Help, I'm Falling For The Vampire Nextdoor - Celine Chatillon [June 19]

**Mike** · #1 February 13th, 2006, 05:11 PM

Soon to be released - a new romance book

Help, I'm Falling For The Vampire Nextdoor

by: Celine Chatillon

Stay tuned to this topic for all the latest on this Coming Soon

**Robin Danner** · #2 February 14th, 2006, 11:24 AM

Dang, another gripping title!

**Celine Chatillon** · #3 February 14th, 2006, 06:32 PM

Thanks! Actually, I think I'm not so great with titles. It isn't the longest title I've ever suggested for a story before, however... So I ought to be grateful it's as short as it is!

Celine

**Darragha Foster** · #4 February 14th, 2006, 07:49 PM

I really want to see the cover art for this one!

Darragha

**Celine Chatillon** · #5 February 23rd, 2006, 06:20 PM

So do I, Darragha! Hope Val's a hunk and a half and we have a full moon somewhere on on it...

Should I post a synopsis of sorts here? (I think I've got one lying around here somewhere...)

**Celine Chatillon** · #6 February 23rd, 2006, 06:27 PM

Here's a short, short synopsis of HELP! I'M FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE VAMPIRE NEXT DOOR

Valentine Drakul longs for a mate, someone to share eternity with who won’t be totally grossed out living on a diet of steak tartare. Could the sexy girl living upstairs fulfill his every fantasy?

Melynda Kerpanik got the heck out of Dodge, Kansas, and ended up in St. Louis working for her cousin as an interior decorator. But will her career plans take a backseat to her curiosity about things that “go bump in the night”?

A deadly foe ensnares Mel in his evil plot to rid the world of Kindred race... Can Val save the mortal woman he loves without transforming her into the eternally lonely being he's become?

Rachel Fox · #7 February 23rd, 2006, 08:36 PM

Hey Celine --

Love the blurb. But I knew I would.

Glad to have you on board.

Rachel/Rae

**Celine Chatillon** · #8 February 24th, 2006, 08:28 PM

I'm blushing! Thanks, Rae!

(It's not one of my better blurbs--you should read the blog of the guy who ripped on one of my blurbs at the Southern Review of Books! Hey--it was free publicity and my title made the Fictionwise best seller list for three weeks. Fooey on him!!)

Caffey · #9 February 26th, 2006, 12:48 AM

Love vamps!! When about it out Celine? And nice meeting you!
Cathie

**Celine Chatillon** · #10 February 26th, 2006, 01:18 AM

Hi Cathie!

I'm not sure when it's going to be out...Probably this summer at the earliest.

I love vamps,too... Don't know how folks will take to my version of vampirism, but I figured I had to give it a try at least this once.

**Mike** · #11 February 27th, 2006, 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Caffey

When about it out Celine?

Hey Cathie, welcome to SiN

Should be out around May ... the vamp is playing hard to get

**Celine Chatillon** · #12 March 1st, 2006, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike

Should be out around May ... the vamp is playing hard to get

Val is "coming out of the basement" that soon? Wow... That vamp sure is anxious to sink his teeth into some lucky readers!

Release dates: The author is always the last to know these kinds of things. LOL

**Ravynne Sun** · #13 March 10th, 2006, 02:36 PM

Love the title and the blurb. It's definitely sounds like a book worth taking a bite out of =).

**Celine Chatillon** · #14 March 11th, 2006, 09:25 PM

Very punny, Ravynne!

**Celine Chatillon** · #15 March 14th, 2006, 07:54 PM

I'm trying to re"vamp" (oh, so punny!) my web site a bit, and I wouldn't mind a nice photo/pic of a sexy looking vampire with long dark hair... Anyone know of one I can "borrow" until I get a cover for my book?

**Celine Chatillon** · #16 March 31st, 2006, 04:09 PM

I was putting together some promo materials recently and I figured I needed to include a brief excerpt from Help! I'm Falling for the Vampire Next Door. So here goes, an unedited, unproofed excerpt:

Mel rolled Val to his back and rained kisses upon him from his hairline to waist, savoring his nipples for extra treatment. He arched his erection closer to her full lips and cried out as she twirled her tongue around its engorged head until he could almost stand it no longer.

