Authors and Halloween
Angelia Sparrow
Website: http://www.angelsparrow.com
Blogs: http://angelsparrow.blogspot.com and http://valarltd.livejournal.com
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Angelia on Halloween: These days, I take my kids trick or treating. We usually make costumes. My baby
girl wants to be a pirate this year. Then again, our last name is Sparrow.
We also have a Samhain ritual on the Saturday nearest the date.
Angelia's Featured Book:
Raising the Dead
From Ellora's Cave
Shane Davis is a bestselling author of horror and thrillers. But when his lover,
Victor, needs more kink and domination than he's comfortable with, he finds
himself sliding deeper into the head of his psychopathic character. A sideline story
and some ancient Egyptian magic on Halloween resurrect their relationship and Victor's
own toppish side in highly erotic ways.
Other Halloween/paranormal themed books by Angelia:
Singing Up the Moon, Shifting Again, Torquere Press (werewolves)
Hunger for the Edge, Eternal Darkness, Torquere (blind vampires)
Blue Mistletoe, Jingle Balls, Torquere (werewolves)
Serpents, Shifting Back, Torquere (naga/djinn)
Tuition Fees: The Devil Torquere
Ain't No Easy Run Torquere (halloween, trucker)
Miskatonic Mistletoe Torquere (werewolves, Cthulhu)
Five Time Loser: The Five of Pentacles, Torquere Press (vampire)
Anh Leod
Website: www.anhleod.com
Anh--Halloween Then and Now: As a kid I was definitely a trick-or-treater in a variety of costumes, from witch to superhero. I gave up trick-or-treating for years, then a friend who'd just moved to the US was desperate to go when we were in late high school. We dressed up in her native costume and went out. I was so embarrassed when the pants of my costume fell off. Thankfully I was wearing tights underneath! But I'll never forget. Nowadays I spend Halloween passing out candy to local kids while trying to keep my own paws out of it. Yum! The key is to buy candy you don't like, but who can show that kind of self-control? Not me.
Anh's Featured Book:
Claudia's Pleasure
From Ellora's Cave
Can a long-term relationship regain its sizzle?
Claudia and her boyfriend Sam have been together since high school. Real life is setting in as they reach their mid-twenties. She loves him, but the sex isn't what it used to be. Even worse, her gaze is straying to a handsome actor and a gorgeous architect. Los Angeles is full of man-candy ready to share her bed.
Is Sam going to be enough for her, even if he's willing to try anything to get them back on track?
Other Halloween/paranormal themed books by Anh:
Lucky Number Seven and Bijou's Bonds are shapeshifter tales.
Aphrodite's Necklace is a paranormal.
Claudia's Pleasure and Cherokee's Playmates (out Oct. 10th) are specifically set around Halloween.
Gunshot Grange over at Cerridwen Press (by alter ego Heather Hiestand) is a contemporary gothic romantic suspense that would be fun to read at Halloween.
Ann Lory
Website: http://www.annlory.com
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/annlory
Ann on Halloween: As a kid I spent Halloween trick or treating. My step-dad participated in the costume creating, face painting, wand waving action. It was a professional sport for my step-dad to see how much candy we could get. I didn't walk from one house to the next...I ran. My step-dad ran along the street beside me. He was like a coach, urging me on, to go faster as he waved and spun his arms. LOL! When my bag looked too full, we dumped it in the bucket in the car and I'd hit it hard again with the sad story of how I got a "late start" in hopes of getting more candy. When my brother and sister were old enough, I was too old to go door to door. I was able to join my dad on the side lines and enjoy their time to hustle, or go to Halloween parties my school would put on.
Ann's Featured Book:
Eternal Surrender
From Loose Id
When Alyssa meets Damian and realizes he's vampire, she doesn't hesitate attempting to put a stake through his heart. But after losing against his supernatural strength, she finds herself a guest in his home. Now she finds herself with a new dilemma: how the hell to resist him. He's sinfully handsome and drives her mad with the urge to pummel him one minute and throw herself at him in the next, but she will remain strong. Vampires killed her family and she will not forget her vow to see them destroyed.
