Happily Ever After

Warm Up Your Winter II - 'The Snow Bride' now at Amazon

2012-01-26T06:50:00.000-06:00

She is Beauty, but is he the Beast? Elfrida, spirited, caring and beautiful, is also alone. She is the witch of the woods and no man dares to ask for her hand in marriage until a beast comes stalking brides and steals away her sister. Desperate, the lovely Elfrida offers herself as a sacrifice, as bridal bait, and she is seized by a man with fearful scars. Is he the beast? In the depths of a

Bekki Lynn: 'Shadow Love' - blurb and excerpt

2012-01-12T12:05:00.001-06:00

Blurb: Carla Kingston claimed to have been accosted by a ghost when she was seventeen years old. In confidence, she told her best friend, who dropped her like hot coals. Ten years later, Bobby Whitten returns with a change of heart, but can he handle watching her enjoy being made love to by a shadow of a person who was murdered more than a hundred years ago? [paranormal, short story - A Ghost

The Snow Bride - two lovely reviews!

2012-01-05T08:18:00.000-06:00

She is Beauty, but is he the Beast? Read Chapter One Read Reviews: The Celtic Rose Ms. Townsend's tale of these two lonely people joining forces to track him to his lair is non-stop, rich and lyrical. Her voice is distinctive, her writing style a delight, and the ending is both satisfying and promising in that a sequel would be possible. 4 Celtic Roses. Sizzling Hot Book Reviews The Snow

Romancing the New Year at the Midnight Stardust Supperclub

2011-12-30T20:06:00.003-06:00

2012 New Year's Eve greetings, everyone. Here's a flash scene that takes place in our shapeshifter world at SHAPESHIFTER SEDUCTIONS. Dante, a werewolf who runs on the good side, has created an underground complex called the Pleasure Club, where every manner of pleasure is catered to. As well, there are several different nightclubs and restaurants. Dante also owns a biker bar that sits atop his

Rites of Winter - Medieval Christmas Revels

2011-12-28T07:01:00.000-06:00

By Lindsay Townsend Make we mery, both more and lasse, For now ys the tyme of Chrystymas (From a 15th century carol) When Christianity developed in the ancient Roman world, the winter solstice was already marked at 25th December. Followers of Mithras believed in the ‘unconquered sun’ and also held a feast-day for the sun on December 25th. The gospels did not give a date for the birth of Jesus,

Romancing Santa, the Night Before Christmas

2011-12-23T20:53:00.005-06:00

With the hope of spreading some holiday cheer, here’s my version the popular Christmas poem, “Twas the night before Christmas”, written a couple of years ago. Twas the night before Christmas, when all through my homeOnly I was stirring, to pen my romance tome.My best black silk stockings were hung, ready to wear,In hopes, my miracle Santa stud would soon be here.The pets are nestled all snug in

Warm up your winter: 'The Snow Bride'

2011-12-17T07:34:00.002-06:00

Romance for the Holidays ~ Santa Baby, Several Stars Away

2011-12-10T04:37:00.004-06:00

Consumed by curiosity, Kaily gives herself to a mystery man for Christmas. Will Dylan be able to resist her waiting naked, but gift-wrapped beneath his tree? ~ A Short Shapeshifter Erotic Romance ~Santa Baby, Several Stars Awayby Savanna KougarExcerpt ~ Chapter One: Santa Baby, Waitin' Just for You Rarely reckless, Kaily flung off the negligee she'd first thought to wear. It landed in a red

Guest blog. Lysandra Press, a new romance and women's fiction publisher

2011-11-30T11:05:00.000-06:00

I’m excited but nervous about the launch of our new website http://www.lysandrapress.com/ today but after a year in development working closely with our authors, I am feeling pretty confident that we have a smashing website and some excellent titles – hopefully something for everyone. - Ruth Little Here is a taste of what’s on offer: Fiona Dalrymple is shocked to learn on the death of her

Some great romance offers for Thanksgiving from Bekki Lynn

2011-11-23T04:23:00.002-06:00

Just in time for Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Bekki Lynn has put together some great stories and offers for you. Please see below for the blurbs, covers and links. Absentee Love Returns - contemporary, non-erotic - only 99c! Gail Green's world is turned upside down when an alleged mobster gives her an ultimatum; lose her newborn son or follow orders. The choice she chooses puts

Romancing the Rise of Magick ~ A Flash Scene by Savanna Kougar

2011-11-16T17:08:00.003-06:00

Wednesday greetings, everyone. I thought I'd share my last flash scene written for the SHAPESHIFTER SEDUCTIONS blog.When Magick Rises Once Again Hearing the crackle-rustle of autumn leaves, Zalasdair halted and watched the cottontail rabbit dash away from the intruding human. In this case, the intruding warlock.The young buck rabbit ran as if a demon grabbed for his tail, and Zalasdair

'Voices in the Dark' now reissued

2011-11-07T12:29:00.000-06:00

My romantic suspense novel 'Voices in the Dark,' first published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1995, is now re-issued as an ebook and is available for all the usual formats (including Kindle) on Smashwords. UPDATE: Both Voices in the Dark and Night of the Storm are now available from Amazon.com and Amazon UK. Here are the details: Julia Rochfort, a young opera singer, visits Italy to take part

Halloween Romance ~ Never tell a vampire, 'bite me'.

