Today we are celebrating the release of THE BEAST WITHIN, a multi-author anthology featuring brand new stories from Erin McCarthy, Bianca D'Arc and Jennifer Lyon! 
NYTimes bestselling author Erin McCarthy sold her first book to Kensington Brava through author Lori Foster's website contest in 2002, much to her continued amazement. Thirty-something books later, Erin is entertaining both Brava and Berkley readers with her sassy, sexy tales of contemporary and paranormal romance. Her Las Vegas Vampires series debuted in August 2006, with HIGH STAKES hitting #1 on the B&N trade romance list. Erin also writes dark paranormal in her Seven Deadly Sins series and paranormal young adult novels under the name Erin Lynn.
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THE BEAST WITHIN - Meet three men without boundaries, hell-bent on satisfying their deepest desires - and those of the women who drive them wild...
The Howling by Erin McCarthyWhen Liv Lugaru's boyfriend Sebastian disappears, she finds comfort in his brother's arms. But Sebastian is much closer than Liv realizes...and he'll stop at nothing to protect her from the feral danger that comes alive only when she sleeps...
Smoke On The Water by Bianca D'Arc
In the misty fog of a lakefront village, zombies are roaming wild - and zombie hunter John Petit must stop the carnage. John is also fighting a different kind of battle: a forbidden passion for his new partner, Donna. With her help, killing zombies is a walk in the park, but keeping his desire in check is making him sweat...
Redeeming The Wizard by Jennifer Lyon
Gage Remington was once a powerful wizard; now he's a recluse who keeps the world at bay. But when Mira Tate arrives at Gage's door, she stirs in him an attraction he can't deny. Soon, Gage will risk everything to keep Mira close - even the secret that may be his ruin...
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Good morning Erin and Happy Release Day!!!! Super congrats on the anthology - LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the cover and can't wait to read it. Also very excited to see Bianca and Jennifer included with you - sounds like a great read!
ReplyDeleteTell us a little bit about your story in this new anthology.
Enjoy your special day and hope the new book is another bestseller for you!
Lovely anthology Erin, Bianca, and Jennifer. Congrats on your release!
ReplyDeleteQuestion: How much research did each of you do for your individual story in this anthology and how much of it did you actually use?
jpn_cowgirl@yahoo.com
Hi ladies, sounds like a great anthology! I've only read Erin's contemporary book Mouth To Mouth (loved it! Russ was so adorable.) so really looking forward to hearing her other voices.
ReplyDeletejenma76 at hotmail dot com
Happy release day, looks like one that has to go on the wishlist right away!!
ReplyDeleteSo, how does it work to get an anthology together? Does the publisher suggest it? One of you?
Valerie
in Germany
CONGRATS & HAPPY Release Day!!! All the authors in this anthology are amazing! Thanks for the chance to win a copy:)
ReplyDeleteyadkny@hotmail.com
oh it seems like forever and now it's available!! congrats on the release - I can't wait to read all your stories :)
ReplyDeletegreetings, Melanie S.
Can't wait to get my hands on this one. My nearest book store is a 90 minute drive(each way)so have to wait til I have the gas money or buy online and have it shipped. Either way it can be a week or more.
ReplyDeleteI know Bianca's story is related to a series she's working on. How about the other two?
carolcobun(at)yahoo(dot)com
Congrats on the new release, ladies. I love anthologies and can't wait to pick up a copy of The Beast Within.
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Congrats on your new release!
ReplyDeleteDoes the publisher pick the authors in the anthologies?
kissinoak at verizon dot net
I love anthologies and all 3 authors. I look forward in reading this.
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Tracey D
booklover0226 at gmail dot com
I have been looking forward to this release. YAY it is here. Congratulations.
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Thanks, everyone!! I'm excited to be in an anthology with two fabulous authors like Bianca and Jennifer. :)
ReplyDeleteAs for how anthologies come together... sometimes the publisher creates the concept and picks authors. Sometimes an author is given a generic concept like "paranormal" and has freedome to do whatever, sometimes authors work together to create a concept. In this case, the choice of what kind of paranormal story was ours.
My story is unrelated to any other books of mine... this is actually my first werewolf! Hope you all enjoy it. :) Oh, and I did do a lot of werewolf research, but given the story is only 100 pages, I'm not sure how much of that wound up in the final product. Mostly just the moon and the primal drive of the male werewolf... the sexy stuff! lol.
Thanks for the welcome and the kind words. Like Erin, I'm really excited to be included in such a great anthology!
ReplyDeleteTo answer some of your questions - my story is set in middle Tennessee. Luckily, I didn't have to do too much research on the area, since I've traveled there in recent years.
This story is related to my current series of zombie stories. The romance is hot. The villains are gross. ;-) Scary too, of course, though I wouldn't really call it "horror".
In this particular case, my editor was the one who wanted a zombie story. She had read some of my other paranormal work (I write several series for Samhain Publishing) and wanted a series of zombie tales. That eventually evovled into my debut Brava novel, ONCE BITTEN, TWICE DEAD, which came out in March, and two others that will be out soon. (A DARKER SHADE OF DEAD in November and DEAD ALERT in 2011.)
The heroes in these books are all Special Ops warriors and the heroines are special in their own way. Donna, the heroine in my story in THE BEAST WITHIN, is a newly graduated chemical engineer. Because I started my own working career as a biochemist, it wasn't too hard for me to write her. ;-)
Well, I've rambled a bit. Thanks for indulging me. If there are any other questions, just holler! :) And thanks for featuring the book and all the kind words.
Bianca D'Arc
Come over to The D'Arc Side... www.biancadarc.com
Congrats on the book realease. I love anthologies.And can't wait to read this one.it sounds so good.
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Hi everyone! I think I'm the last one to arrive for the party :-) But I can thrilled to be in the anthology with Erin and Bianca!
ReplyDeleteGenerally, the publisher does pick the author and the overall concept for the anthology. In my case, I haven't written about wizards yet, so I thought that would be fun. Then I got mean: I made him powerful ONCE but now he must hide his fried powers from the entire town.
Then I pair him up with a magic-blind woman who is so desperate to find her grandmother, she blackmails the wizard.
Of course their is instant chemistry between them, but they have to overcome secrets and old beliefs to have any chance at love.
I do a fair amount of research. For instance, the magical properties of gemstones. I'd say I probably end up using about a quarter of the research I do.
Writing this novella was a fun break from my ongoing series about witches and witch hunters fighting a dark and deadly curse. BLOOD MAGIC and SOUL MAGIC came out last year, and two more books in the series, NIGHT MAGIC AND SINFUL MAGIC are coming out in April and June of next year from Ballantine.
Hope you all find some magic in books!
Congrats on the release!
ReplyDeleteErin - I love my shifters. I hope this won't be your only werewolf. I read the excerpt on your website. Sounds intriguing.
Bianca - I went to your site as well. I'm sure you do have your own personal angel to guide you in other ways now. Lab geek, martial arts, and writer? I guess one way to do your research is by experience!
Jennifer - What A cute puppy! I bought Blood Magic and Soul Magic. Now I need to get on the stick and read them! The series does sound great.
Michelle
Booknook1966@yahoo.com
I've been wanting this book since the first time I saw it because it has some of my favorite authors in it. All of the stories sound great.
ReplyDeletesstrode@scrtc.com
Congrats on the new release ladies!! I can't wait to get my hands on this one!
ReplyDeleteAll of the stories in your anthology sound fantastic! The paranormal genre is my favorite so I really want to read The Beast Within! :)
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Hi Erin ,Bianca and Jennifer hope you're having a great day.Erin I love your books .Jennifer and Bianca you are new to me and I look forward to picking up your books .Congrats on the new release to all of you .I cant wait to get my hands on a copy of The Beast Within it sounds like an awesome read and I love that cover .
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flanagan@mebtel.net
Congrats on your release. I putting it on my TBB list.
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lbcanton@verizon.net
Oh my gosh! This is definitely my kind of story! I seem to be forever buying books and my hubby gives me the snake eye everytime I sneak back in the house with a new book. lol But hey, he has his tools. *snicker*
ReplyDeleteCongrats to you on the new release and congrats to us for having a great new book to read. woohoo!
miztik_rose@yahoo.com
Congrats on the new release Erin, Bianca and Jennifer! LOVE the excerpts, ladies, and wow what a hottie on the cover.
ReplyDeleteMindy :)
congrats on the new release ladies. ive only ever read the books by erin m. and bianca but im going have to check out jennifer's books now.i love the cover and cant wait to read it.
ReplyDeleteREGINA ROSS
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Congrats on the new release, Jennifer, Bianca, and Erin! Can't wait to pick this up--I love anthologies, and this is right up my alley!
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Congrats on the release. It sounds like a great anthology.
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome anthology!!! Congratulations!
ReplyDelete*hugs*
Anna
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