Damian was sent to kill Alyssa, by D'Angel, his maker, but after a glimpse and a taste of the young woman he cannot bring himself to end her life. Instead he brings her under his protection, whether she's willing or not. If she were to face off against D'Angel as she intends, she'd be tortured in the worst ways the twisted D'Angel can think of.
Sparks fly with not only the wicked slash of words and flying fists, but with the heated passion the two try to deny each other. It's only a matter of time before the walls start to tumble and they can no longer resist the urges for on another.
To keep her vow, Alyssa must face the truth: not all vampires are evil. She must put aside her hate and surrender to Damian, for all eternity.
Other Halloween/paranormal themed books by Ann:
From Loose Id
Eternal Embrace
Eternal Obsession
Candace Sams - aka C.S. Chatterly
Websites:
Candace Sams (aka C.S. Chatterly)
~ Where Fantasies Embrace Legend ~
www.candacesams.com
www.cschatterly.com
www.authorsden.com/candacesams
http://theromancestudio.com/fm/sams.htm
www.vampire-vixens.com
www.nightwatchbooks.com
www.talesoftheorder.com
www.police-writers.com
http://www.dorchesterpub.com/Dorch/authordetail.cfm?Author_ID=547
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/fantasyficwriter
Candace--Halloween As A Kid, In My Neighborhood: When I was a small kid, I had an aunt who used to plan elaborate parties that were the talk of the small Texas town in which we lived. Believe it or not, these were still referred to back then as Halloween 'play parties'.
My aunt actually built a fire in a cauldron, decorated her entire house and yard with orange and black paper decorations, made S'mores over open flames and cooked hotdogs with chili. Since we lived in a very rural area, a hayride was usually planned. Scaring each other was the order of the day but costumes were optional. Back then, gory items weren't a Halloween tradition; just the witches, black cats, pumpkins and full harvest moons for decor. I remember eating a lot of those old-fashioned, black and orange wrapped peanut butter-like candies. When we trick-or-treated, handmade items were the most coveted (unlike nowadays, unfortunately). If you could snag a caramel apple or a popcorn ball, you considered yourself well 'treated'. It seemed to me like the goodies were more original or imaginative than the bagged candy now handed out. People took the time to elaborately decorate the stuff they dropped into your pillowcase/treat bag. If you 'did' wear a costume, scarecrows, ghosts, witches, princesses, aliens from other planets and cowboys or cowgirls seemed popular. Garish plastic masks with head elastic were almost always part of store-bought costumes; very little in the way of make up was available unless you stole your mother's.
I think my favorite Halloween television program, as it remains today, was the Great Pumpkin featuring the Charlie Brown characters. I also love to revisit the Disney movie from a few years ago - Hocus Pocus. I'm not particularly fond of the gore now present at some Halloween functions. I don't know what all the gruesome body parts have to do with the season. However, no Halloween would be complete without something vampiric . I think my favorite vampire would have to be Gerard Butler in Dracula 2000 (but then again, Gerard Butler could stand on the television screen for hours, with his thumb in his ear, and I'd watch him).
But if I could do one thing only on Halloween night and was allowed only one decoration, I'd carve a pumpkin and put it on my back porch with a light inside. I'd sit and watch it for the entire evening (okay, maybe I'd enjoy a beverage of my choice while watching the afore mentioned flickering pumpkin. The jack-o-lantern just wouldn't me the only thing 'lit' - if you know what I mean).
Candace's Featured Book:
Current 2008 Release - Electra Galaxy's Mr. Interstellar Feller - available only in mass paperback:
From Dorchester/Love Spell
Genre: Light Futuristic
Length: Super Novel
Description: a cross between Men In Black and Miss Congeniality
Keir glared at Sagan and blurted, "With whom must one fornicate to get out of this!"
In the distant future, Captain Keir Trask is hunting dangerous weapon smugglers and has tracked them all the way to Earth. In order to bring these felons back to the planet of Lucent, he has quite reluctantly agreed to go undercover as a male beauty pageant contestant. The only problem is that the Earth Protectorate agent assigned to work with him is driving him insane.
