Paranormal Day at Beyond Her Book Blog Bash

To celebrate her 2nd anniversary of blogging for Publishers Weekly, Barbara Vey of Beyond Her Book is having a week-long blog bash — and the first day (TODAY!) is all about Paranormal Romance/SciFi/Fantasy/Horror/Urban Fantasy! Each day she’ll be holding a virtual party with lots of authors, editors, and readers participating, and you’re all invited to [...]

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Paranormal Heroines by SB Sarah

While romance blog Smart Bitches, Trashy Books is down for maintenance, SB Sarah has started an impromptu blog tour! Here she is to guest-blog about what she loves with paranormal romance — the heroines!
One of the aspects of the romance genre I absolutely adore down to my tippy toes is the exploration of the female. [...]

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Are Werewolves the New Vampires?

by Amy Wilkins, Harlequin’s Digital Production Coordinator
Will werewolves replace vampires as the next big thing in entertainment? I’ve been meaning to post about a New York Magazine article that asks that very question.  The writer points to a number of upcoming werewolf-themed projects in 2009, like the recently released movie Underworld 3: Rise of the [...]

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Olivia Gates Joins the Paranormal Genre with a New Vampire Novella

Olivia Gates takes the plunge into paranormal romance with her first Silhouette Nocturne Bite Mortal Enemy, Immortal Lover. Olivia joins us now to answer a few questions about her story and why she loves writing in the paranormal genre, plus gives you a chance to win a FREE book!
by Olivia Gates, author of Mortal Enemy, [...]

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Susan Krinard’s Historical Werewolf Hero

Bestselling author Susan Krinard’s third book in her werewolf vampire trilogy is out now! Susan tells us about Come of the Night and its hero Ross Kavanagh — a one-quarter werewolf cop — and asks readers to weigh in on their favorite kind of hero…
by Susan Krinard, author of Come of the Night
Hi, everyone! The [...]

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Urban Fantasy Vs. Paranormal Romance

by Amy Wilkins, Harlequin Digital
Confused about the line between Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy? Romancing the Blog has a fun quiz to determine just that!
So if these areas of difference are true, which genre would you prefer?

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Are Vampires Dead or Just Mainstream?

By Jenny B, digital content manager
From Smart Bitches and Dear Author, another salvo in the debate about whether the paranormal romance reading community is ready to move on from reading about vampires.  This time, a different take in that vampires are not “over”, just moved into the mainstream.
It’s an interesting point, but for me personally, I [...]

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Werewolves or Werecats: Who’s Your Mate?

By Jenny B
We’ve been paying a lot of attention lately to were-creatures like werewolves and werecats in Rhyannon Byrd’s and Rachel Vincent’s books, and that got me to thinking: who would my ideal paranormal romance hero (or heroine) be — a werewolf or a werecat?
What would you choose?

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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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