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Halloween Giveaway Links

Paperback, The Hallowed Ones Laura Bickle 

http://www.immortylrevolution.blogspot.com/2012/10/laura-bickle-on-fear-of-unseenhalloween.html

Paperback book from Katrina Michaels and ebook of Annals of the Immortyls: http://www.immortylrevolution.blogspot.com/2012/10/spotlight-on-tainted-blood-by-katrina.html

Paperback book from Lee Taylor: http://www.immortylrevolution.blogspot.com/2012/10/lee-taylor-on-halloweenpaperback.html

Ebooks by Vanessa Morgan: 

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Ebook from Katie Salidas:

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Ebook from Roy Hudson:

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Two Paperbacks from A. J. Scudiere:

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B. K. Walker Halloween Gift Basket Rafflecopter:

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Sexy Cedric's Playlist/June Drawing Winner/Free Ebook

Greetings, my darlings! First off, I'd like to congratulate, Ann Dieteman-Thayer, the winner of the June drawing!


I didn't get a post up yesterday as my fabulous life in the fast line got in the way, but here is a little something to entertain and edify!


Enjoy!  

Your Host With the Most: Cedric MacKinnon

Sexy Cedric's Playlist

I wanted to share a few of my favorite tunes with you, my darlings.  There are so many to choose from.  It was difficult to narrow it down, but these are the ones that I keep going back to.  Read the list, my darlings, and then share a few of your own in the comments.  Cheers!

1. Suffragette City- David Bowie

2. My Generation- The Who

3. The Man Who Sold the World- David Bowie

4. All Apologies- Nirvana

5. I Wanna Be Sedated- The Ramones

6. Stairway to Heaven- Led Zeppelin

7. London Calling- The Clash

8. Lust For Life- Iggy Pop

9. Imagine- John Lennon

10. Like a Rolling Stone- Bob Dylan

11. White Rabbit- Jefferson Airplane

12. Love me Two Times- The Doors

13. All Along the Watchtower- Jimi Hendrix

14. I Want it All- Queen

15. Bad Reputation- Joan Jett

16. God Save the Queen- Sex Pistols

17. Me and Bobby Magee- Janis Joplin

18. White Room- Cream

19. I Don’t Like Mondays- The Boomtown Rats

20. Stone Cold Crazy- Queen

21. I Am a Rock- Simon and Garfunkle

22. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction– Rolling Stones

23. Space Oddity- David Bowie

24. Ziggy Stardust- David Bowie

25. Across the Universe- The Beatles

Yes, it's rather heavy to Bowie, but he is a god.  If you missed my Bowie post a few weeks back, here's the link: Everything I Need to Know I Learned From David Bowie. 

This month's giveaway:  anyone who comments at any post and provides a contact email (or url where you may be contacted), will receive a link and free coupon code for an ebook, Annals of the Immortyls, three dark tales, featuring yours truly, Mia and Kurt.  Don't fret if you don't own an e-reader, you can read them on Nook or Kindle for PC or phone, or simply read the pdf version on your PC.  

Don't forget to join me over at Facebook and on Twitter @cedricmackinnon!

Until Next Time!


Love and Dark Kisses,


Cedric MacKinnon

Jaz Primo on Vampires/Book Giveaway Sunrise at Sunset

Please Welcome Jaz Primo!  He's part of the Romancing Your Darkside tour.  One lucky commenter will win an ebook copy or trade paperback of Jaz's book, Sunrise at Sunset.

Winners will be chose by random drawing.  Contest ends on 9/21/11 T 11:59 pm. EDT.  Please become a follower of this blog and leave an email where you may be contacted.

Seriously? Vampires Dwelling Among Us?


Vampire lore and literature has been filled with the traditional tenants of "creatures of the night" that we love so well. When you say the word "vampire" the average person knows precisely what attributes to expect: sharp fangs, reanimated corpses seeking the blood of innocents, aversion to sunlight and garlic, arming oneself with holy relics and wooden stakes to combat the enemy, and supernatural strength and speed. Many successful authors of vampire literature rely upon these long-held doctrines as the foundations for their paranormal romances and urban fantasies. However, when I created my Sunset Vampire Series I wanted to do something fresh and different. My vision of the perfect vampire wasn't a cold-skinned animated corpse, but rather a living being whose human body had been transformed into something new and powerful. And while I incorporated some of the customary properties of traditional vampires, I wanted the key attributes to make sense and fit seamlessly within the boundaries of a logical structure.


Are you intrigued? Then please, let's proceed...


