Good afternoon, BBB! I’m Erica Hayes, and I present REVELATION, first in my new apocalyptic paranormal romance series, the Seven Signs.

First things first: scrumptious cover! The folks at Berkley Sensation did a fantastic job of capturing the mood of this book. So if you like hot guys with swords, and urban fantasy romance, Revelation is for you. The hero is a fallen angel warrior, sent to stop the end of the world. The heroine is a medical examiner who doesn’t believe in angels. And the villains are a gang of demons, who are hijacking the seven signs of the Apocalypse, to create hell on earth.

So my hero, Luniel, has one hell of a job to do. It falls to him to find the demon Prince of Poison and stop the flesh-munching plague that’s ravaging Manhattan – and the key is the heroine, Morgan, a doctor who’s looking for a scientific cure for the disease. She doesn’t believe in angels and demons, or the end of the world… but he’ll have to persuade her to change her mind, and fast. Especially since there’s a faction of angels who’d be just as happy to let the Apocalypse go on, and get the whole thing over with…

But this is a romance, right? It’s all about the hero. So here he is – an exclusive excerpt, yay! – the first time his heroine lays eyes on him, which is in her morgue, where she’s just uncovered the body of another angel:

“White light erupted, brighter than any flashbulb.

Morgan gasped, dazzled. Breeze ruffled her hair. Her elbow hit the trolley, and the camera jolted from her fingers.

A hand gripped her arm, steadying her. A man’s voice, deep and unfamiliar. “Sorry, lady. I didn’t think anyone would be here. Are you—oh, shit.”

Her vision cleared, and she scrabbled on the floor for her camera. “Jesus, you scared the hell outta . . . oh!” She looked up, and fell right back onto her ass, her nerves in disarray.

Whoa. Not just tall, or big. More, in every way compared to . . . well, compared to a normal man.

This guy wasn’t normal.

Black hair, blacker than soot and wilder than music. Blue eyes, hotter and deeper than summer sky, luminous pale skin, long dark lashes any woman would kill for. Arms thicker than her thighs in a dark shirt with no sleeves, strong wrists that made her weak, hands that could crush rocks. And his thighs in those jeans . . . long, powerful, rippling as he moved.

His face was familiar, she realized. Those carved cheekbones and, umm, luscious lips. The bird man. Only Birdy was blond, and this guy was dark and . . . tasty.

His gaze lasered onto hers, relentless, and she shivered. He looked dangerous. Driven. Not a patient man.

Morgan scrambled up, struggling to keep her mind on the issues. This was Babylon, the psycho-killer capital. Well-adjusted guys didn’t break into morgues after-hours. But how Mr. Huge-dark-and-oh-by-the-way-totally-hot had gotten in here was beside the point. So was how easy it’d be for a guy his size to tear her limb from limb, or worse.

He’d seen Birdy’s body. She couldn’t call security. Not yet. Not before she’d preserved the evidence.

She licked her lips. “Um. Hi. I was just . . .”

He strode up to the trolley, and his fingers clenched the edge, hard enough to dent the steel. On drugs. That explained the crazy swirl in his eyes. “You found my brother,” he said stiffly. “I guess asking how he died is redundant.”

“Umm . . . he’s . . . well . . .” Morgan stuttered, unable to keep it in any longer. “He’s a frickin’ bird man! Who the hell are you?”

He turned, and to her surprise, he laughed.

Her guts melted, like warm honey, and she shivered again. So beautiful. So smooth and melodic. She wanted to press her thighs together, feel his tingling warmth . . .”

Thanks for having me at BBB, and I hope you enjoy Revelation! I love end-of-the-world scenarios – what’s your favorite? Zombie apocalypse? Alien invasion? Super-bug?

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I’m here to show you my new paranormal romance, Blood Cursed. Here’s the back cover:

Enter the fierce, fantastical world of the Shadowfae, where blood is a drug, magic is a crime, and love is the most dangerous weapon of all…

To a vampire, nothing is sweeter than bloodfairy essence — and Ember is the most sought-after fairy on the underworld circuit. Selling her blood to the highest bidder — and robbing her clients in the process — Ember has unwittingly become a target of dark and dangerous forces. Her enemies are everywhere. And if she hopes to survive, she needs protection…

Diamond is a glassfairy who, for better or worse, knows his way around the vampire underworld. Smooth as silk and tougher than trolls, Diamond is Ember’s only chance to keep her magical blood inside her body, where it belongs. But he also poses a threat to Ember, a strange kind of danger she’s never experienced before: She’s falling in love with him…

For those of you who aren’t familiar with my Shadowfae books, they’re dark, gritty and sexy, with some horror elements, but at heart they’re all about the romance. You can read them out of order, because there’s a new romance in each book.

