I love when a book is set in Europe.  I don’t know what it is about European settings and in essence the people that draws me in.  It has that…Je ne sais quoi type of sensation. The thing I can’t put my finger on.

I’ve been to Germany and Austria and the Netherlands.  I loved it there.  I could wax poetic about the way I felt when roaming the cobblestone streets or touring the spectacular cathedrals and castles.  But no one wants to hear my poetry…trust me.  I long for the day that I can go back to those places, and add more to my touring schedule…places like France.  I really want to travel through France.  My sister lived there in a tiny village for a few months and I envy all the stories she has about her time there and the pictures of all the quaint towns and people she met along the way.

I long to see Paris, and Marseille, and Nice, and Lyon, and Nouveau Monde.  Say what?  Nouveau Monde?  Yes, that’s right.  It’s that picturesque city where the Otherworlder community has congregated.   Vampires and lycans and witches, and even humans live in relative peace and harmony in the beautiful progressive city.   It has much of the same look and feel of Lyon, with a long and wide river winding its way through the bustle of the city.   You should go there.  It’s gorgeous.  Just watch out for the nightlife…they just might bite.

(pictures of France here)

Nouveau Monde is the city in France that I constructed for my new book THE VAMPIRE’S QUEST.  In this book, my hero Kellen Falcon, travels from the secret city of Necropolis in Texas to the much loved and known Nouveau Monde.  He’s searching for a cure for the rare vampiric blood disease Sangcerritus that he’s just happened to contract.   But there in the enthralling city of Nouveau Monde he finds so much more.  Like fiery red-headed Sophie St. Clair, a spit-fire of a woman and a fierce lycan.   He faces the toughest battle of his life there, both for his life and for his heart.

Romantic Times magazine says “This is a fantastic supernatural thriller from start to finish. Anna takes two supernatural beings and makes us believe the romance and attraction between them are real.”  And they gave it a TOP PICK for April.

What kind of settings do you love?  Europe?  Asia?  Good old America?  Canada?  Why aren’t more books set in Canada?

What kind of settings do you long for?