My Sunset vampires are living, breathing beings whose cells have preternatural qualities. Their bodies command vastly superior strength, speed, senses, and restorative constitutions that far exceed that of humans. However, they are not invincible. Their cells can be damaged by high doses of ultraviolet radiation, particularly sunlight. As living beings, they are susceptible to blades, bullets, and fire, though much larger proportions of damage are required than what is needed to kill or maim a human being. The cells of my vampire's bodies are fed by breaking down blood, thereby justifying retractable fangs for withdrawing such live-sustaining sustenance from their victims. Of course, since a vampire's cells have highly regenerative qualities, it stands to reason that their blood and saliva has healing qualities, as well. The cautionary element is that too large of a dose of such blood could threaten to overtake the cells inside of a human's body, thereby transforming them into a vampire.


By creating vampires with a living physiology it was much easier for me to imagine the plausibility of their existence. It also made them more realistic to combat, because as living beings, they're no more affected by garlic, holy water, or crosses than you or I are. Also, like humans, they aren't bound to a particular behavioral pattern. They could choose to act with either benevolent or dangerous intentions; merely with more influence and impact given their enhanced abilities. However, the challenge still remained to incorporate them into present-day society. In today's world, technology is a double-edged sword for vampires. While some advancements such as refrigeration for blood storage, UV-filtering film for exterior windows, and Internet-based commerce and communications have aided vampires with some of their challenges, other concerns remain. For extremely long-lived beings, the hiding from society or spontaneous creation of new identities is much harder with the increasingly collaborative information and surveillance systems utilized by governments. Such developments generated a host of new challenges. Given such concerns, it's only natural that vampires might collaborate into loosely-organized networks to maintain their secrecy or to profit from such services needed by their peers. Once the most obvious obstacles for societal integration were confronted and overcome, it became entirely plausible to me that a vampire might be living next door!

I hope that you appreciate my new approach to vampires, and that you will consider reading my Sunset Vampire Series. The first novel, Sunrise at Sunset, was published in October 2010, and the second novel, A Bloody London Sunset, was published in May of this year. A third installment, Summit at Sunset, is being released this November. All novels are available in both trade paperback and multiple eBook formats from major retailers including as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, and Apple iBookstore. My sincere thanks to Denise for the opportunity to appear on Immortyl Revolution and for her support of the Romancing Your Dark Side Paranormal Blog Tour that I am participating in.

  

Here's the teaser for Sunrise at Sunset:

When is a bloodthirsty predator the best protection against a psychotic killer?

When the predator is both a vampire...and the woman you love.

“We vampires are focused and tend to shape our own realities.”

My name is Katrina Rawlings, and I am a vampire. I declare that with neither pride nor ego. I am simply nature’s most dangerous predator. On occasion, it’s a very valuable quality. It helped me protect Caleb Taylor one day when he was very young. But that single, traumatic day is behind him now; wiped from his memory, or so I hope.

Caleb has finally matured into a rather striking young man, and believe me, I like what I see. I’ll readily admit that there are issues for us to confront and overcome, though a sense of mutual commitment isn’t one of them. I’m feeling hopeful for our future together, in fact. But an adversary from my past has returned to haunt me, and she’s trying to get back at me through Caleb. That was her first...and last...mistake. I’ll protect my Caleb at all costs, and I’ll make her regret the day she was born.

So, I suppose that I’m not just a vampire. I’m about to become someone’s worst nightmare!

You can find or follow me at the following locations!

Website: http://www.jazprimo.com/

Blog: http://primovampires.blogspot.com/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-Sunset-Vampire-Series/223514840998333

Twitter:  @jazprimo

Jaz, thanks for joining me here today at
Immortyl Revolution! 





Enter to Win a Copy of My Fearful Symmetry

Comment on any post in June (including this one) to be entered to win an autographed copy of My Fearful Symmetry!  You get one entry for each post you comment on.  The winner will be chosen in a random drawing at 11:59 PM on 6/30/11.

Good Luck!

My Fearful Symmetry

Cedric Speaks-Week Three

 Cedric speaks

The girl just smiled, unaware of the danger to her.  Raj wrapped his arm around her waist and steered her toward the staircase, chatting her up, all charming and debonair.  His little game annoyed me.  The girl’s bum swung like a fleshy pendulum, mesmerizing.  Hunger and desire spilled over into my veins, filling and hardening.  This disturbing combination of lusts propelled me to follow her and Raj into the bedroom. 

Welcome to week three.  Being a vampire isn't all fun, as Cedric begins to discover.  What is the price for eternal life and youth?  As he comes to grapple with this question, he learns some disturbing truths about himself. 

I like my vampires to have limitations.  If it's all about being sexy and cool, where is the conflict?  A vampire survives on some form of energy, be it blood or some metaphysical kind.  In Cedric's world, even those who manage to live on donated blood, struggle with the addiction to the kill.  The link between the Immortyls' bloodlust and sexual arousal also can't be ignored. 

As a mortal, Cedric learned to trade on his desirability.  Now he learns his beauty can be a dangerous gift. 

Love and dark kisses,

Denise

 Please leave a comment to be entered into a drawing for a Cara Mia t-shirt.  A winner will be chosen on May 31st.  Good Luck! Each time you comment on a post in this feature you will recieve one additional entry.