Guest Post with Author Stephanie Draven

Today I would like to welcome back to the blog, author Stephanie Draven. Stephanie is celebrating the release of her book It Stings So Sweet and has stopped by to chat. Please give Stephanie a warm welcome.

STEPHANIE DRAVEN is a bestselling, award-winning and RITA-nominated author of historical, paranormal, and contemporary romance. Her newest project, IT STINGS SO SWEET is a collection of 1920s historical erotic romances that celebrate sex, women, and the Jazz Age. Her most recent novel with Entangled Publishing, IN BED WITH THE OPPOSITION, is a mix of humor and sex-appeal set against the backdrop of a zany political campaign inspired by the career of Baltimore legend William Donald Schaefer. Both novels are fun departures from her more serious Greek mythology-inspired series for Harlequin's Nocturne line, the debut novel of which was nominated by Romantic Times for Best First Series. The series has earned critical praise for its originality and awareness of social issues and garnered the 2012 SWIRL award for excellence in multi-cultural romance literature as well as the CataRomance's Reviewers Choice Award. Writing historical fiction about Cleopatra’s daughter as Stephanie Dray, she won the Golden Leaf Award for SONG OF THE NILE. Stephanie is currently a denizen of Baltimore, that city of ravens and purple night skies. She lives there with her favorite nocturnal creatures–three scheming cats and a deliciously wicked husband. And when she is not busy with dark domestic rituals, she writes her books.

Places to find Stephanie:

| Site | Facebook | Twitter |

Weekly Winners

Below is a list of all of the winners from the past week.


PC
JenM
Megan
Loving David by Gina Hummer

Patricia
Taming the Tycoon + Keychain by Amy Andrews

Eli
Enslaved by Elisabeth Naughton

Patricia
The Good Man by Nona Raines

Amy
The Summer He Came Home by Juliana Stone

Chris
Signed Wicked Road to Hell cover flat

Donna
King of Darkness by Elisabeth Staab

Infinitieth
The Tattooed Duke by Maya Rodale

Leev
In Bed with the Opposition by Stephanie Draven

Ren
Goddess in the Middle by Stephanie Julian

Laurie
The Care and Feeding of an Alpha Male by Jessica Clare

Beverly
Sultry With a Twist by Macy Beckett

All winners have been notified via email. Thank you to everyone that stopped by and entered. =)

Interview with Author Stephanie Draven and Giveaway

Today I would like to welcome author Stephanie Draven to RFTC. Stephanie is celebrating the release of her newest book In Bed with the Opposition and has stopped by to answer a few questions. So please give Stephanie a warm welcome.

Stephanie Draven is currently a denizen of Baltimore, that city of ravens and purple night skies. She lives there with her favorite nocturnal creatures–three scheming cats and a deliciously wicked husband. And when she is not busy with dark domestic rituals, she writes her books.

Stephanie has always been a storyteller. In elementary school, she channeled Scheherazade, weaving a series of stories to charm children into sitting with her each day at the lunch table. When she was a little older, Stephanie scared all the girls at her sleepovers with ghost stories.

She should have known she was born to hold an audience in her thrall, but Stephanie resisted her writerly urges and graduated from college with a B.A. in Government. Then she went to Law School, where she learned how to convincingly tell the tallest tales of all!

A longtime lover of ancient lore, Stephanie enjoys re-imagining myths for the modern age. She doesn’t believe that true love is ever simple or without struggle so her work tends to explore the sacred within the profane, the light under the loss and the virtue hidden in vice. She counts it amongst her greatest pleasures when, from her books, her readers learn something new about the world or about themselves.

Places to find Stephanie:

| Site | Facebook | Twitter |

Lots of Winners

Congratulations to

Sue Sattler

On winning her book of choice by Virna DePaul

Yadira Alonzo

On winning a e-copy of The Fever and The Fury by Stephanie Draven

Mary Preston

On winning a copy of The Rake and The Recluse Redux by Jenn LeBlanc

All winners have been contacted via email. Thanks to everyone that entered. =)

Book Spotlight: The Fever and The Fury by Stephanie Draven and Giveaway

Revenge is a dish best served hot!

Phaedra, a fury, is bound to make Lieutenant Luke Lazaros atone for his supposed crime, but her usual method of inflicting pain doesn’t work very well on a phoenix with the power to be reborn every time he dies. However, each rebirth leaves him with an overwhelming need for sex. Phaedra’s new plan: to drive Luke mad with desire.

But Phaedra has never touched anyone—even herself—except to cause pain. She’s an innocent when it comes to pleasure…but Luke isn’t. His touch is a revelation, arousing a passion in Phaedra that is as delicious as it is terrifying. For no matter how much she wants Luke, giving herself to a man risks awakening her goddess’s wrath.

Places to Purchase:

| Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Harlequin | All Romance |