Excerpt Blood Lust sequel of Blood Talisman R16

Lee was surprised when Jessica mentioned the possibility of children. He was Master of a colony of vampires, genetically programmed to want what was best for his colony. The idea of offspring with a witch should have repelled him, but it didn’t. In fact, the thought of his brood inside this woman’s belly had an interesting effect on him. He’d felt his trousers grow tight around the crotch, so tight in fact that he’d wanted to be rid of them immediately. It could have been the fact that this half-caste vampire was in heat for him. But he’d been around a she-vampire in heat before. Helene, the love of his life. He’d never been this desperate to have children with her.
Whatever the hell was going on, he had to get naked with this woman. Of course it made sense for them to make love. That would stem the desire to feed from each other for a while. But that’s not why he’d undressed so quickly. He’d done it because the thought of being inside her was driving him crazy.
She’d followed him into his private bedroom willingly enough, but now that she was here she looked like she wanted to change her mind. It was a nice change for Lee. Women of most races found ordinary vampires compelling, Master vampires were irresistible. Another vampire, especially one from the same colony, constantly felt the desire to please their master sexually. Having beautiful women throwing themselves at them would be most men’s wet dream. And for the first century Lee had been the same. But after a while having sex with countless desperately horny women got old. He enjoyed the challenge in this woman’s eyes. It reminded him of Helene.
"Surely there's another way." He liked to hear the pleading notes in her voice.
He forced his feeders to grow in at an accelerated rate, knowing the sight of his blood would pique her hunger. She struggled to keep her own feeding canines from erupting. She gritted her teeth, and muttered a spell. He felt the air vibrate with power. His erect penis strained. It wasn’t the first time a female’s magic had made him hard. He remembered well how magic could be used to enhance the sensation of sex. He liked the idea of being at the whim of this woman’s magical power.
She screamed as her mating teeth pierced the flesh, coming in over her hidden feeders. Looked like she was more interested in him for sex than food. He soon saw why. She was staring at his penis, a mixture of fear and curiosity in her eyes. He would appear large to a mortal, this woman would never have felt anything so big. But she was vampire now and he knew she could take it. She didn’t know that, however. He liked the fact that curiosity seemed to outweigh her fear. Curiosity and desire.
As her lust grew the feeders came on. She moaned in agony. He saw her pupils contract. She was in a lot of pain. He felt the urge to comfort her, which was interesting. He normally didn’t concern himself with the feelings of his lovers. But with her he just wanted to protect her from even the slightest pain. He took her chin between his fingers drawing her close. She held her breath. He kissed her gently, and flicked his tongue over her teeth. His Master Vampire saliva would heal her wounds, special chemicals would ease her pain.
That was interesting. As turned on as he was, it seemed his need to care for her outweighed his desire to fuck her.
Disturbing was more the word.
She was a witch after all. She could control her vampire side. For all he knew she was here to spy.
He had to take her quickly.

Review of my book

Here's the review of Blood Talisman, in full.


BLOOD TALISMAN

ERIKA GILBERT

ISBN: 978-1-60592-045-0July 2009
Noble Romance Publishing www.nobleromance.comE-book$5.95182 pagesParanormal

RomanceRating: 5 Cups

Helene Sharp is a battle mage; she goes out and chases down rogue paranormals. She is not supposed to do any work without the mage council's authorization. When she finds her ex-lover and master vampire Lee Corady is in trouble, she soon goes behind the council's back to help.

Brett Corady is a skinwalker; he can ‘move-into’ other peoples bodies and totally control them. He is also the brother of the master vampire. Sincd he was once a vampire himself, he has a double loyalty to Lee. When a witch takes control of Lee and his vampires, using Lee’s blood Brett works with Helene to try and save them all.

Brett and Helene have to work to find out how to save Lee and his vampires, while keeping Helene alive because it seems the witch wants her dead. Lee is a good master and is fighting the witch with all his power. Between them, the three make a remarkable group. Meanwhile the tension building between them is more than that of co-workers, and Brett’s ability to enter Helene and control her movements proves to be an interesting hobby.

Ms. Gilbert has produced a novel with a new level of paranormal romance. The ability of her skinwalkers is amazing and opens a whole new area. Helene is a strong and fascinating character. She compliments Brett’s playful nature. They are both in total contrast to Lee’s domineering master vampire approach to life. As a reviewer my only question is do they find a mate for Lee?

Hollie Reviewer for Coffee Time Romance & More

My Cups Runeth Over

Hey, guess what? Coffee Time Romance reviewed my novel, Blood Talisman, and gave it 5 out of 5 cups! It's my first review so I'm stoked.

//www.coffeetimeromance.com/BookReviews/bloodtalisman.html

I went into the local super market and noticed something surprising on the front page of the newspaper - my face! It gave me such a shock. I spent the rest of the time thinking everyone would recognise me. It was a mini version of what celebrities must feel liek all the time and when my husband showed my face to the check out girl I wanted to run away and hide!

Also, my bus driver recognised me! So did the lady at the dairy. So I am famous - along my bus route anyway.

Here's the link to the article - it's about my book.

www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/entertainment/book-reviews/2575077/Virtually-published

A word about poetry

It happened almost by accident. I was looking for short story competitions to enter when I stumbled across the New Zealand Poetry Societies International Haiku Competition. I thought OK, why not? So I went and had a look at the examples of past winners and good poems on their website.

I spent a few hours writing, came up with a dozen or so poems sent in half of them and promptly forgot all about it. A few months later I got a phone call to say I'd won! Apparently there were over 700 entries from around the world.

Poetry has changed a lot since I was at school. Take the poem I wrote when I was ten years' old:

A pair of eyes watch
Hidden with fear they follow
They are my scared eyes.

This poem follows the traditional western syllable format 5/7/5

These days that's a no no, apparently. You aren't supposed to have any thes, as or ins etc.

A more modern version of this poem might be:

Eyes watch
Hidden with fear
My scared eyes.

Personally I prefer the one I wrote when I was ten. It's more fun trying to restrict your words to a particular word count, I find.

Here's a link to the NZPS webpage:
www.poetrysociety.org.nz/node/114

Introducing

Hello, I'm Erika Gilbert, paranormal romance author, mild-mannered library assistant with a psychology degree, accidental poet and most importantly mother to a very intelligent, beautiful boy who is a joy to both parents.

I started writing seriously after the birth of my son over five years' ago. Well, after the why-won't-he-stop-crying-and-just-sleep? stage - which lasted eight months.

I was born in Kent, England but I don't remember much because by the age of two I was on my way to Australia. I stayed there just long enough to cuddle some koalas, meet a snake in the bathtub, and find a family of red backs under a log. Then, when I was four I came to New Zealand. I bunny-hopped to a few cities (there's more than a drop of gypsy blood in my family) before coming to a stop in Nelson for the furthering of my education at a prestigious girl's school. Courtney Love attended the same school, apparently. so I can't quite follow my parents logic.

My father, Tom Millard, died before he was able to realize his dream of being published. I hope he's proud.

If you like vampires, skin-walkers, witches and a touch of druid magic then check out my book here: http://www.nobleromance.com/ItemDisplay.aspx?i=53



I hope you enjoy it.
Erika.

Writing

One more day!!! My novel is coming out tomorrow.