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NEW COVERS! Sometimes, an independent author just feels the urge to shake things up. So I got my first three books, Dracula's Secret, Dr...

  In keeping with the Halloween theme, let me introduce to you, Valerie Tate. She is the heroine of my Blood Wings trilogy; Dracula's...

  Many years ago, I had a nightmare about the Napoleonic Wars (if you have ever studied the Napoleonic Wars, you will understand. They were ...

Kensington Press and I released the first edition of Dracula Unleashed, the third book in the Blood Wings Trilogy, in early 2013. I had to w...

Back in 2012, Kensington Publishing and I released the second book in the Blood Wings series, Dracula's Desires. This book continued the...

Hi, I'm Linda Mercury and I write very sexy paranormal romances! Dracula's Secret is my first book and the first in the Blood Wi...

 John Jante’s life hung by a thread. Valerie could smell his blood hanging in the air. If those idiot Fallen Angels let him die, she’d empt...

Here are a couple of my secondary characters from Dracula's Desires, Anthony and Glenath. Anthony O’Neill, one of the four vampires ...

A teaser from my second book, Dracula's Desires. Chapter One What in Hell was a Fallen Angel doing in Geneva, Switzerland? That cau...

Pardon me as I engage in shameless self promotion - Dracula's Desires, Book Two of the Blood Wings series is now out as a paperback! ...

I'm a big fan of Alexandra Franzen (over here) .  She wrote this challenge on her website: The premise: what if instead of writing a...

The countdown is on - the book tour is nearing its end. Don't you want to know how the first chapter goes? *wink* Today, my next excer...

We are on the downhill side of my book tour! Come see the next part of my new(ish) book, Dracula's Desires. Comment over at My Para...

 What in hell was a Fallen Angel doing in Geneva, Switzerland? That caustic brimstone stench could warn a city of half-dead humans ...

Here are the links to my book tour stops for the last two days! Thursday's Blog: Realmantic Moments Friday's Blog: Black Ve...

Part of being an e-published author is the difficulty in doing a traditional book tour. Instead, I will do a virtual book tour. In thi...

Happy Birthday, Bram Stoker! Thank you for a wonderful book that has inspired so many. My passionate Valerie would not exist without you...

EDIT: My friends have wisely pointed out that my ego is getting in the way of the fun! Instead of demanding that you prove you read my book,...

If you've been waiting to pick up Dracula's Secret, now is the time. It is only $1.99 over at Amazon.  Buy it here! As alwa...

Chapter One, continued. As he neared her door, he reached inside his suit jacket. Like a magician pulling a chainsaw from a top ha...