Title: The Eternal Gift
Series: The Eternal Gift Series
Author: Candy Crum
Genre: NA Paranormal Romance
Target Audience: 17+
Formats: Kindle/Paperback
Publisher: Self/Indie
ISBN: 061546050X / 978-0615460505
Release Date: 11th April 2014
BLURB supplied by Sparkle Book Tours
A young girl (Kailah) discovers
that she is from a lost and forgotten powerful Immortal blood line after she
meets a strange new physician at work. She begins to have visions and see
spirits and has trouble controlling bad things from happening when she is
angry. Along the way she discovers the terrible truth about who she is and the
incredible power that is locked away deep inside her. Her Immortal ancestors
want to use her to destroy the vampire race. Vampires want to use her power to
destroy her Immortal ancestors. But hiding in the shadows are those who have
been watching her since she was born. They want to help Kailah discover who she
is and help her learn to use her abilities. They simply want for her to make
the right decision before it's too late. Unfortunately for them time is not on
their side and the Rogue Vampires have plans for Kailah no one could have
imagined.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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Candy Crum
lives in Indiana and is the Author of “The Eternal Series” and other short
stories. She published her first novel, The
Eternal Gift, in May of 2011 and has been publishing ever since. Candy is
an avid lover of the paranormal genre, stemming from years of reading the
Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice when she was a teenager. Later, she developed a
deep love of the Vampire Academy Series by Richelle Mead and the House of Night
Series by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast, furthering her love of the genre and
pushing her to really push to finish and publish her novel.
Since then, Candy has released three other
books in The Eternal Series and will release another later in 2014. Now, Candy
is trying her hand at more contemporary pieces of work, like that of Lean on Me and other books she will
release in 2014.
Some of Candy’s interests include the usual
reading and writing, music (of most types), movies (action and comedy or any
combination of the two), cartoons (she loves to say that her children watch
cartoons because she does), and drawing. She loves talking with her fans and
loves reading the reviews that her fans are kind enough to leave for her. Always
feel free to find Candy on Facebook and send her a message!
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EXCERPT
CHAPTER ONE (first half)
The night was cool and thick as it sheathed me in total darkness. The satin
shorts and camisole that I’d gone to bed in were now damp from the moisture
hanging heavily in the air. Holding my hands in front of my body, I blindly
wandered around in blackness as I tried to find some kind of clue that would
give me a better picture. My bare feet told me that I was standing on soft ground,
the tall grass tickling my calves as I moved. It was possible that I was in a
large pasture, though the clean, crisp scent of the air let me know that no
large animals were near.
Thunder cracked in the distance and the ominous, coal-black clouds had even
chased the moon and stars into hiding, not even the faintest glow giving away
their location. It took a moment, but my mind was finally beginning to
recognize this place. This was a dream world, one that I’d seen before. With
every passing night, with every passing dream, I was able to travel further and
further into this illusion as I tried to discover its meaning. I’d had
recurring dreams before, but there was something different, disturbing about this one that
seemed to speak to me. There was something that I was supposed to learn here
and I needed to find it.
The wind began to pick up and I looked to the north, the same direction
that I looked to every night. Lightning cascaded across the sky, illuminating
the massive, empty pasture in which I stood. The momentary flash brought
something to my attention that I’d never seen in the dream before. Two figures
stood off in the distance, several yards between them, facing off. Even with
great distance between us, I could feel the tension rolling off of them. That
must be the dark, heavy feeling in the air that I’d felt: anger, hatred.
Thunder rolled again as the lightning danced across the sky. Using the
display to light my path, I ran toward the figures ahead of me. As I
approached, a bolt of raw, electric energy reached down from the sky and
ignited the immediate area in flames. The swift turn of events stopped me
short, nearly throwing me to the ground. The flames spread into a perfect
circle as it surrounded both figures, blocking any further approach by me.
Sharp chills cut through me from head to toe as I realized that one of them was
fully controlling the blaze.
Now that I was closer, I could tell that the figures were women. One woman,
maybe an inch or two over five feet tall, stood around fifty feet away, and to
my right. Her long, jet-black hair reached just below her hips and whipped
around in the increasing wind. As I studied her, I began to see a deep-red,
transparent cloud, like an aura surrounding her. She was strong, very strong, and I could feel her
overwhelming power from here.
