Wednesday, November 1, 2017

#NaNoWriMo is back! Day 1 of this #writing challenge

NaNo Day 1

This year, I'm working on Children of Ossiria #5.

Title is Mother.

I am Kalana of Ossiria, empress and last of my kind. 
I am Carys Taylor, Earth woman.

Carys and William mated eternally and are expecting twins. Being pregnant and giving birth brings out Kalana's mama bear side and she'll stop at nothing to protect her babies against any threat, even one close to home. Her children are the future of Ossiria.

Meanwhile, Sebastian and Bethany continue a slow courtship forbidden by the Shadow Knights. Will Sebastian give up his calling for love? Choosing to do so means losing his memories of the past century and a half to protect the Order.

This story is intended for readers over the age of 18 due to adult language, sexual content, and adult situations. 

Picks up where Mate ended. Carys and William's twins will be born in this book!

Day 1 total - 7449 words.




The First Vampires - Book #0.5. Read for freeAmazon | Apple | Barnes and Noble | Kobo | Wattpad | Free everywhere.

Jolana has served the Ossirian god of war as a seer for as long as she can remember. When he chooses her to be his instrument of destruction, she devotes herself to the task—starting with young Isa. 

Isa is a healer and when Jolana comes into his shop, he knows she is trouble but the beautiful Eridae cannot be resisted. Soon, he is drawn into a war between gods that will alter the universe forever.

This story is a prequel.


Outcast - Smashwords | Amazon | Apple | Barnes and Noble | Kobo | InstaFreebie | Google Play | Free.

What will you fight for? 

Family? 
Honor? 
The adrenaline rush? 
Because you know no other way? 

Michael is happy being London's resident Agent until he's saddled with helping train new recruits-especially the Malibu Barbie wannabe intent on driving him insane. She's difficult, insubordinate...and soon his first love. But dating another Agent is forbidden, especially when she's a trainee, and there's no denying their relationship when she gets pregnant.

Suddenly, Mike's out on the street alone with only his savings, a duffel bag, and a high school diploma. Where does a freelance demon hunter go from here?

OUTCAST follows the journeys of three paladins doing their best to keep the people they care about alive in a world where monsters are real and there's a very good reason to be afraid of the dark.

This story is intended for readers over the age of 18 due to adult language, sexual content, and adult situations.

*Discover how the good guys came together. Origin story for Michael, Catherine, Bethany, Hope, and more.

Goodreads



Protector - Book #2 - Apple | Barnes and Noble | Amazon | Smashwords $2.99.

Carys Taylor has her life perfectly under control until an ill-fated trip to the South American jungle changes her into a supernatural being. Now she's sprouting claws and stronger and faster than any human in existence. She’s overwhelmed by her new abilities until she meets Sarah, a witch who introduces her to a group of do-gooders trying to save the world from the paranormal threats it doesn’t know exists.

William spots Carys in a nightclub and is immediately drawn to her beauty and the exotic scent he can’t figure out. Too bad she’s chummy with his mortal enemies—but Carys doesn’t seem to care. She’s the first human in over a hundred years that hasn’t judged him for being a vampire and he falls for her strength, kindness, and sense of humor, but is frustrated when she keeps sticking him in the friend zone despite their obvious chemistry. Why is she so hesitant to get into a relationship? 

Between dodging a bounty hunter, saving the tribe that created her, dealing with a persistent vampire determined to make her his girlfriend, and meeting her future child, Carys’ first year as a Protector is full of challenges. What does a girl have to do to get a little peace?

This story is intended for readers over the age of 18 due to adult situations.





Goddess - Book #3 - Smashwords |  Barnes and Noble | Apple | Amazon | $2.99.

Free of the burden of knowledge about the future, William and Carys start dating, which isn’t without its challenges. Some of Carys’ friends don’t approve of the vampire and Carys is carrying baggage from her previous relationship that rears its head every time she and William get close. Trusting him with her life is easy. Trusting him with her heart is terrifying.

Meanwhile, a new and sinister supernatural threat arrives in Southern California. The Valarakan have been warriors for thousands of years, so our team of heroes will have to be on top of their game to beat them, but discover too late that Carys’ true destiny as Protector is much more life-changing than anyone could've predicted.

This story is intended for readers over the age of 18 due to adult language, sexual content, and adult situations.

*Warning: cliffhanger ending. Proceed to MATE.




