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Saturday, May 18, 2013

Book Review: Unleash (Vampire Erotic Theatre Romance Series Book 6) (ARC) by Felicity Heaton

A powerful vampire lost deep in his bloodlust, Snow is a savage animal, mindless with rage and a thirst for violence, and trapped with no hope of awakening from an endless nightmare… until a song draws him up from the abyss, restoring his sanity but leaving him haunted by the sweet feminine scent of lilies and snow, and fragmented familiar lyrics.

When the mysterious and beautiful songstress reappears in Snow’s room at Vampirerotique, she awakens a fierce protective streak and stirs dark desires that drive him to claim her as his female, even when he knows his touch will destroy her innocence.

A single forbidden taste is all it takes to unleash emotions in Aurora that she shouldn’t possess, tearing her between duty and desire, and luring her into surrendering to her wildfire passion and embracing hungers that burn so hotly they threaten to consume them both.

One act of kindness can lead to one thousand acts of sin though, each a black mark against the bearer’s soul and another grain of sand that slips through an hourglass. The clock is ticking and time is almost up. Can beauty save the beast?
Unleash is book 6 in Felicity Heaton's Vampire Erotic Theatre series It is the story of Snow, one of the most damaged, violent and unpredictable vampires I've ever come across as a reader. This is my first Felicity Heaton novel and I had high hopes for it. It didn't let me down. 

Unleash isn't a warm and fuzzy paranormal romance where the tortured vampire meets his match, falls in love and battles the big bad who wants to take his happy ending away. Snow is the big bad that is trying to prevent a happy ending. He suffers from bloodlust and the uncontrollable urge to maim and kill that comes with it. He's succumbed to it before, resulting in a massive and tragic personal loss for Snow. 

Heaton drags Snow's past out in painful pieces that serve as a reminder that this is a character who may not be able to be saved and if he can be saved, it is going to be a lifelong battle with many setbacks. Snow is unpredictable, almost as if he has two separate personalities inside of him. It's ironic that the chance at saving his dark, blood stained soul comes in the form of a curious angel. While Aurora may not be the physical butt kicker that readers are used to in paranormal romances, it doesn't mean she can't hold her own with Snow. She's quiet in her defiance, intelligent and ever hopeful.

Snow and Aurora's relationship is based more on an emotional connection, rather than a sexual one. Sure they're attracted to one another but with Snow being so unpredictable, he keeps his distance from Aurora for awhile, instead giving them both a chance to get to know each other and establish trust. Something I gather is very new for Snow. It's a great balance to an otherwise dark, tumultuous story. There's never a dull moment with this pair, they're each others' salvation, as unlikely as it seems.

For readers who want to give this series a try, it's best that you start at the beginning. Technically, each book can be a stand alone, but trying to remember who is mated to whom and what their connection to Snow is made reading Unleash a little slower. Something that probably wouldn't be an issue if I had read the series from the beginning.

 4 Sheep






About the author:
I write passionate paranormal romance books as Felicity Heaton and F E Heaton. In my books I create detailed worlds, twisting plots, mind-blowing action, intense emotion and heart-stopping romances with leading men that vary from dark deadly vampires to sexy shape-shifters and wicked werewolves, to sinful angels and hot demons!

If you're a fan of paranormal romance authors Lara Adrian, J R Ward, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Gena Showalter and Christine Feehan then you will love my books too.

If you love your angels a little dark and wicked, my best selling Her Angel series is for you. If you like strong, powerful, and dark vampires then try my Vampires Realm series I write as F E Heaton or any of my stand alone vampire romance books I write as Felicity Heaton.

In 2011, four of my six paranormal romance books received Top Pick awards from Night Owl Reviews, Forbidden Blood was nominated as Best PNR Vampire Romance 2011 at The Romance Reviews, and many of my releases received five star reviews from numerous websites.

Friday, May 17, 2013

Top 10 Reasons NOT to get pregnant while in a relationship with a vampire + giveaway

In Kallysten's newest erotic romance Beyond the Edge her character Virginia, a human, is in a relationship with her vampire lover Anando, but they also "party" with their friends who are a m-vamp/f-vamp/m-human trio. Things are going to get kind of hectic. So Virginia is here to give us many reason why this is a bad idea.

Virginia’s Top 10 Reasons NOT to get pregnant while in a relationship with a vampire. 

10 - The Fertility Issue 
Vampires can’t have kids, everyone knows that. Some of them can be pretty touchy about it. Even if they’ve had time to get used to the idea, it’s still a difficult topic for some of them. And even if they say they’re fine with the whole thing, who knows what they really think? 

