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Masquerade and other paranormal romance books

Posted on 24th November 2011 by Felicity Heaton

It’s been quite a busy few weeks for me. As many of your know, I was away last weekend for a few days, enjoying the wilds of Scotland and some good paranormal romance books. I read three of them. I have to say, once I begin reading, I don’t want to stop. It’s dangerous. Reading equals no writing. I think there might be a few angry shouts in my direction if I got back into reading again, neglecting my writing. Those three books did help me complete my Goodreads reading challenge though, bringing me up to 24 this year. That’s a lot for me.

Because I was going away, I worked extra hard to keep my focus on the second draft of Masquerade, the tenth Vampires Realm book. I managed to complete it in time and get other necessary things done like the final blog posts for my Heart of Darkness Blog Tour. It’s a relief to have the second draft of Masquerade done. It’s now 90,000 words in total, so I added 6000 or so during this edit. There’s a chance I’ll either chop some of those out during the polish edit or end up adding more. We shall have to wait and see. I think I cleared up a few things that were bugging me during this edit though and I’m hoping that when my adorable crit partners have finished reading it that they come back making positive noises. I’m not worried as I still have the polish edit to go and can smooth out any rough edges then.

I’ve been trying to read about marketing plans and business plans and many other things involving the word plan but I seem to space out after reading a few paragraphs and get confused about it all. There doesn’t seem to be anything concrete about such things. I’ve boiled it all down to – set some random targets and attempt to achieve them. There’s no science involved. When people talk about business plans, I like to think somewhere there’s something that tells you exactly what you do. It does seem like setting made up targets and trying to make them happen to me. That frustrates me. I’m a very logical person, so I need logic in everything I do… scribbling some rubbish down and calling it a business plan turns my stomach. There has to be something more informative and concrete about them out there.

2012 is sneaking up on us though, and I think it’s time I tried to get into a better position business-wise and formulate plans and stick to them. I want to start moving into a position where I have more time between completing a book and releasing it. I need that time so I can send out ARCs for review, create advertising, formulate a marketing plan, make a book trailer, arrange a tour, write tour posts etc all prior to the book’s release. Everything is always hot on my heels otherwise and I feel as though I’m about to get snagged and feel it just flood past me and leave me behind. Generally, I want to feel less stressed and more relaxed. The more relaxed I am, the more I write.

I do feel ready for the challenge though, refreshed by my break and time away from work, spending hours with my nose stuck in books. Reading wasn’t the only thing I did in my short break. I started thinking about my Hades Boys series too and I think I’ve written around 40 pages of notes for it now that I need to type up and add to my word documents. I would really like to get started on that series in 2012.

All this talk about working, I guess I should get some done! I’ll come back tomorrow for my final Heart of Darkness Tour catch up post. Hope you enjoy today’s Daily Dozen later on too!

I’ve just finished reading through the first draft of Covet ahead of doing the second draft, and tomorrow I’ll read through the first draft of Crave. They’re both erotic vampire romance novellas and both part of my upcoming Vampire Erotic Theatre series that is due out next year. I’m not sure when the first book will come out though. You’ll have to wait and see!

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September paranormal romance book news

Posted on 12th October 2011 by Felicity Heaton

September continued to be a fantastic month considering it followed the awesomeness that was August. I decided to extend the offer on Her Dark Angel (Her Angel romance series #1) as I wanted to get it up on Barnes and Noble, the Apple iBookstore and other sites for only $0.99. A few of the blogs that had helped me out with promoting the special offer price of under a dollar helped me out again, and the novella remained in the top 1000 for the entire month on the US Amazon Kindle Store and in the top 300 on the UK Amazon Kindle Store.

At its peak, Her Dark Angel (Her Angel romance series #1) was at #643 on the US Amazon Kindle Store out of over 835000 books and reached the #10 in Kindle Store > Romance > Fantasy and #10 in Books > Romance > Fantasy!

On the UK Amazon Kindle Store, the book reached #145 and was #2 in Books > Fantasy > Paranormal and #2 in Books > Romance > Paranormal! Also, a few times in the month, all four books in the Her Angel romance series were in the top #1000 at the same time! How cool is that?

I know some authors complain about authors labelling a book a best seller when they break into a category on Amazon, but I think that being in the top #10 for a category means that Her Dark Angel is now a best selling book, since it was beating many top traditionally published authors. I get it when people call something a best seller that is listed as #73 in some random category, but you can’t begrudge me the pretty label when I’ve broken the top 10 and was #2 for some categories!

