RomantiCon Day 1

Though I know some people had problems getting here, my trip went very smoothly! Met up with the lovely Regina Carlysle at the airport and we chatted before our flight out of DFW to Cleveland.

The trip to the hotel also went very smoothly, and again the staff at EC and here at the hotel have done an AMAZING job of preparing everything for our arrival! We got an awesome conference bag, a great badge holder, TWO calendars, another nifty conference booklet with all the handouts in it along with a place for collecting signatures.

The Meet-&-Greet was tonight - and of course, what would this party be without the EC Cavemen?

Some photos here - will try to update tomorrow with more...

Thanks & Enjoy...

Lorenzo & Cai - Lorenzo was on the cover of Sapphire Tease

Joysann from Publisher's Weekly winning a prize -

yes, win a prize, get a hug/kiss from a Caveman! :)

VJ Devereaux, Lorenzo & Cai

VJ & the Cavemen - sounds like a rock band doesn it?

(Kevin, Jason & Christian with VJ)

Jason, Christian & Angelo

VJ Devereaux

Cai & Brooks

Brooks & VJ Devereaux

MORE PICS TO FOLLOW TOMORROW, I Promise!!

Mark Your Calendars!

Romantic Times BookLovers Convention
Marilu Mann will be there!

Come meet your favorite authors. See some really hot cover models from Ellora's Cave and the Mr. Romance 2010 Competitors. Get lots of free books. Go to the Faery Ball and the Vampire Ball and...

DO NOT MISS the Ellora's Cave 10th Anniversary celebration - help us "PAINT THE TOWN RED!"
Learn more here.

SEX AND TROUBLE

Now that I have your attention! How's this for some interesting fun?

Sex and Trouble

(cover by the fabulous Syneca)

You know it’s going to be a bad day when:
1. Your father dies leaving you a creepy old Victorian home.
2. Your butler isn’t really a butler, but he comes with the house.
3. Your father’s enemies are after everything in the house—including you and the butler!

Meet Marielle Greenlea. She’s just learned that her inheritance involves not just an old house but also a butler who’s says he's a demon. And not just any demon. He’s a Hedonae—or sex demon—who has been bound to the house by her estranged father. Now, not only does Marielle have to deal with her inheritance which includes learning that she's a hereditary witch, but she also has to figure out how to set Rosier free. Because no way is she keeping a slave—no matter how sexy he is!

Rosier can't believe he's still captive to the Greenlea family. Now he has to deal with a woman who's sexy as sin but unaware of her own appeal. A fledgling witch who doesn't really believe he's a demon. But once she sees his-ahem-horns, she has to face facts. One of those facts is that the only way he can be released is through sex. But he wants to go home and if that means making her scream with his name over and over, well, he’ll just have to grin and bear it.

Mari wants to help him but as the reigning Popsicle Queen according to her exes, she knows she can’t. Three simultaneous orgasms when she’s never had even one? Now she has to find the keys to her power, defeat her father’s enemy AND have mind-blowing sex? What's a girl to do when an inheritance leads her to Sex and Trouble? Lie back and enjoy, of course!

We'll let you know when it's released!!

More on RomantiCon 2009

Finally got all my pictures uploaded to the computer from RomantiCon 2009 - I urge you to go next year - it promises to be bigger and better!! Next year I hope to have a better camera! :)

Angelo at the booksigning

Stephanie Julian at the booksigning

Ann Hinnenkamp at the booksigning

Natasha Moore at the booksigning

Marilu Mann's spot at the table - Do you see Beauregard the Alligator? He made his first appearance at RT2009 and came with me to RomantiCon 2009 as well! Yes, you DO see the same book cover here as you saw in Natasha Moore's picture - there's a good reason for that - Marissa Alwin, Rena Marks, Amarinda Jones, Natasha Moore and Marilu Mann all have stories in that Sapphire Sizzle book! Marissa, Rena, Natasha & MM were all in attendance!

Speaking of Marissa Alwin, here she is with a friend who stopped by to say hello.

Cai (1/2 of Marilu Mann) and Marissa at the Booksigning - ready to meet & greet!

Francesca Hawley and a few of the Men of EC -
doesn't it look like she's telling them a good story??

Of course, I couldn't resist getting MY picture made with all these good-looking guys, either!

ROMANTICON 2009

Need a reason to come to RomantiCon in 2010? How about this "one":
(This is Angelo, one of the new Cavemen - look for him on book covers in the very near future.)



Or maybe this one of these?



Yes, the Men of Ellora's Cave - shown here in all their party finery...well, sort of.


In any event, aside from the FABULOUS workshops, meeting readers and writers, FREE EC books given away at the workshops and the Author Appreciation Dinner, the Author Mania where you can sit and chat with your favorite authors, the Voyeur's Lounge where you can sit and watch videos, the fabulous parties and massive amounts of fun, you also get hugs...





Cai getting hugged after winning a prize. (left)



Reader Tasha getting hugged "just because!"
(right)












Candace Sams getting hugged by Angelo. (left)



Another reader(Found out - this is FAYE! -we sat together at Bingo!) getting a hug from Angelo








So, there are a few good reasons to come to RomantiCon! More pics later!