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The Vampire Next Door

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Author Interview & Giveaway: Ashlyn Chase, author of The Vampire Next Door

Please join me in welcoming Ashlyn Chase, author of The Vampire Next Door.

Multi-published author Ashlyn Chase specializes in characters who reinvent themselves, having reinvented herself numerous times. She has worked as a psychiatric nurse, for the Red Cross, and has a degree in behavioral sciences. The first two books in the Strange Neighbors series are Strange Neighbors and The Werewolf Upstairs, which are both available now! She lives with her true-life hero husband in beautiful New Hampshire. For more information, please visit http://www.ashlynchase.com/

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Describe The Vampire Next Door in three words.

Outstandingly fun romance (from a 4 ½ star review in RT Book Reviews!)

Out of all the books you’ve published, which two characters are your favorite?

Maura and Adrian from Vampire Vintage or Randy and Sky from Being Randy.

Of the 17 different places you have lived, which were your most favorite? Least favorite?

Where I live right now in New Hampshire is my favorite. Least favorite is Colorado, but probably because my life there was unhappy.

If Hollywood made a movie about your life, whom would you like to see play the role of you? Why?

Meg Ryan—Who doesn’t love Meg Ryan? I recognize myself in a lot of her characters.

Which books are in your Summer reading pile?

I have a bunch of ebooks downloaded onto my Nook. I’m hoping to read a few of my fellow Sourcebooks authors books. A few Secrets anthologies and some paperbacks from Ellora’s Cave will go into the hot tub with me.

Can you tell us a bit about what’s coming up next from you? Can you share any teasers?

I have a novella called Immortally Yours and a new series Flirting with Fangs just contracted with Ellora’s Cave. I’m also working on a new series proposal for my agent. I have yet to come up with a name for it, but it takes place in a Boston bar, and we’re referring to it as the paranormal Cheers.


THE VAMPIRE NEXT DOOR BY ASHLYN CHASE – IN STORES AUGUST 2011

Room for Rent: Normal need not apply

This old Boston brownstone is not known for quiet living… first the shapeshifter meets his nurse, then the werewolf falls for his sassy lawyer, but now the vampire is looking for love with a witch who’s afraid of the dark… and you thought your neighbors had issues!

Undead Sly is content playing vigilante vampire, keeping the neighborhood safe from human criminals, until Morgaine moves in upstairs. Suddenly he finds himself weak with desire, which isn’t a good place for a vampire to be. And Morgaine isn’t exactly without her own issues—will the two of them be able to get past their deepest fears before their chance at “normal” slips away?

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{August 22- September 5, 2011}

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My review of The Vampire Next Door

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Review: The Vampire Next Door by Ashlyn Chase

The Vampire Next Door
Ashlyn Chase
Series: Strange Neighbors #3
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Publication Date: August 1, 2011
Mass Market Paperback {p.354}
Source: Publisher
Genre: Paranormal
Characters: Morgaine, Sly Flores
Challenge: 100+

In this third installment of Chase's lively, sexy, paranormal trilogy, we meet witch Morgaine, who is deathly afraid of the dark, and her vigilante vampire neighbor Sly, who has his reasons for hating sunlight. Sly needs Morgaine's magic to help heal a broken fang, but with further help, and sometimes hindrance, from the wacky apartment dwellers around them, they may become each other's last hope for a normal life...

Morgaine is a witch who has pretty much every phobia you can think of. She and Sly, the resident vampire, are a likely match because he too has just been going through the motions of living since he was turned.

These two seemed to have a mutual affection for one another, but the chemistry was pretty none existent. They really liked each other, and were nice people in their own right, but I just never bought them as a "couple." It felt as though they were together for the sake of the story.

The secondary characters living in the building did offer a bit of comic relief. Especially Lily, the new resident to the building, who seemed to be one of the more interesting characters. But we seen very little of her. Morgaine's cousin Gwyneth was a bit too over the top with the southern speech and her ditziness.

Overall the story seemed to start out okay with great potential, but never really took off.

Teaser Tuesday: The Vampire Next Door by Ashlyn Chase

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB @ Should Be Reading. To participate, all you have to do is the following:

• Grab your current/upcoming read
• Open to a random page
• Share 2-3 "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• Be careful not to include spoilers! (You do not want to ruin the book for others.)

Share the title & author so that others who enjoy your "teaser" may add the book to their TBL pile.

She moved closer to Lily and draped an arm around her. "Now, I don't usually swing this way, but for the sake of my neighbors..." She pursed her lips. "Pucker up, darlin'. Looks like we're gonna have to get cozy real fast.

page 193; The Vampire Next Door by Ashlyn Chase