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New Release (& Excerpt!): The Vampire's Bite

I'm super excited to be able to announce that the fourth book in the Paranormal Council Series is now LIVE!

Tony and Eden's story is actually one I've had planned since I started writing book 2, and for anyone who has read The Dryad's Pawprint, you may notice that Tony has made an appearance before! (Actually, so has Eden! She first appears at the end of the spin-off, Spellbound).

In fact, one scene from The Vampire's Bite, was written at the same time as I was writing The Vixen's Bark! Talk about crazy right?!

There's been a few changes to the line-up for the next few Paranormal Council books too (I know, I'm sorry!) Next was going to be Nathalie's book (The Lion's Crown) but the regig has brought forward what was going to be book 6 (Dana and Luke's book, The Witch's Stripes) and introduced a new book, The Hunter's Wings. Then we'll get back to Nathalie & Drayce's books.

Read on for my favourite excerpt from Vampire! This is just after Tony has discovered that he's been turned (not a spoiler, Eden thinks about that in the first chapter!)

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Excerpt

"Guess that's no more garlic for me then," he muttered, amazed that he could still make a joke.
"We can eat garlic," she said, a perplexed look crossing her almost black eyes.
"Go out in sunlight?"
"Yep."
"Turn into a bat?"
"Sadly not," she said, an amused glint in her eyes.
"Go into a church?"
"Any day we want."
"Damn, I was hoping for a good excuse not to go," he said, thinking of his highly Catholic mother and her insistence on going to church every Sunday. Which he hated. It wasn't that he disagreed with her faith, just that the outward sign of devotion seemed more for other people than for her God. Eden just laughed. "Are any of the myths true?"
"Not really. We're difficult to kill. That's probably about it," she said with a shrug and an amused smile.
"Well that's disappointing."
"I know a vampire who sleeps in a coffin, if that helps?" She offered.
"It does," he replied, even if he was still feeling a bit disappointed about not being able to turn into a bat at will. "Guess Bram Stoker got it wrong," he muttered.
"And why do you think that was?" She asked, taking a seat on the bed, and making herself comfortable.
"You're not trying to tell me that Bram Stoker was a vampire, are you?" She laughed again, the action lighting up her face.
"No, but one of his lovers was."
"And he knew that?" He asked surprised.

“You realise we're not exactly the monsters we're made out to be, right? Well, most of us aren't," she added, a dark look crossing her face as she finished speaking. 


The Dryad's Pawprint: 
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The Vixen's Bark: 
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The Necromancer's Prey: 
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The Vampire's Bite: 
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Spin-Offs: 

Spellbound: 
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His Lost Bear (Pre-Order):
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Mythical Creatures with Laura Greenwood

LAURA GREENWOOD

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I've loved mythology since I was really small, so much so that I'd buy books on Ancient Egypt (that was my absolute favourite mythology) with my pocket money. But picking just one creature is really tough! There are so many, and as a paranormal romance author, that gets all the harder! I've written about shifters, vampires, necromancers, dryads and sirens, not to mention the mermaid I'm writing with J & L Wells for this set! Which makes it really hard to pick.

So I'm going with Ammit, mostly in homage to my love of Ancient Egypt as a child. Ammit is an Ancient Egyptian demon who was part lion, part hippo and part crocodile, and she was also known as the devourer of the dead. Which sounds kind of ominous, but actually is really interesting. The Ancient Egyptians believed that when a person's soul traveled to the afterlife, their heart was weighed by Anubis (the God of Cemeteries & Embalming) against the feather of Ma'at (the Goddess of Truth). If the heart was heavier than the feather, then the soul had led a bad life, and Ammit devoured the heart, stopping that soul from reaching the afterlife. 




Sorry, history lesson is now over! I find it all so fascinating that I can't help myself! Which is why I chose Ammit in the first place. The whole mythology is fascinating to me, and I'm planning to write a series based on the Ancient Egyptian Gods & Goddesses at some point...I don't think they get enough page time!

I hope you enjoy our Creatures box set! There's a fantastic collection of stories in it!






Four years ago, Ronan thought he'd lost his best friend, and he's never truly recovered.
Coral spends her time trying to master her control of the sea, under the watchful eye of Merrick. But a twist of fate leads the two of them together, where they discover that there's a past that wanted to stay forgotten. Is the ocean's voice stronger than a lost memory? Will Coral follow her heart?

