TGIF Switch...Welcome Sydney Croft!
Hi Everyone!
Sydney Croft’s newest book, Unleashing The Storm, comes out on February 26th, and we’re thrilled! (The ‘we’, btw, refers to the co-authors behind Sydney Croft – Larissa Ione and Stephanie Tyler.)
So, since we’ve got a theme going with the Ten Things meme with Larissa and Steph already, we figured we’d continue it for Sydney!
10 ways you know a book was written by Sydney Croft:
1) There will be military and/or former military men involved. This, of course, is Steph's influence, who will never forget when Larissa said, all our heroes aren't going to be SEALs, are they? (As if something would be wrong with that anyway) – and Steph said, of course not. Some of them can be Delta Force. At which point, Larissa gave up trying to talk Steph out of that. And puts up with all Steph’s military questions, thanks to her and her husband’s extensive military background.
2) Sydney writes Erotica. Which means, there will be a lot of explicit sex that is completely organic to the story. We go by the definition of Erotica that you cannot take out the sex and still have the story work.
3) Larissa and Steph pay tribute to their pets, past and present, in the Sydney books.
4) All the parents in the ACRO universe seem to be of the soul-suckingly bad variety (phrase coined by Larissa as she pointed this out during our writing of UTS – in fact, it had something to do with Creed – the conversation went something like this:
L: What about Creed’s parents?
S: They’re dead.
L: No, I don’t think you killed them off.
S: Real live parents in the ACRO world – I don’t know what to do with them…
So yes, Creed has living, breathing parents who are normal! Well, as normal as ghost hunters can be…
5) While we may carry over subplots into other books, the main couple always always gets their happy ending…in that way, Syd’s books fall totally onto the side of erotic romance. Because, well, we love happy endings.
6) We love subplots. Lots of them.
7) Sydney Croft writes alpha men, strong women, and people with superhuman powers.
8) All Sydney books are connected through the Agency For Covert Rare Operatives, and even though some of the subplots carry through the first 3 books, they can be read out of order.
9) So far, all the books contain some form of water sex. We’re not sure why, but it appears to be an ongoing theme.
10) As both Larissa and Steph mention in their own posts about their own books, many of the Syd character names are different. Larissa claims her are uncommon and that Steph’s are weird, but she’s lying. (Larissa would like to offer up as evidence to the fact that she’s NOT lying: Trance, Hex, Ender, Coco, and Oz. See how NOT lying she is?)
In order to be eligible to win an ARC of Unleashing The Storm, all you have to do is tell us what your favorite(s) sub-genres of romance are (historical, comtemp, milrom, paranromal, etc) in the comments below!!! You do need to be a registered user at Cigars, which you can do now. Quickly. Easily. Freely. Winner will be posted tonight in the comments.
favorite subgenres
My favorite subgenres are historical and paranormal. I haven't found any though that I won't read. LOL I love romance.
I am a member of the Writeminded Reader Group.
Hey CrystalGB! I think I
Hey CrystalGB!
I think I probably read the least amount of historicals (and paras too, but that's because I tend to avoid what I write, especially when I'm in the middle of writing it) But whenever I do try a historical, I find I really enjoy it.
I forgot to mention before
I forgot to mention before that I'm a reader from Writeminded too!
I am a member of the
I am a member of the Writeminded Reader group and I LOVE Sydney Croft books! I love all sub-genres, but if made to pick just one I would go with paranormal because anything can happen. :)
Hey Jambrea - Thanks so much
Hey Jambrea -
Thanks so much for sharing the Sydney love :):):) And yes, that's what Larissa and I find to be so much fun about the Sydney stuff - because it's so true that we can pretty much have anything at all happen...
Hi!!
I'm also a member of the Writeminded Reader Group!
Wow, picking one is hard since I love to read!! Right now I am reading a contemporary romance that has an ex military alpha male in it and so far so good!! Ok, I'm going to pick one and I will say since I have only recently started reading paranormal and enjoyed everything I have read so far, that would be my pick for today!!
