Shortlisted for the Golden Stake Award at the 2017 International Vampire Film and Arts festival
What readers are saying
How far would you go to save your
family from an ancient curse?
Primary school teacher, Laura
Dantonville’s life is torn apart when she learns her family's
ancestral legacy, and a shocking secret that explains her inability to age.
Within days, she’s propelled into a violent underworld ruled
by magic, murder and mystery. There are battles she knows nothing about and where rival vampire clans
rule the shadows.
This is Alec’s world, though not by
choice.
Laura needs protection and he’s assigned
to be her guardian, a role he must accept or risk an eternity of servitude.
Time is running out.
With her family threatened, Laura must decide to which world
she belongs – human or vampire?
Can she survive long enough to make the
right one?
Or will her fate – and that of her family – be decided by
another, unexpected source?
*You’ll love this sexy, action-filled
paranormal romance that will have you turning the pages until you reach the
end.
What readers are saying
“Wickedly Awesome."
"Dark, gothic, & page-turning."
“Had me laughing out loud several
times!”
“Vampires, a witch, action,
suspense, danger and romance.”
*Runner-up
in AUSROM Today Readers Choice Award for Best New Author in 2014*
"BloodGifted is an intriguing blend of history and contemporary paranormal romance... With beautiful descriptions and solid, visual action scenes her strength, let alone her historical knowledge, I have no doubt this talented author will grow from strength to strength as the series progresses." -Lindsay J Pryor, Best Selling author of the Blackthorn series.
"Great mix of paranormal, suspense and romance & so much more ... " Storm Goddess Reviews
"I was hooked from the beginning ..." Chick Lit Plus
"For those readers who enjoy a story full of twists, turns and intrigue - this is a story you have to pick up. I can see why this book has been a contender for many awards." Top 500 Amazon Reviewer
"Lots of twists and turns, some you see coming, others you don't. THE ENDING! UGH! Cannot wait for Book 2 that's all I can say!" Step Into Fiction
" ... there is romance, danger, violence, sex, jealousy and it's all weaved into a believable & fascinating story." Reads A Lot
" I fell in love with this story and the characters of this book ..." Paranormal Romance & Authors That Rock
"BloodGifted is an intriguing blend of history and contemporary paranormal romance... With beautiful descriptions and solid, visual action scenes her strength, let alone her historical knowledge, I have no doubt this talented author will grow from strength to strength as the series progresses." -Lindsay J Pryor, Best Selling author of the Blackthorn series.
"Great mix of paranormal, suspense and romance & so much more ... " Storm Goddess Reviews
"I was hooked from the beginning ..." Chick Lit Plus
"For those readers who enjoy a story full of twists, turns and intrigue - this is a story you have to pick up. I can see why this book has been a contender for many awards." Top 500 Amazon Reviewer
"Lots of twists and turns, some you see coming, others you don't. THE ENDING! UGH! Cannot wait for Book 2 that's all I can say!" Step Into Fiction
" ... there is romance, danger, violence, sex, jealousy and it's all weaved into a believable & fascinating story." Reads A Lot
" I fell in love with this story and the characters of this book ..." Paranormal Romance & Authors That Rock
Extract #1:
‘Humans
aren’t the only ones who like a change in diet.’
Okay,
I didn’t think of that. ‘Seriously?’
He
steepled his fingers and pressed them against his mouth, as his eyes remained
resolutely on mine. I’d swear they were laughing.
Well, two could play at that game. ‘Does that
include feeding from animals?’
‘No.’
‘Pity.
You could have kept the rat population down.’
His
mouth crinkled up into a definite smile. ‘Are you baiting me, Miss Dantonville?’
‘I
wouldn’t dream of it!’ Although that was exactly what I was doing. I didn’t
know this man – this creature – and who knew what he would do if I angered him,
yet here I was allowing my temper to control my tongue. It was stupid, but I
couldn’t help myself.
‘Oh,
I believe you are.’ His head angled to one side as he regarded me. ‘That’s a dangerous game to play.’
‘I’m
only returning the compliment, Mr Munro,’ I replied, and a nervous tingle ran
the length of my spine. I hoped that with that last remark, I hadn’t gone too
far. But it was too late to take it back.
‘Doctor
Munro.’
‘You
have a profession?’ I couldn’t hide my surprise.
‘Even
the evil undead have a mortgage these days,’ came the dry reply.
‘Is
that how you see yourself?’
He
was silent for a moment before he said, ‘Evil, undead, or a member of the
legions of the debt ridden?’
I
suppressed my laugh, as a string of images of vampires rising from their
coffins to see their bank manager for a loan flitted through my mind. But that
wasn’t what I wanted to know. This man was supposedly a vampire, yet so far I’d
seen no tangible evidence of that, only sensed it. ‘Evil,’ I answered.
‘Everyone
carries the potential for evil inside them, and my kind has a greater
propensity for it. The temptation to kill is stronger because human blood is
our food. Your kind doesn’t hesitate to kill their food source, and it’s not
regarded as evil.’
Tell
that to the vegans.
Extract #2:
I spun around to face him, but as I was still out of
breath all I could do was stand there, with my hands clenched by my side, and
glare at him. He moved away from the door and came slowly toward me. I took a
step back.
‘It occurred to me I don’t like the idea of becoming
a single mother,’ I managed to say between breaths.
‘You should have thought of that sooner.’ He pulled
his T-shirt over his head and dropped it on the floor.
I stared open mouthed at his chiselled body, the
rippling muscles of his torso and the sword and serpent tattoo on his left
breast. It was identical to the image on the stained glass window. On impulse,
I reached out and touched it.
‘All the men have one. It marks us as belonging to
Luc’s clan,’ he said.
‘Does he have one too?’
‘Yes.’ The look in his eyes intensified. ‘Keep
touching me, Laura.’
My hands traced the hard planes of his chest, stomach
and the delectable trail of dark hair that disappeared below the tops of his
jeans.
‘You told me never to touch you again. You still feel
that way?’
‘If I did, I wouldn’t be agreeing to this. It’s only
sex, nothing more. A means to an end.’
‘Did I promise anything more?’
No,
he didn’t. This was, as he so succinctly put it, a business arrangement.
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