Morbid Romantic

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About Roxanne Rhoads

Story strumpet, tome loving tart, eccentric night owl…these are all words that can describe freelance writer and erotic romance author Roxanne Rhoads.

When not fulfilling one the many roles being a wife and mother of three require, Roxanne’s world revolves around words…reading them, writing them, editing them, and talking about them. In addition to writing her own stories she loves to read and review what others write. She operates a book review site, Fang-tastic Books, dedicated to her favorite type of book- anything paranormal. Her favorite genres are paranormal romance and urban fantasy but she’ll read just about anything featuring vampires, ghosts, witches and whatnot.

Roxanne writes everything from articles to web content as a freelance writer and poet. Her erotic and romance stories and poems have appeared in Playgirl Magazine, several print anthologies, in ebooks and on numerous Web sites including: JustusRoux.com, OystersandChocolate.com, TheEroticWoman.com, FortheGirls.com, AssociatedContent.com/roxanne, BareBackMag.com, LucreziaMagazine.com, and RuthiesClub.com

She has several ebooks available through Eternal Press: Tasty Christmas Treats, Eternal Desire, the soon to be published Insatiable and 2 of her short paranormal erotic stories appear in the anthology Sexy Paranormal Bedtime Stories. All of these can be purchased in print at Amazon.com.

Her story “The First Brick” appears in Lasting Lust: An Anthology of Kinky Couples in Love available at RavenousRomance.com

A double shot of her paranormal erotica- Torrid Teasers Volume 59 is available through Whiskey Creek Press Torrid.

When not reading or writing Roxanne loves to hang out with her family, craft, garden and search for unique vintage finds.

You can visit her at www.roxannesrealm.blogspot.com and www.fang-tasticbooks.blogspot.com.

About Eternal Desire

Liz Beth, a paranormal researcher, is haunted by the seductive vampire, Quillon, who may or may not be real. She arrives in New Orleans the week of Halloween to search for the elusive vampire of her dreams and instead encounters a handsome stranger, Christien, with whom she begins a passionate affair with.

Soon she is torn between her dream lover and a flesh and blood man, both of whom are a mystery to her. The closer it gets to Halloween the wilder things become. LizBeth gets closer to the truth about Quillon while Christien has her under his own spell.

Will all be revealed at the Vampyre Ball or will the masks stay in place?

In New Orleans at Halloween anything is possible.

To read a blurb, go here.

View the trailer:

The novella is scheduled to be released October 7, 2009 through EternalPress.ca.
E-books can be purchased at EternalPress.ca, Fictionwise.com and BarnesandNoble.com
Print copies can be purchased at Amazon.com

Guest Blog by Roxanne Rhoads

Dark Beauties
By Roxanne

I guess I’ve always been attracted to the dark side, even when I was really young my favorite things were witchy, spooky and creepy. I can remember rushing home every day after to school to watch Scooby Doo my all time favorite cartoon. I laugh at my husband because he said he couldn’t watch Scooby when he was little because it scared him. He still isn’t a big fan of scary movies either. Though he can handle going to all the crazy Halloween haunted houses when I can’t. Weird.

Anyway, I digress.

When I was a child my bookshelves were lined with all kinds of creepy, spooky and scary ghost stories and kids books about Halloween and anything just a little supernatural. By the time I was 10 I was already reading Steven King and Dean Koontz.

I loved watching Tales from the Darkside, Twilight Zone, and of course- reruns of The Munsters and The Addams Family. Morticia Addams and Lily Munster were idols of mine, dark, scary, beautiful. Especially the original Morticia (not so much Angelica Houston).

Then later came Elvira- now there was a frightening figure of femininity that men everywhere lusted after.

The “Otherness” portrayed by these women was always intensely sexual. Lily was a nurturing mother but like mother nature her sexuality was apparent. Morticia was always appeared so slinky and darkly beautiful, and the refreshing flirtation between her and Gomez is something to hope for in a relationship isn’t it? And Elvira, well, she was just sex incarnate wasn’t she?

Did you know that Lily and Herman Munster were the first television couple to actually appear in bed together and Morticia and Gomez were always sexy and flirtatious while all the other couples on television sit coms during that time period (1960s) had no apparent sex lives and were never seen in bed together. With television showing such bland lifestyles how could you not want dark sexiness in your world?

For a little girl who dreamed of wild times and fantastic places emulating the dark beauties promised a much more interesting life.

And now look at the popularity of paranormal erotica and paranormal erotic romance today. These books are flying off the shelves. A lot of people are catching on to the allure of the dark side of sex and I couldn’t be more thrilled.

For those fans of vampires and other supernatural sexiness I hope you’ll like my new novella, Eternal Desire.