Hi Blanche! Oh, can you tell
Hi Blanche!
Oh, can you tell me the name of the book if you're really liking it? Because you know, all I have to hear is the word military and I'm all over it :)
Favorite sub-genres
I like paranormal and historical. But I will really read anything. As long as the book sound interesting I will read it. All that matters to me is escaping into a another world every once in a while.
Hi five by five - Escaping
Hi five by five -
Escaping into another world is awesome, isn't it? That's how I feel when I write, too...it's just wonderful :)
Paranormal!!
It is really hard to pick just one. I'm pretty open to all genres. But if I had to pick just one, paranormal is my all time favorite. And if there is a military man involved I am SO there! :P
Writeminded member here, too!
*waves to Angie-la* You and
*waves to Angie-la*
You and military men?! Nah...I don't believe it ;)
I know, right??
Who'da thunk it. LOL!!
All of them?
OK, I do love pretty much all of the sub-genres, but my favs are probably contemporary, military, and then historical, but I'll read them all :)
And Sydney's list is great! I LOVE HEAs, and uh, water sex is pretty sexy! And the bit about parents makes me laugh ;)
Thanks for such a fun post today!
Hey fedora - OMG - the first
Hey fedora -
OMG - the first time Larissa mentioned to me that we have only soul-sucking bad Sydney parents I swear I laughed for an hour...it was SO funny, because, as she said, her parents are great and so are mine, so I'm not sure where the, let's kill all the parents, thing comes from.
I guess it's a good thing my parents don't read these books :)
Hmmm...latent grumpy
Hmmm...latent grumpy teenager issues, maybe? I am sure Freud would come up with some reason...LOL
My Favorite Sub-Genre
It seems alot of your favorite is paranormal. I haven't tried any paranormal romance yet. What you all recommend to read?
My favorite would be contemporary romance.
Some of my faves!
Sherrilyn Kenyon, J R Ward, Patricia Briggs, and Keri Arthur come to mind immediately as those are my favorites! But if you like more light-hearted try Katie MacAlister, MaryJanice Davidson or Lynsay Sands.
I can second the Kenyon,
I can second the Kenyon, Ward and Briggs! I haven't read the others..
Thanks Stephanie
Thanks for your input. :) And "Unleashing the Storm" do sound awesome. I also love the color of the cover. Looking forward to reading this series.
Ditto what Stephanie said!
Ditto what Stephanie said! I'm also digging Keri Arthur and Lara Adrian. Our own Jaci does a mean demon hunter, too!
Thanks Angie-la
Thank you so much for the recommendations! I have heard some of the authors you mentioned.
Fav genres
Writeminded Reader group member here. I love historicals, contemps and paranormals. Speaking of strong heroines, you might want to take a peek at the pic in my latest blog entry. :)
jennybrat (I love that name,
jennybrat (I love that name, btw) -
Your blog entry is hysterical - everyone, go look!!! So funny :)
Fav sub-genre
Paranormal is definitely my favorite, but I do love when suspense is added, too!
*waves to Cynthia* Thanks so
*waves to Cynthia*
Thanks so much for stopping by to say hi! And yes, suspense always makes for heightened romance, doesn't it :)
Favorite Genre
Steph and Larissa,
Put me in the drawing for this one! Love paranormal in every form. Discovered Jenna Black when I won one of her books over at Writeminded. Can't wait for the second Storm book and when will Larissa's Demonica be out! I absolutely loved the first Storm book. Yes, the sex is necessary to the plot, but the paranormal story stands on its' own. You ladies are great with the details.
Can't wait to find out what happens with Creed and Annika.
Hey AudreyJ! Jenna Black is
Hey AudreyJ!
Jenna Black is awesome - both as a person and an author! I'm so glad we could help you find her :)
And OMG - Larissa's first Demonica book is AWESOME! I know people probably think, oh she has to say that, but let me tell you something - I couldn't read her book all at once because I was so _completely_ filled with jealousy at how completely great it is...
