Saw this over at Twi Lex:
CNN interviewed various vampire romance writers, known in the industry as paranormal romance writers, as to why vampire novels are on the upsurge, and what exactly is it that resonates. The Lex admin team members are all big JR Ward fans in addition to Twilight fans (not that we all flew to a remote area in Kentucky in full costume on Mother’s Day for a JR Ward signing or anything like that.) And we know that a lot of members of our forums are Harris, Ward, Rice, etc. fans.
So just what is the appeal?
“Heather Graham (not the actress) has written vampire novels under both her name and her pseudonym, Shannon Drake.
Graham said she enjoys the creativity that comes with creating romances with vampires as the main characters.
“There is total freedom,” said Graham. “The only rules are once you make any, you then have to stick to them.”
Graham, whose book “Dust to Dust” melds two frightening topics as vampires seek to save Earth from the 2012 end of the world prophecy, said life can be fraught with lots of anxiety.
Vampire romances are a good escape from that, she said.
“You get to have something sexy, something edgy and something that is scary, but outside the realm of our everyday scary,” Graham said.
Ward said women gravitate toward vampire heartthrobs because the vampires are “always in 3-D.”
“They are deadly, they are dangerous and they are desirable,” Ward said. “Big, bad, sexy and lethal, but redeemable is a great setup for a romantic hero.”
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