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$10 #Giveaway Excerpt THE DARK AWAKENING by D.L. Blade @dlblade Ends 6.1

May 19, 2020 By Mary

 

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

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, Audible, B&N

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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.

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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

 

 

 

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Comments

  1. Mya Murphy says

    May 19, 2020 at 9:29 pm

    This looks so cute!! Absolutely love the cover!

  2. Debbie P says

    May 19, 2020 at 9:30 pm

    Awesome cover! This sounds like a great read!

  3. James Robert says

    May 19, 2020 at 10:08 pm

    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. 

  4. Rita Wray says

    May 20, 2020 at 6:29 am

    Great excerpt and cover.

  5. Cathy French says

    May 20, 2020 at 9:07 am

    I like the cover graphics. I am looking forward to reading about this “new” witch

  6. Teresa Warner says

    May 20, 2020 at 10:36 am

    Love the cover!

  7. Sherry says

    May 20, 2020 at 1:42 pm

    This sounds like a great read.

  8. beth shepherd says

    May 20, 2020 at 2:25 pm

    This looks like an amazing read!

  9. Mary Preston says

    May 20, 2020 at 2:57 pm

    “Haunting secrets, witches, vampires, werewolves, love, betrayal, & twists you won’t see coming!” LOVE THIS.

  10. Victoria Scott says

    May 20, 2020 at 5:03 pm

    Love the cover so much!

  11. Amber Kolb says

    May 20, 2020 at 6:09 pm

    This book sound awesome!! Witches and vampires are my favorite paranormal reads!

  12. Denise Duvall says

    May 20, 2020 at 6:59 pm

    The cover is striking!

  13. BookLady says

    May 20, 2020 at 7:05 pm

    What a fascinating book! Great excerpt. Thanks for sharing.

  14. D.L. Blade says

    May 21, 2020 at 10:49 pm

    Thank you!

  15. Julie Waldron says

    May 22, 2020 at 12:26 pm

    I like the cover, sounds like an interesting read.

  16. Dorothy Boucher says

    May 25, 2020 at 9:56 am

    Such a Beautiful! cover and hope to read it.
    @tisonlyme143

  17. Daniel M says

    May 26, 2020 at 4:28 pm

    sounds like a fun one

  18. bn100 says

    May 26, 2020 at 6:14 pm

    interesting book

  19. Debra Branigan says

    May 28, 2020 at 6:28 am

    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.

  20. Antoinette M says

    May 31, 2020 at 8:26 pm

    I like the cover & excerpt. Sounds good!

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