Friday, September 7, 2012

Guest Blog and Giveaway with Kathy Kulig



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Damned and Defiant
Book 3 of Demon in Exile
Kathy Kulig

Genre: Paranormal Erotic Romance
Publisher: Ellora’s Cave Publishing

ISBN: 9781419940804
Word Count: Approximately 70,000 words


Book Description:

Mortal women surrender to Dante’s seductions. He is a Drone, an immortal who feeds off their lifeforce energy—the chi that keeps his kind alive. When his dimension is on the edge of destruction, Dante must seek the help of one special woman.

Haley Moore is a Sha Warrior—a mortal with excess lifeforce energy. She has always had a strong attraction to Dante and when they meet again he thinks luck is on his side because his quota of chi energy would be obtained after one scorching scene with this mortal. But the problem is that he is overwhelmingly attracted to her and once with this woman won’t be enough.

Haley tries to draw out the man buried deep within the demon. Their fierce, undeniable passion unravels his plans and threatens her life. Can Dante bear to abandon her when he leaves Earth forever? Dante will have to choose whether to return to his world or to give up his immortality and share his future with Haley.

About the Author:

Kathy Kulig is the award-winning author of sexy paranormal and contemporary romances. She has published over a dozen novels and novellas and her work has appeared in eBook, print and anthology. Kathy is a science geek by day and writer of erotic fiction at night. Her interest in mythology, quantum physics and the supernatural, and also her extensive background in science, provide inexhaustible material for new projects in the paranormal realms. Besides her career in writing, she’s a cytotechnologist and has worked as a research scientist, medical technologist, dive master and stringer for a newspaper. When she’s not writing or dreaming up her next steamy story, she enjoys traveling, relaxing by the beach with a book, mountain biking, movies and dinners out. She resides in eastern Pennsylvania with her husband and lives in a 100-year-old Victorian home which has a garage built of rejected tombstones. 

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Thursday, September 6, 2012

Interview and Giveaway with Marne Ann Kirk




Please share a little about yourself, your genres, any other pen names you use.

Thank you so much for having me today, Wenona. I’m very happy to be here. I’m a mother of seven not-so-little-anymore beasties and the grandmother to the cutest two boy angels to fall to Earth. I have an amazing husband, and we live in paradise. I don’t always feel this way, but today I do
When I’m not writing, I love to read, bake (especially anything chocolate), garden (although I didn’t get to plant one this year), and I’m a total foodie (as evidenced by my no-so-svelte body). I also love the mountains—hiking, camping, fishing, boating, nature walks, I’m game.

A crazy little factoid, I spent summers in my youth not far from where you live in Michigan. I don’t know if you’re old enough to remember this, but there was a place called Boblo Island? It closed down several years ago. Some of my favorite memories are from that island.

I write fantasy romance and paranormal romance. My fantasy romance, Love Chosen, is available now. My paranormal romance, Goddess on the Run, will be available September 17th. Things are moving fast, but it’s an exciting ride.
Tell us a little about your latest or upcoming release.

Love Chosen is a fantasy romance about a fae barkeep with attitude, a Queen’s guard with no time for disobedience, and a killer threatening what they both hold dear. Here’s the book blurb:

For millennia, dragon and fae have peacefully co-existed, but the fae themselves have lived segregated and very different lives.

Now a malevolence threatens to separate them all permanently. Can a Queen's guard and a rebellious outlaw join forces to defeat this common enemy?

Tyler's touch sparks fierce desire, drawing Issie to him, but she despises his way of life and all that palace society represents. If he learns she wields majic to help the less fortunate escape the kingdom, he'll charge her with treason. Her punishment - death.

Issie is a sassy rebel who is constantly looking for ways to circumvent the conventions of their society. Tyler's head warns that she's a non-majical lower, beneath him. His heart sees by her inner strength and outer beauty. Only a binding love will lend them strength to save her life - their world.

Can either of them bend enough to trust that love?
***
I have to warn you, though, it is a bit on the sensual side and I do like the details…


Are you a mom (or parent)?

Um…they would argue they parent me, but yes. I am a parent and, more importantly, a grand-parent. I do that much, much better.

If yes do you find it hard to juggle writing and parenting?

