Sunday Series presents Laurie London’s Sweetblood series

TITLE: Bonded By Blood
SERIES #: Sweetblood #1
CHARACTERS: Mackenzie Foster-Shaw & Dominic
AUTHOR: Laurie London
PUBLICATION DATE: January 11, 2011
ORDER LINKS: Amazon | B&N

BOOK SYNOPSIS:
Movie location scout Mackenzie Foster-Shaw has always known that she’s cursed to die young. No one can protect her from the evil that has stalked her family for generations—vampires who crave her rare blood type. Until one afternoon in a wooded cemetery, she encounters an impossibly sexy stranger, a man she must trust with her life.

For Dominic, a man haunted by loss, Mackenzie satisfies a primal hunger that torments him—and the bond they share goes beyond heat, beyond love. She alone can supply the strength he needs to claim his revenge. But in doing so, he could destroy her….

******

TITLE: Hidden By Blood
SERIES #: Sweetblood #1.5
CHARACTERS: Finn McKentry & Brenna Stewart
AUTHOR: Laurie London
PUBLICATION DATE: August 1, 2011
ORDER LINKS: Amazon | B&N
BOOK SYNOPSIS:
Deep within the forests of the Pacific Northwest, two vampire coalitions battle for supremacy—Guardians who safeguard humanity and Darkbloods, rogues who will stop at nothing to satisfy their craving for the sweetest of human blood.

Now, former Army Ranger Finn McKentry finds himself imprisoned as a blood slave, forced to submit to an enemy more powerful than any he’s encountered before. Only Brenna Stewart, the woman he’d loved and lost, can set him free—but the secret she harbors might lead them down the most dangerous path of all…

*****

TITLE: Embraced By Blood
SERIES #: Sweetblood #2
CHARACTERS: Alfonso Serrano & Lily DeGraff
AUTHOR: Laurie London
PUBLICATION DATE: June 21, 2011
ORDER LINKS: Amazon | B&N
BOOK SYNOPSIS:
Alfonso Serrano is a hunted man. For months he’s managed to elude the Darkbloods, vengeful foes who won’t rest until he’s dead. But he still craves one dangerous temptation: Lily DeGraff, the sexy Guardian agent he’ll risk anything to protect.

Lily is a wanted woman. Her talent for tracking Sweet—a rare blood type that’s addictive to vampires—makes her a prime target for enemy capture. Her only hope is the stealthy vampire operative who stole into her bed…then left her in despair. Danger aside, Lily won’t let Alfonso near her heart again—until an irresistible hunger threatens to draw them back together… and into an assassin’s snare.

******

TITLE: Enchanted by Blood
SERIES #: Sweetblood #2.5
CHARACTERS: Trace & Charlotte
AUTHOR: Laurie London
PUBLICATION DATE: October 18, 2011
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BOOK SYNOPSIS:
All they want for Christmas is you…It’s the time of year for twinkling lights on trees and kisses under the mistletoe. Yet the passing of another year means nothing to the stunning immortals who lurk in the shadows of the new-fallen snow.

And they don’t care if you’ve been naughty or nice.

Let four fanged lovers open your eyes to a passion you never dared to imagine. After all, there’s no place like home for the holidays—and these dazzling vampires can’t wait for an invitation.

******

TITLE: Tempted By Blood
SERIES #: Sweetblood #3
CHARACTERS: Jackson Frost & Arianna Wells
AUTHOR: Laurie London
PUBLICATION DATE: February 21, 2012
ORDER LINKS: Amazon | B&N
BOOK SYNOPSIS:
Deep within the forests of the Pacific Northwest, the battle for supremacy rages on between two Vampire coalitions:Guardian enforcers sworn to protect humanity, and Darkbloods, rogues who kill like their ancient ancestors….

He might be known for his effortless charm, but Guardian Jackson Foss is hiding a terrible secret. For months, he has battled the emergence of his dark nature—deadly urges that threaten to consume him. And those cravings only intensify when he meets Arianna Wells, the human he’s been assigned to protect. Smart and perceptive, Arianna doesn’t seem like a dangerous temptress. Yet she awakens in Jackson an unstoppable need that, if left unchecked, will brand him a traitor…a crime punishable by death.

But soon their bond may be Arianna’s only hope. For stalking her in the shadows is a merciless enemy—one who will stop at nothing to claim her completely….

******

TITLE: Seduced by Blood
SERIES #: Sweetblood #4
CHARACTERS: Tristan Santiago & Roxanne Reynolds
AUTHOR: Laurie London
PUBLICATION DATE: July 24th 2012
ORDER LINKS: Amazon | B&N
BOOK SYNOPSIS:
Deep within the forests of the Pacific Northwest, the battle for supremacy rages on between two vampire coalitions:

Guardian enforcers sworn to protect humanity, and Darkbloods, rogues who kill like their ancient ancestors.

Hot-blooded and hard-edged, Tristan Santiago has an uncanny ability to see beneath the surface;a skill that serves him well as the Guardians region commander. But when a deadly plot against his fellow vampires is uncovered, he must turn to the one woman he can’t read: the beautiful yet mysterious Roxanne Reynolds, whose sensual presence soothes his tormented memories.

Roxy had put love before duty once before, with devastating results. But to root out a dangerous traitor in their midst, she must put her faith in Santiago, the one man skilled enough to break through her defenses. Posing as lovers, Santiago and Roxy work side by side and discover a powerful craving that threatens to consume them both.

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TITLE: Enticed by Blood
SERIES #: Sweetblood #4.5
CHARACTERS: Andre Lescarbeau & Juliette Bishop
AUTHOR: Laurie London
PUBLICATION DATE: July 24th 2012
ORDER LINKS: Amazon | B&N
BOOK SYNOPSIS:

Stockbroker Juliette Bishop gets more than she bargained for when she flies to New Orleans to handle a business matter for her ailing father and comes face to face with her former lover, the handsome, yet mysterious Andre Lescarbeau.

