Archive for October, 2007
Spooktacular: Christine Warren howls
Wednesday, October 31, 2007 14:00 20 CommentsChristine Warren shares some bounty with TGTBTU’s readers. Her new book, Howl at the Moon, comes out tomorrow.Â
 Here’s the book blurb:
Noah Baker never wanted to betray The Others. But if his military commanders want him to covertly investigate a Lupine scientist—whose extraordinary research on sensory perception in werewolves could be used to develop werewolf-sharp senses in [...]
Spooktacular: EXCLUSIVE Excerpt of The Beast Within by Lisa Renee Jones
Wednesday, October 31, 2007 13:20 17 CommentsThe wonderful Lisa Renee Jones shares an EXCLUSIVE (and unedited) excerpt with TGTBTU’s readers. Her new Silhouette Nocturne novel, The Beast Within, releases tomorrow, 1 Nov 07.
Here’s a link to some recommended pre-reading. It will help you understand what is going on in this excerpt.
CONTEST at the end of the post [...]
Spooktacular: Contest! I vant to bite your book – closed
Wednesday, October 31, 2007 13:00 59 CommentsAnd your neck! I’m hungry!
We’ve got a marvelous prize pack of the three ARCs of Lynsay Sands‘ new Argenau Vampire books:
The Accidental Vampire (Argeneau Vampires, Book 7)
Vampires are Forever (Argeneau Vampires, Book 8 )
Vampire, Interrupted (Argeneau Vampires, Book 9)
Plus some other little goodies that Gwen apparently has been trying to steal from Syb.
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Spooktacular: Deborah Cooke Wants to be a Princess in Drag(on)!
Wednesday, October 31, 2007 12:00 38 CommentsFor Halloween, I want to be a…
Doesn’t everyone? Think of the perks – the pointy hat with the veil on the end (haven’t you always wanted one of those?); the floaty dresses made of satin and velvet and brocade; staff to schlep the dry cleaning. A turreted castle with every luxury at your fingertip. Legions [...]
Spooktacular: The Beast Within by Lisa Renee Jones **NEW Release**
Wednesday, October 31, 2007 10:39 4 CommentsThe Beast Within is Lisa Renee Jones introduction into her new Silhouette Nocturne series, The Knights of White . It will be followed in March 2008 with Beast of Desire and Beast of Darkness in July 08.
Known only as ‘Jag’, he leads the Knights of White against the soulless Darkland Beasts who took his wife [...]
Spooktacular: E.C. Sheedy feeds your inner demon
Wednesday, October 31, 2007 10:00 3 CommentsThe Irish, and their Celtic ancestors, take most of the credit for our celebration of Halloween—but then the Irish do like their fun! And when so many Irish came to America to escape the 1840’s potato famine, they brought Hallowe’en with them.
Want a recipe for an Irish supper—often associated with Halloween on the Emerald Isle? [...]
Spooktacular: Jennifer Estep wants all your candy
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 21:12 22 CommentsWhat do I want to dress up as for Halloween this year?
Easy. Whatever gets me the most candy.
Spooktacular: Devon dates a zombie! / NOW with contest!
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 16:00 15 CommentsZombie of My Dreams? Not Likely.
by Devon
I’ve got monsters on the brain. Not surprising, given the season and all. Things that go bump in the night are everywhere, from my local Target to all the Halloween books and shows my kids have been overdosing on The Nightmare Before Christmas (back-to-back three times Saturday afternoon), to [...]
Spooktacular: A Cunning Contest
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 15:02 1 CommentOn Thursday November 1st, the day after Halloween, we will award three prizes to the posters in EC Sheedy’s Spooktacular Story. The prizes will be bunches o’ books and not ‘just’ books but paranormal fiction!
One Spooktacular bunch o’books will be Zebra titles
One Spooktacular bunch o’books will be Brava titles
One Spooktacular bunch o’books will be [...]
Spooktacular: Duck Soup Contest
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 14:00 18 CommentsShare some fun and yummy Spooktacular recipes and you could win a prize to be quacked (prize packs from a publisher – but we’re not sure which yet)!
And n-o-o-o-o, it has to be more than “Melt caramels. Dip apples. Eat.” You can share as many recipes as you want, but only one entry per person. [...]
Spootacular: Stephanie Rowe’s Halloween costume im(de)pressed
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 12:00 15 CommentsMy Most Notorious Halloween Costume (a.k.a. How Not to Win the Guy)
by Stephanie Rowe
It all started with a guy.
Doesn’t it always?
His name was Brad, and he was hot. Dark hair, dark eyes, buff body of an ice hockey player, incredibly smart, very funny, and very nice. And we’d been flirting. Oh, yes, I had caught [...]
Spooktacular: Kathryn Smith’s Ghost!
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 10:00 18 CommentsOkay, so these are true stories. Honest. I’m from a long line of Englishmen and Irishmen. I believe in ghosties and things that can’t be seen. Otherwise, life would be no fun.
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When I was very young we had a neighbor who had a serious drinking problem. One night my sister woke up and saw flames [...]
Review: Taken by the Night by Kathryn Smith
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 2:00 7 CommentsLawson’s Review of Taken by the Night by Kathryn Smith
Historical/Paranormal Romance by Avon released on October 30, 2007
This is the third in Smith’s Brotherhood of Blood series about a group of Victorian vampires. The first book in the series is Be Mine Tonight released June 27, 2006 and the second is Night of the Huntress [...]
Vamps, vamps everywhere
Monday, October 29, 2007 23:01 3 CommentsComing this January, February and March are three back-to-back new Argeneau novels by Lynsay Sands.
The Accidental Vampire (Argeneau Vampires, Book 7)
Released December 26, 2007
Ever since an acciendent turned her into a vamp, Elvi Black’s been sleeping in a coffin, staying out of the sun and giving up garlic. She knows there’s more to behind undead [...]
Spooktacular: Meljean Brook & George Romero think you’re not scared enough (and a contest)
Monday, October 29, 2007 16:00 9 CommentsIf you’re looking for a classic horror film for the Halloween mood, you don’t have to wait for one to play on SciFi channel, many public domain movies are available online, and you can either watch them at your computer, or download them to a mobile device. Read on for some recos from Meljean Brook…

