Finale of vampire romance/urban fantasy trilogy. Doomed love, angst, rebellion, prophecy, fighting, biting, & immortal, sensual temptation: Blood Eternal
(Well, it's under 140 if you don't count the spaces. Or this explanation :)).
What is the one thing you wish you knew before you tried to get published?
That I was good enough :)
What to you is the best part of being a writer and what is the part you wouldn't mind giving up?
The best part is being justified in living in my imagination! And hearing from readers who've enjoyed my books makes it all worth while. I'm not sure I would give up any of it, to be honest... except maybe the self-promotion, although you do meet readers that way and I wouldn't like to give that up either!
What city would you love to set a story in but the right one hasn't come along yet?
Hmmm... Maybe Moscow. I've never been there, but it always looks so exotic, and it has such an amazing history, I'm sure I'd be inspired if I just spent a few days there!
Vampires, Shifters, Zombies, Angels - who wins the final ultimate battle?
Got to be vampires! Too easy for shifters to get caught without their clothes :). Zombies rot and they have no brains. Angels are hampered by goodness. Vampires are just stronger, meaner, more intelligent, and don't mind at all being badder - or at least mine don't!
If you could witness any historical event past, present or future what would it be and why?
Hmmm... I'd go for historical, but I'd struggle to pick just one event! I don't think I'd care for the up-close and personal view of the brutal battles that litter the important events of history. It's the personalities and the minor side-issues that interest me, like what did Scottish heroes Wallace and Bruce REALLLY think of each other? :).
Anything else you would like to share today?
I'd like to say thank you, Donna, for interviewing me! And to your readers: I'm always very happy to answer questions, either here or by email, Facebook etc, so please feel free to get in touch! Oh, and have a bewitching Halloween :)
Thanks Marie for taking the time for this interview.
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Blood
Eternal
By
Marie Treanor
Awakened
by Blood, Book 3
Signet
Eclipse
Mass
Market Paperback
4th
October 2011
Secrets
don't disappear after seduction...
Elizabeth
Silk is struggling to reconcile her passion for the vampire overlord
Saloman and her allegiance to the vampire hunters. When a shocking
vampire revolt calls Saloman away from her, she refuses to follow
him.
To
make matters worse, Saloman’s beloved cousin Luk has been found and
awakened by one of his greatest enemies. Frenzied with bloodlust, Luk
embarks on a killing spree and prepares to expose Saloman’s biggest
vulnerability: Elizabeth.
But
under Saloman’s regime, vampires have become less concerned with
secrecy, no longer willing to hide their power. Rumors are swirling
about attacks on humans. After Saloman joins forces with the vampire
hunters to consolidate his power, Elizabeth begins to understand her
role in the inevitable collision of the two worlds. She could bring
resolution between vampires and humans—if she can manage to stay
alive long enough to play both sides….
Excerpt
from Blood Eternal:
Set
up: An Ancient vampire, believed to be Saloman’s newly awakened
cousin Luk, has gone on the rampage in the Turkish hills. Elizabeth
Silk is helping the hunters to track Luk and his allies…
Luk
began to run, and as his limbs stretched out, he remembered their
strength and what they could do. A surge of excitement urged him to
speed up, to run around the entire world and never stop. But her
scent was close and sweet, and as he leapt down the final fifty feet
to land right in front of her, he grew dizzy.
Startled,
the woman fell back, her dark hazel eyes huge in her beautiful face.
Hair the color of a long-forgotten sunrise whipped against her soft
cheeks in the breeze. Blood pumped through her delicate veins. The
sound and smell of it drove him to new hunger, but this was one human
he’d never kill.
“Tsigana,”
he whispered.
The
name held Elizabeth frozen. She’d had an instant’s warning from
the Ancient detector, which suddenly, after indicating his slow plod
away from her, went nuts, the readings obviously failing to keep up
with the speed of the vampire who leapt out in front of her a bare
instant after she’d known he would.
She’d
had time to press her buzzer, at the same moment it had gone off in
warning. The others knew. So she backed off, giving them time to get
here, holding the stake poised for the vampire’s attack that didn’t
come. He stood unmoving, staring at her.
The
ordinary vampire detector in her pocket was still and silent. So the
Ancient was alone. She prepared to attack, targeting the spot in his
chest that she needed, but before she could fly at him, he said,
“Tsigana.”
If
he’d said her own name, if he’d called her Jane or Esmeralda or
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she wouldn’t have hesitated in the
slightest. But he said Tsigana, as if he’d seen straight to her one
weakness, a jealousy that amounted almost to fear of the long-dead
human woman who had once held Saloman’s heart.
Her
fingers curled convulsively on the stake, altering its aim by
accident, and she had to readjust it. The Ancient who was Saloman’s
cousin, his onetime friend and his betrayer, one of Tsigana’s three
vampire lovers, continued to stare at her. She had the impression
that if he breathed he’d have been panting, but weirdly, she sensed
no threat from him. He lifted his arms slowly, reaching out to her
with intense, weirdly unfocused longing. Understanding slammed into
her like a blow.
“I’m
not Tsigana,” she said between her teeth. “I’m Elizabeth, the
Awakener.” And she flew at him, aware her aim was true. She
summoned every ounce of strength, every ounce of power she believed
in. Because she didn’t know how long the hunters would take to get
here, she had to try to do it alone, as she’d once tried to kill
Saloman alone. She still believed she could have slain him, using her
power as his Awakener, but she’d never found out for sure, because
her heart, not her body, had prevented it. There was no such
prevention here; Luk was the cause of most of the unbearable pain
that had haunted Saloman for centuries. He was as good as dead, and
she couldn’t even regret her lack of compassion.
