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Carmen Stefanesco has a new release. Knowing Carmen it will be filled with all
sorts of fun, hair-raising factoids. Can’t wait to read this one. And... wait for it....it's only .99¢
Below is an
excerpt.
Warning: Better
read with the lights on.
Dracula’s Mistress
Angela
smiled with fond indulgence and looked at her father. “Prepare for mother’s. .
.” She
The pale
light of the moon fell on a man’s face. A man dressed in torn clothes. Some
ragged ends of silken thread were still attached to his arms, stretched towards
them in begging.
His
face, all covered in blood. His eyes were closed. His bluish lips mumbled
something Angela couldn’t clearly understand. Slurred words reached her. She
thought she heard, “Candle. . . candle. . . pleaaaase. . .” A sickening odor
reached Angela’s nostrils. Slowly, the closed eyelids opened revealing two
empty sockets instead of eyes.
A low
moan of horror escaped her.
“What?
What’s wrong?” Grigore asked.
But
before he turned his head to see what triggered Angela’s reaction the
apparition melted into the darkness.
Angela
staggered a little, and then found her balance.
“Nothing,”
she answered in a shaken voice. “I thought . . . Nothing, Father.” She pushed
the horrible apparition from her mind. Perhaps all the stories about the souls
of the young noblemen killed so cruelly here were not just stories.
Grigore
shook his head and shrugged. Then reaching out his hand, he helped her climb
into the carriage. She was barely able to move as she trembled from head to
foot. She shrank back on the bear skin spread inside.
Grigore
sat facing her, but looked absorbed by the things that had happened that night.
The
neighing of the horses sounded strange to her ears. The sound of a tree branch
scraping the roof of the carriage sent Angela’s heart into her mouth.
She
leaned forward until her nose was touching the glass of the carriage window.
Outside, on the side of the road, she glimpsed again the silhouette of the
horrible man, dressed in tattered clothes. She peered into the darkness to see
better. There was no doubt. The same specter. With begging hands stretched
towards her. She covered her mouth with her hand to suppress a cry. And then
she shook her head and passed a hand over her eyes and dared to look out again.
There
was nobody in sight. A dark cloud had settled over the moon. All that met her
eyes was the deep darkness. Her heart hammered as she gripped her fan harder,
almost crushing the fragile spikes. Sweat collected at the base of her neck
despite the cool evening. With a trembling hand, she covered the window of the
carriage with the small curtain and leaned back on the carriage pillow. To
fight the panic yammering in her head, Angela forced Vlad’s face back into her
mind.
All
through the rest of the journey home, the thought of Vlad’s enthralling smile
and dark, intent eyes never left her.
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.
Author
Bio and links
Carmen Stefanescu resides
in Romania, the native country of the infamous vampire Count
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.
Author Carmen Stefanescu's Linkshttp://shadowspastmystery.blogspot.ro/
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http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6624397.Carmen_Stefanescu
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Trailer Dracula’s Mistress
https://youtu.be/_JfSJGAwM_w
Buy link
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XNW7RXD/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1489663418&sr=1-1