“Now, lie still and let me straddle that huge cock of yours and take it in slowly… for my sake as much as for yours. I don’t want to hurt you.”

Hurt him? She was afraid of hurting him? Val sighed. She could never hurt him… not like he could hurt her—eternally.

“It won’t hurt. I love you, Melynda. I want to be inside you, a part of you. Completely.”

Mel flung a leg across his hips and lowered her body until the tip of his manhood barely brushed the fine hairs circling her core. She swayed back and forth, enjoying the sensation as his hands firmly caressed her hips and buttocks.

“We can stop now if you like, or we can go on,” she murmured.

Val felt his fangs growing, lengthening. The heat of the moment and the scent of her soft, warm flesh were intoxicating, and together they dissolved his inhibitions. He felt the overwhelming urge to thrust his canines into her neck and drink of her goodness, to taste and savor the sweetness of her blood…

**Paige Burns** · #17 March 31st, 2006, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Celine Chatillon

I'm trying to re"vamp" (oh, so punny!) my web site a bit, and I wouldn't mind a nice photo/pic of a sexy looking vampire with long dark hair... Anyone know of one I can "borrow" until I get a cover for my book?

Does he have to "look" like a vamp? If not I can probably find a pic for ya.

**Celine Chatillon** · #18 April 3rd, 2006, 12:27 AM

Hey I'm open to any good looking hunk... Valentine Drakul is tall, dark and sexy. Any pic you got like that would be perfect. Thanks, Paige.

**Celine Chatillon** · #19 April 27th, 2006, 12:18 AM

[Edit: Cover is now in first post here. See a larger version in Celine's intro topic -Mike]

Here's the cover art for Help! I'm Falling for the Vampire Next Door ... I think I'm in love, aren't you?

My undying thanks goes out to super-talented LSB cover artist Lynn Perkins.

**Rae Monet** · #20 April 27th, 2006, 03:45 AM

Wowzy. That's super!!!!

**Celine Chatillon** · #21 April 27th, 2006, 12:40 PM

Ain't is so? I just keep thinking what she's backing up against...

"Is that your Life Savers in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?"

Rachel Fox · #22 April 27th, 2006, 06:47 PM

Very nice cover. Love the arch.

Rachel

**Bonnie Dee** · #23 April 28th, 2006, 01:22 PM

Beautiful cover and great storyline.

**Robin Danner** · #24 April 28th, 2006, 01:27 PM

I'm a fan of the arch also. Very cool!

**Celine Chatillon** · #25 May 2nd, 2006, 06:43 PM

Yeah, the Arch glows so nicely in the background... Very mysterious and other-worldly like almost. Makes you think there are a lot of supernatural things going on around these parts, huh?

**Celine Chatillon** · #26 May 16th, 2006, 01:15 AM

Hey, I just turned in my edits today... So start counting the days for Vamp Next Door's release!

Rachel Fox · #27 May 16th, 2006, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Celine Chatillon

Hey, I just turned in my edits today... So start counting the days for Vamp Next Door's release!

Yeah, I can't wait!!

Rachel

**Celine Chatillon** · #28 May 16th, 2006, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Rachel Fox

Yeah, I can't wait!!

Rachel

Me neither! I'm putting my poor editor through her paces... I found out that half a page went missing somewhere as we were transferring files back and forth this past week. I'm glad I caught it. (You certainly wouldn't want the scene where the villain gets his comeuppance shortened, would you?)

But now I'm paranoid... So from now on I will go over all my edits with a fine tooth comb and then some!

Rachel Fox · #29 May 16th, 2006, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Celine Chatillon

Me neither! I'm putting my poor editor through her paces... I found out that half a page went missing somewhere as we were transferring files back and forth this past week. I'm glad I caught it. (You certainly wouldn't want the scene where the villain gets his comeuppance shortened, would you?)

But now I'm paranoid... So from now on I will go over all my edits with a fine tooth comb and then some!

That happened to me once -- we were going back and forth from Word Perfect to Word and then back again. Formatting can be a bitch.

