A Bloodline’s Echo
The Avadi SeriesBook One
M. R. Pilot
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy/Romance
Date of Publication: December 29, 2017
ISBN: 1976766052
ASIN: B078QBPDYJ
Number of pages: 330
Word Count: 98K
Cover Artist: Illustration - JDSarte
Typography - Rebeca
Tagline: A missing father. A handsome stranger. A feud within the Avadi. Cori will find out who she is in this tale of romance and adventure.
Book Description:
Eighteen-year-old Cori has been tucked into a corner of Verbena her entire life. With no memory of a father and an abusive mother, her escape came in the form of living and working in her town’s inn, a place that happens to be owned by her best friend. Cori was all but resigned to the uneventful and dutiful life as a barkeep.
That is, until a hooded stranger showed up—just in time to witness an incident Cori herself cannot believe—and changed everything. Now Cori must leave Sagebrush, the only place she has ever known, setting off to discover love, adventure, heartbreak, and more about herself and the world she lives in than she could have ever imagined.
Excerpt
2:
Moonlight
peeking through branches illuminates his face, allowing me to examine his
features. I thought it was odd that he kept his hood up, even inside the Oak
Hand. Aside from hardened lines drawn by worry, his face holds youth. He can’t
be much older than I am.
He looks to the
side as if considering his response, his hood falling back a bit. He has light
freckles splashed across his cheekbones, long fair eyelashes and a square,
chiseled jawbone. When his hazel eyes return to me, they flicker with
amusement.
“Am I following
you? Hmm. I don’t think so. Is the moth’s intent to follow the flame? I don’t
know that either. But I can understand why the moth is drawn in by the flame.
It’s intriguing, isn’t it? How something with the potential for such
destruction can dance around with the innocence of a child?” he asks, his eyes
lighting up and widening. “From the looks of it, you’re trying to run away from
your discovery. You can’t—you carry it with you. May I ask where you’re
headed?”
By now his hood
has fallen to his shoulders and, even in the dark, I can tell his hair is a
short, untamed crimson. This strange encounter is not what I expected from this
still nameless, shadowy figure.
Resigned, I
shake my head and sigh. “I’m looking for something I lost long ago, something
that went in this direction. Who are you?”
He doesn’t bear
an emblem, but I hadn’t pegged him for a trader anyway. He smiles and reaches
out a hand in greeting. “I’m Rylo. Corinth, right? Although the dark-haired
gentleman, perhaps your male counterpart, called you something else. What did
you lose, a pet? I’m good with animals. I can help you find it.”
I grip Rylo’s
hand. We both pause momentarily, assessing the situation. The contact generates
heat far too quickly, and I break the connection.
About the Author:
M. R. Pilot is an avid reader, coffee-drinker and animal lover. When she’s not cleaning teeth, she’s partaking in Alaskan hikes, watching anime, relentless page-turning and/or keyboard clicking. She loves to talk about any of those things for an indiscriminate amount of time—feel free to reach out if you do, too.
Hi Kelly,
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to stop by and say thank you for the novel highlight :) I really appreciate it & love your blog.
All the best,
M. R. Pilot
Thank you so much. Good luck on your new release!
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