I’m particularly fond of Blood Cursed, because Ember and Diamond are so perfect for each other, even though they fight their hardest not to admit it. Here’s a little snippet, from the scene where they first meet in the book, at the nightclub bar, right after Ember has just caught her manipulative fairy boyfriend, Jasper, cheating on her:

I ruffled my wings, like I had it all under control. “Nothing. I’m just great, Diamond. Like you give a damn.”

He leaned strong, graceful wrists on the bar, showing off glasscarved muscles. His flashy fashion sense almost made me smile. Only an arrogant glow-in-the-dark fairy boy could carry off a sleeveless limegreen shirt and soft plumpurple leather pants and not look totally queer. His claws jittered across the glass. “Have it your way. Just polite-ifying.”

I wiped away scarletstained tears. His weird English was kinda cute, all the same. He talked too fast, like his mind sprinted ahead of his mouth, and his words jumbled and flowered new syllables. It was annoyingly disarming. “If you’re running interference, you suck at it. You’re supposed to intercept me before I see him?”

A blank. “Seeify who what?”

Laughter snorted wet from my nose. “Screw you. Like you didn’t know all along.”

“About what?”

“About that, smart-ass.” I stabbed my finger over my shoulder towards Jasper and his tart, and chugged my drink dry, cool moisture dripping from the glass.

He glanced back, stainedglass wings rippling, and I couldn’t help but stare. He was decorative, I’d give him that. Half a head shorter than Jasper, but none of Jasper’s narrow fae slimness. No, Diamond was all hard glassy muscle, his weird translucent skin smooth and tight, faint scarlet veins an intriguing web beneath. When he moved, muscles stretched and bunched, fluid in a warm rosy glow.

Curiosity tingled my palms. Glassfae were strange. Improbable. Those churchwindow wings looked so delicate. For him to fly, all that dangerous muscle had to be fairylight. What would that ultrasmooth chest feel like under my fingertips? Blown glass? Cold, like crystal? Or soft, like skin, warm, slick, inviting? . . .

I swallowed and dropped my gaze, my cheeks warm. Like trouble, that’s what. All the same, these cocky gangboys. Too damn intriguing for their own good.

He spied Jasper and turned back, elegant for such a bulky guy. He had the grace to look embarrassed, gold glimmering deep in his ruby eyes. “Oh. That.”

Was that sympathy? Warmth spilled over my heart, and I quenched it. Everyone knew Diamond went through girls like toilet paper. Use ‘em up and flush ‘em when you’re done. “Yeah, that. Seriously, am I invisible or something?”

“It’s nothing. Just biznificality.” Rainbows danced in his long glassy hair.

His fairy boys will be sluts insouciance tickled warm indignation through my limbs. I plonked my glass on the bar. “Oh, sure. That makes me feel better, coming from you. Where’s your tart-of-the-evening? Broken her already? You get them from vending machines, or what?”

“Moron.”

“Excuse me?”

His gaze caught mine again, glowing violet. “Jasper. He’s an idiot. If you were my lady, I wouldn’t be screwing some other girl. I’d be screwing you.”

I love a hero and heroine who from the start just can’t resist provoking each other. No matter how they fight it, there’s something between them, for better or worse, and they just can’t let it alone. Like many of my Shadowfae characters, Ember and Diamond are both broken, lonely people, but together they find light in the darkness. Blood Cursed is a story of hope in a hopeless world, and in that way I think it’s probably the brightest, most romantic book in my series.

I’m on Twitter as @ericahayes, so please come chat with me any time. But for now, answer me this question: I do a lot of strange creatures in my books: fairies and banshees and other crazy critters, as well as bloodsuckers and shapeshifters. Do you like to see fresh characters in paranormals? Or do you prefer the traditional vampires and werewolves?

