Please welcome Laura Daleo to Fantasy Fun Reads. I first met Laura when she agreed to co-host one of my big events. She is a big supporter of other authors and if you haven;t connected with her yet, you really should. Today we are going to spotlight her Immortal Kiss series.
Immortal Kiss blurb:
Centuries ago ten powerful vampire gods first walked the earth; their blood thirst knew no boundaries. The destruction of mankind was inevitable. Recognizing their weakness, they selected twelve wise human beings to transform with their godly blood. These twelve, known as The Old Ones and The Council, govern The Ten. A blood lottery appeasing The Ten’s hunger was set forth into the human world and passed down every fifth generation, continuing into the present day.
All of Beth Ryan’s life a mysterious mist has watched over her; a mist she believed to be a vampire. On a cold winter night, Philippe Delon, a 700-year-old vampire walks into Beth’s life. She is drawn to him, certain he is the vampire behind the mist...but is he?
Beth and Philippe cannot deny their love for each other, nor do they try to fight it. Within days of their encounter, Beth accepts Philippe’s invitation to move into his mansion. The mansion unlocks the door to the vampire world and exposes secrets from Beth’s past. Within its walls, she learns the true identity of the mist, her link to the blood lottery, and betrayal of her loved ones. Surrounded by lies, Beth stands before The Council begging for resolution.
Get it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071V88HTL
Five years crawled by at a painfully slow pace for young vampire, Beth; each year more agonizing than the next. The powerful unyielding spell which masked Amon’s whereabouts showed no signs of weakening. Influenced by the binding ritual and Amon’s blood surging inside her, Beth will stop at nothing, and risk everything, to find him and turn the tables on Osiris, Isis, and Hathor. In foggy streets of London, lives are threatened by a new breed of hunter, and nothing is what it seemed. Beth once again finds herself surrounded by betrayal. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between Philippe and Amon – knowing that her decision will change one life forever. But whose?
Get it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XKYF5PJ
Brandon Cass is not your average teenager. He has a taste for blood—human blood. For sixteen years, he stumbled through life without a hitch until the enigmatic aroma of blood awakened something dark within him. Visions of a beautiful young woman with chocolate brown hair and ocean blue eyes haunt his mind, yet her identity is a puzzling mystery.
His hunger for blood strengthens, and the cravings become too powerful to control. No one is safe, not even his family. To safeguard all he once found dear, Brandon sets out on a quest for answers. In an unfamiliar city, he comes face-to-face with the beautiful young woman, confronts the dark force which controls him, and learns what he must endure to reclaim his soul.
Get it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BFJMFNQ
Interview:
1. What inspired you to write?
Actually it was Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles. After finishing Tale of the Body Thief, her next book in the series wasn’t coming out for a year and I couldn’t wait that long as I wrote my own.
2. What do you know now that you wished you knew when you first started to write?
Persistence is key, don't ever give up. I completed Immortal Kiss in 1996 and was accepted by an agent. After six months of submissions, I put the whole writing thing aside as I'm an impatient person. If I'd kept up with the process, who knows where I'd be today.
3. Tell us about your writing and publishing journey. What made you decide to go the traditional or self-published route? As I stated, I had started out with an agent in 1996, but then stopped. Once I was older and wiser, I started looking again. Twilight had just come out and agents and publishers had had enough of vampire stories. I was able to find two publishers that were still accepting vampire stories and was given a contract by a small press publisher. After being with the publisher for 2 years, I made the decision to start my own publishing company. In 2016, I started Story Bound Publishing and switched over my books to my own label.
4. Who are your favorite authors today? What genres do you love to read?
Anne Rice and Stephen King are my favorite authors. I love to read urban fantasy, dark fantasy, paranormal (no romance), and horror.
5. What are you working on now? What's planned for the future?
I'm finishing up my 5th book, The Soul Collector, a supernatural thriller and my first non-vampire tale. It will be released summer 2019. My next project is The Doll, another supernatural tale with a bit of horror. Eventually, I would love to begin accepting other authors books to publish under Story Bound Publishing.
Author Bio:
Laura Daleo was born and raised in San Diego, California where she majored in Fine Arts at Mesa College. She is best known for her love of animals and shares her home with three humorous Basset Hounds, Stuart, Morgan, and Dexter, her toughest critics. Laura has held positions in several industries, Restaurant, Telecom, Biotech, Research, and Retail. Throughout Laura's professional career, she furthered her writing skills by taking courses and by joining writer’s critique groups and Writers Digest. She is now the owner of Story Bound Publishing, a fresh voice in the supernatural realm of ebooks and traditional print, committed to publishing unearthly tales of Aliens, Angels, Demons, Fairies, Ghosts, Shifters, Vampires, Werewolves, Witches, Zombies and all other creatures that go bump in the night.
Thank you for the great author spotlight and interview!
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