The Vampire Who Loved Me

All I can say is I wish that Julian was the vampire loving me! This book was a perfect blend of paranormal, fast action and romance. A side of vampire I’m not used to seeing. Beautiful. Medeiros captured the true feelings that Julian and Portia shared for each other. A love created to save a life. A life returned from the love given. To me it had that Buffy/Angel thing going on. I would definately recommend this book and I’m headed out to find more books written by Teresa Medieros!

This is the sequel to “After Midnight” which introduced the sisters Caroline, Vivienne and Portia Cabot. I haven’t read “After Midnight” yet. So I must confess that I have broken a WM Commandant. Thou shall not read a story out of sequence. In my defense I have but one thing to say, “The book was on sale! I couldn’t help it!”

So to all my WM sisters please forgive the wrongs that I have done. I’ll never do it again. Unless of course the book is on sale.

 

What I’m Reading

I recently picked up ”The Vampire Who Loved Me” by Teresa Medeiros.

 

 Once, as a girl of seventeen, beautiful, headstrong Portia Cabot saved the cursed life of the dashing vampire Julian Kane—who marked her forever, then left to go in search of his soul. He returns five years later to find the enchanting young girl he left behind grown into a bewitching woman with a woman’s heart . . . and a woman’s desires.

Portia quickly discovers that Julian’s seductive and forbidden kiss can still make her crave the night . . . and his touch. But the Julian who has returned to London is not the vampire she remembers. His fruitless pursuit of his stolen mortality has reduced him to drunken debauchery. And a recent spate of murders makes Portia fear that the man she has always adored may truly be a monster.

Julian knows he must drive Portia away—but his passion and hunger for her grow more irresistible every time they touch. For years he has fought the temptation to embrace his dark gifts, never realizing that Portia’s love may give him the most dangerous gift of all . . . a reason to live.

I’ll let you know how it turns out. Happy Reading

~Nannette~

 

Happy Mother’s Day!

Mothers are everything for us when we are small…our lives revolve around her. For everything that we need we call mother. To protect us from all perceivable dangers we want her around us. To take us out we hold her arms. To kiss away our wounds we run to her. And for a warm hug and love we look for her. She is the focal point of our lives, the greatest human being in the world or should we say divinity on earth. On the special occasion of Mothers Day pay tribute to your mother - the greatest blessing of God on you.

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms I know. May tody be a very special day.

~Nannette~

 

For more go to http://www.mothersdaycelebration.com/tribute-to-mother.html

 

Music to Write With

Alicia Keys…Need I say more. This young lady is truley an inspiration in the romance department. Insight into love, romance and the ugly side of what happens when both go wrong.  At her age, she has the insight into life beyond her years. If you’re looking for inspiration go out and pick up “As I Am” or any other CD by Alicia Keys. Check out the video, it just might break your heart. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-WZG-y2e9k

Like You’ll Never See Me Again

If I had no more time
No more time left to be here
Would you cherish what we had?
Was it everything that you were looking for?
If I couldn’t feel your touch
And no longer were you with me
I’d be wishing you were here
To be everything that I’d be looking for
I don’t wanna forget the present is a gift
And I don’t wanna take for granted the time you may have here with me
‘Coz Lord only knows another day is not really guaranteed

Verse is from “Like You’ll Never See Me Again” on As I Am.

 

I’m off and writing!

Thanks to Jambrea, I’ve finally obligated myself to make something happen. Starting with a 400 word short story to a 20,000 word horror/erotic/ paranormal/ scifi/romance with a good dose of comedy story. What a challenge!  Hopefully this will be what it takes to light a fire under me as far as submissions go.

The rules are as follows:

1. It must be a horror/erotic/ paranormal/ scifi/romance with a good dose of comedy
2. At least 20k words
3. We submit to Lyrical Press for publication
4. If published, we check the sales figures after 90 days, to determine who won.

Submissions are due at the end of October. Good luck to my fellow Writeminded sisters who enter! And may the force be with you.

 ~Nannette

 

Stay With Me by Maya Banks

Another Great Story…

Stay With Me by Maya Banks
Available today from Samhain Publishing!

Getting her back will be the toughest deal they’ve ever negotiated.On the night of her fifth anniversary, Catherine Cullen-Wellesley intends to break the news to the two men in her life. She’s pregnant with their child. It’ll be the perfect preamble to the vacation they’ve promised her: Two weeks on a Jamaican beach. No cell phones, no emails, no business.

But when Logan and Rhys blow off the trip for yet another “business emergency”, Catherine faces some difficult truths. She hasn’t come first in her busy husbands’ lives in a long time. Defiantly, she packs her bags for her long-awaited vacation—alone. It’ll give her a chance to figure out what the hell she’s going to do with the rest of her life.

