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Cecilia Tan

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Born

April 09

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance, Gay & Lesbian

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Susie Bright says, "Cecilia Tan is simply one of the most important writers, editors, and innovators in contemporary American erotic literature." Since the publication of Telepaths Don't Need Safewords in 1992, she has been on the cutting edge of the erotic form, often combining elements of fantasy and science fiction in her work. She is also founder and editor of Circlet Press.

RT Book Reviews awarded her Career Achievement in Erotic Romance in 2015 and her novel Slow Surrender (Hachette/Forever, 2013) won the RT Reviewers Choice Award and the Maggie Award for Excellence from GRW in 2013. She has been publishing Daron's Guitar Chronicles as a web serial since 2009 and her Secrets of a Rock Star series (Taking the Lead, Wild Licks, Hard Rhy ...more

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	Slow Surrender (Struck by Lightning, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 1,977 ratings — published 2013 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slow Seduction (Struck by Lightning, #2) 3.73 avg rating — 1,020 ratings — published 2014 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slow Satisfaction (Struck by Lightning, #3) 3.75 avg rating — 685 ratings — published 2014 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Siren and the Sword (Magic University, #1) 3.29 avg rating — 506 ratings — published 2009 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taking the Lead (Secrets of a Rock Star, #1) 3.46 avg rating — 448 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daron's Guitar Chronicles, Vol. 1 (Daron's Guitar Chronicles, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 421 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wild Licks (Secrets of a Rock Star, #2) 3.83 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tower and the Tears (Magic University, #2) 3.68 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Prince's Boy: Volume One (The Prince's Boy, #1) 3.56 avg rating — 199 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Incubus and the Angel (Magic University, #3) 3.76 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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BDSM for Romance Writers Class: April 29th

Coming up at the end of this month, I’ll be teaching an online class that should be lots of fun: BDSM for Romance Writers. As the official description reads: “BDSM is more than just a collection of toys or a list of kinks, it’s a whole world of intense relationship dynamics. In this workshop, RT award winning author Cecilia Tan will cover key elements of BDSM and kink that can spice up a novel, as

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Struck by Lightning (3 books)
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Daron's Guitar Chronicles (13 books)
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Magic University (4 books)
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3.53 avg rating — 1,144 ratings

Secrets of a Rock Star (3 books)
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3.61 avg rating — 829 ratings

The Prince's Boy (2 books)
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Bound by the Blood: An Urban Fantasy BDSM Romantic Suspense

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Good Omens The Graphic Novel

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Lover at Last (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #11)

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Cecilia Tan wrote a new blog post BDSM for Romance Writers Class: April 29th Coming up at the end of this month, I’ll be teaching an online class that should be lots of fun: BDSM for Romance Writers. As the official description Read more of this blog post »
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Cecilia Tan and 1 other person liked Jada's review of The Mystery of the Bitten Peach: "Thank you to Neon Hemlock and NetGalley for providing this ARC for review. Mei is a Chinese adoptee raised by a single mother who wanted Mei to assimilate without learning about her birth culture. After moving out on her own, she discovers that she c" Read more of this review »
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Cecilia Tan liked rebeccareads's review of The Mystery of the Bitten Peach: "I was drawn in by the beautiful cover and the blurbs by Shelley Parker Chan and Emma Mieke Candon, and was not in the least disappointed! The Mystery of the Bitten Peach is a magical, poignant story of the Chinese diaspora that examines identity, gen" Read more of this review »
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Cecilia Tan liked Blake C's review of Bound by the Blood: An Urban Fantasy BDSM Romantic Suspense: "Bound by the Blood hits that rare sweet spot where the spice is ferocious but the soul work is real. It pulls you in fast with an opening that feels irrevocable, and from there Cecilia Tan builds a story that’s equal parts erotic ritual, urban fantas" Read more of this review »
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“Maybe too many of my expectations have been shaped by bad television.”
― Cecilia Tan, Magic University: The Complete Series

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“That's what I mean," Kyle said. "You know, a date, but the find-out-whether-there-will-be-a-second-date kind of date, rather than the already-committed-to-giving-a-relationship-a-try kind of date.”
― Cecilia Tan, Magic University: The Complete Series

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