Release date: July 19, 2017
Subgenre: Urban fantasy, paranormal romance
About Soulmate:
Spurred on by her need to discover Flynn’s fate and resist Tarek’s
demands, Lily Winter sets sail for Galdrar Academy on Bylur, a hidden
island west of Iceland. Distraught and adrift without the love of her
life, she must find a way to keep going. She returns to basics and
discovers her heritage with witches and dhampirs in a magic school set
in a fairytale castle. In the strange land of Bylur with its long winter
nights, blue thermal lakes and snow-covered landscape, Lily confronts
wild creatures and freakish events. With the help of new friends and the
witches, Ebba and Rose, Lily discovers old magic and the secrets of her
wand. Will they be enough for her to reconnect with her true soulmate?
Excerpt:
Yesterday when I touched down in Iceland, I was struggling to
believe my soulmate, Flynn was still alive. Although I refused to
descend into mourning, the sadness and loss I felt were nearly as
bad. I was detached from the world, adrift in an empty universe
while enduring the searing pain of his absence. No one could tell
me where he was or if he were still alive. The worst scenario was
that he was captive. Over and over I imagined him in the Berishas’
stronghold and Vincent, the head of their clan torturing him. Death
would be preferable. At the other end of the spectrum, I visualized
an impossible angel far away nursing him to health. I knew the
reality lay somewhere between, but none of the witches saw the
truth in their visions. Only Martin, Flynn’s identical twin brother
gave me some assurance my soulmate was still alive. He told me if
Flynn had died he would know. I chose to believe him because if I
didn’t, I’d have no choice but to curl up and die.
When Ebba and Rose, the two ancient witches I’d met at the Anubis
Ball, greeted me at Iceland’s Keflavik Airport, I was oddly
comforted. They were a pair of proper storybook witches dressed in
no-nonsense black dresses and with their broom handle legs thrust
into black lace-up shoes. Rose had scooped up my luggage with her
elongated hands and an athleticism belying her age while Ebba
regarded me with her one green and one blue eye. I wanted to draw
these elderly strangers to me and hug them. I just needed
contact—skin on skin, heartbeat to heartbeat—anything.
‘Lovely you could join us,’ Rose said in her rough voice.
‘You missed the commotion at Anubis College.’ My words sounded
mechanical and detached. ‘The Berishas attacked us. I couldn’t stay
there, but I didn’t know where to go. It wasn’t safe to go to my
father. The Berishas know about me now.’
Rose and Ebba listened but didn’t comment.
‘My friend Flynn, the young dhampir you met, was injured and
vanished.’ It hurt even to say his name aloud. ‘I still don’t know
if they took him and whether he’s dead.’
‘Your lover?’ said Rose as she rubbed her bony and arthritic hands
together.
‘The distraction?’ Ebba said at the same time. She grabbed the last
of my bags as though it was weightless.
I sighed and nodded. There was no point starting off on the wrong
foot by showing my pain.
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About Aria Sparke:
Aria is a fantasy and paranormal author who writes for readers of
all ages. Her new series, Vampirica follows the loves and lives of Lily
and Avery, brave and beautiful witches. The Vampirica universe overflows
with vampires and dhampirs, dangerous and dazzling, who make love and
war on shifting nightscapes in North America, Australia and the ancient,
Icelandic Galdrar Academy.
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