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Mina has harbored secret feelings for her boss, Joey, for as long as she can remember, but since he is her boss, she will not act on them. Little does she know that Joey has had his eye on her since the day he rescued her from almost certain death on the streets. Mina will do any work that Joey assigns to her, but the bonus is that he does not hesitate to get his hands dirty. However, when someone moves in to try and take over his territory, Joey will question the loyalties of all those who are close to him. And Mina has some questions of her own.

Mina has made appearances in the other books and she has always seemed like the wicked witch in her dealings with the other characters in those situations. But in Poison Kissed, the reader gets a whole different look at the real Mina. She is just as insecure as anyone else, but she puts on a tough face for the world, especially since she does jobs for her boss. She has to appear hardened.

The chemistry between Mina and Joey, though, draws the reader deep into the story. Neither Joey nor Mina knows that the other cares, and it is an intricate dance throughout the book as they doubt each other’s intentions towards one another. The book is very dark urban fantasy and offers an intriguing view of the seamy underworld that Hayes has created with a deft hand. Poison Kissed is an intense read and will keep you hooked from the very first look at Joey through Mina’s eyes, and the suspense will keep you on the edge of your seat right up until the very last word.

Book Excerpt: “Mina is a banshee whose greatest power lies in her siren song. She’s beholden to her boss Joey, a snake-shifter who once saved her life and now employs her as a gang enforcer. She refuses to upset the fragile balance between them by admitting that she longs for him, that his embrace is the only thing she craves more than revenge for her mother’s death…

When Mina learns that Joey may have been involved in her mother’s murder, fury threatens to spill out of her note by vicious note. She and Joey have always trusted each other to stay alive, but now she’s not sure what to believe. The evidence stacked against him—or the one man who haunts her dreams and burns her blood…”

Book Stats:

• Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin’s Paperbacks; Original edition (September 28, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312624700
• ISBN-13: 978-0312624705

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Books in the Shadowfae Chronicles series in the order they should be read:
Shadowfae
Shadowglass
Poison Kissed

Ice and her friends are deep in trouble owing the Valenti gang money, so they make a living stealing shiny baubles and fencing them. When Ice comes across a shiny, squidgy mirror, she just has to have it. Little does she realize what the mirror will do to her and her friends. And then there is the matter of her love life. She secretly longs for Indigo, but he has been hot and cold with her as well…and he has his own agenda for the mirror. Will Ice be able to resist the lure of the mirror and save herself and her friends?

Shadowglass intrigued me. The enchanted mirror concept kept my interest as I watched Ice and her friends fight amongst themselves due to the properties of the mirror. And as the mirror changed hands, it was captivating to watch the effects on the possessor. The book gave glimpses of several different characters that I look forward to learning about in the next few books in the series. Shadowglass has an appealing storyline and the characters are charismatic and interesting. There are parts in Shadowglass that refer back to the first book in the series, Shadowfae, so I would recommend going back and reading that book as well.

Book Excerpt: “Welcome to secret world hidden behind shadowy fairy glamour, where thieving spriggans rob you blind, beautiful banshees mesmerize you with their song, big green trolls kick heads at nightclubs and vampire Mafiosi rule the streets. Here a seductive magic mirror lies hidden deep in a demon’s lair, with a simple warning: don’t stare at the glass…

Ice is a light-fingered fairy who can’t resist a look at the powerful mirror. She and her fairy friends run confidence games, pretending to be fortune tellers and bedazzling customers with their glamour. But Ice longs for more—she wants a real life, a respectable job and something to strive for. The mirror offers her a chance to achieve everything she’s ever dreamed of. But when she pilfers it, she discovers that its power comes with a price: the mirror is a gateway to obsession and madness… and it will take every trick in her arsenal just to survive.”

Book Stats:

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin; 1 edition (March 2, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312578016
• ISBN-13: 978-0312578015

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Books in the Shadowfae Chronicles series in the order they should be read:
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Shadowglass
Poison Kissed

Big thanks to Rachel for having me at BBB today!

My third book, Poison Kissed, is about one of my favorite couples in the series, Joey and Mina. Why are they my favorite? I’m so glad you asked

First of all, Mina is a banshee, and my banshees are really cool. She has a magical soprano voice, and can sing you to death. Her hearing is supernaturally sharp. She has poison sacs in her mouth and her kiss can be deadly. She’s tall, beautiful and athletic. In short, she’s a kick-ass chick, and she wears the tight leather pants and knives to prove it!

