January 30th
Dear Mr. Argeneau;
I hope this letters gets to you, finds you well, and that you had a happy holiday season. This is the second communication I’ve sent you. The first was mailed just before Christmas. No doubt it was lost in the holiday confusion. I did attempt to contact you by telephone, unfortunately the contact information we have doesn’t include your phone number, and it is apparently unlisted.
As to the reason for writing; I am pleased to inform you that the Vampire series you write under the name Luke Amirault is quite popular with readers, much more so than we ever expected. There has even been a great deal of interest in a possible book signing tour. So many stores have contacted us regarding this possibility that I thought I should contact you and find out if and when you would be interested in undertaking such an endeavor.
Please contact this office with your phone number and your response.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Kate C. Leever
Editor
Roundhouse publishing Co. Inc.
New York, New York
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April 1st,
Dear Ms Leever,
No.
Sincerely,
Lucern Argeneau
Toronto, Ontario
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April 11th
Dear Mr Argeneau,
I received your letter this morning and while I gather you are not interested in a book signing tour, I feel I should stress just how deep the interest in your books are. Your popularity is growing rapidly. Several publications have written requesting an interview. I don’t think I need explain how helpful this publicity would be.
As to a book signing tour, not only have we had phone calls regarding this, but a highly successful bookstore chain with outlets in both Canada and the United States has even announced that it would be willing to foot the bill to have you visit their larger stores. They would arrange and pay for your flights, put you up in hotels at each stop, and supply a car and driver to collect you from the airport, see you to the hotel, then to the signing and back. This is no small offer and I urge you to consider it carefully.
As mail from here to Toronto appears to be quite slow - though your return letters seem to take the usual ten days - I am sending this back overnight express. I would appreciate your immediate response and please remember to include your phone number this time.
Sincerely,
Kate C. Leever
Editor
Roundhouse Publishing Co. Inc.
New York, New York
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June 15th
Dear Ms Leever,
No.
Sincerely,
Lucern Argeneau
Toronto, Ontario
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June 26th
Dear Mr. Argeneau,
Once again you have forgotten to include your phone number. That being the case, I would first ask that you please call the office at once and speak to either myself, or, if I should happen to be out of the office when you call, my assistant Ashley. You may call collect if necessary, but I would really like to talk to you myself because I feel sure that you may not realize how popular you have become, or how important and necessary contact with your readers can be.
I do not know if you’re aware of it, but fan sites are springing up all over the internet and we receive tons of mail daily for you which will be boxed and forwarded to you separate from this letter. I have mentioned the requests for a book signing tour in previous letters, but should tell you now that they are reaching unmanageable proportions. It seems almost every book store around the world would love to have you visit and are sure the signing would be a major success. While you could not possibly hit every store, we think that one store in every major city would be manageable.
I would also like to urge you to consider giving an interview or two and am including the letters we have received from various publications regarding this. As you will notice, these requests come from more than just romance publications. Your popularity has gone mainstream as is reflected by the fact that various newspapers and literary magazines are also requesting interviews. We have even had interest from a couple of the morning news show. While the news shows would have to be in person, the newspaper and magazine interviews need not be, they could be managed either over the phone or even the internet if you are on it. Are you on the internet? If so, I would also like your email address and would encourage you to get Windows Messenger or something similar so that I could speak to you over the internet. Several of my writers have Messenger and we find it quite convenient and much quicker than normal mail.
There is much more I would like to discuss with you. Please remember to contact this office as soon as possible, collect if necessary. Again I am sending this overnight express.
Sincerely,
Kate C. Leever
Editor
Roundhouse Publishing Co. Inc.
New York, New York
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August 1st
Dear Ms Leever,
No.
Sincerely,
Lucern Argeneau
Toronto, Ontario
Dear Mr. Argeneau;
I hope this letters gets to you, finds you well, and that you had a happy holiday season. This is the second communication I’ve sent you. The first was mailed just before Christmas. No doubt it was lost in the holiday confusion. I did attempt to contact you by telephone, unfortunately the contact information we have doesn’t include your phone number, and it is apparently unlisted.