9 - The In-Laws 
Bad enough when your MIL is human and tries to tell you all about her pregnancy with your SO whenever she can catch you unaware. Now when she’s got fangs and has lived hundreds of years and expects everyone to jump when she raises an eyebrow and (you suspect) she has killed for more frivolous reasons than that… *gulp* 

8 - The Blood 
When pregnant, your monthly friend goes on vacation, which hey, nice break. But when your SO is a vampire and doesn’t mind blood AT ALL to the point that it might (absolutely hypothetically) drive him even more wild in bed (or rather in the large shower) than usual… Hypothetically, it’d be a pity to deprive yourself him from such fun (albeit messy) times. 

7 - The Future 
Vampires and sunlight go together just about as well and gasoline and a flame. Which means that when the Offspring grows up and goes to school, birthday parties, the zoo, the beach, various games and outdoors activities, guess who’s going to be the driver 100% of the time? And you can’t even blame your SO because it’s not his fault if he’s highly flammable. 

6 - The Birth Certificate 
Try explaining to those nice clerks that yes, you do want your SO’s name on the birth certificate even though he’s a vampire and A) is physiologically incapable of fathering a child as well as B) legally has no right whatsoever to raise or claim custody of a child. Of course your SO flashing his fangs at said clerks might help…
 
5 - The Explanations 
And speaking of explanations, try explaining to your friends and family who know about your SO’s fangs how exactly you became pregnant. Bonus points if they did not know about the fangs until you start explaining. 

4 - The Donor 
How do you choose the donor? Do you just pick some random guy on a catalog and hope he didn’t lie about his IQ and eye color, or do you ask a trusted friend, who might happen to be in a relationship with vampires himself, and wow that’s an entire new can of worms you’re opening there. Extra juicy when you don’t actually plan it and it just happens, to everybody’s surprise. 

3 - The Cravings 
When you crave a double fudge, extra nuts, chocolate sprinkles, whipped cream, vanilla and pineapple sundae with two cherries on top and pickle on the side and there is no pickle left and you finished the sprinkles two days ago and it’s three in the afternoon on a bright sunny day, guess who’s going to have to get dressed to go buy the necessary ingredients for your treat? Not Mr. Flammable, that’s for sure. 

2 - The Biting 
If you’re in a relationship with a vampire, presumably you don’t mind him biting you. And why would you mind, really? If he has any clue what he’s doing - and chances are, he has perfected it to an art - biting you can be as enjoyable to you as it is to him. If performed at the right time during a sexual encounter, it can be pretty mind-blowing, and there’s nothing hypothetical about that one. So having to cut down on the biting because your body should be feeding your baby rather than your lover… it’s almost as tragic as having to forgo sex. 

1 - The Sex 
Speaking of sex… Now my experience of sex with vampires is admittedly limited seeing how I haven’t had that many vampire partners (well, three, if you want to go by whom I shared a bed with but part of it is debatable) but from my small sample (and I don’t mean ‘small’ in any kind of anatomical meaning) I have found out that vampires enjoy kinky sex. I mentioned the biting already, and the only-in-the-shower fun, but there’s more to it, including toys used and/or worn by either of us, positions, situations… Ahem. Being told by the doctor to keep things ‘vanilla’ in the bedroom was the most frustrating part of this whole experience, and those 9+ months, counting the recovery, seemed reeeeeally long. Then again, the end result was definitely worth it. And watching your SO’s eyes light up when he holds your child… forget these 10 reasons, just find yourself a vamp and go for it ;)

As Brett Andrews, owner of the famous club On The Edge, reaches the big ‘four-O,’ he has one request and one question for his two vampire lovers, Leo and Lisa: he doesn’t want them to organize any sort of celebration for him – but he does want to know why neither of them has ever mentioned the possibility of turning him into a vampire. 

The question finds an answer, and the three of them share a promise for the year to come. His request, on the other hand, is doomed from the start as they already have plans for the big day: they have a gift for him to match presents he offered each of them, and the party they planned with help from a couple of friends promises to be something special.

Vampire Anando and his human lover Virginia met at On The Edge. They are friends and occasional lovers of Leo, Brett and Lisa. When asked, they gladly accept to host the big-bash birthday party – and the private after-party, too. A good time is had by all, but the last gift is only revealed a few weeks later, to be delivered after nine months.

With both humans in love with vampires, neither expected a child in their future. As for the vampires, they knew for a fact that they’d never become parents. For all five, once the first shock has passed, decisions have to be made. Will this new adventure strengthen bonds of love and friendship, or will it tear lives apart? 

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About the Author:
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Kallysten’s most exciting accomplishment to date was to cross a few thousand miles and an ocean to pursue (and catch!) the love of her life. She has been writing for over fifteen years, and always enjoyed sharing her stories and listening to the readers' reactions. After playing with science fiction, short stories and poetry, she is now trying her hand, heart and words at paranormal romance novels. 

To see her other stories, including free short stories and sample chapters, visit http://original.kallysten.net 




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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Author Guest Post: Gini Koch + Giveaway!



