'The best book I've read on my Kindle Fire. Absolutely loved it.' 5-stars
~ Goodreads Review
'Awesome. This was great, couldn't put it down.' 5-stars
~ iBooks Australia Review
'What a great book.' 5-stars
~ B&N Nook Review
A Paranormal Urban Fantasy
"I don't know what blood tastes like to a human. I'd never even licked a tiny drop of it from a pricked finger, let alone suck on a bleeding cut. Now it's my only food source."
Meet teenage runaway Ellie. She's snarky, witty, funny, and has issues with her mother, just like any other 17-year-old girl.
She's also a vampire.
Days before her 18th birthday, the mysterious and handsome immortal, Christian, turned her into a creature that she loathes, forcing her to leave her old life behind forever and move to London. Thrust into the supernatural world, full of magic and danger, Ellie doesn't want to be a killer.
She doesn't even like to drink blood.
But Christian wasn't completely honest about why he'd taken a romantic interest in her, and he wasn't the only one keeping things from her, either.
Her mother was hiding the same secret.
Ellie was never an ordinary teenager, and now, she's no ordinary teen vampire. When she discovers why she's not like others of her kind, why she protects humans instead of hunting them, Ellie realises that her life is about to change all over again.
And the world as she knows it will never be the same...
This is the first book in the action-packed Poison Blood series. If you like fast-paced fantasy novels with shocks and twists, then you'll love this thrilling urban fantasy series.
She's also a vampire.
Days before her 18th birthday, the mysterious and handsome immortal, Christian, turned her into a creature that she loathes, forcing her to leave her old life behind forever and move to London. Thrust into the supernatural world, full of magic and danger, Ellie doesn't want to be a killer.
She doesn't even like to drink blood.
But Christian wasn't completely honest about why he'd taken a romantic interest in her, and he wasn't the only one keeping things from her, either.
Her mother was hiding the same secret.
Ellie was never an ordinary teenager, and now, she's no ordinary teen vampire. When she discovers why she's not like others of her kind, why she protects humans instead of hunting them, Ellie realises that her life is about to change all over again.
And the world as she knows it will never be the same...
This is the first book in the action-packed Poison Blood series. If you like fast-paced fantasy novels with shocks and twists, then you'll love this thrilling urban fantasy series.
Download this e-book today for free and start the adventure:
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~ What Others Have Said About Poison Blood, Book 1 ~
"The best book I've read on my Kindle Fire. Absolutely loved it." *****
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“This is definitely not a soppy vampire romance! As usual with Neha Yazmin’s novels, things are never as they seem. Just as you think you have a grip on what’s happening, Neha drops more bombshells to keep you guessing (and the pages turning!). I have a taste for blood – Poison Blood that is! Please publish the next book soon!” *****
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“This is definitely not a soppy vampire romance! As usual with Neha Yazmin’s novels, things are never as they seem. Just as you think you have a grip on what’s happening, Neha drops more bombshells to keep you guessing (and the pages turning!). I have a taste for blood – Poison Blood that is! Please publish the next book soon!” *****
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“I am definitely hooked on the Poison Blood series. Part of me was unsure as to whether another vampire story was worth telling... It definitely was! There is so much more to the vampire world that Neha creates - and she really does create a world... but really, this is a character-driven story. Neha's characters' depths are what drive her stories, each with their hidden secrets. Book 1 of the Poison Blood series really is about the 'Revelation'.” *****
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“It's more like poison love.” *****
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“Awesome. This was great, couldn't put it down. I would love to see a third book!” *****
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“A great book.” *****
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“What a great book to read.” *****
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“Entertaining, light, fun read.” ****
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“Nice read.” ****
Book Details
Length: 29,000 words
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance / Teen Vampire Romance / Young Adult Paranormal
Fantasy / Teen & YA Urban Fantasy / Young Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy
Mood: Dark / Humorous / Coming
of age
Content: No violence / No explicit sex scenes / No erotica
Audience: Teen / Young Adult /
New Adult / Adult
Recommended for: Readers that love all things vampires,
slayers and witches!
Soundtrack
Available as a playlist on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWHoWygP-qzJvHRC-XumXdsjYL-OzqQnx&feature=view_all
Chapter 1: Monsters by Hurricane Bells
Chapter 2: Runaway by Linkin Park
Chapter 4: Leave My Body by Florence + The Machine
Chapter 6: Hurt by Christina Aguilera
Chapter 11: Dark Shines by Muse
Chapter 12: City of Delusion by Muse
Q&A
[WARNING: INCLUDES SPOILERS]
Q: What was the main inspiration behind the Poison Blood series?