As to the reason for writing; I am pleased to inform you that the Vampire series you write under the name Luke Amirault is quite popular with readers, much more so than we ever expected. There has even been a great deal of interest in a possible book signing tour. So many stores have contacted us regarding this possibility that I thought I should contact you and find out if and when you would be interested in undertaking such an endeavor.
Please contact this office with your phone number and your response.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Kate C. Leever
Editor
Roundhouse publishing Co. Inc.
New York, New York
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April 1st,
Dear Ms Leever,
No.
Sincerely,
Lucern Argeneau
Toronto, Ontario
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April 11th
Dear Mr Argeneau,
I received your letter this morning and while I gather you are not interested in a book signing tour, I feel I should stress just how deep the interest in your books are. Your popularity is growing rapidly. Several publications have written requesting an interview. I don’t think I need explain how helpful this publicity would be.
As to a book signing tour, not only have we had phone calls regarding this, but a highly successful bookstore chain with outlets in both Canada and the United States has even announced that it would be willing to foot the bill to have you visit their larger stores. They would arrange and pay for your flights, put you up in hotels at each stop, and supply a car and driver to collect you from the airport, see you to the hotel, then to the signing and back. This is no small offer and I urge you to consider it carefully.
As mail from here to Toronto appears to be quite slow - though your return letters seem to take the usual ten days - I am sending this back overnight express. I would appreciate your immediate response and please remember to include your phone number this time.
Sincerely,
Kate C. Leever
Editor
Roundhouse Publishing Co. Inc.
New York, New York
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June 15th
Dear Ms Leever,
No.
Sincerely,
Lucern Argeneau
Toronto, Ontario
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June 26th
Dear Mr. Argeneau,
Once again you have forgotten to include your phone number. That being the case, I would first ask that you please call the office at once and speak to either myself, or, if I should happen to be out of the office when you call, my assistant Ashley. You may call collect if necessary, but I would really like to talk to you myself because I feel sure that you may not realize how popular you have become, or how important and necessary contact with your readers can be.
I do not know if you’re aware of it, but fan sites are springing up all over the internet and we receive tons of mail daily for you which will be boxed and forwarded to you separate from this letter. I have mentioned the requests for a book signing tour in previous letters, but should tell you now that they are reaching unmanageable proportions. It seems almost every book store around the world would love to have you visit and are sure the signing would be a major success. While you could not possibly hit every store, we think that one store in every major city would be manageable.
I would also like to urge you to consider giving an interview or two and am including the letters we have received from various publications regarding this. As you will notice, these requests come from more than just romance publications. Your popularity has gone mainstream as is reflected by the fact that various newspapers and literary magazines are also requesting interviews. We have even had interest from a couple of the morning news show. While the news shows would have to be in person, the newspaper and magazine interviews need not be, they could be managed either over the phone or even the internet if you are on it. Are you on the internet? If so, I would also like your email address and would encourage you to get Windows Messenger or something similar so that I could speak to you over the internet. Several of my writers have Messenger and we find it quite convenient and much quicker than normal mail.
There is much more I would like to discuss with you. Please remember to contact this office as soon as possible, collect if necessary. Again I am sending this overnight express.
Sincerely,
Kate C. Leever
Editor
Roundhouse Publishing Co. Inc.
New York, New York
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August 1st
Dear Ms Leever,
No.
Sincerely,
Lucern Argeneau
Toronto, Ontario
The Argeneau family has a secret…one of their own is a rogue vampire!
Nicholas Argeneau was once a successful hunter who went after rogue vampires who break the immortal law. Except no one has mentioned his name in the last fifty years, not since he turned into a rogue himself. But once a hunter, always a hunter. When Nicholas sees a bloodthirsty sucker terrifying a woman, it’s second nature for him to come to her rescue. He had no idea he would also want to kiss her senseless…
One minute Josephine Willan is taking in a breath of fresh air, and the next sharp fangs are heading straight for her neck! Luckily a gorgeous stranger saves her life . . . and gets locked up for his troubles. Can a man who kisses so lovingly and passionately really have committed the crime he’s accused of? Jo isn’t so sure…and she’s determined to prove that this renegade hunter is worth fighting for.
