PLEASE NOTE: The contest portion of the Sunny event is now closed. The winners will be chosen at a later date and contacted via email.

Hi everyone! Welcome to my Release Party/Author Chat hosted here in honor of my new Monère novel, Mona Lisa Eclipsing, coming out next week on April 5th. Also to launch my eSpecial novella of Mona Lisa Three, which will be out in 3 days, on March 31st.  Please note that the contest runs from 3/28 – 4/1/11, instead of only being for one day as I mistakenly announced in my newsletter.

The novella, as you can tell from the title, features Mona Lisa’s first unexpected ménage with Gryphon and Amber. You can read the first 2 chapters at http://www.sunnyauthor.com to get a taste

What to write about? I’ll put out some general things about myself and leave it to you to ask me more questions when you post a comment if you want to know something specific, or you can throw in something about yourself.

Favorite book: The Host by Stephanie Meyer. I just luv this book! Cannot say enough about it.

Print or eBook: I used to be a die-hard print reader up until about a year ago. My husband bought me a Kindle but I only read like 8 books on that. Convenient when I traveled: I downloaded something after boarding an airplane, but I don’t travel that often. I did more eReading on my computer because it has a brighter screen. But I just got an iPhone 4, the Verizon model, and now read eBooks mostly off that. It has a small but bright screen, without the computer’s drawback of EMF radiation when I flip the iPhone into Airplane mode, which turns off the Wi-Fi and cellular signal. Sweet, huh?

Favorite food: Japanese – sushi, need I say more? And Thai – addicted to Pad Thai and Thai Ice coffee, which actually gives me palpitations, so the drink is a rare treat for me, like in once a year.

Best friend: My hubby. My main squeeze and main support.

Exercise: Not enough. Bicycle riding when I get the chance.

Car: Looking into buying a 2011 Chevy Cruze LTZ with the RS appearance package. Wanted a spiffy small car with snazzy looks but definitely has to have good gas mileage. The Cruze gets 36 highway/24 city, which I’m pretty blown away by. I only get 20 miles per gallon on average on my current car, a Honda CRV. If you guys can recommend anything better, do let me know!

Well, that hits a lot of broad but hopefully interesting areas. Now I’ll turn it over to you.

Questions for Readers:
1. Where is your favorite place to buy books?
2. Which do you prefer, print or eBook?
3. How do you choose new authors to read?

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CONTEST INFO: The contest portion of the event runs until 11:59 pm Central on 4/1/11. Open to readers in the US and Worldwide as noted.

Prize 1: A $100.00 Amazon Gift Card (WORLDWIDE)

Prize 2: ONE lucky reader will win ALL of the following titles (US/Canada only)

ACCIDENTALLY CATTY Dakota Cassidy
MONA LISA ECLIPSING Sunny
BLOOD WYNE Yasmine Galenorn
NIGHTSHADE Michelle Rowen
SIREN’S SURRENDER Devyn Quinn
MASTER OF SMOKE Angela Knight
BLOOD CHALLENGE Eileen Wilks
NEVER AGAIN Michele Bardsley
A WEREWOLF IN MANHATTAN Vicki Lewis Thompson
ON THE HUNT Gena Showalter, Shannon Butcher, Jessica Andersen, Deirdre Knight

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Exclusive Bitten by Books

Interview with Author Sunny

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. The contest runs for an ENTIRE WEEK!! From today through 11:59 pm PDT time 3/29/09. Open to readers in the USA!

NOTE: This is not a fixed time event, the post just goes live at 8:30 am CDT. You can stop by any time during the day or evening and leave your questions and comments.

Interview:

Hi Sunny!

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 Sunny’s latest release Mona Lisa Darkening.

BBB: What do you find the most challenging and the most rewarding aspect of writing?

Sunny: The most challenging is coming up with a story idea that zaps you with excitement and anticipation.  One you’re itching to write.  After that, it’s finding the time to write it, LOL.  The most rewarding aspect of writing was finding that I could indeed write a book.  And get it published, too.

BBB: Your books seem extremely well researched.  Do you enjoy this part of writing? What resources do you find most helpful?

Sunny: I think I did the most research on my first several stories.  I almost filled out an entire composition notebook with my ideas, characters, and world-building for Mona Lisa Awakening, and spent about a month doing so.  Did the same for my “Chinatown” novella in THE HARD STUFF-several weeks and many books and online sources researching illegal Chinese human smuggling practices; that story, by the way, was what first got me sold. Another half-month researching Indonesia for the story the Skin on Skin anthology.  Hardly any research, though, for my other books, which had all been either in the Mona Lisa series or the spin-off Demon Princess Chronicles about Lucinda.

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?

Sunny: I don’t know about benefit to the environment, but darn if the convenience isn’t tempting.  I’ve also been a book-in-hand kind of reader. It’s how I relax and enjoy myself, like other people watch TV.  Sitting in front of a computer usually equates work or taking care of business to me, not relaxation.  I tried the Sony Digital Book Reader once but wasn’t happy with the lighting, rather dim I thought.  And some of the e-books I purchased didn’t have the larger font option available so I ended up reading them on my computer anyway.  Must confess, though, I’ve been real tempted to give the Kindle 2 a try but haven’t had any opportunity yet to lay hands on one and check it out.

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?

Sunny: For myself, e-book sales are a relatively small percentage of my total book sales.  The market is a small but definitely growing, however, and may even get a boost in this period of economic downturn since it’s cheaper to buy an e-book than a paper-printed copy.  I tend to see e-books as being generally positive for everyone.  The only aspect that disturbs me it the frequent illegal online sharing.

BBB: Your books are thoroughly sensual, how did you decide to do such a matriarchal take on your books? What was the inspiration for such strong yet feminine characters?

Sunny: The sensual part of it was quite a surprise to both me and my family.  You have to understand that I came to writing much later in life, when I was almost forty.  The other things-coming up with characters, and a fantasy world-were not easy for me; I was never considered, or thought or myself, as a creative, imaginative person.  But when I hit the love scenes I just sort of soared-and they got hotter and hotter and blushingly hotter. The matriarchal take just evolved from the heroine, which for me had to be both very strong and yet vulnerable: male verve coupled with feminine softness.

BBB: I like that Monère are the basis for vampire and shifters alike.  How did you come up with that concept?

Sunny: It actually came from collaboration with my husband, Da Chen.  He was the author first in our family, seven years before I tumbled into it.  We were crazy ambitious parents-still are, I guess-and drove our kids every Sunday to Connecticut (we lived in New York) for kungfu lessons, which was a four-hour roundtrip drive for us.  We did this for a whole entire year, and came up with the concept of a supernatural race of people descended from the moon on one of these long weekly treks.  My husband thought of maybe using the concept for one of his young adult novels, but never actually found time to write it.   I, on the other hand, couldn’t stop thinking about this “Children of the Moon” idea.  It continued to intrigue me, so when I took a stab at writing my first book several years later, that’s what I used.

BBB: Can you tell us what your next release (s) will be? And do you have stand alone titles forthcoming? What’s in store for the Lucinda and her series?

Sunny: My next release will be Lucinda, Dangerously, the second book in the Demon Princess Chronicles, coming out in October 2009 by Berkley.  That will probably be the last book set in the Monère and the Demon Princess world for awhile.  I have a contemporary fiction and possibly a new fantasy series I’d like to write; the ideas for these new stories and characters had been percolating in my brain for a couple of years now.  Though I may eventually come back and continue my Mona Lisa series.

BBB: If you could be a “Mona Sunny” what type of Queen would you be? More humane or harsh in your rulings or just totally into the harem of guys?

Sunny: I’d probably be very similar to Mona Lisa.  I think a lot of authors put pieces of themselves into each character they write-the good and the bad ones.  So while I can be nice and sweet, and am generally quite even-tempered and giving, I can also be a totally ruthless and nasty bitch if I need to be-or am driven to it.  Taking care of the people I love comes first with me: making them happy.  And, like the doctor I was trained to be, I try to do no harm.  Build up; don’t tear down.

BBB: How did you come up with the idea of the give and take of powers from sexual encounters? Was it based off of the succubus mythology?

Sunny: That idea I came up entirely on my own without any input from my husband.  I liked the idea of a society of powerful and abusive Queens, but then had to give them a reason why they were so powerful, why they ruled. You build a world and then try to support it with believable facts and rules.  I made these Queens the only ones able to draw down the essential life-renewing energy that these Monère children of the moon needed to survive.  The ability of male warriors to gain power from their Queens through sex was conceived to explain why some of these males had to turn rogue: because they had gained too much power this way, and became a threat to their Queen.  The blood-drinking demons in my world actually have more succubus-like powers; along with the blood, they drink down their donors’ orgasmic blast of energy as a, well, energizing side dish.

BBB: If you could shapeshift, what animal would you be? And would you want to be able to take the half form?  If so why?

Sunny: I’d love to be tiger or a leopard, more so than a wolf-odd because in life I’m more of a dog-person than cat-but large cats blend beauty and grace with dangerous threat.  As to being able to shift into half-form-half animal, half human, like a werewolf-yes, I’d definitely want that because you can still speak and communicate in that form; and standing upright, you’re even more intimidating.

BBB: What is your all time favorite paranormal/urban fantasy book?

Sunny: My favorite book, I would have to say, is The Host by Stephanie Meyer.

My favorite series is Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan saga.  Both have everything I love-great heart, thrilling action, and wonderful imagination. Though I guess they would be considered more science fiction than paranormal or urban fantasy.

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Readers, learn more about Sunny here:

Read the Bitten by Books reviews of the author’s work here.
To visit the author’s website go here.
To visit the author’s blog go here.

Please pick up your copies of Sunny’s books here:
Books in the Monére, Children of the Moon series in the order they should be read:
Mona Lisa Awakening
Over the Moon – Anthology story “Mona Lisa Three”
Mona Lisa Blossoming
On the Prowl – Anthology story “Mona Lisa Betwining”
Mona Lisa Craving
Mona Lisa Darkening

Lucinda, Darkly
Lucinda, Dangerously

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Readers, here’s how to enter the contest. SEVEN lucky participants will win an  copy of Mona Lisa Darkening. Contest is open to US readers.

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.

1. In order to be entered into this contest the ONE thing you ALL have to do is leave a comment or question. Feel free to start a discussion or ask as many questions as you like. No talking = no entries! You can come by everyday through 3/29/09 and comment for more entries. Good for 10 entries per day.

GENERAL CONTEST INFORMATION:

The contest ends on 3/29/09 at 11:59 pm PDT and the winner will be contacted the following week. You will receive your prize directly from the publisher. 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.

IMPORTANT CONTEST RULES:

1. If you aren’t interested in receiving the prize, offered please do not enter the contest.

2. You have THREE days from the day the I 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. We have the option to re-award it or not.

4. Contest is open to readers in the US. The prize is shipped directly from the publisher.

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

Book Stats:

• Mass Market Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Berkley; Reprint edition (November 4, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425224945
• ISBN-13: 978-0425224946

To purchase a print copy of Mona Lisa Blossoming click here.
Books in the Monére, Children of the Moon series in the order they should be read:
Mona Lisa Awakening
Over the Moon – Anthology story “Mona Lisa Three”
Mona Lisa Blossoming
On the Prowl – Anthology story “Mona Lisa Betwining”
Mona Lisa Craving
Mona Lisa Darkening

Mona Lisa is on her way to her new territory in Louisiana. She is going to her new home with her brother, two lovers, and guards. Things should be easy, right? But things never seem to take the easy route with Mona Lisa.

Gryphon is not sure what to expect once they get to Louisiana. This is the territory of Mona Louisa, one in which he has a history. What will Mona Lisa think of him once she knows the truth of his life here? Will she still want him in her life, in her bed?

It is a time for Mona Lisa to learn even more of her Monère heritage; it is time for her to know what it means to be Queen. But will she be able to be a true Queen? Or will her human blood hold her back from being the Queen she needs to be?

