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It is a pleasure being here on the Bitten By Books site for the release of the sequel to The Beast Within. My latest novel, Crossroads, continues the story of Angela and the creature of the night that has captured her heart, Andrew Bane. Angela is determined to find him despite learning the truth about Andrew’s past, and will stop at nothing to find him. I hope all of Read More »

Love stinks… and so does writing about it.

Look, just between you, me, and the page here: I would be forever happy if I never had to write a love scene. Don’t get me wrong, a well written one is something I will happily devour… just don’t ask me to create one without giggling like a little girl and deleting everything.
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Welcome to the poll of the week!! Polling runs through Saturday, February 21st. How to participate: FIRST VOTE on the bottom RIGHT HAND SIDE of the site. Next stop here to tell us 50 Shades of Grey Love It or Hate It? Read More »

Almost as good as FREE read this week from several authors! You can grab a complete boxed set of books for the low price of only .99 Cents! Come and explore stories in Hearts and Kisses. This amazing boxed set is jam packed with TWELVE amazing stories from New York Times and USA Today Best Selling Authors.
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PLEASE NOTE: RSVP’S and comments for this post are now closed. Please join author Emily Reese at the live event here at this link: http://bittenbybooks.com/author-emily-reese-release-party-and-amazon-gift-card-contest-live-here/?tag=bittenbybooks-20 at Noon Pacific today 2/17/15.

Join us on 2/17 with author Emily Reese for a release party, reader chat and contest. The event post goes up at 12:00 pm PACIFIC and the official chat runs into the evening. For those visiting from outside of the US, here is the time conversion link, we are in the Seattle time zone: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

She will be talking about her new book release Second Death.
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PLEASE NOTE: RSVP’S and comments for this post are now closed. Please join author Jimmy Gillentine at the live event here at this link:http://bittenbybooks.com/jimmy-gillentine-release-party-and-amazon-gift-card-contest-live-here/ at Noon Pacific today 2/18/15.

Join us on 2/18 with author Jimmy Gillentine for a release party, reader chat and contest. The event post goes up at 12:00 pm PACIFIC and the official chat runs into the evening. For those visiting from outside of the US, here is the time conversion link, we are in the Seattle time zone: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
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I’ve always loved the Gold Coast of Long Island. The gilded mansions, the glittering parties, the wild nights of excitement and the stories which would make their way into the pages of history. As a native Tulsan, from Oklahoma, I’m no stranger to the 1920s oil boom era since Tulsa was the oil capital of the world. When writing my sexy new Surrender Series, I wanted to Read More »

Hello, everyone, and thanks for taking part in my very first online release party! A big thank you to Bitten By Books for answering all my questions.

Welcome to 302 Grace Street where everyone is looking for a home and a family. Just You Wait is the fourth in my Grace Street Series, which features struggling PI David Randall and his friend Camden, a reluctant psychic. Randall is dealing with the death of his little daughter, and Cam, abandoned as a baby, is trying to discover who he is and why he has so much psychic Read More »

Welcome to the poll of the week!! Polling runs through Sunday, February 15th. How to participate: FIRST VOTE on the bottom RIGHT HAND SIDE of the site. Next stop here to tell us What kind of gifts you like to get on Valentine’s Day Read More »

Almost as good as FREE read this week from several authors! You can grab a complete boxed set of books for the low price of only .99 Cents! Come and explore stories in Call me Valentino. This fantastic boxed set is jam packed with FIVE amazing stories.
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PLEASE NOTE: RSVP’S and comments for this post are now closed. Please join us at the live event with author Jane Tesh at this link:http://bittenbybooks.com/author-jane-tesh-release-party-and-50-00-amazon-gift-card-contest-live-here/

Join us on 2/10 with author Jane Tesh for a release party, reader chat and contest. The event post goes up at 12:00 pm PACIFIC and the official chat runs into the evening. For those visiting from outside of the US, here is the time conversion link, we are in the Seattle time zone: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
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PLEASE NOTE: RSVP’S and comments for this post are now closed. Please join us at the live event with author Lauren Smith at this link:http://bittenbybooks.com/author-lauren-smith-release-party-and-amazon-gift-card-contest-live-here/ at Noon Pacific on 2/12/14.

Join us on 2/12 with author Lauren Smith for a release party, reader chat and contest. The event post goes up at 12:00 pm PACIFIC and the official chat runs into the evening. For those visiting from outside of the US, here is the time conversion link, we are in the Seattle time zone: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

She will be talking about her new book release The Gilded Cuff book one in the Surrender series.
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Welcome to our bi-monthly feature with Jay Scott of Great Scott Audio Productions. Jay will be reading from The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss book one in the Kingkiller Chronicles. Click here to hear Jay’s reading if you can’t see the video displayed above. Read More »

Welcome to our monthly feature where we introduce one member of the lovely Bitten by Books review staff. Feel free to ask AJ questions and chat with her in the blog comments section below.

Reviewer Name: AJ with BBB since 2008
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BBB: As a child, what did you wish to become when you grew up? (besides being an author)

DJC: A teacher! I was constantly rounding up the kids in the neighborhood, seating them in chairs, and teaching them things. Obviously, since they likely wanted to be anywhere but in school, I had a rather forceful personality (and a candy jar!)
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Welcome to the poll of the week!! Polling runs through Saturday, February 2nd. How to participate: FIRST VOTE on the bottom RIGHT HAND SIDE of the site. Next stop here to tell us How You Like Your Love Scenes In Your Books Read More »

We are so excited that Emily Reese has given us permission to unveil her amazing new book cover of Second Death. Second Death will be releasing on February 17th 2015 but you can pre-order your copy now by clicking here. Emily is celebrating her cover reveal with a FUN contest to win a $25.00 Amazon Gift Card. It is easy to enter, just use the Giveaway Tools Widget at the end of this post and follow the steps to unlock more options to get more entries.

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Almost as good as FREE read this week from several authors! You can grab a complete boxed set of books for the low price of only .99 Cents! Come and explore stories in Faery Realms. This fantastic boxed set is jam packed with over 1400 pages and TEN amazing stories.
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PLEASE NOTE: RSVP’S and comments for this post are now closed. Please join us at the live event with author Donna June Cooper at this link:http://bittenbybooks.com/author-donna-june-cooper-interview-and-40-00-amazon-gift-card-contest-live-here/?tag=bittenbybooks-20 at Noon Pacific on 2/4/15.

Join us on 2/4 with author Donna June Cooper for an interview, reader chat and contest. The event post goes up at 12:00 pm PACIFIC and the official chat runs into the evening. For those visiting from outside of the US, here is the time conversion link, we are in the Seattle time zone: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
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Hey Everybody!

Many of you have asked about our popular Free Read Friday feature. So much as changed since we moved back to the Seattle area this summer. My time has been completely filled with other obligations including work and running the blog full time. I loved putting together those massive lists for all of you, yet it is very time consuming.
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