotlight with Samantha Somersby. Now a full-time writer, she credits her background in the psychiatric field to bring a unique perspective to her characters and stories. A few highlights of her backlist: Shelter from the Storm In any other circumstance, Jennifer Jones's first meeting with Maclain Moore would have been called serendipity, a happy coincidence. She's looking for a new roommate; he's looking for a place to live. It doesn't hurt that Continue Reading
AAD Spotlight: Damon Suede
Our Authors After Dark Spotlights continue with Damon Suede. He has pretty much lived everywhere and tried every profession, but couldn’t be happier writing stories. Last summer he released Hot Head to good reviews. It finished #3 in the Goodreads 2011 Best Romance contest. Since 9/11, Brooklyn firefighter Griff Muir has wrestled with impossible feelings for his best friend and partner at Ladder 181: Dante Anastagio. Unfortunately Dante is strictly a ladies' man and the FDNY isn’t exactly Continue Reading
AAD Spotlight: Manda Collins
We continue or AAD Spotlight with author Manda Collins. Manda is an academic librarian by day, and writing her Ugly Ducklings Trilogy at night. Her debut book, How to Dance With a Duke came out earlier this year. Miss Cecily Hurston would much rather explore the antiquities of Egypt than the uncharted territory of marriage. But the rules of her father's exclusive academic society forbid her entrance unless she weds one of its members. To clear her ailing father's name of a scandalous rumor, Continue Reading
AAD Spotlight: Kris Cook
Our Authors After Dark 2012 Spotlight continues with erotic author Kris Cook. A military brat to the core, Kris Cook never put down deep roots in any particular geographic location. Until Texas. Why? Kris loves the sun. A voracious reader, Kris loves many genres of fiction, but this writer’s favorite books are romances that are edgy, sexy, with rich characters and unique challenges. Kris’ influences include JR Ward, Lora Leigh, and Shayla Black. Kris has won and placed in several writing Continue Reading
AAD Spotlight: Cat Johnson
Our Authors After Dark 2012 Spotlights continues with the effervescent, never flat romance author, Cat Johnson. An author of contemporary romance in genres including military, cowboy, ménage and paranormal, Cat Johnson uses her computer so much she wore the letters off the keyboard within a year. A self-proclaimed promo ‘ho, she is known for her creative marketing and research practices. Consequently, Cat has sponsored bull riding rodeo cowboys, owns an entire collection of cowboy boots and Continue Reading