Dawn - Adieu

Dawn Thompson, author of paranormal romances such as Blood Moon and Lord of the Deep, passed away yesterday. A woman who always greeted you with a smile, she will be sorely missed. I can only imagine the tales she had yet to tell. For me, Dawn played a major role in my tales making their way to publication. As a new, unpublished author, I once asked Dawn for some advice. I couldn't understand why my manuscripts kept getting rejected. After a few prodding questions from her and then some pointers and advice, I went home and rewrote an entire manuscript. That manuscript was Hunting Diana, my first paperback. Come to think about it, I actually wrote the first ten pages of No One But Madison using her advice. Then I read it and realized that those ten pages blew away what I'd written so far of Hunting Diana. Sadly, that was about 2/3 of it! And so I rewrote it. It would have been easy to pick at Dawn's brain after that. I had so many questions! But I realized that her career was taking off. And so...I would bide my time until we met at LIRW meetings or the luncheon. She would greet me with that smile. And with advice. And excitement over the success of her books.

Adieu, Dawn. Your readers will miss you.
Doreen

Continuation of My May Post on Triskelionauthors.blogspot.com

Leaning over the spanking bench, I discover my readers have stolen all my toys. Although a radiant glow of heat now covers both cheeks of my butt, the loss of my toys leaves me cold and unable to enjoy Drake's attention.

Madison leans over. "What's up? One minute you're into this and the next you're not."

"They took my toys."

Madison drops to her knees. "All of them?"

All I can do is nod. The thought of returning home and having nothing to play with is too much to bear. And Jack. How can I go on without Jack?

Drake smackes his whip against his leather-clad thigh. "No one takes our creator's toys and gets away with it."

"What can you do?" I ask, wiping away a tear. "There are so many of them. Echo, Phylis, Steph, and even Kerry! For all I know, all the Romancers are in on this."

Madison taps her fingernail against her teeth. "Why do you think they took her toys?"

Drake raises an eyebrow. "They want to be punished?"

Pushing up off of the spanking bench, I smile as an idea begins to form. "So they want to be punished, do they?"

I snap my fingers. My three vamps appear. Another snap and Tanner, my cowboy, appears. Resting my hands on my hips I take in the muscle bound studs lined up before me. "Lucian, find Phylis and bring her here. Tomas, you find Echo. Tanner, I'll let you bring Steph." I watch them leave then turn to Diego. The baddest of my vamps, he's also the hottest. "Diego, Kerry won't be easy to control. Out of all my men, I think you can handle her. Bring her to me. Now!"

After they are all gone, I turn to Drake and Madison. "Now, where were we?"

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March Madness Contest! Vampire Hunt - Lucian

My erotic paranormal romance, Hunting Diana, is the first in my Vampires of Mina's Cove series. I am designing a new page on my website just for these dark heroes. Help me out. I have four vampires and four months until Hunting Diana is released. Each month I'll put out an excerpt dealing with that month's vampire. That's where you come in. Post a picture you think should represent him on my page. It could be an unlicensed picture you found on the web or your very own hunk. Or maybe, your love when he was younger. Think he's Lucian? Then show him off!

Here it is! An excerpt that should give you an idea of what the picture for Lucian should look like. First ten to post a picture will receive Romantic Days Erotic Nights, a cookbook with recipes of romance authors (including my recipe for Succulent Shrimp).

At the end of the month, I will announce which picture will go up on a new page at my website called THE VAMPIRES OF MINA'S COVE as Lucian. The person who posted that picture will receive a box of Godiva chocolates. So, read the following excerpt then start hunting!

(The following is an unedited, unproofed excerpt from Hunting Diana and may differ from the final version. Copyright 2006 Doreen Orsini)

A sudden shift in the crowd around the bar and an elbow in her back propelled Diana forward. If a strong hand hadn't emerged and clamped around her left arm, she would have slammed into a barstool. Her gaze dropped to the long fingers wrapped around her arm. Oh, God, she knew that hand, had seen it at the lake erupting from the swirling mist that had always left her yearning for its touch.

Her phantom lover.

Phantom...or vampire?

Swallowing the scream that would have ripped through the din of voices if her lungs hadn't shut down, she forced herself to look away from her phantom's hand. Her gaze slid past the black hair sprinkling the taut muscles along his forearm, past the biceps bulging out from a short, white sleeve, past the raven-black hair that fell in soft waves to his shoulders. When she finally saw his face--the stubble coating his chiseled jaw, chin, and cheeks and surrounding full, soft lips parted in a crooked smile--whatever breath she'd managed to drag into her lungs whooshed out with a wheezing scream. She'd kissed those lips, felt them take possession of her mouth, glide along her jaw and down her neck. Oh God, every nerve in her body tingled from the memory even as her body started to tremble with fear.

Tearing her gaze from his mouth, she peered up into the same midnight-blue eyes that had taken her breath away in her dream last night. The pain she'd felt in that dream, the horrible burning in her veins returned with a vengeance. Diana drew in a sharp breath. Her legs buckled.

Darkness obliterated the face of her phantom lover.

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Mina's Prophecy

Thought I'd post a poem I wrote for my erotic paranormal Hunting Diana. It's called Mina's Prophecy and puts a certain twist on what I feel is the greatest love story every told. Well, except the end. That I felt I had to change...

When stars burst free from sunlight's glare,
The moon regains its throne in air
The creatures of the night then whisper,
Our future changed when Dracula kissed her

The beast who once would kill for fun,
Gave up his life so she could run
God's Angels touched by love so pure,
Bestowed a gift of life secured

Now all his children once beast, once wild,
In Mina's Cove live meek and mild
And blood still holds a strong attraction,
But only when combined with passion

It is foretold a woman scorned
Shall risk it with a trusting pawn
A rose so pure, a rose so white
Will blind him with its brilliant light

The angels warn from high above

This peace we've won was based on love

If two do not unite as one,
We all will lose what we have won

(Copyright 2006 Doreen Orsini)

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