Red Demon and Red Blooded (and all those other reds) Explained

Deidre's Gods of Midnight series boasts three books and one digital novella beginning with the word "red." That can get a little confusing when you're trying to sort out what book comes in what order, so I'm hear to keep you from seeing red. Hopefully you'll just read RED. ;-) Let's start with the latest installment...

Book Three -- RED DEMON was released on June 1st to much fanfare (see fireworks below and think BIGGER)! This book focuses on Aristos, a troubled Spartan who's been holding the pain of loosing the love of his life in an apparent suicide more than a century ago. A seemingly impossible message from the otherside brings news from his true love, Juliana Tiades. Together they must figure out how to outwit an dangerous force that threatens to destroy their union once and for all.

*Intermission* (aka the digital only novella RED BLOODED) - Released in May, this novella's unique hero is a blinded Iraq vet turned vampire hunter. It's available from Sony, BN.com, and will shortly be on Kindle and Borders.com. This steamy novella is meant as a bonus read for fans to enjoy alongside RED DEMON's release. To be clear, it's a stand-alone story and does not have to be read before partaking in RED DEMON, but what could be wrong with adding a little more Gods of Midnight to your life? Absolutely nothing. ;-)

Book Two - RED FIRE debut in June 2009. It chronicled the journey of tourtured hero River Kassandros and his lady love Emma Lowery.

Book One - RED KISS, released in October of 2008, featured Ajax Petrakos and his prophesied mate, Shay Angel.

Well there you have it! The Gods of Midnight explained from A to Z. :-)

New Gods of Midnight Novella Now Available!

Deidre has a special treat for fans of the Gods of Midnight series! A special novella, RED BLOODED, is now available featuring Dillon Fox, a blinded Iraq war veteran who joins the Shades to help the Angels fight a vampire clan. This is the perfect way to get yourself ready for RED DEMON's big release this June. See details below!

Cover Blurb: Dillon Fox, sightless after a tour of duty in Iraq, is called to Savannah, Georgia, to help the Shades, a powerful group of paranormal hunters. His friend Mason Angel, a leader of the Shades, needs Dillon's help to take down a vampire clan. Once Dillon embarks on the mission, one woman stirs something inside him that he thought long dead. But as Dillon starts to fall for the sexy and charismatic female vampire, will he have to choose between love and duty?

RED BLOODED is currently only available throught the Sony bookstore (Sony downloads can be read with the Sony Reader or via your personal PC). Later this week, links will be added for Borders and Barnes & Noble as they become available.* Stay tuned to this post for buy link updates!!

Sony ebookstore link

Borders buy link - Coming Soon

UPDATED! Barnes & Noble link

*Due to ongoing negotiations between Amazon and the publisher (Penguin), the Kindle version is not expected to be available in the immediate future.

New Covers! RED DEMON & DARK AND STORMY KNIGHTS

Check out the cover for Deidre's third GODS OF MIDNIGHT book, RED DEMON (June 2010), and her upcoming anthology with Rachel Caine, Jim Butcher, Illona Andrews, Shannon K. Butcher and many more, DARK AND STORMY KNIGHTS (July 2010)!

Deidre Knight continues her “unique world building”* in the new Gods of Midnight Novel, in which immortal Spartan warriors fight for humankind while battling their own desires…

After assuming the power of life and death for the immortal Spartan brotherhood, Aristos Petrakos still hasn’t mastered his unpredictable, newfound abilities. And now a medium brings him a message from the other side—a romantic message Ari doesn’t want to hear…

A century ago, the love of Ari’s immortal life, Julianna Tiades, drowned herself in the Savannah River—after she learned about Ari’s shapeshifting abilities. Desperate to reveal the truth about her death, Julianna makes a bargain with a Djinn demon, who offers to give her physical form. But as Julianna and Ari are reunited in passion, the debt must be paid—in souls and spirits…

Deidre Chatting with Futuristic, Fantasy & Paranormal RWA Chapter on Thursday, July 23rd @ 8pm ET

Deidre will be the featured guest for RWA's Futuristic, Fantasy and Paranormal Chapter's (FF&P) weekly author chat tomorrow night, Thursday, July 23d @ 8pm ET! If you are a member of this fab chapter, don't miss out on the opportunity to talk to Deidre about her phenomenal GODS OF MIDNIGHT series, her e-book BUTTERFLY TATTOO, writing habits, world building and much more!

When: Thursday, July 23rd @ 8pm ET

Where: FF & P Chat Room

How To Chat:

1. Visit the FF&P website @ http://www.romance-ffp.com/

2. Login using your FF&P membership credentials (instructions provided on website).

3. Click on Chat Room

Favorite Romantic Scenes of All Time: Bennie and the Jets Anyone?

It’s probably no great secret to anyone by now that I’m a huge movie hound. Love all kinds of flicks, from the artier/indie ones to the grossly commercial summer blockbusters. But I’m especially a sucker for romantic movies, and like most romance authors probably have a list of movies with favorite romantic scenes.

I thought it would be fun to do a little blog series about some of my faves. To launch, let’s start with 27 Dresses and the Bennie and the Jets scene. As if it’s not already adorable enough—as if James Marsters isn’t made of yum—that moment when he hops off the bar and finally admits that he “cried like a baby at the Keller wedding.” This, after telling her he didn’t even remember writing that particular wedding column in an effort to seem jaded and cynical. Watching the clip, it hit me that he’d be a good bet for playing Jamie Angel in my Gods of Midnight. There’s not as much of him in RED KISS, more in RED FIRE, but he’ll definitely be getting a story of his own in the future!

Take a peek at this funny, charming and romantic scene:

King Leonidas's Private Dossier Revealed!!!

Deidre has posted King Leonidas's private dossier on Romance Novel TV! Find out the exclusive details of what the commander really thinks about his Spartan warriors. Pay attention, because there's a giveaway and quiz later! :) Click here!

Who's Your Fave Spartan?

Who would you rather...? *clears throat* I mean who is your favorite character in Deidre's GODS OF MIDNIGHT series? She's created a special poll for members of her Yahoo! e-group to find out who is foremost in her readers' hearts. Click here to get the poll: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeidreKnightGroup/surveys?id=2197718

If you are not a member of Deidre's e-group, it's easy to sign up once you click the link above. Besides fun polls, Deidre often drops by to chat with members and runs exclusive member contests on the e-loop!

Deidre Blogging About First Sale @ Dear Author

Deidre's dishing about the journey of her first sale on DearAuthor.com! Find out how the first 30 attempts to publish her manuscript, BUTTERFLY TATTOO, was meant with polite rejection. After shelving the book and moving on to sucessfully publish her PARALLEL and GODS OF MIDNIGHT series -- finally BUTTERFLY TATTOO was released April 21st by Samhain and has been the subject of MAJOR buzz. Click here to check Deidre's first sale story on Dear Author!

Highlights from the Romantic Times Convention: Spartan Musical Chairs

One of the most talked about events at the Romantic Times Convention was Deidre's GODS OF MIDNIGHT party. The event's smashing success was owed in part to a good-natured game of Spartan musical chairs. What is that, pray tell? Click here to see the video of hunky romance cover models dressed in itty bitty costumes ;). Always a good combo!

It's Party Time!

Something BIG is happening at the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention this year! Everybody who's anybody is going to be at Deidre's GODS OF MIDNIGHT PARTY. When is it taking place? At midnight of course! Duh! So if you've made plans to jet down to Orlando in April, make sure to put Deidre Knight's party on your must-do itinerary for Thursday night!