******

TITLE: Unraveled by Blood
SERIES #: Sweetblood #4.6
CHARACTERS: Mateo Carrera & Selena
AUTHOR: Laurie London
PUBLICATION DATE: June 13, 2017
ORDER LINKS: Amazon | B&N
BOOK SYNOPSIS:

Guardian Mateo Carrera hasn’t been home in years—not since he almost killed the woman he loved when his dark nature couldn’t resist her sweet blood. But when he uncovers a deadly plot against her, he’ll risk everything to save her… even if it means losing himself.

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About the author

Laurie London is the NY Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Sweetblood and Iron Portal series—dark, sexy paranormal romance, set primarily in the Pacific Northwest. Publisher’s Weekly calls her work “sexy” and “sizzling.”

She lives on a small farm outside of Seattle with her husband, two children and a variety of animals. After graduating from college, she worked for a Fortune 500 company as a programmer/tester and an underwriter. Her other jobs included cocktail waitress, hotel maid, candy store manager and bridal gown sales.

When not writing, she can be found running, reading, sewing, making jewelry, mucking stalls, volunteering or riding her horse. Someday she hopes to qualify for the Quarter Horse World Show – that is, if her horse doesn’t get hurt again.

Contact:

Email: Laurie @ LaurieLondonBooks.com

Website: www.LaurieLondonBooks.com

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November 22, 2014November 21, 2014

Laurie London’s Sweetblood series

Bonded by Blood

Sweetblood #1

Movie location scout Mackenzie Foster-Shaw has always known that she’s cursed to die young. No one can protect her from the evil that has stalked her family for generations—vampires who crave her rare blood type. Until one afternoon in a wooded cemetery, she encounters an impossibly sexy stranger, a man she must trust with her life.

*****

Hidden by Blood

Sweetblood #1.5

Deep within the forests of the Pacific Northwest, two vampire coalitions battle for supremacy—Guardians who safeguard humanity and Darkbloods, rogues who will stop at nothing to satisfy their craving for the sweetest of human blood.

*****

Embraced by Blood

Sweetblood #2

Alfonso Serrano is a hunted man. For months he’s managed to elude the Darkbloods, vengeful foes who won’t rest until he’s dead. But he still craves one dangerous temptation: Lily DeGraff, the sexy Guardian agent he’ll risk anything to protect.

*****

A Vampire for Christmas

Sweetblood #2.5

All they want for Christmas is you…It’s the time of year for twinkling lights on trees and kisses under the mistletoe. Yet the passing of another year means nothing to the stunning immortals who lurk in the shadows of the new-fallen snow.

And they don’t care if you’ve been naughty or nice.

Let four fanged lovers open your eyes to a passion you never dared to imagine. After all, there’s no place like home for the holidays—and these dazzling vampires can’t wait for an invitation.

*****

Tempted by Blood

Sweetblood #3

Deep within the forests of the Pacific Northwest, the battle for supremacy rages on between two Vampire coalitions:Guardian enforcers sworn to protect humanity, and Darkbloods, rogues who kill like their ancient ancestors….

But soon their bond may be Arianna’s only hope. For stalking her in the shadows is a merciless enemy—one who will stop at nothing to claim her completely….

*****

Seduced by Blood

Sweetblood #4

Deep within the forests of the Pacific Northwest, the battle for supremacy rages on between two vampire coalitions:

Guardian enforcers sworn to protect humanity, and Darkbloods, rogues who kill like their ancient ancestors.

March 31, 2014March 30, 2014

Spotlight Feature of Dark & Deadly: Eight Bad Boys of Paranormal Romance

DARK AND DEADLY: Eight Bad Boys of Paranormal Romance
Jennifer Ashley, Alyssa Day, Felicity Heaton, Erin Kellison, Laurie London, Erin Quinn, Bonnie Vanak, Caris Roane
Eight hot paranormal romances by New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors. Alpha-male bad boys will fulfill your darkest, most deadliest desires in these stories about shifters, werewolves, vampires, magic, special powers and other realms. But only if you dare…

BODYGUARD by Jennifer Ashley

Elizabeth Chapman is saved from an armed attacker by a Kodiak bear who shifts into a tight-bodied, naked human male. Ronan takes Elizabeth to Shiftertown, becoming her 24/7 bodyguard. The mateless Ronan has adopted a houseful of orphaned Shifters–having grown up in foster care, Elizabeth is touched by his protectiveness. Ronan only wants to keep Elizabeth safe, but the sassy woman is triggering his long-buried need to mate.

ALEJANDRO’S SORCERESS by Alyssa Day

He’s a warrior, hardened by years of protecting his town from vampire attack. She’s a garden witch who sees the world in shades of sunshine and delight. Opposites don’t only attract, they go supernova in this sizzling tale of magic and mayhem.

BEWITCH by Felicity Heaton

A vampire with a bloodstained past and a soul tainted with darkness, Payne is perfect in his self-control, never surrendering to his darkest desires. Now a beautiful witch in the shadowy fae underworld reawakens long denied hungers and tempts him with pleasure. When one incredible night of fulfilling their fantasies leads to more than just keeping a promise and saving a friend, will they be able to overcome the barriers that stand between them and forever?

DARKNESS FALLS by Erin Kellison

Agent Malcolm Rook is hunting for people with the rarest of talents—the ability to master dreams. He finds the undeniably gifted Jordan Lane, but she’s wary of mysterious Rook and resists his pursuit as long as she can. Yet the dreamwaters they enter are too exhilarating to resist, and attraction soon ignites electric passions. Delving too deep stirs a nightmare, one they must defeat, or be forever lost to darkness.