Captain Sagan Carter has orders to make sure her high-and-mighty alien counterpart completes all the requirements of the Electra Galaxy’s Mr. Interstellar Feller pageant; otherwise he’s to be escorted to the nearest deportation area, never to return to Earth’s surface.
All Keir wants is to arrest the smugglers and go home. To make the arrest and grab the kudos for herself, Sagan forces Keir to keep his assorted appointments including bikini waxes, cucumber facials and filming promo spots for 'Pluto Pillow Mints...The mints that melt in your mouth and provide an orgasmic experience for your taste buds'.
Other Halloween/paranormal themed books by Candace:
Links for purchase are at www.candacesams.com or www.cschatterly.com.
Gryphon's Quest (National Readers' Choice double nominee and winner)
The Gazing Globe
Stone Heart (National Readers' Choice nominee)
Goblin Moon
The Craftsman
Satyr
Keeper of The Loch
Man Trouble
Sons of Zeus: Delos Descending
Sons of Zeus: Lydon's Exile
Incorrect Spelling
Every 'Witch' Way But Loose - from the Things That Go Bump In The Night VI Halloween anthology -
(National Readers' Choice nominee)
New World
Cornelia Amiri
Website: http://www.myspace.com/CelticRomanceQueen
Cornelia--Halloween Then and Now: One of my favorite Halloween memories was in Kindergarten – they had us spread chocolate icing on a cookie and then we put candy corn pieces on it for the eyes, nose, and mouth. Then we ate it. I thought it was the greatest thing. I still remember that cookie. Candy Corn is still my favorite Halloween candy. I spend it now by handing out goosebump and similar books to the trick-or –treaters along with Halloween candy like gummy body parts.
Cornelia's Featured Book:
A Fine Cauldron of Fish
From Eternal Press
Its summer on the Isle of Man and Andrew's looking for girls and fun.The first hottie he meets sets his blood a boil. Problem is, she wants to take that blood, his, and pour it into a cauldron. She thinks, she's the Manx version of a vampire. He doesn't believe a word of it, but he's noticed there are some strange things going on. She lives in a cave under the sea, and he's the only one who can see or hear her.
Margaid's had one of the worse days of her long life. The sea god found her cauldron empty, again. He put her on a final warning. She has to fill her cauldron with human blood, like any worthwhile leanan sidhe, or he'll turn her into a kelpie. What's a leanan sidhe to do?
Other Halloween/paranormal themed books by Cornelia:
Sleeping With the Undead, Anthology – with Vampire Dancer by Cornelia Amiri
Danger Is Sweet by Cornelia Amiri - a 9th century Scottish Selkie story
Druid Quest – 1st century AD, druids, shape shifting, a hint of dragons, magic
Cynnara Tregarth
Website: www.cynnara.com
www.leagueofamazingwriters.com
Myspace: www.myspace.com/essencecyn
Cynnara--Halloween Then and Now: My mom loved trick-or-treating, so every year, we'd gear up right after my birthday to decide on costumes for the coming season. My favourite costumes were when I was a Jawa from Star Wars when I was in 4th grade. The year after that, my mom and I came up with this neat alien costume giving me feathered hair, painted face, and a harem like costume. Those are some of my fondest memories.
Nowadays, I spend Halloween preparing for Samhain rituals-- giving thanks for the harvest blessings, saying prayers for those who past away. In fact, in Spirited you get to see a Dumb Supper which I host every other year. This year, I'll be doing it in my mom's honour with her passing in January. I also go out with my nephew trick-or-treating for a period of time before coming home to have the food ready for us to enjoy.
Cynnara's Featured Book:
Treaty of Desire
From Loose Id
The new treaty between Weres and Fey has ended an uneasy coexistence. While the majority are in favor, there are those who fear corruption by intermingling their magics and their peoples.
