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Xander’s Heart by Scarlett Flame

21 Thursday Mar 2019

Posted by D.A Lascelles in Vampire Month

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BDSM, erotica, modern day gothic romance, paranormal erotica, Scarlett Flame, Vampire Romance, Whitby


 
My latest book is now available for pre-order at the reduced price of 99 cents / 99 pence until the 26th of March. Publication is the 19th of March
 
 
 
 
This is a modern day Gothic romance
 
 

The Blurb:

 
Xander wasn’t your stereotypical vampire. Far from it. Living in Gothic splendour on the outskirts of Whitby. Savage and Dominant by nature he goes after what or who he wants with ardour and passion.
Especially once his eye is set on his soulmate. His chosen one … Ellenor.

A human that he has been watching and waiting to approach for years. He steps forward when he senses she is in danger from a supernatural being.

Bringing her into his world at full tilt.

A world of Domination and submission.

Spanking and bondage.
 
Of werewolves, shifters, ogres and faeries.

Of mages, magicians and sorcery.

A world where a deadly apocalyptic magical war is approaching.

Both Xander and Ellenor have major roles to play but are they up to the challenge?

A new series from award winning author Scarlett Flame.



**Sexual Content

**Suitable for ages 18 and over

 
 
 
 
Universal Link: books2read.com/XandersHeart
First Beta Review on Goodreads
 
Xander’s Heart (The Vampires of Whitby Book One) 

by 

Scarlett Flame (Goodreads Author),
Zak Jane Keir (Editor)
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Emma‘s review 

Feb 17, 2019

 

it was amazing

 

Having read this for a honest review I was enraptured so on the edge of my seat laugh out loud great read I loved the way the characters blended so we’ll and how I’ve been left wanting more from the fabulous Scarlett Flame
https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/xander-s-heart
 
Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07NTG72BJ
US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NTG72BJ
Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B07NTG72BJ
  
You can now add this book on Goodreads
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[Vampire Month] #TheRedcliffeNovels – Heart of the Vampire (A Redcliffe Novel) Book 5 by Catherine Green

14 Thursday Mar 2019

Posted by D.A Lascelles in Musings, Vampire Month

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Catherine Green, Redcliffe Vampires, Vampire Month, Vampire Romance


Some of you may remember Catherine Green from her interview and guest post in a previous Vampire month. Well, she is now onto her 5th Redcliffe novel and here she is to tell us all about it…

A series of Catherine Green novel covers

#TheRedcliffeNovels – Heart of the Vampire (A Redcliffe Novel) Book 5

 It is almost Halloween in Redcliffe, Cornwall, and Jessica Stone is not the woman she Heart of the Vampire a redcliffe novel coverused to be. Her summer was hijacked by werewolves, she fell in love with a vampire, and now she is learning how to be a witch, and what it means to celebrate Samhain with her new coven. Her vampire boyfriend, Jack Mason, is busy at work as a police detective, and his identical twin brother Danny, the werewolf alpha, refuses to let go of the woman he has chosen to protect his pack.

Jessica must learn about control, power, and the love that she truly feels for her vampire boyfriend and his brother.

What vampire book genre is the book?

My novel is a contemporary paranormal romance

What are the ‘themes’ of this book?

There is adult content, sexually explicit scenes and scenes of violence

What is the setting of your book series or book?

The Redcliffe Novels series is set in the fictional seaside town of Redcliffe in Cornwall, England.

What’s in store for readers?

We have come a long way since Jessica Stone fell in love with a vampire and discovered the secrets of her supposedly human friends. As #TheRedcliffeNovels series progresses, Jessica learns that relationships are far more complicated when they involve non-human creatures. She must also learn to adjust her moral code if she wants to continue living with the vampire and the werewolf.

My Vampire Boyfriend promo

Excerpt:

“You have to feed, Jack,” I insisted, “And you cannot use me. We tried that before and you almost killed me, remember?”

“You found a way to survive,” my vampire replied gruffly.

I laughed, but it was not amusement that brought such a reaction.

“I survived,” I said, emphasising the word, “because of your brother. Danny saved me. He sacrificed his wolves so that I could claw back some human strength. Maybe that’s what caused this…” I gestured to the empty space on the bed behind me, “thing with Suri.”

“Perhaps,” Jack replied quietly, “But the point is, you survived.”

Words from the Author

I have always been fascinated by the vampire myth and wrote my dissertation on vampires for my university degree. Contrary to popular folklore, I have always viewed vampires as a romantic and misunderstood creature, although I do not doubt their ability to kill and destroy. To me they represent the primitive, dangerous part of ourselves that humans prefer to ignore.

Are you Team Jack or Team Danny? Sign up now and receive your FREE story from #TheRedcliffeNovels series set in Cornwall, England.

Find #TheRedcliffeNovels series in bookshops and online and request them in your local library. For buy links and more details, visit Catherine Green at http://catherinegreenauthor.blogspot.co.uk/ You can find her on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram as @SpookyMrsGreen.

