Time Travel in Romance

My first paranormal romance I ever read was a time travel--Johanna Lindsey's Until Forever. I read that in a day. I was so absorbed. It was funny and sweet and the hero, Thorn, was to die for. Since that book, I was obsessed to read paranormal romances. And believe me, at the time, they were few and far between.

I still love time travel romances. I wrote three (one will NEVER see the light of day unless I do a MAJOR rewrite from scratch). Two are published--one of which is Sea Hawk's Mistress.

What is it about time travel romance that sparks my interest? I think it is the concept of the "what if" that attracts me. What if a woman travels to Ancient Rome and is led to a gladiator who is charged to pleasure her for the evening? What if a woman travels back to a time when pirates sailed the Caribbean? How would they all react? Could she get on with her life within a different time? Can he come to believe she traveled back in time? See...so many questions. Nice conflicts already built in. I think also the idea of traveling to a different time is highly interesting.

There are different ways to address the plot device of time travel. You can have literal physical traveling back in time through an accident or a magical item. The magical item is highly popular in romance I noticed. I admit, I did the same in Sea Hawk's Mistress when Shelley (cool trivia here: I took the name Shelley from author Shelley Munro. No, I never told her. I am too in awe of her.) finds the Aztec bangle during a dive in the Florida Keys.

Another divice is body switching and reincarnation, which I did in The Gladiator, a book of mine out at New Concepts. I have even seen ghosts used with time travel, I guess to address the whole solid flesh problem.

Since I love time travel and hot sex, why is it so hard to find? It is said time travels never go out of style, but I would love to know where they are. No one seems to be doing them. Is this a dying subgenre of paranormal romance?

If you want a cool time travel with a sexy pirate, please check out Pirate's Mistress (Ellora's Cave, trade paperback-BUY IT) which includes Sea Hawk's Mistress and Crossed Swords, my RT Top Pick historical pirate novel.

Also, if you love paranormal romance, check out Royal Bondage, (Pocket Books, trade paperback-BUY IT) in your local bookstores now. It includes my magical futuristic novella, Scorpion King.

Tomorrow I will be blogging at the Danger Zone at www.dangerzoneauthors.com as my virtual book tour continues.

Virtual Book Tour - Mari

May 12 - Today's stop: Six Degrees of Sexy at http://sixdegreesofsexy.blogspot.com/

Free Read on my site | Virtual Book Tour!

I am serializing a short novella on my blog, DARK LONGINGS, starting today. Check back each Wednesday for a new installment.

First installment can be found here: http://www.mariannelacroix.com/
or specifically at http://www.mariannelacroix.com/?p=88

AND starting May 12th, I will be on a virtual Book Tour promoting ROYAL BONDAGE (Pocket Books - Ellora's Cave series) and PIRATE'S MISTRESS (Ellora's Cave). First stop: Six Degrees of Sexy at http://sixdegreesofsexy.blogspot.com/ More details to come on my blog.

Mari
http://www.mariannelacroix.com/
Royal Bondage, Pocket Books - In bookstores!
Crossed Swords, EC 4 1/2 Stars, RT Top Pick!
Pirate's Mistress, Ellora's Cave - New in Trade Paperback!!

I was at RT too

Yes, I did manage to stay away from Mari F's camera. When we met, I wasn't in the best of attitudes. (Some chick proclaimed that I and my friend Annmarie could NOT sit at their table as she was saving all the seats. Understand, they just rolled in the table because we were standing in the back without a table at the Under the Sea Fairy Ball. I was ticked at the woman's ballsy attitude...then Mari came up and introduced herself and invited us to her table. We squeezed in there...they were great.)

Here's a pic of me with my friend Brooks Johnson, a former Caveman. I've been friends with Brooks before he got into EC. He was a Venus Press model and he was on my book WARRIOR LOVER. That still is my favorite cover ever. My one daughter has a crush on him and still calls him "Ares".

Here is me with friends Annmarie Ortega and former Mr Romance Andrei Claude outside the Vampire Ball (well, waiting for the ball part to start during the "play".)

Here is me at the EC Fantasyparty (the 30 minutes I was there).

And me with talented author, Kathy Kulig just before the Vampire Ball.

Marianne LaCroix

www.mariannelacroix.com

New paperback released: Pirate's Mistress

Includes Crossed Swords and Sea Hawk's Mistress.
Buy it here: http://www.jasminej ade.com/p- 3944-pirates- mistress. aspx?skinid= 11
Erotic Adventure Romance
Available from Ellora's Cave

Reviews for CROSSED SWORDS:
4 1/2 Stars, RT Top Pick! - "LaCroix has outdone herself. This swashbuckling tale will have you offering to swab the decks, if it will put you in good graces with the wickedly handsome pirate captain! There's plenty of action in and out of the captain's quarters to keep you flying through the pages of this sizzling story." ~ Romantic Times BOOKClub

"5 Stars...wonderfully written story about the powerful sea Captain and his prisoner falling in love...If you are looking for steamy sex, that will leave you seeking your own release, look no further...It’ s perfect!" ~JERR

Reviews for SEA HAWK'S MISTRESS:
“4 Stars...a fun blast-from-the- past...This was a terrific, sexy little romance...The romance is sweet and tender; the sex scenes are vanilla with a touch of dominance and bondage. Sea Hawk’s Mistress was good to the last drop...” ~JERR
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Chck out my Sunday post at Unusual Historicals. It is a release party!

http://unusualhistoricals.blogspot.com/2008/03/release-party-pirates-mistress.html

Leave a comment to be drawn next Sunday to win a copy of Pirate's Mistress!

How was everyone's weekend?

How was everyone's weekend? Anything interesting happen?

Let's see, in my world....nope, not much going on. Handed in judging scores for contest. I am also getting an entry together to enter a contest. I don't normally do contests, but I thought, why not? Maybe I will get that much needed pat on the head for a job well done. Hey, I finaled in the BEACON last year with Scorpion King, and then a few months later it was chosen for one of the Pocket anthologies. Not too shabby, though I will say the Pocket thing was a total surprise. I mean, I tortured myself writing Scorpion King. I bet Kelli can remember that.

What am I working on right now? Well, a few things. I am shifting my focus from erotic romance to more mainstream romance. I am a little worn out writing erotic. Maybe later I will write some more, but at the moment, I am letting my heart lead the way. I have a contemporary romance in the works I hope to sell to NY.

Good news for the month is my first paperback from EC, Pirate's Mistress, is about to come out. I am very excited about that. VERY EXCITED. I've waited (impatiently) for my own EC paperback, and it will be here soon.