Terri Garey: Demons Are a Ghoul's Best Friend

I just added a new post to the "Chatting with" series on "Rosa is for Romance".

Terri Garey: Demons Are a Ghoul's Best Friend

Terri Garey writes paranormal romance for Avon Books. Her debut novel, DEAD GIRLS ARE EASY, won the 2008 RITA from Romance Writers of America for Best First Book, as well as the 2008 PRISM Award. Her quirky romantic tale about Nicki Styx, a former goth girl who survives a near death experience to find herself an unwilling "ghoulfriend" to the dead, has since been followed by the sequel, A MATCH MADE IN HELL (Avon Books, July 2008), a novella entitled GHOULS NIGHT OUT (part of the June 2008 anthology WEDDINGS FROM HELL), the soon-to-be-released YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I HAUNT (February 2009), and another Nicki Styx novel, as yet untitled, which will be released in October of 2009.

To read more:

http://rosaromance.splinder.com/post/18918405/

Terri Garey: Demons Are a Ghoul's Best Friend

I just added a new post to the "Chatting with" series on "Rosa is for Romance".

Terri Garey: Demons Are a Ghoul's Best Friend

Terri Garey writes paranormal romance for Avon Books. Her debut novel, DEAD GIRLS ARE EASY, won the 2008 RITA from Romance Writers of America for Best First Book, as well as the 2008 PRISM Award. Her quirky romantic tale about Nicki Styx, a former goth girl who survives a near death experience to find herself an unwilling "ghoulfriend" to the dead, has since been followed by the sequel, A MATCH MADE IN HELL (Avon Books, July 2008), a novella entitled GHOULS NIGHT OUT (part of the June 2008 anthology WEDDINGS FROM HELL), the soon-to-be-released YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I HAUNT (February 2009), and another Nicki Styx novel, as yet untitled, which will be released in October of 2009.

To read more:

http://rosaromance.splinder.com/post/18918405/

Around the World: Fisher Building

This was actually only a day in Chicago. I went in Illinois in December to follow an updating course in a college one hour from Chicago. It was a very cold winter and there was a snowstorm, and so we all remained inside the college for almost all the two weeks of our stay. The only weekend I was there I decided to visit Chicago. It was Sunday morning and a very cold morning and the city was almost empty. The people I was with preferred to find shelter inside a big store in the new part of the city, and instead I decided to take a walk. It was Christmas period, and it was nice to see the lights and the decorations around the city.

 
by Elisa, Chicago, 2000:
http://www.elisarolle.com/travel/2000Chicago.htm

From the light it seems late afternoon and instead it was midmorning...

( Fisher Building )

Around the World: Fisher Building

This was actually only a day in Chicago. I went in Illinois in December to follow an updating course in a college one hour from Chicago. It was a very cold winter and there was a snowstorm, and so we all remained inside the college for almost all the two weeks of our stay. The only weekend I was there I decided to visit Chicago. It was Sunday morning and a very cold morning and the city was almost empty. The people I was with preferred to find shelter inside a big store in the new part of the city, and instead I decided to take a walk. It was Christmas period, and it was nice to see the lights and the decorations around the city.

 
by Elisa, Chicago, 2000:
http://www.elisarolle.com/travel/2000Chicago.htm

From the light it seems late afternoon and instead it was midmorning...

( Fisher Building )

Calendar Boys 4: October, November & December by Jamie Craig

Trick Of Silver (Calendar Boys - October) by Jamie Craig

I have never been attracted to the idea of men in dress... I like my men fully men! But I can admit without problem that sometime a man in dress looks better than a woman (have you ever seen Priscilla the Queen of the Desert? Guy Pierce in dress? if yes, you know what I mean).

So this story begins with Darren, a paranormal special agent, a werewolf hunter, who has the mission to kill Aden, an alpha male framed with a string of recent kills. I actually haven't understood for sure why Darren should be dress as a woman on the Halloween party he goes to find Aden, since the purpose to lure Aden better as woman rather than as a man is not the reason; au countraire, Aden seems a lot more interested in Darren when he finds that he is a man, the hunt is more exciting in that way.

Anyway, Darren thinks at Aden as the enemy, an enemy to destroy, but he can't help to be attracted by the man. Darren is not a werewolf, but when he is near Aden, he is like a bitch in heat. Darren is not an helpless man, he can be lethal, but he is more than willing to give up the control to Aden. Is not a "sweet love" feeling, is hundred per cent lust: Darren forgets his mission and his beliefs for a chance to be on the same bed, or wherever else, with Aden.

Aden likes to play. He has a target in mind, but he has no problem to reach the target and at the same time play with Darren. And if something else comes out, even better, he can always do with another member in his pack. Again is not a question of love, love is never mention in the book, for real, not even one time in all the almost 90 pages!

