Laura Bradley Rede grew up as the oldest
of nine kids in a small town on the coast of Maine. She now lives in
Minneapolis, MN with her partner, their three kids, one great dane, and six
city chickens. She is a Writers of the Future award winner and author of the YA
paranormal romance series The Darkride Chronicles (DARKRIDE and CROSSFIRE)
along with numerous YA short stories. Her new NA paranormal romance KISSING
MIDNIGHT will be released fall 2013.
Title: Darkride
Series: The Darkride Chronicles book 1
Author:
Laura Bradley Rede
Published:
Dec. 9, 2011
Word Count:
160,000
Genre:
YA Paranormal Romance
Age Restriction: 12+
Synopsis: Ander McNair used to be the favorite son of a great
monster-hunting family – until he was bitten by a werewolf and the hunter
became the hunted. Now anything that makes his pulse race, even a kiss from his
girlfriend Cicely, is enough to turn him into a monster. When he finally has
his chance to earn his cure by killing a vampire prince, Ander finds he has to
choose between his own past and the future of the girl he loves. Can a guy
who’s not even human learn what it means to be a man?
Luke Marianez used to be an immortal vampire prince – until the witch he loved
betrayed him and cursed him with the ability to die. Now he lives in the world
of vampire blood bars where the waitresses are the drinks, and dreams about
killing the last of the witch’s line so he can live forever. But revenge
doesn’t just mean breaking the curse. He wants to break the girl's heart, too.
Can Luke seduce Cicely without falling in love himself?
Cicely Watson doesn’t believe in werewolves or vampires. She’s not even sure
she believes in true love. But she’s about to discover what every werewolf
knows:
People change.
Title: Crossfire
Series: The Darkride Chronicles book 2
Author:
Laura Bradley Rede
Published:
Jan.14, 2013
Word Count:
100,000
Genre:
YA Paranormal Romance
Age Restriction: 12+
Synopsis: It’s hard to move on when someone you love dies–especially if that
someone is you. But that’s exactly what Cicely Watson is trying to do: move on,
away from the sunlit life she knew and into her life as a vampire. It’s the
only way to protect her friends, and her only hope of getting close to the guy
she loves. Now that Ander can control the wolf inside him, Cicely is determined
they will finally be together–even if their natural instincts tell them to tear
each other apart.
But when Ander meets a new girl with a power he can’t resist, Cicely fears she
saved his life only to lose his love. And what about her own feelings for Luke
Marianez, the handsome vampire prince? She always claimed dark, brooding Luke
simply wasn’t her type, but can she still deny the fire between them now that
she’s his kind? When the enemy captures someone she loves, Cicely is forced to
choose. Can a heart that stopped beating start loving at last? Or will true
love be caught in the crossfire?
Excerpt From Darkride - Ander
The wind shifts.
The smell hits me: Bitter. Burning.
Metallic as blood.
Vamp.
Before the thought can even register, I’m
reacting. My muscles tense and the hairs on the back of my neck rise. The color
seems to bleed out of the leaves around me as my eyes shift to the black and
white vision of the wolf, my color vision dialing down while my other senses go
hyper. The woods around me seem to shift like a dream going lucid as I become
suddenly aware of every twig snap, every rustle. My mind divides: the part of
me that is still human is fumbling for my bottle, tearing off the cap, chugging
one dose, two doses, three—as if I could drown it, swallow down the animal that
is rising up inside me.
The other half of my mind is thinking only
one thing: vamp, vamp, vamp, vamp.
I’m fighting instinct and I know I’m going to lose. The scent is strong, fresh.
I am used to Michael’s scent; horrible though it was for me at first, I can
ignore it now. But this? This isn’t Michael. This is a vampire I don’t know—at
least one, maybe more.
And they’re on my territory.
I make a last, lame attempt at trying to
breathe the way Michael showed me. I grasp for the stupid mantra he gave me,
saying it over and over in my mind: Human
is as human does, human is as human does…but it’s no use. The change is
rising over me like water over a drowning man and fighting it only drives me
deeper so I can’t breathe. A sudden shock of pain unzips my spine, bending me
double. My hands hit the dirty forest floor. My mind latches on to a mantra of
its own—please no please no please no—but
it’s too late.
I’m changing.
~ Giveaway ~
There is an event wide giveaway. Prizes
include the following:
- GRAND PRIZE: One set of signed paperbacks (DARKRIDE and
CROSSFIRE) with signed swag bookmarks
- Five ebook copies of DARKRIDE
Giveaway is International.
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What do you think of the covers? I think they're much more grown up than the old covers. I love them!!
I entered your giveaway.
ReplyDeleteIt would be great to win
the set of signed paperbacks of
DARKRIDE and CROSSFIRE By Laura Bradley Rede.
These look like interesting books.
I enjoy reading and discovering new authors.
Thank you for having this giveaway!!!!!!!!!
Laura Bradley Rede is a new author to me, so thank you for the post. I love finding out about new authors and their books. These sound really good, and I look forward to reading them. Thanks for the giveaway!
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