TWO BOOKS this month. Oh my! With best-selling author Linda Thomas-Sundstrom + giveaway

TWO BOOKS this month. Oh my! 
With best-selling author Linda Thomas-Sundstrom 

So exciting…

Look what’s being born this month, Sheepsters.

Out this weekend...
The Blood Knight Chronicles book 2, Immortal Obsession, is a new twist on the Arthurian/Holy Grail legends, and a bunch of “Top Picks” and 5-star advance reviews.

And the holidays kick in on October 15th with… 
Strange Holiday Spirits (a wickedly quirky new urban fantasy boxed set for folks who want something a little different from their reading experience).

$.99 pre-order

I am thrilled to be able to chat with you about these book birthdays. Releasing a book just never gets old, or less of a headrush. I’ve had 38 book birthdays so far, to date, and can’t wait for these. Getting stories told and into your hands is what this writing gig is all about. Connecting. So I do hope you’ll give them a try. 

The Blood Knight Chronicles series is in the paranormal suspense genre, where action and danger abound, and darkness hides trouble. Golden Vampire (July 2019) was the first in this series, but all of them are standalone books really.

IMMORTAL OBSESSION (book 2) is set in London, where an American newscaster on the job wants to help find three missing girls… and discovers that London is loaded with beings that aren’t quite human. My Blood Knight in this series is to die for if you like danger and legend mixed together. Christopher St.John is the lead here, and he’s a soul that has existed since the times of the Round Table, getting better and stronger as the centuries go by, and still on a quest that will tangle him up with that red-haired newscaster.

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Ah… and then there are the upcoming holidays. And what would 🎃Halloween (Samhain) and 🎄Christmas be without a hard twist on those celebrations? *smiles* 

STRANGE HOLIDAY SPIRITS is a really pretty boxed set of three wickedly tweaked urban fantasy stories. Here, there are witches and werewolves in Salem, gargoyles, banshees, and angels on top of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, and a Recruiter from the Dark Side who is going after Santa Claus in New York. (Did I mention the talking elevator with attitude?) Not comedies, but a different kind of dark fare.






If you didn’t get to Notre Dame Cathedral before the fire, you can see its upper decks here, (called the Gallerie des Chimeras), and imagine what it looked like. One of the stories in this boxed set was conceived there, on that upper deck.

If you need more of an explanation about the Blood Knight Chronicles series, here it is:

A long time ago, a group called the Seven was formed from seven of the best knights of the Round Table. These knights were offered immortality in order to protect a holy relic known as the Grail. 

Seven immortal knights, protectors of the Grail, will live through time until we find them now, in the current century…. in this series. Called “Blood Knights” because of the way they became immortal. If not exactly righteous, something close, with the will to protect humankind from monsters that lurk in the shadows of a modern world.

One Blood Knight per book in this series. Seven books. 

More info about STRANGE HOLIDAY SPIRITS? 

Here are the three titles: Trapped in Stone, De-Witched, and Hot Holiday. Each of these is also available individually in ebook formats, but here’s the thing:

💥This boxed set is on pre-order for just 99 cents until release day on Oct 15th.💥 

Book love.

So……… I smile as I write this, because I love the holidays, and I love Arthurian tales, and I love writing books. There just couldn’t be a better gig than hanging out with all of those things, and with you. (Except maybe for chocolate and pink champagne).

Got questions? Leave them here. And maybe you’ll want to enter the birthday gift giveaway of a signed print version of one of my other books in the Blood Knight series. Immortal Redeemed – also a “top pick” from trusted review sites, and published by the HarperCollins/Harlequin Nocturne paranormal line. 

Happy reading!
Leave a comment you can, so I know you’ve been here.
Cheers for now~
Linda

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Linda Thomas-Sundstrom is the author of paranormal romance and urban fantasy novels and novellas, both dark and light, for HarperCollins/Harlequin Nocturne and GothicScapes, with more than 30 stories that trespass into the supernatural realm.

Linda is the author of contemporary, paranormal romance, and urban fantasy books for Kensington, Amazon Montlake, GothicScapes, Harlequin Nocturne, and Harlequin Desire. She currently has 30 stories that trespass into the supernatural realm, with ton of ideas for more.

