#AtoZChallenge Day 22: Vampires

Posted on April 25, 2013 by SpookyMrsGreen: Ghost Hunting, Vampire Books & Paranormal Family Adventures from Cheshire

I am a vampire lover. There, I said it! Vampires have always fascinated me and I cannot explain their attraction. I think it has to be their dark, shadowy nature, and the mysterious allure that seems to surround them.

Vampires to me are exotic, powerful, passionate creatures, and that is exactly what you find in the Redcliffe novels. My vampires are domineering, controlling, quick-tempered, and very sexy!

Excerpt from Eye of the Tiger (A Redcliffe Novel) by Catherine Green with SpookyMrsGreen.com pagan lifestyle blog.
Excerpt from Eye of the Tiger (A Redcliffe Novel) by Catherine Green

#AtoZChallenge Day 22: Vampires

The leading vampire in Redcliffe is police detective Jack Mason. Originally from Dublin, Ireland, Jack was turned by an ancient female vampire when he was a soldier in World War One. At the time he was approximately 35 years old, and that is the appearance he has retained during his immortal existence. Jack keeps his secret from Jessica Stone when they meet in my first book Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel). She inevitably discovers his true nature, however, and it is not pretty. In fact it all happens under quite violent and traumatic circumstances.

Jessica continues to battle with the vampires during book two, Love Kills (A Redcliffe Novel). By this time she  has discovered that charming businessman Marcus Scott is also a vampire, and she struggles to keep him at arm’s length when he seems irresistibly drawn to her. Marcus is confused about why he is so determined to spend time with Jessica. He usually has no time for humans, except for when they feed him, and so it is his curiosity more than anything that brings him into focus.

Love Redeems (A Redcliffe Novel) brings to a close Jack’s tormented life as a plaything to his powerful female master. She returns to Redcliffe, planning to kill Jack’s brother Danny, and Jessica. She underestimates the power and determination of our young witch heroine, however, and what transpires is a bloody, painful, and fatal battle between vampires, witch, and werewolves.

Now I invite you to check out my fellow #atozchallenge bloggers. You will find some weird and wonderful articles, and we can all make new friends. See you tomorrow for the next letter in our #atozchallenge.

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#AtoZChallenge Day 21: Urban Fantasy

Posted on April 24, 2013 by SpookyMrsGreen: Ghost Hunting, Vampire Books & Paranormal Family Adventures from Cheshire

Urban Fantasy is a fairly new sub-genre of novels that has emerged during the past ten years as reader preferences have evolved, and the traditional label of ‘horror,’ ‘romance’ or ‘fantasy’ no longer applies.

Another sub-genre that has gained popularity is that of Paranormal Romance, which is the main category into which I classify the Redcliffe novels LGBT fantasy book series for adults. They are also, however, perfectly suited to Urban Fantasy.

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#RedcliffeNovels LGBT Fantasy Book Series for Adults

#AtoZChallenge Day 21: Urban Fantasy

The contemporary paranormal reader, usually female, generally aged between 18 and 35 (ish), wants to read stories featuring strong, romantic, female leads. During past decades women have been schooled and disciplined to be independent, to focus only on business, and to be feminists. There was no place for romance or romantic nonsense when a woman had a career to carve and a world to change.

Life isn’t that simple, however, and women do enjoy romance, love, and even sex! We have reclaimed our emotions, asserted our preferences, and now expect to find those elements replicated in our favourite novels and short stories. Urban fantasy allows for romance, passion and love, alongside adventure, drama and action. Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel) is a perfect example of this. It starts out fairly tame, reflecting the normal human life of a single woman.

Continuing into Love Kills (A Redcliffe Novel) and the urban fantasy element steps up a notch. Jessica discovers she is a witch, and sets about learning how to use her powers and protect herself from further harm. She has to become a protector, a saviour, and even a warrior in order to preserve the new life that opens up. The adventure concludes in Love Redeems (A Redcliffe Novel), but this is by no means the end of Jessica’s story. There will be more Redcliffe novels, and many more adventures to share.