ROGUE’S PASSION by Laurie London

Blaming himself for the death of a friend, Iron Guild warrior Asher Kane vows to bring those responsible to justice. After he’s hurt on a mission and nursed back to health by a beautiful yet mysterious woman, this dangerously sexy bad-boy finds himself falling for Olivia…even as he struggles to stay away. But stalking them on the streets of New Seattle is a cruel and vengeful evil—one that threatens to destroy them both…

THE FORBIDDEN LIFE OF ALEX MOORE by Erin Quinn

Alex’s mission: Kill the hellhounds that have invaded earth and return to his home in the Beyond. But from the start, things go horribly wrong. The hounds are cunning and a human female witnesses their attack—she intervenes and saves Alex’s life. Now he must keep the alluring Lilly alive while fighting his desire for her. When passion flares, Alex risks all to protect her and defend the forbidden life he craves.

THE MATING HEAT by Bonnie Vanak

Werewolf Kara Mitchell fled with her brother Aiden to Montana after their alpha father punished her for kissing sexy omega werewolf Ryder Carrington. Left scarred by her father’s cruelty, Kara believes no one can love her. After killing his alpha to save the pack, Ryder now rules, but needs a mate. His blood runs hot for Kara. Ryder will do anything to claim her, even risk an all-out pack war that could cost them everything…

TRAPPED by Caris Roane

Mastyr Vampire Zephyr, a one-man fighting force, struggles to save the life of a woman who despises his warrior ways. She’s been a thorn in his side, but he has one goal: to keep her safe. For Alesia, however, she just wishes he’d leave her alone since she can never approve of his profession. She broke up with him months ago and wants to start a new life. The trouble is, he’s still the one man who can curl her toes.

DARK AND DEADLY: Eight Bad Boys of Paranormal Romance is due for release in ebook at all major retailers on April 14^th 2014 so mark your calendars for your date with these eight hot alpha bad boys and have your darkest desires fulfilled.

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Be sure to join the Dark and Deadly authors during the first two weeks of release for fantastic giveaways, launch parties, and more.

Find out all the details for the events as they’re posted at the eight authors’ Facebook pages:

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Laurie London: http://www.facebook.com/LaurieLondonAuthor

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Bonnie Vanak: http://www.facebook.com/bonnievanakauthor

Caris Roane: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Caris-Roane/150858114985050

October 16, 2013October 14, 2013

Dark + Dangerous = 6 Hot Paranormal Romances in one Bundle.

An Excerpt from Assassins Touch by Laurie London

The crimson tunic Rickert wore was simple and functional, yet elegant at the same time. Although it had none of the fancy embroidery or adornments that Lord Tierney’s or Rosamund’s garments sported, it fit his muscular torso perfectly, as if it had been hand-tailored. The hemline hit just below his natural waistline, right at the crisscrossed laces of the fine leather breeches—probably deerskin, if she were to guess—that stretched tightly over his—

Neyla coughed and attempted to put her mind into its former work mode: fabric, cut, and fit. When she’d tailored men’s clothing, she’d often kneel and hold her tape measure right at the crotch. She was used to examining and assessing various bodies simply as shapes, marking how much of the seam to take in or let out. Where to position a dart or tuck.

The leather clung to the curve of his thighs and butt with just the right amount of ease—neither too tight nor too loose. Whoever had made them was very skilled. Leather, particularly deerskin, could be tricky to work with.

Enough about the clothes, she told herself. God, she could get so distracted by pretty things.

She was sure of one thing, though. If she had any hope of getting back home, she needed to squelch her physical reaction to him and keep her wits about her.

Then she realized he now blocked her only escape, and she had nowhere to go but up. No wonder he was pleased. She’d made it easy for him. God, she could be such an idiot.

“And why should you care what happens to me?” she repeated.

He propped one boot casually on the step above him and rested a hand on the hilt of one of his swords, looking very much like the powerful medieval warrior he was. “I agree. It makes no sense.”

“Then why?”

He shrugged. “Perhaps I’ve been bespelled.”

She scoffed at him and yet her whole body went numb at the thought that he could be bespelled by her.

Before she could contemplate further, he said, “Keep going. It’s not far now.”

Soon, they stood in front of a wooden door with a large metal ring for a handle. After sliding back the bolt, Rickert leaned into it with his shoulder and pushed. The hinges creaked as the heavy door slowly opened. She wouldn’t be able to manage it easily on her own.

The first thing she spotted in the elaborately furnished room was the huge, curtained bed, piled high with quilts and pillows. An empty tub, half hidden by a curtain, stood in a far corner, and several large parchments—maps, maybe?—were scattered on a low table. The room was decidedly masculine. His bedchamber.

And now it all made perfect sense.

“Is this elaborate scheme of yours designed to get me into your bed?” She glanced around for some sort of weapon and spotted several glass paperweights in various colors holding the maps flat. Those could work. In college, she’d pitched on an intramural co-ed softball team and could throw a decent fastball.

“What are you talking about?” he asked.

She inched closer to the table. “Do you have an old-fashioned belief system over here that prevents you from shagging a woman you’re not engaged to?”

He closed the door with a bang that rattled her insides, and slid the bolt into place. Standing there like he had in the cave, taking up all the available space, he looked big and formidable. She was trapped. This was it. And she’d just provoked him.

*****

DARK AND DANGEROUS

Six-in-one hot paranormal romances.

Whether you like shifters, weres, vampires, fae, magic or secret portals, there’s a sexy story here that’s sure to tantalize your darkest, most dangerous desires.

Buy now ($.99 – all 6 stories!) from Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | B&N |

*****

HARD MATED

by Jennifer Ashley

A USA Today bestselling book!

Spike, a wildcat Shifter and the champion fighter of Shiftertown, is stunned when Myka, the best friend of a dying human woman, announces that Spike has fathered a cub. What’s more, the mother is giving the boy to Spike to protect and raise.

Spike is torn between the cub and his duties as tracker to the Shiftertown leader, and begs sassy and sexy horse-training Myka, the only person who understands, to help him. When Spike’s job puts his cub and Myka in danger, Spike is forced to choose between those to whom he’s pledged his loyalty and his need to protect the woman and cub he’s come to love.