Tajas, queen of the Cat-weres, has been selected by the ruler of all Weres to teach the Fey the glamour that allows her people to live amongst humans. With her natural sensuality, she fits right in to the sex-drenched Seelie Court, but her secret -- that she's half-Unseelie -- might jeopardize everything she's working for. Especially when she does the one thing forbidden to her and gives in to her lust for Adrastai.
Adrastai, son of the Seelie King, must teach Tajas to use Fey magic, if she can even access it. To his surprise and hers, she not only can, but their sessions together call forth a powerful sexual bond between them.
Some of the Fey will stop at nothing to put an end to the Treaty and Tajas. To save them both, Adrastai wants to claim her in an arcane sexual ritual. But will Tajas agree to this new treaty of desire?
Other Halloween/paranormal themed books by Cynnara:
www.loose-id.net and www.redrosepublishing.com
Spirited anthology -- Sheri Gilmore, CynnaraTregarth and Jeigh Lynn (Day of the Dead, Halloween oriented)
Jack's Back-- paranormal oriented dealing with Jack the Ripper
Djinn Delight -- What do you when a Djinn offers your heart's desire-- for 5 nights as his sex slave?
Deck the Djinn -- Marek's been banished to Earth, can the Yule spirit help heal him with the help of his true love?
Shades of Fyre-- Fighting an ancient killer, can the Adept of Fire and the Chosen of Shades find a way to love when everything is against them?
Twin Flames of Imbolc-- Forced to dress up as one of their ancient lives, the Twins share stories of their past and spend time with past loves to ease the aches in their hearts.
Karen Wiesner
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Karen--Halloween Then and Now: Trick or treating, usually dressed as a witch, and then gorging on way too much candy. Now I spend it passing out Halloween candy for the trick-or-treaters. Okay, okay, I admit it--I still sneak candy while I'm handing it out.
Karen's Featured Book:
WOODCUTTER'S GRIM SERIES: Classic Tales of Horror Retold
Romantic Horror Novella Collection
From Whiskey Creek Press
978-1-60313-256-5 (trade paperback); 978-1-60313-257-2 (electronic)
Award-winning author Karen Wiesner is the founder of Jewels of the Quill http://www.JewelsoftheQuill.com, an award-winning group of authors in all genres banded together to promote their books. The group also does anthologies together. Woodcutter's Grim Series: Classic Tales of Horror Retold is a compilation of the first two novellas in the series that Karen contributed to Jewels of the Quill anthologies, plus two bonus stories in the series never before published!
Contains Karen's previously published books in her Woodcutter's Grim Series: "Papa" (Book 1) and "Blood of Amethyst" (Book 2) plus 2 bonus stories in the series never before published: ?Dancing to the Grave? (Book 3) and "The Amethyst Tower" (The Final Chapter)
Other Halloween/paranormal themed books by Karen:
THE BLOODMOON CURSE
by Karen Wiesner
Gothic Inspirational Paranormal Romance
Samhain Publishing
1-59998-250-1 (download); 978-1-59998-397-4 (trade paperback)
"Blood of Amethyst" {Woodcutter's Grim Series--Classic Tales of Horror Retold, Book 2} by Karen Wiesner
Romantic Horror Novella
in TALES FROM THE TREASURE TROVE, Volume IV, A Jewels of the Quill Anthology
Whiskey Creek Press
978-1-60313-138-4 (trade paperback); 978-1-60313-139-1 (electronic)
"Papa" {Woodcutter's Grim Series--Classic Tales of Horror Retold, Book 1}
by Karen Wiesner
Romantic Horror Novella in SHADOWS IN THE HEART, A Jewels of the Quill Halloween Anthology
Whiskey Creek Press
978-1-59374-685-8 (trade paperback); 978-1-59374-686-5 (electronic)
"Creatures of the Night" by Karen Wiesner
Romantic Paranormal Novella in DAME AMETHYST TREASURES
Whiskey Creek Press
978-1-59374-888-3 (electronic); 978-1-59374-887-6 (trade paperback)
MIRROR MIRROR, Book 3 of the Wounded Warriors Series by Karen Wiesner
0-7599-4573-X (electronic); 0-7599-4574-8 (trade paperback)
Romantic Psychological Thriller
Hard Shell Word Factory
SWEET DREAMS by Karen Wiesner
Paranormal Romance
0-7599-3850-4 (electronic); 0-7599-3851-2 (trade paperback)
Hard Shell Word Factory
Kate Hill
Website: http://www.kate-hill.com
Blog
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Kate--Halloween Then and Now: As a kid I'd dress up and go trick-or-treating with my brother and cousin. Now I celebrate with a special Halloween dinner and also participate in a family party. It's a particulary special day in my family since it's also my mother's birthday.