In September I was busy writing. I wrote the first draft of Masquerade (Vampires Realm romance series #10) and also the first drafts of Covet (Vampire Erotic Theatre romance series #1) and Crave (Vampire Erotic Theatre romance series #2) as well as completing Heart of Darkness. Heart of Darkness is a stand alone vampire romance novel that will be out on October 22nd, so there isn’t long to wait now!

It was great getting back to writing again. I had really missed it because I’ve been so busy with editing and other author work. I was really thrilled to get Masquerade sorted out too because it’s been such a thorn in my side. There’s still work to do on it to get it to the standard I like to produce and also get it feeling right to me, but that’s what the second draft is for. I’m working on that right now.

I’m not sure when I’ll be releasing Masquerade. I had wanted to get it out before the end of the year, but it might be January now as I want to allow enough time to do a good job on the book and don’t want to rush it. December is creeping up on me really fast too.

I’ve had some new reviews to share too… mostly for the Her Angel series, but also for Forbidden Blood (Vampire Venators romance series #1)!

“Forbidden Blood is a gripping, dark and sexy ride! From the first sentence to the last I felt so intertwined with the characters and the story that I had to read it in one sitting – unable to break away. The entire story took me through every emotion there is and I loved it… Felicity Heaton has created a story paranormal romance that will spellbind your heart and imagination with the power of betrayal, revenge, love and possible forgiveness. In fact, I find this story worthy of re-reading! Forbidden Blood is that good!”

— Talina, Night Owl Reviews – 4.75 Star TOP PICK! — click here for the full review

“I highly recommend reading this book in a seat that you can buckle yourself into while having an entire day on your hands. Once you pick up Her Guardian Angel you canâ€™t put it down. The anticipation of what will happen next will keep the pages turning as fast as you can read them. Heaton does an amazing job of telling a story that is filled with interwoven destinies, curses, deception and a history that some will fight all to see that it is never repeated again. This book is packed with awesomeness. Readers are giving an incredible love story, heaps of action and fighting and a suspenseful story that you are crazy if you donâ€™t run out buy it and read it.”

— Vanessa, The Jeep Diva – 5 Stars! — click here for the full review

I think that rounds off the awesomeness that was September! I’ll try to make my monthly catch up post earlier next time!

Posted in 2011 releases, angel romance, Covet, Crave, forbidden blood, Heart of Darkness, Her Angel Series, Her Dark Angel, Her Guardian Angel, Masquerade, paranormal romance, Vampires Realm | Comments Off

Vampire romance books

Posted on 7th October 2011 by Felicity Heaton

It’s been a busy few weeks for me and I’ve fallen off my usual blogging schedule. I’ve been super busy writing new stories, and proofing or editing other ones. All of them are vampire romance books!

At the moment, I’m working hard towards getting the four novellas in my Vampire Erotic Theatre series completed in first draft. I have book one (Covet) and book two (Crave) completed in first draft now, and I will work on writing Seduce and Enslave once I have done the second draft of the next Vampires Realm novel, Masquerade.

I have finally proofed Heart of Darkness, which is a stand alone vampire romance novel that will be out on October 22nd in Ebook format, and hopefully out in paperback shortly afterwards. Heart of Darkness now has a blurb too so you can finally learn more about the book!

Heart of Darkness
Felicity Heaton
A vampire prince on a four hundred year old mission to avenge his murdered sister…

Aleksandr Nemov wonâ€™t stop until the last of the vampire hunterâ€™s progeny is wiped from the Earth. Each kill has stolen a piece of his humanity, pushing him towards the black abyss all vampires hold within their hearts. Now he is teetering on the edge, close to devolving into a beast, and time is running out as he tracks the last hunter to Prague. There he finds a beautiful woman who could be his one chance for salvation, but is it already too late for him?

A vampire guard who will do whatever it takes to protect those she loves…

Elise is dedicated to her duty. Itâ€™s the only thing she has left. All that changes when she meets Aleksandr in Prague and her master grants him permission to stay at her bloodlineâ€™s mansion. She knows all about Aleksandr but none of it prepares her for how she feels when the legendary princeâ€™s hunt becomes one for her heart. Elise battles him with all of her strength but can she stop herself from falling for the handsome hunter? When he reveals the depth of the corruption in his soul, will she have the strength to face the pain in her past and do whatever it takes to save him?

This book will be released on October 22nd, so there’s not too long to wait for it now!

I’ve proofed Heart of Darkness and now I’m getting the formats ready for adding them to sites just before the release day and putting together the paperback cover and inside so I can get that created too.