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*****

THE MATING HUNT

by Bonnie Vanak

After a childhood trauma left Arianna Sanders terrified of sex, the only man the pretty Lupine werewolf desires is her fiercely protective guardian. But the sexy, mysterious shifter harbors a dark secret, one he’s determined to hide from Arianna.

Kyle Morgan hungers for the voluptuous Arianna and dreams of consummating the passion smoldering between them. When he’s forced into mating with her to save her life, he must tame the savage, sexual beast inside him before taking the virgin he’s vowed to protect from those hungering to claim her, including himself…

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*****

EMBRACE THE DARK

Book #1 of the Blood Rose Series, by Caris Roane

Will she fall to temptation and give herself to a vampire…

Abigail doesn’t mind doing business with the realm-world, until she discovers she’s a rare commodity called a blood rose, something designed to satisfy the deepest needs of a mastyr vampire. She wants nothing to do with that kind of power and servicing a vampire is just wrong. But Mastyr Gerrod’s resistance to her gift, as well as his hot hunkiness in his Guardsman uniform, soon turns her head and she bends her neck to receive a sharp pair of fangs. Mind-blowing sex, ecstasy, all good things follow. But how can she give up her human world to serve as a blood rose the rest of her life?

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*****

ASSASSIN’S TOUCH

Book #1 of the Iron Portal series, by Laurie London

Two worlds. Two enemies. One fated touch.

Former fashion designer Neyla Trihorn had the perfect life until a deadly accident revealed her latent para-abilities—now she’s the army’s hottest asset in their fight against invaders. Rickert D’Angelus, the dangerously sexy assassin from Cascadia, leads a group of warriors into New Seattle with one goal—to stop enemy soldiers from finding the Iron Portal into his world.

When he captures the beautiful Protection-Talent, a passionate vision appears and stirs something deep inside him. Rickert must decide if it’s a Talent trick, designed to foil the enemy…or the answer to his deepest desires.

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*****

SHADOW BOUND

Book #1 of the Shadow Series, by Erin Kellison

Dark fantasy meets modern fairy tale…

Adam Thorne founded the Segue Institute to study and destroy his monster of a brother, but the key to its success is held in the pale, slender hand of a woman on the run. There is something hauntingly different about Talia O’Brien, her unknowing sensuality, her uncanny way of slipping into Shadow. Twilight is the place between life and what comes after—a dark forest of fantasy, filled with beauty, peril, mystery. And Talia is about to open the door.

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*****

SEDUCE

by Felicity Heaton

Enter the dark, sinful and seductive world of the vampire owners of London’s premier vampire theatre, Vampirerotique, and discover how these powerful men are brought to their knees by the women who claim their hearts.

Bloodlust runs in Antoine’s veins, a dark master waiting for the day it will reign over him. Now a woman with a pure soul and wicked intentions has him in her sights and is determined to crack the ice around his heart, and she might save or damn him. But when Sera discovers the shocking truth about his past and the darkness that lurks within him, will she be strong enough to seize his heart with both hands and win him forever or will she lose him to the ghosts that still haunt him?

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About the Author’s

Jennifer Ashley

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Jennifer Ashley has lived and traveled all over the world, and now lives in the Southwest. She writes historical, paranormal, and contemporary romance as Jennifer Ashley; mysteries as Ashley Gardner; and paranormal romance and urban fantasy as Allyson James.

Jennifer’s/Allyson’s/Ashley’s more than fifty novels have won RWA’s RITA award, the Golden Quill, RT Reviewer’s Choice awards, and the Prism award, among others. Jennifer’s novels have been also been translated into French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, Norwegian, Hungarian, Italian, Thai, and other languages.

Jennifer enjoys writing and reading above all else, but her hobbies include cooking, hiking, playing flute and guitar, painting, and building miniature rooms and dollhouses.

Jennifer’s backlist includes the HIGHLAND PLEASURES, SHIFTERS UNBOUND, NVENGARIA, and REGENCY PIRATES series.

Connect with Jennifer: Website, on Facebook, on Twitter, and on GoodReads.

Bonnie Vanak

Bonnie Vanak is a multi-published author of sexy paranormal and historical romance novels. After a career in journalism, she became a writer for an international charity, traveling to poor countries like Haiti to write about issues affecting the poor. When the strain of her job demanded a diversion, she turned to her childhood dream of writing books. Bonnie lives in Florida with her husband, Frank, and three rescue dogs.

Bonnie’s backlist includes the KHAMSIN EGYPTIAN, THE ANCIENTS, WEREWOLVES OF MONTANA, and PHOENIX FORCE as well as numerous single titles.

You can keep up with Bonnie online at her Website, on Facebook, on Twitter, and on GoodReads.

Caris Roane

Best-selling author, Caris Roane, has published thirteen paranormal romance novels and has also recently released her first contemporary novel. As Valerie King, she’s written over fifty Regency romance novels and in 2005, Romantic Times gave her a Career Achievement award in Regency Romance. Caris lives in Phoenix, Arizona, loves to write, really doesn’t like scorpions, and has two cats, Sebastien and Gizzy.

Caris’s backlist includes the GUARDIANS OF ASCENSION, DAWN OF ASCENSION, THE BLOOD ROSE, MEN IN CHAINS and THE AMULET series.

Connect with Caris: Website, on Facebook, on Twitter, and on GoodReads.

Laurie London

Laurie London is the award-winning author of the Sweetblood and Iron Portal series—dark, sexy paranormal romance, set primarily in the Pacific Northwest. Publisher’s Weekly calls her work “sexy” and “sizzling.”

She lives on a small farm outside of Seattle with her husband, two children and a variety of animals. Someday she hopes to qualify for the Quarter Horse World Show – that is, if her horse doesn’t get hurt again.

Laurie’s backlist includes the SWEETBLOOD and IRON PORTAL series.