Nicholas Argeneau was once a successful hunter who went after rogue vampires who break the immortal law. Except no one has mentioned his name in the last fifty years, not since he turned into a rogue himself. But once a hunter, always a hunter. When Nicholas sees a bloodthirsty sucker terrifying a woman, it’s second nature for him to come to her rescue. He had no idea he would also want to kiss her senseless…
One minute Josephine Willan is taking in a breath of fresh air, and the next sharp fangs are heading straight for her neck! Luckily a gorgeous stranger saves her life . . . and gets locked up for his troubles. Can a man who kisses so lovingly and passionately really have committed the crime he’s accused of? Jo isn’t so sure…and she’s determined to prove that this renegade hunter is worth fighting for.
It bit: New York hotels cost an arm and a leg, and Terri had flown from England to help plan her cousin's wedding. The new in-laws offered lodging. But they were a weird bunch. There was the sometimes-chipper-sometimes-brooding Lucern, and the wacky stage-actor, Vincent. (She couldn't imagine Broadway casting a hungrier singing-and-dancing Dracula.). And then there was Bastien. Just looking into his eyes, Terri had to admit she was falling for him - someone even taller, darker and hungrier than the other two. She was feeling a mite peckish herself. And if she stayed with him, those bloodsucking hotel owners wouldn't get her!
VAMPIRES DON’T EXIST . . . DO THEY?
Inez Urso is beginning to have her doubts. Her business associate Thomas Argeneau has some interesting traits, like an allergic reaction to the sun, excellent night vision, and not much of an appetite for food. And to top it all off, he just tried to bite her neck . . . but maybe that was a sign of passion. If so, she’d be happy to experience more, despite her determination not to mix business with pleasure.
HE’S BEEN WAITING FOREVER FOR A WOMAN LIKE HER . . .
Well, if not forever, at least two hundred years. Inez is the most beautiful woman he’s seen in centuries. Those luscious lips, seductive curves, and her elegant neck . . . he just couldn’t resist the temptation of one little bite. Now Thomas will do anything to convince her that only an immortal like him can satisfy her all night long . . .
Inez Urso is beginning to have her doubts. Her business associate Thomas Argeneau has some interesting traits, like an allergic reaction to the sun, excellent night vision, and not much of an appetite for food. And to top it all off, he just tried to bite her neck . . . but maybe that was a sign of passion. If so, she’d be happy to experience more, despite her determination not to mix business with pleasure.
HE’S BEEN WAITING FOREVER FOR A WOMAN LIKE HER . . .
Well, if not forever, at least two hundred years. Inez is the most beautiful woman he’s seen in centuries. Those luscious lips, seductive curves, and her elegant neck . . . he just couldn’t resist the temptation of one little bite. Now Thomas will do anything to convince her that only an immortal like him can satisfy her all night long . . .
FATE GAVE HER FANGS . . .
Ever since an accident turned her into a knockout vamp, Elvi Black’s been catching her z’s in a coffin, staying out of the sun, and giving up garlic. She knows there’s more to being undead than what she saw in Dracula, but she can’t very well ask her mortal friends about proper biting etiquette. But when her neighbors placed a personal ad for her in the local paper, she never imagined she’d meet Victor Argeneau, a vampire who could have his pick of any woman—dead or alive.
HE’LL SHOW HER HOW TO USE THEM . . .
Rich, powerful, and drop-dead gorgeous, Victor’s the perfect man for a novice neck-biter like Elvi. He’s willing to teach her everything he knows, but he’ll have to do it fast. Someone’s out to put a stake through her new vamp life, and only Victor can keep her safe – and satisfied – for all eternity.
Ever since an accident turned her into a knockout vamp, Elvi Black’s been catching her z’s in a coffin, staying out of the sun, and giving up garlic. She knows there’s more to being undead than what she saw in Dracula, but she can’t very well ask her mortal friends about proper biting etiquette. But when her neighbors placed a personal ad for her in the local paper, she never imagined she’d meet Victor Argeneau, a vampire who could have his pick of any woman—dead or alive.
HE’LL SHOW HER HOW TO USE THEM . . .
