New review!

As Fate Decrees
ISBN: 978-1-890463-41-8
Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
Review by ellen george

This is a superb story of the Pantheon of Ancient Greece - the backstory is on the back cover - there is just a slight mention of the prophecy and fate in the early text of the book, but the back cover explains the start and emphasis of this story so we know what we need at the start - The Oracle of Delphi tells Ares, Greek God of War, that he is to find a Champion of the Gods in a very lowly place - Find her and you will find the savior...

…In ancient Greece, slaves are being sold - out comes a fiery girl who fights against her captor - A stranger comes in and bids for her - no one else dares outbid him. She goes with this mysterious new master not knowing her new master is Ares, God of War… Then the world shifts. We are in 1999 Athens, Greece - Someone is destroying shrines and holy places in an effort to destroy the religions of the world and create a new religion - one religion - one god - and ancient holy places in Greece are being destroyed in an effort to show the world their old religions aren't as powerful as the new religion...

Both tales, as they merge, are masterfully told. The mythology is vivid, and the story of everlasting love and honor of the ancients is amazing. Am and Ares are together until the Fates decree she is to go and champion them at another time...

There is a possibility of a sequel to As Fate Decrees - further adventures of Ares and Amarantha, his now love, are truly a story fit for the Gods.

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As always, the serial is FREE, and this newest chapter is the lead-in to some very traumatic events in our hero's life... it's getting good, I hope you decide to ride on and stay with the adventure!!

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A kiss... or something more?

We all know the song, Casablanca is a classic in all ways. But, when writing all this romance, how do you approach the simple yet crucial aspect of a kiss and what it means? How critical is that first sweet touch to your story, your relationship, and your mood?

We’ve watched, those of us who love classic movies or are old enough to remember it, the evolution of this special moment over the years. From the romance novels we love to read and write, to the movies that have become so entrenched in our minds that they’re part of our culture.

Remember Gone With The Wind? What was more risqué than the sight of Clark Gable whisking Vivien Leigh into his arms and climbing that staircase with more passion than many more explicit scenes could ever evoke. And on the bridge, before he leaves her to the Yankees in the last days of the Civil War — isn’t that image, that kiss, burned into our memories as a kind of iconic representation of romance at its best?

Casablanca has its share of passion and romance, too. What new movies do you think come close to these in the embodiment of what we dream about, sigh about, and mostly just wish for in our private hearts?What about our books? At what point, do you think, a book crosses the link from romance to erotica, and can the two really merge and blend well without treading into the area of language so explicit it takes away rather than enhances? And, again, what about that crucial kiss?

Do you like the first kiss to be a tender discovery of passion that’s hinted at and now coming to the surface? Or do you prefer a smoldering clash of emotions and raw need? Is it the mood of the story that’s altered and shifted over the years do you think, or the perceptions of a society that’s become somewhat desensitized to gentler and more subtle interpretations of love and passion? Our books leave little or nothing to the imagination. No more fade to black after a passionate, lingering kiss between the hero and his love. Is that, do you think, a good thing, or something that leaves the reader with nothing to contemplate when the book reaches its end?

Music is explicit, movies are intensely so, and books tread ground that would make angels cower in terror at times. So, what are your thoughts on this diverse and somewhat controversial subject? What constitutes too much, and why?

Anyone recognize the guy in the picture? He's The New Voice of Romance.... If you'd like to be enchanted, click on his image and you'll discover something rather magical in this man's voice....

New review!

SILENT DEATH
New Concepts Publishing

4 Angels: Adam Walker had always been a touchy subject for Shainna Barton. As her assigned partner by the Company, he was one of the most dangerous men she had met. The moment she saw him there was an instant attraction. He had a certain aura to him. Then again there was Kiku, and Shainna knew as long as Kiku Shimoda was in the picture, Adam would never be but a working partner to her. When Kiku is beaten, raped and her neck broken, her death becomes national news, leaving some to believe Adam was the killer. Shainna is certain he is innocent. Adam is well-trained and considered one of the Company’s best field agents. Inside, he carries a secret that others are not aware. He is a ninja and one of Japan’s death warriors who loves Kiku. After her death there is only one person he can lean on for support and that is Shainna. He never realized that deep down he harbored stronger feelings, for her that are about to surface in a most sensual way.

