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ATTENTION READERS: New Romantic Fantasy, The Chamber of Curiosities is NOW AVAILABLE.  Be the first to read, review, and start discussions on forums. The seductive tale, set in a carnival in an ancient land, features a host of characters with intense love obsessions who experience jealousy and rage at loss of control over beloved.

Ramey Sandeley from [amazon_link id="0982500203" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The House on Black Lake[/amazon_link] experiences his first taste of jealousy when Alexandra Brighton and her son Samuel visit the summer home he shares with his wife Ruth and five young children. Ramey has never heard the word "No" and is not accustomed to being turned down or having romantic feelings towards anyone. He views his business and personal life as a series of conquests, and is always the winner.

His first taste of the bitter drug of jealousy comes on the day Alexandra spends a long afternoon in the arms of seductive young French artist Andre Labat. His confrontation following her liaison illuminates  untapped feelings and reveals a darker, cruel side. Ultimately, jealousy is the agent of transformation and catharsis for both Alexandra and Ramey and sets in motion a string of events with profound consequences.

Based on votes from romance forums the best jealous alpha males in romance literature are as follows (in no order of preference):

1. Jake from [amazon_link id="1476712042" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Beautiful Disaster[/amazon_link] by Jamie McGuire - hot book  fast on the rise

2. Dragos from [amazon_link id="B004Q7DQLS" target="_blank" ]Dragon Bound[/amazon_link]  by Thea Harrison

3. Seth from [amazon_link id="0758205635" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Out of Control[/amazon_link] by Shannon McKenna

4. Lachlain from [amazon_link id="1416509879" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Hunger Like No Other [/amazon_link](Immortals After Dark Series) by Kresly Cole

5. Jacques from [amazon_link id="0843956534" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Dark Desire [/amazon_link](Carpathian Series) by Christine Freehan

6. "Iceman" from [amazon_link id="0312939922" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Dangerous Games [/amazon_link]by Lora Leigh - erotic

7. Lord Ian from [amazon_link id="B004RKXHTK" target="_blank" ]The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie[/amazon_link] by Jennifer Ashly

8. Tristan from [amazon_link id="143890259X" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]A Rose to the Fallen [/amazon_link]by April Bostic

9. Bones from [amazon_link id="0061783196" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Night Huntress Series [/amazon_link]by Jeaniene Frost

10. Raphael from [amazon_link id="B001RDCJBW" target="_blank" ]Guild Hunter Series[/amazon_link] by Nalini Singh

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In [amazon_link id="0982500203" target="_blank" container="" container_class=""]The House on Black Lake[/amazon_link] there are dark forces at work. HOBL is the first of a trilogy that segues into the paranormal, although there is paranormal activity described throughout the first book. Alexandra Brighton has been educated by modern social systems and therefore is unwilling to acknowledge her own special gifts or to take seriously the wisdom of the mystics and gypsies who are her tutors in the underground. However, her host, Ramey Sandeley, is determined to expose her to certain "truths". Her journey of transformation on Black Lake is the beginning of her initiation into a world of dangerous beauty and terrible dark secrets.

Listed below are the top ten + 1 paranormal romance novels (listed most often by fans of the genre).

l. [amazon_link id="193341751X" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Vampires in America [/amazon_link](Series) by D.B. Reynolds

2. [amazon_link id="0425212866" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Psy/Changling[/amazon_link] (series) - Nalini Singh

3. [amazon_link id="1416509879" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Immortals After Dark[/amazon_link] (series) - Kresley Cole

4. [amazon_link id="0425241505" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Dragon Bound[/amazon_link] (elder races series) by Thea Harrison

5.[amazon_link id="0515139769" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ] Ghost Walkers[/amazon_link] (series) - Christine Freehan

6. [amazon_link id="0440244404" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Fever [/amazon_link](series) by Karen Marie Moning

7. [amazon_link id="0778329070" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Shifter[/amazon_link] (series) - Rachel Vincent

8. [amazon_link id="0451226259" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Chicagoland Vampires[/amazon_link] (series) - urban fantasy by Chloe Neill

9. [amazon_link id="0451219376" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Broken Heart Oklahoma[/amazon_link] (series)- for those who prefer their paranormal splashed with humor

10. [amazon_link id="0441020429" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Magic Series[/amazon_link]  - Ilona Andrew's - by Kate Daniels

+ 1 Shelley Laurentson's shape shifting series including [amazon_link id="0758231709" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Big Bad Beast[/amazon_link], [amazon_link id="0758231687" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Beat Behaving Badly[/amazon_link],[amazon_link id="1599986337" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Go Fetch[/amazon_link], [amazon_link id="0758220383" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Mane Attraction[/amazon_link], and [amazon_link id="0758231660" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Mane Squeeze [/amazon_link]are funny, filled with eccentric characters, and also very popular with paranormal romance fans.

ATTENTION READERS: New Romantic Fantasy, [amazon_link id="B07191NW8N" target="_blank" ]The Chamber of Curiosities[/amazon_link], set in a carnival in an ancient land is now available. Be the first to read, review, and comment on the love story between a beautiful aerialist and a charismatic young giant. It is a tale filled with forced love, bondage, infidelity, betrayal, obsession, and self empowerment. 

Kidnapping and forced love are popular themes in romance literature. Like with [amazon_link id="1606208780" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Beauty and the Beast [/amazon_link]and [amazon_link id="B003XVYII8" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Hades and Persephone[/amazon_link]  there is an allure to be desired, and drawn to vulnerability by a powerful captor. [amazon_link id="0982500203" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The House on Black Lake[/amazon_link]  explores the provocative themes of confinement and forced love.