Trick of Silver is a paranormal Halloween romp, full of sex, flesh and blood... enjoy your plate!

http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure/CalendarBoysOctober.html

Over Here (Calendar Boys - November) by Jamie Craig

During the WWII, Harvey and Zach were all for each other: fellow soldiers, friends, lovers. But then Harvey was badly injured and sent home and instead Zach had to spend another 20 months fighting and killing. Knowing that the man he loved was alive somewhere was enough for Zach to go on, but when nor a letter or a message arrived from Harvey, Zach though that his friend had moved on with his life, a life in which loving Zach was not allowed.

Ten years after, during the first official Veterans Day, Zach decides that he is tired to try to forget the only man he loves and goes to find Harvey to at least have his official goodbye. What he finds his a man who has never moved on, a man who waits for every day to pass without a reason. Harvey is not married, he has not a family, he is alone. When Harvey went in war 12 years before, he knew that he preferred men, but in his little town he never had any chance to find his love. He found him in Zach, and when he was sent back at home, he thought that it was his fate, and that Zach should remain only an happy memory. Harvey thinks it's not possible for two men to openly love and live together, and what they had in the cold night during the war is the only thing they could have.

Zach is not of the same idea, he lives in a city and not in a small town like Harvey, and he knows that, if they don't flaunt too much their real relationship, they can have an happy life together.

I like this story, it's really sweet and tender. There is the sad memory of the war, but it's a distant thing and weights more the love between Harvey and Zach rather than the violence and the death. And I like both characters, the introvert Harvey, always weighting the things, always cautious, but ready to open to love; and I like Zach, dominant but gentle, not impulsive, but sure of what he wants and strong enough to reach for it.

The story is not long, less than 70 pages, but it's right and complete in its shortness.

http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure/CalendarBoysNovember.html

Amazon: Calendar Boys, Vol. IV (October-December)

Reading List:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading list&view=elisa.rolle

Calendar Boys 4: October, November & December by Jamie Craig

Trick Of Silver (Calendar Boys - October) by Jamie Craig

I have never been attracted to the idea of men in dress... I like my men fully men! But I can admit without problem that sometime a man in dress looks better than a woman (have you ever seen Priscilla the Queen of the Desert? Guy Pierce in dress? if yes, you know what I mean).

So this story begins with Darren, a paranormal special agent, a werewolf hunter, who has the mission to kill Aden, an alpha male framed with a string of recent kills. I actually haven't understood for sure why Darren should be dress as a woman on the Halloween party he goes to find Aden, since the purpose to lure Aden better as woman rather than as a man is not the reason; au countraire, Aden seems a lot more interested in Darren when he finds that he is a man, the hunt is more exciting in that way.

Anyway, Darren thinks at Aden as the enemy, an enemy to destroy, but he can't help to be attracted by the man. Darren is not a werewolf, but when he is near Aden, he is like a bitch in heat. Darren is not an helpless man, he can be lethal, but he is more than willing to give up the control to Aden. Is not a "sweet love" feeling, is hundred per cent lust: Darren forgets his mission and his beliefs for a chance to be on the same bed, or wherever else, with Aden.

Aden likes to play. He has a target in mind, but he has no problem to reach the target and at the same time play with Darren. And if something else comes out, even better, he can always do with another member in his pack. Again is not a question of love, love is never mention in the book, for real, not even one time in all the almost 90 pages!

Trick of Silver is a paranormal Halloween romp, full of sex, flesh and blood... enjoy your plate!

http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure/CalendarBoysOctober.html

Over Here (Calendar Boys - November) by Jamie Craig

During the WWII, Harvey and Zach were all for each other: fellow soldiers, friends, lovers. But then Harvey was badly injured and sent home and instead Zach had to spend another 20 months fighting and killing. Knowing that the man he loved was alive somewhere was enough for Zach to go on, but when nor a letter or a message arrived from Harvey, Zach though that his friend had moved on with his life, a life in which loving Zach was not allowed.

Ten years after, during the first official Veterans Day, Zach decides that he is tired to try to forget the only man he loves and goes to find Harvey to at least have his official goodbye. What he finds his a man who has never moved on, a man who waits for every day to pass without a reason. Harvey is not married, he has not a family, he is alone. When Harvey went in war 12 years before, he knew that he preferred men, but in his little town he never had any chance to find his love. He found him in Zach, and when he was sent back at home, he thought that it was his fate, and that Zach should remain only an happy memory. Harvey thinks it's not possible for two men to openly love and live together, and what they had in the cold night during the war is the only thing they could have.

Zach is not of the same idea, he lives in a city and not in a small town like Harvey, and he knows that, if they don't flaunt too much their real relationship, they can have an happy life together.

I like this story, it's really sweet and tender. There is the sad memory of the war, but it's a distant thing and weights more the love between Harvey and Zach rather than the violence and the death. And I like both characters, the introvert Harvey, always weighting the things, always cautious, but ready to open to love; and I like Zach, dominant but gentle, not impulsive, but sure of what he wants and strong enough to reach for it.