Now I invite you to check out my fellow #atozchallenge bloggers. You will find some weird and wonderful articles, and we can all make new friends. See you tomorrow for the next letter in our #atozchallenge.

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April A-Z Blog Challenge 2013

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#AtoZChallenge Day 20: Temptation

Posted on April 23, 2013 by SpookyMrsGreen: Ghost Hunting, Vampire Books & Paranormal Family Adventures from Cheshire

Temptation is everywhere in the Redcliffe novels LGBT fantasy book series for adults. The first examples that spring to mind are the romantic and lustful temptations between Jessica Stone and Jack and Danny Mason.

In fact, temptation translates into love triangles between several of our leading characters. Jessica finds herself irresistibly drawn to the vampires and werewolves, more so after she discovers their secrets. She wants to resist, but is she strong enough?

Passionate Love inspires the Redcliffe Novels LGBT fantasy book series by vampire writer Catherine Green at SpookyMrsGreen.com mindful parenting and modern pagan lifestyle blog. Image credit unknown.
Passionate Love inspires the Redcliffe Novels LGBT fantasy book series (Image credit unknown)

#AtoZChallenge Day 20: Temptation

In the first book, Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel), Jessica Stone is determined to remain independent and free of complications. This all disappears when she meets the deliciously tempting and charismatic Jack Mason, followed by his identical twin brother, Danny. Against her better judgement, Jessica enters into a passionate and traumatic love affair, and this is only the beginning.

Love Kills (A Redcliffe Novel) brings more elements of temptation into the story. Not only is Jessica fighting with her moral and personal ideals, but she learns more about her heritage as a witch. She is far more powerful and potentially more dangerous than any of the vampires or werewolves could have imagined. She must now learn to harness her gifts, and not lash out in retaliation when her human life is falling apart.

Temptation and lust

By the time we reach Love Redeems (A Redcliffe Novel), temptation is once again swinging towards the lustful side of life. Jessica has committed acts that she would never have even considered possible, she has opened up her witch nature with disastrous consequences, and she has very little of her former humanity left to show. All that remains is her fierce love for the vampire Jack, and her confused attachment to his werewolf brother Danny. And then there is Marcus Scott… What is a girl to do?

Now I invite you to check out my fellow #atozchallenge bloggers. You will find some weird and wonderful articles, and we can all make new friends. See you tomorrow for the next letter in our #atozchallenge.

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April A-Z Blog Challenge 2013

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#AtoZChallenge Day 19: Simon Bunce and Sally Frost

Posted on April 22, 2013 by SpookyMrsGreen: Ghost Hunting, Vampire Books & Paranormal Family Adventures from Cheshire

Today I will share a little information about two supporting characters in the Redcliffe Novels series of LGBT fantasy books for adults.

Simon Bunce and Sally Frost are closely linked, and they share this space very happily. We meet both of them in the first book Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel), and their relationships with Jessica, Jack and Danny develop throughout the series.

Excerpt from Love Kills (A Redcliffe Novel) by Catherine Green with SpookyMrsGreen.com pagan lifestyle blog.
Excerpt from Love Kills (A Redcliffe Novel) by Catherine Green

#AtoZChallenge Day 19: Simon Bunce and Sally Frost

Simon Bunce is manager of the Ship Inn and a keen surfer. He is in love with Danny Mason, and Simon is the werewolf lieutenant of the Redcliffe pack. He has been ruling the pack in Danny’s absence, and when Danny returns from Scotland in Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel), the submissive wolves struggle to acknowledge their true leader. Many of them have only known Simon.

Jessica Stone met Simon shortly after she moved to Redcliffe, and the Ship Inn became her local pub. They hit it off and became close friends. Through Simon, Jessica met Sally Frost. Sally is a nurse at the local hospital, and she is third in command of the Redcliffe werewolf pack. She helped Simon to rule the pack while Danny was away, and Sally is devoted to her master. She knows that Danny would choose Simon above her any day, and that hurts, but she cannot change her feelings.

