Be wary when you enter here. This is the realm of shadows, of dark and dangerous men who haunt the night, their eyes burning with need and desire. Men who will lure you into places you might be wiser not to go, men who can promise to love you forever…and make good on that promise.
Thanks to all of you who have taken the time to email me and tell me how much you've enjoyed NIGHT'S PLEASURE. I love this family, and hate to see the series end. Of course, there's still Mara's book, and maybe one more....
At the moment, I'm hard at work on a sequel to EVERLASTING KISS. Kiss will be out in February of next year, and the sequel the following October. I'm about halfway through the sequel, and I love it so far. The hero, Rhys, is the "bad" guy from EVERLASTING KISS.
The back cover copy for EVERLASTING KISS says:
DESIRE NEVER DIES
Daisy O’Donnell doesn’t get the attraction some women feel for vampires. She likes her men with a pulse. And she’s just met one who’s full of life: Erik Delacourt, the unreasonably sexy man she keeps meeting at a popular L.A. nightclub called the Crypt. She barely knows him, but there’s no resisting the connection she feels…
There’s one important detail Erik hasn’t gotten around to telling her yet. He’s a powerful vampire out to hunt the Blood Thief who is draining young vampires all over the city—and who has just raised the stakes by destroying one of Erik’s friends. To Erik, Daisy is a bright spot of innocence in a world of darkness and menace. He’ll do anything—even lie to her—to keep her safe and pure.
If only he knew that Daisy has something of her own to hide…
I can't wait to see the cover!
Hope all is well in your corner of fantasyland.
Amanda
Mandy's Desk
I got to thinking that my readers might like to see my office and when I mentioned it to my friend, Kathy, she agreed, so here's my desk (cleaned up, of course)
If you can't tell what's on it, those are Star Wars Mighty Muggs figures on the shelves, and Star Trek plates on the wall. To the left of my desk is a poster of Forbidden Fires. The picture on my monitor is the Twilight cast.
And there's a Jack Sparrow folder sitting on my FAX machine.
My Bookcase
My bookcase has original copies of all my books, including reprints. The Last of the Mohicans poster was good inspiration when I wrote my historical romances.
To the left of the bookcase is a photo signed by my favorite Phantom, Davis Gaines. More Star Wars figures on top of the book case. I don't think you can tell from the photo, but that's a Jack Sparrow clock over the bookcase. When I write, I'm surrounded by many of my favorite things.
COMING SOON FROM ZEBRA BOOKS
Immortal Sins
October 2009
Everlasting Kiss
February 2010
VAMPIRE ROMANCE BY AMANDA ASHLEY
Published by Leisure Books
1. Embrace the Night 1995
2. Deeper Than the Night 1996
3. Sunlight Moonlight 1997
4. A Darker Dream 1998
5. Shades of Gray 1998
6. The Captive 2000
(Futuristic)
7. Midnight Embrace 2002
Published by Zebra Books
8. After Sundown 2003
sequel to Shades of Gray
9 A Whisper of Eternity 2004
10. Night's Kiss 2005
11. Desire After Dark 2006
sequel to After Sundown
12. Dead Sexy 2/07
13. Night's Touch 7/07
sequel to Night's Kiss
14. Dead Perfect 2/08
15. Night's Master 10/08
sequel to Night's Touch
15. Night's Pleasure 2/09
sequel to Night's Master
VAMPIRE/PARANORMAL/FANTASY
Published by Leisure Books
1. After Twilight - Ashley 2001
2. Paradise - Baker - 1999
Published by St. Martin's Press
2. Midnight Pleasures 2003
3. Stroke of Midnight 2004
Published by Running Press
4. Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance 2008
VAMPIRES...THE UNDEAD...NOSFERATU...
Some people love them. Some people hate them. Anne Rice reawakened our fascination with them. Lori Herter gave them a romantic twist. Yes, I'm talking about vampires. Not the blood-sucking fiendish ones who send shivers of fear down our spines, but those dark tortured heroes who give us shivers of another kind.
I can remember how entranced I was when I read Interview With a Vampire, yet how disappointed I was that Anne's vampires were unable to make love. All that charm and charisma, all that raw sexuality, going to waste! Then along came Nancy Gideon's hero in Midnight Kiss. He was everything I wanted in a vampire - he was handsome, mysterious, sexy, lonely, haunted, with just the right blend of danger and tenderness. Oh, yes, I loved him!
Another book that inspired me was Obsession by Lori Herter. Another tortured hero! I loved it.
About the time I was falling in love with children of the night, I reached a point in my career where I felt I needed a break from writing western historicals. As vampires were much on my mind at the time, I wrote my very first vampire romance, a short story titled MASQUERADE for an anthology titled THE TOPAZ MAN PRESENTS SECRETS OF THE HEART, which is now out of print. It was more recently published in a Leisure anthology titled AFTER TWILIGHT.
As it turned out, a short story wasn't enough, and so I wrote EMBRACE THE NIGHT. And thus Amanda Ashley was born. I'm happy to say that EMBRACE THE NIGHT is being reissued in September of 2006.
Frank Langella was my inspiration for Gabriel. If you've seen the movie DRACULA, starring Frank, then you know why.
A FEW OF MY FAVORITE VAMPIRES
Gary Oldham as Dracula
Henry Fitzroy
Blood Ties
Brad Pitt as Louis
Interview with a Vampire
Edward and Bella
Twilight
Cast of Twilight
Alex O'Laughlin
Mick from Moonlight
Frank Langella
The Best Dracula Ever
Mark Frankel
Kindred, the Embraced.
This was a really good show and is available on DVD.
George Hamilton
My favorite funny Vampire
Gerard Butler
He can bite my neck any time!
Elizabeth Camp sent me this plague, which reads:
"This award is presented to Amanda Ashley, in recognition of your brilliance and excellence within the literary realm, and in appreciation for her hard work and dedication, in bringning her fans the stories that will forever live in their hearts..."
One of my readers, Elizabeth Camp, sent me the following poem and I thought it was so cute, I just had to share it. If you think Elizabeth's name sounds familiar, it's because I've used her poetry in some of my books.
Dear Lord, yes it's me,
praying again from Tennessee;
My current readings have become a bore,
So to You I now implore;
I know You have a lot to do,
Normally I would not dare intrude;
But the request I make is awe inspired,
I want to read more of Mandy's Vampires.
AMEN
You can't have too many photos
of Frank
Some of my favorite Paranormal books:
Phantom
These Fallen Angels
The Vampire Viscount
The Sookie Stackhouse Books by Charlaine Harris
Tanya Huff's "Blood" series
The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
Outlander
The Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer
The Everworld series by K.A. Applegate
The Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs
The Paladin books by Alexis Morgan
I never drink...wine
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