Category Archives: About my Romance Series

Ascension and Arcadian

Posted on 31st October 2008 by Felicity Heaton

Many thanks to everyone who kindly read my story codenamed Ascension and gave me feedback on it. Most of you seemed to feel the same about the story as I did – there’s more to it and it deserves to be a novel. Well, because of this feedback, I have decided to turn the short story into a full novel and I’ll be working on writing that next year, along with another story.

The other story is currently codenamed Arcadian. This will be a long paranormal romance that in my mind will be pushing the 100k words mark. Normally my built in length predictor is pretty on the nose. There’s a lot of story in this one, so it may even go over, but it will end up being edited down to 100k if that is the case.

I don’t really want to say much about either story at this point, only that I’ll be working on them in 2009, and that they’re both paranormal romances with a lot of plot. I’ll be writing Arcadian first, and then following that up with Ascension. I have another story or two that I’ll consider writing at the same time as these, but my focus will be on them first and foremost.

As for the future of both these stories, if they turn out as planned then I will submit them to agents and publishers.

Back to work for me. Seventh Circle, the next Vampires Realm novel, is out on November 16th, and I still have a lot of promotion work and stuff to get ready for it.

Happy Halloween everyone!

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New stories, and finished stories, and submissions

Posted on 30th August 2008 by Felicity Heaton

I’ve been quite busy recently, working through a mixture of writing, editing, and preparing submissions. It’s all a mixture of projects too, most of which will be available next year. Actually, all of it will probably be next year’s releases.

On the writing front, I have finished writing the next Vampires Realm release after Seventh Circle, which will be Winter’s Kiss. Winter’s Kiss follows a Watchman of Validus and a young woman whom he desired to turn. The young woman is attacked by a werewolf and the vampire rescues her but not before she’s been bitten by the werewolf, and essentially turned. It all turns a little frantic after that and there’s lots of my trademark UST 🙂

Speaking of Vampires Realm, I again toyed with the idea of submitting Seventh Circle to agents and publishers, and have (after a lot of preparation including writing a synopsis!) decided against it. It’s so difficult when it’s a story that is part of an ongoing series. I could have changed the story so it was a stand alone, but I didn’t want to do that. When it comes to stories to submit to publishers, I’ll focus on my series I’ll be writing next year instead.

Following the popularity and success of my Sons of Lyra series, I have planned and started writing a Daughters of Lyra series. At the moment, they’re running at a little longer than the Sons of Lyra stories. I think they’ll be an average of 18,000 words. The series follows one daughter from each of the four sons from the first series. I’ve already written two of the stories during my week off dog-sitting last week. I managed to clock in around 34,000 words written which is brilliant. A normal week for me is around 25,000.

The weekend I released Sons of Lyra: Stranded I submitted a second story to Harlequin’s Nocturne Bites series. This time it’s a werewolf story and I’m far more pleased with this submission than the first one I sent. I think this time I sounded more professional and sold the story better, and I do think this story is probably more suited to the line.

I think that’s about all in terms of writing from me. I’ve just discovered that there’s a new episode of Macross Frontier out online and I neeeed to watch it. I’m so addicted!

Here’s some tallys on the stories I finished this week…

Winter’s Kiss
67,726 / 65,000
[104.2%]

Daughters of Lyra 1
18,652 / 18,000
[103.6%]

Daughters of Lyra 2
23,043 / 18,000
[128%]

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New Release – Sons of Lyra: Stranded – Sci-fi romance ebook

Posted on 26th August 2008 by Felicity Heaton

Out Now! New sci-fi romance ebook by Felicity Heaton…

Sons of Lyra: Stranded
Captain Lyra III is known for his vicious attitude and brilliance in battle. Second youngest of the infamously passionate and handsome sons of Lyra, he’s a born leader and doesn’t take no for an answer. Except this time. Acer is facing a future that seems like a nightmare, a future that has shaken him and made him realise that the one thing he truly wanted in life may have just slipped through his graspâ€”his engineer, Stella.

