Claudette Melanson writes & edits in
Kitchener, Ontario, with her husband Ron and four bun babies: Tegan, Pepper,
Butters & Beckett. She graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania
with a BA in English and an MA in Literature. She's wished to be a Vampire
since age five. She hopes to one day work full time as an author, since there
are many, many books living inside her head.
In her spare time she enjoys watching Japanese
Anime and reading vampire stories....along with other great fiction. She is
also very interested in good health and is an advocate of Ketogenic eating,
using whole and natural foods. Her favorite foods are bulletproof coffee,
cashew flour crust pizza and treats made with xylitol and almond, coconut or
cashew flours.
Future dreams include writing many more books
and spending more time with her son Jacob. Her biggest dream is to make
Universal Halloween Horror Nights a yearly event with hubby and son. A Rabbit
Rescue fanatic, she also hopes to help rescues all over the world save many
innocent lives.
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The 3rd book in the 1st of several
trilogies featuring Maura & her family!
Maura has never felt so alone in her life…nor
has her existence ever been so overshadowed by peril…
Not only do both her parents—her distant but loving
mother and recently- returned father—remain absent from her life, but due to
the hideous error in judgement executed in collusion with her best friend,
Valdamir, and adoptive sister, Susie, Maura has been cut off from the pair’s
friendship and support, forbidden by both her father and the fallout from the
dire outcome to see either of them. The heartbreak she suffers, brought on by
the weight of these estrangements, is only intensified by the continued mysterious
absence of her supernaturally-destined mate, Ron…whose disappearance delivers
grave consequences Maura would have never dreamed possible…
Despised by her vampire cousin, Aldiva, for reasons
Maura cannot yet comprehend, the young changeling will be forced to guard her
back with every step, as she comes to realize this member of her vampire family
would love nothing more than to bring about her demise. Aldiva’s wrath calls
forth other members from both Vancouver covens, forcing them to rush to Maura’s
aid—even though her father, their king, has expressly forbidden the other
vampires to initiate contact with his daughter. Will her extended family on
Vancouver Island obey, abandoning Maura to her doom, or will they instead rebel
against Maxwell’s wishes in order to save her life?
In addition to the menace personified in her
unsolicited enemy, the unlikely vampire princess will find herself drowning as
she is pulled down into the depths of a far more devastating crisis…one which
may condemn her to a fate she considers much more undesirable than death. But
in order to tear herself free from the deadly pull which is drawing her under,
Maura must enlist the help of her preternatural family, exposing her newfound
friends to a danger none of them have ever had the misfortune to face before.
Can she be saved or will the riptide drag Maura under…along with those she
loves the most…
In this third and final book of The Maura DeLuca
Trilogy,the first of several trilogies to come, the reader will delve even
deeper into the secrets guarded by Maura’s father, the mystery of Ron’s role in
her life and the identities of the mysterious Vancouver Island Coven members
who have, up until now, remained hidden in the shadows. This trilogy rounds out
the segment of Maura’s life during which she discovers she is a member of The
Born—a human destined to complete her transformation into a vampire! This
series of young adult fantasy novels has been enjoyed by readers of nearly
every age and are found by them to be dramatically different from any other
vampire books they have read in the past. Discover a magical world filled with
fae, angels, elves, pixies and other enchanting creatures in addition to two
families made up of some of the most likeable vampires—for the most part—to ever
exist.
Snippet:
“I know what you did to your friend,” she stated, throwing my tenuous hold on my mental axis to the stabbing wintry wind.
My defenses kicked in, brought purely to light by some unfamiliar instinct. “I didn’t… It was Susie…” Shame flooded my entire being.
“You turned her. It was your doing, ultimately,” she articulated with icy absolution.
It hadn’t been I alone who’d turned her, but I wouldn’t have mentioned my lost friend, Valdamir, for a pint of fresh, warm blood. I feared for his life and safety enough already. Still, her words gave pause to the blood in my veins and reminded me of my part in the murder of one of my best friends, Amanda.
Aldiva stalked after me, toppling me over with the smallest push of her slight index finger. Her eyes blazed at me… I’d never known blue could hold such fire.
I scrabbled backward like an upside-downed tortoise—ineffective—my palms scraping over the thorny rocks. The saltwater’s sharp sting was barely registered by my mind. Her gaze was far more cutting.
If there had been anyone around to watch such a ridiculous display, I’m sure they would have been left bewildered—me, scuttling backward like the world’s clumsiest crab—backing away in horrified haste from a young girl of such slight stature, who appeared much more angel than demon from a distance.
“YOU broke our peace. You disrupted the harmony of my family.” She pointed her icicle finger at me as she hissed out her rage. “Maxwell can keep his mate, but I will deny him his daugh…”
The chilled idea of sudden, unavoidable death assaulted me with a cold unlike any I’d ever felt before—even the preternatural touch of my father’s skin—and it permeated me long after the threat had been nullified.
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Laura L. Walker grew up in a large family in the beautiful
Gila Valley of southern Arizona. From the time Laura was young, she spent hours
drawing characters on paper and fantasizing about their adventures. Life became
more serious, however, when Laura met her own hero and they eventually became
the parents of six children. In between spurts of grocery shopping, sewing
costumes or quilts, transporting kids to practices, and making dinner, Laura
still enjoys putting her imagination to good use. She is the author of four
contemporary romances.
"All Penny Merrill wants to do is run her own bakery shop, but her money-thirsty mother and conniving stepfather are making it nearly impossible to keep her dream alive. When Penny finds a clipping advertising a Valentine's Day contest for Arizona's cutest couple, with the winnings being enough for her to hold on to her floundering business, she comes up with an idea that might just work--if she can find the right man for the job.