Connect with Laurie: Website, on Facebook, on Twitter, and on GoodReads.

Erin Kellison

Erin Kellison is the award-winning author of the SHADOW series, the SHADOW TOUCH NOVELLA series, and the SHADOW KISSED series, all of which share the same world, where dark fantasy meets modern fairy tale. RT calls her latest, Soul Kissed, “a dark fairy tale with a twist, perfect for readers who love passion with their fantasy.”

Connect with Erin: Website, on Facebook, on Twitter, Pinterest and on GoodReads.

Felicity Heaton

Felicity Heaton writes passionate paranormal romance books as Felicity Heaton and F E Heaton. In her books she creates 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!

Felicity’s backlist includes the HER ANGEL, VAMPIRES REALM, VAMPIRE EROTIC THEATRE, SONS OF LYRA, DAUGHTERS OF LYRA, VAMPIRE VENATOR, and IN HEAT series, as well as the SHADOW AND LIGHT Trilogy.

Connect with Felicity: Website, Blog, on Facebook, on Twitter, Pinterest and on GoodReads.

Dark and Dangerous Release Week Promo Blitz Schedule:

10/15: Romance Junkies – Spotlight and Excerpt from Jennifer Ashley’s Hard Mated

10/16: Books-n-Kisses – Spotlight and Excerpt from Laurie London’s Assassin’s Touch

10/17: Mad Hatter Reads – Spotlight and Excerpt from Caris Roane’s Embrace the Dark

10/18: Book Monster Reviews – Spotlight and Excerpt from Erin Kellison’s Shadow Bound

10/19: Bookish Babbles – Spotlight and Excerpt from Felicity Heaton’s Seduce

10/20: Book Pages and Dripping Ink – Spotlight and Excerpt from Bonnie Vanak’s The Mating Hunt

Contest Info:

The authors of Dark and Dangerous are offering up a $25 Giftcard to either Amazon or B&N at the end of the blitz.

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July 9, 2012July 8, 2012

Kick off to Laurie London’s Seduced Blog Tour

Seduced by Blood Blog Tour:

Here is the list of all the stops. 11 Stops. A winner at each stop.

July 9^th All things Urban Fantasy

July 10^th Hanging with Bells

July 11^th Ramblings of a Chaotic Mind

July 12^th Sizzling Hot Book Reviews

July 13^th Paranormal Cravings

July 16^th Reading between the Wines

July 17^th Book Monster Reviews & Literal Addictions

July 18^th Romance Book Craze Blog

July 19^th Books-n-Kisses

July 20^th United by Books

July 21^st The Qwillery

Sweetblood Series #4
Release date July 24, 2012
E-books released August 1, 2012
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Deep within the forests of the Pacific Northwest, the battle for supremacy rages on between two vampire coalitions: Guardian enforcers sworn to protect humanity, and Darkbloods, rogues who kill like their ancient ancestors… Hot-blooded and hard-edged, Tristan Santiago has an uncanny ability to see beneath the surface-a power that serves him well as the Guardians’ region commander. But when a deadly plot against his fellow vampires is uncovered, he must turn to the one woman he can’t read: the beautiful yet mysterious Roxanne Reynolds, whose sensual presence soothes his tormented memories. Roxy had put love before duty once before, with devastating results. But to root out a dangerous traitor in their midst, she must put her faith in Santiago, the one man skilled enough to break through her defenses. Posing as lovers, Santiago and Roxy work side by side-and discover a powerful craving that threatens to consume them both.

A little about Laurie:
A graduate of Western Washington University with a BA in Business Administration and a former tester/programmer for a Fortune 500 company, Laurie London now writes from her home near Seattle where she lives with her husband and two children.

Her debut book, BONDED BY BLOOD, A Sweetblood Novel, came out February 2011 from HQN Books. It was followed by HIDDEN BY BLOOD, an e-novella June 2011; EMBRACED BY BLOOD July 2011; “Enchanted By Blood,” a novella in the anthology A VAMPIRE FOR CHRISTMAS Oct 2011; TEMPTED BY BLOODMarch 2012; and SEDUCED BY BLOOD August 2012.

Her writing has won and been a finalist in several prestigious contests including the Beacon, the Emerald City Opener, the Marlene, and the Orange Rose.

She is a member of Romance Writers of America®, Greater Seattle Area RWA, and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.

When not writing, she can be found running, reading, or riding and showing her horse. Someday she hopes to qualify for the Quarter Horse World Show – that is, if her horse doesn’t get hurt again.

Find Laurie here

Website | Blog | Twitter | Facebook | Good Reads

Giveaway Details:

Each stop will be giving away a copy of Seduced by Blood and a set of Trading Cards. {Paperback & Trading Cards for a US/Canada winner. Open international, winner would receive an E-BOOK of Seduced by Blood (Amazon or B&N only)}

GRAND PRIZE:

One winner of the whole tour will get a complete set of the Sweetblood Series, along with a set of Trading Cards and a custom made book thong by Mandy from Shiny Stupid Designs. {US/Canada Only}

July 2, 2012July 2, 2012

Seduced by Blood Pre-Order Contest

As most of you know Laurie London’s 4th book in her Sweetblood series will be released later this month (7-24). Seduced by Blood is Tristan Santiago’s story. The fearless, stubborn, rules with a iron fist and doesn’t need anyone leader of the Northwest Guardian Divison. I loved this book. I loved reading about Santiago’s demons and how he learns to love and be loved.

So because I loved Santiago’s story so much I want to see who loves the Sweetblood Series as much as me.

So here is what I am going to do.

I have a set of the first three books in the Sweetblood series, Bonded by Blood, Embraced by Blood, & Tempted by Blood, all 3 signed by the wonderful Laurie London that I am going to giveaway. Also I have a custom made bookthong by the wonderful Mandy from Shiny Stupid Designs. So one lucky person will get all three books, the bookthong and there might be a little something extra too *wink, wink*.

So how do you enter?

