By Lara Nance (Guest Blogger)
What
if there was a theme park based on the legend of Dracula? And what if
it was built in the heart of Transylvania as a way to bring floods of
tourists to Romania?
Sound
interesting?
That’s
the story within the story of my new paranormal romance series,
DraculaVille.
What
would it be like, you ask?
It
would be built in the Carpathian Mountains just outside the city of
Sibiu, the capital of Transylvania. The focal point will be a dark
castle perched on a craggy hill. The doors open at dusk and it stays
open all night. This is a park for adults, not children.
Instead
of rides like Space Mountain, you’ll zoom through frightening dark
nights, escaping vampires and werewolves. An interactive village will
house shops, restaurants and nightclubs, all manned by appropriately
frightened and superstitious Romanians, who’ll constantly urge you
to leave before something...bad...happens. You’ll never know if the
handsome man who invites you to dance is a vampire until it’s too
late.
Men
can play virtual games fighting vampires and women engage in
role-playing games being seduced by them. Want to have dinner with
Dracula instead of with the Disney princesses? Just make an
appointment and pay the fee. All visitors are urged to dress in
Victorian costume for the greatest effect.
Rooms
at the castle-like resort will be lit by candles and oil lamps.
Tapestries cover the stone walls, and dark elaborately carved
furniture features velvet cushions in shades of burgundy and dark
green. There are no mirrors...
Sound
like a spooky good time? It is. Right up to the minute you realize
your fantasy vacation is really a front for Romanian vampires to
bring new “blood” into the country.
DraculaVille
– New York,
is book one in this paranormal romance. Here’s the synopsis of
this story:
Super
advertising and publicity agent, Talia Quinton, is poised at the top
of her career to receive a much coveted job representing the world’s
largest advertiser. She’s shocked and humiliated when the account
is given to a rival agent with much less experience. Instead, Talia
is ordered to come up with a publicity plan to bring tourists to
Romania. An account not worth a tenth of the one she’d hoped for.
But
she’s not called Talia the Tiger by the New York ad world for
nothing. When she discovers a newly made and abandoned vampire named
Drake, she takes on the job of healing and grooming him into the face
of her new campaign.
Instead
of touting the ancient country's rolling hills and historic castles,
she turns the advertising world on its head by bringing Romania’s
dark past to the center of the presentation. She proposes they build
a fantasy themed amusement park/resort for adults called,
DraculaVille, right in the heart of Transylvania. And Drake will pose
as Dracula, their spokesperson. A vampire pretending to be an actor,
pretending to be a vampire.
Talia’s
disturbing attraction to Drake is only one obstacle in her path. She
soon discovers New York fairly swarms with warring vampire
communities and she and Drake have landed right in the middle of
their biggest conflict. On top of that, the odd members of the
Romanian National Publicity Committee begin making strange demands
that keep Talia constantly on the edge of losing the account and her
reputation as New York’s most formidable Account Executive.
As
a last straw, Talia and Drake are kidnapped by a ruthless vampire
gang and forced to fight for their lives as the clock ticks on
completing the assignment necessary to retain the DraculaVille
account. Their only hope of gaining freedom is to consent to an
ancient vampire bonding ceremony. There's one problem. To complete
the ceremony, Drake must kill Talia and turn her into a vampire. But
despite her unavoidable attraction to the hunky vampire she saved,
Talia's not ready to die.
I
hope you’ll enjoy this novel and the rest of the series, which will
be coming later in 2013. Available now in print and electronic
versions on Barnes & Noble, Amazon and Kobo. Audio will be out in
the next few weeks at Amazon and Audible. Enjoy!
Meanwhile, you could will a copy of Dracula Ville, here at Beyond Romance. Just leave me a comment, with your email!
Lara
Nance grew up and lived in many cites throughout the South. She loves
to write in a variety of genres, but the basis of all of her stories
is a great tale that will take you on an adventure of imagination.
Meanwhile, you could will a copy of Dracula Ville, here at Beyond Romance. Just leave me a comment, with your email!
About the Author
If you
want to escape and lose yourself in a novel, you've come to the right
place. Choose your genre and settle in to be entertained. From
thrilling mysteries and steampunk tales, to paranormal romance and
adventure, she's willing to explore a variety of compelling stories
full of danger and suspense, along with a touch of romance.
Having
been on the fencing team in college and now living on a sailboat
convinces her that she was a pirate in another life, or possibly kin
to Errol Flynn… However, due to the unfortunate demise of the
romantic pirates of the past, she lives out her fantasies, thrills
and adventures in her stories. Lara loves to weave interesting true
historical tidbits into her fiction which invite the reader to
explore further after the novel is finished.
Currently
docked in Norfolk, Virginia (until the wind changes) Lara enjoys
living on her sailboat and spends time reading, of course writing,
indulging a variety of artistic endeavors, cooking and sailing with
her husband, Joe and their Yorkie, Rio.
Link to
Website: www.laranance.com
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