Lori Devoti, paranormal romance and urban fantasy author

It’s been slow over at Your Virtual Book Bag, but we have a good one for you. A Nocturne!!!

RISING DARKNESS
By Cynthia Cooke
Silhouette (Nocturne)
September 1, 2007
ISBN: 0373617704

~ Reviews ~

With unexpected twists and riveting moments, RISING DARKNESS is an exceedingly compelling story from start to finish.
—Written by Amelia Richard at Cataromance.com

RISING DARKNESS is an incredible paranormal romantic suspense that will keep the readers on the edges of their seats, rooting for the courageous pair of star-crossed lovers until the very last page. I highly recommend this read which is the second title in the Dark Enchantments miniseries.
—Reviewed by Leslie Tramposch for PNR Reviews

I loved how the author shows all sides to this complex hero. Paranormal fans will definitely want to check this one out, and likely be left demanding more!
—Leigh, Romance Junkies Reviewer

Cynthia Cooke’s Rising Darkness (4) is original and exciting. Cooke keeps readers on the edge of their seats with the constant danger Damian and Emma face.
—Alexandra Kay, Romantic Times

Visit Cynthia at her web site or my space page.

Lungs and knocked. Don’t ask me why, but with every book I seem to pick a new favorite word to use and abuse. (I think all writers do this.) With Unbound it was core. Seriously, what was I thinking? And I didn’t even notice its abuse until the copy edit stage–luckily there was still time to delete/change that rascally rabbit.

So, today I am doing my final pass (before handing it over to a friend) of Wild Hunt (Venge’s story) and I discovered two new rabbits–lungs and knocked.

Now I have to pull a deep breath into my lungs and knock a few of these babies out.

Lori

First how sad is it that with everything going on in the world this is the most exciting thing for me to post about? (I did consider a lecture on ing words and how not ALL ing words are gerunds, and basically there’s nothing wrong with a little gerund use now and then, but I slapped myself and moved on…maybe tomorrow.)

So, back to the topic. I bought a new scale. I had to buy a new scale because the children I have in lieu of chimpanzees (see previous post) killed my old $50 big round-faced industrial looking thing. I would have been more upset, but I’d been lusting after one of those new body fat slick digital jobs. (Yes, my life is one thrill after another.)

Anyway, I love it. It’s easy to use and easy to read. With the big dial thing I had before I was never sure exactly what the number was. And never confident one of the children in lieu of chimps hadn’t messed with the dial, creating my 5 pound drop in a day. But this baby is clear, and it calculates body fat %, muscle %, water %, BMI and basal calories used per day. The % aren’t necessarily 100% accurate, but they are good for monitoring. And they keep it real. I have faced that I am completely in every measure “normal” for overall body weight, fat, etc. However–this comes from putting the top half of a skinny woman onto the bottom half of a chubby one. I’m sure there is some relative–or two–to thank for that, but at least I now know the AVERAGE of my parts are good. (Too bad that doesn’t help when shopping for jeans–which is a completely different hell story that I will leave alone for now.)

Anyway, if you have been thinking of getting one of these little jewels–do it. Then you too can have a scintillating topic for your blog.