Cranberry Blood
(Book 1 in The Blood Series)
by Elizabeth Morgan
(Book 1 in The Blood Series)
by Elizabeth Morgan
Cranberry Blood is
the first book in The Blood Series and the sequel to last year’s release, She-Wolf (The Blood Series Prequel.)
Now, for those of you who are new to the series, it
doesn’t matter if you have read She-Wolf,
you can read Cranberry Blood first.
Yeah, I mean it, the events in She-Wolf
are linked to Cranberry Blood, but book one isn’t dependant on its prequel.
The order in which you read these two books is completely
your choice, either way, welcome to the world of The Blood Series.
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Blurb:
Killing Vampires? Easy.
Tracking someone? Simple. Helping, and protecting a Vampire slayer... Bloody
hard work!
Thirteen years ago, Brendan
Daniels made a deal with a psychic. In exchange for information on the
whereabouts of a Rogue Werewolf, he promised to help and protect Sofia's
granddaughter. Unfortunately, he had no idea what he was getting himself, or
his Pack, into.
Nothing about Heather is
simple, from her weird dietary needs to her life’s mission. The girl can handle
herself, but the promise to protect her soon becomes a need, and one that he
can't fully understand.
Vampire Slayer. Born Infected. Blood
addict... but not by choice.
Heather Ryan is the most recent
slayer in a long family line. Like all before her, she has spent her life
searching for her ancestor, Marko Pavel, the Vampire her family has sworn to
kill. If that isn't complicated enough, Heather is also a born
"Infected", and to keep her from becoming insane or giving in to her
darker side, she is on a very strict diet.
Grandmother Sofia has passed,
so now it is up to Heather to take the family legacy into her own hands, all
alone: or at least, it would have been, if her Grandmother hadn't sent a
Werewolf to help her.
What is the irritating Brendan
supposed to help Heather with? Sofia never told either one of them. But it
doesn't take long for Heather and Brendan to find out that the Vampires have
big plans, and that the fiends have waited a long time for them both.
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Excerpt:
(Taken from
Chapter One)
The sudden sound
of rustling paper snapped me from my thoughts. I tensed, the awareness
crackling sharply beneath the surface of my skin.
Someone is in my
house.
I walked through
the open living room door. A new scent invaded my nostrils. Tangy,
manufactured, smelled like expensive cologne. An unfamiliar, black, travel bag
sat tucked away between the red leather sofa and TV stand. The papers rustled
again. I stepped lightly toward the archway that lead into the dining room, my
sword still gripped comfortably in my right hand.
"Your
breakfast is getting cold, Heather. I suggest you stop trying to sneak in here
and just come in so that we can get this over and done with," said the
deep male voice in my kitchen.
What the hell is
going on? Who is he? Why is he in my house? How does he know my name? And why
the hell has he cooked me breakfast?
I took a deep
breath, then exhaled. I slowly walked through the archway into the empty dining
room and turned my head to the left to see a strange man seated at my kitchen
breakfast bar. He sat casually, in jeans and a forest green T-shirt that clung
to his broad, sculptured back and defined biceps. The sun flooded into the
kitchen through the side window and glinted off his copper-blond hair, which
brushed his shoulders.
"Are you
going to come in to the room or stand there drooling all day?" He turned a
page of his newspaper.
I inhaled again;
nothing new amongst the scent of dog, pine, bacon, and coffee, which meant he
wasn't a Vampire. I knew because leeches smelled like mouldy, wet earth; not an
overpowering smell, but hidden underneath the products they wore. A huge part
of me felt relieved he wasn't a Vamp. A Vampire couldn’t get in here, anyway.
They could only come in with a personal invite, and since they all wanted me
dead . . . . No matter what state I'd been in last night, I wouldn't have
invited one in. So, who the hell is this guy?
I walked toward
him, my sword glinting in the sunlight as I gripped the hilt firmly in both
hands.
"Who the
hell are you, and what are you doing in my house?" I stopped three feet
behind him.
"I'm not
going to hurt you."
"Wrong
answer." I pressed the tip of my sword into the firm space between his
shoulder blades. "I said who the hell are you and what—"
"Killing me
isn't going to help." He turned another page of his paper.
"I disagree.
I think killing the stranger who broke into my house is a very good idea."
"I did not
break in," he replied calmly. "My name is Brendan and I'm actually
here to help you."
I snorted.
"Like I believe that."
"It's the
truth. Besides, if I really wanted to hurt you, I would have. I also wouldn't
have left your weapons with you."
"Well,
you're obviously an eejit."
He laughed.
"You have serious trust issues."
"Trust
issues? Says the complete stranger who broke into my house and—"
"I used your
house keys. They were in your jacket pocket," he said. "And yes,
trust issues, says the stranger. The stranger who promises he isn't here to
hurt you."
"Just
because you say you're not here to hurt me doesn't mean it's the truth."
"True. But
why go to the trouble of killing you when I could have left you lying in the
car park the other night and let the seven greedy leeches looking for you find
you and bleed you dry."
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Bio:
Elizabeth started life wanting to be an actress because
she loved entertaining people. She enjoyed nothing more than being able to make
people laugh and to help distract them from reality for a few hours.
She studied Musical Theatre in college, but during her
second year, her mind started to overflow with story ideas, so she began
writing plays. Slowly, over the following three years, she was writing more and
more, channeling every ounce of her imagination into the written word.
Now here she is, years later, hiding away like a hermit in
her little cottage in Cheshire, England, writing like crazy and loving every
minute of it.
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Elizabeth Online:
Blog: www.xxxxmyworldxxxx.blogspot.com Joint Blog: www.notjustastiffupperlip.blogspot.co.uk
Facebook: Elizabeth Morgan
The Blood Series Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/TheBloodSeries
Twitter: @EMorgan2010
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/ElizabethMorgan
Amazon Page: http://www.amazon.com/Elizabeth-Morgan/e/B006WR1WLQ/ref=sr_tc_2_rm?qid=1339876094&sr=1-2-ent
2 comments:
Hi Elizabeth Hi Gabrielle. I enjoyed hearing that Cranberry Blood can be read as a standalone. It's so hard to when you find out a book is a sequel and find yourself lost because you didn't read the first in the series. So that's good to know. Good luck to you! Sounds luscious.
Hey Barbara, Thanks for stopping by. Yeah, I have been there before; see a book I'm interested in and realized there's a whole series. It's one of the reasons my tbr pile is so big. :-P
Thank you!
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