THE DARK AWAKENING Blog Tour
I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the THE DARK AWAKENING by D.L. Blade Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!
About The Book:
Title: THE DARK AWAKENING (Chosen Coven #1)
Author: D.L. Blade
Pub. Date: October 2, 2018
Publisher: Fifth Element Publishing
Formats: Paperback, eBook, audiobook
Pages: 456
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Get ready for a new kind of witch—she’s about to save humanity.
Haunting secrets, witches, vampires, werewolves, love, betrayal, & twists you won’t see coming!
Mercy’s life has devolved into a string of bad events. A brutal beating that nearly stole her life, a dangerous stalker lurking in the shadows, and a car accident, where the man who rescued her disappears right before her eyes.
But this man who she thought was a hallucination, tracks her down at a nearby cove, and claims they were once in love from another time. Another century. But Mercy has no memory of this world he shares, and instinctively doesn’t trust him. He also reveals to her a life-changing secret—she’s an ancient witch, vampires are real, and she’s destined to destroy them.
There’s also the troubling discovery that her blood is lusted after by the undead, and a sadistic vampire leader sets his eyes on her, and will stop at nothing until he takes Mercy as his own.
Mercy needs to fight. Fight for her life, fight to discover the truth, fight to remember who—or what—she really is before it’s too late.
EXCERPT
They were there in the shadows again. This was the third time this week I had thought someone was watching me. The last few weeks, I’d heard the rustling of leaves and the crackling sound of old fallen branches beneath someone’s feet, or the hairs at the back of my neck would stand straight because I knew someone stood silently behind me.
Last night wasn’t any different. I exited my car after an exhausting day at work and heard what sounded like a low, deep exhale coming from the forest next to Lily’s house. I swiftly turned around, fumbling with the flashlight on my phone, but when the light pierced the darkness, the sound stopped.
Tonight, it was a silhouette behind my aunt Lily’s fence in the backyard. It wasn’t someone walking by with their dog or a neighbor taking out their trash. They were standing there, staring, as I walked to the sink to rinse my dinner bowl. I wasn’t going to tell her again. She’d just tell me what she’d told me last time I brought it up. She’d say I was just seeing things and that it was normal to feel this way after trauma.
“Your turn, Mercy,” Lily said. Her voice pulled my gaze from the window.
“I’m coming,” I said, taking one last glance toward the silhouette.
They were gone.
Maybe I am imagining things.
Lily tucked her short, brown strands behind her left ear and took a sip of her red wine, gripping her glass firmly, while her index finger tapped gently and rhythmically on the side of the slender wine glass.
Waiting patiently for me to finish my turn were Shannon and Cami, my two best girlfriends, and my ex-boyfriend, Riley. A brief glance at the clock told me we had been playing for over three hours. My head fogged over, and my lower back ached from sitting for so long.
I gripped the dice in my hand before sitting back down and looked around the table. I wondered what my friends would think if they only knew what was happening with me. Would they respond like Lily had? Or would they believe me?
The Chosen Coven Trilogy – read in order
The Dark Awakening
The Dark Underworld
The Dark Deliverance
Grab all 3 books in the series!
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About D.L.:
D.L. Blade grew up in southern California, but relocated to Colorado with her family in 2014.
She always loved writing, concentrating on poetry rather than prose when she was younger. That changed however, when she had a dream one night and decided to create a story about it.
In her spare time, D.L. enjoys a wide variety of hobbies, including reading, and attending rock concerts. She also enjoys visiting animal sanctuaries and pet shelters. She hopes one day she will own enough land to start her own dog rescue.
In the future, D.L. hopes that she can continue to write exciting novels that will captivate her readers and bring them into the worlds that she creates using her imagination.
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Giveaway Details: International
1 winner will receive a $10 Amazon GC, International.
Tour Schedule:
Week One:
| 5/18/2020 | Two Chicks on Books | Excerpt |
| 5/18/2020 | JaimeRockstarBookTours | Instagram Stop |
| 5/19/2020 | Lone Tree Reads | Excerpt |
| 5/19/2020 | Books A-Brewin’ | Excerpt |
| 5/20/2020 | BookHounds YA | Excerpt |
| 5/20/2020 | BookHounds | Instagram Stop |
| 5/21/2020 | Jaime’s World | Excerpt |
| 5/21/2020 | Day Leitao author | Excerpt |
| 5/22/2020 | Popthebutterfly Reads | Review |
| 5/22/2020 | Popthebutterfly Reads | Instagram Stop |
Week Two:
| 5/25/2020 | Locks, Hooks and Books | Review |
| 5/25/2020 | momfluenster | Instagram Stop |
| 5/26/2020 | Eating Between The LInes_ | Review |
| 5/26/2020 | @_ebl_inc_ | Instagram Stop |
| 5/27/2020 | A Dream Within A Dream | Excerpt |
| 5/27/2020 | The Phantom Paragrapher | Review |
| 5/28/2020 | books are love | Excerpt |
| 5/28/2020 | books are love | Instagram Stop |
| 5/29/2020 | Books a Plenty Book Reviews | Review |
| 5/29/2020 | Reese’s Reviews | Review |
This looks so cute!! Absolutely love the cover!
Awesome cover! This sounds like a great read!
Thank you so much for taking time to bring to our attention another great read. I appreciate it and thank you also for the giveaway.
Great excerpt and cover.
I like the cover graphics. I am looking forward to reading about this “new” witch
Love the cover!
This sounds like a great read.
This looks like an amazing read!
“Haunting secrets, witches, vampires, werewolves, love, betrayal, & twists you won’t see coming!” LOVE THIS.
Love the cover so much!
This book sound awesome!! Witches and vampires are my favorite paranormal reads!
The cover is striking!
What a fascinating book! Great excerpt. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you!
I like the cover, sounds like an interesting read.
Such a Beautiful! cover and hope to read it.
@tisonlyme143
sounds like a fun one
interesting book
Well, this character has had a terrible time so far. I’m glad she comes out on top! The cover is lovely and the read sounds great! Best wishes to the author on the novel.
I like the cover & excerpt. Sounds good!