Pretty simple:

1st: Pre-order Seduced by Blood (you can pre-order from any of your favorite book retailers) Between now and July 23rd.

2nd: Send me an email that shows you ordered. Please send email to books.n.kisses(at)gmail(dot)com . Please put “Seduced by Blood” in the title area.

3rd: Gain an extra point for sharing on Facebook, twitter or your own blog. Please make sure to let me know where you shared in your email (please include links)

4th: Now you wait.

Contest will run until July 23rd. Winner will be drawn & announced on July 25th.

Seduced by Blood

7/24/2012

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February 21, 2012

Happy Release Day Laurie London!!!!!!

A box of Jackson’s…. YUM!!!!

Thanks, Kelly, for inviting me to Books-n-Kisses! It’s a very special day for me and I’m excited to share it with you. Today’s the day my third book, TEMPTED BY BLOOD, book 3 in the Sweetblood series, comes out in print (Mar 1 for digital). Well, technically, it’s my fourth book, if you count the Christmas anthology, CHRISTMAS WITH A VAMPIRE. Or wait, the fifth, if you count the e-novella, HIDDEN BY BLOOD. This last year has been a serious whirlwind for a new author like me. It was just over 12 months ago that my first book hit store shelves.

TEMPTED BY BLOOD is Jackson and Arianna’s story. If you’ve read the first two books, you’ve met Jackson before. He’s the charmer, the playboy. Having dated a hairdresser once, he likes to change the highlights in his hair as often as he changes women.

Here’s what Arianna thinks of Jackson the first time she sees him:

She snapped her head up just in time to see another man emerge from the shadows.

Ten feet away.

The overhead streetlight illuminated bronze hair that reached to his chin, the top portion held back away from his face by a small ponytail. He was big—much bigger than the other two men. At well over six feet tall, he had linebacker shoulders underneath his leather coat and a formidable presence that seemed to suck the oxygen from the air.

His gaze burned into her before he made a noise that sounded like a growl. He covered the distance between them in two commanding steps.

She wanted to pinch her eyes shut, block out the nightmare, but for some reason, she didn’t. Up this close, she noticed that his hair was streaked with green-and-blue highlights. She was vaguely disturbed that she noticed this innocuous detail about him when the thing that should be first and foremost on her mind was that he’d stepped from the shadows.

He can be crude (from Lily’s point of view in BONDED BY BLOOD):

He pulled out a triangular sandwich half from somewhere. Wearing a black Extreme Couture ball cap, a ripped gym T-shirt, and a pair of black sweatpants rolled down at the waist, he adjusted his crotch and sauntered over. Streaks of pale gold and light brown highlights mingled with his hair, which curled onto his shoulders. For a gym rat, he sure spent a lot of time on it. When he turned, a flash of color on his arm caught her attention.

“Nice ink,” Lily said.

Jackson’s muscular biceps were the size of a human male’s quads and one sported a colorful new snake design that began on his forearm, wrapped around the inside of his elbow and ended with the head strategically placed on the largest part of his guns. Hell, he was looking pretty fine. Too bad he had the attention span of a gnat when it came to anything that didn’t involve sex.

Yet, he can be very caring and protective (from EMBRACED BY BLOOD):

Despite the loud music, he imagined hearing the girl’s sobs wafting up through the hole, and it stabbed at his heart. She was a teenager, just a kid (she’s Arianna’s cousin, Krystal). No one deserved to be treated like this. This girl’s luck was about to get much worse if they didn’t act fast.

Lily’s team was in place. Was Gibby’s?

When he shifted his weight to ask Tambra, his boot dislodged a tiny smattering of dust. The breath caught in his throat as he helplessly watched it float down into the room.

Shit.

If one of the Darkbloods saw—

The girl looked up, her wide eyes searching, and her gaze locked onto his.

His stomach tightened as if he’d just been punched, a roaring sound filled his head.

Although the eyes were much different, the emotion behind them was the same, reminding him of his little sister many years ago, when she pleaded silently for him to save her too.

That was it. Enough with the waiting.

He put a finger to his lips. Shhhh. I’m coming, he mouthed.

She sucked in her lower lip and nodded slightly.

Just like Betsy, she was putting her trust in him. This time, he wouldn’t fail her.

I hope you enjoy reading Jackson and Arianna’s story as much as I enjoyed writing about them. He surprised me many times and I’ll just leave it at that. When you read it, I think you’ll know what I’m talking about. J Right, Kelly?

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Tempted by Blood

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Deep within the forests of the Pacific Northwest, the battle for supremacy rages on between two Vampire coalitions: Guardian enforcers sworn to protect humanity, and Darkbloods, rogues who kill like their ancient ancestors….

Smart and perceptive, Arianna doesn’t seem like a dangerous temptress. Yet she awakens in Jackson an unstoppable need that, if left unchecked, will brand him a traitor…a crime punishable by death.

But soon their bond may be Arianna’s only hope. For stalking her in the shadows is a merciless enemy—one who will stop at nothing to claim her completely….

I’m giving away a signed copy of TEMPTED BY BLOOD to one lucky commenter in the US or Canada. Good luck! And thanks again, Kelly, for having me on today.

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February 11, 2012November 21, 2014

Laurie London’s Sweetblood Series

Bonded by Blood

Sweetblood #1

by Laurie London

Hidden by Blood

Sweetblood #1.5

by Laurie London

HQN: Digital download only
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Embraced by Blood

Sweetblood #2

by Laurie London

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A Vampire for Christmas

Sweetblood #2.5

by Laurie London (Goodreads Author), Michele Hauf (Goodreads Author),Caridad Piñeiro (Goodreads Author), Alexis Morgan

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And they don’t care if you’ve been naughty or nice.

Let four fanged lovers open your eyes to a passion you never dared to imagine. After all, there’s no place like home for the holidays—and these dazzling vampires can’t wait for an invitation.

