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Spotlight - Four for Christmas

Dreaming of a White Christmas led her straight into their arms…

In this holiday spin off of the bestselling novella Three For Me? Saving a man in a snowstorm leads Georgia Bale to an isolated cabin, where three men have an important promise to keep. A promise Georgia soon becomes caught up in herself.

She just wanted to survive Christmas, and her bad holiday karma. She had no idea that accepting a friend’s invitation to Colorado would lead her to her perfect man. Times three.

What does an eccentric writer do when a compassionate doctor, a dominant police officer, and a handsome adrenaline junkie only have eyes for her?

Use her imagination.

But when the storm clears, she’ll have to decide which path to take. The way back home, or the road less traveled.

Warning: A bit of heart tugging, excessive use of imagination, role playing (the dirty kind), foursomes, holiday magic, a guardian angel or two… and the kinky use of holiday themed beverages.

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Spotlight - Vampire Wardens

HOT VAMPIRE KISS
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Book one, Evan’s story

The werewolf population is entrenched in a century long civil war, and now they are plagued by a virus that is turning wolves into killers. The Brooks brothers pursue one such rogue werewolf to Temple, Texas. It is in Temple that Evan encounters a beautiful nurse named Marissa who instantly melts the hundred years of ice running through his veins. When she is brutally attacked by the wolf, he breaks the rules of the Vampire Council and uses his blood to save her. Now, if he doesn’t kill the wolf by the next full moon, Marissa will become a killer wolf, and he will be sentenced to death.


HOT VAMPIRE SEDUCTION
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Book two, Aiden’s story

The underground vampire population of Austin, Texas has taken to hosting orgies with human women who’ve been forced to indulge in a new aphrodisiac.The drug, Blood Red, is a mixture of a rare type of werewolf blood and that of a vampire. Blood Red creates an insatiable desire for sex in the user to the point of pain in the absence of pleasure. Sometimes that pain leads to death.

Vampire Warden, Aiden Brooks, has spent more than a hundred years enforcing the laws of his race, and life has taught him that anyone that he allows into his world ends up dead. Despite knowing this all too well, having painfully loved and lost in his past, when his search for the creator of Blood Red places coroner Kelly Riggs directly in both his path, and that of a dangerous clan of vampires, his desire for her goes well beyond offering her protection. He’s drawn to her bravery, seduced by her feisty spirit and beauty, but he is determined to resist her, fearing he will put her in harms way. But Kelly is already on the radar of the enemy, and when she gets too close to the evil vampire clan’s secrets, she is given Blood Red. Now Aiden’s hunger for her might be the only thing that can keep her alive but who will save her from him?



HOT VAMPIRE TOUCH 
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Book three, Troy’s story


In blood they will find destiny and the eternal bond of passion…

A Vampire Warden betrayed by a werewolf he loved, turned into something not Vampire or Wolf. The woman – the wolf – who will heal him…if he doesn’t destroy them both first.

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Spotlight - Echoes of Magic

Hiding a secret so awful that his only hope for survival is to remain hidden, Grayson has lived most of his life pretending to be someone he isn’t. After years serving as a commander to his lord and friend, Grayson can no longer hold back the past. He leaves in search of answers only to find evil awaits him. Until he discovers an achingly beautiful woman who stirs his deepest passions and all-consuming need.

Adrianna knows what her future holds for her as a witch – loneliness and heartache. She has accepted that. Until she discovers Grayson near death in the forest. Saving him is her only choice, and even as she falls deeper into the attraction surrounding them, can her magic be enough to stop Fate or the evil that awaits them.

Find out more here 

Read an excerpt 

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Interview - Rosalie Lario

Please describe your novel twitter style 140 characters or less. A half demon falls for a succubus, but in order to find salvation, they must bring down the madman hellbent on destroying everyone they love.

What is the one thing you wish you knew before you tried to get published? That getting published is only the beginning of the battle. Once you‘re published you have to worry about pesky little things like getting reviews, attracting readers, and pleasing your publisher. It’s all worth it, though!

What to you is the best part of being a writer and what is the part you wouldnt mind giving up? I absolutely love the process of sitting down to write the story in my head. I don’t love so much when I’ve have to edit it multiple times and yet it’s still not done. But that’s all part of the process, and the ultimate goal is to get an amazing story out to the readers.

What city would you love to set a story in but the right one hasnt come along yet? New Orleans! I’ve visited the city on three separate occasions, and I’m obsessed with it. The main characters in Blood of the Demon, #1 in my Demons of Infernum series, stop over briefly in New Orleans, but I’d love the chance to feature the city more thoroughly in a future story.

Vampires, Shifters, Zombies, Angels - who wins the final ultimate battle? Wow, that’s a great question! I’d have to discount zombies right away since they lack the intellect to strategize effectively. I think it’d be pretty close between the other three, but angels have the distinct advantage in that they can fly. :)

If you could witness any historical event past, present or future what would it be and why? I guess I should say something deep here, but I’ve always been fascinated with the history behind Storyville, the red-light district that existed in New Orleans in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Although I guess as a woman there would only be one legitimate reason for me being there. Huh. I’m thinking a disguise would be a must.

