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Vote at the Critters Readers Poll!
Posted by Marie Lavender
Hi, readers! Great news…Blood Instincts and the Heiresses in Love Trilogy were both nominated for the 21st Annual Preditors and Editors Critters’ Readers Poll!
So, help me out and cast your vote for each book…
You’ll find Blood Instincts, book two of the Blood at First Sight Series, listed in the Romance Category on the site here.
And the Heiresses in Love Series boxed set is listed on the Anthologies page here.
http://critters.org/predpoll/antho.shtml
Reader votes wrap up on January 14th. There are SO many categories/genres in which you can cast your vote, including the Best EVER poll (of course I chose my favorite J.R. Ward novel)!
Happy voting, and wish me luck in the awards contest! 🙂
Happy New Year…and, of course, happy reading to all! ♥♥♥
Posted in Authors, awards, Books, Event, Fiction, Historical Romance, News, Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy, Readers, Romance, Romance Novels, Updates
Tags: author news, Authors, award, awards, Blood At First Sight Series, Blood Instincts, Book News, Books, books, boxed set, contest, event, Fiction, Heiresses in Love Series, Historical, Historical Romance, Marie Lavender, message to readers, news, P&E Critters Poll, P&E Readers' Poll, paranormal romance, Paranormal/Urban Fantasy, readers, Readers Choice, Romance, romance books, romance readers, trilogy, update, voting, Writing
A Radio Interview!
Posted by Marie Lavender
New radio spot! 🙂
Hi, readers! I have exciting news! ♥
You do not want to miss this radio interview, but if that is the case, it will be uploaded to the site afterward. Here is the link:
If you’d like to tune in live, you’ll find the details here on BlogTalkRadio, or you can find more updates on the Thorne & Cross blog, and their Facebook and Twitter pages. The show usually runs on Thursdays…
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Posted in Authors, Books, Event, Interview, News, Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy, Readers, Romance, Romance Novels, Writing
Tags: Blood At First Sight Series, Blood Instincts, guest author, Haunted Nights Live!, Marie Lavender, news, paranormal, paranormal romance, Paranormal/Urban Fantasy, radio, radio interview, romance readers, show, Thorne & Cross, Updates, urban fantasy, Writing
It’s Here!
Posted by Marie Lavender
Well, readers, I’ve been talking about this one for a while, and now it’s live! Blood Instincts, a futuristic paranormal romance/urban fantasy and book two of the Blood at First Sight Series, is available! Yay! Mega thanks to my publisher, Solstice Publishing, for making this happen so quickly!
Woo hoo! Book two is out! Let’s see what it’s all about! ♥
Blurb:
Enter the Other World at your own risk…
What if you found out that you weren’t exactly…human?
Myah Sullivan is suddenly living that nightmare. There are Others in the world, dangerous, supernatural creatures that make her mind spin and cause her to question the reality she’s always known.
Oliver King is her savior, a vampire who tries to show her the way. Through her journey she learns far more than she ever thought she would about herself, and about the past. Soon, she discovers that there is so much more to meeting Oliver than mere happenstance.
Can Myah accept her new reality, or will she retreat into that normal, safe world she once thought was her own?
Purchase Links:
Amazon Universal ebook link: https://bookgoodies.com/a/B07DFL8DRR
mybook.to/BI
Amazon Universal print link: mybook.to/BloodInstpaperback
Universal reader link: http://books2read.com/u/bppKAk
Publisher: http://solsticepublishing.com/blood-instincts/
Here are some sizzling teasers!
Add it to your Goodreads bookshelf! ♥♥♥
I hope you get a chance to check out this sequel to Second Nature! 😀
As always, happy reading, everyone! And have a wonderful weekend!
Posted in Authors, Books, Event, Fiction, new release, News, Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy, Readers, Romance, Romance Novels, Writing
Tags: author news, Blood At First Sight Series, Blood Instincts, Marie Lavender, new book, new book release, new release, paranormal, paranormal romance, Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy, Paranormal/Urban Fantasy, sequel, Solstice Publishing, Solstice Shadows
Great News!
Posted by Marie Lavender
So, I just wanted to pop in here and let you know that Blood Instincts, my futuristic paranormal romance/urban fantasy novel, and book two of the Blood at First Sight Series, was accepted by my publisher! Yay! ♥
I hope to receive the book cover and get a release date from them soon, at least after the publisher’s editors look over the book. In any case, we’re that much closer to seeing the book out in 2018!
Woo hoo! 🙂
I wish you all a wonderful Christmas and every beautiful thing you can imagine in the new year. You deserve it!
Posted in Authors, Books, Event, News, Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy, Readers, Romance, Updates, Writing
Tags: author news, Blood Instincts, coming soon, fairies, Marie Lavender, news, paranormal romance, Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy, Paranormal/Urban Fantasy, shifters, update, vampires rule, witchcraft
Radio Interview!
Posted by Marie Lavender
Check out a radio interview tonight at 8PM EST! 🙂
For our lovers of paranormal romance, you’ve gotta check this out…
Later today, I’ll be chatting with awesome author team and radio hosts of the Haunted Nights Live! show, Tamara Thorne and Alistair Cross. This radio show is quite popular, and the Thorne & Cross team has seen some very famous authors on there. Check out the list of past guests here.