(To be fair, she has an excuse for the UF fetish get-up: she’s a gang enforcer, and it’s her job to look tough and cool. At home, she gets around in her PJs. Or she would, if she was ever not working. You know how it is in UF Land.)

Then, there’s the hero, Joey. Joey is Mina’s gang boss, and she’s got a desperate crush on him. Ever since he saved her life years ago, he’s all she’s ever wanted.

But Joey has issues of his own. His gang is embroiled a brutal war with his mean-ass vampire rival, and if he shows weakness by letting her close, they’re all dead. But deep inside, Joey harbours a vicious self-loathing: he’s a snake-shifter, a rare and unlucky faeborn curse. If Mina sees what he really is underneath, she’ll throw up in her mouth and despise him forever. Or so he thinks.

But I’ll let him share with you. Here’s a snippet:

“Joey watches her walk away, and for too long a moment, the room fades from view, leaving only her swaying hips, that sharp-cut satiny blue hair swinging hypnotically around shapely shoulders, nightclub lights licking rainbows over her delicious female skin.

Beautiful Mina, strong but frightened and delicate under her gangster-hard shell. That athletic body, so inviting. Sober for once, no sparkle ripping her nerves tight or splashing wild words from her pretty red mouth. So desperately sad and vulnerable, she makes him ache in places he does his best to forget about.

A laugh twists in Joey’s throat, aimed at himself. He’s known her since she was a teenager, when they all teased him about her schoolgirl crush on him, a wide-eyed puppydog thing he always discounted for gratitude. Now, she’s a quivering whipcord of intoxicating, sensual woman, and when she looks at him like that—eats him alive with those haunting ruby eyes, both predator and quivering prey—he can’t help but imagine what it’d be like if.

If she didn’t work for him. If he weren’t a monster. If his enemies weren’t stalking in shadow, waiting for the first tiny crack in his ice-walled façade.

But she does, and he is, and they are.

She lifts her chin to glance back at him, those seductive crimson eyes tilted under glitterpainted lashes. Strobes flash on her scraped cheek, and Joey’s tongue forks, pushing at his lips, longing to search the air for her vibration. Her lost bloodscent makes him warm and twitchy, the snake jealous and quivering inside. He tasted her once, foolish kisses he couldn’t resist, and ever since, the memory of her succulent flesh and her hot, supple mouth has taunted him at the most inopportune moments.

Strong, yet so delicate. Feminine. Impossible. Always he fights the weird urge to shelter her, leap between her and danger with a swipe of venombright talons and a fanged snarl, protect her even though he pays her for that, not the other way around, and she’d rip his skin off five times out of ten if it came to a fight. Already she distracts him too much, and to show an ounce of weakness in gangland is death.

She turns away, and he bites his tongue, his own tart blood a sharp taste of reality. The room slams back into view, dazzling.

As if she’d ever want more than his money.”

Uh huh. You just keep telling yourself that

I love Joey and Mina, because they’re tough and mean and hard-ass – and then they fall in love, and it upends their world. Anger, passion, self-loathing, betrayal. What’s not to love?

I hope you enjoy Poison Kissed! You can read the full chapter one at my website: http://www.shadowfae.net/kissed-snippet.html and watch the book trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLeWSXxace8

Now over to you: if you were a UF heroine, what would your job be? Private investigator is popular. How about a vampire slayer? Exorcist? Bad-ass witch? Demon psychiatrist? Werewolf hairdresser? Or would you hide your kick-ass powers and get a job at Starbucks, to emerge only when the world needs saving?

Poison Kissed ~ Book 3 of the Shadowfae Chronicles

Beyond the veil of magic, a fairy otherworld pulses with glamour and dark beauty. It’s a place where passions run deep and dark — and death is just one kiss away…

Mina is a banshee whose greatest power lies in her siren song. She’s beholden to her boss Joey, a snake-shifter who once saved her life and now employs her as a gang enforcer. She refuses to upset the fragile balance between them by admitting that she longs for him, that his embrace is the only thing she craves more than revenge for her mother’s death…

When Mina learns that Joey may have been involved in her mother’s murder, fury threatens to spill out of her, note by vicious note. She and Joey have always trusted each other to stay alive, but now she’s not sure what to believe. The evidence stacked against him — or the one man who haunts her dreams and burns in her blood…

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Thanks to Rachel and the BBB crew for hosting me today, and a big thank you to everyone for dropping by!

