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Blood Bound’s First Reviews

A week today, Blood Bound will be yours!

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With only seven days to go, review copies are now available on NetGalley. And I’m beyond thrilled (and somewhat relieved) to have received two wonderful reviews already – both 5 stars!

Thank you SO much to Fiona’s Book Reviews for your glowing review! (And huge congrats for breaking your previous record – this time managing to read and review a Blackthorn book in under 24 hours!)

I usually only post a snippet but, as I can’t link back to NetGalley, I’m posting Fiona’s full review instead. Don’t worry – there are no spoilers.

“Oh my goodness what have I just read? I only downloaded this book earlier today and have just lain awake finishing it. Once again I was totally absorbed in the story and wasn’t willing to put it down until I finished.

This is part of a series which MUST be read in order. It is my all time favourite series ever and will no doubt remain in that top spot even when it is finished. This being the penultimate book that obviously means I need to brace myself for how I will feel when the next book comes out! I’m not ready, not by a long shot. But after reading this I know that the final part of this amazing series is going to be nothing short of spectacular!

Jessie and Eden are a brilliant couple. Only knowing each other for a short time, the depth of their feelings for each other seems unbreakable. Unfortunately, Jessie’s past comes back to haunt her in a way which threatens everything they have ever known, not only their relationship. The depths that someone from her past will go to in order to have their own way will shock you. What happens next is not going to be easy to survive, emotions are extremely high and finding a way forward far more difficult than anyone could imagine.

There are so many characters in the background throughout this story, many who fans of this series have come to love, but some who we have come to hate also raise their ugly heads. As always the characters stay true to themselves throughout, and the story goes at such a pace I dare you to put the book down once you have started reading.

Absolutely brilliant story, amazing series and as much as I hate to say this, I can’t wait for the final part to come my way.”

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And a HUGE thank you too to Passionate About Books for your ten five star review! You can read Tracie’s full and fabulous review here, but here’s a snippet:

“Lindsay J Pryor has triumphed with this latest instalment of her wonderful series. The emotion has been ramped up to such an extent, there were times I could barely force myself to read on. If you’ve not yet found Blackthorn, let me be clear; this is not some ‘normal’ PNR series where the hero and heroine meet fall in love and eventually live happily ever after.

Some of the scenes in Blood Bound made for very difficult reading, especially when you are so invested in the characters. Once or twice, I found myself gasping out loud at the twist and turns, and I spent a large proportion of the novel in disbelief and fear. For those fans of ‘Friends’, I almost wanted to take Joey Tribbiani’s lead and put the book in the freezer, like he used to do when he got scared reading ‘The Shining’, but I didn’t think my kindle would survive the cold!

Blood Bound is a dark, disturbing, enthralling, breathtaking and downright genius piece of writing.

I bow to Ms Pryor for what she has achieved here. If I could give this book ten stars, I would.

Hang onto your hats folks; you’re in for a bumpy ride.”

Here’s hoping you enjoy it just as much! Well, if that’s the right way to put it. Not long now! xxx

Blood Bound Winners Announced

On Friday I opened a giveaway for three readers to be in with a chance of winning an early eBook of Blood Bound.

All entries were allocated a number that was entered into a random number generator. Entries came in via email, my blog and my Facebook page but, for the first time ever in a giveaway, all the winners came via Facebook!

Huge congrats to:

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In case you follow this blog too, Selene, Ayu and Linda, I’ll need you to email or message me and I’ll put you in touch with Bookouture’s Publicity Manager to arrange your eBook.

Thank you SO much to everyone who joined in. The words you chose to describe Blackthorn were wonderful! So wonderful that I took a sample of the entries and put them all into one graphic.

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There are now only EIGHT DAYS to go! We’re almost there! <3

Win an Early Copy of Blood Bound

Blood Bound might only be 12 days away, but I know that still feels like too long a wait for some of my readers. So how would you like it sooner? How about next week? Because I have THREE eBooks to give away!

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“Intoxicating”, “powerful”, “intense” and “addictive” are words reviewers have used to describe Blackthorn.

All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning your early copy of Blood Bound is:

DESCRIBE THE BLACKTHORN SERIES IN THREE WORDS

For your entry to be valid you must either:

The giveaway is OPEN NOW and will close at Midnight (GMT) on Monday 12th September.

Three winners will be drawn using a random number generator and will announced on Tuesday 13th September.

Good luck – and have a brilliant weekend!! xxx

(P.S. As with all giveaways, I will avoid responding to entries.)

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Blackthorn’s Finale Title Reveal

Review copies of Blood Bound are almost ready! But that also means the title of the final Blackthorn book will be revealed at the back – and there’s no way I can let it slip out before I’ve had a chance to announce it properly.

