Release date: June 21, 2017
Subgenre: Urban fantasy, Paranormal romance
About Elusive:
Lily Winter flees from Tarek, the vampiric leader of the Ruberios, and
the terrifying Berisha clan while mourning her young friend’s death.
Although desperately missing Flynn, she flies alone across the world to
an uncertain future. A shocking surprise awaits her in Australia,
spinning her belief and trust into chaos. Will her blossoming romance
with gorgeous Flynn ramp to a new level? Or will she fall under the
glamour of the hot and irresistible Tarek? Follow Lily as she races to
develop her witchcraft while balancing her dream to become a doctor.
Venture deeper with her into a world of new witches and dhampirs and
discover whether she can find the courage to evade and fight dark
vampiric forces.
Excerpt:
In the early hours of daylight, the plane dropped from the bright
blue sky to an airport surrounded by pale olive hills. Flight made
me vulnerable and uneasy, so when we touched down on the tarmac, I
was grateful to be on solid ground once more. As I scrambled from
the plane, I may as well have been an astronaut climbing from his
shuttle onto a foreign moon. Everyone I loved was so far away, and
I was so completely alone.
After witnessing Bella’s death, leaving Flynn behind and flying
across the world, I battled to maintain composure while waiting for
my luggage in the terminal. Nauseated and exhausted, I felt my head
spin. Holding my handbag tightly in one hand, I grabbed my case
with the other before negotiating the usual security and screening.
Emerging into the outside lounge, I searched the gathered crowd for
a sign. Someone holding a card with the words ‘Anubis student’
caught my attention, so I hurried in his direction. Alexis had
promised someone would be waiting for me here but had given no
names.
Nearing the cardholder, I felt my breath leave my lungs and my legs
buckle with shock. My jet lag and the trauma I’d experienced in
Wicklow were creating an optical illusion I reasoned as I staggered
forward. There could be no other explanation. Surely when the
cardholder removed his hat and dark glasses, he would look
different.
The mirage shepherded me toward a doorway where I followed him
through to a sunlit exterior. He guided me along a path that
threaded between stark, angular airport buildings to the outside
world that was dazzling and clear. No rain fell and no clouds
impeded my vision. Canberra wasn’t like Wicklow, at least not
today.
‘How?’ I finally said between clenched teeth when we reached a
parking lot far from the pickup area. ‘Who are you?’ My tone echoed
my disgust.
He remained silent until he’d ushered me into the passenger seat of
the car and closed the door.
I fought to control my anger. ‘You’re dead,’ I accused him after
he’d climbed into the driver’s seat. I struggled to make sense of
him.
‘I know what you’re thinking, Lily,’ he said quietly in his usual
voice.
After he had removed his hat and glasses, I stole glances at this
face. It was surreal and frightening seeing him again.
‘I’m so sorry. I don’t know what else to say.’
For the past few years, every time I flew I carried tragedy, so
weighty and profound that it was a miracle the planes got off the
ground. When my mother and I left Florida to fly to Wicklow, we
thought my father was dead. Two years later and burdened by grief
again, I jetted to Australia after my mother and Bella’s deaths. It
was becoming a soul-destroying pattern leaving me with no reason to
continue. Perhaps I was the trouble. If I never planned to travel
again, would all those I loved stay safe? I’d have happily kept my
feet planted on the Earth if it were so.
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About Aria Sparke:
Aria is a fantasy and paranormal author who writes for readers of
all ages. Her new series, Vampirica follows the loves and lives of Lily
and Avery, brave and beautiful witches. The Vampirica universe overflows
with vampires and dhampirs, dangerous and dazzling, who make love and
war on shifting nightscapes in North America, Australia and the ancient,
Icelandic Galdrar Academy.
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