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Erica Hayes – Biography-Bibliography

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Erica Hayes – Biography-Bibliography

Biography


Erica Hayes was a law student, an air force officer, an editorial assistant and a musician, before finally landing her dream job: fantasy and romance writer.
She writes dark paranormal and urban fantasy romance, and her books feature tough, smart heroines and colourful heroes
with dark secrets.

She hails from Australia, where she drifts from city to city,
leaving a trail of chaos behind her. Currently, she’s terrorizing the wilds of Northumberland.

Bibliography

Shadowfae Chronicles
Imagine a secret world veiled in fairy glamour and brimming with unearthly delights. A city swarming with half-mad fairies, where thieving spriggans rob you blind, beautiful banshees mesmerise you with their songs, and big green trolls bust heads at nightclubs. And once you're in, there's no escape...

Hellcursed (prequel short story) – free online
http://www.shadowfae.net/hellcursed.html

1. Shadowfae (Jade & Rajahni) – October, 2009

2. Shadowglass (Ice & Indigo) – March, 2010

3. Poison Kissed (Mina &Joey) – September, 2010

4. Blood Cursed (Ember & Diamond) – August, 2011

4.5. Cherry Kisses – (Hex Appeal Anthology) – June, 2012
         

Seven Signs

Dark apocalyptic urban fantasy/romance

1. Revelation- October, 2012

2. Redemption – March, 2013

Standalones
Hunter’s Blood - ( Sexy Vampire Romance novella) 8/2012

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Joan Swan – Biography/Booklist

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Joan Swan – Biography/Booklist

Biography

I was never a star English student or a Literature buff, but I’ve always had a creative soul and an active imagination. Writing was a natural culmination of those two talents.

I write what I like to read: romantic suspense. I write for entertainment and escape–the same reasons I love to read. I prefer real-life language, so you’ll find profanity in my work when it fits the character. I prefer open-door sex, so my love scenes are typically hot and steamy. And because my stories involve suspense, you’ll often find violence, mystery and an inside look at the intricate world of forensics. Occasionally, I like to dabble in the lighter side of paranormal as well.

I am agented by the fabulous Paige Wheeler, founding partner of Folio Literary Management in New York. My debut novel, FEVER, releases from Kensington Brava in April 2012. Book 2 in the series, BLAZE, releases fall 2012. My editor at Kensington is the wonderful Alicia Condon, Editorial Director for Brava.

A triple RWA Golden Heart finalist as well as a double Daphne Du Maurier finalist, I am a lover of craft and closet-hoarder of writing craft how-to books.

In my day job, I work as a sonographer at UCSF Medical Center, a location with an intensity that makes me slightly insane…which works well with the writer in me. Not to mention all the character material I have access to–and I’m not talking about the patients (well…mostly).

I have been married twenty years to my own personal hero, a veteran firefighter, we have two beautiful daughters and are blessed to live in the heart of wine country on the gorgeous Central Coast of California.

 

Booklist

Phoenix Rising Series
FEVER – Book 1

Dr. Alyssa Foster will admit to a bad boy fetish…

But when she finds herself face to face with a convicted murderer with a ripped body, a determination for freedom and an eye on her as his get out of jail free card, Alyssa knows she’s in deep trouble…. Not just because Teague Creek is a prisoner desperate for freedom, but because his every touch makes her desperate for more.

A man with a life sentence has nothing to lose…

Teague Creek has one shot at freedom, but his plan to escape with a hostage develops a fatal flaw: Alyssa. On the run from both the law and deadly undercover operatives who know of his strange abilities, he needs to avoid trouble, but every heated kiss tells him the fire between them could be just as devastating as the flames that changed him forever.

Fever Purchase Links:

Kensington / Amazon / Amazon Canada / Barnes & Noble / B-A-M
Book Depository / Chapters / IndieBound / Powell’s 

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BLAZE –Book 2

 The hotter they come, the harder they fall…

With a man like him, every mission becomes personal…
Ever since FBI agent Keira O’Shay started tracking a young boy named Mateo, she’s felt a connection even her empathic abilities can’t explain. Sheneeds to save Mateo from the cult leader holding him hostage. Nothing can interfere with that—not even the reappearance of Luke Ransom, the hot-as-hell fire captain she’s regretted walking out on for three long years.