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So in a flash 24-hour giveaway last night, I asked my Facebook followers to try and guess the title of our Blackthorn finale. There were around a 170 entries – and some were simply inspired! 😀

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Guesses such as Blood Prophecy, Blood Eternal, Blood Born, Blood Destiny, Blood Forever and Blood Free were frequent occurrences. Amongst them seemed to be the common theme of revenge and triumph over oppression. But despite all the entries, no one guessed correctly. One thing is becomingly increasingly clear though, a happy-ever-after for our heroes and heroines is in high demand.

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But will that be the case?

I can officially reveal THE TITLE OF THE FINAL BLACKTHORN BOOK is:

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Broken promises? Broken hearts? Or, finally, a broken system? One thing is for sure, our most broken hero will be back in the spotlight, and that can mean only one thing: it’ll be make or break for Blackthorn.

And now that Blood Bound is nearly with us, you’re another step closer!

Don’t forget, I have a giveaway coming tomorrow. If you’d like to get your hands on an eBook of Blood Bound days before it’s officially released, don’t stray too far! 🙂

See you then! xxx

Who’s Who in Blackthorn

I love getting suggestions from my readers as to what they’d like to appear on this blog. A while ago I posted a list of all our key Blackthorn characters to date and to whom they’re connected. A big thank you to Melanie who emailed me to ask if I would repost this list again to help refresh her memory. Except this time I’ve gone one better…

Not only do we have pics of our heroes and heroines included, the list below is now interactive too! You can search for a name as well as being able to search by species. Hopefully that will cut down your time scrolling through.

I will also post this in ‘About Blackthorn’ in case you need to find it again.

*WARNING: This table contains spoilers for the first six books in the series*

NAMESPECIESRELEVANT INFORMATION
ABBYHuman
Heads up The Alliance – a human vigilante group.
Employed Phia.
Led in the assassination attempt against the Dehains.
ALISHAHuman
In a relationship with Jake Dehain.
Youngest of the three McKay sisters, Leila being the eldest and Sophia the middle sister.
Helped trick Leila into entering Blackthorn to save Jake.
ALEXANDERDemon
Acquaintance of Kane Malloy.
Gave Kane the herbs for the soul transference in Blood Shadows.
AMANDAHuman
Eden’s sister-in-law.
Mother to Honey and wife to Billy.
AMILEKVampire
(Higher Order)
Running for a political position in the Global Council, representing third species rights.
ARANAVampire
Younger sister of Kane Malloy.
Set-up and murdered by the TSCD.
BEAHuman
Works for Tamara in her curiosity shop in Blackthorn.
BILLYHuman
Eden’s older brother.
Father to Honey and husband to Amanda.
CAITLIN PARISHBlood Shadows NEW Createspace.inddHuman (shadow reader)
Love interest of Kane Malloy.
VCU agent.
Stepdaughter to Max.
CALEB DEHAINBlood Roses NEW Createspace.inddVampire (of undisclosed Higher Order descent)
Love interest of Leila McKay.
Older brother to Jake.
Rules the west side of Blackthorn.
Pending Tryan: the prophesied leader for the vampire uprising.
CLAIRE Human (deceased)
Mother to Leila, Sophia and Alisha McKay.
Killed by a vampire in Midtown when the three sisters were young.
Researcher at The Facility.
CORBINLycan
Lycan pack’s Beta and Jask’s best friend.
Partner to Solstice. Father to Tuly.
DANIELHuman
Alliance member.
Friend of Sophia.
EDEN REECEEdenLHuman
(now super-human due to consuming angel tears)
Love interest of Jessie.
Curfew Enforcement Officer (CEO) with the TSCD.
Younger brother to Billy, brother-in-law to Amanda and uncle to Honey.
ELLENLycan
Jask’s previous soulmate.
Mother to Rone.
Passed away during childbirth.
FEINITHHigher Order vampire (vampire royalty)
Love interest of Caleb.
Betrothed to Jarin of the Higher Order.
Diplomat between the vampires and the humans.
First tempted Caleb into hunting serryns.
HADEHuman
Son of a con.
Caleb’s loyal right-hand man who helps run Caleb’s club.
HOMERHuman
Con.
Pummel’s right-hand man.
HONEYHuman
Daughter to Billy and Amanda. Eden’s niece.
JAKEVampire (of undisclosed Higher order descent)
Caleb’s younger brother.
Love interest of Alisha.
His drinking a girl to death prompted Leila’s journey to Blackthorn.
JARINHigher Order vampire (vampire royalty)
Betrothed to Feinith.
Caleb’s older brother, Seth, used to be his bodyguard until Jarin wrongfully disgraced him.
Responsible for funding the assassination attempt against the Dehains.
JASK TAO
JaskL
Lycan leader
Love interest of Phia (Sophia).
Rules the north side of Blackthorn.
JESSIE (JESCA)
JesseL
Envoi (messenger angel)
Love interest of Eden.
Banished by her parliament and bound by a spell as punishment.
Has seen and recorded the prophecy.
Bound to the con Pummel.
KANE MALLOYBlood Dark Lightning Source.inddMaster vampire (dual feeder of both blood and energy)
Love interest of Caitlin.
The VCU’s most wanted vampire in Blackthorn.
Runs the east side.
Older brother to Arana (deceased).
KATHLEENHuman
Caitlin’s mother.
Killed by a soul ripper.
LEILA MCKAYBlood Roses NEW Createspace.inddHuman.
Interpreter (non-practicing witch) and serryn (rare form of witch whose blood is poisonous to vampires)
Love interest of Caleb.
Eldest of the McKay sisters.
MAXHuman
Head of the VCU (ex LCU agent).
Caitlin’s boss.
Stepfather to Caitlin.
One of the four responsible for Arana’s murder.
MORGAN (MATT)Human
Employee of the TSCD.
Caitlin’s partner in Blood Shadows, now the temporary head of the VCU and TSCD since the trial.
MYAHuman
Con linked to Pummel’s row. Tried to honey-trap Eden.
PHIA (SOPHIA/SOPHIE) MCKAY
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Human (then serryn)
Love interest of Jask.
Middle sister to Leila and Alisha.
Member of the human vigilante group, The Alliance
responsible for the assassination attempt on the Dehain brothers.
PUMMELHuman/con (convict)
Key player in the south side of Blackthorn: con territory.
RICKHuman
VCU agent.
Killed by the soul ripper.
One of the four responsible for Arana’s murder.
ROBHuman
Ex VCU agent. Worked with Caitlin’s father, Rick.
Caitlin’s ex.
One of the four responsible for Arana’s murder.
RONELycan
Jask’s son.
SIRIUSHuman
Head of the Global Council, also head of all the TSCD divisions globally.
Wants to eradicate the third species - particularly vampires and lycans - once he learns how to transfer souls.
SOLSTICELycan
Partner to Corbin, Jask’s beta.
Mother to Tuly.
SORRANLycan
Key member of Jask’s pack.
TAMARAHuman/
witch (practicing)
Kane’s friend.
Provided Kane with the book for the soul transference in Blood Shadows.
TATUMHuman
Con in Pummel’s row.
TULYLycan
Daughter to Corbin and Solstice.
XAVIERHuman
Chief of the TSCD.
One of four responsible for Arana’s murder.
ZIELAngel
Acquaintance of Kane Malloy.
Had one of his wings removed by the Angelic Parliament.
Was used to temporarily close the fourth dimension in Blood Dark.

