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BloodReaction
Annalice, a single mother and physician, is ready to
immerse herself in the mundane chores of her farm as a diversion from her
hectic professional life. But she becomes the victim of a home invasion, the
supernatural kind. Vindictive and cruel, Asa, a century old vampire, takes
brutal control of her life and home.
Forcing her to strike a bargain in exchange for her daughter's life, Annalice
must not only accept his presence but also bow to his depravity. Facing threats
to her only child, she relies on her skills as a physician to unravel the clues
to the vampire's existence, attempting to beat him at his own game.
Caught in a race against a genetic timeline, Annalice struggles to survive the
Blood Reaction.
For The Sake Of Revenge
How far was Tamara willing to go for the sake of revenge? And who
would pay the price? She didn’t know as she tipped the bottle of vampire blood
up to her lips but she was about to find out.
Stepping off the ferry in Sitka, Alaska was bittersweet for Tamara Semenov. A
decade earlier she had abandoned her mother and high school
sweetheart, Peter, to marry a man she hardly knew only to find herself in an
abusive relationship. Now ten years later, she had escaped with her life
but at what cost. Her mother was dead.
Although the police had ruled her mother’s death an accident, Tamara was
convinced her estranged husband was to blame and to make matters worse, she
knows she is his next target.
While putting her mother’s affairs in order, Tamara finds the blood of a
vampire named Adrik, who as a human was falsely accused of raping a wealthy
Russian heiress and excommunicated from the Church. For the sake of revenge,
he willing condemned himself to vampirism.
Learning that the blood could tie the living to the undead, Tamara seeks
out a connection with the long buried vampire in hopes of striking a deal, his
freedom for her revenge. Will he be the edge she needs to out
maneuver her estranged husband or will she become entangled in a two
century old web of revenge?
For The Sake If Revenge
Excerpt:
Chapter 1
“Uppyr.” I breathed the word out between sips of steaming hot tea as I
squinted down at the aged label clinging to the ancient bottle I held in my
other hand.
Have I read that right? I questioned
myself. It had been a few years since I’d read any Russian writings, but as I
studied the word again, I was certain of its meaning.
“Vampire,” I spoke aloud this time, translating from Russian to
English, hoping it sounded less insane.
I gave it a few seconds to let the syllables sink in, saying it
over a few times in my head.
No, it still sounded insane.
A second word was elegantly scrawled onto the label, but in the
dim lighting, I couldn’t make it out. Casting a sideways look at the cold fire burning
in the hearth, I scooted as far forward on the couch as I could without leaving
the coziness of the blanket I’d wrapped up in and focused all my efforts on
reading the label; my face screwed up with the effort.
“Krov,” I sounded it out, searching my mind for the
meaning.
Blood. Grandmother had used the word from time to time, usually
in some ancient reference to a curse—or when hunting. Occasionally, these two
strangely different subjects had collided in her world.
“Uppyr krov. Vampire blood,” I spoke aloud to the
empty house. Then I laughed, but only a little. I am of Russian descent after
all, and we don’t limit ourselves to the normal thoughts of traditional
Americans; hence always keeping a broom visible in the corner of the living
room and the horseshoe over the doorway. The horseshoe isn’t an Alaskan custom.
Mom had just borrowed the idea from her southern friend Gloria, but in her
world, you could never be too careful.
With the exception of a date on the label—January 26,
1808—there were no other markings on the bottle. No serial numbers or
expiration dates stamped into the glass to suggest it was modern; the vial was
slightly misshapen with an old and withered cork stuffed deep into the neck of
the glass.
Despite the date written on the bottle, the contents flowed
freely. No dried remnants clung to the sides of the vial; no clots stuck to the
bottom.
It looks very fresh for two-hundred-year-old blood,
About DL Atha:
DL Atha, having the good fortune to have been raised in rural
western Arkansas, resides there still with her husband and three
children where together they enjoy the farm life.
She earned her MD in 1999, and currently enjoys the practice of hospital
medicine and wound care which she performs full time in a nearby town.
She is currently working on the sequel to Blood Reaction.
For the Sake of Revenge was her first venture into non-medical fiction.
A few of her favorite things are chocolate, anything old
but especially old houses, gardening, and horses.
Her least favorite things are getting up early, anything that happens before
nine a.m. and constricting clothing.
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ATHA:
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ATHA's books:
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