But
he didn’t wait for her. He leapt back so fast she didn’t even see
him move. Her stake sliced through air, almost overbalancing her.
“Not
Tsigana,” Luk repeated. He sniffed the air.
“Tsigana
is dead.” Again she leapt, this time before she finished speaking,
but again he evaded her. A howl rent the air, like a dog or a wolf in
agony. It had to be coming from Luk, as his distant figure leapt back
up the hillside at impossible speed, the bloodcurdling wail fading
with him into the night. Not because he’d stopped crying, but
because he was too far away to be heard.
“Shit,”
Elizabeth whispered. With shaking hand she retrieved the Ancient
detector from her pocket. The pointer indicated the hill up which Luk
had vanished, the display counting madly as the distance increased.
Then it went dead. Elizabeth delved for her phone, just as the needle
swung rapidly several degrees to the west, and the display galloped
forward.
Oh,
hell, he’s doubling back. He’s gotten over Tsigana and now I’m
dinner.
Blood
Sin
Awakened
by Blood, Book 2
Even
if you walk in the light, you can dwell in the dark.
Months
after her dangerous encounter with vampire overlord Saloman, Scottish
academic Elizabeth Silk is still trying to cope with both the demands
of her ancestral bloodline—which marks her as a vampire hunter —
and the overpowering desire she feels for the immortal she brought
back from the grave. But she is not alone in her fascination with
Saloman.
When
Elizabeth tracks down a distant cousin from America, she learns he
possesses an antique sword that has caught the interest of the Grand
Master of the American hunters. It is the ancient and mystical sword
of Saloman — a treasure of vast occult powers and a prize beyond
measure to both vampires and humans. Now the race is on for
possession of the sword.
Even
as her enemies and allies shift their allegiances and battle for
supremacy, Elizabeth must decide which will rule her own perilous
fate: unwanted loyalty or unholy love.
Reviews:
"An
action-packed sensual read, filled with danger, romance, vampires,
humor and seduction, BLOOD SIN is an unforgettable story... a
delightful read and a welcome addition to the keeper shelf... this
amazing series..." - 4.5 Blue Ribbons, Dottie, Romance
Junkies
"Beautifully
worded... Unique plot twists... Steamy chemistry and passion-filled
romance... an altogether spicy read." - 4 cups. Virginia,
Coffee Time Romance
"The
fantastic sequel to Blood on Silk... delicious... I truly cannot get
enough of...Saloman... a fascinating character, free from cliche...
truly an amazing series..." - 5 Tombstones, Jennifer,
Bitten by Books.
Blood
on Silk
Awakened
by Blood, Book 1
The
debut of a seductive new series of vampires, lust, and revenge.
Scottish
academic Elizabeth Silk is spending the summer in Romania researching
historical superstitions for her PhD. While she is tracing local
folktales, one subject in particular sparks her imagination. His name
is Saloman, legend's most powerful vampire, a seductive prince staked
centuries ago. Now, in the ruins of a castle crypt, Elizabeth
discovers the legends are real. Her blood has awakened him. Her
innocence has aroused him. But Elizabeth unleashes more than
Saloman's hunger.
An
army of vampire hunters has amassed to send Saloman back to hell.
Sworn to help - yet fearing Saloman's deadly blood lust - Elizabeth
seeks to entrap him, offering her body as bait. But something
stronger than dread, more powerful than revenge, is uniting Elizabeth
to her prey. Caught between desire and rage, Elizabeth must decide
where her loyalties lie...and what the limits are to a yearning she
can no longer control.
Reviews:
"BLOOD
ON SILK is sensual and thrilling, a wonderful combination of vampire
myths old and new. Saloman and Elizabeth's relationship is both
amazingly hot and terrifyingly complicated. Readers will fall
instantly in love with the world that Marie Treanor has created. You
cannot miss this novel!" --Michele Bardsley, national
bestselling author of the Broken Heart series.
"A
provocative read... witty, sensual and, sometimes, dark... Brimming
with complex and compelling characters, sexual tension, danger,
betrayal, emotional turmoil, witty banter, a thrilling plot, an
enigmatic hero who is at times an anti-hero, a captivating heroine
and plenty of vampires, this erotic, gothic story grabs your
attention and holds it right up to the very last page." ~Dottie,
Romance Junkies, 4.5 Blue Ribbons
"Praises
for Marie Treanor; this book has found a permanent place alongside
the likes of Anne Rice and Laurell K Hamilton." - Rating
5, Jillean, Once Upon a Romance.
Author
Bio:
Marie
Treanor lives in Scotland with her eccentric husband and three
much-too-smart children. Having grown bored with city life, she
resides these days in a picturesque village by the sea where she is
lucky enough to enjoy herself avoiding housework and writing sensual
stories of paranormal romance and fantasy.
Marie
Treanor has published more than twenty ebooks with small presses,
(Samhain Publishing, Ellora’s Cave, Changeling Press and The Wild
Rose Press), including a former Kindle bestseller, Killing
Joe. Blood
on Silk: an Awakened by Blood novel, was her New York debut
with NAL.
In
the Awakened by
Blood series,
Marie is delighted to be able to bring together her long-standing
loves of vampire stories and Gothic romance.
Website:
www.MarieTreanor.com
Blog:
Marie Treanor's Romantic Theme Party:
Donna, thanks for the fun interview :). Great to visit on your blog!
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