User:Rose Anderson - Novelist

Have you ever fallen so deeply in love with the characters in a romance novel that thoughts of them linger long after the last page is turned? Have you ever been so completely immersed in a love scene that you'd swear you've just been kissed or more? Meet Rose Anderson's strong, confident heroines and compelling heroes you'll wish were there beside you. Come see how their lives entwine and through their stories discover love profound.

First published in 2011, and story-crafting for more than twenty years, Romance author Rose Anderson shares an insight: I have an active imagination and I write everything from children’s stories to historical fiction. As a persnickety leisure reader, I enjoy novels rich in detail that give me just enough to allow my imagination to fully kick into gear. I especially enjoy novels that feel like they were written just for me. It's hard to explain, but if you've ever read one of those, then you know what I mean. As an author, I enjoy creating stories that offer more should the reader care to delve deeper, but each stands alone as captivating read. I love words and choose them as carefully as an artist might choose a color. For an enhanced reading experience, be sure to look up whatever catches your eye. It might have been intentionally placed there to do just that. Most of my stories have a trail of breadcrumbs a reader can follow if they choose.

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Hermes Online is a CataRomance Sensual Reads Reviewer’s Choice Winner of 2011 It's a fast, don’t blink, whirlwind love story that leaves your heart pounding.

Blurb: Imagine if you will a story begun in the halls of Mount Olympus long before this modern tale was conceived. It was a time when the god Hermes flew on his winged sandals and carried messages from the gods to the mortals below. And between that time and this, couriers became postmen and handwritten letters became bytes. It is said the gods still speak to those who listen… Left bruised and brokenhearted after a cruel breakup, Vivienne Bennet finds herself mired in a world of self-doubt. To her surprise, she receives an email that challenges her to rediscover the sensual woman she once was. Together Vivienne and the enigmatic man known only as S embark upon the world of anonymous Internet communication where suggestive emails lead to erotic chat, where cybering leads to Skype, and C2C sends both into the arms of a love they’d believed lost forever.

Reviews for Hermes Online

• "Hermes Online is a wickedly tantalizing tale that overloads your senses." "When it comes to writing erotic romance, Rose Anderson knows how to encase her written words so we can practically see the story instead of just read about it."

• "I liked this story. It's a throwback to the old style romanticism" "The plot twist definitely appeals to the romantic in me." "It's a thoroughly sensual read and a feel-good story."

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Dreamscape is a haunting, a murder, a mystery, a reader's puzzle, and a love story that transcends time. Written in homage to Agatha Christie, each chapter holds clues to a story running behind the scenes. Finding them isn’t necessary to the reader’s enjoyment. They’re a creative nod to Agatha Christie’s literary genius for she often left clues out in the open.

Blurb: Unable to deny his own translucence, Dr. Jason Bowen determines his lack of physical substance could only mean one thing -- he's a ghost. Murdered more than a century before, Jason haunts his house and ponders the treachery that took his life. When Lanie O'Keefe arrives with plans to renovate her newly purchased Victorian mansion, Jason learns, ghost or not, he's still very much a man. Jason soon discovers he can travel through Lanie's dreams and finds himself reliving the days before his murder with Lanie by his side. It took one hundred and twenty years for love to find them, but there's that insurmountable little matter of Jason being dead.

Reviews for Dreamscape

• "Just an absolutely stunning story and one that all lovers of romance fiction need to read. This is not a story that should be missed. I feel it has been a true delight and privilege to read this tale."

• "Lush and lyrical describe the prose -- hot and sumptuous the love scenes. While you're reading Dreamscape, you'll come up with happily ever after theories. You'll desperately want to so these two people can triumph over death. My advice? Just read and enjoy the ride to the end. I had my thoughts, and they were wrong. The real ending is a wonderful surprise."

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Loving Leonardo touches upon the many shades of humanity from love and friendship to obsession and prejudice. It's an unusual tale in that expands the notion of love in the time of Queen Victoria's reign. The hero is an art historian who compares art to the world around him. Through his perspective, the reader sees life as he sees it. Should the interested reader inquire further, they'd see the imagery held in the hero's mind through the artworks he mentions.

Blurb: Bound by limits dictated by society, Art Historian Nicolas Halstead lived a guarded life until a tempest in the form of Elenora Schwaab blew into his world. At first Nicolas can't decide if the audacious American is simply mad or plotting blackmail for not only does she declare knowledge of his homosexuality, she offers him a marriage proposal.

After Ellie tells him of a previously unknown work of Leonardo da Vinci, a book of erotic love poems and sketches dedicated to the artist's long-time lover Salai, Nicolas joins her in a race to save the book from destruction. Along the way they encounter Historian Luca Franco and discover a comfortable compatibility that comes to redefine their long-held notions of love. The trio embarks on an adventure of sensual discovery, intrigue, and danger. Little do they know Leonardo da Vinci's book is far more than meets the eye.

Reviews for Loving Leonardo

• "This is a well-researched story with many art references with a deft handling of a subject many writers might skirt or avoid completely. Written in a style that evokes literature of the period in which this story is set, Loving Leonardo is an erotic thriller, and an enjoyable adventure of three lusty young people striving to save both themselves and a work of art that is in itself a declaration of love."

• "This book pulled me in from the start and wouldn't let go. It was beautifully written. Also, when it comes to erotic, I'm a graphic kind of girl with a sextreme rating. Loving Leonardo was neither really, and yet, hands down, it was the most erotic book I have ever had the pleasure of reading. I loved the ending and the way it signaled to a sequel. I can't wait. Ms Anderson, please hurry up and write it. I'm first in the queue for a copy."

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Links: [1]Rose Anderson’s blog [2]Buy Rose Anderson Books on Amazon

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