Shadowglass is the second book in my series. Second books are difficult beasts for a writer to tackle. Once we’ve gotten over the fun of selling that first book, we have to get back to work, and it’s both sobering and terrifying. It’s no longer a question of just writing what we love. We have to write what our agent, our editor and our readers (we hope!) will love. And I don’t know about other authors, but the Fed-Ex guy still hasn’t delivered my crystal ball.

Luckily for me, my agent and editor and I seem to love the same things! But talk about keeping an author up at night. So many decisions to make. Is this story too much the same as the last one? Is it too different? What if I leave out such-and-such? Will readers be disappointed? Or maybe they’re already sick of so-and-so, and I should try something else?

Fact is, there’s no way of knowing until it’s out there. You just have to take the series in the direction you think is best. And my favourite parts of Shadowfae (book 1) are the darkly dangerous atmosphere, the sensuality and the romance. And fairies, and demons, and hungry vampires, and… everything

So here we are, Shadowglass and I. It’s a bigger book than Shadowfae, because I’ve delved deeper into my dark and psychedelic urban fantasy world. Before, the fairy folk were in the background, but now they’ve taken center stage – they’re sexy, crazy and colourful, and I hope you’ll love them!

Kane, the demon lord, is back, and he’s dealing with a bunch of new adversaries: confused angels, ambitious demon ladies and shapeshifting gangsters. And you’ll meet a new heroine: Ice, a waterfairy thief whose fascination for shiny things (and mysterious men) gets her in trouble.

And of course it’s sensual, dangerous and romantic. With a happy ending. I think I’ve kept all the good bits. I hope you agree

Here’s the cover copy:

“A seductive magic mirror lies hidden deep in a demon’s lair, with a simple warning: don’t stare at the glass…

Ice is a troubled fairy trying her best to survive in the squalid underworld of the Shadowfae. When she spends a hot night with a demon lord, she discovers a powerful magic mirror in his lair — and pilfers it, knowing it’s the key to escaping her bleak life as a two-bit con artist. But Ice soon discovers that the mirror’s power comes with a price…madness, which is slowly overtaking her.

Indigo oozes darkness, danger and tempting sensuality. He’s been sent to destroy Ice and bring the mirror back to its rightful owner; a mission that, if he fails, will cost him his life. But when he meets Ice, he faces an even greater challenge: an insatiable sexual hunger that neither of them can deny, and dark passions that threaten to claim them both forever. The trouble is, the longer he stays within the mirror’s reach, the greater its hold on his sanity—and the stronger his determination to save Ice…”

If you’d like, you can try chapter one of Shadowglass here: http://www.shadowfae.net/shadowglass.html

So you tell me: what makes you pick up book 2 in a series? Do you have to really love the first book? Or will you take a chance on a series where book 1 had potential, but wasn’t in your favourites?

And what if you haven’t read book 1? Will you jump into the middle of a series if it sounds cool, or do you like to start with book 1?

And what can make you decide to give the second book a miss? The absence of a beloved character? A plot twist you don’t like the sound of? Or even the fear that book 2 won’t be as good, and will ruin your enjoyment of book 1?

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CONTEST:

1) $50 gift card, Amazon or B&N (winners choice)
2) $25 gift card, Amazon or B&N (winners choice) plus an eBook of SHADOWFAE
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A big welcome to our readers today! Be sure to read to the end of the interview to find out how to WIN the fabulous prizes being offered up.

PLEASE NOTE: This is not a fixed time event, the post just goes live at 10:30 am CDT. You can stop by any time during the day or evening and leave your questions and chat.

PLEASE KEEP SPOILERS TO A MINIMUM. Not all of the readers today have read Erica’s book.

Interview:

Hi Erica!

Welcome to Bitten by Books, we are excited to have you here today!

I would like to thank you taking the time to join us for the question and answer session with our readers. It has been very interesting to get to know more about you and what makes you tick as a writer! Readers, if you haven’t done so already please stop by and get your copy of Erica’s newest book Shadowfae.

