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I am taking a deep breath before I say this…

Here we go, Team Blackthorn… the LAST EVER Blackthorn giveaway!

A week ago yesterday, Blood Broken was published. I can’t thank you enough for your incredible response to it so far. I’ve been deeply moved by your feedback not just to the finale, but the whole series. I know many of you have found it extremely tough saying goodbye – me too! But I’m saving that until my final Blackthorn post. Before then, I promised you a very special giveaway…

THE FINAL GIVEAWAY

I have a one-off prize bundle that will go to ONE lucky winner. Included in this one-off prize is:

  • A SIGNED ‘BLACKTHORN SERIES’ FABRIC BANNER
  • A SIGNED PAPERBACK of BLOOD BROKEN
  • A LIMITED-EDITION VIAL CONTAINING A GENUINE PIECE OF BLACKTHORN from my garden, accompanied by a SIGNED CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENCITY
  • A SIGNED MAGAZINE INTERVIEW FROM MY FIRST-EVER BOOK SIGNING at RARE London last year
  • A BLACKTHORN MUG featuring our four Blackthorn heroes
  • A BLACKTHORN BOOKMARK featuring all eight book covers
  • A SIGNED BLACKTHORN POSTCARD featuring all eight book covers
  • A SIGNED BLOOD BROKEN POSTCARD
  • A SIGNED BLACKTHORN LOGO POSTCARD
  • A BLACKTHORN LOGO STICKER

AND as well as all of these, I’m going to include three treats from my Blackthorn spin-off series as part of the bundle too:

  • A SIGNED PAPERBACK of HAVEN, the first standalone book in my Lowtown series
  • A SIGNED HAVEN POSTCARD
  • A HAVEN BOOKMARK

That makes 14 prizes in one!

There will also be THREE RUNNER-UP PRIZES of signed Blood Broken postcards together with Blackthorn bookmarks.

I hope that’s tempted you enough to play! It’s now or never!

TO ENTER:

All you have to do to enter is answer this question:

WHAT’S YOUR MOST MEMORABLE SCENE FROM THE BLACKTHORN SERIES?

I usually say only one entry per person but, as it’s our last giveaway, I’ll let you enter up to THREE times (each will count as a separate entry). 😃 Hopefully that’ll help if you’re struggling to pick just one – oh, and you can triple your odds of winning! 😉

THE RULES:

> The competition is open NOW and you have until MIDNIGHT (GMT) on SUNDAY 2nd JUNE to enter.

> All entries will be allocated a number and the first prize winner and three runners-up will be selected using an online number generator. The winners will be announced in this post on Monday 3rd June. 

> For your entry/entries to be valid you must either:

THE FINER DETAILS:

> Winners will need to claim their prize within seven days of the announcement, so please check to see if you have won.

> There are no restrictions on where I will post, so everyone can enter.

> As with all giveaways, I won’t respond to any of the entries.

Have fun making your decisions – and best of luck! 🍀

Linds xxx

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LAST EVER BLACKTHORN GIVEAWAY WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT! 

After allocating every valid entry a number and using a random number generator, I am thrilled to announce the winners of my last ever Blackthorn giveaway are:

FIRST PRIZE: Blackthorn Bundle of 14 prizes

CHRISTINE GRIGGS (Facebook entrant)

RUNNER-UP PRIZES: SIGNED BLOOD BROKEN POSTCARD AND BOOKMARK

MONICALEE LEE (Facebook entrant)

AUBREY SARFATI (Facebook entrant)

MARIE SHEEHAN (email entrant)

Huge congratulations!! Please message/email me with your address and I will send your prizes to you asap.

Thank you SO much to everyone who joined in with this final giveaway. Reading your favourite moments has been fantastic. I’ll share a few in my last ever Blackthorn blog post. 😃

And thank you to every single person who has supported my Blackthorn giveaways over the past few years. I’ve only run them because you’re amazingly interactive. Thank you for embracing them all with such a huge sense of fun and enthusiasm. I truly am incredibly lucky to have readers who are so willing to join in, you’ve made each one of them so worthwhile. ❤️

(Psst… and this may have been my last Blackthorn giveaway but there will be more to come with my new books. 😉 #JustSaying)

I also want to say a MASSIVE thank you to each of you who has been in touch to let me know what you thought of Blood Broken. The feedback has been phenomenal – far beyond what I could have hoped for. I cannot even begin to tell you how much it means to me. I haven’t caught up with everyone yet, but I will. And to everyone who has left a review already, I deeply appreciate your time and effort. 🤗

Enjoy the rest of your week, Team Blackthorn – and I’ll be back in due course with that final Blackthorn post!

Linds xxx

It’s Blood Broken’s Publication Day!

The day is finally here, Team Blackthorn!! 🎉🎊😃 The last ever Blackthorn book – I can’t quite believe it.

Not just that, but it’s a double celebration today. As most of you will know, Blood Shadows was the first published book for Bookouture. Today, Blood Broken is their 500th! It couldn’t have been timed better. Thank you so much to Oliver Rhodes, CEO, for your lovely quote.

I’ve been so anxious about how this finale would be received. I know so many of you have been on tenterhooks waiting to see how it would all pan out. Reviews are starting to come in though and I’m absolutely over the moon by the response to Blood Broken so far. No spoilers, I promise, but I just had to share some of the incredible blog reviews that came in today. HUMONGOUS thanks to the following five bloggers for their stunning reviews:

Tracey Rogers

“Blood Broken broke me! This entire series broke me.

The Blood Broken plot is ridiculously clever. My heart raced the entire way through! It’s spine tingling. Known as the queen of twists, Lindsay J. Pryor, did not disappoint. Never, not once, throughout the entire series, have I ever become anywhere close to guessing the outcome…it’s clear that the author cared about Blood Broken, cared about the characters (even when putting them through hell) and cared about her readers. What you don’t appreciate, until you read Blood Broken, is everything that happens from book one, through to book eight, really does have a significance. From secondary characters, to settings. Everything is meaningful. Everything. And that’s what makes Blood Broken so incredibly powerful… I was more than broken. I felt shattered. It was the ending I never expected and never knew I wanted. It was perfect.”

You can read Tracey’s full review HERE.

Book Aholic Dawn

“WOW. Just Freaking WOW.

Enthralling, Thrilling, Spell Binding, Captivating are just some of the words to describe the last book in the Blackthorn series, so much answered but with so many twists that this felt like a huge roller coaster… I am just stumped for words at how this has me all twisted up where i am gob smacked with the intricate detail that this author wrote into this last book, what a clever lady as she is not scared to take you to the edge, the very edge, just to bring you back down again with a thump, what a truly gripping journey this was… This series has been in my life now for so long that i am having trouble letting go, but saying that i have these books in paper so all i have to do is look to my left and there they are in pride of place on my book shelf. Lindsay what can i say but you have took my heart and kept in place along with these characters where it is firmly staying…”

You can read Book Aholic Dawn’s full review HERE.

Lindsey Clarke

“It had everything we had come to expect from Blackthorn – adventure, action, romance, uber-hotness, dark twists and turns that kept me scrolling page after page. By the end of this book, I was awe-struck, jubilantly punching the air, and sobbing (it’s the END, for goodness sake!!!) In fact, I sobbed that it was over for a good fifteen minutes, only then to realise there were epilogues (yes, people, EPILOGUES. PLURAL) and then I had to somehow gather myself together to read them, before sobbing again with joy and sadness and every other emotion you’re meant to feel when a series you adore has finally come to a close after seven years. For me, it really could not have been more perfect and I couldn’t have wished for a better ending.

With breath-taking, high-octane action, unpredictable story-telling and the plot twist to end ALL plot twists, Blood Broken is undoubtedly the crown jewel in Lindsay J Pryor’s urban fantasy masterpiece. This is a five out of five stellar fantasy book that deserves to be talked about for many years to come…”

You can read Lindsey’s full review HERE.