Mona Lisa Blossoming is the second installment of the Monère series, and picks up immediately after the first story ends. I enjoyed this sequel much more than the first story. The story has picked up in pace, and the eroticism has picked up in heat. Sunny takes those dark, hidden desires that hold us humans in thrall and slightly scandalize us, and brings them into the light through Mona Lisa’s battle with the culture and accepted practices of the Monère’s. The hard time that she has, despite the unusual bloodline she holds, makes Mona Lisa a believable character; and one that you find yourself rooting for. She is not perfect, and those imperfections are what make this tale one that you will find yourself reading repeatedly. She is the underdog that you will be rooting for, feeling for, crying for. The tales of Mona Lisa are a wonderfully erotic addition to any library!

To visit the author’s website go here.

Book Stats:

• Mass Market Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Berkley; Reprint edition (October 7, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425224554
• ISBN-13: 978-0425224557

To purchase a print copy of Mona Lisa Awakening click here.
To purchase a Kindle copy of Mona Lisa Awakening click here.
Books in the Monére, Children of the Moon series in the order they should be read:
Mona Lisa Awakening
Over the Moon – Anthology story “Mona Lisa Three”
Mona Lisa Blossoming
On the Prowl – Anthology story “Mona Lisa Betwining”
Mona Lisa Craving
Mona Lisa Darkening

Mona Lisa has always known that she is different. Her heart beats slower than others’, she is stronger than others, and she has the ability to touch someone and know what ails them. She has decided to work with the sick and ailing, hoping that the powers that she feels inside her will come forward. But when a male comes into the hospital that calls to her on a visceral level, she begins to learn just how different she really is.

Gryphon went to a human hospital to die from silver poison his Queen gave him. He never expected to find a Half-Breed Queen, nor did he expect for her to take him into her service. Can he live long enough to introduce her to the world that she belongs to?

Monère are the Children of the Moon. They have often been mistaken for vampires or were creatures because of their love of the night, and abilities to take on other forms, but truly they are neither. They are a humanoid species from the Mother Moon, who bask in the moonlight of the full moon. They are a beautiful, long lived race that are perfect…or are they?

Mona Lisa Awakening is a wonderful debut of a uniquely original series. I enjoyed this matriarchal series immensely. The symbiotic relationship between the Queens and their court is extremely interesting and involved. It is more than just the need of a Queen for her court; it is an intense sharing of life, love, and respect. Mona Lisa is a modern day girl shoved into an ancient system that she believes needs to change and she is determined to be fair to those of whom she is responsible. If you are looking for a new series that is hotly erotic with a good storyline that will pull you in, this is the series for you!

To visit the author’s website go here.

Mona Lisa is the first mixed blood Queen the Monere have ever had. Descended from the moon, her people, the Monere draw their strength and long lifespan from it. Once a month her people gather to her to bask in the light of the moon while she draws down its power. On this night of the vernal equinox, one of the two times a year when night and day are equal and the barrier between Earth and Hell is at it’s weakest something goes terribly wrong. She is engulfed by darkness and disappears only to find herself in NetherHell.

NetherHell is the lowest level of hell and a place where even her mate and a Crown Prince of Hell, Halcyon, dares not go. While struggling to survive in NetherHell a gargoyle warlord named Gordane captures her. He’s soon obsessed with Mona and she finds it difficult not to return his affections. By becoming her protector through NetherHell Mona Lisa finds herself more and more drawn to him. Her feelings for Gordane begin to grow and strengthen, but what happens when Mona Lisa’s lost love reappears and crosses the threshold of NetherHell to rescue her? All this while her inner demon, the evil Monere queen that she shares her body with, Mona Louisa, is doing her level best take control of Mona Lisa’s body.

Mona Lisa Darkening is Sunny’s newest installment in her Children of the Moon series. Mona Lisa Darkening is her best since The Children of the Moon debut novel, Mona Lisa Awakening. Mona Lisa Darkening not only introduces a well thought out new character, but brings back a favorite of readers. Life is anything but boring for Mona Lisa and this time around things become even more incredible. Halycon is probably most people’s favorite of Mona Lisa’s loves, but Gordane makes a strong go at the title. He will leave readers demanding to know more about him.

Mona Lisa Darkening is a self describing title. The sweet, innocent Mona Lisa we met in the first novel is long gone, but in a good way. The character continues to grow throughout each novel making her boldest moves yet. While Mona Lisa comes from an alien race who need the moon in order to draw down their powers, she’s only human. Using the Superman mythos of having incredible powers while at the same time tempering those powers with her human upbringing and the morals that go with that, you will find yourself drawn in.

