Wow! My Distractions are on fire today! This is really awesome! I've been looking forward to participating in this blitz as the Midnight Fire Series is in my top-five list of best paranormal series. Only a year ago I came across 'Ignite' and I was hooked from page one. A dedicated member of team Tristan myself ever since... Because she made that bad-boy, hot vampire hero so scorchingly adorable...
I will read everything Kaitlyn writes because her words have found the way to my heart.
So here we go: scroll down to read about Kaitlyn and her story. Don't miss the amazing excerpts and, of course, the giveaway I know you are all expecting.
Enjoy!
I will read everything Kaitlyn writes because her words have found the way to my heart.
So here we go: scroll down to read about Kaitlyn and her story. Don't miss the amazing excerpts and, of course, the giveaway I know you are all expecting.
Enjoy!
The Complete
Midnight Fire Series (Midnight Fire)
Midnight Fire Series (Midnight Fire)
Release Date:
10/31/13
10/31/13
Summary from
Goodreads:
Goodreads:
**Get the first two books FREE when you buy the
entire series at once!**
From bestselling author Kaitlyn Davis comes a paranormal romance perfect for
fans of Twilight, The Vampire Diaries, and Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
entire series at once!**
From bestselling author Kaitlyn Davis comes a paranormal romance perfect for
fans of Twilight, The Vampire Diaries, and Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
"With one last look, one final search of the lines of his face for some
sign, Kira turned and ran away from the sound of the man she loved laughing in
the face of her death."
When Kira
Dawson moves to South Carolina, she meets Luke, a blond goofball who quickly
becomes her best friend, and Tristan, a mysterious bad boy who sends shivers
down her spine. Kira knows they're keeping secrets, but when she discovers
Tristan's lust for blood and her own dormant mystical powers, Kira is forced to
fight for her life and make the heartbreaking decision between the familiar
comfort of friendship and the fiery passion of love.
sign, Kira turned and ran away from the sound of the man she loved laughing in
the face of her death."
When Kira
Dawson moves to South Carolina, she meets Luke, a blond goofball who quickly
becomes her best friend, and Tristan, a mysterious bad boy who sends shivers
down her spine. Kira knows they're keeping secrets, but when she discovers
Tristan's lust for blood and her own dormant mystical powers, Kira is forced to
fight for her life and make the heartbreaking decision between the familiar
comfort of friendship and the fiery passion of love.
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RAVE REVIEWS for the
Midnight Fire Series!
Midnight Fire Series!
"The writing is
effortlessly mind blowing. I could not put this entire series down. Once you're
hooked, you won't either because it'll eat you up not knowing what happened!
And then you'll pick a team like I did and you'll fall in love with all the
characters and you'll want all the bad guys to die horribly! Just trust me when
I say it really is your loss to miss out on this series! It's a blaze of
glory!" - Happy Tales and Tails Blog
effortlessly mind blowing. I could not put this entire series down. Once you're
hooked, you won't either because it'll eat you up not knowing what happened!
