Chat & Giveaway with para-romance author, Michele Hauf
Today we are joined by prolific paranormal romance author, Michele Hauf. Check out her guest blog below and when your done reading, feel free to post any questions in the comments section as Michele will be stopping by to chat with our readers.
My first paranormal romance for HQN is out next Tuesday, March 30th, HER VAMPIRE HUSBAND. This isn’t my first paranormal romance. Let’s see, it’s number…12 or 13. But what is exciting is it is not a category romance (Silhouette Nocturne) but will instead be shelved in the regular romance section in bookstores. This was a fun surprise for me.
Last summer I handed the completed story in to my editor, and was told it had been scheduled for release in November (’09) in the Nocturne line. Want to know how a really exciting phone conversation with an editor can go? Something like this: “Michele, just wanted to let you know your story isn’t going to come out in November, but instead the following April.” Big sigh from me. “Why? What’d I do?” Thinking I must have done something wrong to get pushed back on the schedule. “Well, it’s been moved to the HQN line. Congrats!”
It was a very cool thing to learn my story was getting moved to a single title line, which would mean better shelf placement, more attention from marketing, and (fingers crossed) more notice from readers.
The other cool thing? Editorial needed me to add 20,000 words to the story. If there was ever a story I wanted to jump back into, it was HER VAMPIRE HUSBAND. When I had handed it in, I was sad to say goodbye to Blu and Creed, and hadn’t felt I’d spent enough time with them. Well, I got to dig out the story and say hello to some old friends again.
I still love those two, and I’m hoping you’ll love them as much as I do.
Now, since this book was originally a Nocturne, it was actually planned to be book #3 in the Wicked Games trilogy. It still is, though now I consider it an addition to my entire Beautiful Creatures ‘world’ (all the paranormal stories I write are in the same world).
So to whet your appetite for that world, I’ll give away a copy of THE HIGHWAYMAN, which features a demon hunter and a sexy cat-shifting familiar, to one lucky commenter. Just tell me about one of your favorite paranormal romance series!
Blurb from HER VAMPIRE HUSBAND:
She may resist his bite, but she can’t resist his charms…Werewolf princess Blu Masterson won’t allow her seductive vampire husband to consummate their marriage with his bite, marking her forever. Alone in a secluded estate with her sworn enemy, Blu curses the marriage arranged to bring their rival nations together, especially since Creed Saint-Pierre calls out to her most feral desires.
When Blu uncovers her pack’s secret plot to destroy the vampire nation—and Creed—she is forced to confront her growing feelings for her sexy undead husband. Will she choose the only life she’s ever known or accept his vampire bite?
You heard her, just comment below with your favorite paranormal romance series and one lucky person will be chosen at random to win a book. Contest open to U.S. residents only. Winner will be chosen tomorrow, so get those comments in quick. Thanks so much for being here Michele! Want to keep up with Michele? Follower her on Twitter or friend her on Facebook.
- For a limited time get the audio version of Vampire’s Tango free at Audible.com. If you purchase HER VAMPIRE HUSBAND at Audible.com you receive Vampire’s Tango included free.
- All through 2010 download KISS ME DEADLY free at your favorite online retailer or at tryharlequin.com.
Watch for these releases from Michele in the coming months:
- “Vampire’s Tango” – March – Nocturne Bites
- Her Vampire Husband – April – HQN
- Rogue Angel: The Bone Conjurer – May – Gold Eagle (Alex Archer pseudonym)
- Angel Slayer – June – Nocturne
- “Halo Hunter” – June – Nocturne Bites
