[box_tip]Psst – this interview is SPOILER-FREE!! Read on with confidence, even if you haven’t yet read the book![/box_tip]

Rebecca Zanetti (RZ): Thanks so much for having me here! You know I’m right at home here at GraveTells.

GraveTells (GT): As an author, you’ve “watched” Janie grow up from a small child into this magnificent young woman who bears the fate of the world on her shoulders. Did you have any “mom” moments while writing Janie & Zane’s [...]

There is a charming – and striking – dichotomy between the relationship Janie and Zane share and the ones played out by all the other couples in the series. As her lifelong best friend and companion, Zane is sweet, loving, and playful, but he can quickly flip into vampire single-minded bossiness when he believes Janie is in danger. Ms Zanetti’s heroes are always alpha males who fall just on the right side of that razor thin edge between adoring males who live to serve their mates and beastly, control-happy cavemen who kill first and ask questions later. And let me tell you – that heady, steaming hot hero profile is just begging for a gaggle of female fans! [...]

I absolutely love being back here at GraveTells for the fun celebration for DavinciKittie! Happy Party-Time to an amazing blogger, reviewer, and friend! Some of you might not know this, but DVK knows how to roll with the punches, often choosing just the right refreshment for the moment…or knowing where to buy an umbrella during a monsoon when the rest of us are running frantically through rain. <DVK: I tried to find a picture of this! It’s too bad I don’t have one, because that was a funny sight – you guys running through the rain and me with the parasol! *wink*>

She’s calm, cool, [...]

Each year, in addition to our annual Readers Choice Awards, the GraveTells team recognizes our picks for the top romances of the year in our official Book Awards.  Read on to see who received the honors in 2013!

Of all the books reviewed on GraveTells in 2013, Striking Distance stands out as the most memorable and, well, striking.  What sets it apart is more than just a hot romance (although it does have that) and an action-packed plot (which is also a plus), but in author Pamela Clare’s ability to weave together political, personal, and religious elements to paint a picture of the atrocities of war in a way [...]