And then you'll pick a team like I did and you'll fall in love with all the
characters and you'll want all the bad guys to die horribly! Just trust me when
I say it really is your loss to miss out on this series! It's a blaze of
glory!" - Happy Tales and Tails Blog
"Kaitlyn Davis writes
some of the best action scenes I have come across in a young adult book; they
are fast paced and so well delivered making this more than just a silly
romance." - Reflections of a Bookworm
some of the best action scenes I have come across in a young adult book; they
are fast paced and so well delivered making this more than just a silly
romance." - Reflections of a Bookworm
"The only downside to
this series, is that it ended. But the ending was beautiful." - My
Seryniti
this series, is that it ended. But the ending was beautiful." - My
Seryniti
"Kira isn't a human
girl who is one dimensional and in love with a vampire. She's a well-thought
out character who comes to life from the pages and steals into your heart. Read
the books. Do it." - Urban Girl Reader
girl who is one dimensional and in love with a vampire. She's a well-thought
out character who comes to life from the pages and steals into your heart. Read
the books. Do it." - Urban Girl Reader
"I love and hate how
fast of a read this was! I love it because I couldn't get enough of it and hate
it because once I finished I wanted more!" - I Just Wanna Sit Here And
Read
fast of a read this was! I love it because I couldn't get enough of it and hate
it because once I finished I wanted more!" - I Just Wanna Sit Here And
Read
"I really enjoyed Ms
Davis's writing, I was riveted throughout and was eager to see what would
happen - there was drama, danger, action and romance that was wonderfully
detailed and described." - Obsession With Books
Davis's writing, I was riveted throughout and was eager to see what would
happen - there was drama, danger, action and romance that was wonderfully
detailed and described." - Obsession With Books
"You'll make friends
with Kira, choose sides with Tristan and Luke, and fall in love with the story
at heart about a girl with so bright a future....even shades aren't gonna cut
it." - Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers
with Kira, choose sides with Tristan and Luke, and fall in love with the story
at heart about a girl with so bright a future....even shades aren't gonna cut
it." - Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers
About the
Author
Author
I've always
been a writer. I grew up duct taping my novels together, started writing
complete manuscripts in high school and studied creative writing at Johns
Hopkins University. Upon graduating, I decided it was finally time to actually
give my dream career a chance. So, of course, I started writing a young adult
paranormal romance series -- and no, I'm not jumping on the bandwagon. I've
been a true paranormal supporter for my entire life! I blame my obsession
almost completely on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, my all-time favorite
television show. And, before you ask: Yes, I own every season... even the post
WB ones! I especially challenge anyone to watch the first three seasons and not
fall in love with Angel, securing a lifelong love of vampires! Other culprits
of my paranormal obsession are some of my favorite authors: JK Rowling, Raymond
Feist, Meg Cabot, Richelle Mead, Lynne Ewing and Tamora Pierce.
been a writer. I grew up duct taping my novels together, started writing
complete manuscripts in high school and studied creative writing at Johns
Hopkins University. Upon graduating, I decided it was finally time to actually
give my dream career a chance. So, of course, I started writing a young adult
paranormal romance series -- and no, I'm not jumping on the bandwagon. I've
been a true paranormal supporter for my entire life! I blame my obsession
almost completely on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, my all-time favorite
television show. And, before you ask: Yes, I own every season... even the post
WB ones! I especially challenge anyone to watch the first three seasons and not
fall in love with Angel, securing a lifelong love of vampires! Other culprits
of my paranormal obsession are some of my favorite authors: JK Rowling, Raymond
Feist, Meg Cabot, Richelle Mead, Lynne Ewing and Tamora Pierce.
Author Links:
Excerpts:
1) Ignite Prologue:
Kira watched as he
languidly stood up, flexing his muscles as though he had just awakened from a
long dream. He stretched his arms over his head and cracked the bones in his
neck before finally settling his gaze on her. She hardly recognized him, the
boy she had fallen in love with. Where minutes before there had been light and
emotion in his eyes, there was only a black hole, a seemingly endless abyss.
Kira had never seen him look at her that way, like less than food, like vermin,
even since the first time they had met.
"Aren’t you going to
run?" He asked with sinister humor coloring his words. The smirk on his
face may as well have been a knife cutting through her heart. The darkness had
always called him, but Kira had always thought that being with her would be
enough to keep him from crossing over. She saw now that he had surrendered to
his nature and for the first time she felt real fear when he looked at her.
Kira stepped backwards on
shaky feet, trying to digest the question. She didn’t have an answer. How could
she turn her back on him and run away? The man she loved was trying to kill
her. There were no options. Could she forget it all—all the nights they had shared kissing and
swapping secrets—and fight to kill?
Or, would she run and admit that there was no hope that he would return to her?
Kira said his name and
reached out her hand, searching one last time for the man she had lost.
"Yes, honey."