Oh yes. Lately, I feel like it was easier to write when all of my seven children were young and living at home than it is now. But my youngest son has spent the ENTIRE SUMMER laid up with a serious wound and several surgeries, so that might have dampened my outlook on juggling the two…just a titch…

And before that happened? Well, before that happened, my second oldest daughter has some serious health conditions which consume a good deal of our time. Before we found out about that, it was…

Well, my point is there is always something going on in life. That’s just the way life is, and I have to force time for writing if I want to make it happen. So, I have writers’ night every Tuesday night—five hours away from the house, to write. I have my office (we removed the table from the dining room, and threw a few desks, a bookshelf or two, and some computers in there. It works for me), where I have become quite proficient at blocking out people and conversations. And at least twice a year I go on writing retreats, where I hang out with other writers and JUST WRITE. Those are pure heaven. Pure. Heaven. (I need one of those soon…)


Have you ever based your book or characters on actual events or people from your own life?

No. But I do, on occasion take sayings or bits of personalities from my children and their friends or acquaintances. For instance, one of my daughters worked in a gentleman’s club for a while--she was a waitress, a champagne hostess, a dancer--and some of the people she’d tell me about, some of the stories she’d come home with…well, sometimes the truth really is stranger than fiction. So, every once in a while, the flavor of one of those people will find its way into my story.

Is there a theme or message in your work that you would like readers to connect to?

Oh heavens, what a fantastic question! And yes! Love Chosen is a fantasy romance, but it’s also a story about universal love, about acceptance in an intolerant world.

What would your readers be surprised to learn about you?

Well, I look like your average, sweet, biddable housewife. And I am pretty traditional. But I’m also what some friends and I have affectionately termed “bubble-gum goth.” I love tattoos (even though I have none…phobia of needles), I can spend entirely too much time looking at steampunk clothes and accessories on-line (though I don’t buy many, because I have this weight-goal thing), I absolutely adore hockey and UFC, and Lily Allen and Kill Hannah are as wonderful to me as Katy Perry, Enya and Trans-Sylvanian Orchestra or Epica. Oh, and I have a sieve for a memory. Seriously, I think I hit my head one too many times (I pretty clutzy).



Is there a genre(s) that you’d like to write that you haven’t tackled yet?

Oh, yes. Someday I will add mystery and character-driven horror to my list of published novels. Just, not yet.


If this book is part of a series…what is the next book? Any details you can share?

 Yes, it is. Love Dared is book two of the Fae Dragon Chronicles. It will be available in 2013. You meet Dare in Love Chosen (he’s Queen Morgana’s errand runner and just a youngling). In Love Dared, he is all grown up and oh, so yummy.

The fae have scattered, the dragons are gone, hope is but a distant and forgotten memory…

Just as Willow’s people fall to a crazed king, Dare, a warrior more compelling than any before him, comes whispering of magical people and promising to save Willow’s kingdom for the small price of her cooperation. All she must do? Go with him to meet these fae.

So why doesn’t she trust him?

Dare will do anything for the fae and his Queen, even sacrifice the Chosen One, if that’s what it takes to save their race. What’s one life compared to the lives of many?

But Love has a way of mocking even the best laid plans…


What is next for you? Do you have any scheduled upcoming releases or works in progress?

My next book to release is a paranormal romance. Goddess on the Run is available September 17th. I’m very excited about it. And I’m working on book two in that series now.


What is in your to read pile?

There are so many…  Demon Hunt, by Christine Ashworth; Of a Darker Nature, by Michelle Clay; Shadow’s Claim, by Kresley Cole; Haunted, by Jeanne Stein are a few.

Gosh. This was amazing fun. Thanks again, for having me hang with you! I hope there are questions


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Love Chosen
The Fae Dragon Chronicles, Book One
By Marne Ann Kirk      

Genre: Fantasy Romance
Publisher: Crescent Moon Press

ISBN:  978-1937254490
ASIN: 978-1-937254-50-6

Number of pages: 277
Word Count: 86,100 words


Book Description:

For millennia, dragon and fae have peacefully co-existed, but the fae themselves have lived segregated and very different lives.

Now a malevolence threatens to separate them all permanently. Can a Queen's guard and a rebellious outlaw join forces to defeat this common enemy?

