The Forsaken Series
By Elise Whyles and Ciara Lake
Series
Overview:
Among us walk immortal
beings – cursed to hide within the shadows they live along side us as they have
for centuries. Using, feeding, living off the mortals so reviled for their
weakness – yet there are some who will be awakened and immortality will be
given.
Now, an ancient evil
stirs – rising to threaten not only the Immortal Realms but the mortal world. A
cursed vampire General stirs, plotting his revenge on those who have forsaken
him…but he’s forgotten about the innocent, who like him have been punished.
There are those who
are Forsaken.
It could be anyone
among us…
The first book, Forsaken Heart by Elise Whyles is set to release in April 2012. The
second book Curse of a Dargon’s Claim by Ciara Lake will release shortly after.
Forsaken Heart
Punished for
sins not her own, can a mortal claim her vampire mate?
The world of
immortals must unite to save both themselves and the mortals they co-exist with
from an ancient evil.
For Bede
MacTaggert this means trusting in the warrior sent for her sister—a man of
mystery, of power, and one who could easily sweep her into a world she's
destined to be part of.
An imperial guard
to the king of vampires, Gawain has always tuned out the needs of the flesh.
Dedicating himself to the service of the royals, he's lived on the fringes of
his people for centuries. Now he's forced from the shadows and into the arms of
a woman who will awaken his heart and body to a passion unequaled.
Content Warning:
sexy alpha vampire, explicit sex, violence
Excerpt
"Frails are
not to be toyed with," Gawain ground out and grabbed the girl, spinning
her away, his sword at the ready as the man heaved upward, a dagger clutched in
his hand. Gawain's sword rested easy on his palm, ready, the surface slicked
with blood as he faced the coward.
"She's mine
to do with as I choose." He gurgled, collapsing to the ground, his weapon
falling from pudgy fingers. "Paid ten pieces of gold for 'em both, and I
aim to get a might of use out 'em."
"Now she's
mine," Gawain declared. Raising his sword, he drove it through the man's
chest, pinning his twitching frame to the ground. He stepped back, his gaze
sweeping the clearing. Males such as this did not travel alone, his cohorts
would be close. He'd need to find and kill them…
Searing pain
lanced through him, splitting his chest. Gawain glanced down. The thin, sharp
tip of a blade stuck from his chest. He touched the blade and snarled. The
metal was warm, when it should have been cold. Shock slammed into him as the
blade began to glow, turning a searing red before changing back to normal, or
as normal as it could be with blood racing down the weapon.
Whirling, his hand
already scrabbling for the dagger's hilt in his back, he grabbed his assailant
by the throat and lifted. Grunting as he pulled the weapon free, his lips
curled upward. "You'd do well, wench, to know your place."
"If you think
I mean to let you do her harm…" Sputtering, her nails digging into his
wrists, the girl's brown eyes stared into his. Fear lay within the depths but
something else stirred. Something dark, dangerous, easily recognized if one
knew what they were looking for.
His fingers moved,
tightening, loosening as he pulled her against him. Inhaling, he caught the faint
scent of blood, fear, sweat, fire, and something sultry, sweet, and light on
his tongue. Drawing the scent deep, he wallowed in it, his body responding to
the aroma he'd dreamed of but never found.
Gawain inhaled
slowly, his muscles tightening, burning. Using the tip of her dagger, he pushed
the material of her shift aside. The scrolling marks of a serpent flared before
his eyes. It coiled and danced beneath the girl's flesh.
Character Interview: Gawain – of the
Vampires
What’s your favorite food(s)? (Isn’t
limited to humans – if you write paranormal can be anything you want it to be.)
Food? Why I don’t imbibe
food of the earth. Frankly its revolting, tasteless, and as appealing going in
as out. Now a nice, warm, cup of the sweetest blood? Oh yes, that’s simply
divine. Of course, the sweetest is from the veins of my chosen one.
Who was your first boyfriend/girlfriend and
how old were you when you met?
My first was Bede of the Woods.
I was eight hundred and twenty one years old.
How long have you worked at your current
job?
Since I was one hundred
and sixty five years old. It was my calling, my life until I met Bede who has
become my life.
What’s your greatest pet peeve with you
Mother/Father? Why?
Pet peeve with my
parents? What in the Stylox…oh yes, I see it’s a human custom isn’t it? Well,
there were no issues with my parents growing up. Mother and father have both
been kind to me. They took pride in all I did and still do.
If you could meet anyone living or dead who
would it be and why?
Bede’s father – I’ve the
desire to rip out his throat with my claws and stomp on his beating heart for
the treachery and brutality to Bede and her young sister.
Who’s your favorite artist, singer, etc.?
I do so love the songs of
Selene – lullabies sung to the young for generations. They’re calming, soothing
and fill one with the hope of life.
Name two things about Bede you’d change and
tell us why?
Two things…hmmm. Well,
firstly I’d change her desire to constantly nag. I swear the woman hasn’t
stopped nagging me about going back to Amuliana’s realm since she discovered my
minor falsehood weeks past. I always keep my word and having her worrying and
fussing is frustrating.
Her pesky habit of helping
those who are undeserving of her kindness. She has been talking to the Queens,
seems she’s feeling the urge to nest and since she has not grown into her
immortality enough to reproduce an offspring of our own – she’s taken in every
child with a wing, a fang, a claw…all while using her wiles to keep me
distracted.
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