The HEA Cafe

I’ve already screamed my news to the rafters over on RWAOnline, and now I’m doing it here!  I’ve been asked to participate in a ghoulishly themed anthology entitled “WEDDINGS FROM HELL” (Avon Books, May 2008).

Fellow authors Maggie Shayne, Kathryn Smith, Jeaniene Frost and I will put together four fiendish tales of paranormal pandemonium centered around (you guessed it!) big, fat supernatural weddings.

In keeping with that theme, my June 2007 contest is called “Wedding Stories From Hell“!  I know a few of you have some!

Leave a comment here, or visit my website at http://www.tgarey.com and leave me a message there, and tell me a story about the worst wedding you’ve ever attended; the ugliest bridesmaid dress you’ve ever seen (or had to wear), the most embarrassing wedding toast you’ve ever heard, the biggest Bridezilla you’v ever had to put up with, the drunken groomsman who groped you at the reception - whatever wedding horror you’ve had to endure! Did your future mother-in-law get drunk at the rehearsal dinner and tell you all about wonderful your fiance’s ex-girlfriend was?  Did your second cousin once removed grab the microphone at the reception in hopes of launching a singing career?  I wanna hear all about it!  LOL

The winner will win a signed Advance Reader Copy of Dead Girls Are Easy (in bookstores August 28th), and I’ll feature the top three stories on my blog and my website.

Good luck, and I can’t wait to hear about your wedding stories from hell! 

Terri Garey 

Good Evening…

Tomorrow begins the HEA Cafe’s shameless self-promotion week for our published authors who have June releases.  Stop by and comment on those authors who have a June release.  We’d love to hear what you think of our books.  If you’ve read a book by a particular author that’s posting, let us know what you thought about it.  Or if there is a book you can’t wait to read that an author is showcasing, let us know that too!!

 *Blog Diva

Hi,

My life seems to get more complicated with each day. So I forgot to let the world of HEA know that my latest Love Inspired Suspense DANGEROUS GAME was released on May 8th, last Tuesday.

I particularly love this book because I love the hero and heroine. They are an unlikely pair to fall in love. Grey Lawson has just gotten out of prison after seven years and Trish Franklin is the first female deputy sheriff in the hometown he returns to. It also doesn’t help that Grey killed Trish’s father’s twin brother and that someone is recreating over and over the tragic drunk-driving accident that sent Grey to prison.

Readers must like this intriguing unlikely romance since it sold out in 2 days on the eharlequin.com site. Don’t worry– they sold out but it’s still available at your local Walmart or online.

 Sorry to be so tardy!

Lyn

My latest release hit the shelves last week and I realized I’d forgotten to tell you all about it.

Pleasures of the Night
HarperCollins Avon
ISBN-10: 0061230987
ISBN-13: 978-0061230981

In the Twilight between sleep and consciousness, a battle rages between Dream Guardians and Nightmares. Captain Aidan Cross is a legend, as skilled in fulfilling erotic dreams as he is with the glaive that kills his enemies. Women see Aidan as part of their fantasies . . . except Lyssa Bates. Exquisite, desirable, enigmatic Lyssa perplexes this immortal seducer because she sees him as he really is. And as he attempts to unravel her secrets the unthinkable occurs: Aidan Cross falls in love.

Lyssa has been having the most incredible dreams about a man whose blue eyes hold the promise of decadent pleasures and tempting intimacies. And then he appears on her doorstep! This intoxicating stranger is just as irresistible as the man of her dreams . . . but with her surrender there is also grave danger . . .

Because Aidan is on a mission, and the passion that consumes them body and soul could have dire consequences. Loving the mortal woman prophesied to destroy Aidan’s world is not only impossible . . it is forbidden.

Excerpts

Flash Excerpt:
www.guardiannovels.com/novels/pleasures/aidan-ii/

Non-Flash Excerpt:
www.guardiannovels.com/novels/pleasures/aidan-ii/2/

REVIEWS

“In this fascinating story, wonderful immortals from an alternate dimension are sent to protect dreamers in the mortal world. The hero and his friends are easy to like, and the heroine is strong and intelligent. The secondary characters are a good addition, and there’s lots of sex, but also an intricate and imaginative plot, with plenty of action and even a nice touch of humor. ”
– Susan Mobley, Romantic Times BOOKreviews

“This is a brilliant book. Passionate and full of lush romance, Ms. Day has created a wonderful new world!”
–TJ, The Romance Studio

“…one of the best stories I’ve read in a Romance category thus far this year (2007). Sylvia Day obviously knows what readers love!”
– Detra Fitch, Huntress Reviews

“…a brilliant new world… Passionate, exciting and spellbinding; PLEASURES OF THE NIGHT is sure to please fans across the board.”
- Lettetia, Fantasy Romance Writers

“PLEASURES OF THE NIGHT sizzles as a romance, enthralls as a paranormal, and captivates with a fantastic cast of characters. I didn’t want the ‘night’ to end!”
- Susan Grant, New York Times bestselling author

“So hot the pages should be on fire!”
- Gena Showalter, New York Times bestselling author

“I was enthralled with this book. It was erotic, sensuous and had an amazing plot.”
- Marcy Arbitman, Just Erotic Romance Reviews

“PLEASURES OF THE NIGHT can only be called an absolute divine read. Filled with humor, action, danger, love and passion that surpassed even my highest hopes…”
– Lyonene, Joyfully Reviewed

“PLEASURES OF THE NIGHT is a must read. An absolute must!”
– Natasha, Romance Junkies

Website: www.dreamguardians.com

Narian Summer

by Tianna Xander & Bonnie Rose Leigh

copyright 2007, Cobblestone Press

Genre: Sci-fi / Vampire / Menage

Avaliable April 13th, 2007

Blurb:

The summer heat on Naria used to be a welcome time–a time of fertility and bounty.  A time where the Narians celebrated life and everyday worries could be easily tossed aside for momentary pleasure.  After three millennia of cultural and scientific stagnation coupled with a blatant disregard for their home planet, the summer heat is now deadly.

As Naria’s citizens prepare to leave their world in search of a new home, three Vampyre find that love can happen in only one day’s time.  Lania Cadmus meets her mates, Nicolaos Konstantinos and Herodes Kreios, aboard their ship, The Poseidon, and quickly realizes they are determined to make her their mate.

With only one day to get to know each other before the fleet departs, the men must not only get past Lania’s fear of intimacy, but prove to her that love is all they’ll need to take with them on their journey to a new world.