More romantic entanglements

We get to know a little more about Simon and Sally during Love Kills (A Redcliffe Novel), not least their complicated romantic entanglements with the werewolf alpha. They try to help Jessica as she learns to cope with her new life after she discovers the truth about her friends and lover. They work with Danny to strengthen the Redcliffe pack and reinforce his place as alpha. Tradegy strikes in Love Redeems (A Redcliffe Novel), and the Redcliffe pack suffers terrible loss. Our supporting characters are firmly embedded in the history of their beloved town, and they will never be forgotten by their alpha.

Now I invite you to check out my fellow #atozchallenge bloggers. You will find some weird and wonderful articles, and we can all make new friends. See you tomorrow for the next letter in our #atozchallenge.

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April A-Z Blog Challenge 2013

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#AtoZChallenge Day 18: Redcliffe

Posted on April 20, 2013 by SpookyMrsGreen: Ghost Hunting, Vampire Books & Paranormal Family Adventures from Cheshire

Redcliffe is a fictional town, and the location for a series of novels set in Cornwall, England. I was bemused to learn that there is a real town of Redcliffe in Australia, and I only discovered this fact after the publication of my first book Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel).

My fictional town is actually modelled on the seaside town of Looe, with a little influence from the fishing village Polperro. I decided to call it Redcliffe because it sounded romantic, and I could work a folklore element into the series.

#RedcliffeNovels: Shopping in Looe, Cornwall inspiration for LGBT fantasy book series by Catherine Green of SpookyMrsGreen.com mindful parenting and modern pagan lifestyle blog. Image credit Cornwall Pictures website.
#RedcliffeNovels: Shopping in Looe, Cornwall (Image credit Cornwall Pictures)

#AtoZChallenge Day 18: Redcliffe

Jessica Stone and Elizabeth Gormond moved to Redcliffe and bought the local bookshop about five years ago. They loved the seaside town, and it was a refreshing change to their home city of Manchester. Jessica feels a strange connection to Redcliffe, but she never understands what that is until she meets the Mason brothers. She subsequently discovers that her friends are keeping secrets, her local pub is not the refuge it previously was, and Redcliffe forest is a dangerous place to be alone.

Location is key throughout my Redcliffe novels. In Love Kills (A Redcliffe Novel), we follow Jessica as she experiences intense spiritual and magical changes up on the cliff top above the Ship Inn. She experiences visions and meets ghosts from her past out on the seafront, and she cannot even find solace on the busy town pier with its gaudy amusement arcades, fast food outlets, and chattering tourists.

I am fascinated by Redcliffe, and the town is very real to me, having been inside my head for such a long time. It brings together elements from all the holiday places I have visited in the UK, and throws in a few romantic ideals along the way. In the third novel Love Redeems (A Redcliffe Novel), Jessica steps outside the town on her adventures, but she always returns home in the end.

Now I invite you to check out my fellow #atozchallenge bloggers. You will find some weird and wonderful articles, and we can all make new friends. See you tomorrow for the next letter in our #atozchallenge.

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“It’s Complicated” (A Redcliffe Short Story) by paranormal author Catherine Green

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#AtoZChallenge Day 17: Quandary

Posted on April 19, 2013 by SpookyMrsGreen: Ghost Hunting, Vampire Books & Paranormal Family Adventures from Cheshire

The alphabet letter for today has thrown up a rather unusual word for my theme, but one that I find oddly appropriate to describe the nature and content of the Redcliffe novels LGBT fantasy book series.

I have to thank my mother for this one, because I was struggling to appropriate a letter for the challenge. Mum very helpfully stepped up and filled in the blanks, quite literally!