Rich, powerful, and drop-dead gorgeous, Victor’s the perfect man for a novice neck-biter like Elvi. He’s willing to teach her everything he knows, but he’ll have to do it fast. Someone’s out to put a stake through her new vamp life, and only Victor can keep her safe – and satisfied – for all eternity.
Rogue Hunter: An Immortal Who Protects The World From Renegade Vampires
Samantha Willan is a workaholic lawyer. She's grateful for some rest and relaxation in cottage country, and after a recent break-up she wants to stay as far away from romance as possible. Then she meets her irresistible new neighbor. There's something strange and mysterious about his eyes. Is it just her imagination, or are they locked on her neck?
Garrett Mortimer is a rogue hunter. His last assignment united Lucian Argeneau with his life mate, and Mortimer is hoping this one will be less... adventurous. He's here to track down a reported rogue, but fun in the sun is every bloodsucker's nightmare. Worse, he can't seem to get his mind off Samantha, especially when he spies her skinny-dipping in the lake. After eight hundred years as a bachelor, is he ready to turn a volatile attraction into a lasting love affair?
Samantha Willan is a workaholic lawyer. She's grateful for some rest and relaxation in cottage country, and after a recent break-up she wants to stay as far away from romance as possible. Then she meets her irresistible new neighbor. There's something strange and mysterious about his eyes. Is it just her imagination, or are they locked on her neck?
Garrett Mortimer is a rogue hunter. His last assignment united Lucian Argeneau with his life mate, and Mortimer is hoping this one will be less... adventurous. He's here to track down a reported rogue, but fun in the sun is every bloodsucker's nightmare. Worse, he can't seem to get his mind off Samantha, especially when he spies her skinny-dipping in the lake. After eight hundred years as a bachelor, is he ready to turn a volatile attraction into a lasting love affair?
IT WAS A CASE SHE COULD SINK HER TEETH INTO . . .
After seven hundred years of life, Marguerite Argeneau finally has a career. Well, the start of one, anyway. She’s training to be a private investigator, and her first assignment is to find an immortal’s mother. It seemed simple enough, until Marguerite wakes up one evening to find herself at the wrong end of a sword. Now she realizes she’s in way over her head.
Julius Notte wants to protect Marguerite, and not because someone just tried to take her head off. She doesn’t know it yet, but she’s his lifemate and he’s determined to woo her. It’s been over five hundred years since he last courted a woman, but surely the techniques haven’t changed. Now if only he can keep her alive – so to speak – so they can have that happily-ever-after.
After seven hundred years of life, Marguerite Argeneau finally has a career. Well, the start of one, anyway. She’s training to be a private investigator, and her first assignment is to find an immortal’s mother. It seemed simple enough, until Marguerite wakes up one evening to find herself at the wrong end of a sword. Now she realizes she’s in way over her head.
Julius Notte wants to protect Marguerite, and not because someone just tried to take her head off. She doesn’t know it yet, but she’s his lifemate and he’s determined to woo her. It’s been over five hundred years since he last courted a woman, but surely the techniques haven’t changed. Now if only he can keep her alive – so to speak – so they can have that happily-ever-after.
Etienne Argeneau's three hundred years of bachelorhood were at an end. Either that, or he'd be forever alone. He could only "turn" one human in his lifetime, and most of his kind reserved that power for creating a life mate. If he turned the wrong woman . . . But what choice did he have? He had to save Rachel Garrett. He didn't know her very well, but the beautiful coroner had saved his life. To save hers he would make her immortal.
Rachel Garrett awoke surprised. All she'd wanted was to get off the night shift in the morgue; now here she was staggering to her feet naked and in a strange place. But eveerything would be all right. She'd just make like a bat out of-Then she saw the man of her dreams emerging from his...coffin? And the look in his bright silver eyes said they'd be spending a lot of time together. She just hoped he tasted as good as he looked.
Rachel Garrett awoke surprised. All she'd wanted was to get off the night shift in the morgue; now here she was staggering to her feet naked and in a strange place. But eveerything would be all right. She'd just make like a bat out of-Then she saw the man of her dreams emerging from his...coffin? And the look in his bright silver eyes said they'd be spending a lot of time together. She just hoped he tasted as good as he looked.