Mate - Book #4 - Apple | Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Smashwords | $2.99.

I am Kalana of Ossiria, empress and last of my kind.
I am Carys Taylor, Earth woman.

After the events of GODDESS, Carys sets out to restore Ossiria. Once her orders are being carried out, she returns home to Southern California only to find that weeks have passed instead of days. Convincing William she isn’t possessed doesn’t come easily, but once they’re finally reunited, their relationship solidifies—until a fateful trip to Ossiria.

Caught up in recent insatiable lust, the couple enters into a mating claim on the magical planet, only for Carys to wake up knowing they’ve made an impulsive mistake. Armed with Kalana’s memories, she rescinds her claim on William, putting him in dominance until they’re ready for the consequences of Ossirian magic.

But William has been in a one-sided claim before and it didn’t end well. Will he sabotage their relationship with his vampire tendencies, or are he and Carys destined to become eternal mates? Secrets and surprises will test them like never before.

This story is intended for readers over the age of 18 due to adult language, sexual content, and adult situations.



Danger Magnet - Book #4.5 - Amazon | Smashwords | Apple | Barnes and Noble | Kobo Google Play | $0.99.

Antony is hiding a dark past. Will the truth send Jana running?

Jana is the first person who wants to know all about him. The first to care in a long time, and he shouldn’t let it go any deeper, but he’s helpless to resist her. She makes him laugh, matches him in bed, and loves great food. He doesn’t want to hurt her.

But people die around him.

We briefly met Antony in MATE. Now discover how another exile from The Agency falls in love. This story is intended for readers over the age of 18 due to adult language, sexual content, and adult situations.

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

NEVER TRUST A VAMPIRE by @vivianlanewrite Release Day! #vampires #books #urbanfantasy #fridayreads


Book #1 - Never Trust A Vampire - Amazon | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AUS | 

Paperback | 

Google Play | Smashwords | Apple | Barnes and Noble | Kobo |


The people we save look at us like we’re superheroes, or guardian angels, but we bleed.

We break.

And sometimes, we even die.

When the vampire Adam asks The Agency for Agent Seven's services to rescue children from L.A.’s reigning vampire, Juliet, Agent Seven can’t refuse, even though she doesn’t trust him. Becoming a paladin means sacrifice of self and saving innocents is top priority.

Will Adam prove her wrong, or be her downfall?

This story is intended for readers over the age of 18 due to adult situations.

Urban fantasy.

$4.99 ebook, $7.99 paperback.



In the Strange Allies series, Della Garvison has a higher calling, but making sure her mother is taken care of always comes first, and she feels horrible every time she has to lie to her mother about her job. It's been the two of them since she was five years old, so leaving home is painful. Because Della isn't a normal girl, there will be no college graduation ceremony, no wedding to a nice man, and no grandbabies for her mother to spoil, but she'll let her mother hold on to those dreams as long as possible.

Children of Ossiria and Strange Allies share the same world, but can be read independently.


Totally Addicted to Books has teamed up with me to celebrate my brand new release Never Trust A Vampire by giving away some awesome prizes! One winner will get paperback copies of New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris’ Midnight, Texas trilogy books: Midnight Crossroad, Day Shift, and Night Shift! Two winners will get a $10 Amazon Gift Card!

Giveaway ends Oct. 31, 2017.


Book #2 - Save You, Save Me - Apple | Kobo | pre-order. Coming Soon.

When the vampire Adam starts helping Agent Seven’s cause, she doesn't trust him, especially when her latest case involves her cousin Charlotte.
Charlotte was a high-school music teacher when Nicholae Dragomir found her and charmed his way into managing her career. She’s happy with minor fame until she meets Simon, a mysterious Englishman she’s irresistibly drawn to.
Simon lost his wife Caroline in 1530 to a devastating curse—she’s reincarnated every generation with no memory of him and he spends his days trapped as a statue. If they don’t fall in love again by her twenty-fifth birthday, the search starts all over.
When Simon refuses to divulge his past to Charlotte, it sends her straight into Nicholae’s arms—a vampire in Lady Juliet’s clan—and a path of destruction. If Agent Seven, Simon, and Adam don’t save Charlotte in time, she and Simon will be cursed forever. 
This story is intended for readers over the age of 18 due to adult situations. PNR.


This series will be at least six books.