Find more from J & L Wells here!
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Blog Tour: The Necromancer's Prey




Blog Tour:
The Necromancer's Prey (Paranormal Council #3)
by
Laura Greenwood

Apr 26th - May 3rd







He's investigating her people - so why can't she resist him?

Rory's been an outcast her whole life, never feeling like she fit in with the other necromancers. With the Shifter Council investigating a rogue, her loyalties are torn between the people she doesn't belong to, and the shifter she can't seem to stop thinking about.

When Alden saves Rory one night, the attraction between them becomes too difficult to ignore, and he finally starts to accept that she could be his mate.

This is a standalone shifter romance. Book 1, The Dryad's Pawprint, is available exclusively with the In the Shadows Box set. Book 2, The Vixen's Bark, is available now.







The Dryad's Pawprint 











Panther-shifter, Kemnebi Davis, lives a normal life as an accountant until he’s called before the Shifter Council. Unknown to the shifter community, the Council needs help; and the only way for that to happen is for Kem to marry the daughter of one of the Nymph Council. Except there’s one problem; Lia. The woman who has been occupying Kem’s thoughts since a chance meeting a year ago…

Xylia Dentro has a secret. One that she’s managed to keep from her father and sister for nearly a year. But when she encounters the man who started it all, she can’t deny the pull she feels towards him; despite everything that’s standing in their way…











The Vixen's Bark (Paranormal Council #2)









Arabella Reed takes her position on the Shifter Council seriously, using it so that she can make a difference in the world. There's just one problem; mated shifters can't hold a Council Seat, and if bear-shifter, Bjorn, gets his way, then that's exactly what Ari would be...

Bjorn is willing to do anything for Ari, including giving up his Council seat. But the closer he gets to winning her, the more seems to be standing in his way...

Standalone Paranormal Romance, set in the same universe as The Dryad's Pawprint.











I like to write whichever weird and wonderful tale comes into my head, which makes identifying the genre difficult even for me! My first series, Alventia, are novellas centred around Keira, aka Sleeping Beauty, and her Prince Philip, along with their allies Hansel and Gretel. It's a tale that very much told itself as I started to write it!

While I'm not writing, I work in Catering and am also an Assistant Brownie Guide Leader in the Midlands (UK). I like to bake and I love to read, and like with my writing, I read an eclectic mix of genres, and love every minute of it!

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Release Day: The Necromancer's Prey


I can't believe the day is finally here! The Necromancer's Prey is now live on amazon, and hopefully Alden and Rory can make their way into your hearts! 

He's investigating her people - so why can't she resist him?

Rory's been an outcast her whole life, never feeling like she fit in with the other necromancers. With the Shifter Council investigating a rogue, her loyalties are torn between the people she doesn't belong to, and the shifter she can't seem to stop thinking about. 

When Alden saves Rory one night, the attraction between them becomes too difficult to ignore, and he finally starts to accept that she could be his mate. 

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Keep an eye on my Facebook page too! There's extra content coming to celebrate!

Laura Greenwood



And if you haven't got your copies of the other books in the series yet...

The Dryad's Pawprint (available in the In The Shadows Box Set!) 
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The Vixen's Bark
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The Vampire's Bite (Book 4 now available for Preorder!) 
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COVER REVEAL: The Vampire's Bite

As you may have guessed by now...I'm not always the most patient of people...and as the pre-order is processing on Amazon as we speak, I have no problem sharing the amazing cover created by Ammonia Book Covers!


I'm super excited about this (despite the fact that book 3 isn't quite out yet!) But the main characters of The Vampire's Bite, Tony and Eden, will both have appeared in my books before! Tony, had one tiny paragraph at the beginning of The Dryad's Pawprint (bet you just thought he was there for the hell of it!) And Eden appears in the spin-off Spellbound, which releases a week today! 

In fact...I love hiding characters! And because I'm feeling like sharing, here are a few characters you've met before (or will meet soon in a couple of cases!) that will get their own romance...