Silent Death is a story that pulls one into the action. The suspense mounts especially after the death of Kiku. Shainna and Adam are both refreshing characters that light up the pages. I liked how the marital arts was brought into the story and showed different sides of Adam. This reader could see the different layers of expression on his face with, grief, action or passion. Denysé Bridger packs a punch into a tale that shows love, compassion and wide ranges of emotions while finding a way of escape for a brighter tomorrow. I look forward to more of her stories.

Reviewed by: Linda L.

Fallen Angel Reviews

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Newsletter Posted

Hello everyone!

I just wanted to let you all know that I've just posted my newsletter, on the theory that it's better late than never, right?

Lots of cool stuff to explore in this issue, so if you're not subscribed and would like to be, here's the link.

Romance and Fantasy Newsletter

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Denysé

NEW release - Available NOW!

A Whisper of Humanity
Publisher: Forbidden Publications
Genre: Vampire
Heat Index: Erotic/Sensual
Book Length: Novella
Cover Artist: Rene Wilson
Editor: Rene Wilson

When Detective Faith Prentice is assigned as a liaison to the police force in Montreal, intent on helping the detectives there capture a killer who’s MO matches one she’s hunted at home in Los Angeles, she is ill-prepared for what awaits her in the beautiful jewel city of Canada’s French province. Mysteriously drawn to her temporary partner, Adrian Blackthorne, she rebels against his allure, only to be drawn into an even deeper darkness when Adrian’s past snares her—and she becomes a pawn in the deadly battle between the vampire Blackthorne and the powerful master he has long denied…

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A new review!

Title: Another Man's Wife
Author: Denysé Bridger
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Genre: Western
Publication date: 2007
ISBN: 1-59998-500-4
Pages: 47
Rating: 4 ½ lips
Reviewed by: Aviana, for Two Lips Reviews

Another Man’s Wife by Denysé Bridger is an engrossing short story based on the premise of coincidence. Elizabeth Davis just happens to be on the same stage as Federal Marshall Chris McQuade. It’s a coincidence that over the course of many days all the rest of the passengers disembark, leaving the two of them alone in the coach to surreptitiously stare and speculate about the other. Although the story is fairly brief, author Denysé Bridger packs in plenty of romance, action and gunplay – frontier justice style. Bodies fall left and right but the violence is essential to the plot and fortunately not graphic. There’s a great scene of McQuade and Elizabeth getting busy on the bedroll that brings new meaning to the phrase, coitus interruptus. If you like a good Western tale like I do, you’ll enjoy Another Man’s Wife.

"LIVE" Interview on October 18th

This was supposed to happen on September 13th, at 6 PM (CT), but is now rescheduled for October 18th, same time!! I will be the guest author interviewed for on Internet Radio for the University of Regina. This is one more part of the promotional work for As Fate Decrees, which is in stores now -- all over the US and Canada!

To connect, visit the website here: http://www.cjtr.ca/, and click on Tune In. The interview will be audible via your Windows Media Player, or your MAC system's Media Player. Interviews are broadcast live with streaming audio.

I hope you'll tune in and let me know your thoughts, as always.

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Drop by to WIN!!

Blogging today -- the Morning After -- at Silver Expressions, and will be giving away a copy of my new erotic anthology, Passionate Kisses, to someone who drops by to comment!! Pop in and say hello!!!

SEx: http://www.liquidsilverbooks.com/blog

Talk to you soon!

Denysé

New Release!

An exciting and sizzling new anthology collection will be released from Liquid Silver Books later today! Lots of diversity in the material, too, everything from Historical to vampire, to action adventure. Some material is being re-released, since it hasn't been available for awhile, and several stories are brand new! Some are highly erotic, others are sensual and seductive. I hope you'll sample this one and savor my Passionate Kisses....

Passionate Kisses
Genre: Multi-genre Anthology (erotic)

ISBN: 978-1-59578-372-1

Date: September 3rd, 2007

Cover by: April Martinez

Publisher: Liquid Silver Books

Passionate Kisses is a collection of seven short stories, three of which have been previously published. In this single volume you’ll meet agents who risk not only their lives but their hearts as they struggle to survive in an often harsh and heartless world; a jaded Colonel returning from the Civil War who finds solace for his soul in the arms of woman he’s just met; a vampire who unknowingly condemns all of his kind to the eternal night; a couple who live busy lives that often keep them apart, so they make their own special magic hidden away in the mountains

The collection includes the following tales of erotic romance:

