A DROP OF RED
Vampire Babylon, Book Four
by Chris Marie Green

A bloody good time…

Hollywood stuntwoman-turned-vampire hunter Dawn Madison is tired to the bone and beyond. Along with her comrades-in-arms, she managed to wipe out the Los Angeles Vampire Underground. And in doing so, she uncovered not only her own dark family heritage but also a terrible truth about the man she loves. Now all she wants to do is get to the next bloodsucking community, taking care of business with them, too.

Luckily, when it comes to battling the undead, there’s no shortage of Undergrounds.

When a new one is found in England, Dawn and the team are dispatched to carry the fight from the flash of Los Angeles to the seemingly staid and stolid streets of London. Dawn knows by now how deceiving appearances can be—and she is about to find out that it’s not only the beautiful people of Hollywood who are willing to bargain with evil…

(ISBN: 978-0441016815)

Excerpt:
www.vampirebabylon.com/excerpt_ador.html

About Chris Marie Green
A long time ago, in a land far, far away (Milwaukee, WI, St. Luke’s Hospital), Chris Marie Green (also writing as Crystal Green) joined the world. While moving to Southern California, then Kentucky, then back to California and now Nevada, she amused herself by writing poetry and short stories featuring the ultimate Alpha males–Superman and Indiana Jones. Later, after graduating with a B.A. in English from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, Chris decided to become a professional writer.
While she pursued this goal, Chris worked as an eighth-grade teacher, but resigned in 2002 to pursue writing full time. She creates urban fantasies for her Vampire Babylon series, action-adventure stories, and romances. She also loves to read, overanalyze movies, practice yoga , and travel, and details her obsessions on her Web pages, www.crystal-green.com and www.vampirebabylon.com

About Vampire Babylon
The first book, NIGHT RISING, was released as a trade paperback by Ace in February, 2007, and reissued in mass market format on January 27, 2009. The second trade book, MIDNIGHT REIGN, hit shelves in February, 2008, and will also be reissued in mass market format in July, 2009. The third book that closes out this initial trilogy, BREAK OF DAWN, came out in trade format September, 2008 (mass market reissue date pending). Ace is reissuing each book in the first trilogy to introduce the second trilogy (books four through six, which will be released in trade format).
The Vampire Babylon series uses trilogy arcs to tell one basic story, much like the way JK Rowling used seven books that didn’t solve every plot thread book-by-book to tell Harry Potter’s story. While each individual novel focuses on a central mystery that’s solved by the end, the three books together build character and mythology arcs/mysteries until everything culminates in the third book. Each trilogy repeats this pattern.
Release dates for the second trilogy, which continues the adventures of Dawn and team, are as follows:

A DROP OF RED, Book Four, March, 2009
THE PATH OF RAZORS, Book Five, August 2009
DEEP IN THE WOODS, Book Six, date pending

Website: www.vampirebabylon.com

I’m finally reaching the point where I might be human again soon. (and blogging again)

It has been a crazy year so far. You know what happens when you have 6 books releasing in 5 months? Edits, copy edits, and galley read-throughs all come at once and need to be finished at once. I have never done this much work all at once in my entire career. (and sincerely hope I’ll never have to again. I love my job, but too much is too much)

• All three books in the Marked series are finally put to bed. The books were such fun to write and I loved them (so much so, that they’re the longest books I’ve ever written…), but I’ve been working on them non-stop for over a year now. That’s tough when none of the books have released yet. EVE OF DARKNESS was turned in to Tor last Feb, so I’ve been waiting forever for it to come out. Reviews are starting to come in for it, though, and so far so good! If you want to know more about that, just stop by the S.J. site and see. I’ve got links to the various reviews posted on several pages of the site. Also have a super awesome quote from the super awesome Patricia Briggs! I squealed and *happy danced* when she emailed about EVE OF DARKNESS.
• IN THE FLESH is also completely done. The next time I see it, it’ll be as the final book. I’m looking forward to that!
• Have you seen the GORGEOUS cover for PRIDE AND PASSION? Kensington seriously gives me the most rockin’ covers.
• I’ve received two packages of THE STRANGER I MARRIED coverflats and I love them so much. Again, Kensington really gave me something special.

I am majorly behind on my reading resolution. It’s nearly the end of February and I’ve yet to finish even one book!! *ugh* And I have a pile of books here to judge, so I must get cracking now that my head is sticking up out of the mountain of work.

But I did order the following today:

Broken Wing
Shadowheart
Bobbie Faye’s Very (Very, Very, Very) Bad Day
A Rush of Wings
Angels’ Blood (Guild Hunter Series)

Can’t wait to read all of these books!! Must catch up on my resolution, right…?

So expect to see more from me here soon. Once I get through the judging and work on PRIDE AND PASSION, I’ll be regaling you with all sorts of nonsense since I’ll have time on my hands! ((hugs))

Today and Saturday only (2/13/09, 2/14/09), Amazon MP3 is offering a free download of the quintessential Valentine’s Day song, “Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye.

ONE ON ONE
by Cathryn Fox

Genre: Contemporary Romance, Red Hots!
ISBN: 978-1-60504-376-0
Length: Short Story
Price: 2.50
Publication Date: February 3, 2009

It was just a sexy game. Then things went south…

Taylor Dayton has been holding back a secret from her best friend, firefighter Christian Bain: he’s the only man who can douse the flames inside her. It’s time he noticed her as more than an ice cream and movie pal. What better way to melt the blinders from his eyes than propose an irresistibly sexy grooming session?

Christian can hardly believe the woman from his erotic dreams has just issued a siren call no red-blooded male can resist. He’ll give her what she wants, and when he’s done with her, she’ll need more than a fire hose to cool her down.

When their little game leads them to discover their secret fetishes and fantasies, they realize that this sexy seduction is no longer just a game.

This time, it’s for keeps.

Warning: Hot sex in creative places, may leave reader salivating for more…

Read An Excerpt Online * Buy from MBaM!

THE WARLORD’S DAUGHTER
by Susan Grant
HQN Books, FEB 1, 2009

The war is finally over. But Wren’s life is in tatters. The only living offspring of the notorious Drakken Warlord, her genes could very well start a new dynasty of terror. And the Coalition can’t have that.

She alone holds the key to finding a legendary treasure. Having seen enough bloodshed, shy, petite Wren vows to destroy it before anyone, Drakken, Coalition or Earth, can get their hands on it – but she’ll need help.

The Drakken’s ruthless evil turned Aral toward the Coalition years ago. War is all he knows, until he finds passion and love in the most unlikely of women – the Warlord’s Daughter. But will trusting each other with their secrets risk not only their hearts, but their lives?

Excerpt:
www.susangrant.com/books/warlord.htm#excerpt

ABOUT SUSAN GRANT
RITA award winner and NY Times best-selling author Susan Grant loves writing about what she knows: flying, adventure, and the often unpredictable interaction between men and women! When she’s not writing science fiction-romances, Susan pilots 747 jumbo jets to China, Australia, Europe, and many other exotic overseas destinations where she finds plenty of material for her novels.

REVIEWS

“It was SO good. It was wonderful to watch Wren’s growth from an uncertain scared young lady into a determined heroine strong enough to be a battlelord hero’s woman.”
– Kathy’s Review Corner

“Grant’s forte is her superbly-drawn and well-developed characters. Her heroes are just the most gorgeously-drawn and sensitive men.”
–JaceScribbles

Website:
www.susangrant.com
www.the-borderlands.com