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Worlds of Fire: Blood Red Moon by Deborah A. Bailey | $40 Giveaway, Excerpt, Spotlight

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Book Details

Blood Red Moon (Worlds of Fire) by Deborah A. Bailey
Series: Worlds of Fire #1
Published by Bright Street Books on 11/16/2021
Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Paranormal, Romantic Fantasy
Format: eBook
Pages: 250

Out of the ashes, a new beginning...

When his family and most of their kind were destroyed by the Guild, Derek inherited the position of Vampire Lord. Alchemists held the keys to creating portals to other worlds, knowledge they passed down to phoenixes. Their utopian society was crushed when the Guild invaded, intending to unlock the powerful secrets phoenixes possess. Lovers Derek and Avani met the night their city was sacked and after the city succumbed, they were lost to each other.

Love will be resurrected in blood and fire…

Having lost her memory, Avani became a protégé of the Guild Master, conditioned by magic to believe shifters and vampires were evil. Eventually, she was made Seeker, tasked with finding the Vampire Lord in order to gain access to phoenixes.

When Derek finds Avani, he neutralizes the magic that's kept her from remembering who she is. However, the Templars have almost certainly made a pact with the enemy of all supernatural creatures, in order to gain access to the portals. Only a phoenix can save the world from utter ruin now, but that was precisely the asking price…

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Excerpt from Blood Red Moon

As he studied me his eyes were more hazel than brown. And they showed me his raw desire. This was Derek desperate to reclaim me.

“You’re not hungry for blood right now, are you?” I asked.

He shook his head, then averted his eyes as though he was afraid of revealing too much. But I’d already seen and felt it. When he met my eyes again, his were darker. Mesmerizing, pulling me in so that I was unable to look away.

An intense vampire gaze burning into me, arousing me to the point where I gripped the edges of the towel I’d wrapped around me. If I said yes, we could be together now in the way that he hungered for.

The image of him running towards me flashed in my mind. The sunshine, the sound of the water lapping on the shore, the smell of the grasses and sweet flowers…all of it came back to me in that instant. His arms around me. His touch. His scent that reminded me of the fresh, comforting earth.

Another image cut into my mind. The Guild house…our plans to purge the vampires, finish them off…destroy the evil. It had to be done and that was our purpose.

Before I could stop it, a sob pushed its way up into my throat. I covered my mouth before I voiced it. He can’t know what you’ve done. He’ll never understand.

Derek gripped my shoulders. “What is it? Is the heart magic still—”

“I’m not the person I was back then. We’re not the same people.”

“I know that. But you and I are connected, Avani. We have a purpose.”

“I’ve been told that before.”
“That was a lie. This is real,” he said.

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Words from the author!

Writing the Vampire Hero

I never thought I would write a story with a vampire hero. I was concerned I’d have to have to go with the usual vampire tropes. So, when I started working on Blood Red Moon I shocked myself when I decided to have the hero be a vampire.

In my book, the hero and heroine go through a portal and arrive on a world where vampires and shifters live alongside humans. Vampires have their own culture which can include them bonding with human “hosts” or forming their own groups and rejecting humanity altogether. They’re not predators – unless they want to be. In their culture, they have rules for interacting with humans and satisfying their need for blood.

When I started writing I thought about what a human would get from being bitten – why would they crave it? That’s when I decided to create an experience where it was worth being bitten just to feel it.

Derek, the Vampire Lord seeks the Avani because of a bond created centuries before the book begins. He’s looked for her because of that bond and because of their love. But their connection isn’t one-sided. Avani receives the energy that passes from Derek when he bites her. What is the energy? A lot of emotion and a bit of magic. In their case, there’s a bit more involved in their connection – but I won’t reveal any spoilers by going into it here!

I’m glad I changed my mind about writing about vampires. You never know what ideas will come to you once you decide to try something new.

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November 18: Christine Young
November 18: Romance Novel Giveaways
December 2: Literary Gold
December 9: Fabulous and Brunette
December 16: All the Ups and Downs
December 16: Viviana MacKade
December 30: Sandra’s Book Club
January 6: Gina Rae Mitchell
January 13: The Avid Reader – review only
January 13: Sybrina’s Book Blog
January 20: The Key Of Love
January 20: Long and Short Reviews

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