Stella fell for Acer the moment she was transferred to his ship by his brother, Captain Lyra II. A year on his ship and never being noticed by him unless she’s done something wrong, she’s come to accept that she won’t be the one to tame this prince’s passionate heart, but it doesn’t make her feelings disappear and doesn’t stop her dreaming that she might capture him yet.

Attacked en route to Lyra Prime they find themselves stranded alone in the middle of deep space and things reach boiling point when the climate control breaks down. Trapped with only each other for company, it’s not long before the truth comes out about their feelings for each other and Acer’s reason for returning to Lyra Prime.

When Stella discovers Acer is duty bound to marry a woman of Lyran aristocracy, she offers him a night to remember her by, but will it be enough or will it cause them more pain than pleasure? Returning to Lyra Prime, will Stella’s heart falter or will she rise to the challenge and fight for Acer? Will Acer be able to find the strength to forsake his family in the name of true love?

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sick and busy

Posted on 3rd August 2008 by Felicity Heaton

Well it’s one illness on top of another right now but I’m not going to let it slow me down! I currently have an ear infection (for two weeks now I’ve been practically deaf in one ear. very annoying) and now I have a cold too, which is make me doubly grouchy!

It didn’t stop me from writing last week though. I finally found my flow with Winter’s Kiss, the next Vampires Realm novel after Seventh Circle, and was writing at every available opportunity last week. Those opportunities included grabbing 30 minutes in starbucks each morning before work and snagging the odd 40 minutes after work in starbucks too. It’s costing me a lot in starbucks right now! The up side to this was that I wrote over 31000 words this week, which makes me smile, and means that I now have around 20000 words to write before this story is finished.

Once I’ve finished writing the first draft of Winter’s Kiss, I’ll move on to writing Arcadian, which is my next free serial and needs a proper title.

I’ve recently finished writing a third attempt at a Nocturne Bite. I’m much happier with this one, but I’m still not holding my breath since I don’t think I write the Harlequin style. I also have my second attempt to send off to them but just haven’t had the time to finish writing up my submission and preparing the manuscript to send over to them. I’ll hopefully manage to do that next weekend and send it off. By the time I hear back, I’ll have the third one ready to send in. I think I’m done after that as I just don’t have time to write anymore. I need to focus on the stories I’ll be releasing next year, which will provide me cover while I write my new series.

I have a few stories to write for next year. Winter’s Kiss will be an early 2009 release. I have another mini-series of short stories to write too and potentially another Vampires Realm novel. Of Blood & Snow will be edited and released in 2009.

That’s me for now…

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Sons of Lyra: Fight For Love – Number 5 in Romance / Number 9 in Best Sellers at Fictionwise.com

Posted on 3rd August 2008 by Felicity Heaton

It’s so exciting to see that Sons of Lyra: Fight For Love is currently sitting pretty at number 5 in Romance and number 9 in the Recent Best Sellers list on Fictionwise.com and it’s been there all week.

I’m thrilled that this story has followed in the footsteps of the first two and has made it into the top 10 for Romance and Best Sellers. I can’t wait to see if the next and final story, Sons of Lyra: Stranded, makes it into the top 10 too!

Also, Sons of Lyra: Slave Princess, the first story in the series, is currently number 24 in the Recent Best Sellers 6 Months list. Which is amazing!

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New Release – Sons of Lyra: Fight For Love (sci-fi romance ebook)

Posted on 21st July 2008 by Felicity Heaton

Out Now! New sci-fi romance ebook by Felicity Heaton…

Sons of Lyra: Fight For Love
Lieutenant Lyra IV is as sinfully handsome and irresistible as his elder brothers, but the one woman he wants seems to be immune to his charm. Every man in his squadron is falling over themselves to win her. Literally. When the reward is getting to see her, not even he can stop himself from getting hurt in training every day. Losing feels like winning when he ends up on her inspection table, and the pain means nothing when she touches him.

Nurse Emmanuelle knows exactly what the devilishly tempting and handsome Lieutenant Lyra IV is doing and sheâ€™s not going to fall for it or his attempts to make her call him by his first name, Remi. Itâ€™s her duty to keep her distance and maintain a professional relationship with him, even if her heart and body is crying out for more.

