Monday, January 27, 2020

Book Blitz and Giveaway - Blood Bound: A Lowrance Vampires Novel by R.J. Blain


Title: Blood Bound: A Lowrance Vampires Novel
Author: R.J. Blain

Publisher: Pen and Page Publishing
Publication Date: January 28th 2020
Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance

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After waking in a shallow grave and clawing her way to freedom, Penelope Francis hunts for the rogue who stole her life and transformed her into a vampire. Despite being corrupted into a feared preternatural, she clings to her humanity and refuses to prey on innocents, instead slaking her thirst on other miscreant vampires.

In exchange for a chance at revenge, she joins forces with the charismatic master of the Lowrance brood, a choice that may spell the salvation—or destruction—of humanity as she knows it.

EXCERPT:
“I doubt she’s even a year old. All right, young lady. As I’d rather not hold a stake to your heart all night long, I have a special present for you. You won’t like it, but it beats being actually staked, doesn’t it?”

I wasn’t so sure, but I couldn’t force my lips to move to tell him to take his stake and shove it up his ass.

Ben proved to be another vampire, closer to what I expected from my brethren but cleaner. He wore denim from head to toe with a black leather hat tipped forward enough to obscure all but his mouth and his pronounced incisors. “Needle, manacles, or cuffs?”

“Let’s use the cuffs. The sapper’s pliable enough to circle her wrist with the leather. If that’s too strong for her, we’ll carry her to the car. I’d rather not draw any extra unwanted attention. It was difficult enough flushing her out.”

They’d flushed me out? My chosen escape route hadn’t been my only option. It’d been one of the more dangerous ones too. I could’ve stayed put and hidden in the ruins of the Mink Building for the entire night without anyone being the wiser to my presence.

I’d been careful about the vampires I targeted. They preyed on humans. They lived in the shadows. I never touched humans.

Ben stepped out of my field of vision and left me alone with the vampire, who held the slender stake against my chest with a steady hand. While I waited, I memorized every feature from his perfect nose to the gentle curve of his throat.

Unlike me, he looked like he never missed a meal or a session at the gym.

“My name’s Emerick Lowrance, and I don’t know who your master is, but he will pay for your crimes.”

As killing other vampires likely counted as a crime despite them preying on humans, I couldn’t deny someone needed to pay. I’d chosen my prey. I’d stalked them, confirmed their sins against humans, and drank away their lives so I might live. If my tongue ever became my own, I would protest. And when I did, I would add Emerick Lowrance to my shortlist of vampires I hated above all else for assigning guilt to the innocent.

My so-called master wasn’t innocent of much as far as I was concerned, but he hadn’t committed my crimes for me. Once I found the fanged bastard, I’d add to my sins and rid the Earth of him.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

RJ Blain suffers from a Moleskine journal obsession, a pen fixation, and a terrible tendency to pun without warning.

In her spare time, she daydreams about being a spy. Her contingency plan involves tying her best of enemies to spinning wheels and quoting James Bond villains until satisfied.

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GIVEAWAY:
Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card and a mystery box of autographed RJ Blain books!


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14 comments:

  1. I like the girls lips on the cover. Congrats on the release.

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  2. I am so excited to read this book!

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  3. This is an interesting and colorful book cover.

    Nancy
    allibrary (at) aol (dot) com

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  4. Sounds very intriguing. Can’t wait to try a this one....I guess crosses don’t keep vampires away.....

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  5. cool book cover and the book sounds interesting.

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  6. The cover image is very striking.

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  7. I really like the cover and think the book sounds good.

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  8. What was your favourite book as a kid?

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  9. This looks like a really fun book to read! Thank you for sharing!

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  10. sounds like a fun one

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  11. I just love the cover and the color that you picked.

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