Tyler's touch sparks fierce desire, drawing Issie to him, but she despises his way of life and all that palace society represents. If he learns she wields majic to help the less fortunate escape the kingdom, he'll charge her with treason. Her punishment - death.

Issie is a sassy rebel who is constantly looking for ways to circumvent the conventions of their society. Tyler's head warns that she's a non-majical lower, beneath him. His heart sees by her inner strength and outer beauty. Only a binding love will lend them strength to save her life - their world.

Author Bio:

Marne Ann Kirk grew up wild, exploring the vast high deserts and mountains of the West with her family as a child. Marne Ann loved making up stories and, well, lied about just about everything. Thankfully, she grew out of the lying stage...now she calls it story-telling.

Her debut novel, “Love Chosen: Book One of The Fae Dragon Chronicles,” is available now. “Love Dared: Book Two of The Fae Dragon Chronicles,” is coming soon. “Goddess on the Run,” a paranormal romance, will be available September 17, 2012. You can find out more about Marne Ann through her publisher, Crescent Moon Press, or visit her at: www.marneannkirk.com  or www.cowboysndragonscafe.blogspot.com



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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Interview with Chris Savio Author of The Beckoning




Please share a little about yourself, your genres, any other pen names you use.

     I grew up half in New Jersey and half in Southern California.  Living my formative years on different sides of the country I feel has given me a unique perspective on life and different character traits of people.  Coupled with spending an inordinate amount of time in my parent’s diner in New Jersey, I have developed an interesting sense of humor, which shows itself from time to time in my writing and my teaching.  (I am a teacher by day and a writer by night.)  Growing up, besides the beach and various sports, I spent my time reading history and horror books.  Many years later, I have combined those interests into the paranormal historical based romances I tend to write.  My stories tend to lean more toward the paranormal and romance side using history as a mere backdrop.  There are no history lessons in my books, only enough to make the scary, or romantic scenes a little more interesting.

Tell us a little about your latest or upcoming release.

 On the surface, The Beckoning is a story of a young girl who is forced to move from New Jersey to a remote plantation house in Virginia.  Isolated from her friends, and ultimately her parents, Marissa (my protagonist) and her dog Max are left to fend for themselves in a world dominated by a demon hell bent on killing her family. In addition to the demon, Marissa must deal with a paranormal town her family frequents that is populated by ghosts.  Eventually, Marissa discovers these ghosts are trying to reach out to her for help, for reasons she doesn’t yet understand.  On the brink of insanity, Marissa finds the journal of the young man that lived in her room over a century before.  In his journal, the young man left vital information about the history of the house and how to survive it.  Lonely and scared, Marissa begins to fall in love with the young man spiritually before he does the seemingly impossible. He materializes to save her from the demon and show her the special powers she possesses. The love Marissa feels for him immediately grows ten fold. While their relationship blossoms, Marissa comes to realize that Zachary has not come to save her.  Rather he has come to show her how to save the ghosts who are imprisoned in Mills Run, her family, and possibly the world.
           
Along with the romance, The Beckoning is packed with action, horror and the story of a young person finding out who she really is. Above all, The Beckoning is a story of a young person gaining confidence in herself and standing strong in the face of overwhelming odds.


If this book is part of a series…what is the next book? Any details you can share?

     There will be a sequel to The Beckoning.  I will be writing that soon after I finish the steampunk vampire story I am currently writing that features Billy the Kid.  In the sequel, Marissa will move to back to New Jersey, but find herself in a secluded Delaware River town.  To her dismay the demon would have followed her and she will start noticing that even though her life is moving forward time itself is moving backwards a day or sometimes even a few weeks at a time.  In addition to that people around her are dying incredibly horrible deaths and being replaced by their evil clones.  Trying to escape the town Max and Marissa find out that some kind of powerful force is trapping them with the town’s limits.  Perhaps  Zachary can return and help her fight off the offspring of the original demon.


What is next for you? Do you have any scheduled upcoming releases or works in progress?