  1. Nathalie - she's a member of the Shifter Council, and first appeared in The Dryad's Pawprint (but wasn't named until The Vixen's Bark).
  2. Drayce - read above, but substitute "she" for "he"
      
  3. Dana - a Shifter first mentioned in The Necromancer's Prey, but she'll be appearing in book 5 (Nathalie's book)
  4. Luke -  a witch, and best friend of Ethan, the male protagonist of Spellbound, Luke's around for a bit of the later action!
  5. Rhianna - a not quite human (but I can't reveal what yet!) who interacts with Alden in the opening chapters of The Necromancer's Prey. Her love interest was also alluded to in this book, but that one will probably make more sense in retrospect!
  6. Aella - a storm nymph, and Lia's (female protagonist in The Dryad's Pawprint) sister. Fun fact is that, despite not being on the Shifter Council (for obvious reasons) Aella is seen or mentioned in all of the books so far, including the spin-off. She'll also appear in The Vampire's Bite. Her love interest appears in a bonus chapter that I'll be sending exclusively to my mailing list (for now!)
Which means that actually...if you've read the four books that are currently/nearly out, then you've met a good portion of my characters! And...just in case you missed them...here are when my other characters were first introduced and mentioned! 

  1. Ari - a member of the Shifter Council (fox shifter), she was first seen in The Dryad's Pawprint, but became a main character in The Vixen's Bark.
  2. Bjorn - see above, but change "she" for "he"! And "fox shifter" for "bear shifter"
  3. Vic - a panther shifter, and Kem's brother. He's mentioned in The Dryad's Pawprint, but is getting his own story, His Lost Bear, which is currently an ongoing newsletter serial.
  4. Alden - a member of the Shifter Council, he was first seen in the Dryad's Pawprint, named in The Vixen's Bark, and became a main character in The Necromancer's Prey.
  5. Rory - a necromancer. She was first mentioned in The Vixen's Bark, and became a main character in The Necromancer's Prey.
  6. Eden - a vampire...or is she? First seen in Spellbound, becomes a main character in The Vampire's Bite.
  7. Tony - species depends on when and where in the series he is...First seen in The Dryad's Pawprint (briefly), then seen in Spellbound (briefly) and then becomes a main character in The Vampire's Bite.
Poor Kem (panther shifter) and Lia (dryad) from The Dryad's Pawprint, don't actually make the list because theirs is the first book! But they do appear in later stories. Kem makes an appearance in The Vixen's Bark, and they both appear in The Vampire's Bite. Same goes for Eliza and Ethan, the witches from Spellbound. They first appear in their own books, but they will appear in later books, most notably in Luke's story.

Honourable mentions go to Nita (His Lost Bear) and the love interests not mentioned (those of Nathalie & Drayce), as well as the characters in the book released in November...they will be introduced in advance, but just not yet! 

There may also be another spin off featuring Eliza's sister, Camille, and one of Ari's younger brothers! 


It's all super exciting to me! Though maybe not for everyone else!

Blog Tour: The Vixen's Bark




Blog Tour:
The Vixen's Bark:
A Standalone Shifter Romance
(Paranormal Council Book 2)
by
Laura Greenwood

Mar 13th - Mar 20th








Arabella Reed takes her position on the Shifter Council seriously, using it so that she can make a difference in the world. There's just one problem; mated shifters can't hold a Council Seat, and if bear-shifter, Bjorn, gets his way, then that's exactly what Ari would be...

Bjorn is willing to do anything for Ari, including giving up his Council seat. But the closer he gets to winning her, the more seems to be standing in his way...

Standalone Paranormal Romance, set in the same universe as The Dryad's Pawprint.

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The Dryad's Pawprint 










Panther-shifter, Kemnebi Davis, lives a normal life as an accountant until he’s called before the Shifter Council. Unknown to the shifter community, the Council needs help; and the only way for that to happen is for Kem to marry the daughter of one of the Nymph Council. Except there’s one problem; Lia. The woman who has been occupying Kem’s thoughts since a chance meeting a year ago…

Xylia Dentro has a secret. One that she’s managed to keep from her father and sister for nearly a year. But when she encounters the man who started it all, she can’t deny the pull she feels towards him; despite everything that’s standing in their way…

















I like to write whichever weird and wonderful tale comes into my head, which makes identifying the genre difficult even for me! My first series, Alventia, are novellas centred around Keira, aka Sleeping Beauty, and her Prince Philip, along with their allies Hansel and Gretel. It's a tale that very much told itself as I started to write it!

While I'm not writing, I work in Catering and am also an Assistant Brownie Guide Leader in the Midlands (UK). I like to bake and I love to read, and like with my writing, I read an eclectic mix of genres, and love every minute of it!

You can keep up to date with any of my writing progress by signing up to my Newsletter here: https://goo.gl/A3tI1s