Title: Descent of Blood
Series: The Red Veil Series, Prequel
Author: Elizabeth Marx
Genre: Paranormal romance
Publisher: Self published
Format: Ebook, Paperback
Length: 50K words
Book Description:
When times are darkest, some vampires desire more than blood …
England, 1465. Mortal men clash in the War of the Roses for the English crown, while vampire warriors’ move undetected among their ranks, savoring the flow of blood that battlefields provide.
Vampire prince, Severian Pearce, fears the revelation of the immortal clans to humankind should King Henry fall from power. While in pursuit of Henry’s enemies, Severian comes to the aid of Meridian Neville, a human woman he craves—and not for the scent of her blood … Meridian is torn between honoring her father’s dying wish and her unexplainable yearning for Lord Severian. But as Severian and Meridian work together to protect a relic hunted by mortals and immortals alike, the red veil descends over them. This all-consuming attraction can drive immortals to the brink of madness. Will the existence of this powerful bond between a human and a vampire be enough to unite the immortal clans or is the red veil a scourge set on destroying any chance they might have of happiness?
When all hope is lost, one vampire will fight unto death for his forbidden love.
Title: Ascent of Blood
Series: The Red Veil Series, #1
Author: Elizabeth Marx
Genre: Paranormal romance
Publisher: Self published
Format: Ebook, Paperback
Length: 90K words
Book Description:
Sometimes, love is conceived in the mind of a man long before it is ever realized.
1990, Cardiff, Wales. Vampire prince, Sebastian Pearce, has waited six-hundred years for the right human mate. His own beloved mother was a mortal capable of carrying immortal offspring. While vampires no longer require live donors for sustenance, Mother Nature has played a cruel trick on them making breeders a rare commodity. As numbers in Sebastian’s Imperial House continue to dwindle, his virgin bride eludes him. That is, until he happens upon a young woman searching for information about a sacred vampire text, the Book of Descent. Sebastian’s desire for her is more potent than anything he’s felt for another woman, but Everleigh Marbut isn’t innocent. She’s an American with a mind of her own, and worst of all, she’s already carrying an immortal being. As Sebastian and Everleigh fight their attraction to each other, they don’t realize they’re being lured into a battle pitting medieval myth against the power of modern science to recreate life until it’s too late.
The destiny of his lineage, and the bond forged between them, now rests in their acceptance of each other as they are.
About the Author:
Windy City writer, Elizabeth Marx, brings cosmopolitan life alive in her fiction—a blend of romance, fast-paced Chicago living, and a sprinkle of magical realism. Elizabeth resides with her husband, girls, and two cats who’ve spelled everyone into believing they’re really dogs. She grew up in the city, has traveled extensively, and still says there’s no town like Chi-Town.
Reviews by Mallory Heart Reviews:
Review of
Descent of Blood by Elizabeth Marx
5 Stars
Readers who
enjoy perusing historical fiction relating to the Middle Ages, especially those
who like their history served on the gory side (for example, fans of Vlad the
Impaler and of Elisabeth Bathory—of which I am one) will find much to relish
regarding the gory visual side of that era. Factual historians don’t usually
relate tales involving regiments of vampires, but Elizabeth Marx certainly does
so, and does it well. Even this reviewer, who is not a vampire aficionado,
found much to enjoy in Ms. Marx’s very visual tales. Of course, visualizing is
not all she does well: she also delivers heartbeat-fast action, adventure, and
sensual romance.
Back in the
day (or many multitudes of moons ago) I was a history major at University, but
you know: history was just never like this. You owe it to yourself, Constant
Readers, to go get this series—both Descent of Blood, for Ms. Marx’s amazingly
different perspective of the 15th English Wars of the Roses; and the
companion novel, Ascent of Blood, for a more contemporary version. Don’t worry,
there’ll be vampires there too.
Review of Ascent of Blood by Elizabeth Marx
5 stars
The Red Veil Series #1
In contemporary society, with a world population of humans
in the billions, vampires can’t really afford to be discovered, for discovery
would mean going to war against humans, and who then would lose? Sebastian Pearce
has been a vampire for centuries, and for six of those he has searched for a
breeder, a human female capable of bearing vampire offspring, such as his
mother. Those are few and rare, and his House of Imperials is terribly in need
of expansion. When he encounters a young American woman in London, searching
for the Book of Descent, Sebastian is at first amazed and infuriated, then
enraptured and obsessed. But Sebastian is not the only one of this pair holding
secrets close to his chest; Everleigh is too.
If you’ve not yet read the prequel to this series, “Descent
of Blood,” you can still read and very much enjoy this story, but why not pick
up both and have the double pleasure?
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