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Born into old
money, Lily Ayres lives at Waverly, her family’s estate situated at the foot of
the Blue Ridge
Mountains in Paris , Virginia .
She is a strange, small, almost mute, young woman who has no idea that
her father has given her to the Vampire King Krieger. Walter Ayres is the King’s Keeper and part of
a secret society of historians who unearth, preserve, and attempt to understand
relics of long forgotten civilizations.
Lily has never
felt comfortable in the human world, but after she suspiciously falls down a
flight of stone steps, and is healed and claimed by Krieger, she realizes there
is another world. In this Other Realm
she feels a sense of belonging, and begins to untwine the mysterious event
which left her mentally and psychologically damaged. When Walter disappears in England , Lily works with human and supernatural
beings to uncover his whereabouts. With
each new discovery, she is pulled deeper into the vortex of magic, intrigue,
and dark desires that permeates the supernatural world. The revelations revealed unfold a story of
deception and betrayal that threaten to tear the thin veil between the
supernatural and human world asunder.
Teaser Excerpt:
Standing at the top, looking
down the menacing stone steps, Lily debated whether to turn around. I’ll be
fine, she thought. She wasn’t drunk, just dulled, like the rough edges of her
brain had been sandpapered. She popped off her shoes and left them to the side
of the steps. Picking up the hem of her dress, she went barefoot, each step
taking her further from the party goers.
She wasn’t exactly sure when
she became aware of the first tiny tendrils of the cold sensation, but she knew
something was brushing along the outside of her elbow. That feeling of tiny
spiders moving under her skin returned. Someone was watching her. She turned
slowly, looking around, and behind, but she didn’t see anything.
Touching her toes down onto
the next step, she felt the cold sensation move down her arm. What had been
unease morphed into panic. She took the steps too fast, throwing off her
coordination. She pitched forward. The cold sensation became icy fingers trying
to wrap around her wrist. Her body reacted by yanking her arm wide and away,
causing her to pinwheel over and down the long drop. With her other arm trapped
inside the sling, she had no counterbalance, and nothing to keep her shoulder
from slamming into the sharp edge of the bluestone. She heard rather than felt
the snap of her collar bone, then, like a stone in water, she fell down to the
bottom and into darkness.
Rebecca Trogner lives in the
Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia , and frequently crosses the Blue Ridge Mountains that were the inspiration for Krieger’s home. She
always dreamed of being a writer, but got sidetracked by the day-to-day
adventures of life. With the encouragement of her family, she has finished her
first novel and is currently writing the next book in The Last Keeper’s
Daughter series. Rebecca lives with her husband and stepson, and a rescue dog
named Giblet. To find out more about the author visit www.rebeccatrogner.com.
Goodreads:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17252265-the-last-keeper-s-daughter
Twitter: @RTrogner
Website: www.Rebeccatrogner.com
Blog:
http://blog.rebeccatrogner.com
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13 comments:
Certainly right about the excerpt being a tease. Love to find out what happens before & after.
marypres(AT)gmail(DOT)com
Thank you for hosting
Dawn,
Thanks for having me on your site today!
Rebecca
Morning Mary! Thanks for following along.
Rebecca
Ah! That excerpt really was a tease! How mean of you :P lol. Well hopefully we will find out more tomorrow!
andralynn7 AT gmail DOT com
What a wonderful excerpt :D
hense1kk (at) cmich (dot) edu
Way to leave us hanging! Thanks for the excerpt sounds suspenseful
fencingromein at hotmail dot com
What a great excerpt, thank you. I want to know what happens next.
Kit3247(at)aol(dot)com
Hi All - I can't seem to reply to each of you...anyway thanks so much for all your comments.
What an exiting cliff hanger.
Oh geez - now I'm going to have to buy the book to see what happens! Awesome intro - looking forward to reading this. :)
Nice teaser
bn100candg at hotmail dot com
Hmm, the plot thickens!
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