Daniele Lanzarotta

Hi everyone,  It's been a while, huh? I decided to revive the blog! I hope you love the new look, and I would love to hear from you on what type of content you'd enjoy (outside of book updates). Whether bonus content from my books, more about new characters, or even about writing in general, feel free to leave a comment or send me a message letting me know what you'd like to read about. :D I also have an upcoming release next week! Here is a little info about Avenoir - a YA paranormal novella.  Welcome to Havenwood Falls, a small town in the majestic mountains of Colorado. A town where legacies began centuries ago, bloodlines run deep, and dark secrets abound. A town where nobody is what you think, where truths pose as lies, and where myths blend with reality. A place where everyone has a story. Including the high schoolers. This is only but one… Heidi Bennett had the perfect life—including great parents and an insanely romantic boyfriend—until it all cam...

Hi everyone,  I have a special guest today! Lucille Griswold is the author of Generations Apart, a novel that shows  the life-long impact of sexual assault. In Generations Apart, the assault happened in a college campus decades ago. It makes us question just how much things have changed since, if at all. Sometimes it feels that the only difference between then and now is that we hear more about it now with news being on social media...  One in five college women will be sexually assaulted this year unless something changes, and something NEEDS to change.    Guest Post from Lucille Griswold. Bone Chilling! You won't know how it feels  Til It Happens To You .  No words could be more true.  I hope what happens in the Lady Gaga video never happens to anyone, as no individual deserves to be violated nor to experience how it really feels.  Coincidence, or not, this video came out around the same time ...

Through the window, I can see him put the blanket on the bed of the truck. He comes back around with the flashlight and leads me to the back, helping me up. I sit on the blanket and he hops up, lying down next to where I’m sitting. He sighs. “It’s funny that you asked me to bring you here.” “Why?” I ask, looking back at him. He is playing with the flashlight, now shinning it on my face and nearly blinding me. “Sorry,” he says as he puts the flashlight down on the back center of truck’s bed. “This is where I came when I ran away once.” “I’m not running away,” I say defensively. “I just needed to well—to get a way for a while.” “You can lie down,” he says. “I don’t bite.” I laugh at his comment. I lie down next to him and stare up at the stars; one of the few things that, centuries after centuries, remains unchanged. I feel his hand on mine and I close my eyes. “My first name is Sarah,” I say and I can feel a weigh...

I'm so excited to have you be a part of my release day for HUNTED, Book 3 of the Donovan Circus Series! Sometimes it feels like I just released the first book, GIFTED, a few days ago; other times, it feels like more years than it's actually been! :) Thank you to the amazing bloggers, authors, and readers who have helped make this such an awesome release day. Also a special thanks to my cover designer, Kate at Dwell Design Press for her amazing cover work! I hope you all find the third adventure as exciting as the first two - and perhaps much darker, as there are many underlying things bubbling to the surface, secrets coming unveiled, and a death that will shake the troupe in a terrible way.     Back Cover Synopsis: Lucy Sullivan finally belongs with the gifted Donovan Circus. Members are finding their rhythm, even the new folks from the Grayson Circus who joined after the last attack. Lucy feels like a trusted leader who can win the gifted battles and prevent hu...

STARFALL, the electrifying conclusion of NYT Bestselling author's Starstruck series was released on February 24th.    A little about how the whole series came to be… Back when I was in third grade (or thereabouts), a girl in my class used to tell us all that she was really a Martian princess. She was ADAMANT about it, and even though we made fun of her (as kids will) and tried all kinds of things to convince or trick her into admitting she was making it up, she stuck to her story—probably for at least a month, though of course I remember it as much longer now.  I forgot all about her and her story until a few years ago, when something brought it to mind. At that point, my writer-brain suddenly whispered, “What if she was telling the truth? What if she really WAS a Martian princess?” And thus, the idea for STARSTRUCK was born. By the time I finished the book (which took me over a year, since it was my first foray into writing for the young adult marke...

Happy St. Patrick's Day! In honor of St. Patrick's Day, I'm sharing a little teaser from Venom, featuring my Irish vamp Harvey... and Nicholas, of course. v--v Nicholas' POV  I speed the entire way home, where I practically jump out of the car and rush in through the front door. I find Harvey sitting in the living room, reading a book. Once he hears me, he puts the book down. “What is wrong with you?” he asks. “Where is Sarah?” “Sleeping.” “We have a problem.” He laughs. “I don’t have a problem. You might. In fact, you have more than just one problem, but please, go on.” “Man, just… I’m not in the mood, okay?” I guess at that point, he realizes I’m serious and that something really is wrong. “What happened?” “We have to move and I need you to do something for me.” His tone changes immediately. “Why the hell do we have to move and what do you need?” “I kind of bit someone and couldn’t compel her into forgetting it.” “Why the hell not?” “It doesn’t m...