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Who can resist a good treasure hunt? Especially when the treasure is filled with exciting locations, sexy heroes and heroines, and a lot of adventure and fun to filled the hours. We hope you have fun uncovering the characters and plots of the stories each author has provided a clue to.

The rules:

1.       Each day a group of authors will post the answers to their clues.

2.       You must use the clues to find your way to the author’s blog/website or FB and find the answer to their question. Answers can be found in the excerpts/blurbs posted on the sites.

3.       All the answers will be posted by Friday 04/08/11.

4.       Once you have all the answers then you must go to TRS website
http://www.theromancestudio.com/ and click on the Treasure Hunt logo to submit your answers.

5.       All answers must be submitted by Saturday 04/09/11.

6.       The person with the most correct answers wins the Kindle. In cause of tie, a random winner will be picked from the group of top answers. Other prizes drawn at random.

7.       First prize is a Kindle. Other prizes include 10 print romance titles, many of the authors will be giving away a copy of their ebook to a commenter on their blog/site, and $25 gift card to Amazon.

The Clues:

04/01 Friday’s Clues
Passion in Print writer Jennifer L. Hart believes in torturing her characters in the fires of hell before they are allowed a happily ever after. In her latest release, Drue redeemed himself by working as an assistant to Dakota Whitmore, the woman he believes to be a thief. What does Drue think she stole from him?
http://www.jenniferlhart.com/
 
Seleste wishes she could visit the Badlands to enjoy some "Ramblings and Romance" and maybe even end up Blood Kissed. Which sci-fi captain does Seleste think would sit down for a drink or two with Spencer Pierce, the hero of her steampunk romance Badlands?
http://selestedelaney.com/wordpress/
 
Ryan Field, an openly gay romance writer for twenty years who writes for Ravenous Romance, wants to know what two very important topics does Luis want to discuss with Jase in the beginning of the book?
http://ryan-field.blogspot.com/
 
04/02 Saturday’s Clues
Decadent Publishing author, Deena Remiel can be found where The Brethren like to play, at Deena Remiel's Place. Michael, Brethren Protector has a full-time day job. What does he do?
http://deenar116.wordpress.com/
 
Urban Fantasy and paranormal romance writer, Vivi Dumas, resides at Delusions of Grandeur. Her heroine, Angel, true love is a hot demon name Jacque, but she has a second passion she loves almost as much. What is it?
http://vividumas.wordpress.com/
 
While sitting on her Writer’s Block, author Kelly Yeakle enjoys all things with classic beauty and Timeless elegance.  In both of her current published novels, this location has been used for either a portion or the entire novel.  Name the place.
http://kyeakle27.webs.com/
 
Rebecca Leigh, a straight-laced attorney by day who writes sexy erotic romance by night, wants to know what her two hot male vampires in Room Number Twelve like to role-play on Friday night at the Warehouse on Sixth Street.
http://blog.rebeccaleighromance.com/?zx=9f7ac5e328b15b
 
04/04 Monday’s Clues
Stacey Espino loves to escape into erotic romance.  Whether it be futuristic, paranormal or western menage, she has you covered.  In one of her menage romances, two wolf shifters are not too happy about sharing the human female they found by the side of the road.  What is the name of the woman who has captured their hearts?
http://www.staceyespino.blogspot.com/?zx=9cd4776461d53fe7

Canadian author, Jean Roberta’s recent collection of stories all have something in common. What does each one have?
http://www.jeanroberta.com/Books/obsession.htm
 
Whiskey Creek Press author Cate Masters loves diving into her writing. When one of her heroes meets a real mermaid, what does she help resurface?
http://catemasters.blogspot.com/
 
04/06 Wednesday’s Clues
Louisa Bacio enjoys traveling through some of the darker & wilder sides of the erotic. Bacio’s m/m/f paranormal release “The Vampire, The Witch & The Werewolf” is set in what historic U.S. city?
http://louisabacio.blogspot.com/
 
Kilt Kilpatrick is a popular Ravenous author with a novel and several short stories to his name. Two of his short stories take place ouside of the U.S., which are they? Btw, if you can't find a blog for him, try looking for him face to face...
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kilt-Kilpatrick/160928497477
 
LaVerne Thompson loves a good mystery. Her hero Caine Hayden meets a mystery woman one night and his business associate the next. He falls for both. What are their names?
http://isisindcblog.blogspot.com/?zx=504a36458bcde215
 
04/08 Friday’s Clues
PJ Schnyder is an author of paranormal and sci-fi romance who believes home is where the heart is. One of her heroines, Carri, believes a man might only be a lone wolf because he was never given the option to be something else. Who is Carri's wolf and what is his nickname for her?
http://pjschnyder.com/blog/
 
Author Jay Di Meo’s home has her name. Her hero James is a reincarnation of Egyptian god Seth, represented by a Jackal. His beloved Silver is the Falcon – which Egyptian god is he?
http://jaydimeo.wordpress.com/
 
Trinity Blacio has been writing professionally for the last eight years. She has titles with several different publishers. Throughout the Running In Fear series what is the one thing Jaycee craved and wanted that she finally got in book 3?
http://trinityblacio.com/blog/
 
Ravenous Romance author Lisa Lane has two series, an erotic horror trilogy and erotic, romantic space opera.  In her erotic horror books, how do her vampires take their coffee?
http://www.cerebralwriter.com/blog.html

Good luck!
 
 
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Jack Lightfoot has a family history that makes him unique to our world.  His father is a sorcerer from Eden, an alternate world to our own, and although Jack was raised on our familiar Earth, the sorcerer blood runs deep in his veins.  When an Eden bounty hunter tracks down his family, hired by the high sorcerer Morgan, Jack learns that he holds the key to both worlds--and the power to take on Morgan himself.

Bye offers an intriguing take on the classic hero's journey, meshing bibilical myth with Dungeons and Dragons-style sorcery to create a story that is as provocative as it is exciting.  I enjoyed Bye's take on the Eden myth and its connection to modern day Earth, and the story's fast pace made it a quick read.  His voice is strong, his dialog smooth, and with one exception, his style is flawless.  I did find an overuse of "be" verbs, which was the only issue I had with this book, but it was a small fault to an otherwise exceptional story.  I highly recommend THE SORCERER'S KEY to fans of high fantasy.  It is a fun and adventuorous tale that readers will not soon forget.

I give this work an enthusiastic four stars.

THE SORCERER'S KEY is available through Amazon here.
 
 
As a writer, I find that words consume the better part of my days.  Not only do I use them in ways many people might not, but I can't help but to consider their deeper meanings, their collective place in this world, their power.  Words inspire, relay ideas, break hearts, and give hope.  They define cultures, start and end wars, and relay the most complex of ideas.  They affect people in ways that only actions might prevail and take our minds to places both abstract and profound.

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For the writer, words are the fundamental building blocks for creation.  Not much compares to taking a blank screen and transforming it into something tangible and real to the mind's eye, one word at a time.  A peer recently compared it to playing God.  I disagree.  Writing does not make one god-like; it makes one an artist, a vessel of the muses, a spokesperson for both the beauty and evils of humankind.

I can't speak for all writers, but I truly know I write because I must.  I write because there is much unsaid in this world, too much, and someone needs to fill in the missing piecess.  I believe that, through literature, mountains can be moved, people changed, and minds affected.  Through words, writers have purpose.  Through words, anything is possible.