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#RedcliffeNovels LGBT Fantasy Book Series for Adults

#AtoZChallenge Day 17: Quandary

As a writer, I love words. It goes without saying really. I love traditional, old fashioned prose. There is something tantalising and delicious about reading a paragraph or page of words that perhaps no longer frequent our daily language. Quandary is one of those words. I like the sound of it. I like to roll it off my tongue and savour the sound, emphasising the ‘d’ and softening the ‘y.’ It is a good, solid, useful word.

Jessica Stone is well and truly in a quandary throughout the Redcliffe novels series. In fact, her life seems to spiral out of control the minute she meets police detective Jack Mason in Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel). Not only does she struggle with the depth and strength of her romantic feelings for the man, but she has to discover just why they are pulled together so powerfully by forces beyond their control.

Moving into Love Kills (A Redcliffe Novel), and Jessica’s quandary moves beyond the bounds of romantic love. She makes her decision to stay with Jack and support him, but at huge moral cost to herself. She makes difficult decisions, she carries out activities that she would never even have considered before meeting the Mason brothers, and she struggles with her conscience as she battles anger, guilt and rage.

Finally, Jessica meets the ultimate quandary in the third novel Love Redeems (A Redcliffe Novel). Her romantic life is once again into thrown into disarray, she questions everything she has ever known about relationships and the nature of love, and she steps way over the line into unfamiliar territory. Phew! It certainly is one wild ride!

Now I invite you to check out my fellow #atozchallenge bloggers. You will find some weird and wonderful articles, and we can all make new friends. See you tomorrow for the next letter in our #atozchallenge.

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April A-Z Blog Challenge 2013

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#AtoZChallenge Day 16: Public House

Posted on April 18, 2013 by SpookyMrsGreen: Ghost Hunting, Vampire Books & Paranormal Family Adventures from Cheshire

To my mind, the pub is a British institution. I could be wrong, but this is the impression I have been given during my lifetime so far.

The public house has been a part of British culture since the days of early civilisation, back when people used coaching inns and taverns as meeting places, temporary accommodation, and centres for social activity. They were also reputed as places of illegitimate activities, such as the tales of smugglers and pirates in the Ship Inn pub in my Redcliffe novels LGBT fantasy book series.

#RedcliffeNovels: Ship Inn, Cornwall inspiration for LGBT fantasy book series by Catherine Green of SpookyMrsGreen.com mindful parenting and modern pagan lifestyle blog. Image credit unknown.
Inspiration for the #RedcliffeNovels: Ship Inn, Cornwall

#AtoZChallenge Day 16: Public House

The pub has always been important to me as an individual. I don’t frequent our local pubs much anymore, since I am raising a young family and my husband works long hours. But when we were younger (and we are not exactly old now!), the pub was our place of refuge and excitement. In fact, just last week I found myself walking along Oxford Road in Manchester city centre, reminiscing about our student days as I walked past our old favourite pubs including The Salisbury and Grand Central.

It was a natural inclination therefore, to include a pub as a place of central importance in my Redcliffe novels LGBT fantasy book series. Since Redcliffe is a seaside town, I had to name the pub in accordance with its location. The Ship Inn seemed perfectly appropriate, and I’m sure I have seen versions of this pub during my visits to Cornwall.

The Ship Inn is introduced in my first book Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel), when our heroine Jessica Stone introduces her close friend and pub manager, Simon Bunce. When we move into the second book Love Kills (A Redcliffe Novel), we discover that the Ship has many secrets concealed within its ancient walls, and even beneath its floors… By the third book Love Redeems (A Redcliffe Novel) we become even more familiar with the abandoned smugglers’ tunnels hidden inside the cliffs, but I don’t want to spoil the surprise!

What does the pub mean to you?

What does the pub mean to you? For me it is a place to be sociable, to meet up with friends, enjoy a meal and a nice glass of wine, maybe celebrate a birthday or special occasion. My father-in-law enjoys exploring pubs that sell locally produced or traditional ales, and these places become central to our family holidays. The pub can introduce you to new bands, weird and wonderful facts in the pub quiz, or even a little game of darts or pool. Yes, the pub is very important to our social circles, and definitely so for Jessica Stone and her friends in Redcliffe.  

