Title: The Case of the Thwarted Lovers
Author: L.G. Fabbo-Gonnella
Series: Mark Julian, Vampire P.I., Book Six
Genre: Mystery, Detective, Gay romance, Paranormal
Length: Novel
Publisher: Ai Press

Synopsis

It’s been a long shift for Detective Vincent Pasquale. Back at his desk at the station he finds a phone message from his vampire spouse, Mark, waiting for him.

“Hi. I figured calling your station phone number was more secure than using a cell. Listen our friend Dexter found something about who may have tried to frame Jean-Claude. Turns out that there is a lot more to this thing! It’s big. Jean-Claude and Jaime are meeting me here before we all head over to see Tortego at his offices. We should be there in a half hour and we figure this meeting will run most of the day. If you can join us fine but if not I’ll tell you about it later after your shift is over. Call me.”

A few moments later a report comes into the station about a possible terrorist bomb explosion at a Midtown office building. No survivors are reported. To his horror Vinnie realizes the bombsite’s address is the exact location of Tortego’s offices. In a panic Vinnie rushes to the scene where, out of nowhere, he is shot from behind by an unknown assailant. Its’ four funerals and a wedding, as the newest Julian book unfolds.

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About Gender and Writing

I always like to start my guest posts thanking my host for providing a forum for me to reach new readers. Blogs are the small bookstores of the Internet world. They provide a valuable service and the people that host these blogs are, in my view, the true heroes of literature.

Hello everyone, my name is L.G. Fabbo Gonnella. I write the Mark Julian Vampire PI mystery series.

My guest post today was inspired by something that I recently read where someone wrote that women should only write romance books and leave science fiction writing to men. I will confess I was shocked and appalled at anybody would be that idiotic. I never criticize other authors or writers but, in this case, I must say that I cannot condemn that notion in strong enough terms, period.

I do not see how one’s gender affects one’s writing ability in tackling certain genres of literature. I’ve also heard it said that men, especially gay men, write better men-on-men romance/erotic books than women do. Honestly, that is simply ludicrous too.

I think the sole criterion is whether or not a person writes a good story. In the end, good literature is good literature. Sexy literature is sexy literature. I don’t think the author’s gender has anything to do with a novel’s subject matter or plays a part in making that book better.

I’m going to say this in the most basic terms. Views like that are bigoted. They are not worth the Internet space they are written upon. I know many fantastic female writers who write amazingly erotic men-on-men sexual romance novels. I know quite a few men who write excellent romance novels involving men and women relationships. What I look at is how it’s written, how the plot unfolds, how much the author gets me engaged with the characters I’m reading about. I do not look at the authors’ gender. I hope that when people read my books they’re not looking to see the sex of the person who wrote it but rather whether or not I did it well.

If you agree or disagree feel free to write to me at L.G.Fabbo.Gonnella@gmail.com. Let me know your thoughts or, write me in general if you wish to. I love getting feedback. I have been known to even exchange email chats with readers about things other than my books.

Prizes: 2 bundles of Books One, Two, and Three in the Mark Julian, Vampire P.I. Series

More in the Mark Julian, Vampire P.I. Series

While each individual mystery can be read as a stand along, there are storylines that continue from one book to another, so we recommend you use the series in order:

Book One – The Case of the Choirboy Killer
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Book Two – The Case of the Strega’s Touch
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Book Three – The Case of the Heavenly Host
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Book Four – The Case of the Vampire Hunter
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Book Five – The Case No One Foretold
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L.G.Fabbo-Gonnella is a resident of NYC. He has often said Manhattan is the underlying unspoken character in many of his books. “I guess it’s a love affair that I have with her,” he once said. “I could live here forever and yet still find magical things about her that I never knew existed.”

When not seeking out interesting new locales for his books he can be found dinning with friends and enjoying all the city he adores has to offer.

Though he has not yet met the supernatural denizens of NYC, he does hope too one day. And yes, there is a “letter Lounge” albeit under a different name.

He can be reached at L.G.Fabbo.Gonnella@gmail.co
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Website: http://fabbo-gonnella.blogspot.com