Losing Keira left Luke vulnerable—in every way. When they were together, the powers each possesses were mysteriously enhanced. But it’s the sexy, surprising woman beneath the tough exterior that Luke’s really missed. Even if she betrayed him utterly. And even if agreeing to help her uncover a government conspiracy means watching his life and his heart go up in flames again…

Purchase Links:

Amazon / Amazon Canada / Barnes & Noble / B-A-M / Book Depository
Chapters / IndieBound / Powell’s

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Covert Affairs series

Intimate Enemies – Book 1

She is on a quest for answers; answers that could just get her killed.

Six months after the mysterious yacht explosion that killed Cassie Christo?s mother and stepbrother, authorities still have no answers to the cause. Searching for closure, Cassie returns to her childhood home on the Pacific Coast of Baja, Mexico, where she launches her own investigation into the accident. She never expected to find an adversary in the man who had once touched her heart with kindness in her darkest moment.

Rio’s been fantasizing about reconnecting with Cassie for months. But not here and sure as hell not now. As an undercover agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, he?s working the biggest sting operation in all of northern Mexico, and he definitely doesn?t have time for the wild attraction he feels for Cassie.

Not only is his cover on the line, so is his heart. Because as the end of a yearlong operation draws closer, Rio knows if he tells Cassie the truth about who and what he is, it won?t only jeopardize his mission, it may result in him losing her forever. And if he doesn?t, his lies and deception could get them both killed.

Purchase Links:

Amazon | B & N | Smashwords

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Dianna Love – Biography & Bibliography

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Dianna Love – Biography & Bibliography

 

Biography

New York Times bestseller Dianna Love used to dangle over a hundred feet in the air to create unusual marketing projects for Fortune 500 companies. She now writes high-octane thrillers and urban fantasy, including a best selling collaborative series with #1 NYT bestseller Sherrilyn Kenyon. In early 2013, Dianna will release a new romantic thriller series – Slye Temp. When not touring the country on her motorcycle, Dianna lives in the Atlanta, GA area with her motorcycle instructor husband and a tank full of unruly saltwater critters. Visit her at her website and Facebook. Dianna’s latest book is THE CURSE, Belador Book 3, September 18, 2012.


Bibliography 

Belador (with Sherrilyn Kenyon)
Blood Trinity – Released 10/2010
Alterant – Released 9/2011
The Curse – Release Date 9/18/2012

Novellas
FireBound – free novella
      http://www.authordiannalove.com/bookshelf/8/firebound—free-novella
Midnight Kiss – Goodbye (Dead After Dark Anthology) – Released 12/08
Deadly Fixation  – (Love is Murder Anthology) – Released 5/2012

 

BAD Agency (with Sherrilyn Kenyon)
Just Bad Enough – Deadly Promises Anthology – Released 9/2010
Silent Truth – Released 4/2010
Whispered Lies – Released 5/2009
Phantom of the Night – Released 6/2008

 

Slye Temp
Nowhere Safe – Release Date 2013
Last Chance to Run – Release Date 2013

 

Nonfiction
Break into Fiction – 6/2009


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Shana Abe – Biography/Bibliography

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Shana Abe – Biography/Bibliography

Biography

Shana Abé was born in Texas. She spent much of her childhood living in Colorado, with a brief stint in Mexico as a foreign exchange student, and, at age seventeen, lived in Japan as a model. Throughout her childhood, Abé wrote, completing what she calls "The Silliest Romance Novel Ever" during her free time during modeling shoots. Her writing focused on romance, as those were the types of books that she most enjoyed reading.

She later attended college in Los Angeles, graduating with a degree in drama.  Her second novel, also a contemporary romance, took third place in a writing contest. She sent the book to several prospective agents, many of which responded with questions similar to "Nice voice — but what line are you writing for?" Unwilling to try to fit her writing into some of the rules that governed contemporary romances, Abé chose to concentrate on historical romances. For her first attempt at a historical romance, the newlywed Abé chose to tell the story of her own romance with her husband, set in medieval times. The manuscript was purchased by Bantam Books and published as A Rose in Winter.

Many of Abé’s subsequent novels have also been set in the medieval time period. Abé chose the time period because of its “great sense of dichotomy….It inspires thoughts of grandeur, of courtly grace and chivalrous knights — but at the same time there’s a gritty, raw aspect to the period that just cannot be denied.”

Abé has received the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award, and has been nominated six times for Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Awards, winning twice.