Blissfully Bookish Besties

“Blood Broken is the phenomenal conclusion to Lindsay J. Pryor’s epic Blackthorn series. I love Lindsay J. Pryor’s writing style, she has this unparalleled gift of world building, and the meticulous detail she goes into with that and her characters makes me feel like I am part of the story. In reading Blood Broken, I have come to really appreciate every little nuance, every tiny piece of information that Lindsay J. Pryor has given in the earlier books. Nothing in this series has happened without a reason, that is how masterful this amazing author is…I could not have asked for anything better. It is clear Lindsay J. Pryor has poured her heart and soul into Blood Broken. There are so many twists and turns, questions which are answered, action, romance and so many emotions!! I was on the edge of my seat from the very first page… Blood Broken is Lindsay J. Pryor at her absolute best.”

Donna’s Book Blog

“I thought that this book was excellent!! It is action packed, quick paced and I was hooked right from the first few pages! I thought it was a brilliant story and I loved every page. What more can I say except for well done!! 5 stars from me, I loved it, so well written and completely addictive!!”

As well as everyone leaving reviews, I want to say a MASSIVE thank you too to everyone who has been supporting me across social media today whether leaving me wonderful messages or helping to spread the word about my books. 💓 I haven’t caught up with all my responses yet, but I will!

And, of course, thank you to every one of my readers who has downloaded or ordered their paperback of Blood Broken today. As I write this, Blood Broken is selling far beyond my expectations, both in eBook and paperback – and that’s down to you. Even now it’s still climbing the charts!

When I launched my giveaway last week and asked you to post where you were going to be, I was amazed by how far around the world Blood Broken would be read. And here are just some of those places:

Outside of the UK:

Slovenia; Trinidad; Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; Brooklyn, New York; Ringgold, Georgia; Colorado, US; Lancaster, South Carolina; Chicago, Illisnois; Japan; Romania; Weeki Wachee, Florida; Muskogee, Oklahoma; Pooler, Georgia; New London, Connecticut; Upstate New York; Chesterfield, Virginia; San Diego; Arthur, Ontario, Canada; Washington; Clearwater, Florida; Virginia; Mississippi, Gulf Coast; Norfolk Virginia; Minneapolis; Okinawa, Japan; Central Queensland, Australia; Croatia; Sequin, Texas; Amarillo, Texas; Kansas City, Missouri; Sydney, Australia; Winchester, Virginia; Netherlands; Buffalo, New York; Canada; North Carolina; Maryland; Israel; Broussard, LA; Seattle; Cyprus; Kentucky; Mindenmines, Missouri; Warren, Michigan; Sipoo, Finland; Illinois; New York; Hong Kong; Toledo, Ohio; Croatia; Germany; Pretoria, South Africa; Melbourne, Australia; Cheyenne, Oklahoma.

And here in the UK:

Meath, Ireland; Northampton; Co. Cork, Ireland; Birmingham; Nottingham; Berkshire; London; Glasgow; Peterborough; Kent; North Wales; Aberdeen; Sussex; Reading; Cambridgeshire; Plymouth; Evanton, Highlands, Scotland; Stoke-on-Trent; Lincolnshire; Doncaster; Fife, Scotland; Birkenhead; Norfolk; Lossiemouth, Scotland; Coventry; Wolverhampton; Tadley, Hampshire; Holywell Bay, Cornwall; Devon; Reading; Southampton; Doncaster; East Sussex; Kirkcaldy, Scotland; Airdrie, Scotland; Chichester; Manchester; Cumbria.

WOW!

If you’d like your “base” added to the list, do let me know!

