Halloween Guest Blog and Giveaway with Su Halfwerk

Halloween and the Paranormal

Halloween is just around the corner. It's time to prepare ghostly and shocking costumes, to get ready to walk from one house to another, to sharpen your pumpkin-carving talents, and to anticipate the joys of trick-or-treating, even for adults.

I read once that part of the mysterious back-story behind Halloween involved spirits and their return to earth on that night to hitchhike a new body. It was explained as the reason why people dress up in ghastly guises; to confuse and drive away those spirits.

Since my first writing passion is horror, Halloween holds a special spot in my heart because it pays homage to that love.

However, I also know that not all people can stomach horror, and that's where my second passion comes in: the paranormal romance genre. In addition to the fluffy romantic feelings this genre invokes, it is also allowed to carry a bit of the darkness of horror in its fold. Sometime ago, I wrote a short love story on my blog between a man named Horror and a woman named Romance whose love produced a cute little baby girl. (You can read it here if you like: http://suhalfwerk.blogspot.com/2010/01/birth-of-para.html). By writing both genres—horror and paranormal romance—I get my fix of darkness and fluffiness in equal doses.

My latest release, Seeker, is book 1 in the paranormal romance series Unsettled. It has a dark side in the form of spirits escaping judgment and a brighter one in the blooming love story between Andrew Taylor and Adoria Hall. Vengeful spirits are escaping their keep and are possessing people on earth. They're not waiting for a fancy occasion to do so, they just do it whenever possible. Halloween for them is the time they act as mischievous as they wish through their hosts. Any of their weird behavior is considered waywardness and not a possession.

Andrew, however, knows better, and he uses the powers granted to him to get rid of these spirits. And even though the cost is high, he's willing to pay it, for in the midst of his duty lays his target, his goal; the one he seeks.

Seeker
By Su Halfwerk
Genre: sweet paranormal romance

Blurb:

The only obstacle in his quest is his heart.

Andrew Taylor has it all. A flourishing acting career, a stunner of a model as a girlfriend, and a countenance that swoons women right into his arms.

Except, this is not the only life he’s living. He is also a Spirit Hunter tormented by the murder of his wife and daughter and destined to hunt rogue spirits, seeking the one who destroyed his family. Even if that means repressing his needs.

Adoria Hall’s life is turned upside down after an unfair layoff from her job.

Financial pressures force her to accept babysitting a spoiled actor like Andrew. Or so she thinks, until she discovers a lonely heart beating beneath his glamorous façade. Protecting Andrew’s life from harm is her duty, safeguarding her heart is her compulsion.

When the spirits drive the war to Andrew’s turf, he must confront his key enemy to settle the score. Yet, if forced to pick, will Andrew choose to exorcise the one he seeks or will he opt to protect the one he adores?


Publisher's buy link: http://www.extasybooks.com/seeker
Amazon: Not out yet, but should be up in a week or so.
Book Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9ImwhCKwLk


Author info:

Su Halfwerk writes in the horror and paranormal romance genres. From a tender age, the written word left a strong impression on her, later on terrifying, blood-chilling books became the object of her interest. Su’s style in horror combines shuddery terror with elements of surprise; some would even call it an enigmatic twist. In the world of paranormal romance, she transforms the desire to scare into a quest to seduce and tantalize.

Other books by Su Halfwerk:

Untamed Temptation (Paranormal Romance)
His to Possess (Finalist in 2011 EPIC Awards in the Paranormal Romance category)
Zuphreen (Horror/Urban Fantasy)
Intricate Entanglement (Horror/Thriller)
The books are available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other online outlets

When not writing, Su is designing book trailers for herself and other authors.

You can find Su online in any of these places:

www.su-halfwerk.com
http://www.suhalfwerk.blogspot.com/
www.facebook.com/Su.Halfwerk
http://twitter.com/SuHalfwerk

Su is offering 2 giveaways- open tour wide.

1 lucky winner will receive a $25 Amazon Gift Card and another lucky winner will receive a PDF copy of Seeker.

To enter please fill out the form.

Receive one bonus entry for each of the following: leaving a comment on this post, following Su on Twitter, and her blog.

Z's Undead Halloween Bimbo Bash

Z's Undead Halloween

Bimbo Bash

will be undertaken

at the final resting place of

Old Hollywood

Undead Hollywood Replies:

From Tallulah Bankhead:
Only if it's no costume, and no clothes, required.
That would be SCARY.

From Mae Vamp:
Depends, dear. What are you offering?
I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.


From Ann Landers:
No thanks. At every party there are two kinds of people—those who want to go home and those who don't. The trouble is, they are usually married to each other.


From Oscar Wilde (on not getting invited):
Hear no evil, speak no evil—and you'll never be invited to a party.


From Carol Matthau:
No thanks. The dying process begins the minute we are born, but it accelerates at your dinner parties.


From Groucho Mark:
Sorry. I'm always afraid that the moment I leave, I'll become the life of the party.


From V, the alleged Rudolph Valentino:
Thanks for the invite. By the way, your disinvite is already in the mail.


From Z, the hostess:
Sorry, self. For it to be a party, at least one of the guests has to have a pulse.

Gossip Ghouls Zombies and Lipstick:

Never make out with a chick's boyfriend at her own funeral.