 

Bibliography

Drakon Series

  • The Smoke Thief (2005)
  • The Dream Thief (2006)
  • Queen of Dragons (2007)
  • The Treasure Keeper (2009)
  • The Time Weaver (2010)

Novels (Historical Romance)

  • A Rose in Winter (1998)
  • The Promise of Rain (1998)
  • The Truelove Bride (1999)
  • Intimate Enemies (2000)
  • A Kiss at Midnight (2000)
  • The Secret Swan (2001)
  • The Last Mermaid (2004)

 

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Jennifer Estep – Biography/Bibliography

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Jennifer Estep – Biography/Bibliography

Biography

Jennifer Estep is a New York Times bestselling author, prowling the streets of her imagination in search of her next fantasy idea.

Jennifer has worked as a features writer and page designer for a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper and has more than 10 years of journalism experience. She’s a member of Romance Writers of America, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and other writing groups.

Jennifer’s books have been featured in Cosmopolitan, Entertainment Weekly, Southern Living, and a variety of other publications.

You can follow her at any of these links:
Website: http://www.jenniferestep.com/
Facebook:
Twitter:
Goodreads:

 

Bibliography

Elemental Assassin
Spider’s Bite – January, 2010
Web of Lies – May, 2010
Venom – September, 2010
Tangled Threads – April, 2011
Spider’s Revenge – September, 2011
By a Thread – February, 2012
Thread of Death (e-novella) – January, 2012
Widow’s Web – Aug. 21, 2012
Deadly Sting – March 26, 2013

Mythos Academy
First Frost (novella) – July, 2011
Touch of Frost – July, 2011
Kiss of Frost – November, 2011
Dark Frost – May, 2012
Crimson Frost – December, 2012
Midnight Frost – August, 2013

Bigtime
Karma Girl – May, 2007
Hot Mama – November, 2007
Jinx – September, 2008
Nightingale –
A Karma Girl Christmas (e-story) – September, 2011

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Laura Wright – Biography-Bibliography

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Laura Wright – Biography-Bibliography


Biography

Unlike many of my peers in the writing world, I wasn’t a writer or a reader until I left high school. During my youth I was into theater, song and dance, commercials and boys. I loved romance surely, but I had never read a romance novel until my late teens. With that said, I remember the day I did like it was a moment ago – my aunt gave me the Jude Deveraux novel, Knight in Shining Armor and I couldn’t put it down until the very last word. Then I went straight to the library and got another – then another until I’d read everything she’d ever written. After that, it was McNaught, Howard, Schone, Kleypas, and the Silhouette line, Desire. I instantly loved those emotional, sexy reads, so much so that I began to carve out ideas for my own stories, themes that were unique to me and moved me.

In 1997 I enrolled in UCLA extension writing classes, met my mentor and critique partners and since have never stopped writing. I was committed then and I still am now; the need to tell my own romantic stories a full on obsession. My first manuscript was rejected, and though the second one was as well the editor who’d rejected it wanted to see something else from me. I had something (note to authors; always keep working, even after you’ve sent in a proposal) and sent it right away. The day I got the call telling me Desire wanted to buy Cinderella and the Playboy was the best day of my life. That is until I married my husband, and had my two beautiful children. But I must say, writing is much like motherhood – tough, grueling, surprising, delicious and for me, a dream come true.

I was born and raised in Minnesota. It’s where my love of all things green, wet and grown in the ground comes from. As you read above, before writing I was an actor, singer and dancer, specifically a BALLROOM dancer – an instructor and competitor as well. That work took me to many places like New York, Ohio and Wisconsin. I live in Los Angeles now, but I’m always thinking about greener pastures – literally.

Bibliography

Mark of the Vampire

Eternal Hunger– book 1
Release Date: October 2010

Eternal Kiss – book 2
Release Date: April 2011

Eternal Blood- e-novella special
Release Date: January 2012

Eternal Captive – book 3
Release Date: February 2012

Eternal Beast  – book 4
Release Date: August 2012

 

Harlequin Silhouette Desire

Front Page Engagement
Release Date: August 2008

Millionaire’s Calculated Baby Bid
Release Date: October 2007

Playboy’s Ruthless Payback
Release Date: November 2007

Rich Man’s Vengeful Seduction
Release Date: December 2007

Taken By Storm
Release Date: December 2005

Savor the Seduction
Release Date: November 2005

Her Royal Bed
Release Date: August 2005

The Sultan’s Bed
Release Date: June 2005

A Bed of Sand
Release Date: September 2004

Redwolf’s Woman
Release Date: May 2004

Locked Up With a Lawman
Release Date: September 2003

Ruling Passions
Release Date: September 2003

Sleeping With Beauty
Release Date: May 2003

Charming the Prince
Release Date: February 2003

Baby and the Beast
Release Date: December 2002

Hearts Are Wild
Release Date: October 2002

Cinderella and the Playboy
Release Date: July 2002


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Robin D. Owens – Biography/Bibliography

