Sue A — lol! trust me, that’s the only thing I’ve ever done that’s short

Ellie — Thank you as well!

Jenna — Now I sound repetitive, but thank you, too!

Diane — Thank you They are fun books, I think; and they each have a different feel.

Sharon — I do love the characters — as I mentioned above, they really are so much fun to work with, and I hope that translates well to reading them!

For those interested in reading, I would categorize them like this:

Falling for Anthony is kind of a sweeter, simpler story, and it’s set during the Regency period.

DEMON ANGEL has kind of an epic feel, and it spans a thousand years. The heroine is kind of hard-ass demon, the hero grows from an innocent boy to kind of a world-weary man — and their romance is difficult, as is everything surrounding them. This is definitely the book that has the most worldbuilding and kicks the series into high gear.

Paradise is more straightforward in the plot, shorter, and has an unusual Guardian heroine and a vampire hero. It’s short, but it does draw on a lot of the events of DEMON ANGEL — for some it stands alone, and for some it doesn’t, I think.

DEMON MOON is, to me, just pure fun. It’s a vain vampire hero and a human woman, and they’ve got great chemistry even though he’s SUCH an ass *g* But their romance is so sweet … *happy sigh*

And I’m a HUGE fan of Marjorie’s! I was lucky enough to be in an anthology with her — and she’s blurbed both of my books! The current one on my TBR pile is SOUL SONG; I can’t wait to get to it.

Hi Ayla — I still watch Saturday morning cartoons on Boomerang. I just can’t help myself, *g*

Hi Pam — Oh, man, I love the Justice League. I was part of a huge JL community when I was writing fanfiction … and that Batman/Wonder Woman action? *melts into a puddle on the floor*

Billie Jo! — Hi! And the book I teased you with has been on my editor’s desk for about a month now — I hope to have ARCs, soon!

stefanie — I was a latecomer to JR Ward’s work — I picked her up when the first book came out, but her voice was SO strong that I had to put her down, for fear of it bleeding into my own work. I finally got a chance to read books 2-4 this spring (my sister had the first one down at her house, so I’ll read that one after my next deadline) and am very, very eagerly awaiting the next in the series. She’s addictive.

Crystal — Thank you! I’m very glad you enjoyed it (and you’d be the perfect person for Jodi to ask if that might be a good story as an intro to the series or not)

The “official” series order is Falling for Anthony, a story in HOT SPELL (Shiloh’s in that anthology, too!), then DEMON ANGEL, which is a single title, then “Paradise”, which is in the WILD THING anthology, then DEMON MOON.

“Paradise” probably stands alone the least of all the stories — but you can hop on with any of the others, I think (at least, I’ve had readers say it for each of the other stories — several people recently read DEMON MOON without having read DEMON ANGEL, and said they weren’t lost … however, several people who read DEMON ANGEL first really recommend starting there, so … lol, I’m not sure.)

Terri W — Although I think that Phedre and Joscelin are absolutely fascinating, Melisande is the one I’d absolutely LOVE to read more about. She’s so wonderfully complex and powerful — and I have to admit I love female characters with a bit of bad to them.

kim b — it frustrates me too, when a simple misunderstanding can be cleared up with just a “no, that was my sister you saw me with” type of statement. I think the book I just finished comes a little closer to it, in that my characters talk a lot, and are really trying to solve things, but they both have different ways of communicating that leads to a bit of heartache. I can deal with that, because then I feel it’s two people learning something about the other, and really falling in love … but just a misunderstanding for the sake of it? Blah. (Although, okay, I’ve probably got some favorites on the shelf that have exactly that “I saw you with your sister!” scenario.)