Tempted by Blood

Sweetblood #3

by Laurie London

Release date Feb 21, 2012

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But soon their bond may be Arianna’s only hope. For stalking her in the shadows is a merciless enemy—one who will stop at nothing to claim her completely….

Seduced by Blood

Sweetblood #4

by Laurie London

Release date Late Summer 2012

February 5, 2012

my review of Tempted by Blood by Laurie London.

Tempted by Blood

Book 3 in the Sweetblood Series

Deep within the forests of the Pacific Northwest, the battle for supremacy rages on between two Vampire coalitions:

Guardian enforcers sworn to protect humanity, and Darkbloods, rogues who kill like their ancient ancestors….

But soon their bond may be Arianna’s only hope. For stalking her in the shadows is a merciless enemy—one who will stop at nothing to claim her completely….

My Thoughts:

Jackson is the playboy, extreme bad boy of the group but he has been keeping secrets from this team mates. Secrets that once exposed could get him killed. But in order to save the ones he loves he will put everything on the line.

Arianna has always known that there are monsters hiding in the shadows, because she watched those shadows kill her mother. When Arianna learns the truth of these monsters she will have to learn to trust the one thing that she has feared all her life.

OH, How I loved Jackson’s story. I just love when the bad boy gets taken down a notch or two by the woman that they are going to fall in love with. It is so much fun to watch them fall, and boy do they fall hard. Jackson & Arianna are great together. And Jackson is a man with many talents and a few surprises I never saw coming.

This was another wonderful book from the uber talented Laurie London. If you enjoyed the first two books in the Sweetbloods series, Tempted by Blood will not let you down.

I am looking forward to book 4 now, scheduled for release summer 2012

HUGE thank you to Laurie for allowing me to read and review Jackson’s book, I have only been begging for Jackson’s book since I finished Alfonso’s book.

December 12, 2011

Winter’s Favorite Giveaway Day 12

Welcome to day 12 of Winter’s Favorites.

Today I have 2 of my absolute favorite authors on the blog today. I have had the great pleasure of meeting both of these wonderful ladies and spend a great deal of time with each of them.

So without further ado please welcome the Super Sweet Laurie London and the Scandal Queen Delilah Marvelle.

Please welcome Laurie London:

Thanks, Kelly, for having me on today!

I wanted to share with your readers a very special recipe I make for the holidays.

If you’ve read my books, you’ll notice there’s usually an important scene that revolves around food. It might be a sexy scene, one where secrets are revealed, or just two people getting to know each other. For instance, in Enchanted By Blood, my story in the anthology A VAMPIRE FOR CHRISTMAS, Trace and Charlotte first talk at an all-night diner over coffee and stale doughnuts.

Food connects us to our past and helps keep memories alive. My grandma used to make this wonderful Eggnog Pie for the holidays. I’m thankful she contributed her recipe to the Cedar Creek Grist Mill Cookbook, published in 1991, because otherwise, I wouldn’t have had it.

Several years after she passed away, I was missing her and made the pie for my grandpa at Thanksgiving, using my own chickens’ eggs. It made him so happy that I started making it for all the holidays.

Gommo’s original recipe calls for making a regular pastry crust. I did that at first but found we all preferred a graham cracker crust. Sorry, Gommo! (Even Poppo liked it this way too.) It’s even easier.

1 tsp. Knox gelatin
1 Tbsp. water
1 c. milk
1/2 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. cornstarch
Pinch of salt
3 egg yolks, beaten
1 Tbsp. butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. heavy cream, whipped
Nutmeg
1 graham cracker crust pie shell

1. Soak gelatin in the water to soften. Set aside.
2. Scald milk in top of double boiler.
3. Combine sugar, cornstarch and salt. Add to scalded milk and cook until smooth, stirring constantly.
4. Stir small amount of hot mixture into the eggs to temper them, then return to the double boiler and cook three to four minutes longer, stirring constantly with a whisk.
5. Remove from heat. Add gelatin mixture and butter. Whisk till smooth. Cool.
6. Add vanilla. Fold whipped cream into custard mixture. Pour into pie shell and sprinkle with nutmeg. Chill pie until ready to serve.

Enjoy!

You can find Laurie here: Website | Facebook | Twitter

Please welcome Delilah Marvelle:

12 Things I Love about Winter

Born and raised in Chicago where winter not only nips your nose but your ass straight through your jeans, you better believe a girl like me has to find joy in

winter or just altogether die from it. I prefer to find joy in it and what better way than by sharing it with the world. So in honor of what we know to be the 12 days of Christmas,

I’m doing my own version of 12 Things I Love about Winter.

1.) I can stay in the house, remain dressed in flannel Pj’s, write and drink tons of hot chocolate spiked with hazelnut and vodka without coming across as a slob, a recluse and an alcoholic.

2.) I can wear a warm, fuzzy hat on my head so I don’t need to spend time straightening my hair or messing with it. I stay warm AND look good with no hassle. Imagine that.

3.) Boots, boots, boots!!! I’m a boot girl and I get to pull out all 10 pairs of my boots that sit in my closet and wear them all (though not at the same time….obviously).

4.) I get to bake. Gingerbread girls with short skirts and gingerbread men with buff arms (you think I’m lying?!). I loooooove baking. As a culinary chef who worked with a top notch pastry chef before my writing swept me away from it, I learned how to do everything from ganache to apricot glazes sage cookies to glass windows for ginger breads houses made out of sugar. I love how my house smells like cinnamon and sugar cookies naturally, instead of those plug in wall thingies that would kill you if you tried to lick it…

5.) I get to buy sweaters! Every winter, I buy two new sweaters to snuggle into. Call it a winter tradition, but I love nestling into a sweater when the cold rolls in.