BBB: What are the most challenging and the most rewarding aspects of writing?

EH: The hardest part for me is that middle-of-the-book ‘bleh’ part, where it’s just not shiny any more. After two months or more of work, even the most exciting project will lose its glitter. The most rewarding parts? Typing THE END. Knowing I’ve got a nice juicy manuscript to revise — I love revising!

BBB: Do you consider your series paranormal romance or urban fantasy? and do you think it is important to distinguish between the two?

EH: I think for readers it’s very important to distinguish. People want to know what they’re getting. If a book is mis-labeled it can be very disappointing, especially if you’re expecting a happy ending to the romance and it ends badly, or there’s no ending at all.

My series is urban fantasy, but it has romance in it. Each book features a different heroine, and each heroine gets her happy ending in that book. But there are ongoing subplots and recurring characters, which means the romance isn’t always front and center. And sometimes the heroine tries more than one guy before she makes up her mind. Heh. Sometimes. Who am I kidding? Always!

BBB: Do you feel that your worldly travels help provide a particularly rich setting for your books?

EH: My books are set in Melbourne, the city I grew up with, so I hope my depictions of the streetscape and atmosphere are authentic. But I think travel gives you perspective, and when you’re creating and sustaining a paranormal world, you have to think outside what you’re familiar with. Travel also imparts a sense of wonder, or at least it does for me. Because the urban parts of my country are so new — we’ve only had Western settlement for 220 years — the place can be pretty sterile at times. But those old European and Mediterranean cities are brimming with secrets and shadows, thousands of years of culture and tradition, and you can just taste magic on the air. That’s the feel I’ve tried to create in my stories.

BBB: What is the most ridiculous thing that you have thought about doing to any of your characters but never did?

EH: Heh. When I think of a ridiculous idea, I tend to go right ahead and do it. My favourite crazy-idea-that-made-it is the fairy serial killer idea in book 2, Shadowglass. Don’t want to give away too much But some ideas are too off-the-page even for me. Anything that makes the characters irredeemable is a no-no, and I have to take care, even with the villains, because I never know who the heroine and hero of the next book might turn out to be!

BBB: We know that you have a second book in the Shadowfae Chronicles coming out next year. How many more books do you have planned for the series?

EH: I’m working on book 3, Shadowsong, about a banshee gangster hunting for her mother’s murderer. Don’t have a release date for that one yet, but I anticipate Fall 2010. I’m also contracted for book 4. After that, who knows? The series arc I’ve got planned would take at least a couple more after that.

BBB: How do you keep track of your world building?

EH: I use a Wiki for a series bible. In it, I keep notes on all the creatures, their appearance, powers, environmental effects and the like. I have different kinds of fairies with unique attributes that need to be kept consistent. But I’m not very good at keeping my Wiki up to date. Mostly I hoard it all in my head, and go madly flipping through manuscripts to check that elusive detail. Organisation would be a wonderful thing, wouldn’t it?

A few locations crop up in all the books — for instance, I have a nightclub called Unseelie Court that features a lot — so by now I can see those pretty well in my mind. Google Maps is a fabulous resource, and I have a little Google Map with various locations In Melbourne marked for my reference. I could show you exactly where Jade’s house is, which restaurants she eats at, where she does her shopping…

The trickiest thing is remembering what colour Kane’s fingernails are. I kid you not! Depending on his mood, his nails change colour, and I’m forever flicking back to see which colour means what. A small thing, true, but I like to get the details right.

BBB: What do you feel are the benefits of the new electronic readers such as Kindle 2 or Sony Digital Book Reader to the environment?

EH: To the environment? I’m not sure there are that many. We’re still printing the same vast numbers of books, and when the readers finally break down we have to dispose of them somehow. I think the real benefit is to readers, giving them flexibility and choice.

BBB: What impact do electronic readers create on the bottom line for authors in the end? Do you feel they have a negative impact or positive, or no impact at all that you can see?

EH: Oh, I couldn’t really say. But making more books more accessible to more readers seems like a good thing for everyone.

BBB: What else do you currently have in the works? Do you have any other series or stand alones forthcoming?

EH: I’m working on more Shadowfae books for now. But we’ll see what the future brings. I have a few ideas for a post-apocalyptic UF with an SF twist. But that’s a secret

BBB: What made you decide to use Succubi in the first book?