I mean, it should be a law somewhere up there with not stealing another girl’s lipstick or swiping her bra.

It’s just wrong. And anyone with the least degree of common sense, living or dead, should just know it—without the corpse having to spell it out for them.

But apparently these girls never got the text message because there I was, lying in my designer coffin, complete with gold trim, cell phone in hand, seeing every word they texted while they were supposed to be crying for me. Everyone knew that dying was the one way for any girl to become popular, no matter how much of a pariah she was, but these chicks were cold, colder than I was, and I was the freakin’ corpse.

Join Z and the Gossip Ghouls on Tour

Oct 3 Guest Blog

Mad Moose Mama

http://www.madmoosemama.blogspot.com

October 5 Interview

Fang-tastic Books

www.fang-tasticbooks.blogspot.com

Oct 7 Halloween post

www.roxannesrealm.blogspot.com

Oct 13 Guest Blog

Bookin' it Reviews

http://www.bookinitreviews.com/

Oct 14 Guest Blog

http://authoraubrie.blogspot.com

Oct 15 Review

Carabosse's Library

http://carabosseslibrary.blogspot.com/

Oct 17 Spooking the Spine Halloween Guest Post

www.bendingthespine.blogspot.com

Oct 19 Halloween Guest Piece

The Ramblings of Amy –

http://amylunderman.blogspot.com/

Oct 21 Promo and Review

http://secretsofabooklover.blogspot.com

Oct 22 Halloween theme spot

Back of the Book Reviews

www.backofthebookreviews.com

Oct 23 review and guest blog

Good Family Reads

http://familyreads.blogspot.com

Oct 24 Halloween post

Reading Between the Wines

http://readingbetweenthewinesbookclub.blogspot.com/

10/25 Guest Post and Review

on Mama Knows Books

http://mamaknowsbooks.blogspot.com

Oct 26 Halloween Post

Lisa’s World of Books

http://www.lisasworldofbooks.net/

October 30 Interview

http://www.darkangelwritingtools.com

Oct 31 Halloween theme post

Romancing the Darkside

http://romancingthedarkside.blogspot.com

Zombies and Lipstick
By Z
Gossip Ghouls Book One

Blurb:

Zombie punk Z wakes up in her designer coffin to learn that Vampie, the undead Paris Hilton wannabe, killed her. At first, Z believes this attack stems from Vampie’s jealousy over Z’s boyfriend.

Soon, Z learns Vampie's master plan: stealing Z's boyfriend while eliminating werewolves and zombies altogether. Z decides to pose as Gossip Ghoul to get revenge on the billionaire vampress.

Impersonating Vampie’s party girl cousin, Z enters the world of the super wealthy, of birka bags and designer fangs, of Parisian shopping sprees and lavish parties.

Will Z be exposed before she texts Vampie's scandalous secrets to the undead world? Or will Z vanquish Vampie to once again make the high school of the living and the undead a safe and fashionable place for all?

Download for Free:

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Undead Hollywood
By Z
Gossip Ghouls Book Two

Blurb:

In this sequel to The Gossip Ghouls: Zombies and Lipstick, Z finds herself heading for the Hollywood A-list. There's just one problem—to get there, she has to join The Club, a studio system run by the vampires who rule Undead Hollywood. During a wild party, Z learns that the entire film industry is truly run by the undead, some of whom plan to stage a war against the living to reclaim their old Hollywood status. Z must fight against parodies of Hollywood stars of the past in TV's Undead Idol to save her new husband's life and to reclaim her status as the zombie it girl.

Get Book 2 on your Kindle for Only .99 http://amzn.to/or8Lyh
 

In the Mood for Halloween?

In the mood for a few sexy tales of love, lust and the paranormal- set to a Halloween backdrop?

Then look no further than Eternal Desire and A Halloween to Remember- both are erotic paranormal novellas set at Halloween.

Eternal Desire has an added bonus of being set in New Orleans- it's funny one of the characters, Christien, stays at the Royal Sonesta hotel which is where I just reserved my room for Authors After Dark 2012. (squee)

Eternal Desire Blurb:

Liz Beth, a paranormal researcher, is haunted by the seductive vampire, Quillon, who may or may not be real. She arrives in New Orleans the week of Halloween to search for the elusive vampire of her dreams and instead encounters a handsome stranger, Christien, with whom she begins a passionate affair with.

Soon she is torn between her dream lover and a flesh and blood man, both of whom are a mystery to her. The closer it gets to Halloween the wilder things become. LizBeth gets closer to the truth about Quillon while Christien has her under his own spell.

Will all be revealed at the Vampyre Ball or will the masks stay in place?

In New Orleans at Halloween anything is possible.



A Halloween to Remember Blurb:

What says Halloween better than a wild party at an old Victorian mansion complete with its own cemetery?

Perhaps meeting the man of your dreams thanks to the magic of Halloween.

Adena can’t believe her eyes when she spots Dimitri in the library- he looks like something straight off the cover of a historical romance novel-the type of guy she’s always dreamed of. Too bad he disappears before she has the chance to introduce herself. When she finally spots him again later that night she decides she’s not letting him get away again.

Adena thinks she’s finally found the one. Until she wakes up alone the next morning- in the cemetery.

Halloween magic brought them together but will it be strong enough to keep them together?

Celebrating the Launch of The Call from Within Tour

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