6.) Sledding. Omgosh, as a girl, I loved tugging up that sled and feel the rush at the cost of nothing but my sore legs going up and down the hill. And I still love it!! Only now, I get to do it with my kids (and realize I’m getting old when they beat ME up the hill…) Sadly, in Portland, Oregon snow is rare, but we have mountains we can hunt down within an hour’s time. AND it does snow on occasion. When it does snow, I love running out with the kids and feeling like I’m in the movie Edward Scissorhands and seeing snow for the first time. It feels new every year I see it, especially with me now living in Portland, seeing snow is rare.

7.) I get to make stews and soups galore and no one complains about it (because they all want comfort food right along with me!).

8.) Winter means my favorite holiday is coming: Christmas.

9.) I get to ice skate, ski and snowboard! Ice skating I’ve done in downtown Chicago since I was old enough to walk, but skiing? The first time I ever hit the slopes was when I came to Oregon and hit up Mount Hood at the age of 23. We don’t have mountains in Chicago and they don’t let you ski off the Sears Tower (Sigh. I know.). My first experience was…scary as hell. My husband (Mr. Ski pro) bought me skis and together we took the lift up the mountain (because I’m like ‘Bring it.’ Heh). That’s right…no ski experience whatsoever and I decided to take on Mount Freakin Hood like some city girl wearing heels on ice. And I not only took on Mount Hood but I did the BLUE run instead of the easy Green. Because I just had to impress my husband. It took me over an hour to get down that mountain (it took my husband 15 minutes). Every breath I thought I was going to die or that my legs were going to snap and when I saw a guy in front of me lose control and disappear off somewhere, that’s when I took off my skis and trudged down the mountain before I ended up like him. But guess what? I put those skis back on and went up again…and again…and again until I no longer took off my skis but actually went down the mountain. I’ve been hooked ever since.

10.) Seat warmers in the car go on. It sounds totally stupid but having the seat warmer on in the car makes this girl HAPPY. Who knew having a warm butt could bring so much joy?

11.) The skies at night look so much crisper and cleaner. I don’t know why, but I get this “I’m alive feeling” when I walk around at night and it makes me SO happy.

12.) And my favorite…I get to bundle up in bed with my hubbie. I love bundling up with him in bed. The guy is like Jacob from Twilight, he’s always unusually warm at night (high metabolism). During the summer, it sucks, and I roll away from him because I’m trying to stay cool, but during the winter? You better believe I get in extra snuggle time. He keeps me warm alllllllll winter long and that alone is why I love winter 🙂

You can find Delilah here: Website | Facebook | Twitter

Laurie is offering a signed copy A Vampire for Christmas.

Delilah is offering a signed copy of her upcoming release Forever & a Day.

To enter please tell Laurie & Delilah your favorite thing about winter and then head over to the MAIN Winter’s Favorites page (<<—– click link) and enter on the main page.

October 18, 2011

Guest Blog & Giveaway with my pal Laurie London ♥

Happy Birthday to Books N Kisses! Congratulations on one year of book blogging fun.

Thanks so much, Kelly, for having me on today. Hi, everyone!

First of all, I need to brag. Last month, I met your fearless leader in person over lunch when she heard I was heading to her hometown to check out colleges with my son. She’s every bit as fun and cool in real life as she is online. Maybe even more so, if you can believe it. And we’re going to hang out again in a few weeks at the Emerald City Writers Conference. I can’t wait.

Okay, that was the “kisses” part of this post. Now for the “books.” Well, actually, my books have kisses in them, too…lots of them.

The short story I wrote in A VAMPIRE FOR CHRISTMAS is a reunion story when old lovers, Trace and Charlotte, reunite and the flames of their past romance are rekindled. The only problem is, just one of them remembers—the other one thinks it’s a new relationship.

But first, let me backtrack a minute.

Vampires in the Sweetblood world drink blood, have fangs, prefer the dark (sunlight doesn’t make them burst into flames, but it does drain their energy), and shadow-move at high speeds.

You may witness or experience an actual vampire attack and, at the time, you’ll know without a doubt that they’re real. However, you’ll never remember it, because they also have the ability to alter your memory.

After all, why do you think vampires have been able to keep their existence a secret for centuries? Sure, people have heard about them, but they’re not real. They’re just rumors, whisperings, the fodder of spooky stories.

Or are they?

This is an element of vampire mythology that I explore in the short story Enchanted By Blood, which is set in the same Sweetblood world as the novels.

Bonded by Blood (bk1), Embraced by Blood (bk2),

Hidden by Blood (FREE novella)

Enchanted by Blood (novella in A Vampire for Christmas),

Tempted by Blood (bk3 release Spring 2012)

If you’ve read book one and two (BONDED BY BLOOD and EMBRACED BY BLOOD), you’ll find out a little more about the political structure of the Governing Council, and you’ll recognize a few characters. But if you haven’t read the books, you won’t be lost. I wrote this story to stand on its own.

Former Guardian Trace Westfalen is poised to take over his father’s seat on the Council, but he won’t be voted in if he’s in a relationship with a human. Interior decorator/party planner Charlotte Grant feels an odd connection to the man who hired her to decorate his home for a big holiday bash, but she’s never met him before…or has she?

What if you fell in love with someone but your memories were taken…would a part of you remember that you had this deep connection once? Out of sight may mean out of mind, but what if you’re suddenly thrust back together again? Your brain may not remember, but what about your heart?

Having read the poignant book STILL ALICE last year, which is told from the point of view of a woman with early onset Alzheimer’s disease, I was struck with what a tragedy it would be to lose your memory, to forget your loved ones. Whereas Alice never regains hers, you’ll have to read Enchanted by Blood to find out what happens to Charlotte. 😉

I’ve got a special giveaway for one random Books-n-Kisses reader: A copy of A VAMPIRE FOR CHRISTMAS plus a vampire ornament made by WeirdPlush. When I saw them on Etsy, I knew it’d be a perfect match for the book.

And whoever wins the prize package, if you could tweet or facebook me a picture of the ornament on your tree, I’d totally love to see it!

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Thanks, everyone, for stopping by. Good luck!