Check us out at 8PM EST to get some sneak peeks of two books I have coming out later this year, a futuristic paranormal romance/urban fantasy, Blood Instincts, book two of the Blood at First Sight Series, and Awakening, a paranormal romantic thriller collection.
Plus, for those who have a fascination with the supernatural, we’ll be talking about that too. 😉
So stop by tonight! You can call in with questions or sit back and listen in. I’m not sure if the interview will…
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Posted in Authors, Books, Event, Fiction, Interview, News, Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy, Radio, Readers, Romance, Romance Novels, Writing
Tags: Authors, Blood At First Sight Series, Blood Instincts, Books, collection, coming soon, event, Fiction, futuristic, ghosts, Haunted Nights Live!, interview, metaphysical, mystery/thriller, novel, novellas, paranormal, paranormal romance, Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy, Paranormal/Urban Fantasy, radio, radio interview, readers, Romance, romantic thriller, shifters, supernatural, theme, thriller, Thriller/Suspense, vampires, vampires rule, witchcraft, witches, Writing
Great news for Second Nature!
Posted by Marie Lavender
Second Nature was nominated! 😉
I just received some awesome news! Second Nature, book one of the Blood at First Sight Series, was nominated to compete in the TRR Readers’ Choice Awards for Winter 2015. Yay! Thank you, TRR! 😀
Second Nature is now in the next round, where readers must vote for it!
In the Nomination Round, Second Nature has to garner at least 50 nominations within the time period in order to qualify for the next and final round. The nomination will start on September 11 and end on September 30. Please feel free to nominate the book here: http://www.theromancereviews.com/viewbooks.php?bookid=16286
OR you can vote here at http://www.theromancereviews.com/bookvote.php
You’ll find Second Nature listed in the Paranormal Romance category about three-fourths the way down the page.
Anyway, this is quite an honor! So, don’t forget to vote for Second Nature, as well as your other favorite books! 🙂
Posted in Authors, Books, Contemporary Romance, Event, Fantasy, Fiction, Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy, Romance, Romance Novels, Writing
Tags: award, Blood At First Sight Series, nomination, paranormal, paranormal romance, Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy, Paranormal/Urban Fantasy, Romance, romance books, romance novels, Second Nature, TRR Readers' Choice Awards, vampires, vampires rule
Thoughtful, 5 Star Review for Second Nature!
Posted by Marie Lavender
A new review for Second Nature!

As the author notes about the protagonist – a vampire, “All he’d ever hoped for, when you looked past the bitterness of fate, was acceptance. He had foolishly wanted to be accepted despite his supernatural flaws. And that just wasn’t possible.” That ironically is true for the very genre of romance in the sense that window of acceptance of deviations is rather slim…
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Posted in Authors, Books, Contemporary Romance, Event, Fantasy, Fiction, Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy, Readers, Reviews, Romance, Romance Novels, Writing
Tags: Blood At First Sight Series, book review, book reviews, Books, five stars, love, Marie Lavender, paranormal, paranormal romance, Paranormal/Urban Fantasy, readers, review, Reviews, Second Nature, vampires, vampires rule
Last Monday with…Marie Lavender!
Posted by Marie Lavender
An awesome author interview on KateMarie Collins’ blog!
Posted in Authors, Books, Contemporary Romance, Fantasy, Fiction, Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy, Readers, Romance, Writing
Tags: author interview, Blood At First Sight Series, book interview, interview, paranormal romance, Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy, Paranormal/Urban Fantasy, Second Nature, vampires, vampires rule, Writing, writing process
Radio Spot!
Posted by Marie Lavender
Hi, everyone! I just wanted to pop in and tell you about this interview going on today at Thorne & Cross: Haunted Nights LIVE! It will be live at 6PM PST/7PM MT/8PM Central/9PM EST, and we’ll be talking about my paranormal books. It should be quite the show! 🙂
For more information, you can also check out the Facebook event here, where I’m sure Tamara Thorne and Alistair Cross will be providing more updates as the day progresses! I met them both on my author journey, and I can’t wait to have a wonderful chat with them. I am so excited! I hope you can join in on the fun! 🙂
Posted in Authors, Books, Event, giveaway, Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy, Radio, Readers, Writing
Tags: author interview, authors helping authors, Blood At First Sight Series, Books, event, interview, Magick & Moonlight, Magick Series, paranormal, Paranormal/Urban Fantasy, radio, radio interview, readers, Second Nature, spotlight
Awesome 5 Star Review for SECOND NATURE!
Posted by Marie Lavender
I’d just like to thank the mysterious “B.B” for this wonderful review of Second Nature that I just found on Amazon! Thank you for reading book one of the Blood at First Sight Series! 🙂

Despite their obvious species difference, vampire and human, Alec and Desiree are drawn to each other. There’s just something about Desiree Edwards that drives Alec mad….in the good sort of way. Her blood calls to him, her scent drives him wild. Why does this human affect him…
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Posted in Authors, Books, Contemporary Romance, ebook, Fiction, Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy, Readers, Reviews, Romance, Romance Novels, Writing
Tags: Amazon, Blood At First Sight Series, book, book review, book reviews, Books, five stars, paranormal, paranormal romance, Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy, Paranormal/Urban Fantasy, review, Reviews, romance books, romance novels, Second Nature, vampires, vampires rule