Looking to my left, her opponent was roughly the same height; only her hair
was frosty white and hung to her knees. This woman was much different. She was
surrounded by an aura cloud as well, though hers was dark blue. Something about
her called to me and it took everything I had not to trudge barefooted through
the flames to reach her.
Rain began to fall and quickly soaked everything around us, though it was
still unable to extinguish the fire. Movement brought me to attention as the
white haired woman lifted her arms. The earth began to quake beneath me as it
broke free all around her. She looked like a dancer as she maneuvered her body,
forcing the element into submission under her power. The packed earth sailed
through the air towards the dark haired woman, but she was quick to react.
In a flash, she completely disappeared from my sight, managing to dodge the
attack. My eyes moved quickly as I focused to find her. My body locked up as my
vision was suddenly clouded with the mysterious dark haired woman as she
appeared before me, seemingly out of nowhere. Her dark, emerald green eyes and
dilated coal-black pupils stared into mine, glinting in the firelight. Her
raven hair seemed alive as it brushed my skin and sent tingles running through
my body. Her flawless, olive-toned skin nearly glowed as she stood there,
concern in her expression.
“Kailah.” As her soft, sweet voice spoke my name, I inhaled sharply. Though
her mouth barely moved as she spoke my name, her perfect, white teeth showed
just enough for me to make out four tiny, yet still elongated, razor sharp
fangs. My heart fluttered rapidly as I wondered if this woman was the creature
that she appeared to be, and if so, how did she know me and what did she want
with me?
“Y-yes?” I stammered.
“This is not a dream, Kailah. It’s a warning.” She leaned in closer. “Run,”
she whispered.
“Wait, what?” I asked, chills once again stabbing me like thousands of
needles running from the roots of my hair to the bare, wet soles of my feet.
“Run!”
As soon as I turned to run, the dark thunder cracked overhead and the
lightning began touching the ground all around me, trying to hold me where I
stood. I heard a loud growl sound out from behind me, but decided not to look
back. The earth began to shake again and my bare feet slid on the wet grass,
the soft ground cushioning me as I fell hard on my right hip.
“Hello Kailah.” The new voice sent a shiver down my spine as I looked into
the icy blue eyes of the white-haired woman.
Though her hair would have suggested otherwise, she looked no older than
me: around twenty. Her skin was also olive toned and absolutely flawless, just
like the other woman. Though, normally, one would look to the light as
salvation and the darkness as hell, I didn’t think that was the case in this
situation. Her crystalline blue eyes had death in them and I found myself
backing away from her, toward the raven-haired beauty.
She laughed and the sound enveloped me like frigid water. “Kailah, you
would choose the Vampire over your own grandmother?”
Before I could digest the words that she had unleashed on me, her attention
shifted and the blue aura cloud surrounding her exploded into a barrier.
Instinctively, my eyes closed and I threw my hand out as a large throwing knife
bounced off the cloudy shield and headed for me.
“It is you!” she said
with wonder.
My eyes snapped open and surrounding my hand was the same blue energy that
surrounded the white-haired woman, only mine had a throwing knife buried in it.
I couldn’t stop the scream that bubbled up out of my throat as the energy
dissipated and the knife fell in my lap. What the
hell was going on?
Her attention shifted again and with soft, graceful movements, a lightning
bolt responded as it split from the sky and reached for her outstretched hand.
She caught the energy easily before throwing it at her opponent. Another loud
growl sounded out only a moment before something slammed hard into the barrier.
That something, I realized, was the woman she had referred to as the Vampire.
Dark red energy swelled around the supposed Vampire as she pushed against
the barrier of the opposing woman. “Kailah! She can find you in your dreams! Go, now!” As soon as the order
left the raven-haired beauty’s lips, energy exploded from her body as the
white-haired woman was thrown several feet away. “This dream is a figment of
your own mind but, make no mistake, this is
a premonition. You are the key to ending this war and if she finds you, it will
doom all humans to a fate worse than death. Leave this realm now and prepare
your mind. Your life is about to change.”
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