Here’s a quick blurb:

Liz Beth, a paranormal researcher, is haunted by the seductive vampire, Quillon, who may or may not be real. She arrives in New Orleans the week of Halloween to search for the elusive vampire of her dreams and instead encounters a handsome stranger, Christien, with whom she begins a passionate affair with.

Soon she is torn between her dream lover and a flesh and blood man, both of whom are a mystery to her. The closer it gets to Halloween the wilder things become. LizBeth gets closer to the truth about Quillon while Christien has her under his own spell.

Will all be revealed at the Vampyre Ball or will the masks stay in place?

In New Orleans at Halloween anything is possible.

E-books can be purchased at EternalPress.ca, Fictionwise.com and BarnesandNoble.com.

Print copies can be purchased at Amazon.com

Would you like to win a free pdf of Eternal Desire?

Then tell me: What character, from books, movies, or television is the most darkly sexual? What supernatural character would you gladly cross over to the darkside for?

I have loved a lot of vampires, but on television I really loved Henry from Blood Ties. He portrayed such a strong character that didn’t apologize for who or what he was. Now I am loving Mitchell from Being Human. Dark and brooding and I love the hint of the Irish accent that is apparent from time to time.

Make sure to leave your contact info so I can send you the book if you win. Thanks.

We have winners for the contest to win one of two copies of The Greatest Knight by Elizabeth Chadwick…

Out of 23 entries, the winning numbers are:
11, 18

Winners:
Jenny N
Anita Yancey

I am going to email all of you now and request your addresses. Remember, no PO Boxes and no one from any country but the US and Canada. If you do not get my email and you are a winner, leave me a comment here or send me an email at morbidromantic[@]gmail.com. Please send me your address in 3 days or else I will have to choose a new winner in your place. I would like to thank the SourcebooksHachette Book Group for the opportunity to give out this amazing book.

Have you ever wanted your own business cards to customize and give out, little expressions of you? They are so professional, aren’t they? And sometimes, you can make them so adorable, so very ‘you.’ I absolutely love having my own, which I use for advertising. Whenever I send out a prize or a gift to someone, I slip in a little business card or post card with my website information. That way, they cannot forget me and may just become a return visitor.¹

Thanks to Uprinting, I am giving away a set of 250 FREE business cards to one lucky winner.²

The prize in detail:
250 business cards for One Lucky Winner (Free UPS Ground Shipping in USA)
Sizes: 2 x 3.5”, 2 x 3”, 2 x 2” (square card) or 1.5 x 3.5” (skinny card)
Paper: 14 pt gloss cardstock, 14 pt matte cardstock or 13 pt recycled uncoated cardstock
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How can you win?

All you have to do is answer the question: how will you use the 250 free business cards if you win?

Extra entries (leave a separate comment for each of your entries):
- Blog about the contest with a link to Uprinting and leave a comment here with the link.
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Contest ends October 21st. Enter soon! If you win, your email address will be passed on to Uprinting, who will email you a coupon code to use when ordering.

1. As compensation for running this giveaway, I will be receiving 250 free business cards, as well. [↩]
2. Free UPS Ground Shipping in the USA. Canadian Residents must Pay Shipping and Taxes. Residents of other countries are not eligible. [↩]

About Robert Brooker & Kathleen O’Dougherty

Bob Brooker and Kaye O’Dougherty have been adventuring together for a lot of years now. They first met at a recording studio on 42nd Street. Yes, that 42nd Street. They recorded a commercial for E.J. Korvette’s, who went out of business soon thereafter.

Bob is an old saloon singer who, as Bobby Brookes, recorded for Victor and Capital back in the day. Kaye has trouble carrying a tune in a bucket. Nevertheless, over the years, as Brooker and O’Dougherty, the two have collaborated on a variety of theater projects, performing, writing, directing, managing, and producing. In keeping with the changing times, they have even created a cyber alter-ego named eBobb.

Recently, Bob and Kaye both took long-overdue turns at being rather mature college kids. Kaye now holds a Bachelors Degree in the Humanities from St. Peter’s College in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Bob was graduated magna cum laude from Montclair State University with a BA in Theater, and is a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.

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About Football is for Lovers

Can learning about football be sexy? According to Football is for Lovers, when it comes to your love life, football can be better than oysters.

The good news is that Football is for Lovers makes the basics so . . . well, so basic that learning the game is easy as eating an ice cream cone. And just as much fun.

With anecdotes, illustrations, and a lot of laughs, Football is for Lovers not only makes it easy to understand the game, but also shows you how to put an end to the TV clicker wars, improve your relationship, and spice up your love life.

It just takes looking at the game of football a little bit differently.

