Jennifer Greene: How to Be the Women We Want to Be

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

Jennifer Greene: How to Be the Women We Want to Be

"I'm delighted to join you on Rosa is for Romance! I've been writing love stories since the early '80's...first under the pseudonyms of Jeanne Grant and Jessica Massey, then settling in under "Jennifer Greene".

No matter what differences we have, from country to country, culture to culture, I've felt from the start that women everywhere love romances. Through our stories, we 'talk to each other' about the things that matter to us--children, marriage, commitment, how to cope with tough problems, how to be the women we want to be.

I love those kinds of issues. That's why I started writing in the field--and why I've continued to write through all these years.

I'm looking forward to spending time with you!

Jennifer Greene"

To read more:

http://rosaromance.splinder.com/post/18995871/

Jennifer Greene: How to Be the Women We Want to Be

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

Jennifer Greene: How to Be the Women We Want to Be

"I'm delighted to join you on Rosa is for Romance! I've been writing love stories since the early '80's...first under the pseudonyms of Jeanne Grant and Jessica Massey, then settling in under "Jennifer Greene".

No matter what differences we have, from country to country, culture to culture, I've felt from the start that women everywhere love romances. Through our stories, we 'talk to each other' about the things that matter to us--children, marriage, commitment, how to cope with tough problems, how to be the women we want to be.

I love those kinds of issues. That's why I started writing in the field--and why I've continued to write through all these years.

I'm looking forward to spending time with you!

Jennifer Greene"

To read more:

http://rosaromance.splinder.com/post/18995871/

Alliance in Blood by Ariel Tachna

In an urban romance setting, a Paris in which wizards and vampires are simple citizens with more or less power, the wizards need allies.

Renegade wizards who are searching to rule the world using the dark magic are becoming more and more bolder. Marcel, the general of the army of the good wizard seeks alliance with Jean, the master of Parisian vampires. Both men agree to a meeting between a wizard and a vampire in Pere Lachaise cemetery. Alain, a wizard who lost his wife and son to the hands of the dark wizards, volunteers; on the other side the chosen is Orlando, a more than two hundreds years vampire who was turned when he was 23 years old, and so now he has the face of a blond angel, but scars which are so deeply that still marks his behavior. The alliance should implies only that the vampires will help the wizards in their fight, but when Orlando samples Alain's blood, to test his sincerity, the bond between them runs deeply than a simple military agreement.

Even if Orlando is older in age than Alain, he is not emotionally grown. Orlando was raped and enslaved by his sire, and now, even if free by his captivity, he is shy and restrained, with his body and with his feelings. Alain, with his gentle touch and ability to comprehend and soothe, is the right man to ensure Orlando's trust. Alain accepts to deepen their relationship beyond a simple fighting bond, Orlando and Alain become a real life couple; in an alliance that is new and fragile, a so deep relationship is more an obstacle than anything else, since the other vampires and wizards have trouble to understand that it's not necessary to have a sexual bond to tighten a vampire/wizard pair.

Orlando is very "young"; his relationship with Alain is more like that between a master and a pupil than between two equal adults. It doesn't matter that Orlando has lived so long, he has spent two hundreds years hiding and avoiding human contacts. Alain instead has loved and lost his love; more than his wife, he regrets the lost of his son, and, in a way, he has also fatherly feeling for Orlando: he falls so fast for Orlando since the vampire arises in him also protective feelings other than sexual desires.

The story is a bit dark and gothic, but in some points it is almost funny: the scene in the Gare de Lyon, when wizards and vampires meet to find the other match in the pair, reminds me one of those teens party, where boys and girls stand one on the other side of the room not having the courage to mingle, chat and dance.

Another thing that left me pretty impressed in the story, was how vampires are treated in this urban alternative reality: they are shunned and avoided as undesirables, but not as dangerous... a bit like gay in a conservative environment?

http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/currenttitles/bloodseries/alliance/alliancebuynow.htm

Amazon Kindle: Alliance in Blood (Partnership in Blood)

Amazon: Alliance In Blood

Reading List:

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

Alliance in Blood by Ariel Tachna

In an urban romance setting, a Paris in which wizards and vampires are simple citizens with more or less power, the wizards need allies.

Renegade wizards who are searching to rule the world using the dark magic are becoming more and more bolder. Marcel, the general of the army of the good wizard seeks alliance with Jean, the master of Parisian vampires. Both men agree to a meeting between a wizard and a vampire in Pere Lachaise cemetery. Alain, a wizard who lost his wife and son to the hands of the dark wizards, volunteers; on the other side the chosen is Orlando, a more than two hundreds years vampire who was turned when he was 23 years old, and so now he has the face of a blond angel, but scars which are so deeply that still marks his behavior. The alliance should implies only that the vampires will help the wizards in their fight, but when Orlando samples Alain's blood, to test his sincerity, the bond between them runs deeply than a simple military agreement.

Even if Orlando is older in age than Alain, he is not emotionally grown. Orlando was raped and enslaved by his sire, and now, even if free by his captivity, he is shy and restrained, with his body and with his feelings. Alain, with his gentle touch and ability to comprehend and soothe, is the right man to ensure Orlando's trust. Alain accepts to deepen their relationship beyond a simple fighting bond, Orlando and Alain become a real life couple; in an alliance that is new and fragile, a so deep relationship is more an obstacle than anything else, since the other vampires and wizards have trouble to understand that it's not necessary to have a sexual bond to tighten a vampire/wizard pair.

Orlando is very "young"; his relationship with Alain is more like that between a master and a pupil than between two equal adults. It doesn't matter that Orlando has lived so long, he has spent two hundreds years hiding and avoiding human contacts. Alain instead has loved and lost his love; more than his wife, he regrets the lost of his son, and, in a way, he has also fatherly feeling for Orlando: he falls so fast for Orlando since the vampire arises in him also protective feelings other than sexual desires.

The story is a bit dark and gothic, but in some points it is almost funny: the scene in the Gare de Lyon, when wizards and vampires meet to find the other match in the pair, reminds me one of those teens party, where boys and girls stand one on the other side of the room not having the courage to mingle, chat and dance.

Another thing that left me pretty impressed in the story, was how vampires are treated in this urban alternative reality: they are shunned and avoided as undesirables, but not as dangerous... a bit like gay in a conservative environment?

http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/currenttitles/bloodseries/alliance/alliancebuynow.htm

Amazon Kindle: Alliance in Blood (Partnership in Blood)

Amazon: Alliance In Blood

Reading List:

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

Around the World: Alcazar de los Reyes Cristianos

There is that moment of the day when the sun is setting and the light is warm and glowing. If you have a digital automatic camera it's almost impossible to take a picture. If you have a reflex camera you need to have a tripod and a timer to count how long letting open the stop. I had a reflex camera, but not tripod or timer; I took the camera firmly in my hand and count mentally the seconds... here is the result:


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

Cordoba is a stunning little town in the south of Spain, in Andalusia county. I believe it's one of the city in which I could most smelling the history.

( Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos )

Around the World: Alcazar de los Reyes Cristianos

There is that moment of the day when the sun is setting and the light is warm and glowing. If you have a digital automatic camera it's almost impossible to take a picture. If you have a reflex camera you need to have a tripod and a timer to count how long letting open the stop. I had a reflex camera, but not tripod or timer; I took the camera firmly in my hand and count mentally the seconds... here is the result:


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

Cordoba is a stunning little town in the south of Spain, in Andalusia county. I believe it's one of the city in which I could most smelling the history.

( Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos )