The Vampire's Game - Carr, Harper

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Biographie:
Wendy Hawkin writes as W. L. Hawkin and Harper Carr from her home in the Pacific Northwest. She's a genre-blender, so you might find crime, adventure, supernatural elements, and romantic suspense interwoven in her books. Her novel, Lure: Jesse & Hawk (2022) won a National Indie Excellence Award, a Gold Reader's Choice award from Connections E-magazine, a Crowned Heart Review from InD'tale Magazine, and placed as a finalist in The UK Wishing Shelf Book Awards. Lure is a small-town romantic suspense story set on a Chippewa Reservation in Minnesota, and is the first of her Lure River Romances. The sequel, Lure: The Silent Girl will be published soon.If you like myth, magic, and mayhem her Hollystone Mysteries feature a coven of West Coast witches who solve murders using ritual magic and a little help from the gods. The books-To Charm a Killer, To Sleep with Stones, To Render a Raven, To Kill a King, and To Dance with Destiny-follow Estrada, a free-spirited, bisexual magician and coven high priest as he endeavors to save his family and friends while sorting through his own personal issues. Each of the Tattoo Editions-designed by Yassi Art & Design-feature a hand-drawn tattoo worn by a prominent character.As Wendy got to know Estrada, she realized the series revolved around him and his search for love and belonging. So, when she created her new pen name-Harper Carr-she rebranded the Hollystone Mysteries as The Man in Black series to honor him. Harper Carr also writes genre-blending teen fiction. Her YA novel, The Shadow Man was a finalist in the 2023 Pacific Northwest Writers Association unpublished manuscript contest.As an intuitive writer, Wendy captures what she sees and hears on the page, and allows her muses to guide her through the creative process. In Writing with your Muse: a Guide to Creative Inspiration, she explains her writing process and offers tips and techniques to help writers get their words on the page.Wendy needs to feel the energy of the land so, although she's an introvert, in each book her characters go on a journey where she's traveled herself. If you don't find her at Blue Haven Press, she's out wandering by woods and water, listening to her muses with her beautiful yellow dog. ...

Sommaire:
A Sexy Hitchcockian Thriller that Demystifies Vampire and Illustrates the Power of Love.Estrada is High Priest of Hollystone Coven, a shaman, and magician. But is he a match for a vengeful vampire?Diego wants blood. Estrada wants his baby back. What will the high priest sacrifice to bring his daughter home? Clutching Estrada, the vampire hauled him up through the jagged glass. His feet were off the ground. In a breath, he'd be gone. Michael sprung, and clinging to Estrada's back, he pulled at the curved talons embedded beneath his clavicle. Though his hands were flayed by the vampire's claws, still he pulled and pulled. Estrada's bones snapped. And then they were both free falling. But suddenly, the bloody claws punctured Michael's chest. Screaming, he stared down. Saw Estrada hit the deck. Saw his friends drag him off. And then Michael was in the sky, being buffeted by the night wind as the creature carried him up and up. Then, as if in sudden recognition of its mistake, the vampire somersaulted and careened down. Michael's face hit the surface of a concrete sea. Breath caught. Pain surged. Beating its thunderous wings, the creature dragged him through the waves. Gasping. Broken-faced. Drowning. And then he was under, and salt water filled his lungs....