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Author: Vivi Andrews | Website
An Alaskan girl born and raised, Vivi Andrews believes the importance of duct tape cannot be overstated and plans to one day write the definitive work on the subject (as a romance, of course). She graduated from Northwestern University (Purple Pride! Go Cats!) in 2002 with a spectacularly useless degree in Theatre with a focus on lighting design and a minor in Mathematic Theory. A nomad by nature, she has lived in nine cities (on two continents and one tropical island) and held over a dozen very odd jobs while honing her skills as a writer.
Vivi has been writing for fifteen years, but it took her a while (read as: a decade) to work up the gumption to attempt publication. In 2009, her first two novellas were released by Samhain Publishing, launching the Karmic Consultants and Serengeti Shifter series respectively. She won the 2009 Romance Writers of America® Golden Heart Award for Best Single Title Contemporary Unpublished Manuscript, has won multiple other RWA writing awards and remains an active member of her local chapter.
When she isn't writing, Vivi can often be found swimming, skiing & hiking with her family. A compulsive reader and hopeless movie addict, she has a freakishly excellent memory for all things fictional (real life, not so much). Vivi is currently bracing herself for the Alaskan winter and writing like a fiend.
Published Works & Book Reviews
Superlovin'
She could resist this bad boy…if he wasn’t so darned good at it. Darla Powers, a.k.a. DynaGirl, is the Jessica Rabbit of crime fighters, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy finding a date. When her latest ex opines she’s not helpless enough to make him feel manly, she flies off to take out her romantic frustrations on a villain dumb enough to pick tonight to break into a secret government vault. Lucien Wroth’s father may be a famous supervillain, but Lucien doesn’t see himself as a bad guy. Just one determined to free his baby sister from a supercriminal’s clutches. He’s this close to getting his hands on a vital set of schematics when one sultry superheroine catches him elbow-deep in a top-secret safe. Darla is horrified when Lucien’s pretty face—and bulging muscles—distract her enough to let him get away. No one escapes DynaGirl. But somewhere along the way to getting revenge for her public humiliation, she and Lucien become uneasy allies…resisting an all-too-easy attraction. Suddenly she suspects the perfect man for a good girl just might be a very bad boy. Warning: This book contains heroes, villains, mind-games, epic battles, bustiers, leather, and an infamous “Women of the Cape” Maxim photo spread.
Reviewer: Lexile
Review: Feb 20, 2012
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance
Superhero fiction is kind of a secret love of mine. There isn't that much out there, in original universes not tied up with DC or Marvel, and some of what is available is rather...mediocre, so I'm always cautiously excited when I see a new entry. Last year Carrie Vaughn surprised me with After the Golden Age and the year or two before that was AJ Menden's "Elite Hands of Justice" series of super-hero romances
Ghosts of Boyfriends Past
Letting him in could mean losing him forever. Elizabeth "Biz" Marks has the magic touch when it comes to matters of the heart-except her own. In a slightly tipsy fit of loneliness, she once tried to harness a little love mojo to work in her favor. Instead the spell mutated into a nightmarish curse that kills off her boyfriends on her favorite holiday: Valentine's Day. With three permanently ex-boyfriends on her conscience and another hearts-and-flowers holiday approaching, the last thing she needs is a too-gorgeous-to-be-true reporter snooping around. Biz just has extraordinarily bad luck, or she's a bona-fide Black Widow who bumps off her boyfriends for a chunk of the inheritance money. Either way, Mark Ellison is sure there's a story here. Especially when his attempts to charm her send her into a panic. The harder Biz tries to keep Mark and his beguiling dimples as far away as possible, the harder he digs to get at the truth. Now she's beginning to wonder if his is the love that will finally break the curse...or if she'll be burying her heart along with him. Warning: This book contains curses, meddling ghosts, nosy neighbors and enough peppermint Schnapps to drown the inhibitions of even the most cautious witch.
Reviewer: Amanda Haffery
Review: Dec 3, 2011
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Seasonal / Holiday
Ghosts of Boyfriends Past was one heck of a roller coaster read. I actually felt totally guilty laughing throughout the story given that three of "Biz's" boyfriends had died but I couldn't help myself. The three of them were a combination of the Three Stooges and Casper's evil uncles. Biz's internal dialogue had me in stitches. I loved how she constantly tried to keep herself from falling for Mark. Mark is ju
Reawakening Eden
When life is a struggle, love is the ultimate luxury.