Kate's Featured Book:
Doing Thyme
Coming soon from Ellora's Cave
In a high security prison on future Earth, counselor Thyme Westcott has fallen in love with convict Ross Lovell. He is soon to be released and plans to extend his punishment by signing on as manager of Jefferson Ten observation lab on an uninhabited planet. Thyme believes this sexy yet dangerous man deserves a second chance for a happy life. The only way to convince this wounded alien crossbreed that he’s meant to be loved is to follow him to the lab. Once there, she will be alone at the edge of a distant galaxy with a man who believes he is unfit to rejoin society.
Ross knows the potential for violence still lurks within him. Over the past four years his prison counselor has provided comfort and stability he’s never experienced before and he has fallen in love with her. When she becomes his unexpected guest on Jefferson Ten, that love turns to lust. He and Thyme surrender to the all-consuming passion between them but disaster threatens to steal their happiness and their lives. A storm has ruined delicate machinery on the station and if Ross can’t fix it, half the planet will be destroyed.
Other Halloween/paranormal themed books by Kate:
From Changeling Press
Bitten Again
Blood and Soul (collection)
The Butterscotch Brute
Carnal Discipline
Carnal Indulgence
Carnal Inheritance
Carnal Interlude
Carnal Obedience
Carnal Obsession
Carnal Surrender
Carnal Temptation
Crimson
The Dark Room
Demon Lover
Disdain
Good Weds Evil
Hair of the Dog
Hot and Bothered
Jolene's Pooka
Lust and the Damned
Make Love, Not Money
The Masters: Rune
The Masters: Samson
The Masters: Tarak
Pleasure and Pain
Raw
The Red Curtain
Rose and Thorn
Ruby
Sating the Lust God
Scarlet
Sixty-Nine Sadie
Tainted Kisses (from the All Wrapped Up anthology)
Triple Shot Tracy
From Ellora's Cave:
The Blood Doctor
Cryptic Trysts
Darkness Therein
Deep Red
Dream Stallion
God of the Grim
Handsome Bastard
Highland Stallion
The Holiday Stalking
Immaculate
Infernal
In Black
Marriage in Moonlust (from the Midnight Desires anthology)
Moonlight on Water upcoming
Moonlust Privateer
Much More Than Blood (from the Vampires At Heart Anthology)
Revenge of the Court Jester
Silver Cuffs (from the Forever Midnight anthology)
From New Concepts Publishing:
Bound to the Tiger
Caged with the Tiger
Tamed by the Tiger (from the Harmony™: Wicked Delights anthology)
K. Z. Snow
Blogs: http://kzsnow.blogspot.com and http://kz-snow.livejournal.com
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/kzsnow
K.Z.--Halloween Then and Now: Once upon a time, in a simpler and safer world, kids either made their own Halloween costumes or bought cheap, boxed outfits that came via the local five-and-dime store from Japan or Hong Kong. They went trick-or-treating at night, without the hindrance of parents. The magic of jack-o-lanterns glowing in the darkness and the stealthy swirl of autumn leaves held sway in this world, and treats, offered in abundance, never had to be x-rayed for unpleasant surprises.
As I got older, I did my share of trash-can tipping. But I also learned to love the chilling stories of Poe and spooky movies like Dracula. (To this day, Night of the Living Dead gives me the creeps, as does the original, black-and-white version of The Haunting. But I also enjoy The Nightmare Before Christmas.) My restless imagination finally made me resurrect the witches and wizards and vampires I’ve always loved. Today, I try to give them new life in my books.
