Join me tonight at 7 p.m. LIVE here as I take part in a panel of other vampire authors. The discussion? Vampires don’t sparkle…
Vampires have been with us – through myth, legend and fireside tale – for hundreds of years.
The idea of the immortal – given life through blood – never goes away. It evolves. Clever authors? We reinvent.
In my books, Light has this role.
Vampires can be creatures of horror, fantasy or science fiction. These lines are increasingly blurred: vampires as real creatures alongside humans.
In Rebel Vampires Blood Lifers are a second species, camouflaged predators that are evolved alongside humans. Like G. R. R. Martin’s Fevre Dream, this pushes it into science fiction, as much as dark fantasy/urban fantasy and paranormal suspense.
In Twilight by Stephenie Meyer the vampires sparkle in sunlight because their skin is marble-like. It’s become one of the most quoted phrases…
Yet it’s only one of the many faces of the modern-day vampire. Mine? Are dark, adult and in the words of a recent review?
“Take what you know about vampire romance and throw it away. Rosemary A Johns is not only a refreshing new voice in this genre, she excels it. Her vampires are edgy and enticing” – Rockchick Addiction Reviews
There’s room for both types because vampires – like zombies, shifters or angels – represent what each society needs, wants and desires.
I will always love, read, and write them.
So, do vampires sparkle – and should they?
LISTEN IN LIVE TO THE DEBATE HERE.
It was a blinding surprise to discover Blood Dragons had won the Silver Award.
One panel was dedicated to 
Not to miss the 
“One of the most unique and ingenious vampire books I have ever read …reminded me very much of Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles” – Leather and Lace Reviews.
The cover for Blood Renegades is by the same designer – JD Smith – as the first two books in the 
Felicity Heaton: A USA Today and New York Times Bestseller, her books feature vampires, werewolves, angels, demons… This is one for passionate paranormal romance lovers.
I take my place alongside them with a divided paranormal London where vampires are both predator and prey.
5* “When Light is captured, he refuses to lose himself. Being sold to Grayse is the ticket he needs out of his cell, even though her father owns the company that enslaves him… Tragic, triumphant, addictive. Johns succeeded in creating a world, characters, and a story that pulled me in until I had to finish reading it… This is a novel everyone should read” – Readers’ Favorite
5* Highly Recommended “Quirky, amusing, frightening and dark… For anyone who is just looking for something a bit different, a bit edgy, something that will amuse you, frighten you and take you on one hell of a journey into love, death, humanity, and monsters” – Underground Book Reviews
In honour of Light’s escape into the real world – here’s Light’s Character Profile:
Light: A rebel Blood Lifer with a photographic memory. And a Triton motorbike. He’s a British James Dean: rough leather motorcycle jacket, decorated with a worn gold Ace of Spades, collar firmly turned up, over a black t-shirt, jeans and tall motorcycle boots, topped by a light brown pompadour, tamed with Brylcreem. He tried to conforming once: didn’t fit.
Favourite motorbike? Triton. ‘A sodding scarlet slash of beauty. 650cc Triumph twin-cylinder engine in a Norton ‘slimline’ Featherbed frame – and my bloody god.’
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