Bio:
Writer of supernatural badasses

A proud geek *cough*nerd*cough* who likes fashion, interior design, and sports, Vivian Lane is the author of the Children of Ossiria series. She lives in California with her cat Scrapper.


Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Children of Ossiria by @vivianlanewrite renumbered for chronological #reading #vampires #pnr

New CHILDREN OF OSSIRIA reading order

The series is now as follows:

The First Vampires
Outcast
Protector
Goddess
Mate
Danger Magnet (novella)
Book 5







Friday, August 25, 2017

Strange Allies Novel Series coming soon! #paladins #vampires #progressreport #amwriting

What is STRANGE ALLIES?

In the Strange Allies series, Della Garvison has a higher calling, but making sure her mother is taken care of always comes first, and she feels horrible every time she has to lie to her mother about her job. It's been the two of them since she was five years old, so leaving home is painful. Because Della isn't a normal girl, there will be no college graduation ceremony, no wedding to a nice man, and no grandbabies for her mother to spoil, but she'll let her mother hold on to those dreams as long as possible.

Children of Ossiria and Strange Allies share the same world, but can be read independently.



Book #1 - Never Trust A Vampire - Smashwords | Apple | Barnes and Noble | Kobo | Amazon | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AUS | pre-order. Paperback | Google Play |


The people we save look at us like we’re superheroes, or guardian angels, but we bleed.

We break.

And sometimes, we even die.

When the vampire Adam asks The Agency for Agent Seven's services to rescue children from L.A.’s reigning vampire, Juliet, Agent Seven can’t refuse, even though she doesn’t trust him. Becoming a paladin means sacrifice of self and saving innocents is top priority.

Will Adam prove her wrong, or be her downfall?

This story is intended for readers over the age of 18 due to adult situations.

Urban fantasy.


Book #2 - Save You, Save Me - Smashwords | Apple | Kobo | pre-order.

When the vampire Adam starts helping Agent Seven’s cause, she doesn't trust him, especially when her latest case involves her cousin Charlotte.
Charlotte was a high-school music teacher when Nicholae Dragomir found her and charmed his way into managing her career. She’s happy with minor fame until she meets Simon, a mysterious Englishman she’s irresistibly drawn to.
Simon lost his wife Caroline in 1530 to a devastating curse—she’s reincarnated every generation with no memory of him and he spends his days trapped as a statue. If they don’t fall in love again by her twenty-fifth birthday, the search starts all over.
When Simon refuses to divulge his past to Charlotte, it sends her straight into Nicholae’s arms—a vampire in Lady Juliet’s clan—and a path of destruction. If Agent Seven, Simon, and Adam don’t save Charlotte in time, she and Simon will be cursed forever. 
This story is intended for readers over the age of 18 due to adult situations. PNR.


Monday, August 21, 2017

New release - DANGER MAGNET by @vivianlanewrite #PNR

Danger Magnet

Antony is hiding a dark past. Will the truth send Jana running?

Jana is the first person who wants to know all about him. The first to care in a long time, and he shouldn’t let it go any deeper, but he’s helpless to resist her. She makes him laugh, matches him in bed, and loves great food. He doesn’t want to hurt her.

But people die around him.

We briefly met Antony in MATE. Now discover how another exile from The Agency falls in love. This story is intended for readers over the age of 18 due to adult language, sexual content, and adult situations.



$0.99
Genre - paranormal romance
Children of Ossiria #4.5 - can be read as a stand alone story.


Wednesday, August 9, 2017

So. Much. Writing! #amwriting #urbanfantasy #vampires #PNR

Strange Allies series reboot

Books 1, 2, and 5 are complete!

Worked on Book 5 yesterday, which follows Book 2. 54,608 and the book is finished. 

Book 6 has 22,835 words so far. Yay for pre-written content. Gonna be way ahead on this series before I start publishing it.


Book 1 - Never Trust A Vampire

Book 2 - Save You, Save Me

Book 3 - Adam's origin story

Book 4 - Agent Seven's origin story

Book 5 - Untitled Adam and Agent Seven story

Book 6 - Untitled. Adam and Seven's story continues




Sunday, July 2, 2017

Summer/Winter Sale 2017 - all books 50% off!

Summer/Winter Sale

It's that time again!

The Smashwords store holds a big full-month sale every July and my publisher Phantom Ridge has enrolled my books.