Now I invite you to check out my fellow #atozchallenge bloggers. You will find some weird and wonderful articles, and we can all make new friends. See you tomorrow for the next letter in our #atozchallenge.

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April A-Z Blog Challenge 2013

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#AtoZChallenge Day 15: Occult

Posted on April 17, 2013 by SpookyMrsGreen: Ghost Hunting, Vampire Books & Paranormal Family Adventures from Cheshire

The Occult is a subject that I have a personal interest in. I have always been intrigued by stories of witches and ghosts, so it was only a natural progression when I began to explore vampires and werewolves as I grew older.

It is no surprise that paranormal romance became my genre of choice as a writer. I am fascinated by magic and mystery, and the romance that surrounds it, particularly in the Gothic tradition. Therefore it had to find a place in my Redcliffe novels series.

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#RedcliffeNovels LGBT Fantasy Book Series for Adults

Occult

Occult has always been something of a taboo word in my social and cultural circles. The word itself is harmless. It simply means ‘hidden’ or ‘disguised.’ There are many historical reasons why occult became the label given to the study, practise and following of activities including witchcraft, but right now I will explain it in relation to the Redcliffe novels.

In the first book, “Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel),” our heroine Jessica Stone begins by explaining that she is an orphan and has never allowed herself to love other people, apart from her best friend Elizabeth. Jessica’s parents died in a car accident when she was six years old, and no surviving family members came forward to claim her. She lived a lonely childhood with foster parents, and vowed never to be reliant on other people, certainly not in a romantic or emotional capacity.

When Jessica met Jack Mason she could not ignore the bond between them. She later learns that they are soul mates, but she has a lot to reveal about her own nature as we progress into book 2, “Love Kills (A Redcliffe Novel)” and continue the adventures in book 3 “Love Redeems (A Redcliffe Novel).” I don’t want to reveal too much and spoil the surprise, but Jessica is not as human as she might have previously thought. It takes the power of vampires and werewolves to unlock Jessica’s hidden abilities and reveal her true nature.

Now I invite you to check out my fellow #atozchallenge bloggers. You will find some weird and wonderful articles, and we can all make new friends. See you tomorrow for the next letter in our #atozchallenge.

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“It’s Complicated” (A Redcliffe Short Story) by paranormal author Catherine Green

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#AtoZChallenge Day 14: Normality

Posted on April 16, 2013 by SpookyMrsGreen: Ghost Hunting, Vampire Books & Paranormal Family Adventures from Cheshire

What is normal? One of the themes throughout my first three Redcliffe novels is that of being normal, of living a normal, human life.

Jessica Stone begins the tale as just another normal, average human, living life with her friends and running her business. By the end of Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel) she emerges from a traumatic incident between warring werewolves, and her life will never be the same again.

#RecliffeNovels: Looe Harbour, Cornwall inspiration for LGBT fantasy book series by Catherine Green of SpookyMrsGreen.com mindful parenting and modern pagan lifestyle blog. Image credit unknown.
#RecliffeNovels: Looe Harbour, Cornwall (Image credit unknown)

#AtoZChallenge Day 14: Normality

Jessica’s best friend Elizabeth represents an ideal of normality. Liz is happily married to a university professor, and she is pregnant with their first child. She and Jessica enjoy running their bookshop and doing ‘normal’ activities such as shopping, watching TV and discussing the adventures of their friends and family.

Normal life disappears completely when Jessica becomes romantically involved with Jack Mason and his identical twin brother Danny. The men are police detectives, recently returned from a four-year undercover operation in Scotland. It is on their return to Redcliffe that Jack meets Jessica and they fall in love, although they both fight against it in the beginning.