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Linda Thomas-Sundstrom explains why VAMPIRES refuse to roll over and play dead in Europe + giveaway

VAMPIRES refuse to roll over and play dead in Europe…

By Linda Thomas-Sundstrom

Hello Sheepsters. Here’s the big question for today…

Where is the best place for a vampire bite?

Answer: London! 

Bet you though I was going to answer that with the word “jugular,” right? Ha. Got ya!

Because I just came back from jolly old England, where an underground vampire sect known as the One Hundred owns more land than the queen, and their age-old vows not to interfere with mortals currently exists on the head of a pin. (a very small pin).

Take a walk down any side street outside of Knightsbridge after dark, and you might find more than you bargain for, unless stumbling into an immortal is your goal and you have open access to the British blood bank.

Good vamps? Bad vamps? Gorgeous immortals who love to tryst with those of us who possess heartbeats? They are all part of London’s history, and forever imbedded into the scene. Of course there are all types of these creatures, and just because some book publishers might be wary of seeing them right now doesn’t mean they are going away any time soon. Hello. Do we get the word Immortal? Or Forever? Do we continue to love meeting up with these guys, at least in print, without seeing that passion ease up? Well, yes, I do. Especially now.

And wow… London is the place to find them. I ran into an immortal there whose story I had to tell. Already having penned the stories of some of this fabulous immortal’s brethren once-upon-a-time, (Lance Van Baaren in Golden Vampire, Mason LanVal in Guardian of the Night), this time, I was stunned, thrilled, excited, to meet enigmatic Christopher St. John. He is another of the original seven Blood Knights from times long past, and I got to see him in action.

Tall, blond, sculpted, sigiled, and with a power he has to purposefully downgrade in order to appear as human and mortal to others, St. John just might be the best of the best of his kind. And London, his home since the Crusades, has more or less been under his protection – a daunting task, given population explosions, tourists, and the passing of time. But it’s an objective St. John has been willing to undertake to the best of his ability. Keep the streets clear of fledgling vampires. Keep humans safe from the slip of a poisoned fang. Protect the secret sect of the One Hundred from being discovered. You know… all that easy stuff.

Still, is that St. John’s real and only goal for hanging out in London all this time?

Nope.

There is so much more to his story.

Was I lucky to have an introduction, by way of American newscaster Madison Chase?

Whoa. Yeah. This was a day I will never forget. Ever.

And though danger might not be my middle name, and I do not relish losing my mortality any time soon, I did get to interview this gracious immortal, and on September 1, his story unfolded in my latest Nocturne release, “Immortal Obsession.” Some of us have an obsession with immortals, right? Are you one of us? I have got to tell you this: After meeting Christopher St. John, my life will never be the same.

Immortal Obsession
by Linda Thomas-Sundstrom
As her Protector, he was bound to oblige her every desire.

A rogue group of human-hating vampires have overtaken London. But the elite immortals who own much of the city may have found the key to protecting their territory: Madison Chase, an American newscaster investigating a story about missing teenagers. If she can convince someone to help her infiltrate the dangerous faction, she just might stem the bloodletting and find her brother in time….

St. John can't escape his dark family legacy. But the instincts that keep him from being fully human also make him the rogues' worst enemy. His desire for the ethereal redhead is immediate, all-consuming and forbidden. And as the investigation escalates, Madison must discover if St. John is her trusted Protector or if she's being seduced by a monster.

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Giveaway

In honor of this wonderful journey with one of the Blood Knights, I’d like to share my passion with the immortal world with you. I’ll be giving away a copy of one of St. John’s brethren’s earlier stories to one lucky reader who loves immortals and comments on vampires in London. Perhaps telling us what you imagine that trip might be like as a tourist rounding a corner one misty night to find . . . Well . . . . a gorgeous immortal waiting for YOU. Or perhaps you have already found one?

I hope you’re willing to play, and also share your thoughts on vampires in the current publishing scene.

Here to chat today… and maybe even disclose a few more details about the immortals I’ve met who were really special. Truly special. And utterly unique.

*** And hey—an invitation!!!! We’re having a big “Immortal Obsession” party on Facebook TONIGHT – SEPTEMBER 3 -- 7-11 PM eastern, with tons of immortalish prizes. Come on over and pull up a fang. Check out my author page for instructions on how to join in.

Visit me: http://www.lindathomas-sundstrom.com
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Happiness is waiting to hear from ya!
Cheers-
Linda

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