Seduce Me (34 page)

“I don’t need a reputation. I only need you.”

“Do you worry that someday”—he paused—“I might change? Become more like him?”

“The Raven? Of course not,” she said.

“But he loved my mother once, and losing her drove him to—” He shook his head, unable to finish the thought.

“You’re not going to lose me. Even still, you aren’t your father. Now the man who raised you, I suspect there are probably
similarities there. I love you—Fielding, the man you are right now, and the man you’ll be tomorrow.” She flung herself against
him, wrapping her arms around his neck. “Say it again.”

“What?” he asked.

“That you love me.”

“I love you, I love you, I love you.”

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From the desk of Rita Herron

Dear Reader,

I have to admit that I’m a TV junkie. I love comedies, dramas, crime shows, and paranormal series, especially those with a
romance in them. Of course, I always find myself drawn to the strong heroes.

Two of my favorites are Jack Bauer from
24
and Cole Turner from
Charmed
. Both are charismatic, tough, sexy, dark tortured guys with tons of emotional baggage. In fact, my husband, who is also a
huge
24
fan, named our cat Jack Bauer.

When I first decided to write about demons, I wanted my heroes to have the same qualities as Jack and Cole, to be larger-than-life
men who risked their lives to save the world—and of course, the women they love.

In DARK HUNGER, the second book in my paranormal romantic suspense trilogy
The Demon-born
, (out now!), I combined Jack and Cole and created Quinton Valtrez, Vincent’s lost long brother.

Quinton is a loner, a government assassin, and a man determined to keep his job and supernatural powers secret. Like Jack,
he fights terrorists. Like Cole, he battles demons—as well as the pull of evil inside him.

Pit him against a sassy, tenacious, struggling reporter named Annabelle Armstrong who is determined to unravel his secrets,
and the sparks immediately fly. Quinton doesn’t know whether to kill her or love her.

Quinton also faces a new kind of terrorist—a demon who has the ability to exert mind control over innocents and turn them
into killers. Soon he and Annabelle realize they must work together in a race against time to stop this demon. But Annabelle
isn’t quite prepared to be thrust into this terrifying demonic world, or to face Quinton’s father Zion, the leader of the
underworld, who will use her to get to Quinton.

For any paranormal story, setting and world-building is important. Blending the real world with paranormal elements makes
the stories more frightening. In DARK HUNGER, I also take you to three of my favorite southern cities: Savannah, Charleston,
and New Orleans. All three are steeped with folklore, ghost legends, history, and a spooky ambience that adds flavor to the
world of
The Demonborn
. If you haven’t visited those cities, put them on your TO DO list. And don’t forget to take one of the ghost tours and be
on the lookout for demons!

Enjoy!

From the desk of Robyn DeHart

Dear Reader,

I’ve always been a huge movie buff and my very favorite genre is romantic action adventure; think Indiana Jones and
The Mummy
. Toss together some archeology, a dash of history, and a nasty curse, add in two protagonists with lots of sizzle and I’m
one happy woman. I suppose it’s this love that brought me to my Legend Hunters and the first book in that series, SEDUCE ME
(on sale now).

I admit I’m a geek at heart, but there’s something so compelling about old things: ancient texts, antiques, dusty old tombs.
I mean, who hasn’t dreamt of going on a dig and unearthing something so amazing it changes your life? Well, this is precisely
what happens to our heroine Esme Worthington. She ends up getting herself kidnapped, but in doing so she comes face-to-face
with the object of her lifelong obsession, Pandora’s box.

Enter our hero, Fielding Grey, a treasure finder-for-hire who is none too happy that his latest assignment comes with a damsel
in distress. But he can’t walk away from her while she’s literally chained to a wall. So he snags Esme and the fabled box
and thus begins an adventure neither could have imagined. Not only does the box come with a unique curse that has Esme acting
the wanton, but a nefarious villain is hot on their trail and will stop at nothing until he possesses Pandora’s treasure.

This new series is about Solomon’s, a luxurious gentleman’s club equipped with all the accoutrements one would expect from
such a fine establishment. Membership is by invitation only, because in this club there’s a hidden room where secret meetings
occur. In these secret meetings some of London’s finest gentlemen gather to discuss their passions; their obsessions. Some
are scholars, some collectors, some treasure-hunters, but each of them is after the find of the century. I can’t wait for
you to meet the Legend Hunters…

Visit my Web site,
www.RobynDeHart.com
for contests, excerpts, and more.

From the desk of Diana Holquist

Dear Readers,

When my family moved from the big city to a tiny rural town for my husband’s work, there were no jobs for me. I wept for about
a week. Okay, maybe two weeks. Then I realized that this was the perfect time to start something new. Because I was incredibly
naive, I opened a file on my computer and typed, “Chapter One.”

Uh-oh. Now what? I needed a story. But what? What did I care about enough to pour my heart and soul into? Later, I learned
that what a book is about—what it’s
really
about—is called a premise, and every good book has one. What was my premise?

I started lurking on the Web site of a woman who was looking for her soul mate. She wanted him to be a certain height and
make a specified income and on and on. But no matter how hard she looked, she couldn’t find her “one true love.”

What if there was a soul mate put here on this earth just for this woman, but he wasn’t tall and rich? This woman needed a
guide to the world of love.

Thus, Amy Burns was born, the psychic gypsy who can tell you the name of your One True Love. She starred in my first three
books, creating chaos, love, and a premise I could believe in: only when we face our true desires can we find happiness.

In my first book, MAKE ME A MATCH, Cecelia Burns is a doctor about to marry the “perfect” man: a rich, successful, handsome,
charming lawyer. Along comes her psychic sister Amy, to announce that Cecelia’s one true love as destined by fate is not only
an underemployed single father, but that he might be dying. If she wants her one shot at experiencing true love, she’s got
to act fast.

In SEXIEST MAN ALIVE, Jasmine Burns, the shyest woman alive, learns that her one true love as destined by fate is Josh Toby,
People
magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive. Uh-oh. She can’t talk to a regular man; how will she ever get near this one?

HUNGRY FOR MORE is Amy’s book. She has to choose between learning the name of her own one true love or keeping her psychic
powers. When she meets a sexy French chef, she realizes that accepting true love is harder than she thought it would be.

The One True Love series got great reviews, a RITA nomination, and won awards like the New York Book Festival romance award.
But more important, this series introduced me to so many wonderful readers, some of whom I now count among my friends. When
I look back on those first days of moving away from the city, I laugh when I think about how what I thought was the end was
actually a new beginning. I didn’t realize then that I was living my own premise: be careful what you wish for. Because when
you try something new, open your mind to the possibilities that life offers, and focus on your true desires, good things happen.

Happy reading!