Today, I have author RP Channing here to share with us his debut novel, Thirst: Blood of My Blood. Read on for an excerpt, a chance to win a $20 Amazon gift card, and an exclusive interview!
~Kira Sutherland~
After a near fatal accident (and getting cheated on by her 'boyfriend'), and beating up the lead cheerleader (with whom the boyfriend cheated...), and being labeled as having 'issues' in her school because she, uhm, sees ghosts, Kira is left with two choices:
1. Continue her 'therapy' (where she's told the ghost is a hallucination and also gets her legs ogled too often...)
Or
2. Go to Starkfield Academy, a boarding school for "Crazies and Convicts" (as the social media sites call them.)
She chooses the latter...
~Cory Rand~
Cory Rand has not had an easy life. His mother died in a car accident when he was twelve, and so did his mother's best friend...sort of. You see, Janice made a promise to take care of Cory just before she died, and so she lingers. Undead. A ghost that watches out for him.
Brought up in an abusive home, Cory quickly falls into a life of disreputable behavior. After his third offense (which was prompted by a girl, as usual - he has a weakness) he's left with two choices:
1. Be tried as an adult and share a cell with a guy named Bubba (he thinks...)
Or
2. Go to Starkfield Academy, which Cory is pretty sure is run by vampires. But, hey, at least he'll get an education.
He chooses the latter...
It's at Starkfield that Kira meets Cory Rand, a boy with an insatiable Rage who sees ghosts, too. As well as other things, other things from his past, things that confuse him, things like fire and witches and demons.
Things he's always ignored.
Until now.
Genres
Young Adult Romance
Paranormal Romance
High School
Vampires, Demons, Witches
Dark Fantasy
Horror
Buy Links
Amazon US
Kindle Unlimited
$20 Amazon Gift Voucher Giveaway
At the back of the book there is a giveaway link. Once the book hits fifty reviews on Amazon, one of those reviewers will win a $20 (US Dollars) Amazon Gift Voucher!
Author Bio
R P Channing started writing three years ago, but never published anything even after churning out over a million words of fiction. Thirst: Blood of my Blood is the first book he dared to publish. When asked why, he said, “Because it’s the first thing I wrote that my wife actually enjoyed reading.” When not hammering away (most literally) at his keyboard, he can be found buried in a book, reading anything from romance to horror to young adult to non-fiction to comedy.
Author Links
Twitter
Amazon
Excerpt from Thirst
I had the perfect shoes and the perfect friends and I lived in the perfect house.
My nails were perfect and my hair was perfect (except on Sundays, it was always
windy on Sundays) and I had the perfect clothes. My lips were a perfect red and my
hair perfectly straight. My eyeshadow was perfect, my hips were...okay, and my
waist...well...also okay. Nothing was wrong in my life.
But then there was Jack.
Jack was a problem.
He needed to go. I mean, when you’re dead, you’re dead! I had told him this endlessly. Somehow, Jack didn’t get it. I mean, I felt sorry for the guy. Sure. Being stuck between this life and the next. But just because I found him, does that mean I needed to keep him?
I think not!
Sadly, when Jack got that look in his eyes, that weary, almost teary (if his tear-ducts worked) look, I melted. I just couldn’t send him away. Not even Jack knew where he would go after he died.
Would he, like, die? As in — dead, nada, kaput, finito, gone, no more? Bye bye, sayonara, ciao, hasta la vista baby and all that?
I couldn’t have that on my conscience. No way.
Interview with RP Channing
Q: What is a typical Friday night like for you?
A: Hah! You’ll usually find me dug into a story until about midnight. I was pretty wild as a kid (understatement of the century), and I think I got all the partying out of my system back then. If I’m not at my computer, I’m usually buried into a Netflix series (Jessica Jones or The Last Kingdom).
Q: What are some books we might find in your TBR pile?
A: You’ll find everything from Stephen King to Nora Roberts to John Green. I read pretty much anything.
Q: If you could describe your novel with a song, what song would it be?
A: Seven Devils by Florence and the Machine. I’ll let you read the story to figure out why. :)
Q: What is one thing you want to do before you die?
A: Write a bestselling novel. Oh, wait, you said one thing, I want to do that several times. Err...drive a Ferrari...fast. Super fast.
Q: What is your motto for life?
A: Take it as it comes, and don’t sweat the failures.
Thank you, RP! Great answers, and I love the excerpt. Best of luck with Thirst! :)
Sounds awesome:) I love the gothic atmosphere of the book:)
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