March 20, 2013

Book Blitz & Giveaway: Frailties of the Bond by Angela Brown



Frailties of the Bond
Author: Angela Brown
Genre: YA Fantasy/Paranormal
Release Date: March 20, 2013

Description:

NEO – Network of Extraordinaires and Otherworldlies:

Those who answer the call from NEO play their part in maintaining balance in our ever-changing times. With power-hungry malcontents, jealous gods, and even those with misguided good intentions, the fate of our world has oft been held in the hands of unsung heroes such as those that are members of NEO.

But before NEO, these heroes and heroines had lives, loves, issues and interests that didn’t involve saving mankind.

In Frailties of the Bond, it only takes one bite to change a life…

After a hiking trip gone wrong, sixteen-year-old Luca should have been dead. Since then, he’s drifted from one school day to the next, annoyed by the looks of suspicion. When a vampire attack claimed his mother and forced his first shift into animal form, Luca set out for Texas, vengeance bound, only to discover so much more when Aimee crossed his path.

Flesh-born of vampire parents sixteen years ago, Aimee shouldn’t exist. Magic, though, made dreams come true for an undead couple desperate for a child all their own. But this magic came with a price, a cost Aimee discovered after one forbidden bite.
  


“That’s not the way to really drink, beautiful.” He pulled down his collar, tilted his neck and exposed his jugular to me. The vein throbbed to the steady beat of his heart. Thump-thump. Thump-thump. Thump-thump.
Bloodlust slapped me like a cornered beast. Ignored for far too long.
I sprang at Trevor, my bared lips a hair’s breadth from his neck, the pulse teasing and inviting. My lips trembled. They grazed his smooth skin. The very idea of sucking his blood sent fire coursing from my core, splintering throughout my body. My fangs drew forth.
I closed my eyes, resisting long enough to stutter out a squeaky breath.
“Do it,” he rasped.
I sank in my fangs. Hot blood splashed against the roof of my mouth and soaked my tongue. Like the B-shop anty pouches, I sucked it down my throat like melted chocolate. I suctioned my lips to keep every delicious drop within the circle surrounding my puncture marks.
Quivers wracked my body. I dropped my Bloody Joey and held to Trevor for dear life.
He gasped, then started moaning. But not from pain. No. Something else was going on with Trevor.
My heartbeat quickened and I felt…ALIVE. Complete bliss crested like a crescendo where his heart and mine beat as one. This was the wonderful thing my parents kept from me my whole life. For one heartbeat, I despised my parents for keeping me from experiencing such a high. When I opened my eyes, the moment crashed.


Born and raised in Little Rock, AR, Angela now calls Central Texas home.

Reading and writing have been lifelong passions. It was around the time she gave birth to her forever-love, nicknamed Chipmunk, that she really took writing seriously. After all, how could she teach her child to follow her dreams if she hadn't tried herself? 

As a YA fantasy/sci-fi reader and author, she favors the magical, mysterious, the darker side of life...even harbors a secret fright for things that go bump in the night. 

NEVERLOVE is a special project spawned from a blog-challenge-turned-blog-opera, the Abby and Basil affair. It is the first in the Shadow Jumpers series. 

FRAILTIES OF THE BOND is the first in a series of novellas and short stories introducing heroes and heroines of the secret organization, NEO – Network of Extraordinaires and Otherwordlies.

Author Links:
Goodreads Author Page 
Angela Brown in the Pursuit of Publishness blog 
Amazon Author Page 
Partners in ParanormYA (with Gwen Gardner)
Twitter 
PIP Facebook

Buy Links: Amazon US / Kobo / B&N 

Giveaway: (1) ebook copy of Frailties of the Bond - Open Internationally!



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2 comments:

  1. Thanks so much for sharing in the fun today :-)

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  2. You know, this sounds like an awesomesauce of goodness. The excerpt totally has me hooked. Adding right now to my tbr pile. I'm looking forward to reading Frailties of the Bond. Thank you for sharing =)

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