Title: Life as a Teenage Vampire
Author: Amanda Meuwissen
Genre: YA M/M Paranormal Romance
The last thing Emery
expected at the end of his senior year of high school was to become a vampire
and fall in love with his best friend… Emery Mavus just wants to survive his
senior year of high school. Becoming a vampire complicates things. So does a
bizarre mentor, a group of vampire hunters, and an unexpected, new attraction
for his openly gay best friend, Connor. An occasional uncontrollable hunger for
blood might be the least of his worries.
Author Bio
Amanda has a Bachelor of Arts in a personally designed
major from St. Olaf College in Creative Writing, and has been posting content
online for many years, including maintaining the blog for the digital marketing
company Outsell. She spent
a summer writing screenplay script coverages for a company in L.A., and is an
avid consumer of fiction through film, prose, and video games. Amanda lives in
Minneapolis, MN, with her husband, John, and their cats, Helga and Sasha (no
connection to the incubus of the same name).
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Book Excerpt
Mr. Leonard was
menacing in a way I’d never seen before, larger somehow too, like a predator.
But his blank expression was what scared me.
“If I had
contacted him the moment Mallory died, he might have made it in time, but he
won’t arrive before the hunters do. He
told me not to do anything foolish, but if I do nothing, I’ll die, the hunters
will leave, and the trail will run cold. Mallory will never get justice.”
His voice floated
around me like an echo, his eyes too bright.
“He told me to run
if they came, but that is something I cannot do. I know you can’t help me fight
them, Emery, but you can give them a reason to stay, give Alec time to discover
the truth.”
“Alec?” My back
hit the wall and I gasped. He had me cornered.
“My Maker, my
friend. He can ensure they pay for their crimes. But if I don’t give them a
reason to stay in town, he’ll be too late.”
I had no idea what
he was talking about. If he had more emotion in his voice I’d worry he was
delirious, but he sounded so even, so certain. The twist in my gut nearly
doubled me over, and I held out a hand to keep him from getting closer. “Mr.
Leonard—”
“Hush, Emery.”
I made to push him
away, but in that same moment, the fear that had crept under my skin feeling
like it might burst out my pores, lessened. Everything about Mr. Leonard seemed
different. He didn’t move. His expression didn’t change. It was the air around
him, the atoms buzzing, something intangible that shifted. His eyes were
mesmerizing, and as I returned his stare, all the anxiety in my stomach washed
away. I felt warm, but not uncomfortably so, more like I was snuggling up for
an afternoon nap.
My hand dropped.
“I am so sorry,
Emery. I have no other choice.”
I didn’t see him
move. He was there, standing in front of me, and then he wasn’t. Instead, the
curve of his shoulder was in front of my face, and a sharp pain in my neck tore
the air from my lungs, like he’d struck me with a knife or a needle. But the
pain faded almost instantly, and the tight pressure felt almost soothing.
I sagged against
the wall, seeing only the dark blue of Mr. Leonard’s shoulder, the hazy
background of the sofa and fireplace fading in color until there was nothing
but calming darkness.
Thank you so much for the stop along this fantastic tour to help promote my new title. This book has a truly special place in my heart with its nods to my own teenage years, my favorite creatures of the night - vampires, and some twists and turns that definitely make this different than the usual YA paranormal romance. Thank you again!
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