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Blog Tour: The Impaler Legacy Omnibus by Ioana Visan and GIVEAWAY!

Please welcome Ioana Visan on her blog tour stop for The Impaler Legacy Omnibus.  We have an excerpt for you. 🙂

 Impaler Legacy - Omnibus

 Book Description

 

In a world crawling with vampires, Romania is the safest place left on earth. Thanks to the Little Council, there hasn’t been a vampire on Romanian ground in over five centuries, until one day when Liana Cantacuzino is ordered to bring one in, covertly.

 

Enter Maximilien Hess, a thousand-year-old vampire determined to ruin the existing order of things. When all is revealed, Hess’s secret changes everything, and a reluctant alliance is formed because the alternative is much worse.

 

The Impaler Legacy Omnibus, a vampire saga like no other, includes:

The Impaler’s Revenge (novella)

Sweet Surrender (short story)

A Victory that Counts (novella)

Casualties of War (short story)

Order Restored (novella)

The Third Wheel (short story)

 

Excerpt:

“Wait.” I raised a hand. “Who offered the ransom?”

“Those whom you want to destroy,” came the answer.

I suppressed a shiver. They finally acknowledged our presence, and they saw us as a threat.

“The good news is,” Herve said, “they want you alive.” He paused. “On a second thought, that might not be such good news. You know how they are.” He grinned, but there was no humor behind it.

“Right. Thank you for the warning, but we really have to go,” Trotuş said and signaled the other pandurs to take their position.

While in charge with my security for years, he rarely went over my head giving orders. I usually called the shots. But when Max got up to follow them, I realized that they both took things seriously. Jesse didn’t move.

I leaned back in my chair and looked at my informer. “Why are you telling me this? If the reward is that big, why aren’t you cashing it in yourself?”

“I’m not a mercenary, and I’m not a hero either. As you must have figured out by now, I’m a schemer. It suits me better working for you than serving them.” He pondered. “How long do you think someone like me could survive among them? They don’t mind killing their own.”

Standing across the table from me, Max’s eyes darkened. Herve was right. The new breeds would kill anyone who got in their way, regardless of class or status, and right now, we were very much in their way.

I removed the napkin from my lap and dropped it on the table. Another dead end. Fine, we go. I sighed to myself. But before we left, I had one more question to ask. “What was the second name you had for me?”

“Ah, yes, Mr. Keller.” Herve nodded. “In fact, I took the liberty to arrange a meeting with him for ten o’clock.” He checked his watch. “We should hurry.”

The name didn’t sound familiar. “Who is he?”

“He’s—what do you call them, new breeds?—only that he’s an older one. He’s been around for a while, set up a successful business, made some connections in town … you know the type,” Herve said.

“But he is a new breed?”

“Yes.”

“And he wants to talk to me? Why?” I asked, having learned my lesson.

“Older new breeds, if they get this far, are harder to manipulate than newborns, much harder. And sooner or later, they discover there’s more to life than just killing. I’m assuming he wants some kind of a deal.”

“What can he offer me in return?”

“You’re not paying attention,” Herve chided me. “He’s old and well-connected. He’s the one you want to talk to about the bigger picture. Even if he’s not actively involved, he’s more likely to know something about it.”

I could find no flaws to his reasoning. I turned to Jesse. He wasn’t happy with the new development, but he wasn’t protesting, yet. “Just this time, and then we return to the camp,” I said in an even tone.

“Then I’m going too,” he said, and it wasn’t a request.

Buy Links

 

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J03AJKE

Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-impaler-legacy-omnibus-ioana-visan/1118924571?ean=2940045767170

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/419016

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ro/book/the-impaler-legacy-omnibus/id841190833?mt=11

 

 

About the Author

Ioana Visan

Award-winning writer Ioana Visan has always dreamed about reaching the stars, but since she can’t, she writes about it.

After fighting the apocalypse aftermath in “Human Instincts”, she played with shapeshifters in “Blue Moon Café Series: Where Shifters Meet for Drinks”, and then she dealt with vampires in “The Impaler Legacy” series, before tackling longer works like a fantasy trilogy and a science fiction series.

Aside from publishing short stories in various Romanian magazines and anthologies, she published a short story collection “Efectul de nautil” and the Romanian edition of “Human Instincts”.

She was awarded the Encouragement Award by The European Science Fiction Society at Eurocon 2013.

 

 

Social Links

 

Website:    http://www.ioanavisan.tk

Blog:          http://weirdvision2001.blogspot.com

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/AuthorIoanaVisan

Twitter:       https://twitter.com/weirdvision

Amazon:     http://amazon.com/author/ioanavisan

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/ioanavisan

 

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April is Autism Awareness Month – RJ Scott’s Blog Hop

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Thank you Karrie Jax for the wonderful picture she made for me because just plain text would be boring. 🙂

I became a part of RJ’s blog hop because I, too, know of people, both children and adults, with some form of Autism.  It is a spectrum condition and for each individual person, it is different.  I don’t like that it is sometimes called a “disease” because it is not.  Not really.  It is just something different that has happened to the brain. As long as you understand that they see the world differently, you can talk, play and work with them just fine.  While I’m not autistic, I too, understand what it feels to be a little different as I am a shy, introverted person and large crowds tend to make me nervous in enclosed spaces.

I am giving away a $10 Gift Certificate to All Romance eBooks, Amazon, or B&N (winner’s choice).  To enter, comment on this post if you have something you’ve struggled with, you know someone with autism, or something similar.  Contest will end at 11:59 pm EDT 4/15/2014 and a randomly chosen commentator (random.org) will win within the next day.  Please leave your email so you can be contacted.

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Please congratulate H.B. who is my winner of the Autism Blog Hop contest for a $10 gift certficate to ARe!

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Release Day: The Edge of Hope (Bad Blood 1) by Alina Popescu

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Cover Reveal: The Edge of Hope (Bad Blood I) by Alina Popescu

The Edge of Hope is the debut novel of writer Alina Popescu, the first book in the Bad Blood Trilogy, a story of vampires, love, struggles, and a constant fight for survival.

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Edge of Hope (Bad Blood I)

When tall, dark, and gorgeous shows up on your self-prescribed emotional recovery vacation, some would call it fate smiling down on you. If he also happens to be interested in your work and ready to make all the room you need in his life, it starts to sound too good to be true. Alexa skips the doubts and jumps right in, only to be thrown into the mysterious world of vampires.

The secrets of their origin and their very existence are far more important than her life to some of her new acquaintances. They are ancient, they are powerful, they have unlimited resources, and they are keen on controlling what the world knows of their kind. As Alexa discovers their complicated, blood feud bound world, she tries to better understand herself, heal old wounds and give love chance after chance. Will she survive the journey?

Find out more: http://alina-popescu.com/badblood

Book trailer

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About the author

Writer, traveler, and coffee addict, Alina Popescu has been in love with books all her life. She started writing when she was ten and even won awards in local competitions. She has always been drawn to sci-fi, fantasy, and the supernatural realm, which explains her deep love for vampires and is also to blame for this trilogy.

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