Sweet Vernal Zephyr

When Serenity reaches the end of her tether no one can save her. The men in her life to date have all been takers, users, people who suck the life out her and then somehow make her feel as if it’s her fault. This was Serenity’s life until she crosses paths with the mysterious Sebastian.

From the moment they meet Serenity’s life changes, but Sebastian has a dark secret and a past that threatens Serenity’s future. Finally Serenity is alone, but does she now have the strength to conquer her fears and save herself.

• Title glow should appear from the angle of the moon
• Location is significant!
• Simple & Striking

PARANORMALITY

• Vampires <-- I am assuming this is NOT a spoiler as the publisher is Vamplit Publishing & the reseller is Ebook Undead.com

SEXUALITY

• Attempted Rape
• M/F
• Cybersex

REVIEW

• This is where skimming the book blurb bites me in the ass. Usually, when I win a ebook, I don't want to know all the details. It is an adventure to go in blind with only a vague understanding of the plot line.


• Well I THOUGHT this was about vampires. F*** Me!


• It is hard core domestic violence. Not bloody, so much as the true emotional trauma.


• I was not ready for the intensity and now I have to finish the book just so the character is not stuck in the abusive realtionship in my head!


• The beginning of this story unnerved me. Domestic violence SHOULD unnerve you, but this introduction and the helplessness (the inability to help oneself) seemed to resonate in my head. I literally HAD to continue reading just so I would get past it. Thank God, she got past it.


• Sebastian doesn't like what he is, but he has come to terms with it. This leads to an interesting struggle in philosophy mimicking the gulf between human and vampire existence.

"He was not a good person. He didn't want Serenity to look at him like he was a good person, but at the same time he couldn't stand the thought of her looking at him for what he really was." ~pg 128

• For a moment it morphed into a classic vamp storyline: I have never even tasted your lips and yet I love you, will give my life for you, must have you.


• Ultimately it reverted to the original gritty contemporary form.


• This feels like real life. No neat packages tied up with strings. Just the truth, as much as you can bare it.

I won this book at Nicole Hadaway's Vampire Blogspot during her FreE-book Friday!

Alone was spotlighted on my Tuesday Teaser One, Two, Three times!

Wanna get sucked in? Read Chapter One HERE.

Sweet nightmares...

MY TEASE

"The fire burnt inside of her, an anger so strong she could barely see.

That the idea of her leaving him was so ludicrous to him made her furious."

~ page 79, Alone by Marissa Farrar

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MY TEASE

"At least tomorrow she wouldn't have to worry about
Jackson questioning her about work or calling her there.

She would tell him that they gave her an emergency
family day off to look after him; he would buy that and
at least it would buy her another day."

~ page 44, Alone by Marissa Farrar

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read & open to a random page

• Share two “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!

• Share the title & author

When Serenity reaches the end of her tether no one can save her. The men in her life to date have all been takers, users, people who suck the life out of her and then somehow make her feel as if it's her fault. This was Serenity's life until she crosses paths with the mysterious Sebastian.

From the moment they meet Serenity's life changes, but Sebastian has a dark secret and a past that threatens Serenity's future. Finally Serenity is alone, but does she now have the strength to conquer her fears and save herself?