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Cat Adams guest post and giveaway: Vampires and zombies don’t mix

Hi, Everyone! Thanks for letting me drop by Vampire Book Club today to talk about our upcoming release, The Isis Collar. This is book 4 in our Blood Singer series, which features Celia Graves, a former vanilla human bodyguard who was attacked and turned into an Abomination. She’s part vampire—which in Celia’s world is NOT a good thing. Vampires become feral at death, like rabid animals. They lose...

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Exclusive James R. Tuck Short Story and Giveaway: Twas the Fright Before Christmas

[From VBC: There are few things cooler than getting an awesome short story in my email from James R. Tuck. Get your Christmas fright on with the exclusive short below, then enter for your chance to win James' Blood and Bullets, which will release on Feb. 7, 2012.] TWAS THE FRIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS A Deacon Chalk: Occult Bounty Hunter short by James R. Tuck THERE WERE STILL TWO OATMEAL COOKIES LEFT but my...

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Exclusive E.S. Moore Short and Giveaway: Christmas Embers

[From VBC: I'm so excited to be able to share with you this great short by E.S. Moore. His urban fantasy novel To Walk the Night is set to hit stores next month, and it looks good. In the meantime, get a taste of E.S. Moore's tone and then enter for your chance to win a copy of To Walk the Night.] CHRISTMAS EMBERS by E.S. Moore “Best Christmas memory. Go!” Ethan’s voice startled me from my reverie....

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Piper Maitland Guest Post: Vampires and science

[From VBC: I always dig into the novels that make supernatural elements plausible. Piper Maitland's Acquainted With the Night does just that. Today Piper is stopping by the blog to talk about the science of vampires. (No, really.)] I live on a farm. When I’m not writing (or cooking), you will find me in the garden, weeding and sifting through the dirt. When I began writing Acquainted With the Night, I...

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Cynthia Eden Guest Post & Giveaway: A lady with bite

[From VBC: I loved Cynthia Eden's new paranormal romance Angel of Darkness. In addition to fallen angels, the novel features a great kickass vampire heroine. Cynthia was kind enough to drop by and talk about vampires. Read to the end for your chance to win a copy of Angel of Darkness.] Hi, everyone! It is such a pleasure to be here at the Vampire Book Club. I love vampires—have ever since I was a kid,...

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Allison Pang Q&A: A Sliver of Shadow, Phin the Unicorn, names and more

When I saw a unicorn on the back cover of Allison Pang’s A Brush of Darkness, I though it wasn’t going to be dark enough for me. I was wrong. Not only is Allison’s series featuring fae brilliant and dark urban fantasy, I ended up adoring the miniature unicorn. I loved the book so much it made the VBC Best Books of 2011 list. Allison brings a clever plot, unique world, fascinating...

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Dani Harper Guest Post & Giveaway: Fun with werewolves

[From VBC: Today I'm handing over the blog to Dani Harper, author of the Changeling series. Her third book in that series Changling Dawn will hit shelves in January. We're going to talk about werewolves and legends (and you're going to be picturing barechested men like Joe Mangniello). And if you're good -- Santa's watching -- there's a giveaway at the end.]   I’ve always loved the paranormal but I...

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Carolyn Crane Guest Post: Supernatural sidekicks for authors

[From VBC: Today we turn over the blog to the super fun and totally awesome Carolyn Crane. If you haven't started her Disillusionists Trilogy, the first book is Mind Games. Start now. The third novel just released yesterday, and we convinced her to draw pictures for our amusement as we prepare to dive into Head Rush.] Greetings, readers! Thanks for stopping by and helping me celebrate the ebook release of...

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Zoe Archer Guest Post and Giveaway: Men dressed sexy in the 1700s

[From VBC: Today we turn things over to Zoe Archer. She's going to try an convince you 18th century men's style was super sexy. There are photos. Oh, and we're giving away one copy of her historical paranormal romance Devil's Kiss at the end of the post. Hint hint.] I’m not going to lie. One of the reasons why I set my new paranormal historical romance series, The Hellraisers, in the 18th century is the...

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Exclusive Excerpt and Giveaway from Alexandra Ivy

Alexandra Ivy’s Bound by Darkness, the eighth book in her Guardians of Eternity series, hits shelves tomorrow Dec. 6. (You can get it from Amazon or Book Depository.) Once you finish book eight, we know you’re going to be craving more of the paranormal romance goodness Ivy is known for. As such, she was kind enough to provide VBC with an exclusive excerpt of Fear the Darkness (Guardians of...