Vivacious, vampy, vixens. I think one of the reasons I love reading (and writing) paranormals are the awesome paranormal heroines. Combining magic with their wits (and occasional superpowers), these women can kick some serious butt, especially when they’re fighting (or becoming) vampires. Here are five of my favorites.
1) Buffy. Even through her fraught high school years, there was something about this vampire-slaying heroine that made me want to cheer. Funny, brash, her emotional fragility warring with her inherent inner strength, Buffy was a true heroine of her time.
2) Sookie Stackhouse. She may not have brawn, but Sookie’s got brains. And she needs them while threading her way through the world of vampire politics. (And I like her way better in the books than in the TV series).
3) Betsy Taylor, the vampire queen. (Undead and Unwed, by Mary Janice Davidson). Waking up in the morgue would be a shock for anyone, but Betsy Taylor takes it and the vampire world in stride, making her way to the top of the undead food chain in style.
4) Samantha Moon, from JR Rain’s Vampire for Hire series. Another ass-kicking vampire chick, Samantha Moon juggles being a mother and a P.I. while dealing with her jerk ex-husband who just wants his new vampire wife to go away.
5) Milagro de los Santos, of Marta Acosta’s Casa Dracula series. Twenty-something Milagro has issues. She dates all the wrong men, makes all the wrong choices. But we can’t really blame her when she gets turned into a vampire. Or is she something more?
Who are your favorite vampy heroines? Share them in the comments below!
The Hoodoo Detective
Riga Hayworth Paranormal Mysteries
Book 6
Kirsten Weiss
Genre: Urban fantasy/Paranormal mystery
Publisher: Misterio Press
Date of Publication: October 31, 2014
ISBN: 978-0-9908864-1-9
ASIN:
Number of pages: 291
Word Count: 75,000
Cover Artist: Becky Scheel
Book Description:
Hoodoo, haunts, and horror.
Riga Hayworth just wants to wrap up her supernatural TV series exploring the magic of New Orleans. But when she stumbles across a corpse, she becomes a police consultant on a series of occult murders, murders that quickly become all too personal.
About the Author:
Kirsten Weiss is the author of the Riga Hayworth paranormal mystery series: The Metaphysical Detective, The Alchemical Detective, The Shamanic Detective, The Infernal Detective, and The Elemental Detective. She’s also the author of a steampunk novel, Steam and Sensibility.
Kirsten worked overseas for nearly fourteen years, in the fringes of the former USSR and deep in the Afghan war zone. Her experiences abroad not only gave her glimpses into the darker side of human nature, but also sparked an interest in the effects of mysticism and mythology, and how both are woven into our daily lives.
Now based in San Mateo, CA, she writes paranormal mysteries, blending her experiences and imagination to create a vivid world of magic and mayhem.
Kirsten has never met a dessert she didn’t like, and her guilty pleasures are watching Ghost Whisperer reruns and drinking good wine.
You can connect with Kirsten through the social media sites below
Twitter: @RigaHayworth
October 31 Guest blog
Mythical Books
November 3 Interview
Black Heart Magazine
November 4 Guest blog
The Reader's Hollow
November 5 Spotlight
Roxanne’s Realm
November 7 Interview
Author Karen Swart
November 10 Guest blog
The Creatively Green Write at Home Mom
November 11 Spotlight
Fantasy Book Lane
November 12 Guest blog
Happy Tails and Tales Blog
November 13 Top Ten List
Darkest Cravings
November 14 Guest blog
Fang-tastic Books
November 17 Interview
Deal Sharing Aunt
November 18 Spotlight
Lisa’s World of Books
November 19 Interview
Pembroke Sinclair.
November 20 Spotlight
Cassandra M's Place
November 21 Spotlight
3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, & Sissy, Too! http://3partnersinshopping.blogspot.com
November 24 review
Paranormal Romance and Authors That Rock
November 25 Spotlight
Sapphyria's Book Reviews
November 26 Character Interview
Eclipse Reviews
November 28 Guest blog
Roxanne’s Realm
1 comments:
Thanks for hosting me, Roxanne!
Post a Comment