Monday 2 December 2013

It's here! The Blog Tour Has Started!


On December 6, 2013 the first of four volumes of The Edelyn Legacy  released on Amazon.

The Northern Gate
by J.C. Clarke


Genre: Fantasy/Romance

Add it on Goodreads HERE


Summary:

According to the Bible, God created the world in seven days, but what if the beginning happened before Humankind documented it for posterity?

Humans didn’t see everything clearly, because they didn’t understand. They turned away in fear, forgot the beings that had come to Earth and, over time, the Seraphim became nothing but a legend, a bedtime story. Corruption and greed, bred from hatred and evil, spread across the face of the earth as Humans evolved and developed. It was in this filth, and amongst the seven deadly sins, that Tabitha Morgan was born and kept alive, hidden in plain sight from the darkness.

For seventeen years, Tabitha thrived under her grandmother’s guardianship, living a normal life and not knowing the truth about her heritage or the roots from which she came.

That all changes the day a handsome stranger named Nathan walks into her life. Will the ancient secrets he holds be enough to earn her trust? Is it the Light, or does Darkness await them beyond The Northern Gate?

Excerpt:

The thick bonds ate into the prisoner’s pale, filthy skin, and it bled against the steel. He was numb to the pain now. Instead of letting the misery cripple him, he smiled with a dark grimace and channeled the biting sting into anger. Knowing they thought he was weakening, though he was far from it, he had bided his time. With each new moon, he had grown stronger; he was fighting back. The prisoner was going against what was in his blood by nature; he was resisting what his father had given him, the tainted blood.

For centuries, maybe even longer, he’d been held in that small cell, not being fed except when his captors saw fit, and he’d spoken to no one. His jailers refused to even breathe near him, let alone converse. All he’d had to occupy his time were his thoughts and the constant, slow trickle of water seeping down the damp walls of his underground prison to pool at his feet.

Soon, the time would come when he would be free of the tomb in which he’d been encased, and he would be a person of freewill once again; he would make sure of it. So very soon.

The prisoner planned to ensure he would hear, and remember, the sounds of his captors’ deaths: every bone crushed would be a manacle opening and the sound of tearing flesh, a choir of the Seraphim.

His freedom was paramount if he were to accomplish the job he’d been given so many millennia ago. He would end the vicious circle of chaos and fear his world had been turned into.

Every mark and scar on his body would serve as reminders of what he had been birthed to do, willing him to follow his destiny. A course had been set for him to walk the earth to complete his mission: to find her. His goal was to hunt her down and tell her everything that had been kept from her: who she was, who she belonged to, and where she came from.

He would become her protector.
Would fight for her.
Live for her.
And die—for her.


About the Author:



J.C. Clarke lives in the heart of the New Forest in England with her husband and four children. Never a dull moment, her full house provides no shortage of inspiration which fuels her writing. She loves reading and writing a variety of genres in addition to dabbling with graphic art to create book covers, swag and more.



The Northern Gate Blog Tour Schedule:

December 1
Promo & Excerpt: http://www.fsmeurinne.com/

December 2

December 3

December 4

December 5

December 6

December 7

December 8

December 9

December 10
Promo & Excerpt: http://itlnbrt.com/

December 11
Promo & Excerpt: http://lifebecomesme.wordpress.com/ (possibly Review)

December 12

December 13

December 14

December 15

December 16
Review/ Promo & excerpt: www.lilylovesindie.co.uk






Thursday 21 November 2013

Cover Reveal for The Northern Gate By J.C.C Clarke

Today we have the cover reveal for my debut release:
  
The Northern Gate 

This is book one of The Edelyn Legacy.



Title: The Northern Gate
Author: J.C. Clarke
Genre: Fantasy/Romance
Release Date: December 06, 2013

Summary:

According to the Bible, God created the world in seven days, but what if the beginning happened before Humankind documented it for posterity?

Humans didn’t see everything clearly, because they didn’t understand. They turned away in fear, forgot the beings that had come to Earth and, over time, the Seraphim became nothing but a legend, a bedtime story. Corruption and greed, bred from hatred and evil, spread across the face of the earth as Humans evolved and developed. It was in this filth, and amongst the seven deadly sins, that Tabitha Morgan was born and kept alive, hidden in plain sight from the darkness.

For seventeen years, Tabitha thrived under her grandmother’s guardianship, living a normal life and not knowing the truth about her heritage or the roots from which she came.

That all changes the day a handsome stranger named Nathan walks into her life. Will the ancient secrets he holds be enough to earn her trust? Is it the Light, or does Darkness await them beyond The Northern Gate?



Add it to Goodreads HERE.

And now for the cover reveal . . . 


designed by: J.C. Clarke

About the Author:

J.C. Clarke lives in the heart of the New Forest in England with her husband and four children. Never a dull moment, her full house provides no shortage of inspiration which fuels her writing. She loves reading and writing a variety of genres in addition to dabbling with graphic art to create book covers, swag and more.

Author Blog I Legacy Blog 
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Coming December 06, 2013 to Amazon

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Tuesday 5 November 2013

Emotions at Their Best

 













I was lucky enough to have small snippets of this compilation as it was being written and I knew from the start that it would be an emotional read for me (I even had the tissues ready and waiting). 

What I didn’t bank on, was how emotional. 

You can tell from the start that not only did the author put her heart and soul into every story in this anthology, but also a glimpse of her real life experiences within a military family. The situations, characters and emotions that were portrayed in the book were so real to me, that at two points I had to put the book down and take a breather. I must stress that this wasn’t a bad thing, but quite the opposite.

What made it all the more real to me, was knowing that as much as these stories are fiction, these situations do happen in real life. 

I can’t wait to see what this author will bring us next and I just pray that I won’t need as many tissues. ;)

Make sure you grab your copy  from the following links or just hound the author (It's fun, trust me)

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