Fresh Pick | DESCENT INTO DUST by Jacqueline Lepore

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April 2010 On Sale: April 1, 2010 Featuring: Emma Andrews 368 pages ISBN: 006187812X EAN: 9780061878121 Paperback $13.99 Add to Wish List   Fantasy Historical   Buy at Amazon.com Descent Into Dust by Jacqueline Lepore A vampire rises to power. A woman finds her destiny. March 1862. The misty, moody, rain-lashed moors. A scrounge of mysterious deaths. A child in peril. A manor house with strange Latin inscriptions that look like clues. An inscrutable handsome stranger whose motives are unclear. A fraught relationship between sisters. A secret family heritage that will change one woman's life forever, and give the world one slim chance to vanquish an ancient and undreamt-of evil. Plus: vampires. A bunch of them. And a hint of the most powerful vampire of all: The Dracula. When young Victorian widow Emma Andrews travels to her cousin's country manor, she expects it to be an ordinary family visit. Instead, she will discover she has hidden powers, meet a mysterious stranger, battle a menacing evil--and change the direction of her life forever. A beautifully scripted Gothic tale of haunted English moors and the monsters residing there. Excerpt I was twenty-three years of age in March of 1862 when I traveled to my cousin’s home in the countryside of Wiltshire. The fifth day of that wretched month found me huddled in my carriage, the drizzly gray gloom outside soaking a bone-deep chill into every aching part of my body, which had been roughly abused by the long confinement and ill-kept roads over which I’d traveled coming up from Dartmoor.   I did not know then that these would be the closing days of ordinary life. The only suggestion of the monumental changes that were about to occur was the headache that had come upon me upon crossing the Dart River. The pain, as fine as tiny needles being pushed into my temples, increased as I crossed the chalk downs and approached Dulwich Manor. At the time, I assumed this was Read More... New Blogs, Updates and Not-to-Miss Activity in the "blogosphere" Lois Greiman | Who's Your Hero? Comment to Win! October 28, 2010 Abigail Reynolds | Why is there never enough Jane Austen? Comment to Win October 27, 2010 Blogging Soon: Fresh Fiction Give-a-ways! Jennifer Belle Jill Shalvis Dr. Tiffany Brown Haven Isley Lisa Plumley Sheila Roberts Karen White Helen Hollick Lori Handeland Cleo Coyle

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