EH: You mean apart from: “Wow, she can suck out a guy’s soul? Cool!” ?

I’d read other authors’ series about succubi and loved them. But I saw a sadder, darker side to a succubus’s story that wasn’t being told. It’s not all about fun and hot guys and great sex. In Shadowfae, Jade is a murderer — an assassin, in truth, using her hellish powers at the behest of her demon master — and it’s not as if she can keep distance from her victims. She’s right there, looking into their eyes as they go to hell.

After 150 years, all the killing is really wearing her down. Her self-esteem has evaporated from all these sordid encounters, and from constantly using her demon magic to make herself attractive. She’s still got 850 years of demon servitude to go, and then she’ll burn in hell forever. And as for relationships… well, sooner or later they all ask what you do for a living, and no one wants a girl who has sex with other guys to stay alive.

The idea of a heroine who thinks life can’t possibly get worse — but it can’t get better either, because there’s no escape — intrigued me. She believes she has both nothing to lose, and nothing to aim for. So I gave her a chance to escape — a forbidden ritual that involves damning the four most repellent souls in town — and let her run with it

BBB: Where do you see the urban fantasy genre headed? Can you see it slowing down in the near future, or do you think that the immediate future is pretty bright for it?

EH: I can’t see it slowing down any time soon. There’s so much great new stuff out there. Just when you think it’s getting old and boring, someone comes up with something new. And we’re educating a whole new generation of readers with all the great young adult UF that’s coming out. Even aside from the latest ‘hot thing’, whether it’s demons or angels or steampunk or whatever, I think readers still love a great story with the old staples: vampires, monster hunters, kick-ass heroines. I know I do!

BBB: How do you navigate the actual story writing, e.g. do you pre-plot it all out, get the main details and pantz it, divide up chapters, etc.?

EH: Heh. Remember, you asked I’m the pre-plot queen. I structure everything out, and I mean everything. I do goal and conflict charts for all the characters. I coax the plot into acts and turning points and scene-and-sequels. I know precisely where each character arc should be, at the beginning and end of each scene. By the time I’m finished, I have a twenty-page document that tells me scene-by-scene exactly what to do. And then I open a new document (landscape, please, Century Schoolbook 12pt single spaced) and start at the beginning, and write through to the end. I type THE END when I get there. And then I revise, but there’s not usually much to do.

For me, outlining to this extent doesn’t take the fun out of it, or stifle my creative thingies. It’s a safety blanket, really. I can change it if I want to, but I know that if I stick to it, at least the story will be solid. And the drafting process is where all the colour and excitement comes in. Until then, my characters are ideas, not people, and I love discovering their quirks along the way.

BBB: Do you have any plans for book signings/ readings anytime soon? If so, where can our readers find you? Any chance for a stateside tour?

EH: Ooh, I’d love to come to the US! I have vague plans to attend Romance Writers of America in 2010. Nashville, oh my!

BBB: If you could choose to be either a shapeshifter or vampire for eternity, which would you choose and why? Or would you be some other creature?

EH: Vampire, please! I’d choose vampire over shapeshifter any day. Full moons and packs and alpha males and all that running around naked… Actually, now that I think about it, it doesn’t sound too bad! But I love the idea of eternal youth and beauty. And hypnotism, to bend puny mortals to my will.

BBB: The cover on your book is absolutely stunning. It is foiled and read. Who did the cover art and are you happy with it?

EH: No, I’m not happy. I’m ecstatic! I have so much love for these covers. The design people done a truly awe-inspiring job, and from an author’s perspective, I think they’ve captured the flavour of the books perfectly.

The cover illustrator is Craig White, and you can see his portfolio here: http://www.craigwhiteillustration.com/

I’m sure you’ll recognise many of his UF covers there. Wonderful!

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CONTEST: PLEASE NOTE THE NEW CONTEST EMAIL ADDRESS TO SEND YOUR ENTRIES TO BELOW. There are also revisions to the rules for this contest, please read them all carefully. Also, PLEASE LEAVE YOUR FIRST AND THE INITIAL OF YOUR LAST NAME in your comment/post so we can give you the proper credit for your entries.

Readers, here’s how to enter the contest. You can do just ONE or ALL of these things, and each thing you do will give you additional entries at a chance to WIN. REMEMBER you have Until 10/22/09 at 11:59 pm PDT to do the different things that YOU choose to do.