     Besides the project I am currently writing, I have another one due back from my editor, Neal Hock.  That one is called The Daguerreotypist and is about a photographer back in 1842, hence the title of the book, that goes on a killing rampage in order to “stop” sinning.  He is later forced to enter into a pact with the devil and gains the ability to time travel between 2012 and 1842.  In 2012 he falls in love with the woman who presently occupies his old studio/apartment.  A love triangle quickly ensues between the two of them and Rachel’s, the woman in 2012, fiancĂ©, complicating matters. Rachel over time discovers who he is and how he has been time traveling.  Torn between what is right and her attraction for him, she struggles with being the only one who can put an end to the killing. It will all come down to whether or not Rachel can or will she put an end to the carnage occurring in two different centuries.


Of all the characters you’ve ever written, who is your favorite and why?

     Although I am writing a book about Billy the Kid being a vampire slayer right now, and having a lot of fun doing it, my favorite character is Marissa from The Beckoning.   I started off her character being afraid to stand up to people, talk to guys, or make many friends.  She was a shy girl with a hint of a snarky attitude reserved for her parents only.  As The Beckoning evolves, so does Marissa.  The reader can follow the change in her from shyness to becoming an extremely strong and fearless character. This is displayed in the book when she makes friends with the ghost that eventually ends up being her love interest and with the demon within her house.  With Zachary, she gains the strength to not only talk to a ghost, but also allow the love interest to develop.  In regards to the demon, the shy young lady in the beginning of the book comes full circle in battling the demon and resembles Laura Croft Tomb Raider in her bravery.  Creating the character of Marissa was an enjoyable experience that kept me coming back to my computer keyboard day after day.  I hope the readers have as much fun reading about her adventures in The Beckoning as I did creating them.

Are you a mom (or parent)?

 I am a proud parent of a 6-year-old daughter and an 8-year-old son.  As I am sure every parent says, they are the center of my whole world.  Often times they ask what I’m writing about and make suggestions.  Well, even though The Beckoning is a YA book suitable for teenagers on upward, I tend to be vague with them about the content.  They usually want to know if I have doggies or cats in the story.  That happens to be where the idea for Max, Marissa’s dog and at times only confidant, came from.


If yes do you find it hard to juggle writing and parenting?

Not at all, I find that getting time to write and juggling parenting is fairly easy.  It’s the writing that is hard.  I have a wonderful wife that gives me time for my writing if I need it during the day.  Most of the time I write after the family has fallen asleep and before they wake up.  I am one of those people who find it difficult to sleep more than five hours per night.  Actually, my whole family is asleep as I am answering the questions for this interview.    


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The Beckoning
Chris Savio

Genre: Paranormal YA Romance
ISBN: 9781478301936

Number of pages: 273
Word Count: 83,000

Cover Artist: Char Andlesperger


Teenage girls don’t fall in love with ghosts, discover their magical powers or save their families from demons, or they?

Book Description:

Forced to leave the few friends she’s ever had and the only life she’s ever known, snarky fifteen-year-old Marissa arrives at Briar Creek, a remote Virginia plantation house, lonely and unhappy. Immediately upon arrival, she learns that her parents have come under the power of the demon that has dwelled there for over a century and that her very life hangs by a thread. With her life in peril, Marissa makes several discoveries that would turn any teenager’s life upside down.

Finding out that the nearby town of Mills Run is inhabited by the souls of her dead relatives who continually try to communicate with her is terrifying. Knowing her parents are under full control of the demon, who unbeknownst to her wants to father a child and rule the world, is even worse. Realizing that she only has Max, her faithful dog for support, Marissa begins to give up all hope.

That’s until she finds the journal of the long dead boy who used to occupy her room. Reading about his life, Marissa begins to fall in love and fantasizes about the seemingly impossible, meeting him. Her impossible dream miraculously comes true when Zachary materializes to save her life and teach her of the powers she never knew she possessed. Allied with her first love, and more powerful than any teenage girl ever dreamed, Marissa gains confidence and believes she can do anything. Together, can this improbable duo save Marissa’s family and the world from the demon before it’s too late?

Author Bio: 

I reside in Northern New Jersey.  By day I’m a teacher and family man. At night, the need to write drives me deep into the early hours of the morning. Growing up, my love of history and horror, including Stephen King, greatly shaped my reading and writing interests and style. My debut novel, The Beckoning, is a YA paranormal romance immersed in a historical setting.  In additional to the sequel, I have two other YA novels in the publication queue.


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