By the time we move into book 2, Love Kills (A Redcliffe Novel), Jessica is lamenting the loss of her formerly human life.  She is now a newly awakened witch, recovering from life-threatening injuries at the hands of werewolves, and in love with a vampire. Danger and trouble seem to follow the Mason brothers wherever they go, and it will inevitably affect anyone who becomes close to them sooner or later.

Excerpt from Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel) by Catherine Green with SpookyMrsGreen.com pagan lifestyle blog.
Excerpt from Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel) by Catherine Green

Normal life is gone

This danger reaches a peak in the third book, Love Redeems (A Redcliffe Novel). Jessica has been exploring her witchcraft abilities and unleashing her power, surprising the vampires and werewolves with her formerly hidden strengths. It becomes apparent that she could pose the greater threat to the men, and the uncomfortable truth does not sit will with any of them. By the end of Love Redeems, Jessica has to rescue her lover and try to make sense of her new supernatural life and the people that have come to mean so much to her in such a short space of time.

Now I invite you to check out my fellow #atozchallenge bloggers. You will find some weird and wonderful articles, and we can all make new friends. See you tomorrow for the next letter in our #atozchallenge.

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“It’s Complicated” (A Redcliffe Short Story) by paranormal author Catherine Green

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#AtoZChallenge Day 13: Marcus Scott

Posted on April 15, 2013 by SpookyMrsGreen: Ghost Hunting, Vampire Books & Paranormal Family Adventures from Cheshire

Marcus Scott is an interesting character from the Redcliffe novels LGBT fantasy book series for adults.

He joins the story about half way through the first book, Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel), and although he was only ever supposed to be a supporting character, he has become quite important to Jessica Stone as the series has progressed.

In fact, both Jessica and I have developed a love affair with Marcus Scott, against our better judgement!

Historical fantasy novel "The Darkness of Love" by vampire writer Catherine Green. Erotic Victorian vampire romance book.
The Darkness of Love by paranormal author Catherine Green

#AtoZChallenge Day 13: Marcus Scott

Marcus Scott is a vampire and businessman who became friends with Jack and Danny Mason not long after they were turned. Marcus became a vampire during the industrious Victorian era, and his was a tale of passion and lust gone wrong. He was always an ambitious man, even as a lowly stable boy when he was still human, but once he became a vampire all of his aspirations were accomplished. Marcus has even persuaded me to write his own story, a spin-off novella called The Darkness of Love that I am currently pitching to publishers and agents.

Back to Redcliffe, and Marcus causes chaos when he first meets Jessica. Not understanding the depth of Jack Mason’s feelings towards his new, apparently human, girlfriend, Marcus tries to feed from Jessica. At this point she knows nothing about the vampires, and what transpires is a very painful and traumatic scuffle between Jessica and Marcus.

As we move into book 2, Love Kills (A Redcliffe Novel), Marcus begins to suspect there is more to Jessica than meets the eye, and by book 3, Love Redeems (A Redcliffe Novel), he is firmly embedded in her support network. Theirs is a difficult relationship. Here is a short excerpt from Love Redeems, showing a conversation between Jessica and Marcus:

Excerpt from Love Redeems (The Redcliffe Novels):

“Would you have killed me last week, Marcus?” I asked quietly.
“Yes.” he replied.
The world spun around me and I staggered, trying not to faint.
“I thought you cared about me?” I asked, feeling stupid but needing to be clear.
“I do,” Marcus replied, “But you angered me and I was hungry.”
 “So, you would have killed me,” I said, “Just like that?”
“Yes.” he replied again.
“Fuck,” I cursed, “But surely you would feel bad at least?”
 “Of course I would,” Marcus said, “I would be stricken with guilt, but I would learn to live with it.”

Now I invite you to check out my fellow #atozchallenge bloggers. You will find some weird and wonderful articles, and we can all make new friends. See you tomorrow for the next letter in our #atozchallenge.

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April A-Z Blog Challenge 2013

Download your FREE copy of LGBT fantasy short story It’s Complicated (The Redcliffe Novels) and meet the werewolves of Cornwall, England.  Click here. 

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