Kristin Battestella ~ Gives the Backstory for FATE and FANGS Series

Postage in…5, 4, 3, 2, 1

"In 1975 I acquired a collection of antique, but damaged manuscripts after a mysterious fire beguiled the dim British authorities for four years. Somewhere along the frontier between England and Wales, in a crumbled vault beneath a burned mansion; dozens of leather bound journals, diaries, and books were rescued. Their contents were fantastical: histories, ages of vampiric accounts, coven wars, and abstract chronicles. The police, of course, uneducated in such matters of the occult or the unexplained, found the material rubbish against their modern case in need of evidence and forensics.

Fortunately, in my subsequent studies and adventures, I have found that truth is indeed stranger than fiction. You must forgive me the cliché, but my analysis and preservation of these personal antiquities has brought me to new heights of bizarrity, both on the page and in the flesh. I thought I was a wise, aware professor knowing beyond the day-to-day world before I came to read of this twisted Vampire Family. My pride was in err..."

That's how the fictional Professor James introduces us to FATE and FANGS: Tales from the Vampire Family, and it only gets more demented from there.

I was so pleased- okay ecstatic- to place this 7 book series with Muse It Up Publishing last year. Our first novella Love: Ann and the Viking came out this past August, followed by Punishment: Lilith's Trials in September and now Book 3 Struggle: Elizabeth in America is tossing werewolf shenanigans and Native American mysticism into the soiree! A sequel set to my 2008 novel The Vampire Family- in paperback now with Eternal Press- we're slaying out a book a month through Valentine's Day. Couldn't a vamp fan just die with glee?!

There's no blood necessary in the participation of any Vampire Family events, of course. Yet! Feel Love, experience Punishment, know Struggle, indulge the Debauchery, crave Lust, learn Humanity, face Resurrection, and choose: Fate or Fangs?

What excites me the most about this series is its intimacy and personal themes and vignette style. No big coven wars and blood battle mayhem here - well, there's some blood! But the big stuff is reserved for the universe's finale, Requiem for the Vampire Family. Or perhaps it will be The Vampire Family Forever. I can't decide! With Fate and Fangs, however, we can take time, pick and choose our time, place, or perversion - from colonial times to vampire speakeasies and contemporary London, something for everyone!

Pleasure ANN and her lover ERIC or torment the Welshire enemy LILITH? But what of ELIZABETH, the unloved wife and RAIN, the fearless Kiowa warrior caught amid debutant daughter VICTORIA? Ladies, moody and melodramatic rival brothers JAMES and GASTON are vying for your attention! Rise again with STEPHANIE or Live forever with Mestiphles....

Fate or Fangs? 'Tis a very tough question. Answer, with The Vampire Family......

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Love: Ann and the Viking ~ Blurb:

The Vampire Family has a long and torrid past, present, and future. In FATE and FANGS, the family's Occult scholar Professor A. James shares vampire vignettes of love, punishment, struggle, debauchery, lust, humanity, and resurrection. In this medieval tale, scorned vampire mistress Ann leaves vampire family patriarch Antonio behind, travels across Britain, and encounters a wayward Viking named Eric. Will Ann accept her true vampiric nature and turn her Nordic lover into a vampire?

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Punishment: Lilith’s Trials ~ Blurb:

In Professor James’ second tale, we share in the pain, suffering, and torment of the Welshire Vampire Family’s beautiful but deadly rival Lilith. Her mysterious, vile nature and fantastical abuses are put on trial as the demonic advocate Mestiphles plays judge, jury, and executioner from his wicked Void of darkness and pain. Is it wrong to delight in the just, even deserving torture Lilith receives? Will she learn and apply the cruel lesson Mestiphles teaches?

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Struggle: Elizabeth in America ~ Blurb:

Seeking solace and solitude from her unhappy home life as the unloved wife of Antonio, Elizabeth travels to colonial America in Professor James’ third account. On the outskirts of the white man’s civilization, Elizabeth meets Rain, a young Kiowa warrior on a vision quest. Will his lack of fear, search for answers, and gripping hothouse experience help her face those very vampire truths she sought to escape?

***GIVEAWAY***GIVEAWAY***

Kristin has offered a PDF copy of book 3 from the Fate and Fang Series – Struggle: Elizabeth in America  - all you have to do is leave a comment with your email address (so we may contact the winner) to be entered into the drawing. The drawing will take place sometime on Saturday (10-15) and be announced here – Kristin will also contact winner with your prize.

Kristin ~ great post…loved the start (LOL) 5,4,3,2,1…nice. I’m so glad you made my place one of your stops and looking forward to having you stop again for your next release. Congratulations on your Fate and Fang series!!

Thank you everyone for stopping in to visit with Kristin – good luck in her drawing.

Until Next Time,

Kay Dee

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