Librarian Eden Fairfax knows exactly where to find books about survival. None of them mentioned how to manage in the aftermath of a worldwide epidemic—with two young orphans in tow.
On a journey south to warmer climes, she finds sanctuary for all three of them among a community of survivors in Seattle. Until she realizes the children are the centerpiece of their bizarre new religion. There’s no choice but to run as far and as fast as her stolen car will go.
Former Army Ranger Connor Reed had planned to live out the end of the world in peace. Yet he can’t stand by and do nothing while a lone woman defends two children from an armed thug. Even if doing something means taking the trio in.
Eden’s not sure if the armed hermit is her salvation or an even more dangerous threat. A blizzard forces her to trust him with their lives, and in Connor’s arms she remembers what it’s like to live.
Just beyond the edge of the storm, though, the cult leader awaits his chance to get his hands on the children—and make Eden his next sexual sacrifice.
Warning: This book contains a strong, silent action-hero, a tough, tenacious heroine, a pair of steal-your-heart kids, and a pony-sized dog named Precious.
Reviewer: Lexile
Review: Nov 15, 2011
Genre(s): Romance, Science Fiction, Apocalypse
I had previously read Andrews only in context with her comedic paranormal romance series "Karmic Consultants". I really, really enjoy those books. They're sexy and funny and paced almost perfectly for afternoon reading or sneaking between work shifts. That said Reawakening Eden is well paced, sexy and thoroughly enjoyable (so really it's just missing the comedy).
Right from the get-go Andrews introduces u
Tickle My Fantasy
Go ahead. Try to resist the magic. We dare you!
Carolina Wolf by Sela Carsen
Debra knows that the teensy amount of witchcraft in her veins isn’t worth getting excited about. Yet someone—or something—thinks it’s worth attacking her. Rescuing her seals Maddox’s fate, but only if he can protect her from a rogue of his kind. A werewolf with a nasty streak…and a preference for raw meat.
The Ghost Shrink, the Accidental Gigolo and the Poltergeist Accountant by Vivi Andrews
Lucy is doomed. Not to death. To nightly visits from recently deceased Casanovas without the bodies to scratch her itch. Then a living fantasy arrives on her doorstep. Is her dry spell at an end? Not hardly. Jake has been sent to prevent her from getting laid until a particular horny phantom—and key witness in his investigation—pays her a visit.
ParaMatch.com by MK Mancos
Even though she lives without a paranormalady, Lucille has managed to carve a niche for herself with a paranormal matchmaking service. Enter Jager, deposed king of the Titans and successful paratrader. She can match anyone, except him. She doesn’t know that he’s out to negotiate the deal of a lifetime—a future with her.
Witches Anonymous by Misty Evans
Amy is done with Devil-worshipping. After swearing an oath never to use magic again, she’s in the market for a normal guy to complement her new lifestyle. And Adam looks like perfect hero material. Lucifer, however, isn’t about to be nice about letting her go…
Product Warnings
This book contains hunky werewolves, smart-ass women and men who think that’s sexy, magic, angels, medieval legends, inter-species romance, disco music and flatulent Boxers. (The dogs, not the underwear.)
Winter Wishes
A Twist on Tradition
A woman has the Christmas Eve from Hell. Two cat shifters play naughty games. And a witch brings out the beast inside the man. The magic of the season takes on a whole new meaning in these three fantastic—and festive—novellas from some of the best voices in paranormal romance.
Anthology includes:
Tangled Tinsel by Vivian Arend
No Angel by Vivi Andrews
Freeze Line by Moira Rogers
Stories also available for purchase separately.
Reviewer: Terri
Review: Dec 19, 2010
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Anthologies, Seasonal / Holiday
To really get everyone in the holiday spirit Carina Press has combined some great writers to give their readers three slightly different seasonal stories.
In Tangled Tinsel, Vivian Arend has two cat shifters sniffing each other out. Eloise Scott, known to her police department as El has been tasked with keeping Kyle Branegan safe and under wraps until a court case in January. To get his attention, she has to
Reviewer: Vicci
Review: Mar 7, 2011
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Anthologies, Seasonal / Holiday
Winter Wishes Anthology is a delightfully collection of entertaining novellas from 3 exciting authors.
“Tangled Tinsel" by Vivian Arend is delicious feline shifter based novella full of dynamic sexual energy. Eloise “El” Scott has been assigned to protect a very Randy Tom who’s on the prowl. I really enjoyed this trip into the universe of the feline-shifter. One aspect of the sto
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