When the fleet is called back to Varka Two where Remi almost lost his life, he canâ€™t waste any more time. This time, he might not make it back. A kiss that sets both their hearts on fire leads to more than heâ€™d dreamed of, and makes both their feelings clear, but will it be too late?

Facing overwhelming odds, is Remi strong enough to survive the battle and return to Emmanuelle? If he ends up on her table again will Emmanuelle be able to save the man she loves? Will they win their fight for love?

Save 15% at Fictionwise this week!!

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Two new book covers and a writing update…

Posted on 6th July 2008 by Felicity Heaton

I have two new covers to show everyone. One is for the next Vampires Realm novel, Seventh Circle, and the other is for a short vampire romance story, A Promise of Passion, which I wrote for the new Nocturne Bites ebook line from Harlequin. They rejected it but that’s not surprising considering that I don’t really write Harly style. Lots of lovely readers have assured me that the story will be kick ass and it’ll hit number 1 at Fictionwise regardless of what Harly thought of it. I love my readers. You guys rock!

New covers…

It’s always exciting to have new artwork to show off and I love making covers for my stories.

I’ve been really busy recently with writing. I have a new series that I’m currently planning and that’s taking up a lot of time. I’m also editing a number of short stories, but thankfully I’ve made good progress there and I’m almost done with them. I have started a new story, actually two new stories, one of which is definitely being written as it’s the next Vampires Realm story after Seventh Circle. The other story is one which I’m toying with for a free serial read for you guys once Of Blood and Snow is complete. It’s another demon/paranormal/vampire romance as epic as my current free serial.

Here’s some tallys…

Winter’s Kiss
8,962 / 60,000
[14.9%]

Embracing The Wolf
13,599 / 13,599
[100%]

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Sons of Lyra: Runaway Hearts – Number 6 in Romance Best Seller list!

Posted on 26th June 2008 by Felicity Heaton

The second story set in my Sons of Lyra world, Sons of Lyra: Runaway Hearts, has reached the number 6 spot in Romance and the number 8 spot in Recent Best Sellers on Fictionwise.com after its first week!

This is incredibly exciting for me since the first story, Sons of Lyra: Slave Princess, made it to number 1 in Romance and number 1 in the Recent Best Sellers list. To have another story go straight into the Best Sellers lists again is wonderful!

Sons of Lyra: Runaway Hearts
Heir Prince Lyra I hates his life, and it’s only getting worse. Not only do Sebastian’s parents force him to remain on Lyra Prime with them and control his life, now they’ve gone and arranged his marriage. Unable to stand the thought of getting married before he’s seen the stars as his three younger brothers do and tasted adventure, he decides to run away. Only that’s not as easy as it sounds when you’re one of the infamously handsome sons of Lyra.

Terea needs to get away. She’s had it with men and her family. When she spots a man who looks as though he has a little money, she sees her chance and pickpockets him. The only trouble is, he’s quicker than her. Before she knows what’s happening, she’s been caught and is agreeing to leave the planet with him. Anything to escape Lyra Prime and her future there. Terea’s plan to escape Sebastian when they’ve left the planet behind is shattered when he cleans himself up and changes on her, losing his naive air and becoming a confident and dangerously sexy man.

A bottle of the strongest alcohol available is her last resort, but getting him drunk to the point of passing out means she’ll have to drink too, and before she knows what she’s doing, she’s sitting astride his lap feeding him the alcohol and kissing him.

When the ship is forced to stop and boarded by Minervan military looking for him, will Sebastian hand himself over to protect Terea? Will Terea stand by and let the man she’s falling for get hurt or will she sacrifice herself and return to her family for the sake of saving him? Will two runaway hearts find the freedom they’re searching for in each other’s arms?

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new series in the works

Posted on 21st June 2008 by Felicity Heaton

Well, everyone might be wondering why I decided to suddenly begin reading other paranormal romance authors. Normally I don’t pay much heed to what they’re writing. In fact, until I picked up a lot of the books, I only knew rough things about them – like J R Ward wrote vampires, Kresley Cole wrote a mixture of species, Lynsay Sands wrote vampires. That was pretty much the extent of my knowledge. I hadn’t even read excerpts or reviews.

