Demons, Romance, and Humor with Sapphire Phelan

by | Apr 16, 2010 | Coffee, Books & a Blog | 13 comments

 I’m Sapphire Phelan and I am excited to be stopping at Coffee Time Romance today on my blog tour here for my new erotic paranormal romance short, Ain’t Nothin’ Like Succubus Lovin’. Once again, I write a paranormal with demons in it. Lately, it seems that the demons are demanding that I write them in my romances. 

What is different about this paranormal over my others from Phaze Books and other publishers, especially my last urban fantasy with demons, Being Familiar With a Witch is the humor in it. Now, in the past, I thought I could not write humor. Then something like this book comes along to prove me wrong. I did do a couple of short stories under my other writing name, Pamela K. Kinney, that were humorous, proving me wrong. But with romance, eroticism, the paranormal, and humor all rolled up in one story?

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Humor is not easy to write. Not well done stuff anyway. Look at all those romantic comedy films and the romance novels with humorous overtones. Some are good, but then there are those that fall flat of the punch line. I hope my new story doesn’t fall flat on its face and that the readers enjoy it. After all, the storyline just smacks of having to be humorous. When a man is desperate enough that he doesn’t think he wants a meaningful relationship with any woman (after all he just got out of a bad marriage) and borrows a friend’s A Dummy’s Guides to Demon Summoning so that he can call up a succubus for a night of sex, it smacks of comedy. But when he gets more than a one-night stand and falls in love with the demon that is when the romance steps in. He wasn’t looking for love, but he found it anyway.

What is your favorite romantic comedy, either film or romance book? Do you think humor works well with romance? Do you think it can work well with demons mixed in the romance?

You can find Ain’t Nothin’ Like Succubus Lovin’ at :Phaze Books: http://www.kingcart.com/Phaze/product=Aint+Nothin+Like+Succubus+Lovin/exact_match=exact and right here at Coffee Time: http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/BookStore/index.php?main_page=pubs_product_book_info&cPath=62&products_id=2823

Ain’t Nothin’ Like Succubus Lovin’ Blurb:
Finding a date was never more hellish. When Jordan Hudson borrowed his friend’s A Dummy’s Guide to Demon Summoning and called up a succubus, he found that dating and making love to a minion of Hell proves to be more than a one night stand.
Read the adult excerpt at http://phazebooksexcerpts.blogspot.com/2010/04/aint-nothing-like-succubus-loving-by.html?zx=2a8c1c4a37c03ac

What’s Next?
I just turned in the second novella in the Beast Magic series (which is in Shifting Desires anthology that you can find here at Coffee Time at http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/BookStore/index.php?main_page=pubs_product_book_info&cPath=62&products_id=1826. This time it will be male/male and has wereleopards. You met one of the heroes in Beast Magic: Montsho. So it will be interracial also and in first person. The last one the series will be back to male/female, with werewolves. And the hero for that was introduced in the second novella. Plus I will be starting to work on the sequel to Being Familiar With a Witch.
CONTEST:
I am giving away a download of Ain’t Nothin’ Like Succubus Lovin’. All you have to do is say hi, ask a question or leave a comment to be included in the random drawing. Also leave your email, so I can also contact the winner. But be sure to check back here to see who won, just in case. So get commenting.
Thank you for having me on Coffee Time Romance. For those interested in knowing more:

 
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13 Comments

  1. SapphirePhelan
    SapphirePhelan on April 16, 2010 at 5:10 am

    I like to thank Coffee Time Romance for letting me do a guest blog here today.
    I have been writing erotic romance since 2005 when my first story was published in an ezine. But I have been writing longer than that under my other name. I actually got published at age 17 with three poems in a print magazine, Hyacinths and Biscuits. 🙂

  3. Patricia K
    Patricia K on April 16, 2010 at 12:33 pm

    I would have to say Spaceballs. You a guy that doen’t he is prince and a princess that is marry a different prince because her dad told her to .There is a bad ruler as in Star Wars. It is funny from beginning till the end.

    horseunicornkey@aol.com

  4. Annemiek
    Annemiek on April 16, 2010 at 2:11 pm

    Hi,

    Well, i’m very curious about this book. Actually, about all the books! 😉

    Greetings,

    Annemiek.

  5. Sapphire Phelan
    Sapphire Phelan on April 16, 2010 at 4:53 pm

    Spaceballs is hilarious, Patricia. 😆

    Thanks, Cate. And greetings back, Annemiek.

  6. vjay
    vjay on April 16, 2010 at 5:50 pm

    Love my demons with sex and humor. Looking forward to reading this one.

  7. Brandy Blake
    Brandy Blake on April 16, 2010 at 5:51 pm

    I would have to say 50 First Dates…. I love that movie, and I know that most people wouldn’t call this a “romance” but the Underworld movies w/vamp and the wolf hybred, lol :mrgreen:

  8. Sapphire Phelan
    Sapphire Phelan on April 16, 2010 at 7:08 pm

    Thanks, vjay. And Brandy, I love the Underworld movies too. Owned all three on Blu Ray.

  9. michelle
    michelle on April 16, 2010 at 7:15 pm

    You just defined my perfect recipe for a great read….romance, eroticism, the paranormal, and humor (snarky, of course!) in just the right balance. That’s the tricky part 😉

    I’d love to try your succubus story…it sounds fun 🙂

    mishcara at gmail dot com

  10. jennifer mathis
    jennifer mathis on April 16, 2010 at 10:52 pm

    hi book sounds great

    meandi09@yahoo.com

  11. Sapphire Phelan
    Sapphire Phelan on April 17, 2010 at 3:51 am

    Thanks, Michelle and Jennifer.
    I will pick the winner later tonight when I come back from where I will be all day. Give a chance to be sure that all the comments have been approved. So either check back here if you didn’t leave your email for me to contact you, or I will contact you if the winner did leave their email. I will also post here in the comments. 😀

  12. cindy
    cindy on April 17, 2010 at 7:24 am

    I saw your post over on Goodreads and I am intrigued! I read the exerpt and yes! I want to read MORE!

    Best wishes on your “Ain’t Nothin’ Like Succubus Lovin'” blog book tour!!!

  13. Nara Malone
    Nara Malone on April 19, 2010 at 9:09 am

    I think my favorite romantic comedy was Sohpie Kinsella’s “The Undomestic Goddess.”

    I love your idea and I’m intrigued too. Good luck with your new book and the tour.

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