Felicity Heaton Lilith has spent her whole life with Section Seven, an elite company of vampire hunters on a mission to eradicate the demons from Earth. Her duty has always been clear and her hatred of vampires has kept her safe throughout the years, spawned by the death of her twin sister at their hands. Now, on the very same night she watches her best friend die, she is faced with her worst nightmare.

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A vampire she can't kill. Lincoln has a problem. The prophecy he's caught up in is coming to pass and his last ditch attempt to protect himself has led him to the one group of people he'd rather not be forced to rely on—vampire hunters. Chosen Son of Vehemens, he can't bear the thought of working with humans, let alone those that would kill him in a heartbeat given the chance. The whole affair is only made worse when he meets the elite hunter assigned to his contract and finds her intensely attractive. As they work together, Lincoln finds his growing attraction harder to ignore and Lilith discovers the answers to all the questions her abilities have plagued her with. The barriers around both their hearts fall, but is there only heartache ahead of them? With Lincoln's life on the line, can Lilith find the strength to protect him and embrace a side of herself she wished didn't exist? Can Lincoln overcome his fear in order to save Lilith, even if it means parting from her forever? How far are they willing to go in order to be together? Visit Felicity Heaton's web site Visit the Vampire Realms web site An excerpt from Seventh Circle About Felicity Heaton I write romance ebooks in various genres as Felicity Heaton, including paranormal romance, romantic suspense, historical pirate romance, historical western romance, and contemporary romance. As F E Heaton, I write the Vampires Realm novels--vampire romance / dark urban fantasy ebooks. I also have plans to write a series of dark fantasy ebooks based on my Tri-Kingdom, which was featured in Darkness & Light. I'm a great believer in love at first sight and the romantic ideal. Having grown up reading extensively, I developed a deep love of classical literature, ranking Jane Eyre, North & South, and Persuasion amongst my all time favourite reads. The most romantic moment of my life was when my husband got down on bended knee on the steps of Sacré Coeur, Paris, at night in front of several hundred spectators and proposed. I was too drunk on love, and subsequently champagne, to care about the audience. All I could see was the man that I loved. A writer of emotion and life, I always strive to touch a chord of familiarity in my readers and give them characters they can love and a read to remember. Backlist Moonlight Sons of Lyra: Stranded Sons of Lyra: Fight For Love Sons of Lyra: Runaway Hearts Sons of Lyra: Slave Princess In Heat: Mating Call Cabin Fever Spellbound The Night In Heat Prophecy: Dark Moon Rising Prophecy: Caelestis & Aurorea Prophecy: Child of Light Summer's Secret Hunter's Moon Darkness & Light Eternal Kiss Queen of Hearts The Merciless: Vengeance The Merciless Killing Game An Interview with Felicity Heaton By Katie Raines for The Romance Studio KR: Felicity, thank you for talking with us at TRS. Please tell us about your featured book, Seventh Circle. FH: Seventh Circle is the fourth novel in the Vampires Realm series and will be available on November 16th. In total, there are seven stories in the series now, three of which are the Prophecy Trilogy. The eighth novel will be available early 2009. I’m in edits with it right now. Seventh Circle is the story of Lilith, a vampire hunter with Section Seven who has dedicated herself to eliminating the threat of vampires and protecting humankind. She has abilities that unnerve her, ones which she has never been given an explanation for and which are close to a vampire’s abilities. When we meet her, her best friend and partner has just been killed by a vampire of the pure bloodlines and she uses her gift to kill that vampire. When she returns, she’s met by her superior who insists that she meets her new and first client. She’s instantly attracted to the young man, and then she realises that he’s actually a vampire and the same bloodline as the one who had killed her friend. It’s difficult for both of them to work with each other and that tension really shows in the story and their battle against their mutual attraction. There’s nothing as sweet as a little UST, especially when you know that at some point they’re going to give up the fight and fall in love. KR: Your heroine is part of an elite team of vampire hunters. Your hero has good reason to fear her and her group even though he's attracted to her. Where did you get the idea for this sensational tale? FH: Yes, Lincoln does have good reason to fear Lilith and the organisation that she works for but he’s also afraid of his foretold future coming true and will do anything to save himself. He clings to the idea that what three witches had told him will come to pass and that Lilith will be the one to save him from a fate worse than death. I’m never sure where the ideas come from. A lot of Seventh Circle is down to my fantastic muse, the series inspiring me, and Dante’s Inferno. I read it when I was younger and was interested in the idea of Hell’s many levels. The seventh circle of Hell was reserved for the violent. Lincoln’s bloodline is the Vehemens, which translates as the violent. The story spirals around the fact that there’s a contract between Lincoln’s lord and the Devil which involves Lincoln and him going to this place in Hell. I’ll sew my mouth shut at this point so I don’t give away the entire story! I’m very fortunate to have a very prolific muse and one that loves to sit and think about complicated plots and twists as much as I do. I’m doubly thankful that he likes paranormal stories so much as they’re my