I guess it's a good sign when you can tell your writing partner how completely jealous of her talent you are :)
And thanks for the Syd co,pliments! Creed and Annika have a nice part in UTS ;)
Aww, Audrey, thank you! And
Aww, Audrey, thank you! And Steph, you know how totally jealous I am of your writing.
Which is why it's a good thing we write together, because then I'm like, oh, this is so good...I'm glad it's going in a book I wrote! *g*
I read by mood so I am
I read by mood so I am grateful for all the different genres and sub genres out there. The only thing that is really difficult for me to get into is hard corce sci-fi.
Another member of the Writeminded Reader group stalking you.
Hi Terri! We *heart* our WM
Hi Terri!
We *heart* our WM Group stalkers :)
I'm not a big SF myself - Larissa is - her input on the world building aspects in the Syd books is no doubt based on that, and it's immensely helpful to me...
I'm a mood reader too. And a mood eater...
My favorite genres of
My favorite genres of romance are contemporary and suspense (or is that considered contemporary?)
Hi Ellen - Hmmm, well, I
Hi Ellen -
Hmmm, well, I think Romantic Suspense and Contemporary are different beasts! They're two of my favorites too....
Favorites
I love reading anything that has to do with the paranormal genre (specifically about vampires). My favorite series are The Dark-Hunter by Sherrilyn Kenyon and Colleen Gleason's Gardella Chronicles!
tetewa - Who's your favorite
tetewa -
Who's your favorite Dark Hunter?! Mine's probably Wulf...and I've heard great things about Gleason's series - must add that to the TBR pile...
"Unleashing the Storm!"
Hello, Thanks for the fun contest! I love books. My choice of romance books are either historical or suspense. Thanks very much.....Cindi
Hi windycindy- You're so
Hi windycindy-
You're so welcome - we kind of love giving books away!!!
I love...
I read all different genres, but my favorites are paranormals and military romances. I have heard great things about your other Croft book and will hopefully be able to get it soon.
Hey Kris - MILROM!!!!
Hey Kris -
MILROM!!!! YAY!
The whole Syd series is such a blast to write - I hope you enjoy RTS!
Tell the truth Steph...you
Tell the truth Steph...you coined the term MILROM, didn'tcha??!!
subgenres
My favourite subgenres are futuristics and paranormals.
Hi Stephanie!! The book I am
Hi Stephanie!!
The book I am reading is Naked Truth by Amy Fetzer......just started it but like I said, so far so good!!
Favorite
I keep going back and forth between historical and contemporary as my favorites.
I am part of the Writeminded group too!
Great list!
Great list! I love it! You two sound like you have so much fun together!
As for the question...I LOVE all sub-genres of romance...what can I say? I am easy...I will read pretty much everything. I do have a soft spot for westerns though.
Oh, and I LOVE being a part of the Writeminded Reader group...it is so much fun chatting with all of you over there.
I'm a writeminded group
I'm a writeminded group member too.
I love paranormal, historicals and contemps :o)
Hey you two!
*waves*
I love paranormal and anything with tortured heroes ;)
Alpha hero
Hi Sydney/Larissa and Stephanie,
My favorite genre is romantic suspense and that encompasses characters that are military/Black Ops and G-men. Paranormals are next on my list. I love psychic and ghost stories. I guess I like all stories as long as they have feature an alpha hero. I'm also a member of the Writeminded Reader group.
I love all sub genres of
I love all sub genres of romance, especially historical and paranormal.
My favorites are romantic
My favorites are romantic suspense, contempts, paranormal, fantasies, sci/fi, and I love reading books with military heroes. Love men in uniforms. lol.
I am a member of the
I am a member of the writeminded reader group. I loved Riding the Storm and can't wait till Unleashing the Storm is released.
All of them!!!
I just like romances. :-) I think I read more contemporaries than others, but I enjoy most types. Hhm, paranormal are probably my least favorite, but that doesn't mean I don't occasionally read and enjoy them!