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Tamara Monteau – Midnight Skye, Haven’s Realm 6
Release date: June 1, 2015
Bio
Tamara Monteau was born and raised in
Washington State, graduated from Hudson’s Bay High School in 1978, and joined
the Air Force the following year, where she met her husband Mike. After
traveling parts of Europe and an extended stay in Louisiana, they settled in
Middle Georgia where Mike retired from the Air Force in 2004 and now works as a
machinist. They have four children and one grandchild, and hope one day to retire
to a small, woodland community where it is still possible to see the stars at
night.
Tamara has always been a dreamer, her
head more often in the clouds than in reality. She discovered early in life the
pleasures to be found between the covers of a well-written book, began
exploring her writing talents in 1992, and registered her first completed novel
in 2003. Although a devoted Christian, she has always had a fascination for the
macabre in general, and the vampire mystique in particular, and tries to
reflect her values in her writings whenever possible.
Where to find Tamara:
Tagline:
Skye
Renault is in love with two vampires. One man wants to possess her, the other’s
love will set her free.
Blurb:
Since
age thirteen, Summer Skye Renault has written about her nightmares—stories of
two vampire cousins who hold habitual romantic rivalries. Six years later, with
her sixth novel nearing release, the dreams stop. She returns to D’Arc Estate,
where they began, seeking answers. There she learns that her nightmares were
real, and becomes the unwitting subject of the next story.
When Christian learns of Lucien’s disappearance, he travels to his cousin’s home in Tennessee to investigate, but the presence of an intriguing young mortal complicates his plans. Before he can convince her to leave with him, he becomes gravely injured by vicious Adept magick, leaving Summer to battle the treacherous estate alone.
Finding
Lucien and freeing him from a century-long confinement places Summer’s life in
danger when an ancient enemy retaliates. Lucien must call on all his intellect
and set aside fear if he is to save them all and protect the Bargain.
Excerpt:
Skye
fished the cell phone from her pocket, noted the caller, and groaned before
sitting at the dining table and setting down her coffee cup. She and her mother
usually chatted once a day—in the evening to recap the day’s events and
progress. Mom knew better than to call during daylight hours when she was most
prone to be deep within her muse. There could only be one reason she was
calling at ten in the morning. She cleared her throat to relieve the sudden
thickness and thumbed the accept button. “Morning, Mom.”
“What’s
this I hear about you going to Tennessee?” Her mother’s voice held the level of
fear and outrage Skye expected to hear.
Suppressing
a sigh, she answered, “You saw the interview. I was going to call…”
“Please
tell me you’re not planning what I think
you’re planning.”
“I
need to get away, Mom,” she explained as calmly as she could. “I liked
Tennessee. I miss the mountains.”
“You’re
going back there, aren’t you?” Dread
resonated in her mother’s thick question.
She
sipped her coffee, easing the sudden dryness in her mouth, and released the
sigh. “The dreams have stopped.”
“Good.”
The silent interval that followed was deafening. “D’Arc Estate is dangerous,
Summer. You were almost killed there.”
Skye
winced. Only Mom called her by her given name—one she considered a little too
old-fashioned, too 1960’s flower child. Her middle name always seemed much
cooler. “I have to go back. I need to understand why I feel so connected to the
estate.”
“I’ve
researched that house,” she argued tightly. “People have been disappearing in that house. God knows
what happened to them. It’s haunted, or possessed, or something, I’m sure of
it.”
“Mom,
for crying out loud, calm down. It’s just a house.”
“A
house that’s brought you nothing but nightmares since you were eight years
old,” she reminded her. “I’d think, after all you’ve been through, you’d be
glad the dreams are gone.”
“Those
dreams won me the biggest literary contract in history,” Skye countered
impatiently.
“Can’t
you find some other way to continue this vampire obsession of yours?”
That’s
exactly what it was—an obsession, one she wished she understood. “I write what
I see,” she responded, injecting patience she didn’t feel. “I don’t know where
to take my stories without the dreams. I know they’re rough on me sometimes,”
she admitted with another sigh. “I can’t help it, Mom. They’re calling me.”
Another
long pause. “The vampires are calling
to you, aren’t they, Summer?”
Her
mother had never come so close to accusing her dream lovers of being real,
though at times she’d argued the possibility, apparently afraid for her
daughter’s sanity. She swallowed another lump and renewed her attempt at
patience. “We’ve been over this at least a hundred times. I don’t believe
vampires are real. In spite of the intensity of my nightmares, I haven’t
slipped far enough off my cracker I’ll even entertain the possibility of their existence. D’Arc Estate is a mystery. You know
I can’t resist a good mystery. And I do feel…drawn, but I promise you I don’t
expect to find vampires hiding in residence.”
Her
imagined friends couldn’t be real.
Some outside influence inspired a change in the original visions. Skye refused
to believe otherwise. All she really wanted was the answer to the one question
she’d asked herself from the start. Why?
“I checked with the estate conservator,” she continued, “and found out it’s
still available. I’m…going to try for it.”
Skye
braced herself for her mother’s reaction. She wasn’t disappointed. “You mean
you intend to stay there? For God’s
sake, Summer—”
“Mom,
please. I know what I’m doing.”
“You
have no idea!” She sounded near tears. “D’Arc Estate wants you. Don’t you
understand? It wants you dead!”
“I’ll
be careful, I promise. I’ll leave the first time things get out of hand. The
dreams came from there. I’m hoping the house inspires their return, that’s
all.” The doorbell rang. “Mom, I gotta go. The movers are here.”
Buy links:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Skye-Havens-Realm-Book-ebook/dp/B00Y43BKV2/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1432384329&sr=1-1&keywords=tamara+monteauAll Romance e-Books: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-midnightskye-1813938-149.html
Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/midnight-skye-tamara-monteau/1121986711?ean=2940151563239
Bookstrand: http://www.bookstrand.com/midnight-skye
Secret Cravings Publishing: http://store.secretcravingspublishing.com/index.php?main_page=book_info&cPath=4&products_id=1083
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DeleteSounds very interesting. Looking forward to reading it. Super cover too! Best of luck with it, Tamara.
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