If you haven’t read Sunny’s Monere, Children of the Moon series, and I confess I read all four to do this review, I believe you’re missing out. I was pleasantly surprised by all four and can’t wait for the next installment.

Book Stats:

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Berkley (January 6, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425226476
• ISBN-13: 978-0425226476

To purchase a print copy of Mona Lisa Darkening click here.

Books in the Monére, Children of the Moon series in the order they should be read:

Mona Lisa Awakening
Over the Moon – Anthology story “Mona Lisa Three”
Mona Lisa Blossoming
On the Prowl – Anthology story “Mona Lisa Betwining”
Mona Lisa Craving
Mona Lisa Darkening

To visit the author’s website go here.

Lucinda, Darkly is the beginning of a great new series by best selling author Sunny that tells about Lucinda, who is one of the secondary characters from the Monére, Children of the Moon series.

Lucinda is the daughter of the High Lord of Hell and rules over a small territory. She is also somewhat of a bounty hunter of wayward demons. Lucinda has spent literally centuries alone and is getting bored with her existence, and has even convinced herself that she likes it that way on some levels. That is, until she runs into an outcast Monére warrior or two, and a mix-blood boy. She soon finds herself back in the thick of things with people to care for, and her biggest challenge seems to be letting them care for her and be with her. The book delves into the underworld and the challenges she faces.

This is an action-packed adventure with some really great sex scenes. I really dig Lucinda, who is a hard, but fair woman with a strong sense of what is right and wrong. There are plenty of ways this series could grow, and I am really looking forward to the next installment in this series, Lucinda, Deadly, which is scheduled for release sometime in 2009.
Book Stats:

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Berkley Trade (August 7, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425214648
• ISBN-13: 978-0425214640

To purchase a print copy of Lucinda, Darkly click here.

Books in The Demon Princess Chronicles in the order in which they should be read:
Lucinda, Darkly
Lucinda, Dangerously – Scheduled for release August 2009

To visit the author’s website go here.

Mona Lisa Craving is the 5th book in the ongoing Monére, Children of the Moon series by national best selling author Sunny. It tells the story of Mona Lisa, who is the re-incarnate of Mona Lyra, and the eternally cursed Dante, who wants her to kill him and end his suffering.

In this storyline, Mona Lisa gets a much needed healer for her group, but it could be at a great price for everybody involved. The book also delves more into her desire for a child and her engagement to Lord Halcyon, the Demon Prince of Hell.

The greatest urge for the Monére is to create life, and it is not an easy thing for their queens to do. Will Mona Lisa finally get her wish? Will she make the crucial decision to end Dante’s life? All these questions and more are revealed in this installment.

The book has a lot of sex scenes that are well written and intriguing. The series is based on a shape shifting humanoid race that came to earth over 4,000 years ago, and is definitely erotic fantasy at its best. I am anxiously awaiting the next book, Mona Lisa Darkening, which is scheduled for release in January 2009.

Book Excerpt: “Dante, the warrior son of a healer, was cursed by the high priestess to endure a never-ending cycle of life and death, born and reborn into an ever-diminishing bloodline. Someone shares one of his past lives. Her name was Mona Lyra. Back then, on the moon in another world, she was his victim. Today, she is Mona Lisa, and this time, she is his savior. Dante’s wish is to die by her hands to end his cursed existence, but she feels fate has given them both a second chance. For even stronger than her craving for blood is her craving for what every Monére female desires, and needs…to bear life. Now she has found her mate-but with this blessing could come a new curse under the shadow of a new moon.”

Book Stats:

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Berkley Trade (January 2, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425217450
• ISBN-13: 978-0425217450

To purchase a print copy of Mona Lisa Craving click here.

Books in the Monére, Children of the Moon series in the order they should be read:
Mona Lisa Awakening
Over the Moon – Anthology story “Mona Lisa Three”
Mona Lisa Blossoming
On the Prowl – Anthology story “Mona Lisa Betwining”
Mona Lisa Craving
Mona Lisa Darkening

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