Rachel

**Mike** · #30 May 17th, 2006, 03:57 AM

Apart from using "Track Changes" and "Document Version," always a good idea to track word count history too within the file itself.

**Celine Chatillon** · #31 May 19th, 2006, 08:06 PM

Yeah, I hate learning important things like this the hard way!

**Celine Chatillon** · #32 May 25th, 2006, 11:06 AM

Pssst.... While I'm waiting for the release of Vampire Next Door, I've started a "sequel" tentatively called Hey, I'm Hangin'with a Time Surfer. The heroine is Melynda's cousin Shelby. She meets a very different type of paranormal hero and goes on a series of "adventures" with him. It should be red-hot!

You all are the first to know about it, too. (Now, back to the WIP!)

Rachel Fox · #33 May 25th, 2006, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Celine Chatillon

Pssst.... While I'm waiting for the release of Vampire Next Door, I've started a "sequel" tentatively called Hey, I'm Hangin'with a Time Surfer. The heroine is Melynda's cousin Shelby. She meets a very different type of paranormal hero and goes on a series of "adventures" with him. It should be red-hot!

You all are the first to know about it, too. (Now, back to the WIP!)

Love the title, Celine. Now write fast!

Rachel

**Celine Chatillon** · #34 May 27th, 2006, 12:18 AM

I'm trying, I'm trying!!

(I'm making myself get up earlier each day and start writing before the interruptions--that is, the family gets up. Let's hope it sound coherent when I get the first draft done!)

**Cyndi Redding** · #35 June 1st, 2006, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Rachel Fox

Love the title, Celine. Now write fast!

Rachel

Sounds good, Celine!

You and I should do an antho together since we both write "lite" paranormals (vs. dark...not heavy. LOL)

Cyndi

**Celine Chatillon** · #36 June 4th, 2006, 01:26 AM

Sounds like we're on a "diet" with the "lite" paranormals doesn't it?

"Great reading --less calories."

Hee,hee!!

**Keira Ramsay** · #37 June 4th, 2006, 01:38 AM

OHHHH...that's a *great* friggin' tagline...totally use it!!!

Terri/Keira

**Celine Chatillon** · #38 June 4th, 2006, 01:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keira Ramsay

OHHHH...that's a *great* friggin' tagline...totally use it!!!

Terri/Keira

I'm game... That could be a good anthology title-- "Great Reading -- Less Calories" for the discriminating reader who is watching her waistline...

**Celine Chatillon** · #39 June 13th, 2006, 01:00 PM

Finally! I got my act together and posted an excerpt from Help! I'm Falling for the Vampire Next Door at my web site. The direct URL is http://www.celinechatillon.com/vamp.html

Enjoy!

**Celine Chatillon** · #40 June 13th, 2006, 01:05 PM

Here's the first review of Help! I'm Falling for Vampire Next Door:

"The cast of characters comes alive on the pages of this steamy romance from the first sentence. The author doesn’t dally as the story keeps moving with each scene—which is why I engulfed this book in one sitting. The comedy of Celine Chatillon is fantastic and is sprinkled throughout every scene in richly compelling dialogue."--Kim Price for Rumpled Sheets

Thanks, Kim!

**Celine Chatillon** · #41 June 18th, 2006, 09:46 PM

Tomorrow is the big day!!!

Getting psyched to see Vampire Next Door on the front page for sale...

**Dee S. Knight** · #42 June 19th, 2006, 08:12 PM

Congratulations, Celine!! Wishing you the best of success for your new book--

Dee

**Mike** · #43 June 19th, 2006, 09:24 PM

This book has been published.

Buy it here.

Rachel Fox · #44 June 19th, 2006, 09:45 PM

Woo-hoo, Celine's little birdy has taken flight!! Big sales, kiddo!

Rachel/Rae

**Celine Chatillon** · #45 June 20th, 2006, 11:10 AM

Thanks Rachel! A "little birdy" eh? Actually Vlad and Val transform into ravens at one point... They're not little by any means!

I want to thank everyone at Liquid Silver for making this day possible--Rachel, Raven, Mike, April, Lynn and especially Vikky since she had to put up with me during the editing process. Definitely a gold star team!