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Robin D. Owens – Biography/Bibliography

Biography
Robin D. Owens has been writing longer than she cares to recall. Her fantasy/futuristic romances finally found a home at Berkley with the issuance of Heart Mate in December 2001. She credits the telepathic cat with attitude in selling that book. Since then, Heart Thief was a launch book for Berkley Sensation in June 2003, Heart Duel was published in April 2004, and Heart Choice in July 2005. Her Luna Books series includes shape-shifiting fairies and average American women Summoned into another world to fight monstrous evil. The first, Guardian of Honor, came out in February 2005 and Sorceress of Faith will be out in February 2006. My best writing moment— winning the Romance Writers of America RITA award! My worst writing moment is every time a rejection hits.

I’m a true INFJ personality type = Introverted, intuitive vs. factual, “feeling” rather than thinking, and make quick judgments.I’m a nightowl, Scorpio, love pets, and I learn best through touching (tactile). I’m usually optimistic. My other creative outlet (and major achievement) is as a member of the Lungfish Theater improv group.

I love to read and read everything, science fiction, fantasy, mystery, thrillers, romance. I firmly believe that any man who reads a well-written romance will learn what a woman wants.

Bibliography

Celta (Heart)
HeartMate – 2002
Heart Thief – June,  2003
Heart Duel – April, 2004
Heart Choice – July, 2005
Heart Quest – September, 2006
Heart Dance – July, 2007
Heart Fate – September 2008
Heart Change – November 2009
Heart Journey – August 2010
Heart Search – August 2011
Hearts & Swords – December 2011
Heart Secret – August 2012

Summoning (Exotique)
Song of Marwey (read online)
Guardian of Honor – February, 2005
Sorceress of Faith – February, 2006
Protector of the Flight – February, 2007
Keepers of the Flame – January, 2008
Echoes in the Dark – January, 2009

Luna
Enchanted No More – January 2011
Enchanted Again – January 2012
Enchanted Ever After – December, 2012

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Kalayna Price Biography-Bibliography

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Kalayna Price Biography-Bibliography

Biography


Kalayna ((pronounced Kuh-LAY-nuh)) Price has always been an avid reader and dreamer. At ten she raided her father’s fantasy fiction bookcase and her already active imagination went into hyperdrive. Her first love was for the epic adventures and mythical races and creatures of high fantasy, but she has always been drawn to things that go bump in the night. It is that darker side of fantasy where she currently devotes her words.

Kalayna is the USA Today Bestselling author of two dark urban fantasy series: the novels of Haven and the Alex Craft novels, both of which have been translated into several languages and are available all over the world.

The Haven Novels, consisting of ONCE BITTEN (January 2009), TWICE DEAD (February 2010), and THIRD BLOOD (Fall 2012), follow the story of Kita Nekai, a kitten shapeshifter on the run from her clan and responsibilities, who is turned into a vampire and entangled in the supernatural underworld. The Alex Craft novels consist thus far of GRAVE WITCH (October 2010), GRAVE DANCE (July 2011), and GRAVE MEMORY (July 2012). The novels follow series title character, Alex Craft, who is a broke magic-eye for hire who speaks to the dead. In the first book, Grave Witch, a case with a sexy reaper, a dark cop, and a ghost-silencing killer has more than Alex’s rent on the line—it may cost her soul.
Kalayna draws her ideas from the world around her, her studies into ancient mythologies, and her readings of classic folklore. Her stories contain not only the mystical elements of fantasy, but also a dash of romance, a bit of gritty horror, some humor, and a large serving of mystery.

When not writing, she can be found reading for both pleasure and research, locked in her studio with a paintbrush, out in nature with her camera, or just about anywhere with a hula-hoop. Yeah, you read that correctly. Kalayna thinks hoop dance is about the most entertaining form of exercise on the planet, and has been known to hoop with fire.

Bibliography

Alex Craft Novels
Grave Witch – book 1
Release Date: October, 2010

Grave Dance – book 2
Release Date: July, 2011

Grave Memory – book 3
Release Date: July, 2012

Novels of Haven

Once Bitten
Release Date: January, 2009/re-release January, 2012

Twice Dead
Release Date: February, 2010

Third Blood
Release Date: Summer/Fall 2012

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