K.Z.'s Featured Book:
Boolicious
Available October 17 from Changeling Press
Often, breaking up with a boyfriend is a blessing in disguise. Sometimes, being stuck with crazy relatives is the same thing.
Hannah Blue didn’t think so after she made an ill-advised bet with her Aunt Kate, a bawdy old hippie and self-styled witch. A little too much wine had made Hannah cocky enough to think she could get laid by November 1 and, in so doing, become a hundred dollars richer. But it wasn’t happening; Hannah’s picky about men.
As the bet’s deadline draws near, Aunt Kate decides to give her niece a little behind-the-scenes help. She wants Hannah to have a restorative roll in the hay and win that C-note.
But even a weird and wild Halloween swingers’ party doesn’t bring a man Hannah’s way. Frustrated and glum, she decides to boost her spirits by strolling down the streets of her neighborhood and enjoying Trick-or-Treat night. She eventually tags along with a trio of unescorted kids. It’s an enjoyable, innocent diversion that helps Hannah resign herself to being a loser.
Until, at one house, a man in a vampire cape comes flying out the door…and proves the most delectable piece of candy—and the best way to win a bet—Hannah could ever have imagined.
Other Halloween/paranormal themed books by K.Z Snow:
From Ellora's Cave:
* Cemetery Dancer (2008 EPPIE finalist)
* Plagued (vampire)
* Wing and Tongue (fantasy)
* Cauldron of Keridwen (fantasy)
* Prince of Glacier Glas (fantasy)
* Cheer Givers & Mischief Makers (fairies)
From Double Dragon Publishing:
* Hoochie Coochie Man (wizards & magick)
From Changeling Press:
* Elevator Magic (wizards & magick)
* Tormented (vampires)
* Obsessed (M/M wizards & magick)
* Gray Man (ghost story)
* Boolicious (witchcraft & spellcasting)
From MojoCastle Press:
* All That Is Right (contemporary, with fairies)
Loose Id
* Utopia-X series (futuristic M/M urban fantasy)
Mary Winter
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Mary--Halloween Then and Now: How I spent Halloween as a kid? I usually went trick o’ treating in the small town where I lived. And yes, there were costumes. J
How I spend it now? Usually working since I work nights and evenings. I’m afraid just because it’s Halloween doesn’t mean you can’t count the points in the candy.
Mary's Featured Book:
The Purrfect Man
From Pink Petal Books
For Dante, his nine lives were running out.
Cursed into the form of a tom cat by a scorned lover, Dante has nine lives to get a woman to love him in order to break free of his spell. When he sees Althea, he knows she's the one. There's just one problem - she's allergic to cats!
Althea starts dreaming of a handsome man who caters to her every fantasy. Their dreamtime interludes become increasingly hotter. And she wishes that she could meet him in the flesh. Wishes he were weaving his way into her heart, instead of the stray feline who has taken up residence in her yard.
But when the cat is taken to the pound, Althea knows she has to act. Allergic or not, she won't let him be harmed. One act of compassion can make Althea's dreams a reality and show her that no matter what form he wears, Dante is her perfect man.
Other Halloween/paranormal themed books by Mary:
From Changeling Press
Willed and Waiting (vampire)
Horse Play (elves)
Mission: Carnal, Mission: Raw, Mission: Possession (action figures come to live, the Live Action Hero series)
From Aspen Mountain Press
Riley’s Sparrow (fairy)
From Samhain Publishing
For Love and Country (vampire)
From Ellora’s Cave
Ghost Touch
Ghost Redeemed
StarMyst: Prodigal Son
His Magical Student
Au Naturel
Bjorn’s Mate
Polar Heat
Revealing Photos
Water Lust
Mechele Armstrong
Website: http://www.mechelearmstrong.com
Blog: http://mechelearmstrong.blogspot.com
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Mechele--Halloween Then and Now: My Halloweens as a kid were pretty low key. I grew up in a rural county, and we'd go to a few neighbors' houses for Trick or Treating. I remember a Halloween party at the elementary school where they had grapes as eyeballs, spaghetti as brains, etc. That was fun but they only did it one year. My parents would get excited when we had any Trick or Treaters come. Our best year, we had six.
