The lovely ladies from  The Good, The Bad, and the Unread are helping to spread the word about the ENTANGLED anthology!! I’d like to send a HUGE cyber thank you to Sandy, Sybil, and Ash for all of their assistance. If you head over to The Good, The Bad, and the Unread, you’ll find special posts written by the ENTANGLED authors and ENTANGLED excerpts.

(My friend Liz wrote a post that I’d love for everyone to see:  Why This Anthology Matters To Me. Liz is is one of the bravest and strongest ladies I know, and she always inspires me. )

Thank you for helping me to celebrate my double ebook release day! I appreciate all the great comments, Tweets, & emails that I received. Thank you!

All of the release day giveaways are now closed. I’ll be picking the winners and listing them at the top of each post (unless the guest author prefers to pick her own winners and in that case, we’ll still post the names at the top of the posts). Winners will also receive emails with prize claim information.

I hope you’re having a wonderful Tuesday!!

Thank you so much for coming by and helping me to celebrate the release of both ENTANGLED and BOUND IN DARKNESS. I’m going to leave all the contests open until noon (Central time) on 9/13/11, so be sure you go back and check through the posts. Each post has at least one (often more) giveaways. So enter as many as you’d like!

I hope you have a fantastic week, and, again, thanks for helping me to celebrate!

(And thank you to all the wonderful guest authors who donated their time and their awesome goodies!!)

Update: Thank you for all the great comments!! I randomly selected a winner for this giveaway, and that person is…The Warrior!! Congrats!

(And if this blog post title doesn’t get me a ton of weird spam responses, nothing will!)

But, let’s talk sexy for a few moments. You know what I think is sexy?  A hot werewolf (cough, cough, Alcide from TRUE BLOOD). A sexy vampire (ahem, Eric, please–again, TRUE BLOOD). Can you tell what I’ve been watching lately?  What can I say?  With the finale last night, I just have TRUE BLOOD on my mind.

So for the next giveaway, how about we do something sexy?  An Eric poster, for one lucky commenter.

And is it any wonder that I’ve got vampires & werewolves on my mind?

Now tell me…what’s on your mind?

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Update:  The FATED winners are:  May and Lateefa!!  I am sending your info to Rebecca so that she can contact you with prize details. Congrats!!

Now it’s time for me to interview one of my Brava author buddies.  This is one special lady–so special, that she receive the dedication in my upcoming book, ANGEL OF DARKNESS (okay, so I lost a bet and *had* to give her the dedication but she’s still awesome!) Rebecca Zanetti, thanks for coming by the blog–and thank you for generously offering to giveaway 2 signed copies of your sexy vampire romance, FATED!! (And the next book in Rebecca’s series, CLAIMED, will be out soon–can’t wait!)

Cynthia: Rebecca, thanks so much for joining us!  Can you begin by telling us…why vampires?  What made you want to create your awesome vampire heroes?

Rebecca: Hi Cynthia !  Thank you so much for having me during this hour, and CONGRATS on the release of ENTANGLED and BOUND IN DARKNESS!!  I can’t wait to read.   Also, I’m not sure if people know that Cynthia provided the cover quote for CLAIMED.  I was both humbled and thrilled!

So…about those vampire heroes.  I think the contrast in a vampire is intriguing.  I mean, on one hand, they’re very primal.  Dark, brutal, basic…but in a sexy way.  On the other hand, they’ve lived long enough that they have a leg up—they know how to act civilized.  Maybe even be civilized.  But the inner struggle between their animalistic nature and their centuries of living is fascinating to me.  And during a novel, when that mask of civilization slips…

Cynthia: What do you like most about Dage, the hero from CLAIMED?

Rebecca: Oh wow, that’s a good question.  Dage is the king of the supernatural world—the most powerful being in existence.  So that’s hot.  But he has tempered his power through diplomacy and design…because he’s the leader. He knows it’s better to negotiate than destroy.  What I liked most about him was that he not only let that mask slip when dealing with his mate, but that he was entirely comfortable doing so.

I also liked that he appreciated the heroine’s intelligence as much as her face and spirit.  Dage understands that smart girls are sexy.

Cynthia: Do you have a favorite scene from CLAIMED that you would like to share with us?

Rebecca: Hmmmm.  Well, I loved those scenes where Dage was yanked out of his ‘king’ role.  In fact, at one point, he told the heroine that she’d never met the king, it was the man who held her.  Also, there’s a scene toward the back of the book, during the black moment, when he thinks all is lost.  I love that scene.  But, it is the dark moment, so I’ll find another to share.  Here’s a quick blurb at the beginning of the book when Dage has been shot.

He shook his head without opening his eyes.  “No.  I don’t sense evil anywhere near us.  We’re probably safe for a couple of hours, then we should move again.”

A couple of hours?  Damn.  She needed him in fighting shape.  “Will drinking my blood help heal you?”

His lids flipped open, revealing those silver eyes that had haunted her dreams for fifteen years.  Hunger, raw and pure filled them.  “Yes.”

Emma gulped in air. The husky timber of his voice caressed nerves she didn’t want to own. “I won’t become a vampire?”

His dimples winked at her.  “No.  Vampires are born, not made.”

Fear and her damn curiosity blended until she could only whisper.  “Okay.”  She held out her wrist and shut her eyes.  And waited.  The breeze picked up outside the cave, rustling pine needles and leaves inside the small entrance, and she shivered.  Finally, she opened her eyes in exasperation.  “What?”

Reaching out with his good arm, he lifted her chin with one knuckle, waiting until her gaze met his.  “I want your neck.”

***

Cynthia: What’s the best part of being a writer? The worst part?

Rebecca: Well, one of the best parts is becoming friends with people like you, Cynthia.  Writers are a close group who are willing to help each other.  Plus, we all fully understand that it’s okay to have a bunch of voices bellowing in our heads—that’s normal to us.  🙂   The other thing I love is the blank page, before I’ve written a single word on a new book.  Anything goes at that point.

The worst part would probably have to be a brutal review.  Sure, we’re all going to get bad reviews.  In fact, the person who hates your book usually hates the same part that a person who loves your book really loves.  So, it’s a grain of salt situation.  But these days, anyone can put a harsh review up on Goodreads or amazon…and it’s out there.

Cynthia: What can readers expect next from you?  (Share, share!)

Rebecca: Awww, thanks for asking!  CLAIMED will be released on November 1^st of this year.  Then TEMPTED, an e-novella that features Max (Janie’s bodyguard) will be released in April of 2012, and HUNTED will be released in May of 2012.  HUNTED features Connlan Kayrs and a witch he mated a century ago from Ireland.  He gave her a hundred years to train for her calling—time’s up.

Thanks again for having me!  You can find me on the web at:  http://rebeccazanetti.com/

Also, to celebrate Cynthia’s release day, I’d love to give away two signed copies of FATED, which is book 1 in the Dark Protector Series.  To enter, tell me which characteristics (physical, mental, or emotional) make for a sexy hero.  Thanks!!