The word hit her like a slap in the face as it rolled off of his tongue
drenched in sarcasm.
Kira looked up at the
sun, still hidden behind the shadow of the moon, and sprinted into the tree
line behind her. She couldn’t give up on him now. But, when the eclipse was
over, maybe she would finally find the strength to fight.
2) Ignite Excerpt –
Chapter 1
Luke took a strand of her
hair and wrapped the natural curl around his pointer finger. He stared at it
intently, almost as if he were in a trance, and Kira stared at him, stuck.
"Luke, creepy
much?" Emma chimed in. Luke dropped the curl immediately, and he and Kira
both turned towards Emma. "Whoa, Luke, Kira has your psycho eyes."
"Really? Look at
me," Miles asked with a curious expression. "Whoa," was all he
said when they looked over at him.
"Let me see,"
Luke gently held Kira’s chin so she looked into his eyes. She realized why they
were comforting before: she had never seen anyone with eyes quite like hers.
They were barely green on the outer rim of the iris, but that hue was quickly
overtaken by a yellow tint with red and orange specks that almost looked like
fire. Most people were weirded out by it, but she liked that she wouldn’t be
alone in that, at least for a year. "I didn’t think they’d look the
same," Luke said softly. Kira paused at the words Luke clearly had not
meant to say out loud.
"Well, obviously you
wouldn’t think a complete stranger has the same eyes as you. What’s up with you
today, Luke? You’re acting all mysterious." Kira silently thanked Emma for
commenting. She was still trying to figure out what he was talking about.
The lunch bell rang and
they all stood up. Kira had English with Luke, so he grabbed her arm and
started pulling her through the all too confusing hallways she feared she would
never figure out. After a few minutes, they arrived at the far side of the
building and slid into their seats. More students began trickling in as the
bell rang, but no teacher showed up.
"Mr. Bell is
notorious for being late to class," Luke leaned over and whispered to
Kira.
"Oh, really? How is
he still-"
"Lukey," the
girl Luke had labeled as a misfit plopped down on top of his desk. She had
waist-length, stick-straight black hair and her eyes were impossibly blue,
almost like ice. "Hitting on the new girl already? Tsk tsk, you should let
her get to know everyone before she’s forced to settle on you."
"Diana," Luke
said tersely. "I thought you graduated." She laughed and her eyes
flashed almost white as she stared at Luke.
"No, no. I’m quite
content to stay in high school forever. And, I had to wait for my boys."
At their mention, the three boys who had been with Diana outside now walked
into the classroom. Instantly Kira felt on edge, like there was something else
going on here that she was not privy to but was somehow part of. The look on
Luke’s face was strained. There was something happening between him and the
others that no one else in the classroom but her could feel. She heard laughter
and saw students hugging friends they hadn’t seen in a while, but in the back
of the classroom there remained only the tension of a rubber band about to
snap.
"Jerome, Tristan,
John." Luke said each name with a stiff nod. They circled around him. Kira
lost interest in the strained conversation and instead studied the newcomers.
Jerome had black skin that miraculously seemed pale and the same steel blue
eyes. He was built like a football player, like a running back who was speedy
yet surprisingly strong. John had sandy blond hair, shaved close to his head,
with a thin and streamlined build. Finally, she looked at the guy Luke had
called Tristan. He seemed different to her somehow, with jet-black hair that
hung over his eyes a little, and barely visible dimples that played on his
cheeks. His eyes were also an icy blue, but they seemed deeper to her, like
steep ravines she could fall into. He stayed out of the conversation, she
noticed, as if lost in his own thoughts—ones that seemed more troublesome than the cutting
remarks being doled out by his friends. He had a rebel without a cause look
that made him perilous for a girl’s heart.
Suddenly, he turned to
Kira and his eyes seemed to brighten a shade when they landed on hers. He stared,
and Kira, who was never one to back down, returned his look with interest.
"Who are you?"
