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Thisspring, I’m hard at work on a brand-new series that features hot geneticallyengineered warriors doing battle with body-stealing aliens in present dayAmerica. I should be giving you a taste of that in a couple of months. 

In the meantime, Changeling Press is re-releasing my Arcane Talents series.Next up is Arcane Kiss:

Kurt Briggs has a spirit link to a tiger Familiar that gives himsuperhuman abilities, but when his father is murdered, the military veteranbecomes a target for terrorist sorcerers. Alone, Kurt finds he's no match forthe witch and her shape-shifting polar bear. He turns to Arcanist GenevieveReyes for help in fighting the killers' spells.

As Genevieve and Kurt hunt the terrorists, shared danger leads to shareddesire. But they soon realize Kurt's passion for Gen weakens his control overhis cat. The consequences could be deadly for them both. Genevieve is attractedto Kurt's animal sensuality, but she knows she may be in as much danger fromhis tiger as she is from the terrorists.

Even if Kurt and Gen manage to stop the terrorists, their evil sorcerymay trigger a witch hunt that could mean the destruction of everyone withmagical Talent -- including Kurt and Genevieve.

Here’san excerpt:

Andher aura brushed his again, making it thrum a deep, delicious note. She’dprobably intended the kiss as a gesture of comfort, but despite his tearingpain, it somehow felt almost sensual.

Inan instant, the pain twisted under the touch of her aura, transforming intosomething equally intimate. In the depths of his mind, heat leaped.Instinctively, he wrapped his arms around her narrow waist. His lips openedagainst hers, starved for the comfort she offered. Drinking in the taste ofher, feeling the soft contours of her body.

Thatsweetness in the midst of this agony was as desperately welcome as an ice chipto a man burning in hell. Kurt focused on her, grateful for the distraction.But even more than that, there was the taste of her Arcanist magic, swirlingall around them, making his skin tingle.

God,Kurt wanted her. Wanted to lose himself in her, to take shelter from the bitteragony of his father’s death, if only for a moment. So he kissed Genevieve withall his desperate hunger to forget it all: his sins, his father’s death. Ifonly for this one moment. He kissed her, suckling the soft, damp velvet of hermouth, the taste of woman and magic.

Bythe time he lifted his head, both of them had begun to shake.

WhenKurt glanced around, he saw they were standing in the simple illumination ofthe arena security lights. His tiger manifestation had vanished.

Hewas in control again.

Genevievesmiled up at him, though her face was wet with tears and her mouth trembled.“There. I knew you could do it.”

BeforeKurt could reply, a new voice spoke up, sounding dry. “Anybody want to tell mewhat’s going on?”

Tensing,he instinctively drew her close as he looked toward the source of the voice. Adozen cops stood in the entrance of the arena enclosure. Every one of them hadhis gun drawn and pointed at them.

Oh,shit.

Here’sthe buy link.

Formy writer friends, I’ve also got a new class online writing class running May 6on SavvyAuthors.com. Registration is $40 for premium members and $50 for basicmembers, with a $5 discount if you register before April 29.  

Inthis month-long online class, I discusses the importance of creating theperfect cast for the kind of romance you’re trying to write.

Amemorable romance cast is more than the sum of its parts. To create aneffective book, all the characters – protagonists, antagonists, and minorcharacters – must work together as a unit. And each must fit the kind of bookyou’re trying to write. Leatherface of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre does notbelong in a Rom Com. Nor do you want minor characters to steal the book.

Buthow do you create a good cast for this book and the audience you’reaiming for?

I talk about how to design your heroic couple for each other, along with theminor characters and sidekicks who help make the protagoniststhree-dimensional. I’ll also talk antagonists and their henchmen, and how touse them to create tension and excitement.

Next, I’ll explore dialogue, humor, and arguments as the means to developcharacter and conflict.

The result will be a firm foundation for your book so you won’t be flailing inthe dark, trying to figure out why the heck it isn’t working. Learn more here.

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AngelaKnight