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Today on my blog I have the Ascend Blog Tour stop. On my stop there is a spotlight, excerpt, guest post, and giveaway.
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About the Author:
Alexandra lives in the Midwest . She
enjoys a steamy romance, a happy ending and isn’t afraid of things that go bump
in the night.
She is the author of two paranormal, erotic series: The Dark Hart Chronicles and The
Vampire Destiny Series.
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Guest Post:
What sets your book apart from others
in the same genre?
The Vampire
Destiny Series began when my muse decided it was time for me to write not just
a paranormal romance, but a paranormal erotic
romance. Immediately, I knew that I wanted
to make my vampires different; I was
tired of reading about immortal creatures that ‘die’ for the day. It restricted the possibilities of the story
and what I could do with my characters.
With the
choice for my story complete, I made my vampires day-walkers. They could walk amongst humans, easily able
to blend in with society around them.
They could be sitting next to you at the movies, standing behind you at
the bank…it adds a little intrigue to the story and opens up so many doors for
my vampires.
The other decision
I made was to make the story erotic. I
was tired of reading fade to black sex scenes, or stories where the language
was vague, filled with colorful euphemisms to describe the act and the parts of
the body. I didn’t want to limit myself
to writing stories with ‘purple prose’.
Throwing away the rules of romance, I plunged in head first, writing The
Vampire Destiny Series.
The series
revolves around Josephine Anderson and Stefan Lifsten. When we meet Josephine back in Fated (Book
1), she’s a human with psychic empath abilities. Stefan is my vampire hero, a millennia old
psychic vampire that’s on a mission to find his fated love after he had a
vision of our heroine 200 years ago.
Their paths
finally collide, and their attraction to one another is immediate. It is as if they both know they’ve met their
other half; the part that makes them complete.
The road
hasn’t always been easy for Josie and Stefan, but with each book the depth of
their predestined love becomes more and more apparent. We watch Josie find her long lost father (a
vampire), and we travel along with our couple as they deal with her changes as
a half-human hybrid to dealing with a corrupt vampire Council in Illusion and
Awakening (Books 2 and 3). I have a cast
of important secondary characters that provide comic relief at times and add
depth and realism to the story.
In my
current book of the series, Ascend, Josie is now a vampire. She doesn’t have a lot of time to adjust to
the changes that true immortality brings: she has her evil, sneaky father to
contend with…and she’s trying to put together the mystery of her own past. We discover that Josie is more than a vampire
– and her past with Stefan goes much deeper than either can fathom.
This seems
like a very long-winded answer to what I feel sets my story apart from others
in my genre. I try to add the erotic
elements of sex in with a twisting – and evolving storyline.
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Waking up as an immortal…
Josephine Anderson awakes as true vampire, leaving her half-human life behind.
She has little time to adjust to the change however; her evil father has
gone missing and wants nothing more than to destroy her and her vampire mate,
Stefan Lifsten. But they have other plans…
Secrets and revelations are revealed…
Josephine and Stefan head back to her childhood home to search for the lost
journal her uncle kept – a journal that may unlock Stefan and Josephine’s
shared past. While searching, Josephine’s world is once again turned on
its axis when she meets Liev Banin, who reveals a long-kept secret that will
change everything for Josephine….and her family.
Betrayed…
Still reeling from their discovery, they are rocked to their very core when a
trusted friend betrays them…and threatens to destroy them all.
*This is a romantic, erotic book. It contains sexy vampires, graphic
language, adult content and situations that aren't for the faint of
heart. Consider yourself warned.*
Excerpt:
Stefan reluctantly
lifted his mouth from mine, his lips moist and kiss swollen. He pulled back and
rested his head on his hand, leaning over me. His fingertips traced along the
side of my cheek and down the curve of my jaw as he studied my face carefully.
When his blue eyes finally met my gaze, his hand cupped my chin. His gentle
touch made my breath catch and my bottom lip catch between my teeth. His thumb
tugged at my lower lip, pulling it loose. “I fear things, Josephine. I do not
know how it is possible to remember something that has been forgotten. And if I
do remember, how do I begin to live with myself knowing I forgot about
you…about us? How does one disregard such an important memory?” He sighed and
his hand dropped to drift down my neck. “You have given up so much of yourself
already...you have given up your life. I do not want you to lose yourself in
this mission to remember. What will happen if what we discover is too much for
you to bear?”
His words stunned me for a moment. My emotions, already harried, were warring
between agreeing with him and pure anger. Did he think I would walk away from
discovering something so important to us both, regardless of the outcome?
Pushing away from him, I sat up, letting the sheet drop to my waist. "I
won’t lose myself. And Stefan, I’m still the same person and I will be
regardless of what we find out. I’ll still be the same woman that melts when I
hear your voice say my name, that aches to feel your skin against mine and has
loved you for longer than we both know. But if I do lose myself, you'll be right
beside me to bring me back. There is no you and me, Stefan. We're one being,
one soul...en själ. That much I know."
"En själ." Stefan murmured thoughtfully. He seemed surprised to hear
his own language roll from my lips so easily. His cerulean blue eyes became
glassy, gleaming in the soft lighting. He blinked twice, but they stayed locked
to mine. "One soul. Ett hjärta. One
heart."
He placed his hand between my breasts and I intertwined my fingers with his. His
pink tongue swiped across his lower lip as he echoed his own words, barely
louder than a whisper. "En själ. Ett hjärta. Evinnerligen."
One soul. One heart. Months ago, I would have been petrified to even think
those words, let alone agree with them but now…now I knew it was true. There was
no reason to deny the truth. I was created for him, as he was created for me.
You could come up with a million corny ways to describe the bond we share, but
we were two halves of one whole, only complete when together.
I fell back into the soft cocoon of blankets, dragging Stefan back with me. I
burrowed my head into his chest, inhaling deep, greedy breaths of his heady
scent. I’d given up trying to focus on his mind anymore. It was like a beehive,
humming with thoughts and out of control emotions. We’d both been silent for
quite some time, content in each other’s arms. When he finally spoke, his deep,
lilting voice startled me.
“From the first moment I saw you, my heart knew you. I do not need a memory to
know this much.”
His love and adoration barreled through the bond, encasing me in contentment
and happiness. Raising my head from his chest, I moved to cover his body with
mine. Despite his hulking size, we aligned perfectly; my soft curves molding
against the chiseled, hardened muscles of his body. “Your love for me never has
wavered, Stefan. It took me awhile to get there, but honestly, it’s always been
you. And it always will be.”
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WOW what an excerpt! I really want to get these book to read. Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I also wanna say Thank you to Alexandra for being on my blog today and Thank You to Jaidis for letting me participate in this tour. Don't forget to enter the giveaway.
~Sabrina
Thank you for introducing me to Alexandra and The Vampire Destiny Series, I don't know how I have managed to miss this series but now I'm diving in head first. I enjoyed the interview and excerpt, thank you for sharing and I appreciate the opportunity to win :)
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