Then again, since Football is for Lovers contains references to football great Jerry Rice in a pink tutu, images of paintings by French artist Jean Dubuffet, an alert about the dangers of speaking Northeastern Mandarin, an explanation of the value of M & M’s in a relationship, and a Burma Shave sign, to say it looks at football “a little bit differently” may be something of an understatement.

But if your football-obsessed partner has been making you a ‘football widow’ from August NFL pre-season through the February Super-Bowl, thus convincing you that you hate football, this little book may be just the ‘different look’ you need to discover that, after all, Football really is for Lovers!

Guest Post by Robert Brooker & Kathleen O’Dougherty

When you hear that a shared cause can keep a relationship flourishing, more than likely what springs to mind is sharing Grand Things like stamping out global hunger, or achieving world peace.

Sharing football is likely not to have made it into your top ten.

But maybe football deserves a recount.

And no: we’re not just saying that because we wrote Football is for Lovers.

Actually, it’s more why we wrote Football is for Lovers.

It occurred to us that many of you may not have made the connection between the condition of your relationship and the condition of the planet.

Which brings us back to what we see as the key to a truly electric relationship: sharing.

Sadly, we appear to be to the ill-manner born. From the time we’re mere babes, we’re pretty much gimme sort of guys. Ever see the frown on the face of a toddler when she’s told she has to share her Tommy the Talking Truck with her playmate?

Ah, but then we fall in love. And we realize – amazingly! – that we are actually seeing someone else as being at least as important to us as we are to ourselves!!!

Wow!!!

Better than that: it doesn’t just feel good. It feels positively EUPHORIC!!!

Egos melt. Suddenly, we want to give our dearly beloved the world!! Hey, he can have our Tommy the Talking Truck if he wants it.

Because now we see – no, make that now we feel – how wonderful sharing can be.

But we’re willing to bet that you still don’t see the connection between Tommy, football, and World Peace.

Well, there is one.

And since we’re also betting that you’re feeling just a bit skeptical along about now, we’re bringing in the Big Guns: Vladimir Solovyov. Hey, with a name like that, you just gotta take him seriously, yes?

Well, you should. He’s considered to be one of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century.

Vladimir said, “. . . sexual love is the highest flowering of individual life.” Oh, that Vladimir!

But more than that, he said that love is “the beginning of the embodiment of true ideal humanity.”

That is, Vladimir sees this human physical love of ours as the doorway to that true ideal humanity that really would feed the hungry and end all war.

Didn’t know you had it in you, did you?!

Okay. So love is a heck of a lot more heavyweight than you thought it was. But still: why football?

We say, why not? Isn’t it a grand way to ease yourself into the bigger stuff? It can rev up all that sharing energy you’ll need for those anti-war protests and collecting canned goods to send to Wall Street.

Don’t understand the game? If you’re a little shaky on the fundamentals, Football is for Lovers will teach you all you need to know. Quick and easy.

So let yourself go! Cheer! Hug! Roll around on the rug a little.

The world is counting on you!

What has Charter given to far? Laptops, hybrid vehicles, HDTVs, Xbox 360s… and now they are giving away a beautiful 2010 Camaro 2SS. From September 15th to noon on November 26th, you can enter to win.

Though by subscribing to Charter, you are always a winner because they are giving out a $100 gift card when you buy 3 Charter services, a $50 gift card when you buy 2 services, and a $25 gift card when you buy 1 Charter service. All gift cards are for major retailers and restaurants, so you are sure to find something you’d love for free by using your gift cards.

To enter the Charter 2010 Camaro 2SS contest, visit charter.com/camaro and register. Once you register, you can read all of the rules for submission. From there you are free to enter. Don’t miss out on this opportunity. You won’t regret the few moments you took out of your day to enter when you win a new car.

Don’t forget to follow Charter on Twitter! And, while you are at it, add Charter on Facebook. By following Charter on Twitter or Facebook, you will always know when the next great sweepstakes comes up.

Katie from Katie’s Book Blog is having a Halloween Contest Extraodinaire where you can win books and other spooky Halloween goods. In the giveaway prize pack is:

The Dangerous Days Of Daniel X by James Patterson
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
The Devil’s Kiss by Sarwat Chadda
Never Cry Werewolf by Heather Davis
Snap by Carol Snow
One light up ghost
One light up eyeball
One pair of fuzzy Halloween socks
One Halloween notebook and giant pumpkin pen
Some Halloween tattoos
Some Halloween pencils and erasers
Some Halloween pins
A You Are So Undead To Me T-shirt
Hush, Hush swag from Becca Fitzpatrick
Intertwined swag from Gena Showalter
Random candy

The contest ends on October 30th, so enter soon for your chance to win. You must be a follower of Katie’s Book Blog to enter and win.