The penultimate book is nearly with us, everyone! Less than two weeks to go! Look out for a giveaway coming this Friday. 🙂

One Month To Go!

We have exactly one month to go, Team Blackthorn! In 31 days, BLOOD BOUND will be yours!

But some readers will be getting their hands on their copy even sooner than that. Do look out for a giveaway coming soon!

Due to some unsubtle nudges from you, I’m also in the process of planning a few teasers to help us pass the time between now and the release.

It’s the penultimate book, ladies and gents. I wonder what I could possibly have in store in this one…

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Blood Bound’s a Gothic Number One!

We did it again, Team Blackthorn!!! 😀

I’m thrilled to be able to share that BLOOD BOUND went right in at #1 in Gothic Romance on Amazon UK within hours of it going live for pre-order! It also made it into the Top 10 in Gothic Fiction on Amazon.com! That’s now the fourth Blackthorn book in a row to achieve this!

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As well as that, it hit #1 in Hot New Releases both in the Gothic Romance and Gothic Fiction charts on Amazon UK and Amazon.com respectively!

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Thank you so, SO much to everyone who has already pre-ordered and made this happen. <3

And a huge thank you too for all of your amazing comments – both here and on social media – regarding the cover and blurb reveal on Wednesday. I can’t tell you how fantastic it is to know how much you’re looking forward to your next Blackthorn adventure. It means a heck of a lot.

If you missed my cover and blurb reveal, as well as those pre-order links, you can find my previous post HERE.

Have a fabulous weekend! xxx

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Blood Bound Publication Date Announced

I’m thrilled to be able to reveal the publication date for BLOOD BOUND!

Bookouture has confirmed that book 7, the penultimate Blackthorn book, will be released on 21st September this year!

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For those who don’t know, Jessie and Eden will be back taking centre stage in our latest Blackthorn installment. And, yes, there will be appearances from one or two other favourites too. 🙂 No other spoilers for now, but I’ll be sharing more news very soon!

Until then, here’s a little clue as to what reveal is coming next… 😉

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Speak soon! xxx