2011-10-31T03:51:00.003-05:00

Flash Fiction by Savanna Kougar “Damn, no. Not what I need.” Karoline scowled as the traffic light turned red.She nearly uttered a quick spell to change it. But, instead hit the brakes hard. There’d been a rain shower earlier in the evening and her tires skidded a bit.Once Karoline came to a full stop, she glared at the ticket camera. “I’m making it my business to fry your circuits. Tomorrow.”

Pumpkins and Jack O'-Lanterns

2011-10-28T07:01:00.010-05:00

What's Halloween without pumpkins?Ah, pumpkins, those usually orange squash piled high in grocery stores and farm stands this time of year. Large, small, rounded, not-so-round, orange, yellow, white and striped. There are all kinds of pumpkins. Some you can eat, some are for show, but they're all pumpkins, and they all say fall. In the form of jack o'-lanterns, they also say Halloween.Although

Romance or Death by His Fangs

2011-10-27T06:10:00.011-05:00

While not the heroine and hero of this Flash Scene, this picture sets some of the mood. Romance or Death by His Fangsby Savanna Kougar‘Why did I ever agree to this?” Shandra cracked the door of her sporty, low-slung Mazda. Mist hugged the ground and the Victorian-style mansion, while festively lit, was starkly etched against the midnight sky.Streaming banks of silvery and charcoal colored clouds

Medieval vampires - dead or alive...

2011-10-26T01:00:00.000-05:00

Did people in the Middle Ages really believe in vampires? They certainly believed in ghosts, which they called revenants, from the Latin meaning ‘to return’. It was believed that the unquiet dead, particularly those who had died by violence or by reason of a grudge, would return to haunt the living and try to take revenge on them. These revenants might haunt a graveyard or a particular area,

The Lighthouse Keeper - paranormal flash fiction by Stephanie Burkhart

2011-10-25T06:00:00.000-05:00

Audrina knocked on the wooden door. "Mr. Edwards?"Nothing. A cool breeze blew in from the Atlantic Ocean and Audrina tugged on the shawl around her shoulders. Where was Mr. Edwards?She twisted the knob to the lighthouse door. It turned, but stuck. Glancing up, she noticed rust on the hinges. Leaning her shoulder against the door, she pushed it open. Built in the early 1800's, the lighthouse

What Pumps Your Blood?

2011-10-24T00:01:00.000-05:00

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Welcome to our week of Halloween Fest. What I love about Halloween are the movies: the slasher, the zombie, the gore. Some channels have thirty-one days of movies, others have fifteen days, and then there's the obscure movie you might find on other channels. How do I choose what to watch? Sometimes it's a real nail-biter. Now that we have Netflix, we check to see which one is

Jenny Twist: 'Take One at Bedtime'

2011-10-23T02:00:00.001-05:00

Nobody ever goes upstairs in Margaret’s house. So what is making the strange thumping noises up there? And why is there a toy rabbit under the kitchen table? Margaret’s Ghost is just one of a collection of short stories consisting mainly of horror and science fiction, ranging from a classic gothic tale – Jack Trevellyn – to the Wyndhamesque Victim of Fortune, and the modern Waiting for Daddy,

Shadow Love - A Ghost Hunter Romance

2011-10-04T09:06:00.001-05:00

What a fun short story to write! When I volunteered to write a strange story for an anthology, I had no clue what I was going to do. I sat down and played around with a couple of ideas and Shadow Love evolved from those. And maybe the fact that at the time I was watching Ghost Hunter shows on television, so that probably gave the story a boost in the making. I still may work one of the initial

Beautiful Worlds of Realism

2011-09-19T08:00:00.000-05:00

While we're all aware of the downsides of the times in which we live, this doesn't mean wonderful things aren't happening. Or that wonderful things can't come from ordinary or seemingly catastrophic events from one's childhood. I love to reach into a hat so-to-speak and run with whatever idea comes out of it. The wonderful thing about writing is that you can turn any situation into a happily

Beautiful Worlds - The Magic of Budapest

2011-09-16T06:00:00.000-05:00

By: Stephanie BurkhartI've always been drawn to Europe's castles, it's towering cathedrals, and it's quaint little villages. When I was stationed in Germany in the late 1980's and early 1990's, I loved going on "volksmarches" throughout the countryside and seeing the heart of the nation. A View from Fisherman's BastianThen the Berlin Wall fell and opened up a totally new and exhilarating world –

Beautiful worlds, mainly medieval, and how I create them

2011-09-15T01:00:00.001-05:00

There are two 'schools' of historians - optimists and pessimists. The first looks to the positive side of historical events. The latter tends to a more gloomy view. It's the rosy and the grubby views of history. In creating the past in my stories I tend to the more rosy view of history, apart from where I feel readers need to be shown the 'grubby' side as a contrast, or for high stakes, or to

Beautiful Worlds…What is Yours Like?

2011-09-14T04:00:00.000-05:00