By Suz DeMello (Guest Blogger)
In a word: because they’re hot!
Like great chocolate, vampires are smooth, seductive and dangerous. They're invariably wealthy because they prey upon whoever they please and can steal for a living if they choose. Anne Rice's Lestat is the classic example.
And many female fans enjoy the fantasy of losing control to a sexy, dominant male. On top of that, our culture worships the young and the beautiful.
Like great chocolate, vampires are smooth, seductive and dangerous. They're invariably wealthy because they prey upon whoever they please and can steal for a living if they choose. Anne Rice's Lestat is the classic example.
And many female fans enjoy the fantasy of losing control to a sexy, dominant male. On top of that, our culture worships the young and the beautiful.
In my writing, I emphasize not only the
vampires’ sensuality, but also their unnatural strength and speed.
In Blood is Thicker... my heroine works as a PI. In one scene,
she leaps with ease onto the roof of an apartment building.
In my Temptation in Tartan, the
hero is the laird of a clan full of vamps. When the heroine is
attacked, he tears off the head of his enemy and drinks the blood, an
event which startles the heroine, who has never even heard the word
“vampire.”
In Highland Vampire, the
descendant of vamps valiantly protects the heroine even though his
blood has been diluted by the passage of many years.
Oh, and yeah: he’s hot.
(previously Immortal
Hunters)
Genre: Paranormal action-adventure.
A century-old vampire, Rama is used to shadows and
loneliness.
She uses the name Hestia White and lives in a
coastal town working as a private investigator. If some bad guys
disappear on her shift, no one cares…until John van Helsing shows
up. Bearing the name of the vamps’ greatest foe, he interferes in
her case and in her life.
Friend,
lover or enemy?
Here’s a little excerpt from Blood
is Thicker...
...he
gave me his pussy-warming smile, then leaned forward and kissed me.
He thrust his tongue into my mouth, and when it scraped past my sharp
canines, I tasted his blood.
Yes.
I sucked greedily. Sweet. Rich. John was a vampire, and he’d
fed recently on young, healthy prey. I let myself drown in that
lushness for a moment. It suffused my every cell with rapture,
energizing me even though I went weak from pleasure. Then I returned
the favor, pushing my tongue into his mouth and searching for his
canines, deliberately pressing into their edges to give him a part of
myself, my blood. The tiny cuts would heal quickly, while the
mingling, the sharing would last forever.
An
otherworldly tingle started in my lips and tongue, spreading over my
flesh like magic rainbows dancing over my skin. All-encompassing
pleasure wrapped me in ecstasy. His kiss transported me into another
world, a private, magical universe of bliss. For a brief moment,
nothing and no one else existed. Desire flamed into violent life,
capturing me with unbreakable bonds. My clit quivered, and my pussy
clenched with need. I reached for John, grasping his jacket’s
lapels, uncaring when I gripped so tight that my greedy, needy
fingers tore the gray gabardine.
I
cannot begin to describe the communion that’s created when two
immortals connect. Kissing is like an orgasm not only of the body,
but of the mind and soul as well. (Yes, we have souls, unnatural
though they may be).
I
tugged him closer, frantic to feel his chest against mine, desperate
for his cock to enter me. It had been so long... Besides, up close
and personal, John’s sheer masculinity overwhelmed me. I’d
forgotten how seductive lust could be. I could become addicted to
his kiss, the hard planes of his body beneath my questing fingertips,
his raw animal blood-scent.
I
wanted to kiss John forever, and make love with him throughout
eternity, but I was wary of becoming ensnared. We immortals are a
suspicious lot. We don’t love very often. We fear our fellows,
and with good reason.
John
could kill me. The tiny sips we’d shared were tasty, but my
heart’s blood would make him immensely powerful.
Buy it here:
http://www.ellorascave.com/blood-is-thicker.html
She also takes private
clients.
Her
books have been favorably reviewed in Publishers
Weekly, Kirkus
and
Booklist,
won a contest or two, attained the finals of the RITA and hit several
bestseller lists.
A
former trial attorney, her passion is world travel. She’s left the
US over a dozen times, including lengthy stints working overseas.
She’s now writing a vampire tale and planning her next trip.
Find
her books at http://www.suzdemello.com
For editing services,
email her at suzswift [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Her
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2 comments:
Hi, Suz,
Welcome back to Beyond Romance! Glad to see you're still pumping out bloody good fiction...! ;^)
Thanks, Lisabet! I appreciate you hosting me.
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