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Destiny is waiting…

Moira doesn’t know who’s hunting her, but she knows why. In her youth she unleashed a deadly force that killed everything within range—a strange power she has vowed never to use again.

Needing protection, she risks a bit of the old magic to call for backup. She gets more than she asks for. A lot more. A proud, sexually magnetic, enraged centaur who’s far from a quiet, obedient servant.

Kiron at first tries to intimidate the witch into freeing him, but she possesses more backbone than the average human. When she’s attacked again, he realizes she’s not a real witch. In fact, she’s not even human. And the sparks flying between them have nothing to do with the magical shackles that bind them together.

Curiosity grows to admiration, then to a love that in the end may not be enough to protect her. Moira’s enemies are closing in, intending to harness her power to restore a dark kingdom that has lain dormant for a thousand years.

There’s only one, heart-wrenching way out—give herself over to the full extent of her powers hoping that her true destiny lies with Kiron, and not in fulfilling a prophecy of death…

Warning: A super-hot centaur, kinky sex with vegetation and an extensive discussion of the ecological importance of primeval forests.

Calling the Wild

According to Eva Mendez Arizona and Colorado are the best. From her quote (via the Daily Mail) it sounds like they are only the best sex if you are having it outside:

“Maybe it was the clear air, or the quiet, or the endless sky… whatever it was, it was really, really good.”

Sounds sexy, and I know I personally love the idea of some sex on a blanket under the sky, up against a tree in the rain… But seriously people, there are bugs. Bugs! And birds. And then will watch you have sex (the birds, not the bugs, at least I think the bug’s wouldn’t.)

I feel you kid. I do.

Birds and their scary little eyes should not be a part of it.

 2008 is here and it is the one-year anniversary of Forbidden, my first book, being published. I would like to thank you all for continuing to read, and to thank you, I’m running the mother of all contests!

Lila’s Anniversary Contest #1
Answer the following questions and email your answers to lila.dubois@gmail.com

You have until Friday (1-18) to find the answers. Winners will be drawn and announced Saturday. I will select five winners, and each (in the order they were selected) gets to choose their prize.

Prizes:
Designer Purse (ohh la la!) stuffed with goodies
Signed Copy of Forbidden with handmade bookmark
ARC of Lights, Cameras…Monsters and Hollywood theme goodies
Pamper yourself gift bag with an assortment of bath items and chocolate
“Erotic romance readers make better lovers” tote with an assortment of erotic romance

Good luck!

Question 1: Name all five Zinahs

Question 6: In Sealed with a Kiss the hero is not human, he’s a ______.

We have a conference today – Corporate Counsel Law – yawn – and I have a moment of downtime. I feel like I haven’t had a moment to breath since I came back from London before Thanksgiving.

Today I want to talk about writing contests. I entered one last year and was disgusted with it. The judges were… well I don’t know what they were thinking. One person, who clearly spent considerable time doing the judging, told me in her score sheet that she’d just taken a writing class and went on to give me a lesson in how to structure sentences. Hmm. Thank you for the time and effort you put into it, but…

I’ve heard from editors that the mistake a lot of first time writers make is that they believe there are ‘rules’ they need to follow, and if they follow them, they will get published. This isn’t true. There is not sentence structure secret that will jump your book to the top of a slush pile. And most writing contest have unpublished, aspiring author chapter members as judges.

A few months ago, against my better judgment, I entered a contest. I entered it because I saw a notice that they were worried they were going to have to drop categories because they didn’t have enough entries. Knowing how frustrating that must be for them, I entered. Plus, let’s be honest, I thought “Hey! Better odds!”

I received a notice a few weeks ago that 1 – They would not be notifying everyone until this coming weekend. (9 days later than stated – I hate that) and 2 – They’d had a record number of submissions. Ugh.

Anyway. I’m frustrated with myself for entering a contest. I know the judging won’t be any different than the first one I entered, and they didn’t need my help anyway. I’ve given up hope of winning and am debating even opening the results packet when I get it.

Anyone else ever enter a writing contest? If so, which one?

or What happens when I screw around on ask.com

Romance:

romance

(n.) A love affair. romance

(adj.) Of, relating to, or being any of the languages that developed from Latin, including Italian, French, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish. romance

(v.) To invent, write, or tell romances.

The Romance Genre:

“Romance novels, more than any other genre, affirm love conquering all odds. … If romance is love, then romance is human behavior.”

www.likesbooks.com/romance.html

Gothic Romance:

“In the late 1700s, romantic gothic fiction was a popular genre epitomised by Ann Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho, which involved a beautiful heroine who suffers mental torture at the hands of her aunt’s husband in his ruined castle. “

The Guardian

Paranormal Romance:

Paranormal romance is a literary subgenre of speculative fiction, with a focus on romance and including any element beyond the range of scientific explanation blending together themes from the genres of traditional fantasy, science fiction, or horror. Paranormal romance may …