Imagine my suprise when I moved to the suburbs and ran out of candy my first year! LOL. It's quite different here. My favorite thing to do is sit on the stoop and dole out candy to the Trick or Treaters. My previous dog loved Halloween and would sit out with me to greet each kid. It was always funny to hear little ones say, "Doggie." And the dog just ate up the attention. The hubby usually takes the kids and they are on a mission to hit as many houses as he'll take them to.
Mechele's Featured Book:
The Sixth Cursed Halloween
Coming Soon!
It's Halloween night and Brad settles down to repot his bonsai tree after an argument with his girlfriend. He doesn't expect the tree to talk back.
Surprise. Deidre's cursed inside this bonsai and has been observing Brad for years. This conversation is her first for centuries.
Brad attempts to free this intriguing woman with the sexy brogue, but at the end of the night, he loses the ability to hear her. Before he does, he makes a vow to search to free her. He becomes obsessed with the tantalizing voice in his tree, even having erotic dreams about the woman she could be, all the while searching for the saving spell.
Deidre's finding herself seeing men in a new light, or rather Brad's muscular chest, and not happy about it. But he's such an earnest hunk, how can she not?
Until the sixth Halloween, when a woman from Brad's life turns her world upside down.literally. Not a good thing for a tree.
She finds herself faced with a choice, go back into the trees or a life with Brad and no magic, i.e. no hope for revenge. Just what will she choose, this sixth cursed Halloween?
Other Halloween/paranormal themed books by Mechele:
The Sixth Curse of Spring
The Six Curses of Christmas
Blood Lines series (Blood Kiss, Conduit, Crimson's Rose, Currents, Night's Journey, Bitter Love)
The Collector: Magical Chances, Solstice Spell
Melissa Lopez
Website: http://melissa-lopez.com/
Blog: http://melissalopez.livejournal.com/
Melissa--Halloween Then and Now: When I was a child my sister and I spent two full nights trick-or-treating around half the city. Today my husband and I take our children around our neighborhood for an hour or two. And then we go out to dinner.
Suggestion: Watchers by Dean Koontz is sure to get your blood pumping.
Melissa's Featured Book:
Cursed by Moonlight
From Ellora's Cave
By day, Alric is a fearless warrior who rules his people fairly and protects them fiercely. But when the full moon rises, he becomes that which he hates ? a beast whose ferocious impulses he cannot control.
Caasi belongs to a wandering people who have set up camp on Alric's land. From the moment she first catches sight of the lord of the land, she is enchanted by him. And he is no better off ? it's no wonder his people call her a witch.
Alric is desperate to find an end to his curse, and he calls upon Caasi to help him. But as a mysterious old crone has hinted, only he can free himself...
Other Halloween/paranormal themed books by Melissa:
Dark Sentinel
Dark Chance
N. J. Walters
Website: http://www.njwalters.com
Blog: http://www.njwalters.blogspot.com
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N.J.--Halloween Then and Now: As a kid, we did the usual trick-or-treating. As an adult, I go out to the local farm and buy a pumpkin and spend an evening carving it. Sometimes we'll get two so both my husband and I can have our own. We also start watching Halloween-type movies on October 1st and keep watching right up until October 31st. We'll save our favorites and watch them after the trick-or-treaters have come and gone. It's fun.
N.J.'s Featured Book:
Eternal Brothers
From Ellora's Cave
The Dalakis brothers are rich, powerful men, but they have secrets — the kind that men kill to protect. Ex-cop Zane York has watched them for several years and has returned to New Orleans to resume his investigation. He has to know if his suspicions are true — are the Dalakis brothers murderous vampires?