When Logan and Rhys come home to an empty house, they realize two things: One, it was a mistake to take Catherine for granted. Two, they’re not willing to just let her walk out of their lives.

Winning her back will be the most difficult battle of their lives—more important than any business deal they’ve ever negotiated.

Warning: This title contains explicit sex, ménage a trois, a polyamorous relationship, graphic language, and sex near a beach (and in the shower).

Check out more on Maya and her books @ http://www.mayabanks.com

 

I’ve Been Tagged!

Jambrea has tagged me! You can find her here:  http://jambrea.wordpress.com/

 The rules: Tell seven random and/or interesting things about myself. Get five blog buddies to play, too and link to their blogs. Don’t forget to post the rules!

 1.    I only started reading and writing romance novels January 2008. I’m working on my first real story and a few others.

2.    I’ve always wanted to work in the medical field, but I only got as far as Nursing School. Until now, I work in a lab that does far more than anything I could have imagined.

3.    I met my husband in Fort Gordon, GA while obtaining my MOS training.

4.    The first time I met my husband I gave him the finger. We ended up going to MOS training at the same post. He asked me out and two months later we were married. I’ve been married for almost 18 years.

5.    I have two daughters, one born in Alaska and one born in Colorado.

6.    I’ve lost 30lbs between February 2007 and now.

7.    I loved the weapons firing and blowing things up in the Army. I absolutely loved the war games and driving all the big vehicles.

8.    We’ve trained our daughters to be little soldiers from the day they were born. Last week they   found a black snake that had gotten into the garage. Together they killed the thing before either of us could get home. Saying to us, “It was no big deal,” as they looked at each other, shrugged their shoulders and walked away heading for the mall.

9.    I don’t know a lot of people with blogs! So sorry Larissa, Maya, and Steph, I know you’re busy.

 

The people I’m tagging:

 Ali Flores : http://www.simplyali.blogspot.com

 Ann M: http://www.fractured-fiction.blogspot.com/

Larissa Ione : http://www.larissaione.com/soapbox/

Maya Banks: http://www.mayabanks.com/blog/index.php

Steph Tyler:  http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/

 

 

A mighty thought in progress

 I’ve been thinking. I know that’s a very dangerous thing to do without supervision…but I was did just the same. I work for a company that specializes in keeping us healthy as we go down that road to degradation, towards the off ramp of getting older. I look around the office to see woman coming in who look as if they just grabbed their high school diploma on the way to the job interview.

In our society, this is how we’ve been made to feel inadequate to our younger counter parts. WELL NO MORE I TELL YOU!! We can’t stop aging but we can stop the aging process. I’ve decided I’m not going to age. I will not go into the dark night without a fight.

I live in the hub of healthy, the realm of free range, and the great grander of the green grocer. Oh and living side by side  of the hippie-top of the hippiest people in NC. Free to be, free to live and live free of anything and all things harmful to my body.

Chanting…I will take advantage of my environment. I will drive past Burger King (No matter how good those charbroiled burgers smell). I will not frown when offered a cool glass of water instead of a strawberry daiquiri, and as God is my witness, I shall order my mocha latte skinny, half-and-half, with NO whip cream.

Okay, so that’s my thought for today. So today I’m living, eating and thinking healthy. We’ll see what happens tomorrow. I mean, I don’t wanna rush into anything.

BTW, I don’t care how cute they are. I will never, ever, never wear Crocs. I don’t care how many cute, adorable colors they come in. J

 

Gettin’ off my butt

Ok, so I finally got off my butt and did some work on one of my other stories. I decided to get back to work on my blog as well. After all what’s the use in having one if you’re not blogging? I’m hoping it will start my creative juices a flow.

On my journey to becoming a romance writer, I recently learned the difference between a romantic novel and an erotic novel. A lesson learned while reading a lovely story about two vampire brothers who fall for a vampire slayer. Hey it’s about vampires! It drew me in like a moth to a flame. So I started reading…good looking vamp enters…uh uh…heroine enters…uh uh…sexual attraction first encounter. BINGO! I’VE GOT ACTION! Great story. Then enters the other brother. That’s when things turn a little different. The things that I learned about this character made me blush.

That didn’t stop me from reading it though. It did like the story, but I think I may have jumped into it before I was ready. So for now I think I’ll stay on the sidewalk of romance and out of the street of erotic boulevard. tee hee

Blood Red by Sharon Page.  A rollercoaster ride of sexual,sensual passion, erotism and yes a love story. Check it out. It opened my eyes!

 

My heart will go on.

My mind tells me to give up, but my heart won’t let me. I’ve passed the point of no return. I have typed over 32,000 words in my main story. I have no choice but to keep going. It’s been a long hard road with a lot of bright spots. With the inspiration and support of the Writeminded group members, I have to believe this can be done. With a pen in my hand and ink in my blood my writer’s heart will go on. *g*