When you read a book, do you feel like you’ve escaped to another world? I do and that’s why I enjoy reading. To share my love of the written word, I invite you to discover the different worlds and stories of my fellow Crimson Romance authors by visiting their blogs.
Forty-six authors and dozens of giveaways including mine :).
Even better? Every blog comment you leave during the hop is entered into a drawing to win one of the grand prizes – one Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift certificate for $100, and two gift certificates for $50 each! Click on the image to see the list of bloggers.
For a chance to win my prize, leave a comment and share what time periods you love to immerse yourself in or what subgenre of romance you’re currently reading.
In my younger days, I love the historical romances of Lisa Kleypas, Christina Dodd and Julia Quinn. My favorite tellings were the usual mistaken identity, arranged marriages, fall from grace, must marry for money, can’t marry for love, and Christina Dodd’s princess series.
Now I’m into paranormal romances, urban fantasy, and steampunk. My favorite authors are Meljean Brook and Nalini Singh. Why the change? I’d have to say the world building and the characters themselves. The worlds can be gritty, dangerous and elaborate. The characters also seem to mirror the worlds. I like my characters tortured, lonely, a danger to themselves or others, but they must have one important characteristic. They must be redeemable. Meljean and Nalini do a great job of this. Their characters can be the biggest bad asses, but by the end of the book, I totally dig them.
As a busy mother, wife, friend, RN, and author, I want to be transported to other worlds. For now, it’s the darker worlds that appeal to me. But you never know, in a couple of months, I might go back to cute contemporaries like Susan Elizabeth Phillips’s books.
To acknowledge the setting of paranormal romance, Shadow Watcher, I’ve put together a swag of items from Seattle. Leave a comment and be entered to win the swag:
1. Bookmark from Seattle artist ReDeFind Vintage
2. Coffee beans from Seattle’s Caffe Vita- “Complex and lively, with aromas of honeysuckle, melon, and ginger. Flavors of marshmallow, dark chocolate, and dried cherry are buoyed by lemon juice acidity and sustained in the sweet, persistent finish.”
3. Made in Seattle Theo Organic Salted Toffee Milk Chocolate
I am happy to have found another author I am intrested by participating in the blog hop. I love the civil war era for romance, I don’t know why but I do. I have in the last year or so really gotten into the whole paranormal romance books and just devoure everybook I have read in a matter of days.
When I started reading , I read contemporary, mystery then I found Historical and was hooked on that for years(still am actually) I love Native American stories, and civil war . Then my niece had me check out Sherrilyn Kenyon and I have been hooked in the paranormal genre ever since.
vampiremistress2010(at)gmail(dot)com
I am happy to have found another author I am intrested by participating in the blog hop. i love historical romances and paranormal romances
parisfan_ca@yahoo.com
. I am a sucker for the Happily Ever After which is why I like the romance books. I especially like the paranormal or futuristic romance books with hot sexy alpha heroes and kick-ass heroines. They can be futuristic, or go back in time, or be contemporary or even on another planet as long as they get me hooked from the very first few chapters. Thanks for being part of the hop and for the chance to win.
reneebennett35 (at) yahoo (dot) com
I love the time travel novels that slip the heroine back in time where she falls in love…talk about making the love process even more difficult! Presently enjoying the work of Susanna Kearsley
I love blog hopping because it adds new books to my to read list!
grapeapril75(at)gmail(dot)com
I love the Regency Era. ball gowns and rakes! Although, at the moment I am obsessed with paranormal romances!
I love your header! I first loved historicals, then contemporaries, then paranormals and now romantic suspense. But I love a really good story. I’m not here for the contest. I’m visiting the LIR.
I am loving visiting all of these blogs and finding all these new-to-me authors!
bas1chsemail at gmail dot com
Like your by-line “Soulful, Sinful Romance.” Thanks for being a part of the hop, always enjoy find new great reads (Congrats on your contemporary)
BeckeyWhiteATgmailDOTcom
Hey there Ashlyn
I love all sorts of writing. I love historicals, romantic comedy and paranormal the best. I even like a little science fiction. I often used to read autobiography’s too. But writing paranormal romance is what I love, and romantic comedy’s. So reading them is my favorite form of escape from daily life.
I Love Historical romances!!! I’m getting really into Stream Punk and paranormal now too. Thanks for the hop!!
kp_kazamei(at)yahoo(dot)com
Love, love, love the coffee give away. I can practically smell the beans. I read all over the place, but so far as historicals, I prefer the fin-de-sicle setting. I’m also getting into Steam Punk.
Ashlyn,
I’m so glad to find you’ve enjoyed many of the dif genres of romance. I think we unconsciously draw from all of our favorites when we write, and it deepens and enriches our stories.
