Everything You Wanted to Know About Werecats by Author Rachel Vincent

Author Rachel Vincent unveils the third novel in her werecat series Shifters in February with Pride from MIRA Books. Find out more about these paranormal books as Rachel tells you “Everything you ever wanted to know about werecats. (And a few things you probably didn’t.)”
by Rachel Vincent, author of Pride, Stray and Rogue

Pride, the third [...]

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Gena Showalter’s Second Life Virtual Book Launch!

Gena Showalter’s The Darkest Night is a phenomenon everywhere – even in Second Life! On Memorial Day weekend a book launch was held in the online virtual world to celebrate Gena’s Lords of the Underworld series. Here are some screenshots of the event:

The Darkest Night on display outside the event venue

You can read the book [...]

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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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My journey to writing paranormal romance

By Lori Devoti, author of Guardian’s Keep

When I first heard about Silhouette Nocturne I knew I wanted to write for it, but at the time it seemed like a long shot for me. I read a ton of dark paranormal and I am a major fantasy reader, but everything I had written at that point [...]

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Paranormal Romance: “super hot nookie with supernatural boys”

By Jenny B
I love, love, love this post on why readers love paranormal romance by one of my favorite blogs, Dear Author. I think she’s hit the nail on the head with her observations as to what makes paranormal romance such a compelling read:
“Of course, the obvious reason that readers love the paranormal/fantasy is [...]

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What makes paranormal paranormal?

By Laura 
The larger question “what makes Genre X Genre X?” is always hard to answer. Is it the external trappings (e.g. space and ray guns for sci-fi, wizards and elves for fantasy), or something more fundamental about the story?
Most people, publishers included, take an “I know it if I see it” approach to genre division. [...]

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Paranormal Romance Books, Movies, TV shows…

By Jenny B
Wherever you look, paranormal is HOT in popular culture right now. TV shows like Pushing Daisies, Reaper, and Moonlight; movies like 30 Days of Night and I am Legend; and of course, in books. Nowhere is paranormal hotter than in print! From YA to erotica to mystery, fictional characters everywhere are dealing with [...]

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