Dracula’s Mistress
Publisher – City Lights Press
Genre – Paranormal
historical/light romance
( just 0.99 $)
Blurb
From the day that the powerful, brave and merciless
Vlad III Basarab, a descendant of the Draculesti family—better known to most
people as the infamous vampire Dracula—ascends the throne, he knows only
battles, betrayal and intrigue.
Evil grips the town of Targoviste, capital residence
of Walachia. The secrets behind the stone walls of the palace are as dark and
violent as a winter’s night, as terrifying as the prince’s deeds. Dead bodies,
drained of blood and missing their little finger keep appearing in the streets
at night.
Lovely, smart, determined, Angela Oltenescu ignores
all the aggressive rumors and her mother’s warning regarding Vlad. Will she
suffer the consequences of falling in love with a man nicknamed Dracula by his
enemies—an infamous creature of the night?
Rich, sly, treacherous, Marin Craioveanu, a powerful landlord, craves
the same woman loved by Vlad. Marin's hatred toward the prince will make him an
ally to Handsome Radu, Vlad’s brother and Sultan’s friend, ready to sell the
country to the Ottomans to get rid of his rival.
Dracula’s Mistress will awe legions of fans of
Gothic literature, paranormal and historical fiction.
Romantic excerpt
“What’s your name, my child? I can’t
seem to remember it,” the prince asked Angela, who following her father’s
advice, had curtsied low in front of Vlad.
The prince helped her up and cupping her
chin in his hand, forced Angela to look him directly in his eyes. Vlad directed
his gaze for a second to Grigore and winked at him.
No doubt, Vlad knew her name and hadn’t
forgotten it, but must have wanted to hear her voice, she thought.
The touch of his strong hand on her
face, and the brooding power of his gaze, sent tingles along her skin. First
warm and then icy rivulets ran down her spine. Her heart took off at an
alarming speed. Her voice came as a mere whisper when she managed to utter
through parched lips, over her choking, thumping heart, “Angela. Angela, Your
highness.”
Her slender figure, her soft, blue eyes
enhancing her china complexion, her full mouth temptingly curved, and the
shining golden curls fighting rebelliously out of the braids falling heavily
over her breasts must have made a special impression on him as he nodded in
appreciation and smiled.
“So beautiful. So innocent. Angela. Yes,
a name most suited for your angelic face. And how old are you?”
“I’m almost sixteen.”
“Tell me, Angela, is your heart given?”
he whispered and, still looking directly in her eyes, the prince flashed her a
most enthralling smile. The first genuine smile since he’d entered the hall.
His smile could have stopped the sun in
its course. . . and it had an arresting effect on Angela’s heart as well. It
stirred in her something unbelievably pleasant. For a split second, the deep
sadness she’d noticed moments before vanished from his look. She willed time to
stand still for eternity. She willed this moment to go on and his warm hand
never to leave her face, or his kind look never to leave hers. Her gaze clung
to his lips for a second and then returned to his eyes.
“No, my lord. I haven’t found the man
worth giving it to. Not yet.”
Author
Bio and links
Carmen Stefanescu
resides in Romania, the native country of the infamous vampire Count Dracula where, for about 50 years of communist
dictatorship, just speaking about God, faith, reincarnation or paranormal
phenomena could have led someone to great trouble - the psychiatric hospital if
not to prison.
High-school
teacher of English and German in her native country, and mother of two
daughters, Carmen Stefanescu survived the grim years of oppression by escaping in a parallel world, that of the
books. Reading was, is and will always be her greatest hobby.
She
has dreamed since childhood to become a writer, but many of the things she
wrote remained just drawer projects. The fall of the Ceausescu’s regime in
1989, and the opening of the country to the world meant a new beginning for
her. She started publishing. Poems first, and then prose. Both in English.
She likes to
blend genres and thus she writes paranormal stories with a smidgen of mystery,
history and romance. The reader will find suspense, dark themes, adventure,
danger as well as sweet revenge. She calls her stories “gothic” romance. Her
writing focuses on rebirth, past life regression, karmic retribution.
Carmen joined the volunteer
staff at Marketing For Romance Writers Author blog and is the coordinator of
#Thursday13 posts.
Author Carmen
Stefanescu's Linkshttp://shadowspastmystery.blogspot.ro/
http://carmenstefanescu.simplesite.com/
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Thank you, Tina, for hosting my latest release!
Happy Easter!
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