Following is a list of preeminent romance novels featuring forced love. Thanks to Amazon forum for input:

Regency:

[amazon_link id="0061733970" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]My Dangerous Duke [/amazon_link]by Gaelen Foley - she is kidnapped for him as a virginal "gift" - very much a Beauty in the Beast type plot

[amazon_link id="0821746898" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Captured by Love [/amazon_link] by Amber Kaye - he kidnaps her based on a revenge plot

[amazon_link id="B003UHUBGI" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Beguiled[/amazon_link] by Heather Graham - very tame kidnap tale, he's a highwayman type that takes her off into the woods briefly

[amazon_link id="0380752948" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Silver Angel[/amazon_link] by Johanna Lindsey - she is kidnapped, sold into slavery, and he is her purchaser

[amazon_link id="B00D7SI6N0" target="_blank" ]The Last Highwayman[/amazon_link] by Katherine O'Neal - he kidnaps her to get the ransom money but her family doesn't pay - they end up working together, very passionate

[amazon_link id="B000QRIHF2" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Devil Who Tamed Her[/amazon_link] by Johanna Lindsey - very tame kidnap tale, basically he absconds with her into the countryside to melt her heart of ice based on a bet

[amazon_link id="0380814714" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]So Speaks the Heart[/amazon_link] by Johanna Lindsey - he takes her from her home, thinking she's a slave

Western:

[amazon_link id="1419958291" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Lakota Love Song[/amazon_link] by Madeline Baker - he is an injured Indian that she rescues from death, only to be kidnapped by him when he's better

[amazon_link id="1599982099" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Bounty [/amazon_link]by Beth Williamson - he's hired by a psycho to find her for a bounty, so he finds her, kidnaps her and then falls for her

[amazon_link id="1420108506" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Diablo [/amazon_link]by Georgina Gentry - he kidnaps her based on a revenge plot but they fall for each other, very moving story

[amazon_link id="0671019724" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Touch of Fire[/amazon_link] by Linda Howard - he kidnaps her to help heal a gun shot wound, but loses his heart to her

Contemporary:

[amazon_link id="0446326925" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Wild Orchids [/amazon_link]by Karen Robards - he's on the run in Mexico and she's in the wrong place at the wrong time, he kidnaps her to use her as a means of escape

[amazon_link id="0671795538" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Perfect[/amazon_link]by Judith McNaught - he breaks out of jail and uses her and her car as a means of escape

[amazon_link id="0425217620" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Unlawful Contact[/amazon_link] by Pamela Clare - he uses her to break out of jail, then abducts her- very moving passionate story

American Historical:

[amazon_link id="0553578812" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Star Keeper[/amazon_link] by Patricia Potter - they're already falling in love but she learns the truth about him - that he is an enemy pirate- to keep her quiet her abducts her

[amazon_link id="0553562266" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Relentless [/amazon_link]by Patricia Potter - she is kidnapped for him as part of a revenge plot- very moving and passionate

[amazon_link id="0821734423" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Sweet Fire[/amazon_link] by Jo Goodman - he kidnaps her as part of a complex plot- she is unaware because she has amnesia - but very good passionate moving story

HISTORICAL/PARANORMAL

[amazon_link id="0449002470" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Pirate Prince[/amazon_link](Ascension Trilogy), historical pirate romance, by Gaelen Foley

[amazon_link id="1416509879" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]A Hunger Like No Other[/amazon_link] (Immortals after Dark, Book1) paranormal vampire intrigue, by Kresley Cole

[amazon_link id="143915788X" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Devil Wears Plaid[/amazon_link] by Teresa Medeiros

[amazon_link id="B003F76XCO" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Bodacious [/amazon_link]by Sharon Ervin

[amazon_link id="0449006379" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Lord of Fire [/amazon_link] by Gaelen Foley
[amazon_link id="0425219607" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Spymaster’s Lady[/amazon_link] by Johanna Bourne

[amazon_link id="0778328481" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Ruthless[/amazon_link], (The House of Rohan), by Anne Steward

[amazon_link id="0440223725" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]All Through the Night[/amazon_link]by Connie Brockway

[amazon_link id="B007PU0882" target="_blank" ]Honor Bound[/amazon_link] by Sandra Brown

[amazon_link id="B006YGD8J4" target="_blank" ]Some Kind of Magic[/amazon_link] by Theresa Weir

[amazon_link id="1402588216" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Hawk O’Toole’s Hostage [/amazon_link]by Sandra Brown

Thanks to the Amazon romance forum for their input

Fairy tales and romantic comedies have led us down a path to seek beautiful romance. But, society tells us this may not be at all what we crave. Lady GaGa's new song is breaking records, as is Twilight. True Blood, Spartacus, Mad Men, and the list goes on. They all show bad romance at its very best. All seek something, but none really finds it.  Because it cannot be had without an interference. There is always the dark side ready to swallow us up - man and woman.

"The House on Black Lake" explores this theme through many different angles and individuals.  At book's end it is still not clear where the answer lies, but there is hope of something different and far more exhilarating. There is something about "Bad Romance" that lures us all and can be explosive if we learn how to harness it. The romantic candlelit table places too much expectation of perfection and beauty without the thorn that gives it its special allure.

Bad Romance - a revolution unfolds!

Bad Romance