Fabulous and Brunette: Worlds of Fire: Blood Red Moon by Deborah A. Bailey - Book Tour - Guest Post - Giveaway

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Worlds of Fire:

Blood Red Moon

by Deborah A. Bailey

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GENRE: Romantic Fantasy

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BLURB:

Out of the ashes, a new beginning...

When his family and most of their kind were destroyed by the Guild, Derek inherited the position of Vampire Lord. Alchemists held the keys to creating portals to other worlds, knowledge they passed down to phoenixes. Their utopian society was crushed when the Guild invaded, intending to unlock the powerful secrets phoenixes possess. Lovers Derek and Avani met the night their city was sacked and after the city succumbed, they were lost to each other.

Love will be resurrected in blood and fire…

Having lost her memory, Avani became a protégé of the Guild Master, conditioned by magic to believe shifters and vampires were evil. Eventually, she was made Seeker, tasked with finding the Vampire Lord in order to gain access to phoenixes.

When Derek finds Avani, he neutralizes the magic that's kept her from remembering who she is. However, the Templars have almost certainly made a pact with the enemy of all supernatural creatures, in order to gain access to the portals. Only a phoenix can save the world from utter ruin now, but that was precisely the asking price…

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EXCERPT TWO:

As he studied me his eyes were more hazel than brown. And they showed me his raw desire. This was Derek desperate to reclaim me.

"You're not hungry for blood right now, are you?" I asked.

He shook his head, then averted his eyes as though he was afraid of revealing too much. But I'd already seen and felt it. When he met my eyes again, his were darker. Mesmerizing, pulling me in so that I was unable to look away.

An intense vampire gaze burning into me, arousing me to the point where I gripped the edges of the towel I'd wrapped around me. If I said yes, we could be together now in the way that he hungered for.

The image of him running towards me flashed in my mind. The sunshine, the sound of the water lapping on the shore, the smell of the grasses and sweet flowers…all of it came back to me in that instant. His arms around me. His touch. His scent that reminded me of the fresh, comforting earth.

Another image cut into my mind. The Guild house…our plans to purge the vampires, finish them off…destroy the evil. It had to be done and that was our purpose.

Before I could stop it, a sob pushed its way up into my throat. I covered my mouth before I voiced it. He can't know what you've done. He'll never understand.

Derek gripped my shoulders. "What is it? Is the heart magic still—"

"I'm not the person I was back then. We're not the same people."

"I know that. But you and I are connected, Avani. We have a purpose."

"I've been told that before."

"That was a lie. This is real," he said.

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GUEST POST:

Everyone loves a hero! Tell us all about this genuine character and the inspiration behind their development.

The hero of this story is Derek, the Vampire Lord. In the world that he and the heroine, Avani, come from he was to inherit the Vampire Lord title. This indicates that he has a special responsibility to join with the Phoenix, a shifter who creates the portals to other worlds.

But the city that he and Avani originally lived in was destroyed by the antagonist who wanted to capture the phoenix for his own gain. In the process Derek lost Avani and she ends up being separated from him for centuries.

Since the city fell before he was trained in the rituals, he doesn't know what is expected of him. And in the new world he and Avani flee to, he has to take his place in an established vampire culture.

As a vampire Derek needs blood to survive, yet he doesn't consider himself to be a predator. There are rules in vampire culture for being in relationship with humans, including how to manage their natural need to feed on blood. Derek has to balance who he is with his desire for Avani. He can't afford to frighten her or harm her and yet he has needs.

In pop culture vampires are often presented as mysterious and dangerous. Derek can appear to be that way, but there's also a side to him that elevates love above all else. I wanted him to be the sexy vampire hero who is tormented when he loses his love, is filled with vengeance and yet isn't bitter or destructive. Because of this he must temper his emotions, which can be a challenge for him.

In the story he's seen through Avani's POV and so there are parts of him that he hides from her – and from the reader. As Avani regains her memory and learns more about Derek, he's revealed to the reader as well.

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AUTHOR BIO:

Deborah A Bailey's Paranormal & Science Fiction Romance novels include suspense, a bit of mystery and a lot of romantic heat.

Her short stories have won awards from the Philadelphia Writers' Conference and have been published in US1 Magazine and the Sun and are included in, Electric Dreams: Seven Futuristic Tales. She's the author of non-fiction books, and articles for various online publications.

Visit her site https://dbaileycoach.com/brightbooks for more information and subscribe to the newsletter here: https://eepurl.com/bokGdX so you'll be the first to find out about giveaways, book launches and sneak peeks.

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GIVEAWAY INFO:

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