I'm so excited to have Sara Reinke here to talk about her newest book Dark Passages in a guest post here at Paranormal and Romantic Suspense Reviews.
Sara is currrently touring to promote her newest release Dark Passages which features her Brethen vampires.
For more information about each book, please visit
http://www.sarareinke.com/
Thanks so much Goddessfish.com for connecting us on this blog tour!
Thank you Sara for being here today to talk about her newest book Dark Passages, I greatly appreciate it!
Please take it away, Sara!
When I was a kid, I used to love the paranormal. I always had my nose stuck in a book—and usually it was one about ghosts, monsters, aliens or other supernatural phenomena. Writing paranormal romance lets me explore these concepts again as an adult, in my own unique way, and the only limits are those of my imagination.
I live in Kentucky, in the heart of Bluegrass country. During my childhood, we would often drive past Thoroughbred horse farms. If you can picture nothing but rolling fields of green grass, bordered by white fences, and horses set out to graze, you’ll have a good idea of how beautiful and peaceful they are. I often wondered about the people who lived on these farms, and it occurred to me that pretty much an entire community could live tucked away on one or more of them, with the outside world completely oblivious to their existence. From this, along with my natural affinity for all things supernatural, the idea of the Brethren vampires was born.
In Dark Passages: Tristan and Karen, Tristan Morin is a vampire on a mission: to not fall in love with Karen Pierce. To do so would prove that humans and Brethren were meant to be physically and emotionally bound to each other -- something he, as a full-blooded Brethren, refuses to believe. It would be so much easier if Karen wasn't beautiful. And if there wasn't something about her that draws him like a moth to a flame, damn near impossible to resist.
Karen has always felt an inexplicable attraction to Tristan. More than just the fact he's strikingly handsome, it's as if being with him is something natural, comfortable and right. But soon a brash choice on his part leaves her heartbroken and confused, and a sadistic new enemy will put their tentative love -- and their lives -- to the ultimate test.
Tristan and Karen were introduced in the preceding installment of The Brethren Series, Dark Passion. As I wrote them, I really felt a connection to them and wanted to explore their backgrounds and relationship further. The idea that they were in love with each other and had been for a long time — but both of them were too stubborn to admit or act on it — appealed to my muse. The rest, as they say, is history.
Here’s an excerpt from Dark Passages: Tristan and Karen — I hope you enjoy!
Tristan Morin shoved Karen Pierce back into the nearest wall and pressed his mouth against hers. The warmth of her lips, the sweetness of her tongue, saliva and breath—it was enough to strip the senses from him.
“Tell me to stop,” he whispered, because it was all he could do not to wrench her head back by the hair and sink his teeth into the hot, pulsating length of her carotid artery. His canines had extended, dropping from recessed grooves in his gum line. His pupils had enlarged, an ancient, primitive reflex that left them dilating wide enough to nearly swallow the visible portions of his irises and corneas. In this sudden, extremely light-sensitive field of vision, Karen’s pale skin seemed to glow, miniscule droplets of perspiration glistening against her face like diamonds.
“No.” She shook her head defiantly, her cheeks flushed, her blonde hair askew, her blue eyes glossy and round with eager anticipation.
He reached between them, ripping open her blouse with a single, forceful yank. Buttons popped loose, scattering against the floor. She wore no bra beneath; he drew back long enough to shrug his way out of his own shirt, then pushed himself into her, feeling the incredible heat of her body, the bullet points of her nipples against his chest.
“Tell me to stop,” he pleaded again, because if he didn’t, he was going to feed from her. And I can’t do that. God help me, I can’t.
Karen locked eyes with him. “No.”
Readers can check out the promotional video for Dark Passages: Tristan & Karen at my website:
http://www.sarareinke.com/. At the Flash version, you’ll also find an exclusive “About the Brethren” page that fills readers in on the series to date, and the different characters introduced so far.
Plus, for a limited time, readers can subscribe to my e-Newsletter and receive a FREE ebook copy of Dark Thirst, Book One in The Brethren Series. You can also visit the Contest page at the Source Immortal blog (www.sourceimmortal.com) and sign up for your chance to win a signed paperback copy of Dark Thirst as part of three fantastic prize packages we’re giving away for Valentine’s Day. There’s no better way to be introduced to the world of the Brethren vampires than with the book that started it all!
Giveaway
Anyone who leaves a comment today will be entered in a drawing to win a gift set package consisting of an autographed copy of Dark Thirst and Dark Hunger and a download of Dark Passages to the host with the most comments and to one randomly drawn commenter.
Please follow Sara on her last four days on her blog tour and win this awesome gift set package:
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