The First Vampires - Free
Protector - free
Goddess - 50% off
Outcast - 50% off
Mate - 50% off

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

All CHILDREN OF OSSIRIA books on sale! 5 books for $3.00! #PNR #booklovers

Children of Ossiria drops to $0.99!



The First Vampires - Book #0.5. Read for freeAmazon | Apple | Barnes and Noble | Kobo | Wattpad | Free everywhere.

Jolana has served the Ossirian god of war as a seer for as long as she can remember. When he chooses her to be his instrument of destruction, she devotes herself to the task—starting with young Isa. 

Isa is a healer and when Jolana comes into his shop, he knows she is trouble but the beautiful Eridae cannot be resisted. Soon, he is drawn into a war between gods that will alter the universe forever.

This story is a prequel.




Protector - Book #1 - Jan. 1, 2016. Free. Apple | Barnes and Noble | Amazon | Smashwords 

Carys Taylor has her life perfectly under control until an ill-fated trip to the South American jungle changes her into a supernatural being. Now she's sprouting claws and stronger and faster than any human in existence. She’s overwhelmed by her new abilities until she meets Sarah, a witch who introduces her to a group of do-gooders trying to save the world from the paranormal threats it doesn’t know exists.

William spots Carys in a nightclub and is immediately drawn to her beauty and the exotic scent he can’t figure out. Too bad she’s chummy with his mortal enemies—but Carys doesn’t seem to care. She’s the first human in over a hundred years that hasn’t judged him for being a vampire and he falls for her strength, kindness, and sense of humor, but is frustrated when she keeps sticking him in the friend zone despite their obvious chemistry. Why is she so hesitant to get into a relationship? 

Between dodging a bounty hunter, saving the tribe that created her, dealing with a persistent vampire determined to make her his girlfriend, and meeting her future child, Carys’ first year as a Protector is full of challenges. What does a girl have to do to get a little peace?

This story is intended for readers over the age of 18 due to adult situations.






Goddess - Book #2 - March 1, 2016. Smashwords |  Barnes and Noble | Apple | Amazon | $0.99.

Free of the burden of knowledge about the future, William and Carys start dating, which isn’t without its challenges. Some of Carys’ friends don’t approve of the vampire and Carys is carrying baggage from her previous relationship that rears its head every time she and William get close. Trusting him with her life is easy. Trusting him with her heart is terrifying.

Meanwhile, a new and sinister supernatural threat arrives in Southern California. The Valarakan have been warriors for thousands of years, so our team of heroes will have to be on top of their game to beat them, but discover too late that Carys’ true destiny as Protector is much more life-changing than anyone could've predicted.

This story is intended for readers over the age of 18 due to adult language, sexual content, and adult situations.

*Warning: cliffhanger ending. Proceed to MATE.




Outcast
 - Book #3 - July 1, 2016 Smashwords | Amazon | Apple | Barnes and Noble | Kobo | $0.99.

What will you fight for? 

Family? 

Honor? 

The adrenaline rush? 

Because you know no other way? 

OUTCAST follows the journeys of three paladins doing their best to keep the people they care about alive in a world where monsters are real and there’s a very good reason to be afraid of the dark.

This story is intended for readers over the age of 18 due to adult language, sexual content, and adult situations.

*Discover how the good guys came together. Origin story for Michael, Catherine, Bethany, Hope, and more. Takes place prior to the events in PROTECTOR.

Goodreads



Mate - Book #4 - August 1, 2016 Apple | Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Smashwords | $0.99.

I am Kalana of Ossiria, empress and last of my kind.
I am Carys Taylor, Earth woman.

After the events of GODDESS, Carys sets out to restore Ossiria. Once her orders are being carried out, she returns home to Southern California only to find that weeks have passed instead of days. Convincing William she isn’t possessed doesn’t come easily, but once they’re finally reunited, their relationship solidifies—until a fateful trip to Ossiria.

Caught up in recent insatiable lust, the couple enters into a mating claim on the magical planet, only for Carys to wake up knowing they’ve made an impulsive mistake. Armed with Kalana’s memories, she rescinds her claim on William, putting him in dominance until they’re ready for the consequences of Ossirian magic.

But William has been in a one-sided claim before and it didn’t end well. Will he sabotage their relationship with his vampire tendencies, or are he and Carys destined to become eternal mates? Secrets and surprises will test them like never before.

This story is intended for readers over the age of 18 due to adult language, sexual content, and adult situations.