Top 10 Ways to Tell if Your Boyfriend is an Alien 

By Gini Koch 

When Katherine “Kitty” Katt met Jeff Martini, the sparks flew. But it wasn’t too long after they met that Kitty discovered a few interesting facts about the man who would, ultimately, become her husband. Namely, the fact that he was an alien from the Alpha Centauri system. Hey, differences keep things interesting, right?

In honor of the release of Kitty’s latest exploits, chronicled in Alien in the House, here’s her good go-to list for how to figure out if your new boyfriend might actually be an alien in disguise.

10. Is he wearing Armani? Specifically, does he ONLY wear Armani, and only black suits with white shirts?

9. Is he really, really, really ridiculously good looking?

8. Are all his family and friends also really, really, really ridiculously good looking?

7. Is he always in tune with what you’re feeling or does he touch your pictures for no good reason and then seem to know all about the people in them?

6. Is he somehow always right “there” when you need him, despite having been across the house or even across town only a few moments ago?

5. Is he vague about his familial origins?

4. Does his job entail something along the lines of superbeing exterminator, Field agent, Ambassador, or something that sounds suspiciously like he could be working for the C.I.A., only not really?

3. Does he have two hearts?

2. Does he love you for your brains, guts, and gumption much more than for your looks?

1. Is he god-like in bed with really impressive stamina and regeneration?

If you’ve answered yes to three or more of these questions, congratulations! You’re dating an alien! Enjoy, because as Kitty can tell you, they make great mates.



Alien in the House (Katherine "Kitty" Katt #7)
Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini have learned the ins and outs of Washington politics, not to mention how to prevail in intergalactic war and foil dangerous plots. But, in the aftermath of Operation Destruction, the Gower girls’ powers are burned out, the entire A-C population has been “outed” as the aliens living on Earth that they are, and, worst of all, ACE is nowhere to be found.

Then murder and mayhem are served up at an important dinner party at the American Centaurion Embassy, and when the dust settles Alpha Team and the Diplomatic Corps have more problems than just a dead Congressman.

Is there a single criminal mastermind—or multiple enemies—behind all the conspiracies that want Kitty dead and the A-Cs gone or co-opted to become the War Division?

The return of the best assassins in the business, the reappearance of two individuals long-presumed dead, Agent Malcolm Buchanan felled by something no one can identify or cure, and new technology that can block even the most powerful empath on Earth … all of this means the game’s officially afoot.

Then Vance Beaumont comes to Kitty with a wild theory that someone is systematically killing off the House of Representatives…

It’s up to Kitty and the rest of the gang to find out what’s really going on and why. But will they be able to stop the killer or killers before the rest of the U.S. House of Representatives become casualties? And will the replacement Representative for New Mexico’s 2nd District, who happens to be Jeff Martini, be the next to die?



About the Author:
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Gini Koch lives in Hell’s Orientation Area (aka Phoenix, AZ), works her butt off (sadly, not literally) by day, and writes by night with the rest of the beautiful people. She writes the fast, fresh and funny Alien/Katherine “Kitty” Katt series for DAW Books, the Necropolis Enforcement Files series, and the Martian Alliance Chronicles series for Musa Publishing. As G.J. Koch she writes the Alexander Outland series. She also writes under a variety of other pen names (including Anita Ensal, Jemma Chase, A.E. Stanton, and J.C. Koch), listens to all kinds of music 24/7, and is a proud comics geek-girl willing to discuss at any time why Wolverine is the best superhero ever (even if Deadpool does get all the best lines). She speaks frequently on what it takes to become a successful author and other aspects of writing and the publishing business. She is also the Lead Editor at Raphael’s Village, an online, nonpaying ’zine. Because she wasn’t busy enough, Gini’s added on featured guest columnist, reviewer, and webcaster for Slice of SciFi and It’s Comic Book Day. She can be reached through her website at www.ginikoch.com.




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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Sinful Sirens Giveaway Hop!


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Top Ten Reasons to see Iron Man 3

Iron Man 3 (2013)
130 min - Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi
3 May 2013 (USA)
Director: Shane Black
Writers: Drew Pearce, Shane Black
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle


When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution. 
My husband, 12 year old daughter and I had a blast at Iron Man 3. It was crazy, touching, funny, and just when you think you figured something out BAM! An unexpected twist, multiple times. If you love superhero action movies don’t miss this one on the big screen.

Ten Reasons to go see Iron Man 3 

10. Tony Stark’s softer side

9. Pepper Potts kicks some ass

8. Fire breathing psychopath

7. A happy ever after

6. An army of flying Iron Man suits

5. Over.The.Top. action madness and flawless CGI

4. Lots of Oh, snap! Moments

3. Lots of s*** gets blown up!

2. You get to party like it’s 1999, again

1. Robert Downy Jr. (seriously, look at him.)




4.5 “is it getting hot in here?” Sheep


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