The story is not long, less than 70 pages, but it's right and complete in its shortness.

http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure/CalendarBoysNovember.html

Amazon: Calendar Boys, Vol. IV (October-December)

Reading List:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading list&view=elisa.rolle

Volle by Kyell Gold

This is the second anthropomorphic book I read by the same author, but they are very different. Waterways was almost a young adult novel, and reading about the problem of a young otter who was shunned by his home when he discovers he is gay was in a way more "strange" than reading the adventures of a young fox spy in a medieval fantasy setting. Probably since in a fantasy setting it's less strange to read about animals who behave like humans and also it is more difficult to identify yourself when the setting is so different from your real world.

Anyway I remember that, when I approached this author, people warned me that Volle was somewhat a more difficult reading since it was a lot more erotic than Waterways. Here the main character, the spy fox Volle, is a young fox with a penchant for wolves and big cats, rigorously all males. And he has no problem to pick up any possible lover he finds around, and he has no problem to play the role of the top or the bottom, depending on the occasion... well after all he is a spy and a spy should be always ready for the action, shouldn't he?

Volle is just out of the spy school in a fictional kingdom; his prince, a cougar (one of Volle's crush) sends him in disguise in another kingdom: Volle has to play the role of the lost son of one of the court nobleman, and so he has the chance to live at court. Between a ball and a meeting, Volle has to handle a possible male fox noble lover, a wanna-to-be female fox fiancee, the unwanted attention of two male noblemen (a squirrel and a rat) who attempt to his "virtue", the affair with a sweet male wolf prostitute and the true love with a very young male cougar... and I'm sure that I lost here and there some other lovers... Yes, Volle is not the emblem of purity...

But I should say that I found this more funny than other. Actually I believe that, for who has some restraints in reading an anthropomorphic book, Waterways would me more problematic than Volle; in Waterways there is the romance, and the involving of feelings, in Volle there is only a brief hint, the romance between Volle and his cougar. So for me, I have no problem to read all the sexual adventures of Volle, since there is little romance in them, and so less chance to be emotionally involved. True, I felt a bit for Richy, the male wolf prostitute, and it's true that I cheer for him to be the chosen by Volle, but I also felt that romance was not the main reason of this book.

All in all, taking in account that I'm not a big fan of fantasy, the story flows very well (it's more than 320 pages, but you don't feel them), the setting is pretty detailed and interesting, and the target to make Volle nice to the reader is reached. Again, I would like a bit more of romance (hint to the author...), but I'm a very big romantic, so, of course, it's my opinion.

http://www.sofawolf.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=37&products_id=56

Amazon: Volle

Reading List:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading list&view=elisa.rolle


Cover Art by Sara Palmer

Volle by Kyell Gold

This is the second anthropomorphic book I read by the same author, but they are very different. Waterways was almost a young adult novel, and reading about the problem of a young otter who was shunned by his home when he discovers he is gay was in a way more "strange" than reading the adventures of a young fox spy in a medieval fantasy setting. Probably since in a fantasy setting it's less strange to read about animals who behave like humans and also it is more difficult to identify yourself when the setting is so different from your real world.

Anyway I remember that, when I approached this author, people warned me that Volle was somewhat a more difficult reading since it was a lot more erotic than Waterways. Here the main character, the spy fox Volle, is a young fox with a penchant for wolves and big cats, rigorously all males. And he has no problem to pick up any possible lover he finds around, and he has no problem to play the role of the top or the bottom, depending on the occasion... well after all he is a spy and a spy should be always ready for the action, shouldn't he?

Volle is just out of the spy school in a fictional kingdom; his prince, a cougar (one of Volle's crush) sends him in disguise in another kingdom: Volle has to play the role of the lost son of one of the court nobleman, and so he has the chance to live at court. Between a ball and a meeting, Volle has to handle a possible male fox noble lover, a wanna-to-be female fox fiancee, the unwanted attention of two male noblemen (a squirrel and a rat) who attempt to his "virtue", the affair with a sweet male wolf prostitute and the true love with a very young male cougar... and I'm sure that I lost here and there some other lovers... Yes, Volle is not the emblem of purity...

But I should say that I found this more funny than other. Actually I believe that, for who has some restraints in reading an anthropomorphic book, Waterways would me more problematic than Volle; in Waterways there is the romance, and the involving of feelings, in Volle there is only a brief hint, the romance between Volle and his cougar. So for me, I have no problem to read all the sexual adventures of Volle, since there is little romance in them, and so less chance to be emotionally involved. True, I felt a bit for Richy, the male wolf prostitute, and it's true that I cheer for him to be the chosen by Volle, but I also felt that romance was not the main reason of this book.

All in all, taking in account that I'm not a big fan of fantasy, the story flows very well (it's more than 320 pages, but you don't feel them), the setting is pretty detailed and interesting, and the target to make Volle nice to the reader is reached. Again, I would like a bit more of romance (hint to the author...), but I'm a very big romantic, so, of course, it's my opinion.

http://www.sofawolf.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=37&products_id=56

Amazon: Volle

Reading List:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading list&view=elisa.rolle


Cover Art by Sara Palmer