A: Short answer: Ellie.
Long
answer: I’d wanted to write a vampire romance for a while, and I
considered the idea of writing a series of short stories about vampires
living on the London Underground. These characters wouldn’t necessarily
be friends or hang out together, but have their own tale to tell. One of
the characters I thought up was Ellie.
However,
I didn’t start writing anything until I woke up one morning with Ellie
talking me through her life. This was a few days after I listened to the
band Linkin Park for the first time in years so I think it was their songs that triggered the instinct to write Ellie’s story. Music has that effect on me!
Interestingly, Chapter 1 is
almost identical to the monologue that roused me that first morning!
Quickly, it became clear that Ellie’s story wasn’t as short and sweet as
I initially planned. She had a lot more potential than I expected,
which was great, though it meant I had to put my Vampires on the Underground collection on the backburner.
Q: Why did you write and publish a paranormal romance so soon after publishing your contemporary romance novel Chasing Pavements?
A:
It’s usually the characters and how strongly they present themselves to me, how clearly I hear their
voices in my head that determine when and what I write. Even if I plan
to write something, like a compilation of short stories about vampires
making the underground transport system their home, unless I can see that world, hear
the characters speak to me, the narrative doesn’t flow as well. I tend
not to commit to a project unless I find myself immersed in the story.
And when a character beckons to me, lets me into her mind and the world
she lives in, I try not to ignore her.
But why follow-up Chasing Pavements
with a vampire romance? Well, why not? If we enjoy reading an eclectic
mix of books, I see no harm in exploring different genres when we write,
provided we apply the same level of dedication, effort and enthusiasm
for each story. As authors, we should do that for every book we write.
Growing up, my favourite genre to read was paranormal/fantasy and I was a huge fan of TV shows such as Charmed and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Unfortunately, like so many others I knew, I stopped reading when I was
at college and Uni. Upon rediscovering my love for books, I found
myself reading contemporary fiction, crime, comedy/satire; the only
fantasy novels I’d read in recent years were the Twilight and Harry Potter books. These I loved so much that I wanted to write for this genre, particularly about vampires. But I didn’t venture into this area until Ellie came to me.
Q: The vampires in Poison Blood are extremely similar to the Twilight vampires. Was this intentional?
A: Yes.
There are a range of vampire myths – from those that burn to ashes in sunlight and can be slain by driving a stake through their hearts,
to immortals that sleep like the dead during the day and hunt by night –
but my favourite is of course the one explored in the Twilight saga. I knew that if I was going to write about vampires, I would conform to most of the rules set out in these books.
I wasn’t going to set my books in the Twilight world though. So I invented my own vampire government (The System), one which has modernised over the years and now operates like an institution the humans would be proud of. A few restrictions needed to be in place though (such as vampires not being able to enter a house without invitation), so that these indestructible creatures didn’t
go around slaughtering an entire council estate in one night. And of
course there had to those that would try to stop these demons from doing
what they liked.
The
other certainty was that the stories would be set in contemporary
society, specifically London. Although it’s exciting creating a whole
new world, one in the future or in another dimension altogether, what
appeals to me more is the idea that the world we live in now could be
full of magic and mystery, amazing creatures with supernatural
abilities, and the kind of love that we don’t dare to dream about
achieving ourselves.
Q: Did you plan to end Book 1 on a cliff-hanger?
A:
Absolutely. Every novel needs as many loose-ends tied-up by the end of
it, and the same goes for each book in a trilogy or a saga, but there’s
nothing wrong with leaving the reader with a question at the end, one
which entices them to read the next book for the answer.
It’s
also a good idea to have an unresolved issue that continues throughout a
book series, or if it’s resolved in book 2 or 3, a new plot thread can
be introduced to run into the next instalments. You need to give the
audience plenty of reasons to read the next book and the next and the next.
Cliff-hangers like the one at the end of Book 1 work well if many of the main themes explored in the novel come to some sort of conclusion. Such as Ellie finally realising who she is, making sense of the life she had before she was changed and discovering why she became the vampire she is.
Q: What will happen in the next book and how many are there be in the series?
A: I can’t tell you what happens in the next instalment! But I can tell you that it’s called Poison Blood, Book 2: Absolution and it’s billed to “answer the questions raised in Book 1 while raising many more.” There are four books in total in this series.
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