Since the series idea I had was one that I was going to write for pitching to publishers, I decided it was important to check out the competition and see what got them published. I always begin with the first book in a series, the one that they had to pitch and hope it would be picked up.

I’d been planning my new paranormal romance series for about 2 weeks before I decided to do this. I’ve read a few stories now and have mixed feelings about them. I don’t think any of them write better than I do and I think the stories I have planned are just as strong, if not stronger, than the ones I’ve just read. I’m not being conceited. I just think that I’ve reached a point with my writing where I need to give it a shot. A while back I read a Feehan and a L K Hamilton story. Neither blew me away, but I knew my writing wasn’t at a level where I could compete. Now I’ve had a taste of writing series and I’ve found that I’m really good at world building, and that’s very important with series. I’ve also embraced the darker side of paranormal, the side I love to write, by writing some stories in my Vampires Realm series. All in all, I feel I’ve reached a point of “now or never” and if I don’t give it a shot with this new series, I’ll never know whether or not I’m good enough.

Of course, there’s a lot more world building to be done yet. Over the past 2 months, I’ve clocked up around 40+ hours of world building time. That’s basically me mulling over the series, the flaws and the strengths, the powers and the weaknesses, and everything else besides. I’ve got my heroes mapped out to a basic degree, enough that I know them, and my heroines almost figured out. I haven’t touched much on the enemy but I know roughly in my mind what they’ll be like. I have the world and the background pegged, and I’m very happy with how it’s evolving. I can’t really say much more.

I’m going to write all these stories together, back to back, and then edit them. Once the first book is in a polished state, I’ll send it out into the big wide world. I have a belief that having all of the books in the series completed is an advantage and it means that you’re serious about the series. I’m very serious about it. I only wish I could talk about it more!!!

Better go… before I say too much!

🙂

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Sons of Lyra: Runaway Hearts – Out today at fictionwise.com – Save 15%!!!

Posted on 16th June 2008 by Felicity Heaton

The second in my Sons of Lyra series, following the four devastatingly sexy and passionate princes of Lyra and the women who win their hearts, is out today! Sons of Lyra: Slave Princess was a number 1 bestseller in romance at fictionwise.com and I can’t wait to see if this one does the same!!

This isn’t a series you need to read in order. All the books are stand alone.

Sons of Lyra: Runaway Hearts
Heir Prince Lyra I hates his life, and itâ€™s only getting worse. Not only do Sebastianâ€™s parents force him to remain on Lyra Prime with them and control his life, now theyâ€™ve gone and arranged his marriage. Unable to stand the thought of getting married before heâ€™s seen the stars as his three younger brothers do and tasted adventure, he decides to run away. Only thatâ€™s not as easy as it sounds when youâ€™re one of the infamously handsome sons of Lyra.

Terea needs to get away. Sheâ€™s had it with men and her family. When she spots a man who looks as though he has a little money, she sees her chance and pickpockets him. The only trouble is, heâ€™s quicker than her. Before she knows whatâ€™s happening, sheâ€™s been caught and is agreeing to leave the planet with him. Anything to escape Lyra Prime and her future there.

Tereaâ€™s plan to escape Sebastian when theyâ€™ve left the planet behind is shattered when he cleans himself up and changes on her, losing his naive air and becoming a confident and dangerously sexy man. A bottle of the strongest alcohol available is her last resort, but getting him drunk to the point of passing out means sheâ€™ll have to drink too, and before she knows what sheâ€™s doing, sheâ€™s sitting astride his lap feeding him the alcohol and kissing him.

When the ship is forced to stop and boarded by Minervan military looking for him, will Sebastian hand himself over to protect Terea? Will Terea stand by and let the man sheâ€™s falling for get hurt or will she sacrifice herself and return to her family for the sake of saving him? Will two runaway hearts find the freedom theyâ€™re searching for in each otherâ€™s arms?

Available this week with 15% OFF at Fictionwise. Just $0.84!!!

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