She will be giving away an amazing prize! The contest is open to readers worldwide!
Apple iPod touch 8 GB (3rd Generation)

1. The easiest way to enter is by purchasing copies of Erica’s books.

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The contest ends on 10/22/09 at 11:59 pm PDT and the winners will be contacted via email. You will receive your prize bag directly from the author. PLEASE LEAVE YOUR FIRST AND THE INITIAL OF YOUR LAST NAME as well as a valid email where we can contact you. REMEMBER the more things you do, the more entries, the greater the chances of winning.

1. Please note, the prize stated IS the prize you will receive, there will be absolutely no substitutions or changes the prize is non-transferable. If you don’t want the prize being offered, please don’t enter the contest. If you ever win an electronic copy of a book, please note that it is ILLEGAL to forward, give away or copy it in anyway once you receive it. Doing so violates copyright. If we find out that it has been done, you will no longer be eligible to win any of our contests.

2. You have THREE days from the day the we contact you to claim your prize by sending your name/mailing address to me. Failure to contact me will forfeit your prize. BBB can at that time, choose either to re-award the prize to another entrant or not.

3. The prize stated IS the prize you will receive, there will be no substitutions, trades or changes. No exceptions. Please do not ask. If for some reason you do not wish to claim your prize, please let me know as soon as possible. Bitten by Books has the option to re-award it or not.

4. Contest is open to USA readers except where noted. The prizes are shipped directly from the author.

5. Bitten by Books is in NO way responsible for the prizes being offered in any of the contests. If for some reason a contributor does not honor their prize, there is nothing we can or will do about it. We are not worried that this will happen, but we want to be very clear that WE are not offering these prizes, the contributor is and it is their responsibility to fulfill their prize obligations.

6. These rules are subject to change or be modified without prior written notice.

7. Contest is void where prohibited.

8. By entering this contest you are agreeing to our terms of entry

Jade is only one-fifth of the way into her sentence as a succubus and she already craves her release. She hates what she does and hates who she has become. However, an incubus, Rajah, gives her hope when he explains how she can break her bonds. But a power hungry vampire and her demon lord will do whatever they can to stop her. And in the end, she will have to decide between freedom or love.

This is one of the few times that cover art has drawn me to a book. I had to read it without even knowing what it was about. I was intrigued by Ms. Hayes’s debut novel. It was a fast read but easy to fall into. Jade’s struggle with who she was becoming, her hatred towards herself and her belief that every man thought she was a slut or a whore because of her “occupation” as a succubus were all elements that were thought-provoking and provided stimulating insight into how a succubus might privately feel. In some books, it’s easy to instantly dislike certain characters and want the heroine to end up with a particular male. In this book, while I rooted for Rajah, I was left wondering about Kane, Jade’s demon overlord. For a demon, he had a very vulnerable side, which was visible when he appeared in the story. I was left wanting to know more about him at the end of the book.

I hope that Ms. Hayes focuses on him in a future book in the series. I did not get a chance to read the free prequel to Shadowfae but now I cannot wait to read it. Shadowfae is an intriguing story about a succubus and an incubus, and I would recommend adding it to your reading list.

Book Excerpt: “Imagine a secret world veiled in fairy glamour and brimming with unearthly delights. A city swarming with half-mad fairies, where thieving spriggans rob you blind, beautiful banshees mesmerize you with their song, and big green trolls bust heads at nightclubs. And once you’re in, there’s no escape…

Enslaved by a demon lord, Jade is forced to spend her nights seducing vampire gangsters and shapeshifting thugs. After two hundred years as a succubus, she burns for freedom and longs to escape her brutal life as a trophy girl for hell’s minions. Then she meets Rajah, an incubus who touches her heart and intoxicates her senses. Rajah shares the same bleak fate as she, and yearns just as desperately for freedom. But the only way for Jade to break her bonds is to betray Rajah—and doom the only man she’s ever loved to a lifetime in hell.”

Book Stats

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin; 1 edition (October 13, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312578008
• ISBN-13: 978-0312578008

To purchase a print copy of Shadowfae from Amazon click here.

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Books in the Shadowfae Chronicles series in the order they should be read:
Shadowfae
Shadowglass