This post does that, it charts how my addiction started, why I NEVER want it to end and those who enable it. My enablers are two-fold; those who supply me with books and those who write the "book crack" I am addicted to.
I have been reading ever since I can remember, been addicted to books pretty much since then too. There are so many things I love about books.
I love the knowledge I gain from them, being sucked into a story, being transported to different worlds, visiting different countries just with the flip of a page, being so lost within their depths that I am oblivious to everything and everyone around me, having my imagination engaged by them, being at the edge of my seat can't wait to find out what happens next, being able to escape within their confines when I need to escape, falling in and out of love with the characters, experiencing every emotion under the sun while reading them and the hours/days of entertainment and enjoyment they bring me. BUT what I love the most, what has bewitched me so is the fact that words, not just any words but the right combination of words creates a vivid mental picture in my mind, that is what has cast a spell on me and holds me firmly within its silken web. That is also what fired my passion for writing at a very young age.
One of my dreams is to be able to create mental pictures, engage the mind and emotions of my readers, have them on the edge of their seat, not able to bear parting with my books for even a second, fall in love with my heroes and get goosebumps when they read my stories. I'm not on that level as yet but I WILL get there, in the meantime I want to share some of the authors who engender these feelings within me.
But first, I should let you know that
Fast forward a few years, my sister joins a book-club and starts bringing me books, she becomes my enabler. Fast forward, a year later this time, I become my own enabler as I begin going to the book-club. Pretty soon borrowing books is not enough for me because there are certain books that I just could not bear to part with, so I began buying books and the rest as they say is history. Some of the authors I am about to share with you, were introduced to me through the aforementioned book-club.
First author up is Emma Holly, she is a USA Today bestselling author of over thirty books. The first book I ever read by her was Personal Assets. I borrowed this book from the book-club. It was not on any of the shelves in the store mind you, it was behind the cashier's counter. On numerous occasions, while in the store I would see other women get books from behind that counter and I would wonder what the difference was between those on the shelves and the ones behind the counter. I soon found out the difference when one of the girls who worked there pulled Personal Assets from under the counter as I came up to cash and said "you should try this, I think you'll like it." Like pales in comparison to what I felt during and after reading that book, I absolutely LOVED it, until that point I wasn't aware there were books like that available. Personal Assets was a definite eye opener and mind blower for me. Of course I've read many books since then that will make it look tame in comparison, but it will always have a special place in my heart because it was my first. I became an instant Emma Holly fan after reading it, I am still and will always be a fan of her writing. Just a for your information announcement, Emma was a traditionally published author who has now become an indie/self published author. If you want to know more about Emma Holly and her books visit her website, her twitter and/or her Facebook page.
http://www.emmaholly.com/
https://twitter.com/EMMAHOLLY1
http://www.facebook.com/EmmaHolly.author?ref=ts
Being a fan of Emma Holly introduced me to the next author, Lora Leigh. How? I bought an anthology that featured an Emma Holly story, Lora Leigh was also one of the authors featured in that book. After reading The Breed Next Door I fell in love with Lora's writing. She has a way of writing heroes that makes you wish they would fall out of the pages of fantasy into reality. Tarek Jordan the hero from A Breed Next Door is one such hero so to is Reno Chavez, Clint McIntyre, Kell Kreiger (all are from her Tempting Seals series) as well as Nathan Malone, Micah Sloane (both are from her Elite Ops series) Dawg McKay and Alex Jansen (Nauti series). She is also a bestselling author, a number one New York Times bestselling author to be exact. I have all, except ten of her books. She has written a lot of books so my missing ten says a lot. If you want to know more about Lora and various series' follow the links below.
http://www.loraleigh.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=56
http://www.facebook.com/loraleighauthor
http://loraleighmusings.blogspot.com/
Next author up is Lorelei James. I was introduced to her books by a member of the Lora Leigh Chatters (a yahoo group for Lora Leigh fans) who recommended her. Lorelei James, like Lora Leigh is also a NYT bestselling author but where Lora writes paranormal and suspense stories, Lorelei writes contemporary western stories. She made cowboys and bull riders sexy before her books my only knowledge of cowboys came from westerns that starred the likes of John Wayne *snickering at the abuse he used to mete out to his penis with those gun belts...nobody else wore them like that..too funny* and Clint Eastwood (love him, he starred in my favorite western The Good, The Bad and The Ugly) neither of whom I find sexy in the least. Lorelei also has that ability, to write heroes that you wish would jump into your reality, Cord McKay is one such cowboy. I could tell you all about him but you should really experience him for yourself so go read Cowgirl Up and Ride! To learn more about Lorelei's scrumptious heroes visit her website, blog, twitter and Facebook pages. Oh I almost forgot to mention that she writes mysteries under another name, Lori Armstrong. She is also a multi-award winning author under this name.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lorelei-James/290172309459?fref=ts
http://www.loreleijames.com/home.php
http://loreleijames.com/blog/
https://twitter.com/loreleijames
https://twitter.com/LoriGArmstrong
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lori-Armstrong/420276695091?fref=ts
The last but not least author I will share with you today is Karen Marie Moning. I was introduced to KMM in the book-club I mentioned earlier. Like Lora Leigh she is also a #1 New Times Bestselling author. Karen Marie Moning was the first author that took me to Scotland, with her RITA award winning Highlander series. Since then I have traipsed through the highlands many times over but none of those stories compares to my favorite books by the incomparable Karen Marie Moning. I love the entire series but these four books are my favorite, Highlander's Touch (Circenn's story), Kiss of the Highlander (Drustan's story), Dark Highlander (Drustan's twin Dageus' story) and last but most certainly not least Spell of the Highlander (Cian's story)...if I had sons these would be their names. I was sad to see this series end but then she wrote my newest obsession/addiction, her Fever series which introduced me to Urban Fantasy. Urban Fantasy wasn't all it introduced me to, it also introduced me to JERICHO BARRONS *dreamy sigh* now that is a man or rather a beast, to be honest I'm not really sure what he is but I can tell you this he is HOT! Follow the links below to find out more about Karen Marie Moning and her addicting series'.
http://www.karenmoning.com/kmm/
http://www.facebook.com/KarenMarieMoningfan?fref=ts
https://twitter.com/KarenMMoning
This concludes today's post, I hope you enjoyed reading it!
NOTE: I could have shared more about these authors and their works but I did not want to offend any delicate sensibilities since all authors write erotic scenes. The above list of authors are just some of my favorites there are MANY other authors whose books I also enjoy reading. The same goes for books, there are MANY that are on my favorites list.
I'll leave you all with a song whose title aptly describes my response to books, I can never have enough, so just "gimme me, gimme me more..."
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