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Happy New Year

As this year winds down I want to say thank you to all my readers. You have made this year extra special with your continued support of Immortal Obsession and your enthusiam over my latest novel, Blood Tears which releases in early January and chronicles the plight of one vampire Christian Du Maure. I have also spread my wings on Pinterest with numerous boards. Please connect with me there as well.ew year.

May you all have much happiness, peace, joy, laughter and good health in the upcoming year.

Cheers – Denise

Blood Tears ~ An Excerpt

PART ONE

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City ~ Present Day

Chapter One

Amanda pulled him towards her for another kiss, unable to stop herself as they walked together through the dimly lit galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Saturday night. He smelled of fresh air with just a hint of blood since he had been hunting in Central Park. Whenever their eyes met, she could not help but think back to the last Fourth of July when she had almost died in the very park they both loved.

Her brother, Ryan, had not been so lucky, murdered in front of her while she stood by, helpless to save him from the fiend that slit his throat in the tunnel near the Boathouse. When the monster had come for her, he was beheaded by a blond savior wielding a sword. That man was now her current lover, Christian Du Mauré; a vampire, alive since the French Revolution and who had spent most of his life watching over the descendants of his mortal lover, Josette Delacore.

Amanda had always been psychic, with the ability to touch an object and read the impressions from it. Her brother had inherited the same gift. Only through Christian had she since learned that she was a descendant of Josette, a woman with immense psychic ability, along with enough beauty and charm to seduce several vampires. There was even a physical resemblance, she had noted from the oil portrait of the woman that hung in his bedroom.

Much had happened in Amanda’s young life, culminating in her brother’s death opening the door to another world filled with vampires from New York and Paris; a world she had never imagined until that fateful night in Central Park. She was amazed at how much she had in common with Christian, despite their vastly different backgrounds. Amanda prided herself on her knowledge of European Art, especially French paintings dating from the period of Le Révolution Française, but he put her to shame. He was the most cultured, literate man she had ever known, surpassing that of her boss, Cole Thierry, also a Frenchmen and the chief curator of the Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts.

Moving in a fluid motion that barely left an imprint on the naked eye, Christian would stop before each painting as if seeing it for the first time before launching into an expose that left her astounded: “And this was rendered on a summer night when the Pont Neuf was teeming with criminals, vendors and prostitutes, dodging the royal carriages. We complained about the screeching of the wheels on the stone, but it was better than being splashed by mud and refuse on dark, muddy streets.”

Amanda had always been intrigued by the unknown artist, Jean Paul Trieste, and this particular painting was one of her favorites. Simply titled Le Pont Neuf, it depicted a woman standing on the wide stone bridge with most of her body in shadow, except for half her face, which was lit by the soft torchlight. The artist captured the moment when she wrapped the cape more tightly around herself while gazing at him longingly.

Where does all that inspiration come from?

I get asked this question all the time.

I wish I could tell you but I honestly don’t know.

There is a place inside me where Christian, Michel, Amanda and Josette live. A world that I am fortunate enough to be able to tap into and to bring forth onto the page.

Anyone who creates knows that it is as necessary to them as breathing, or drinking water.

There is no other choice, it is something I must do.

There are many people who I love and many joys in my life, but writing…..bringing forth the life of vampire Christian Du Maure and all of his trials and tribulations, this is something I must do and I do with love.

Thanksgiving

This year our family has suffered a significant loss. It has been a difficult holiday this year but I am reminded again, to savor the day, live to have no reqrets and love with all your heart.

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Blood Tears

As November approaches, my newest novel, Blood Tears, and the sequel to Immortal Obsession will arrive. Blood Tears picks up as Vampire Christian Du Maure sucumbs to the allure of Paris, his home during the French Revolution, leaving much saddness in his wake.

As Fall Approaches

It’s been a while since I have blogged.

I have some great news to share. This website is in the midst of some creative revisions so please drop by and see how things are going.

My second novel, Blood Tears, the sequel to Immortal Obsession, is presently with an editor. I am targeting November for a publishing date and book launch party.

I am also in the midst of plotting my third book in this series and so I begin to power up as I get the creative juices flowing once again.

A Second Chance

Sometimes we get another chance to get things right.

Sometimes someone we have loved and lost returns to us.

Not them exactly, but someone who reminds us of that special person.

I lost my father at the young age of 24. I say young because from where I sit now, I was just a kid really.

I write as much as I possibly can but I am not lucky enough to make a living at my writing just yet.

I work too and I had the chance to work for someone who was so much like my father it was uncanny.

I figure that I was being sent a lesson, a chance to revisit my relationship with my father – because after thirty two years I have few memories of him and of us together.

I have always missed my dad and then 4 years ago my mother passed away and suddenly I felt her loss almost more than his. Though my mother occupies a special place in my heart, my mother was 89 and I was no longer a child and I handled her death very differently.

I feel that my reaction to life’s events and experiences are timing of them and I felt this man was put in my life just at the right time.

I said goodbye to him yesterday amidst tears and yet I will be okay. I will remember him fondly as well and already I have him on my holiday card list.

I have always believed in second chances. Sometimes the lesson we did not learn the first time comes back to us again and again until we learn it or the second chance allows us to remember fondly the person we loved and lost and it’s less painful and more joyous this time around.

Thank you to the universe for sending such a special person my way….again.

Under Constructions

My website is under construction and any day now I will have a brand new site. I am so excited.

My second novel, Blood Tears is currently in edits so look for it this fall along with a book signing or two.

Presently I am working on an ebook about the beautiful and mysterious Josette Delacore. I will keep you posted as to the publication date of this novella.

Thank you for stopping by.

A bit of News

I have been collaborating with my web designers to make some changes to this website.

In other news, Blood Tears, book two in The Enchanted Bloodline Series is done in draft!  Now the fun begins as revisions and redrafts abound.
The book launch date will be in October and the first Blood Tears book signing will be announced as the summer winds down  and will be held in my hometown.
Heartbroken, my e-novella about the mysterious Josette Delacore is also in the works and will tie in nicely with Immortal Obsession and Blood Tears.

 

Please continue to stop back as more news unfolds.

 

The bookworm

Want to meet new authors? Read their interviews and join in giveaways?

Drop by the bookworm the week of April 8th to meet some really cool authors such as Laurie Viera Rigler, Nancy Madore, Darlene Panzera, Carla Cassidy, DeAnna Cameron and Ruth Ann Nordin.

Each author brings their unique style and interests to the bookworm next week.  Spread the word and be entered to win a $10. e-gift card good at Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble.