Skylar is gifted to be his human pet.
Demarkus, a vampire lord, must take her blood, her body, then her life.
But can he?
Salvation By Blood
Parts 1 & 2
by Marisette Burgess
Genre: Paranormal Fantasy Romance
Skylar by no means had the perfect life- but she was free. Until the night vampires broke into her apartment and snatched her. Now, she finds herself in a real life hell, the kind horror movies are made of. She’s gifted to a vampire lord to serve as his pet, but only for a week. Three certainties exist. He will take her blood, take her body, then take her life.
Demarkus Osei, Lord of his clan, is obliged to attend the 20th Vampiric Centennial Conclave. A task he loathes. For one week, he’s given a human to fulfill his duty to his family. But this year there is something different about his slave. Aside from the fact that he and every vampire at the Conclave find her blood mouthwatering, she’s unique. There’s an inescapable pull. He can’t quite put his finger on it, but the urge to protect her, to spare her from pain, is overwhelming. But he’s a vampire. His thirst and hunger must be sated.
As Skylar and Demarkus navigate through his basic vampiric cravings, they can’t ignore the cruel reality of their situation, their inner monsters, or the looming end of their time together. This once rational, put-together lord, now finds himself making rash illicit decisions, to spare her and himself from pain. Will he choose to follow what is demanded, resulting in her demise, or will he defy every vampiric decree?
Marisette Burgess’ new twist on vampiric folklore doesn’t disappoint as she seamlessly weaves a Beauty and the Beast trope into the rich tapestry of a vampire love story. Skylar and Demarkus’ slave/master relationship keeps the reader wanting more as she tries desperately to keep the vampire’s needs under control while he fights his urge to not fall in love.
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Marisette loves writing about the fantastical and pushing her imagination to the limit. Her son asked her once why she writes and her response was because it allows her to cope with her crazy. She likes to explore themes like girl power, diversity, perseverance, and fighting against the odds. Stories with diverse backgrounds hold a special place in her heart. One reason mixed representation and diverse families are important to her is because her family is mixed. She lives in Florida with her husband, two children and two rescue Rat Terrier/Chihuahua mixes named Ivory and Ebony.
Other than writing, she enjoys traveling and relaxing in front of serene landscapes with her family. Things she cannot live without are flip-flops, coke zero, and yoga capris.
Marisette
is author to the Symbol of Hope Trilogy on Amazon a YA Supernatural
Adventure Romance.
Latest projects include a sultry
vampiric Novella- Salvation by Blood
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What do you do to unwind and relax?
- This, I write. For me, writing fantasy is like drinking a cup of wine after a long, hard day at
work. Whenever I’m stressed, anxious, or restless, writing seems to calm my resolve and puts
me back in a state of ease. I know, it’s weird that mentally existing for a while with made up
characters, who sometimes go through horrific unbelievable scenarios, in a made up world,
brings me back to a happy, relaxed reality, but it does. What’s even weirder is that I book hop.
Which means I play out a scene and dialogue in my head for one novel, like vampires, then
wrap up my thoughts on those characters and mentally hop into another story with an entirely
different world. Sometimes, I write out my ideas and thoughts before I go into another story,
but lots of times I simply think up of the next steps or future events that will happen to my
characters in multiple stories at a time before I write out the scenes. It’s like the worst and
best form of daydreaming. Someone once asked me how I keep them straight? It’s like
watching different TV series at the same time. These stories play out in my head like short
movie/tv clips. And, the best part is if something seems too convenient or easy for my
characters, I can easily think of a good way to stir things up and make them sweat a little. It’s
naughty fun having the ultimate say when messing with my characters.
Are your characters based on real people or did they all come entirely from your imagination?
- For this book, the characters came out of my imagination. I think of what I want them to look
like, then I try to find images online that are close to the idea I have for them and write out
detailed descriptions based on a hodgepodge of images and thoughts for each character. This
is for the mental image of what they look like only. Then I write out character traits and I
envision what they act like and say in different made up scenes that never make it into the
books. It’s like a video game where you change the skins and looks of the character until you
find the perfect mix that works for what you need it to. Even though I create character profiles
in my outline, their traits often change as they interact with other characters and the story
evolves.
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