There’s been a bit of hullaballoo in Romancelandia lately about disclosing relationships when we presume to rave about a book, and so I will begin by admitting I know Kristin Miller, the author of Gone With the Wolf. She was one of my roommates at RWA and we spent several nights up too late giggling with … Continue reading
Author Archives: Amber Belldene
Amber & Celia talk Vampire Monster Mash
What better way to celebrate Halloween than to create our very own hot n’ hunky n’ badass vampires? If you could pick and choose traits from all your favorite vampires to make the perfect mate, who would you pick? We’ve created our very own Franken-vamps, stitching together the bodies and souls of all our favorite … Continue reading
Genre Loyalties—For the Love of Conflict!
We have some of the most devoted fans of Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy as readers of our blog. And I know from your comments that some of you also like to read traditional sword-and-sorcery type fantasy, and that a lot of you, like me, adore Steampunk, and historical paranormal. But I’m curious how many … Continue reading
Affinity by Sarah Waters
Hello, my name is Amber and I like historical fiction. I’ve outed myself here before as a fan of Steampunk and other paranormal books that bleed into the historical genre. Today, I’m reading a piece of literary fiction by one of my favorite authors, Sarah Waters. I know it won’t be for all of you … Continue reading
Meet Mina Vaughn and sample her Kink with a Wink
At Paranormal Unbound, we are all about books that hop outside the genre box and flip up their skirts to show us their cool bare vampire asses, and so I am thrilled to welcome Mina Vaughn to our blog today. A mutual friend introduced me to Mina online and then I was delighted to literally bump into her … Continue reading
The Revelation Ratio—some thoughts about plotting
There is a sweet spot of revelation in writing—the perfect amount to reveal about your character and the world you’re building—so the reader feels oriented to the world while also curious to learn more. But like so many sweet spots in life, it often proves elusive! When I am writing, I think of it as … Continue reading
Kiss of Steel
I stumbled upon Kiss of Steel a few weeks ago on a random romp through Amazon and its stellar reviews caught my eye, especially this one by the romance review site Dear Author: “Kiss of Steel is the first historical steampunk since the start of the Iron Seas series that balances both in depth world building, romance conflict, … Continue reading
The Danger of Bliss in Blood Entangled, and a Free Book
The second book in my paranormal romance vampire series released yesterday–Blood Entangled. (Yes, my book birthday competed with the public debut of the royal baby, which is probably inadvisable from a marketing perspective–LOL!) Today only, you can get Blood Vine free for Kindle if you buy Blood Entangled (the details are below.) Here’s a little … Continue reading
We want to meet you at #RWA13!
We began Paranormal Unbound with the goal of having great conversations about all that is awesome in the paranormal genre. And we’ve truly enjoyed hearing your opinions, getting book recommendations, and the all-around fun spirit of talking about books we love with you! Many of us will be at RWA later this month, and we … Continue reading
The RITA nominated Darkest London Series by Kristen Callihan
I was delighted to see Kristen Callihan’s books on the list of RITA nominees this spring. I’ve had my eye on them since I saw the stunning cover for Winterblaze (the third book) and this series merges my two favorite genres—historical and paranormal. When we decided to do RITA month here on Paranormal Unbound, I … Continue reading