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Annmarie Ortega, Published Author's Interests
General
Besides writing?
My family and friends, we are a close knit group!
working out, reading when I can find the time, cooking, watching NASCAR, listening to music, and more writing of course!
Music
Michael McDermott , INXS , Jane's Addiction , Sophie B Hawkins , Lisa Loeb, Black Eyed Peas , My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult , Ministry , Jesus Jones , Beastie Boys , REM, Nelly Furtado, Evanescence, Fergie
Aliens, Ultraviolet, Blade III, Titanic, The Prince and Me, Moulin Rogue, The Matrix, Heavenly Creatures, Sense and Sensibility, Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh), Tremors, A Knight's Tale, Pirates of the Carribean, Truth or Dare, Jude, Evita, Desperado, From Dusk Til Dawn, Lakehouse
Television
I love Amazing Race... I seriously want to be on that show...lol. I also love The Lipstick Jungle. When I can I love catching reruns of Mad About You, Friends, Will and Grace.
Books
Sherrilyn Kenyon, Madeline Hunter, Nicole Jordan, Angela Knight, JR Ward. Love anything by Daphne Du Maurier. Just read The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov and thought it was brilliant...
Stones of Abraxas by K Osborn Sullivan...the best YA fantasy book since Harry Potter!
Favorite book of all time is Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
Currently reading Life Doesn't Begin 5 Pounds From Now
Heroes
Kelly McQuaid...One of my best friends from high school. She had melanoma and lost the bravest fight I've ever seen in Jan 2003. I miss her every day...
I am a multi-published romance and erotica writer. I belong to the Romance Writers of America, along with ESPAN, Chicago North, and the Passionate Ink chapter as well. I am in the process of completing my Bachelors Degree in Fiction Writing. I only have four classes left to take and I will be done!
I am currently published with New Concepts Publishing, Whiskey Creek Torrid, Resplendence Publishing, Red Rose Publishing, The Dark Castle Lords.
When Annalise's father died, he left her with only the family tavern, a pile of debt and a burning hatred for the pirates who frequent the tavern. One night, a mysterious stranger re-ignites the fire in her mourning heart. But their passion turns dangerous when Annalise finds herself kidnapped by the very men she hates.
Eros, the God of love for as long as time, is about to met his match. Every day, he receives a list with names of people he has to shoot with his bow and arrow so they'll fall in love. One day he finds himself at the house of a woman he has been making love to in his dreams named Amanda. Now the dilemma begins since this is the woman that Eros has the hots for. He decides he doesn't want to shoot her because he loves her himself nor does he want her with another man. Eros knows that she is a mortal and he is a God, so they can never be together. But he wants to find a way to break the rules and be with the woman he wants with all his heart.
Marie knows she deserves the promotion she's applied for, but thanks to her co-worker (the boss' girlfriend), she knows she'll never get it. Sitting alone at a bar the night before she learns who will actually land the job, she meets a mysterious and devilishly sexy stranger who promises that all her dreams will be fulfilled...if they make a deal.
Before the night is over, Marie signs a contract with Nate in her own blood. Nate doesn't want her soul in return for fulfilling all that she desires. He wants her body...whenever and wherever he demands.
Could Marie have made a deal with the Devil himself?
Millie is a timejumper. She never knows when or where she is going to appear next. Once she arrives at a new place it is up to her to determine where and when she is...and do her best to survive until she goes back to her current time.
This time she literally falls out of the sky. From her clothes and surroundings she thinks she is in Roman times. She meets a baker named Dante who befriends her, mistaking her as a runaway slave. Millie and Dante are immediately attracted to each other and become intimate. The next day there is an earthquake.
As Dante points to the volcano that caused the earth to move, Millie discovers she is in Pompeii...the day before the city is destroyed...
For centuries the dragon has protected the village. Each year a new woman is chosen by lottery from among the unmarried women to appease
him by mating with him. Gabriella hates the idea of being chosen, not just because she loves Jason, but because the man who is also the dragon has been lusting after her for years and she wants nothing to do with him.
Her worst fears seem to be realized when Gabriella is chosen, but she discovers something about the legends she hadn’t known. The woman born with the mark of the dragon is destined to be his forever—and she was born the mark.
Dragoness received a rating of "A" at Simply Romance Reviews!
HALLOWEEN IN MAY AT 1901! The Annual Halloween Art Exhibit at Gallery 1901 1901 W. Belmont Ave. (On Wolcott) Chicago 8pm – 11:30 pm 21+ Opening Night: Friday, May 30th. Performance by Mark Bose Haunting beats by Pa5cal Saturday Night: May 31st “Zombie Pin-up contest” hosted by Chad savage (Dress your zombie best & win ghastly good prizes) Spooky Sonics by DJ Brianne Visit www. halloweenartexhibit. com & www. zombiepinups. com to find out more!
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. • Anaïs Nin
Hi Annmarie Firstly, happy (belated) birthday! My b-day alert wasn't working for a while, and I totally missed it. Secondly, I just read your friend update - I'm so very sorry to hear about Jake. Heartfelt hugs go out to you. Words are inadequate at a time like this, but keep his memory close to your heart - it helps ease the pain of his loss. *hugs* ~Mary
Happy belated birthday, Annmarie! I was going to send you a note yesterday, but my dern computer froze up when I signed in on here! :/ Hope you had a fabulous day!