Anything else you would like to share today? If you like stories featuring hunky, superhuman heroes and kickass heroines, then check out the Demons of Infernum. :)

Rosalie Lario practiced real estate law for several years before finally admitting to
herself that negotiating contracts wasn’t nearly as fun as dreaming up stories. As an
avid reader of romances and supernatural stories, she knew she wanted to write
paranormal romance.

When not writing, she enjoys spending time with her husband and son in their home
state of Florida, as well as searching out things that go bump in the night. She still
hasn’t found any proof of the supernatural, but she’s keeping her fingers crossed.


http://rosalielario.com/

BLOOD OF THE DEMON, Book One, Demons of Infernum Series
Available August 2011 from Entangled Publishing

Keegan lives to exact revenge on the evil demon who sired and abused him. When his father devises a plan to bring upon the apocalypse, he and his three half-brothers, inter-dimensional bounty-hunters for the Elden Council, are charged with capturing and delivering their father for punishment.

Art gallery owner Brynn Meyers has no idea that her abilities to read memories embedded in objects and drain people of their life force means she has demon ancestry. Unfortunately for Brynn, she’s also the key to raising an ancient zombie army, which puts her on every demon’s Most Wanted List.

And no one wants her more than Mammon.

Keegan must protect Brynn from his father by any means necessary, but he’ll have to learn to harness the other half of his genetics—the  far deadlier, uncontrollable side—when he starts to fall for the one woman standing between him and the vengeance he so desperately seeks. The one woman he’ll never be able to resist.

  MARK OF THE SYLPH, Book Two, Demons of Infernum Series
Available September 2011 from Entangled Publishing

Half-demon Taeg is desperate to free his pregnant sister-in-law, who is spellbound to an indestructible book that will create an army of the undead. He is convinced that an ancient sword can destroy the book and the spell forever, but this relic has been hidden for a millennia by a powerful glamour. The clock begins to run out on his search when an old rival goes after the book and Taeg’s family in his quest for revenge.

Librarian Maya Flores has a secret: she’s immune to magic and is well aware of the supernatural beings prowling the streets of New York City. Haunted by a brutal demon attack that took her family, she is on a one-woman mission to destroy the evil demons who did it—and any others who get in her way.

Maya is Taeg’s best hope for uncovering the sword. Unfortunately, she wants nothing more than to kill him. As he fights for her trust and to save his family, she is forced to face the truth that not all demons are evil. And the worst part? She might be falling in love with one, too.

 TOUCH OF THE ANGEL, Book Three, Demons of Infernum Series
Available December 2011 from Entangled Publishing

After months of no work, interdimensional bounty hunter Ronin Meyers jumps at the chance to locate an incubus who’s using succubi as murder weapons. Faced with the possibility of being forced to return to hellish Infernum if he fails, Ronin and his brothers will stop at nothing to take out the incubus and anyone else involved—even the beautiful succubus who stole his heart, then nearly his life, during the most mind-blowing hour of his existence.

Night after night, Amara and her fellow succubi are forced to extract special abilities from the strongest Otherworlders for their psychotic master’s growing collection. When the gorgeous angel-demon hybrid she believed to be dead captures her, Amara is both stunned and elated. But the happily ever after she’s dreamed of will have to wait. Together, they must bring down the madman hellbent on destroying them…and become each other’s salvation in the process.

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Review - Matched

Matched by Ally Condie

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This is not the type of book I would normally read.  And so I put it off for a while.  But now I wish I had read it earlier.  It was a great start to a new series.  Its well written with interesting characters. 



Its a world that could very easily be ours in some future years.  You can imagine our world becoming like this.  Where everything is regulated and matched up for perfect placement and health.  Most people go along with the society, and believe them when they say its all for the best.  But at the same time you have people who remember what life was like before, when there were more freedoms and individual choices.



It ended up being such a good book that its one of my top reads for the year.  Sometimes it does pay to read outside the norm.



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Review - Airel

All Airel ever wanted was to be normal, to disappear into the crowd. But bloodlines can produce surprises, like an incredible ability to heal. Then there's Michael Alexander, the new guy in school, who is impossibly gorgeous;and captivated by her. Somewhere in the back of her mind, she can hear the sound of pages turning, and another, older story being written.

It is the story of an ancient family, of great warriors, of the Sword of Light, and the struggle against an evil so terrible, so far-reaching, that it threatens everything. Airel knew change would be an inevitable part of life. But can she hold on when murder and darkness begin to close in and take away everything she loves? Will she have what it takes when the truth is finally revealed?




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My review:


This was a great start to a new series.  I was engaged from the beginning of the story and even in the flashbacks to learn about the family history I didnt get lost or confused or bored.  The story is well written with good characters and a complex but ease to follow and understand history.  


You have two stories within the book.  That of Airel and Michael in present day and that of Kreios an ancient warrior back thousands of years in the past.  Learning about these characters and how the two story lines come together is an engrossing read that I didnt want to put down.


While the book is technically classified as YA, it can easily be read and enjoyed by readers of all ages and I am looking forward to the sequel Michael to come out to find out what happens next.

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Paperback Dolls Giveaway

For every new follower Paperback Doll’s acquires during this 17 day contest, Day has teamed up with her local Half Price Books and Dollar Tree Store and will donate 1 children’s book or toy to Operation Christmas Child or Toys for Tots charity. 

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