ANY OTHER WAY, (Contemporary, previously published by Amber Quill Press): Protected Federal Witness, Carlos D’Alejandro and Agent Jade Whinton have had a relationship of convenience over the years, but when the people they love are killed, these two unlikely lovers are forced to face a truth neither of them has been willing to examine too closely, that their passion is more than intense attraction…

DESTINY MET (Post-Civil War): As the soldiers of the defeated Confederacy slowly make their way to the broken South, a jaded hero finds unexpected comfort in the arms of a lovely woman who has waited a lifetime to meet her destiny…

BOUND (Contemporary, previously published by AQP) : Halloween is the setting for a very private party between two lovers, one of them a world-class, sophisticated intelligence operative who’s trying to teach his young and innocent lady that curiosity can sometimes take you places you’d be better not to go…

PERDITION (Historical vampire): Set in the ancient city of Alexandria, approximately 300 B.C., a High Priest in the Temple of Ra is seduced by an enigmatic woman who gives him immortality. Later, in the court of Pontius Pilate, at the trial of a man revered as the son of God, the Priest whispers a word of advice into the wrong ear, and condemns all of his kind to an eternity in darkness…

DREAM SEQUENCE (Contemporary, previously published by AQP): Two modern lovers, living often separate lives, discover that making time for romance isn’t always easy, but the romance of their secret getaways is purely the stuff of dreams…

1-900-SURPRISE! (Contemporary): Late home from a Congressional Hearing, agent Martin Fowler decides to introduce his young lover, Daniella Renault, to the intimacies of sex via the telephone…

THE HUNT: (Contemporary/Vampire, previously published by AQP) Nicholas is ancient, and his current lover, Callandra, is one of the few women he has known over centuries who not only enjoys the hunt, she glories in it. Tonight, their lust for blood and each other will take them to a murky underground nightclub, where the vampires will quench all their hungers...

I hope you enjoy this collection of tales both erotic and highly sensual. Let me know, okay?

AND, don't forget that my first major print release is now available in bookstores everywhere! As Fate Decrees, a new fantasy novel based on the mythology of Ancient Greece! It's also available online direct from the publisher, (who is offering FREE shipping in North America), and at Amazon.com and Amazon.ca! Details on my website!!

Denysé

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Book Tour Featured Author

I received a lovely surprise mail this morning! Thanks so much to everyone who made this one happen!!!

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Hey Denyse—

I wanted to be the first to congratulate you on being Book Tour's featured author today (Sunday)! You referred more authors to the site than anyone else.

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Musings and wanderings...

Sometimes you find yourself wondering and wandering, doing all kinds of mental aerobics as you contemplate written words and how worthwhile they might be to someone other than yourself. I’m having one of those days, can’t you tell? So I thought I’d just have a mindless amble along my own internal pathways and do it with words! Hey, writers do this stuff and call it therapeutic, don’t ya know?

It’s been an exciting and exhausting week, the release of my first major book, the idea of publicly sitting down to talk to an audience about the book, it’s creation, my thoughts on the process, and actually signing copies of the thing for total strangers. It’s overwhelming and exciting and somewhat terrifying, even though this is supposed to be the pay-off at the end of a long and excruciating process. I say supposed to be because the jury is still out on how rewarding it will all be to my over-taxed nerves and brain! You’re laughing now, I can feel it. People who know me are laughing… and they haven’t seen me face my audience yet!

Have discovered, via a much more observant friend, that I’ve been listed with Barnes and Noble, too, which is majorly exciting… What can I say, it doesn’t take much to make me happy as a rule, so I’m easily amused. Oh, and somewhat self-deprecating in case you haven’t noticed that before! Irony is a lovely thing…

I have about a dozen new projects on the go at the moment, but today is one of those days when none of them look good, honestly. Have taken to actually reading some of it, and that’s never a good idea for me. I usually don’t read anything I write, unless I have to, then it’s usually only to do the line edits. I love the story in my head, I’m not always wild about it once it’s on paper.

At any rate, I’ve probably babbled more than enough with this, so I will close this post with a wish that all of you are having a fabulous weekend. I’d love to hear from you once you’ve read the new fantasy, As Fate Decrees, since it is a real achievement and authors love to hear their readers comments, believe me. Take care of yourselves, one and all, and thank you for staying with me on this amazing journey…

I'm giving away a book today!

Hi everyone!

I'm on at SEx today... drop by and leave a comment on today's topic and at the end of the day, I'll be giving away a copy of my latest erotic romance, The Gates of Infinity!!!

See ya there!

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Thanks.
Denysé