Blood and Lilies Spotlight
Hello friends! I’m excited to show you guys a spotlight for a new book! Just check it out and see if this strikes your fancy.
Blood and Lilies by Lyn Croft
The blurb: First in the Bloodlines Series
Once cast from Heaven, Zillah has vowed
to destroy God and overtake his kingdom. But a key is needed to open the
gates between the two realms.
The Key to the gate walks the earth in
the form of a woman…young, innocent and completely unaware of her
importance in the battle between good and evil. Once her blood is shed,
Zillah can open the portal to release her father…Lucifer himself.
Cara, a college sophomore, is quickly
thrown into the world of the supernatural, as well as learning of her
true ancestry. Vampires, werewolves and the Nephilim are now a part of
her reality. As the beings struggle to protect her, she fights to keep
her sanity as her mortal realm is crushed.
Secrets are revealed that could shatter
Cara’s new found love, as well as lead to her ultimate death. A family
is torn apart as the battle to save the key leads them down a road of
betrayal and heartache. Loved ones are lost, lines are crossed, and
nothing is as it seems. Lies and truths twist and turn, leaving us with
only one question…
Could you sacrifice the one you love to save the world?
An excerpt: The evening sky
pulsed, hues of deep purples and blacks engraving blurry lines above
the earth. The night echoed its cries, carried by angry breezes through
the hills of the land. The cemetery, cascaded in carved tombstones that
sprouted from the ground, laid empty and dormant, except for the busy,
yet silent whispers of the dead.
The ground, wet and damp, gave way beneath
Cara’s bare feet as she trudged through the mud pushing between her
toes. Her eyes traveled towards the ground to study her soiled feet,
finding her body was draped in a simple, yet elegant white dress which
graced her pale legs just below her knees. The plunging neckline stopped
just beneath the cleft of her breast as the thin silk straps hugged the
tops of her shoulders, exposing her bare delicate skin.
She scanned around her, alone and
frightened, like a young child strayed from its mother. It was so dark,
and the crested moon, swarmed by rolling darkened clouds, offered no
safe haven of light to guide her way. Slow and unsure, she stepped
cautiously, waiting blindly for an edge that would send her spiraling
down into a never-ending abyss, swallowing her whole. The shadows danced
in front of her, playing tricks on her unfocused eyes as her feet took
her step by step.
Where was she? How did she get here? She could hear faint whispers of the dead crying out to her from the spirit world. Their words made no sense as they all jumbled together like a soft but unmelodic hum in the air. Her ears strained to make out parts of the words, hoping to piece together some language so she could better understand why they’d brought her here.
Where was she? How did she get here? She could hear faint whispers of the dead crying out to her from the spirit world. Their words made no sense as they all jumbled together like a soft but unmelodic hum in the air. Her ears strained to make out parts of the words, hoping to piece together some language so she could better understand why they’d brought her here.
Realization struck. The voices had guided
her here. She turned around to where the whispers grew, louder and more
needful. She followed them as they increased, vibrating through her head
as if they were coming from inside her brain, instead of churning in
the air around her. The darkness frightened her, yet she still
continued, following the only guidance she had.
Cara.
She could hear it now. Through the vast echo
of the whispers, she could make out her name. They called to her,
begged her to come near. She obeyed.
Something hard struck her toes, shooting instant pain up through her legs, like lightning igniting through her to her very core. Her body flew forward as she reached out to stop her fall. She expected a large stone to split her head. Or perhaps the tip of a metal cross would impale her through her chest and end it all, without her knowing or seeing it in the darkness before her. But there was nothing as her body hit the soft ground beneath her.
Something hard struck her toes, shooting instant pain up through her legs, like lightning igniting through her to her very core. Her body flew forward as she reached out to stop her fall. She expected a large stone to split her head. Or perhaps the tip of a metal cross would impale her through her chest and end it all, without her knowing or seeing it in the darkness before her. But there was nothing as her body hit the soft ground beneath her.
Grass laced itself through her fingers as
she looked up to the gravestone in front of her. The clouds that had
hugged the moon so well broke, lighting the etched carvings before her
so she could see. What she read on the engraving shook her to the core.
Her eyes couldn’t process, couldn’t comprehend what she was seeing.
Cara L. Chadwick
Beloved Friend and Student
We will miss you always
Oct. 18, 1992 to Dec. 21, 2012
Beloved Friend and Student
We will miss you always
Oct. 18, 1992 to Dec. 21, 2012
A cry escaped her lips as Cara pushed
herself up from the ground as fast as she could, stumbling backwards.
She wanted to turn away, run and never look back. There was no way in
hell she was going to stay here to hang out with her own tomb. And the
date…it was this Friday’s date…or had it already arrived and was now in
the past? Cara realized she had no idea of what time it was, or the day,
but she needed to escape and get out of this place as fast as her bare
feet could carry her.
Author Bio
Lyn Croft is a sci-fi
fantasy writer born and raised in sunny Southern California. There, she
raises her daughter, works full time, writes novels, and plays video
games in her spare time.
Her new book, “Blood & Lilies ~ Bloodlines” is her debut novel, and the first in a series of epic tales for the battle between good and evil.
Her new book, “Blood & Lilies ~ Bloodlines” is her debut novel, and the first in a series of epic tales for the battle between good and evil.
Links
Happy reading!
