Vampires Done to Death?

By Jenny B, Digital Content Manager
Is it time to kill the vampire hero? I was catching up on my blog reading and I saw this interesting post over at Dear Author.  In passing, the writer comments on the relative popularity of the vampire as alpha hero:
Aren’t vampires on their way out? I can’t read another vampire [...]

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Paranormal Romance novels nominated for RITAs!

By Jenny B, Digital Content Manager
The Romance Writers of America has posted its list of RITA award finalists! Congratulations to all those nominated, but especially to all the authors of paranormal romance and urban fantasy novels on the list – I’ll be there in the audience on August 2nd cheering and applauding for you!!
Dear Author has an [...]

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Author C.E. Murphy’s dark, sexy urban fantasy novels

Love dark, sexy, unhuman heroes in paranormal romance novels? We asked urban fantasy author C. E. Murphy to tell us about her vision of the collision between the “ancient races” and one very modern woman… 
By C.E. Murphy, author of House of Cards
New York City’s only legal counsel to the fabled Old Races, Margrit Knight is levelheaded [...]

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Lisa Renee Jones’ Alpha Heroes Addiction

By Lisa Renee Jones
My name is Lisa and I am an addict — an ALPHA HERO addict, that is. There. I said it. I feel better now. But, well, there’s more. Ready for the next confession? ONE alpha isn’t enough. I know. That’s bad. But I can explain. It’s not my fault. It’s their fault! [...]

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Writing a book? This could be your logo!

By Jenny B
Here’s a sneak preview of the Nocturne Bites logo:

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Bloodrunners: Sexy Werewolf Stories from Rhyannon Byrd!

By Jenny B
Attention all fans of sexy werewolf heroes!  For more information on Rhyannon Byrd’s Bloodrunners series, check out this interview with her on eHarlequin.com.  She teases the story arc that connects all three books in the trilogy, and even hints at what’s to come in books 4 and 5, due out in 2009!

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Rhyannon Byrd’s Sexy Half-Human Werewolf Heroes

Werewolves can have a soft side, too.
by Rhyannon Byrd
There’s no question that alpha males are my favorite kind of heroes, whether I’m writing a romance or reading one. And while I love the dark, rugged, seductive intensity of this compelling brand of hero, what really makes an alpha grab my imagination, as well as my [...]

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Paranormal Popularity – Why is Paranormal Romance So Hot Right Now?

by Laura, Digital Production Coordinator
Paranormal is hot right now–in books, movies, and TV. But why now? What is it about this moment in history that makes paranormal such a popular genre?

A story in the Australian newspaper the Courier-Mail notes that “The genre has grown at the expense of military romance, which she says no longer [...]

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Author Susan Krinard, from werewolves to vampires!

By Susan Krinard, author of Dark of the Moon
Everyone seems to be writing vampires these days. For years I’ve written about my shapeshifter “werewolves,” beginning with my 1993 novel Prince of Wolves .. . one of the very first romance novels to feature a werewolf hero (and, I believe, the first in the genre to [...]

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