Fabulous and Brunette: Silver to the Heart by Brien Feathers - Book Tour - Guest Post - FREE Book!! - Giveaway

Hi, lovelies!! It gives me great pleasure today to host Brien Feathers and her new book, “Silver to the Heart,” here on FAB!! For other stops on her Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images in this post.

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This eBook is available for FREE during the book tour!!! See below for more details.

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Silver to the Heart

by Brien Feathers

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GENRE: Dark Fantasy, Urban Fantasy (Adult, Not YA)

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BLURB:

— So begins the apocalypse, with death and a story of love —

An old soul (several centuries old), the lover, fighter, and telekinetic Drake receives an order to safeguard Ana, a mortal with Elder Talent.

Ana, an artist beset by haunting visions, falls for the perfect stranger while venturing home to mediate emergent family chaos.

Past-warlord and present commander Sasuke wields his telepathic might to outwit Council traitors in an effort to save the human realm and its Guardian from a new Dark War.

Criminal and light bender Lou, now sought by the Council to answer for his sins, seeks shelter with the Reverend—an Elder fit to bypass rules of magic meant to be unbreakable.

As time’s last grains of sand deplete, an ancient battle may renew, with pieces of the fractured realm imperiling man’s modern world. Though few on Earth are cognizant, dark days now lie ahead. . .

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One fate, two paths, six singular perspectives, and plethoric danger.

Contemporary fantasy at its polychromic finest—pure delight.

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EXCERPT TWO:

Arrogant men stood different, carried themselves different, and smirked when they should smile. The redhead clearly enjoyed his own company and Ana dug people who loved themselves—narcissists. Her therapist would say that was a problem, but she wasn’t here, so who cared?

Tilting his head in a question and looking directly at her, the redhead arched an eyebrow; she’d been staring at him. A normal person would have smiled, maybe even waved, but Ana rolled her eyes and turned back to the bar. Because I have no game.

“Here, girl,” said the bartender, and her drink appeared. When Ana exchanged her card for the bourbon, he asked, “Open tab?”

“Nah, I’m about to be out of here.”

“Aight girl.”

“Hey, how old is the kid over there? The redhead on the terrace, six o’clock,” asked Ana. She lived alone and had no dignity, so why not?

The bartender stared behind Ana, squinting. “I carded him already.” Yeah, because Ana looked like she was from the liquor license revoking… agency?

“I’ve seen him in here before. He’s all right,” said the bartender answering the question Ana hadn’t asked. “The blonde is hot, though,” he continued.

“Is he looking at me?” Ana asked.

“Nope, he’s looking at the blonde.” With that, he took her card and turned.

Ana threw a glance over her shoulder—carefully. He was talking to a blonde wearing an off-the-shoulder black dress. The woman’s face was turned away from Ana but the snooty attire said ‘not a college kid’. Perhaps he liked older women, which was good, because Ana wasn’t eighteen or nineteen… or however old he was. At twenty-seven, she was already trying to rob cradles—she would need more than one therapist soon.

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GUEST POST:

Falling in Love with the Main Characters

Silver to the Heart, Book 1 of the Light of Adua series; therefore the entire series, is written with multiple point of view characters. So I have a handful of main characters, not just one, and I love them all. Even the side characters and the villains, I love them. Because if I don’t, why would a reader?

Whenever I give voice to a character, it comes from a place of empathy. Everyone, even villains, think they are doing the right thing— which I think is how real people are.

Set in modern-day New Orleans (most of the time), Light of Adua is a dark fantasy series with vampires who are all centuries old, and at the end of ‘Silver to the Heart’, they are at war with the supernatural. So, I have to fathom, how a diverse cast of characters, some of whom are actual warlords from Japan’s era of Warring States, would behave in such a situation, and I see a lot of grey area for morals and ethics.

For example, one of my main characters is a 318-year-old Russian telekinetic vampire who’s lived in New Orleans since the founding days of the city— so, he’s southern. At the beginning of ‘Silver to the Heart’, he’s kind, funny, nice, and lives worry-free frequenting bars and courting human women. Whilst on a mission, he falls in love with Ana, a twenty-seven-year-old human girl from Maine. But when the dark war begins his supposed ethics, as well as love for Ana, will be tested.

Vampires in this story are escaped souls from a realm of magic that had fallen to eternal night, and when Drake’s memory of former life awakens, he remembers he loves another. Throughout the series, he has an intense and obsessive relationship with another character whom he claims is like a father to him— a five-hundred-year-old telepathic Japanese warlord vampire. The telepath’s name is Sasuke, and Drake is more protective of him than he is of Ana because he’s known him for over three centuries. And this is how all my characters are: they are complex, have past wounds, and when push comes to shove, they have dark tendencies and compromising morals.

I don’t try to make my characters lovable by forcing black and white good vs evil on them, but I do write them as who they are, so (hopefully) a reader can understand why they do what they do— even if they don’t agree with them. None of my characters meander through the story, they all have strong wills and wants that make them collide with one another.

Even my main villain, a templar knight who’s gone mad, thinks he’s saving the world by ridding it of humans— because he believes humans are evil. This is not in Book 1 by the way, in Book 1, he’s long dead. How does that work? Well, let me show you… Book 1 is perma-free, please give it a shot.

So in short, I don’t set out trying to make characters lovable, but I do hope you fall in love with them as I have, despite their many, many flaws. Because we are all flawed and isn’t that beautiful?

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AUTHOR BIO:

Brien Feathers is a fantasy author living in the land of permanent frost, horses, and Mongols. She likes reading, writing (of course), riding (horses and husbands), drinking dark beer, and checking things off a to-do list.

Although she claims to love everyone equally, she really loves her youngest son the most. He has autism superpowers that allow him to speak all types of rare languages including drumbeats, elevator dings, and police sirens.

Miss Feathers loves grey days, orange cats, and all creatures human or otherwise. And she hopes you will love her world (fantasy) and people (characters) as well.

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CONNECT WITH BRIEN FEATHERS:

Website:

https://brienfeathers.com

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/Brienfantasy

Instagram:

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TikTok:

https://www.tiktok.com/@brienfeathers

Goodreads Author Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21919155.Brien_Feathers

Goodreads Book Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59536026-silver-to-the-heart

Amazon Author Page:

https://amzn.to/3PNTSb3

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BOOK BUY LINKS & FREE BOOK INFO:

**The Silver to the Heart eBook is available for FREE during the book tour!!!**

Amazon US Kindle eBook:

https://amzn.to/3AG1OXB

Amazon US Paperback:

https://amzn.to/3R8207e

Amazon CA Kindle eBook:

https://www.amazon.ca/Silver-Heart-Light-Adua-Book-ebook/dp/B09JJQSDF2

Amazon CA Paperback:

https://www.amazon.ca/Silver-Heart-Light-Brien-Feathers/dp/991925696X

Apple Books eBook:

https://books.apple.com/us/book/silver-to-the-heart/id1588444350

Barnes and Noble NOOK eBook:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/silver-to-the-heart-brien-feathers/1140251834?ean=2940164639587

Barnes and Noble Paperback:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/silver-to-the-heart-brien-feathers/1140251834?ean=9789919256968

Kobo US eBook:

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/silver-to-the-heart

Kobo CA eBook:

https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/silver-to-the-heart

Universal – Books2Read:

https://books2read.com/u/bwakY0

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GIVEAWAY INFO:

Brien Feathers will be awarding $30 Amazon OR Barnes and Noble Gift Card (Winner’s Choice!!!) to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.

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