Today, I'm excited to host Crystal Collier, on her Moonless Blog Tour. She has pulled out all the stops to make this blog tour as entertaining as possible.
Alexia’s nightmares become reality: a dead baron, red-eyed wraiths, and forbidden love with a man hunted by these creatures. After an attack close to home, Alexia realizes she cannot keep one foot in her old life and one in this new world. To protect her family she must either be sold into a loveless marriage, or escape with her beloved and risk becoming one of the Soulless.
MOONLESS is Jane Eyre meets Supernatural.
"MOONLESS is powerful, compelling, and packed with soul." –Bethany Kaczmarek, editor at A Little Red, Inc.
"I fell head over heels for the characters." –TC Mckee, BookFish Books
"Power-packed action, heart stopping mystery, unpredictable twists and turns…" –I Am a Reader Not a Writer
Buy MOONLESS HERE or add it on Goodreads.
Unravel the mystery of the Moonless night! Hidden in each of the 8 blog tour excerpts is a single word. Gather all 8 and figure out the sentence to win a free copy of Moonless. Send your mystery sentence to crystal (AT) crystal-collier.com with the subject MYSTERY SENTENCE before December 10, 2013, and you will be entered to win one of 10 copies of MOONLESS—just in time for Christmas. Happy hunting!
“Is someone there?” she breathed, little more than a whisper.
Wheezing gurgles met her ears. She spun.
Nothing.
What kind of creature made noise like that? Had she imagined it as well?
She swallowed. The swift thump of her heart echoed into her ears. “Hello?”
A snicker rippled in a circle about her. She twisted to follow it, catching snatches of something—something moving, fast.
A growl.
She dashed headlong the way she’d come.
Movement erupted behind her.
Her skirts caught on the underbrush. They snagged and tore, twigs scratching her legs. She ran harder, one arm before her face to fend off the branches. They raked across her sleeve. She gasped as they cut into her flesh.
Alexia’s feet thudded the ground in rhythm, echoed by another distant set—faster ones.
Chest heaving, she sucked in air, but could not draw enough. Invisible fingers squeezed at her airways. Her lungs pulsed like she was being dragged under a great watery swell. The whoosh of leaves turned her head as an upright silhouette crashed through her periphery. Blackness blinked at the corners of her vision. Her muscles burned.
She would faint before she could outrun her pursuer!
She gulped in air. Perspiration chilled her skin. The rasp of her own breathing filled her ears.
“Help!” she screeched. Father would find her. He’d track her. “Father! Anyone!” But she’d gone miles. Even if he’d begun looking, she’d wandered too far.
A bough slapped her across the face. White light flashed. She blinked it away, uncertain whether her legs were still under her.
She couldn’t outrun this thing. No one would hear her, but she screamed anyway. “Help me!”
It was an empty plea.
Weight pummeled into her back. She flew forward as the ground rushed up.
Great excerpt! Hope you are having fun on your tour and moving a lot of books, Crystal.
Thanks, Alex. It's definitely a ride!
I like the scare factor.
Hope the tour is going well so far.
Here's the thing, I didn't realize I write "scary" stuff until I got a few reviews that pointed it out. Yikes. Well, I guess that happens when you've got roots in terror, eh?
That was a scary excerpt! It made me want to look behind me. Eek! Great stuff, Crystal. 🙂
Thanks, Lexa.
Speaking of moons…
Congrats and best of luck to Crystal on the new release.
Yeah, yeah. Enough with the moon jokes. =)
Yay, Crystal! This is one of the best blog tours I've ever seen.
Love the excerpt. 🙂
Aw, thank you Julie.
Ooh, very suspenseful!
Congratulations, Crystal!!
p.s. I love Jane Eyre.
I love Jane Eyre too…obviously. 😉
Hi adorable Michelle and Crystal,
Yes indeed, I have arrived. Yay n'stuff! Delighted to see your tour has visited this wonderful site. The excerpt entices and may "Moonless" be a huge success in so many ways. Supernatural was filmed in the Vancouver area. Last time I was back in Vancouver, they asked me to be a part of the show. Some smart dude handed me a brush to sweep up the set.
Gary 🙂
Thank you adorable Gary! At least you can say that you were on the set of a show… even if you were only the sweeper… LOL 🙂
LOL! What an honor. 😉
Wow! What a great excerpt. Super scary stuff Crystal.
Thank you for popping in Emilyann!
I guess it is a little freaky…