Blackthorn wasn’t written with any particular era or country in mind (but obviously I write in British English with a few Welsh-isms thrown in too 😉), and certainly the various themes that are explored in the series are universal and ones that I hoped would resonate with my readers whatever your country or background. I never anticipated how far the appeal of this series would stretch though. I am constantly astounded by the emails and messages I get from you disclosing why Blackthorn has struck a chord with you. I can’t even begin to tell you how much it means to me that these stories have had the impact they have. I truly could never have imagined all the incredible connections I have made with so many people I will never meet in person. ❤️

So before I leave you, I wanted to share a quote from one of my reviewers that I think sums up one of the key themes I have tackled in Blackthorn and one that I know has affected so many of you:

“The Blackthorn series is one of the best stories out. Don’t let the category limit what the story is. This is the story of people and what they’ll do when pushed to a wall. It’s inherently human, and what we’ll do when inhuman things are done to us.”  – Kat Kenyon, Author and Goodreads Reviewer

Thank you to each and every one of you for being a part of this journey. Today truly does mark the end of an era for me in so many ways. I hope this last adventure does you proud. And if you’re in Blackthorn already, I hope you’re looking after yourself in there! Do come back though! I have a ‘Farewell Blackthorn’ post still to come as well as that giveaway die-hard Blackthorn fans are not going to want to miss. It’s not quite over yet, Team Blackthorn!

Hugs,

Linds xxx

Signed Blood Broken Giveaway!

Oooooohhhh!!! Look who has landed on my doorstep! 😍 I might have crumpled one with my hugging. 🤗 Well, it is the last ever one. 😭

Would you like one? 

I have one signed paperback AND five glossy Blood Broken postcards as runner-up prizes to give away.

So if you’re ready to sink your teeth into final 500 pages of our Blackthorn journey, just tell me:

WHERE IN THE WORLD WILL YOU BE WHEN YOU READ BLACKTHORN’S FINALE?

I’ll close the competition at midday (GMT) on Saturday 18th May and announce the winners by midnight on the same day.

As always, you can enter via the comments below, email me or leave your answer on the relevant post on my Facebook page.

Good luck, everyone!! 🍀

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GIVEAWAY WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT! 

After allocating every valid entrant a number and using a random number generator, I am thrilled to announce the winners of my giveaway are:

FIRST PRIZE: SIGNED PAPERBACK OF BLOOD BROKEN 

Katie Alexander from Kansas City, Missouri (Facebook entrant)

RUNNER-UP PRIZES: SIGNED BLOOD BROKEN POSTCARD 

Tjasa from Slovenia (email entrant)

Mary Fricano from Buffalo, New York (Facebook entrant)

Kirsty Gibson-Rolfe from Reading, UK (Facebook entrant)

Emma Causer from Wolverhampton, UK (Facebook entrant)

Marie from London, UK (blog/website entrant)

Huge congratulations!! 🎉 Please message/email me with your address and I will send your prize to you. 🎁

Thank you to everyone who joined in, I really appreciate your support. ❤️ If you’re disappointed not to have won, let me reassure you it’s not over yet! Not only will Blood Broken be yours in two days time, I have a HUGE giveaway coming next week that die-hard Blackthorn fans are not going to want to miss. Do keep a look out for it!!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

xxx

8 Things You May Not Know About Blackthorn

A week today, the final Blackthorn book will be yours. Yay! 🎉

As there are eight books in the series, here’s a brief trip down memory lane with 8 things you may not know about Blackthorn:

1. I first came up with the idea for Blackthorn back in 1996 after getting lost one night after moving to a new city 300 miles away from home. This September will mark its twenty-third anniversary.

2. All the Blackthorn couples started out in short stories when I was constructing the overarching plot of the series. They all had to work hard to make their place in the final cut.

3. Originally there were only going to be six Blackthorn books. Jask and Phia were never going to be lead characters, despite being integral to the overarching plot. The editor who worked on the first two books thought Jask deserved a book of his own though, hence Blood Torn being slotted in before Blood Deep. And why was Jask never going to be a leading man? Because I’m terrified of werewolves/lycans and never thought I’d be able to write one convincingly as a romantic hero! Jask has since become one of the favourites of the series. 😍

4. I was discovered by my publisher through a writing competition. Blood Roses made it into the final in 2010 and Blood Shadows in 2011 after being voted for by readers and editors. I was offered a contract for the first three books in 2012.