favourite to write. KR: How did you go about creating the reality where your story takes place? FH: I spent a lot of time working on the Vampires Realm series before I began writing the first stories, which were the Prophecy Trilogy. In fact, I probably spent around six months just thinking about the series and the intricacies of the world I was building. I love world building and it’s something I’m doing all over again for another new series that I’ll be writing next year. I think it really helps if you take the time to think things through rather than rush into writing them. I always plot out character biographies and write notes for my stories. Everything is planned in advance so I can write the best story, but it’s always subject to change too of course. I’ve learned enough about writing to be flexible in my approach. I’ll change parts or add in new parts if I think that’s what the story really needs. Sometimes characters don’t want to play the role that I’ve assigned them, which happened in the Prophecy Trilogy with Venturi, and I’ve had to change their part, but it normally works out well in the end. KR: What do you like best about Lilith and how do you relate to her? FH: I can relate to Lilith’s stubbornness. I’m quite a stubborn and independent person, so that part of her personality has probably come from me. I like her vulnerability and fear. I don’t think that it’s a negative thing but a very human emotion that comes from her. She’s attracted to this creature that she’s supposed to kill and it becomes increasingly difficult for her to resist him, especially when he puts on the charm and becomes quite persistent and attentive. Lilith is very human, facing her fears but not quite sure that she’s strong enough. She has a lot of reason to doubt the people around her and her world really falls apart in the course of the story, but she finds a new world, which she bravely enters for the man that she loves. I relate to her fear of the unknown, just as anyone will, and her desire to do whatever it takes to save her man. KR: How did you get your start as a writer, Felicity? FH: I actually started out writing fanfiction way back when and it progressed from there into something a little more serious back in 2005. A friend of mine who I now co-run Alinar Publishing with convinced me to take the leap into writing original fiction and I’m glad that I did. I really love to write and I don’t think that I’ll ever grow bored, or run out of ideas! KR: How have things changed for you since then? FH: I’ve written a lot more stories and have really progressed with my writing. I don’t think that anything has changed per se. I still write purely because I love writing and telling stories. That will never change. I don’t really write for market. I just write what comes to me and if people like it and can find an escape in it, then I’m happy. I think things are more likely to change for me in the coming year or so. Over the past few years, I’ve just been honing my skills and preparing for this moment, this next step. KR: You've been prolific. What's your writing schedule like? FH: Hectic! I’m fortunate that I write very fast but I do have a full time job in London, which is an hour’s commute from where I live. I have a nice little laptop which I cart with me to work and generally write on the train to/from work and at lunch time. I used to write more at home, but other things have taken precedence so I stick to just writing during the week now. I’m trying to convince my husband to let me be a stay at home writer but he just isn’t going for it. At the moment, paying the bills comes first and writing has to come second. I’m sure one day it might change though and I’ll be at home writing a crazy amount of stories a year! I have a few more releases this year, including one this month which is a short and sensual paranormal/vampire romance story – A Promise of Passion – which is guaranteed to keep you warm on a cold night. All of my stories come out with Alinar Publishing over at www.alinarpublishing.com. KR: What can you tell us about your Vampires Realm web site? Why should readers check it out? FH: The Vampires Realm website is essentially the place to go if you want to learn more about the series and the books, or read excerpts. It contains all the information about the bloodlines and the information on the characters. I’ll be adding the bio pages for the cast of Seventh Circle soon. If you want to check it out, you can visit it at www.vampiresrealm.com. The other place to go for information on my stories, such as my bestselling sci-fi romance series, Sons of Lyra, is my author website at www.felicityheaton.co.uk. I do have competitions sometimes, but most of the time I give away books via Alinar Publishing. KR: What goals have you set for yourself at this point in your career? FH: Right now I’m very focused on a new series of seven novels that I am planning. I’m world building for it at the moment and it’s going great. The stories are all interlaced and they’re all going to be quite long. It’s another urban fantasy/paranormal romance series and it’s guaranteed to knock everyone’s socks off. I can say that right now because in my head it’s brilliant. On paper, well, I’ll have to wait and see what it comes out like. I’m writing this series with plans to send it off to publishers and agents, which is a big step for me but the next logical one. I’ve written ebooks for a long time now and I’d love to see myself in print with a big publishing house, just like any author would. KR: What's your favorite way to interact with readers? FH: I love to chat with readers over at the Alinar Publishing yahoo!groups, or via email. I also have a blog and a myspace for Vampires Realm, which you can find the links for on www.vampiresrealm.com or a blog and a myspace for all my stories, which can be found via www.felicityheaton.co.uk. KR: Thank you! Top