Review: Chosen By Sin by Virna DePaul

Chosen By Sin by Virna DePaul

Format Read: e-book provided courtesy of Author for Review
Length: 254 Pages
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: Para-Ops Book III
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Formats Available: Paperback, Kindle, Nook
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Amazon.com, Goodreads, Nook, Kindle

Book Blurb:

The longest life isn’t always the happiest one…

For now, werebeast Dex Hunt serves on the Para-Ops team, but his true purpose is to kill the werewolf leader he blames for his mother’s death. Biding his time, Dex keeps his emotional distance from his team members and anyone else he might care for, including a mysterious vampire he met in L.A.

As a doctor, vampire Jesmina Martin has dedicated her immortal life to healing others. As a scientific researcher, she’s trying to prolong life spans, in particular those of her adoptive dragon-shifter family and the werewolf who saved her as a child. Her greatest hope lies …

Guest Post: Virna DePaul’s Twelve Resolutions for 2012 + Giveaway!

Virna DePaul

We are excited to welcome National Bestselling Author Virna DePaul back to BLI today! Virna is here on the next stop of her blog tour celebrating the release of Chosen By Sin, the third book in her highly acclaimed Para Ops Series. Fans of Virna’s series will know Chosen By Sin is sexy Werebeast Dex Hunt’s story & I for one can’t wait to “sink my teeth” into this one. 🙂

Virna is a very busy lady! She is a former prosecutor and multi-published author of paranormal romance and contemporary romantic suspense. In addition to her extensive Back List and Chosen By Sin, which hit the stands January 1, 2012, we can look forward to her next contemporary romantic suspense, It Started That Night coming from Harlequin in May 2012, and Shades Of Desire, will be published by HQN in June 2012.

Virna has …

Review: Chosen By Fate, by Virna DePaul

Format Read: e-ARC provided by Author for review
Publisher: Berkley Sensation
Length: 320 Pages
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: Para-Ops Book II
Release Date: October 4, 2011
Formats Available: Paperback, Nook
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Powell’s, Books-A-Million, Chapters, Goodreads, Nook

Book Blurb:

Although he keeps company with a vampire and a were, human Shaman Caleb O’Flare can definitely hold his own. But neither his psychic ability nor his healing powers can help his sexy-as-hell teammate, Wraith-a ghost with no memory of her human existence, who cannot experience touch without pain.

No wraith has managed to exist past its tenth year, so her time is about to run out. She wants only two things before accepting her fate: to learn her human identity, and experience one night with Caleb…

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My Thoughts:

In Virna DePaul’s Para-Ops world wraiths are an enigma. They are …

Author Interview: Virna DePaul + Giveaway

BLI is delighted to welcome back Virna DePaul today who is here to celebrate the upcoming release of Chosen By Fate the second novel in her Para-Ops series. Virna is a former prosecutor who writes about flawed individuals who find redemption through courage and love. Chosen By Blood, the first novel in her Para-Ops series was released to rave reviews on May 3, 2011. Chosen By Fate will hit the stands on October 4, 2011. The Para-Ops series is published by Berkley Sensation. Virna has been a very busy lady this year and in addition to her Berkley Publications her stellar Harlequin Romantic Suspense novel Dangerous to Her was published on August 23, 2011.

Lea: Virna! Welcome back to BLI, so delighted you are able to join us again. 😉

Virna: It’s always a pleasure to hang out …

Review: Dangerous to Her, by Virna DePaul

Format Read: e-ARC submitted by author for review
Length: 224 Pages
Release Date: August 23, 2011
Publisher: Harlequin Romantic Suspense
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Formats Available: Mass Market Paperback, Kindle, Nook, eBook
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Book Depository, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, eHarlequin, Books-A-Million, Powell’s, Chapters, Kindle, Nook, eHarlequin ebook

Book Blurb:

“I’m not afraid anymore.”
For years, court reporter Mattie Nolan kept her child a secret. The man she once loved chose his dangerous job—undercover cop—over her. But now, Sacramento detective Dom Jeffries is all that’s standing between her and the drug kingpin set on revenge against everyone who put him away. Including Mattie.

Though teetering on the edge of burnout, Dom goes undercover as a bailiff in Mattie’s courtroom. While he pretends not to remember her, thoughts of her touch, her smell and the smile that had …

Review: Chosen By Blood by Virna DePaul

Format Read: Kindle e-book purchased by Reviewer
Publisher: Berkley Sensation
Length: 384 Pages
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: Para-Ops Book I
Release Date: May 3, 2011
Formats Available: Paperback, Kindle, Nook
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Powell’s, Books-A-Million, Borders, Chapters, Goodreads, Kindle, Nook

Book Blurb:

United by fate. Bound by desire.

Five years after the Second Civil War ends, humans and otherborn — humanlike creatures with superhuman DNA—still struggle for peace. To ensure the continued rights of both, the FBI forms a Para-Ops team with a unique set of skills.

Leader of an Otherborn clan, half-breed vampire Knox Devereaux would do anything to find a cure for the anti-vamp vaccine slowly starving his people into extinction. When the FBI contacts him about leading a team of hand-selected Others on a mission to reclaim the stolen antidote, Knox accepts. His new …

Interview With Author Virna DePaul + Giveaway

Please join us in extending a warm welcome to Author Virna DePaul to Book Lovers Inc. today. Virna is a former prosecutor who writes about flawed individuals who find redemption through courage and love. Chosen By Blood is a paranormal romance and Virna’s first print release in a series called Para-Ops and it is published on May 3, 2011, to many rave reviews!

Virna! It’s such a thrill to be able to chat with you today, thank you for agreeing to join us!

Virna: Thank you so much for having me here! I appreciate the opportunity to chat with you and your readers.

Virna can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Virna: I’m a mother of three young boys and a long-time romance reader who loves to travel, see Broadway shows, and is always struggling with balancing all the important aspects of …