5. I was approached by Bookouture (Blackthorn’s publisher) on Friday 13th. Spooky…

6. Blackthorn’s covers were changed in 2014 ready for the launch of Blood Torn. They originally had a much more traditionally Gothic feel but Bookouture decided to give them a more contemporary urban edge. The original covers were red, black and white to reflect the design of my website at the time. I chose red, black and white because, in folklore, these are the three colours associated with the Blackthorn plant.

7. Blood Shadows was optioned for a film by Hollywood studios Relativity Media but lost out to a split vote.

8. By the time you finish Blood Broken, if you have read all eight Blackthorn books you would have read almost a MILLION WORDS! I hope it’s flown by for you as much as it has for me. 😁📕📗📘📙📚📖

 

Another Giveaway and Blood Broken’s First Review

Twelve days to go until Blood Broken, Team Blackthorn! I think it’s about time we had another giveaway. 😃

Firstly though, I’ve been sent the first blogger review for Blood Broken! A HUMONGOUS thank you to Big Little Sister blog for such a FANTASTIC review. Do click on the link if you’d like to read her full review. Don’t worry, there are no spoilers.

“I expected a roller coaster. What I got was a bullet train. 

Sophisticated, intelligent, daring and so so fast. And not once did I want to get off. Even when it stopped.

The last book in this remarkable series is breathtaking. Emotion and sentimentality crash into an extraordinary story. Ms Pryor has created a truly fantastic world, detailed and rich, spectacular really. This is the pinnacle of the series.”

Here’s hoping you feel the same when you read it. 

AND ONTO OUR GIVEAWAY…

I have one first prize and two identical runner-up prizes up for grabs. 

The FIRST PRIZE consists of all four of the following: 

  • A Blackthorn mug featuring our four heroes
  • A signed Blood Broken postcard 
  • A signed postcard featuring all eight Blackthorn book covers
  • A Blackthorn bookmark 

The two RUNNER-UP prizes consist of all three of the following: 

  • A signed Blood Broken postcard 
  • A Blackthorn bookmark 
  • A Blackthorn logo sticker 

HOW TO ENTER 

I haven’t asked this question for years, so here it is for the very last time. 

With so many Blackthorn readers keeping their fingers crossed for a TV or film version of Blackthorn one day, who do you think would be the perfect Kane, Phia or even Sirius? Maybe you know exactly who you’d pick to play Jask or Jessie. Here’s the question you need to answer to enter: 

WHICH ACTORS WOULD YOU CAST FOR BLACKTHORN? 

It doesn’t matter how many characters you pick, just have fun with it. Everyone who joins in gets their name put in the hat. And if you’re entering via Facebook or email, feel free to include pictures too!

THE RULES:

The competition is open NOW and you have until midnight (UK time) on Saturday 11th May to enter. No entries will be accepted after that time.

All entrants will be randomly allocated a number. The winners will be selected using an online number generator and will be announced on Sunday 12th May.

For your entry to be valid you must either:

Only enter in one place please! 

THE FINER DETAILS

  • Winners will need to claim their prize within seven days of the announcement, so please check back to see if you have won. 
  • I will post giveaway prizes anywhere, so everyone is free to enter. 
  • And as with all giveaways, I won’t respond to any of the entries. 

Have fun making your decision/s – and good luck! 🍀

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WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT 

After allocating every entrant a number and using a random number generator to pick the winners, I’m really excited to announce the winners are…

FIRST PRIZE

Natasha Warmington (Facebook entrant)

RUNNER-UP PRIZES

Lydia Comte Boucher (Facebook entrant)

Dianne Adams (email entrant)

HUGE congratulations, ladies! Please message/email me with your address and I will send your prizes to you. 

Thank you to everyone who joined in!

xxx