Buy from Amazon UK;  Buy from Amazon US;  Buy from Smashwords;

Buy from NOOK Books (Barnes & Noble); Buy from Kobo

 

[Vampire Month] So, let’s talk about Vampires by Erica Hayes

25 Monday Mar 2013

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BDSM, Billionaire Dude, Christian Grey, Erica Hayes, Fifty Shades of Grey, Forbidden Desire, Ice Hearted Bloodsucking Overlord of Doom, Nosferatu, Romance, True Blood, Vampire Dude, Vampire Romance, Vampires


So. Let’s talk about vampires.erica_sm

No, wait. Let’s talk about tortured billionaires who practise faux-BDSM instead of getting the therapy they clearly need and can certainly afford. The poor things. They’re all the rage right now. A year or two ago, you couldn’t turn around in the romance section of the bookstore without falling over a juicy, smoldering vampire hero. Now, it’s billionaires. Not a dripping fang or coffin in sight. They don’t even shapeshift. Say what?

But in the end, Hot Vampire Dude and Billionaire BDSM Dude are the same guy. Right? Seeing as I’m a romance author, I have full license to poke fun at our beloved tropes. Let’s see:

1. He lives in a dark, secret world, and draws the heroine into it

For Vampire Dude, it’s the world of the supernatural, a place where the rules of human society don’t apply. He’s king of a vampire coven. One of a Secret Brotherhood of Hot Dudes Who Save The World. Or, he’s Ronnie Kray with fangs, a vampire mobster in the middle of a war against the local werewolf crochet club, or whoever. He’s probably also filthy rich. Seeing as he’s probably hundreds of years old, he has no excuse for being penniless.

This is what Vampire Romance Heroes don't look like

This is what Vampire Romance Heroes don’t look like

For Billionaire Dude? It’s the subculture of domination and submission, whips and manacles, BDSM clubs, the Red Room of Tampons, whatever. The heroine has never been there before, and what she sees there shocks her. But she kinda likes it, too. And once you’re in, there’s no closing your eyes.

 

2. He threatens – and awakens – the heroine sexually

A no-brainer for Vampire Dude. Oops, sorry, did I eat you before you got off? How impolite.  ‘Hot sex with a ravenous monster is the best evah’ is one of the awesomest tropes in romance. We can’t get enough of this. Because if there’s no threat, then where’s the conflict? Nowhere, that’s where. Perhaps we sanitise the ‘monster’ aspect a little. Most vampire heroes are unrealistically gorgeous. They never look like the guy from Nosferatu. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu) And no heroine ever seems to bleed to death from vampire sex, or catch some horrible disease. A little pain is acceptable, but generally the biting is multi-orgasmic. Hell, it sounds good to me. Where can I get one?

Same with Billionaire Dude’s heroine. She’s afraid of submitting to Billionaire because OMG, poor little me, he’s just so powerful and masterful and gorgeous and filthy rich, I can’t possibly… but is he the ‘best evah’? You bet. If he was a lousy lay, there’d be no story. At least, not a story that ladies all over the world would want to read.

 3. The heroine is his weakness

Vampire Dude had everything squared away before the heroine came along. There he was, merrily slaughtering his enemies and chowing down on his choice of tasty human flesh with little remorse and less emotional attachment… and then blam! This lady comes along, and he’s Consumed with Forbidden Desire. So completely, in fact, that he starts making stupid decisions, like protecting her instead of getting on with the relentless business of being a Ice-Hearted Bloodsucking Overlord of Doom. Love sucks.

This is what they do look like

This is what they do look like

Billionaire Dude is the same. There he was, spending his vast fortune and happily screwing around to avoid his issues, and now the heroine comes along and he Has To Have Her. She’s the one who penetrates (snigger… she said ‘penetrates’…) his carefully constructed Façade of Arrogant Arsehole-ishness, and lets all the torment pour out.

You can draw these parallels with other types of romance hero, too. Dangerous, sexually threatening heroes are popular in historicals. Rakes, pirates, spies, highwaymen, the odd Viking invader. In futuristic romance, we have pirates and rebels and rogue starship captains, but also the alien hero – he gets additional Threatening Points because he’s probably got two cocks, or a stinger under his tongue, or his planet enslaves human women and forces them to bear half-alien monster babies, or something.

So, y’know. It’s easy to poke fun at the billionaire/intern genre. Especially since it’s had such big bestsellers lately, and everyone knows bestsellers are ripe for wise-ass snarkery and derision. But the Dangerous, Otherworldly, Obsessed Hero has been around for a lot longer than Christian Grey.

In all his different guises, he’s probably our favourite kind of hero. And as romance sub-genres ebb and flow in popularity – a few years ago you couldn’t sell a contemporary romance to save your starving children, and no big publisher would touch erotic romance with a ten-foot pole and a biohazard suit on, not to mention the so-called ‘death of historicals’ that happened (or not) a while back – you can bet Mr. Dangerous will keep popping up.

I say, bring back the vampire hero – if, indeed, he ever went away. He’s cool, he’s tough, he’s a fierce monster we can tame to our whims. And hey, he’s rich enough for me. I’m not greedy. Who needs billions, when you can have eternal life?

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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.

http://www.ericahayes.net
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