I have enjoyed all the genres of romance. I seem to be reading lots of contemporary right now, which is what I’m currently writing. Immersion!
best wishes with all your new releases—you’re rocking the epubs!
Cathryn
http://www.cathryncade.com
Historical romances are my first love. 🙂 I love the giant, fierce Highlanders. Can’t help it. I think paranormal would be my second favorite genre. I love the fantasy aspect of them.
Thank you for participating and good luck with all your releases. 🙂
imsocool(at)gmail(dot)com
Definitely regency — something about it just calls to me!
booksconsidered[at]gmail[dot]com
My favorite time period is either Contemporary or during the Viking period. I also have a love for the Edo period in Tokyo when the Samurai ruled. There’s just something about an all-powerful warrior in any culture. 😉
Hi Ashlyn!
I love contemporary romances. Not a surprise, since that’s what I write! 🙂
Happy blogging,
Melia
I read across all times and spaces. I think one of the best parts of having so many writer friends is I find myself trying stories I might not otherwise pick up, like inspirational and M/M. There something for everyone in romance!
I’m reading a contemporary right now, a romance, but I actually prefer historical fiction–no romance element required and my favorite period is the 1920s and 30s. And p.s. LOVE Seattle. tchevrestt(at)yahoo.com
I love discovering new authors and new blogs!
Thanks for the chance to win this GREAT giveaway!
sqwalker2@hotmail.com
I love the 1200-1600. I love Knights and Lairds.
All sub-genres of the HEA romance kind. Sci/fi, fantasy, paranormal, steampunk, Contemporary, Futuristic (have I forgotten any? lol ) AND….. HISTORY – all periods of.(MY REAL FAV)
Thanks for the opportunity to meet a new author. Good luck with the new release
Sigh, haven’t been to Seattle in ages, but I always feel at home there!
vitajex(at)aol(dot)com
Ashlyn,
Wonderful to meet a fellow Seattlelite! I rarely meet any authors located here.
I am with you! I am all over the place when it comes to romance. Any romance genre will capture my eye if it has a love story and the HEA. I like to see in my mind’s eye the people, surroundings, and emotions. I know I’m engaged when I can’t put the book down until I’m done.
Thanks Ashlyn for sharing your site and your work. I enjoyed exploring.
Belinda G
belgre AT comcast DOT net
Hey Ashlyn!
Believe it or not, paranormals are probably my favorite novels to read. I write romantic suspense though. LOL! I can’t wait to read your book. It’s waiting in my stack. 🙂
I like being immersed in a paranormal romance. If I get tired of that, I move on to historical romance, usually regency era. Once in a while I visit a fantasy world modeled in the medieval era usually with sword and sorcery.
bituin76 at hotmail dot com
Contemporary romances appeal the most but for historicals, I love the American west. Something about that time period…. But having said that, Nalini Singh’s Slave to Sensation is one of my all time favs!!
Yay!! Just stopping by on my way around the hop! This is so much fun!
Rionna
I began my immersed reading life in SF and stayed there through my 20’s. I did occasionally go into bouts of reading Harlequin category books where I’d read 30 or 40 books over a couple weeks, then return to SF. Now, I’m a fairly eclectic reader. I simply look for a great story and it needs to have an HEA ending–though not necessarily the traditional man and woman get married kind. Lately, I’ve been reading YA more than 50% of the time. Part of that is because I’m writing YA Fantasy. Another reason is that YA is still very open to–and seems to reward– cross-genre novels. I think that allows writers to express a larger breadth of experience and imagination, and readers have benefitted from that feeling of freedom as those novels find publication.
I have definitely seen my reading change over the years. It usually depends on what is occurring my life and the amount of time I have to spend.
Thanks for being on the hop. My TBR list is growing by leaps and bounds. Makes Christmas shopping easier.
mel
bournmelissa at hotmail dot com
Thanks for participating in the blog hop!
bme722 at gmail dot com
Love finding new books to read. I really love to read almost anything a little romance with a murder as a twist, some time travel is always good, as long as the writer captures my imagination I am good to go
Congrats to Maggie Jaimeson for winning my Seattle Swag! I’ll be contacting you soon for your address. Thank you to everyone who participated in the blog hop and for stopping by my Swept Away post. All your names, minus the Crimson Romance authors’ :), will be entered into the drawing for one of three grand prizes. Good luck! For those interested in a friends to lovers novella, mine, If Only, released today. You can pick it up at Smashwords.com or Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Only-The-Willowbrook-Series-ebook/dp/B00ABV879Y/ref=sr_1_9?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1353697690&sr=1-9&keywords=if+only