Secrets & Promises Release Blitz

SPECIAL GUEST TAMARA FAYE RUDKIN MONTEAU

Thank you for having me on your blog today. I’m excited to announce the release of my fifth novel in the Haven’s Realm series – Secrets & Promises! To celebrate this event, I’m giving away two e-copies of this latest release. I will select a winner via drawing from among the comments to this post. Because this is a special event, I have sister posts on other blog sites. Each one contains different information, so you’ll want to visit them all! Their links are listed below. Comment on them as well to increase your chances to win!

And now, here’s a taste of what has become truly an epic tale…

Blurb:

When her best friend is taken by a vampire, Dr. Charlotte Vinetti shifts her genetic research focus in hopes of finding a cure. Five years later, she’s no closer to her goal, and long-troubled by the one vampire she’d killed who was different from the rest. Her worst nightmares become terrifying reality when she’s captured and realizes her captors are intelligent, sentient beings rather than the mindless creatures who continued to invade her home.

Vincent was nearing the end of his strength. Haven’s trials over the past five years had overtaxed his resources, but he knew with dread his problems were only beginning when the hunter the Community had long sought was the reincarnation of his deepest love. Forced by ancient promises to stand against the Bargain, his only hope lies in ending their gypsy curse and winning her love, for only then can he earn the Council’s forgiveness.

 Excerpt #3:

She struggled vainly against her bonds while more vampires arrived. They circled her in ethereal silence, communing while they studied her with varying degrees of anger and disdain. Mental power and rage snapped through the air around her like static bursts, sharpening every time one of them met her frightened gaze.

She closed her eyes, trying desperately to block their thoughts to no avail. Their anger burned through defenses she battled to maintain in the face of so many powerful beings. Shrieks of pain raced along her nervous system. With a deep, bracing breath, she opened her eyes again, resolving to face her impending doom with dignity instead of cowardice. Her eyes lit first on a newcomer, and for reasons she struggled to define, his gaze captured and held her. It was the difference in the way he studied her that set the hairs on the back of her neck prickling–that, and an absolute surety she was going to die.

He was tall, say maybe six-one or two. Slender, though every bit as powerful as his companions. His chestnut hair framed his face like a mane. And, oh, what a face! He was absolutely beautiful. His sensitive features belonged on a poet, or maybe a musician, not a vampire. His eyes were glowing with strange blue fire while the tension in his demeanor grew.

The other vampires were discussing her fate. They wanted her life. They had to, after what she’d done. Her limited sensibilities were picking up the waves of rage filling the air. She had no way out at that point, so she didn’t bother paying attention. At the moment, only one creature commanded her focus. His lips were drawn into an increasingly thin line. His delicately arched brows dipped lower and lower over his burning eyes. Powerful emotions played in his gaze. She intuited with growing confusion that he was on the verge of panic.

Her attention broke from him only when the female with black hair grabbed her chin and forced her gaze. The sharp tone in her voice made her threat a promise. “You will wish for death long before you find it.”

“No!” The chestnut-haired man suddenly stood in front of her, knocking the woman aside to take a surprisingly defensive stance. “Lei appartiene a me!”

She didn’t understand the words or the language he spoke, but his declaration lit the deepest reaches of her heart, bringing warmth she didn’t recognize. His voice resonated with challenge. Most of the vampires stared at him in shock and disbelief.

The vampiress hissed at him.

He shot her an evil glare. “You heard me, Antonia. Back off.”

“You dare!” she snarled, her eyes blazing. “You! After all this woman cost us! Can you so easily forget, Vincent?”

His jaw ticked with tension. “I cannot, yet must I set aside my anger. I swore my fealty to her long before you and I ever met.”

His words confused Chari. Antonia’s anger was much easier to understand. “I’ll rip your heart out and feed it to the bitch.”

“Try,” he invited, the blue flame in his eyes flickering with intermittent red sparks–his stance that of a man prepared for battle.

“Stop this, Antonia. Remember the Bargain!” The first man she encountered spoke out, his voice resonating with power.

Antonia cringed and stepped back, but her eyes continued to glow as she kept them on Vincent.

Vincent returned his gaze to the first man she’d met, and Chari sensed his panic rise to the feral rage of a cornered badger. “I will defend her, Jason. To kill her, you’ll have to go through me.”

Jason, who by now she took to be their leader judging by the way he conducted himself, straightened and gaped in disbelief. “What?”

“You can’t be serious!” the hazel-eyed youth exclaimed.

“She killed Devon,” the black giant boomed, his powerful voice sweeping the gathering. “She nearly destroyed us all. Why do you take her side?”

Vincent cast a pleading gaze to his peers. “She’ll come to understand the pain she brought upon us. This I swear to you by the gods!”

Jason was unmoved. His visage was as dark as his tone. “The Council wants her life, Vincent.”

“And I will defend her to the end of my own.”

They stared hard at each other for a full minute. The rest cast both men wary gazes. At the edge of her vision, she saw the young mortal being supported in her husband’s arms. A quick glance confirmed the steady stream of silent tears pouring unhindered down her pale cheeks.

Jason shook his head and relaxed his stance somewhat, though his brows dipped lower on his face. Deep sorrow fought with his anger. “You have got to be kidding me!”

“You heard me, Jason. You all heard me. I swore my life for this woman long before the Bargain was struck. I must defend her, even against you.”

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Don’t forget to visit these other blogs and read more excerpts and information about Secrets & Promises!

Mark Love, interview – http://marklove024.blogspot.com/

Denise Bush, excerpt 1 –

Lindsey Downs, excerpt 2 – http://ajessicasalesnovel.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/havens-realm-5th-book-in-the-series-is-released/

Tamara Monteau, excerpt 4 – http://havensrealm.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/release-day-blitz-secrets-promises-havens-realm-5/

Davee Jones, excerpt 5 – http://finless.blogspot.com/2013/04/are-you-bloodthirsty-welcome-tamara.html?m=1

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