He asked in a barely audible voice filled with surprise, one just loud enough
to attract the attention of his friends and Luke. Kira melted at the sound. He was
dangerous she knew, but something about him made her feel safe and afraid at
the same time.
"Kira," was all
she could respond with.
3) Ignite Excerpt (my
personal fave!) – Chapter Five
"But soft what light
through yonder window breaks. It is the east and Juliet is the sun. Arise fair
sun and kill the envious moon, who is already sick and pale with grief that
thou her maid art far more fair than she." Kira couldn’t help but laugh at
Tristan as he speedily grumbled out the lines without even an ounce of passion.
"You know this is
supposed to be a love scene, right?" He looked up at her with contempt
while she tried to swallow her smile.
"Oh, really? I
hadn’t noticed." He looked back down at the page and continued to read
aloud in his monotone voice, totally ignoring her, which just prompted her to
continue.
"Look, Tristan,
there’s no point hiding the fact that you like me, from me I mean. I flipped
through your notebook again after I saw that you’d left it behind. I saw the
drawings you made of me." He looked up at her then, and Kira handed his
small moleskin back to him, happy to at least have that out of the way. For
some reason, she thought he was looking at her like she was an unruly child who
wouldn't follow instructions. Where he got that from, she had no idea, but he
continued with his speech so she continued talking over him.
"They were really
great actually, pretty flattering," she smiled, hoping he would look at
her again but he didn’t. "Anyway, I think we should talk about what
happened, not here obviously, but somewhere where we can meet in private."
They both chose that moment to look around, and Kira saw they had the attention
of both Luke and Tristan’s friends. Yeah, she thought, the classroom was
definitely not the right place to have this conversation, and she kind of hoped
talking would lead to other things like it had last time…
He finished reading his
lines. "Hey Juliet, it’s your turn." He smirked.
"Oh, right,"
she looked down at her book. "O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art though
Romeo," she tried to copy his apathetic style of reading and was secretly
overjoyed when he laughed at her.
"I get it, I sounded
like an idiot." She just continued on, giving him the same silent
treatment he had given her. "Okay, here’s the truth Kira. We can’t talk
here and we shouldn’t even be talking now or maybe ever."
"You told me that
already." She stopped reading.
"Yet, you seem to
have trouble understanding it. English is your first language, right?" She
rolled her eyes at the joke. "Like I said before, we just can’t ever
be."
"I understand what
you’re saying, but I also know you don’t mean it." She leaned closer to
him to prevent being overheard.
"I do," he
forced the point.
"Oh really,"
she tried to push him now. "It didn’t seem that way when you kissed
me."
"Kira, forget that
ever happened, okay?"
"Or what? You don’t
scare me."
"I should," he
said and shot Kira a lethal look. His eyes changed color to the lightest blue
she could imagine and they held her captive, not in the romantic way, but as
though she were a prisoner held paralyzed. His eyes were cold and made her
shiver like she had been dropped in an arctic pool, and slowly his pupils began
to expand, overtaking his eyeballs.
Kira was scared, and more
than that, she felt like he knew it and didn’t care. Her fear at not being able
to move was slowly surpassed by a swell of power that stirred within her as a
feeling of warmth spread to her hands. Kira broke free from him and looked at
the floor. Her fingertips still tingled with whatever had coursed through her
and allowed her to break his gaze. Kira leaned back against her chair and away
from him. She touched her fingers to her cheek and felt them burn into her
skin.
"What the hell was
that?" She asked unsteadily, still not looking up. The heat emanating from
her hand absorbed all of Kira’s thoughts.
"Me," he said
with the venom gone from his voice. She looked at him again and caught the
unbearably sad expression in his eyes before he looked away from her.
Or me? She thought to
herself feeling the heat finally ebb.
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Digital sets of The Complete Midnight
Fire Series. Each copy includes all FOUR books in the series – Ignite,
Simmer, Blaze & Scorch (INT)
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Fire Series. Each copy includes all FOUR books in the series – Ignite,
Simmer, Blaze & Scorch (INT)
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