Next on my list is Masquerade second draft, which is the tenth book in my popular Vampires Realm series. I’ve let the book sit for a while whilst I proofed Heart of Darkness and wrote Covet and Crave. Now I’m ready to get going on it. It’s all printed out on A4 paper at the moment, waiting for me to do my initial read through. Once that’s done and I’ve put all my comments and change ideas into my word document, I’ll get cracking on the second draft. It’ll probably take me a few weeks. This means that it won’t be released until early 2012. I know people are waiting for the next Vampires Realm book but it’s really important that what I give you is the best it can be and that means taking my time over it rather than rushing to get it out there. Sorry about that. It is coming though, promise. It will probably be out in January rather than December, so only a month’s delay. It’ll be worth the wait. I’m hoping to get another Vampires Realm story written soon so I can keep rolling with the series and eventually release two books a year for it. I have around another 10-15 ideas for Vampires Realm stories so there’s plenty to keep me going.

I’m going to be having a little more time between novel releases in the future. Part of it is about giving myself enough time to effectively promote each novel, but it is also about giving myself more time in general. I just need to allow a little more time with my schedule so I can keep on track with everything else being an author entails too, like blog posts, networking, promotion, etc. At the moment I’m just not allowing enough time for those things and it’s really important that I start doing that so I can continue to build my author name and reach new readers with my stories. I really have been slacking on that front recently. There’s a lot of things that I should be giving priority to that would benefit me but I just haven’t had the time. I’ve been a full time author for over six months now so I need to get my schedule sorted and working for me, and get it all back on track. As much as I would love to spend every day either writing or editing, it just isn’t possible. Everything else needs to be done too and I’m not famous enough that I have a PA to do all the other stuff for me. Lol. Besides, I really enjoy getting out there and talking about my books and sharing with you guys.

In other news, I’ve heard back from the editor at the Spanish publisher who have offered me a contract for translating the Her Angel series in Spain. I got back to them with some requests for changes to the contract the other week and it seems they’re happy to accommodate most of my requests. We’re discussing a February 2012 release date for the anthology of Her Dark Angel, Her Fallen Angel and Her Warrior Angel in Spanish (ebook and paperback) which is exciting. They’re very excited about the series and I’m hoping this can pave the way for other books being translated into Spanish, and perhaps other languages too.

Right. I’m off to do the final corrections to Heart of Darkness and then get cracking on creating the different formats for my website, Amazon, Smashwords, CreateSpace etc!

Posted in Covet, Crave, Heart of Darkness, Her Angel Series, Masquerade, Vampire Erotic Theatre, vampire romance, Vampires Realm | Comments Off

Cover reveal – Vampire Erotic Theatre Series

Posted on 18th September 2011 by Felicity Heaton

So I’ve mentioned a few times on my Facebook that I’m writing a new series of erotic vampire romance novellas for release next year. I have most of the stories planned and I know that there will be four of them, and that I am writing the first draft of the first book in the series this week. This series is now known as the Vampire Erotic Theatre series.

I have already made the cover for the first book in the series, and the design will be used for each book in the series, but with different title text. That way, there’s a theme for the series and it keeps them tied together so when readers see the image, they know it’s one of the series books. I like that idea. I also like how the cover turned out. I wanted it to be as decadent as the stories, sumptuous and rich, and very sensual looking. So, this is the first time that eyes other than my own have seen the cover and I hope you’ll all find it majorly sexy and erotic, and that it will whet your appetite for this upcoming series of mine.

Drum roll please…

Does that entice you into wanting to know exactly what is going on at that theatre?

Here’s a little more about the stories. They feature the four vampires who run a theatre called Vampirerotique which caters to vampire clientele with a penchant for watching erotic stage shows that often feature a finale involving a human and several vampires. Each of the four men get their story told, and each of those stories are highly charged and highly sensual tales of forbidden love, burning desire, and danger. If you’ve read my Spellbound story in my Vampires Realm series, then it will be like that, or my In Heat stories but condensed into a very hot novella instead. These are stories about four very powerful men and the women who bring them to heel through various means. Without giving too much away, the heroines are a mixture of human, shapeshifter, vampire and angel.

Here’s a list of the books in the series plus their provisional release dates:
Covet [Vampire Erotic Theatre Series #1] – March 2012
Crave [Vampire Erotic Theatre Series #2] – April 2012
Seduce [Vampire Erotic Theatre Series #3] – May 2012
Enslave [Vampire Erotic Theatre Series #4] – June 2012

Are you excited about this series? I don’t often write erotic romance, but you know that when I do, I write it blisteringly hot!