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Thursday, April 16, 2015

Book Blast, Giveaway & Interview: Retaliation by @ImogenRoseTweet

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Bonfire Chronicles

Imogen Rose

Genre: YA/Paranormal/Horror

Publisher: Wild Thorn Publishing

Date of Publication: 03/15/2015

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Number of pages: 400

Word Count: 84000

Cover Artist: Consuelo Parra

Book Description:

Ever since Bloody Fall, humans have lived in fear.

Even though the apparently senseless human massacres have ended, President Elizabeth Ryan's administration has been under a cloud of disapproval for failing to bring the terrorists to justice.

She braces herself as a new spate of carnage is unleashed.

Cordelia and Faustine are recruited back into action as the supernatural agencies go on high alert. Has their nemesis re-emerged?

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  Excerpt

I kneeled down for a better look. Whatever it was, it was clearly alive, and it shirked away, obviously frightened out of its wits. Could it be one of those pets humans liked to keep around? I transformed back to my human state so the poor little thing wouldn’t have a heart attack. “Here,” I whispered gently. “I’m not going to hurt you. Come on out.”

“Demon?” a little voice whispered. It was clearly something supernatural.

“Yep, you?”

“Troll.”

Troll? I’d never met a timid one before. “What are you doing here?”

“I sorta live here.”

“Can you come out?”

The troll scurried from behind the vent, crawled out of the fireplace, and stood up beside the couch. It couldn’t have been more than eight inches tall. I’d never seen one so small before. It was clearly female, with a pink bow attached to her unkempt blond Afro. She was rather grubby, I guessed from her journey through the fireplace. She wore little green dungarees bedazzled with pink rhinestones. And she had the most enormous green eyes that seemed to glow. “What’s your name?”

“I don’t have one.” Now that she wasn’t whispering, her voice sounded like a bee trying to speak human. “None of the underground trolls do,” she continued. “I guess we’re not important enough.” She lowered her eyelash-devoid eyelids, her lips trembling.

I touched her hand gently with my finger. “What would you like to be called, if you could choose your own name?”

“Anything?”

“Yes, anything at all.”

“Humm. That’s hard. It’s hard to commit to a name. What’s yours?”

“Cordelia.”

“Huh? That’s kind of old-fashioned. Where did that come from?”

Old-fashioned? That troll cheekiness didn’t take long to surface. “Cordelia is a family name; I’m named after my grandmamma. I like it, and wouldn’t want to be called anything else.”

“None of my family have ever had names,” she said, her lower lip trembling again. “Each subterranean troll family has a number, assigned by the Don. Then each family member gets given a letter. I am 4695h.”

“That doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. Tell you what. Pick a name you want me to call you, and if you don’t like it, you can change it as many times as you want until you find one that’s ‘you.’”

“Humm.” She looked confused. “I can’t think of any nice names. Can you pick one for me?”

“Sure. How about…” I tried to think of a simple one, since she was unfamiliar with names. “Lucy?”

She nodded slowly. “I can… maybe… do that… Lucy.”

“Well, Lucy. What are you doing here?”

“Like I said, I live here. When I don’t live at home, that is. Do you want to see the room I sleep in when the demons are not around? It’s the same one that Dorian uses.”

“Sure, in a moment. Which demons are you talking about?”

“Dorian and his soap buddies mostly. And his son, Luke. I like Luke. He’s kinda hot.”

“When was the last time they were here?”

“Dorian was here a couple of hours ago.” She started fidgeting, lowering her eyelids and shifting from leg to leg.

“Do you know where he went?”

She shook her head. Then she pursed her lips.

“What is it?”

She stared at her feet.

“Lucy?”

She smiled. “I like that.”

“Focus, Lucy. Tell me everything. What’s with the odd expression?”

“Well,” she whispered, her voice so low that I had to bend down to hear her, “something bad happened.”

“Like?”

She raised her hands. “I don’t know.”

“Come on, Lucy! How do you know something bad happened, then?”

She suddenly crawled under the couch like a bug, and just as I was about to grab her tiny ankles and haul her out, she slithered back toward me—dragging something heavy.

I couldn’t get a good look at it. “What is that?”

“It’s Dorian’s arm,” she puffed, as I grabbed it, pulling it out—a bloody, shredded demon limb.

  Character Interview

Character Name: Rea

Character Bio: Commander of the most sought after Bonfire Academy Delta Force, a highly specialized combat team.  

 

Describe yourself what is your worst and vest quality?

My worst quality is my need for sensible shoes.  My best quality is I am a Troll.  *preens*

 

What is the one thing you wish other people knew about you?

I am f……. (oops, this is an interview, I have to behave) sensitive. 

 

What is your biggest secret something no one knows about?

I can be a bit bossy.

 

What are you most afraid of?

My twin sister, Noella.  She is a mean one, but everybody thinks she is this sweet, shy troll.  *rolls eyes*

 

What do you want more than anything?

To be the Commander of the US Navy Seal Team.

 

What is your relationship status?

Dating Pascal, but open to all suggestions.

 

How would you describe your sense of fashion?

I have a fashionista twin sister, so I am always in fashion.  The one thing she hates but I am NEVER giving up is my combat boots.  I rock that look, so she gives in.

How much of a rebel are you?

110%.

 

What do you considered to be your greatest achievement?

Code Uprising and extracting the Don. And I also did Pascal for a straight 24 hours, but we won’t talk about that.

 

What is your idea of happiness?

Family, friends, and a good……never mind that last one.

 

What is your current state of mind?

Satisfied……..in so MANY ways!

 

What is your most treasured possession?.

My combat boots 

 

What is it that you, most dislike?

TRAITORS!  Prof Kunz, I am looking at you.

 

Which living person do you, most despise?

I lurve everybody!

 

What is your greatest regret?

We were at a dance, and there was this amazing hunk of a faery in my vision.  Someone yelled fight, I jumped into the middle of it and my faery disappeared before I got a chance to say hello.

 

What is the quality you most like in a man?

A big… never mind

 

What is the quality you most like in a woman?

I like women to be less attractive than me.

 

Who is your favorite hero in fiction?

Wonder Woman

 

Which living person do you most admire?

My mom.

 

If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?

Nothing. I am fabulous perfection

 

What is your motto?

Follow, or get the hell out of my way.

 

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About The Author

Globetrotter Imogen Rose was born in Sweden, educated in London (where she received a PhD in immunology), and is now an all-American Jersey girl. She is the author of two bestselling YA series— the Portal Chronicles and the Bonfire Chronicles, both of which have been translated into German, French, Spanish, and Japanese.

In addition to writing, Imogen loves to travel, explore Madison Avenue (she is a self-confessed Hermès addict), watch movies, listen to music, and hang out with her family, friends, and Chihuahua. When she is not writing, she can usually be found sipping a chai latte at an ice rink while watching her daughter slam pucks.

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