Reporter Sophia Daring has had many tough assignments in her life, but nothing has prepared her for the late-night phone call, which leads her to the cemetery and to the body of a dead woman. The murderer drained all the blood from his victim's body and the clues point straight to the Dalakis family.
The attraction between Zane and Sophia is instantaneous and explosive. But Zane has secrets of his own and questions that need answering. Are the Dalakis family the villains or are they being framed for murder? As Zane and Sophia investigate the grisly string of deaths, they discover that the murderer may not be the family's only enemy…and a secret from the past may bring the deadliest threat yet.
Other Halloween/paranormal themed books by N.J.:
Harker's Journey
Lucian's Delight
Stefan's Salvation
Eternal Brothers (Books 1-4 of the Dalakis Passion vampire series)
Shadows Stir (Ellora's Cavemen: Dream of the Oasis IV anthology
A Love Eternal (Ellora's Cavemen: Legendary Tails IV anthology)
Sunshine for a Vampire (Ellora's Cavemen: Seasons of Seduction III anthology)
Unmasking Kelly.
Three Swords, One Heart
Drakon's Treasure
Pamela Tyner
Website: http://www.pamelatyner.com
Blog: http://pamelatyner.blogspot.com
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/pamelatyner
Pamela--Halloween Then and Now: As a child, I spent Halloween treat-or-treating. As soon as I got home, I’d empty out my bag and eat until my stomach hurt.
This Halloween I’ll be at home passing out candy and admiring all the children's costumes.
Pamela's Featured Book:
Finding Passion
FromWhispers Publishing
Nathan Collins is stunned when he’s served with divorce papers...almost as stunned as he’d been three weeks prior when his wife had suddenly asked him to move out of the house. At the time, Susan had proposed a thirty-day separation followed by marriage counseling. Nathan intends to hold her to that agreement.
He moves from stunned to pissed when Susan attempts to use blackmail as a means to obtain his signature on the papers. Damned if he’ll be blackmailed into anything, especially when he’s innocent of the accusations.
When an unexpected storm and a flooded road strand them together for the weekend, neither suspects that it will lead to a discovery of secret desires and fantasy fulfillment. But will their renewed passion be enough to revive their fledgling marriage?
Wend Petzler
Website: www.wendpetzler.com
Myspace: www.myspace.com/wendpetzler
Wend on Halloween: Growing up in a town of 1200, we had a blast of a time! We would watch some classic horror movies with Christopher Lee, some with Elvira, the mistress of dark, hosting, then we would watch a scream teen movie and head out. Totally freaked because no matter what year the weather was always windy, the night terrifying, and always the boys of our class would lay in ambush to make us scream. After getting a ton of candy, we would go back and munch out as we watched the really gory movies.
I LOVE HALLOWEEN!!!!!
Favorite Halloween/paranormal books: I love Lori Handeland--fantastic werewolf books.
Wend's Featured Book:
Curse of the Scarab King
Coming soon from New Concepts Publishing
Cursed to live forever by a lovesick priest, imprisoned in a sarcophagus for
over three thousand years by his vengeful sister, Setti thought things really couldn't
get any worse until he is awakened in the 21st Century. Fresh out of his coffin,
he is attacked by the Shedty who seek to put him back in. A RA priest uses the sacred
Black Book of Fire to send Setti back in time, accidently sending Kate, too. Together,
they must stop Setti's enemies from raising the Pharaoh Queen from the dead
and make her an immortal in the future. Setti faces another challenge--his growing
admiration for Kate. She is quite unlike any woman he has ever known and despite
the fact trouble follows her like a plague, he finds she is more than his equal
in wit and determination. Honor ingrained in him as tangible as the traditions learned
since birth, Setti knows he must do what is right for Egypt and not what his heart
wants most--Kate.
Will magic and the Gods set a cursed man free or will his destiny forever
keep him from the woman he desires to love for eternity?
Other Halloween/paranormal themed books by Wend:
I have a vampire romance with Halloween in it due to be released around Halloween, I hope! It is called Whisper to Me, and is the first book of the Borne Vampire series.
- Wend
