In only a couple of weeks the PAPERBACK release of Blood Renegadeswill be here!
As a treat in the run up, Fantasy Rebel are running a host of events for you on Goodreads. This week includes:
The chance to win a paperback of the first book in the trilogy – Blood Dragons. The giveaway is open internationally.
How do you rebel in a family of vampires..?
5* Highly Recommended “Quirky, amusing, frightening and dark…one hell of a journey into love, death, humanity, and monsters” – Underground Book Reviews
The covers were designed by the phenomenal JD Smith; she’s created iconic stunning paperbacks that capture the heart of the series and look gorgeous on the bookshelf together.
The giveaway ends Saturday 20th May at midnight. Good luck!
Sometimes as an author you have chats with magazines, interviewers or TV hosts where everything just clicks.They get you, the book and more than that: how to challenge it.
You discover something about writing, yourself and life, as well as discussing your work in a far more fascinating way than you ever could alone.
That’s what happened with Scaffolding Magazine.
Freedom, domination, terrorism, my childhood, writing tips and James Dean…
A new special edition Euromix has been released by Dark A.C.E. Records of Rebel Vampires‘ Theme Song.
This is a goth rock and London punk explosion by band Off the Realm: Forevermore.
Described by listeners as: ‘gothic sound with an urban, mechanical edge and dark, emotional lyrics that grab you and don’t let go. It’s beautiful in a goose bumps way. This is my new favorite band. Highly recommend. It’s rare to fall in love with a band the first time you hear their music.’ 5*
The video contains all the dark and glory of the novels: Light’s journey through World War One, 1960s London and the side the tourists never see. It’s beautiful and frightening all at once: a love song for London, yet holds the pain of a humanity lost and fought for.
In lightning flashes – or the light shows of the First World War (or the headlights of Light’s motorcycle) – the lyrics blind you. Each one speaks to the heart of Light: ‘Your redemption, your slave/ I submit to you/But never these laws of man…’
Plus there’s one shot of me…except starring in red as Ruby – Light’s Author and the ‘gemstone’ of the song.
As a music fanatic, it was going to take one blinding band and one awesome song to get my blessing. Somewhere between Linkin Park, Kings of Leon and Nothing But Thieves..? Yeah, Offthe Realm is my new favourite band too.
I love handmade unique pieces of jewelry – especially if there’s a story behind them. Writer here – I find emotion in everything: music, books and the clothes and jewelry I wear. It makes it special. Plus – add a goth or punk spin and I’m sold.
It’s everything I love, with the added bonus she understands Light and the books so well that each piece has it’s own deep meaning – there’s even Light’s S.L.A.V.E ring from BloodShackles.
Our aim? To also make them affordable for everyone. Sorted.
She’s added a new range this spring. So here are my three favourite pieces:
Who is the predator and who is the prey? In a world where even the butterflies are mechanical – let alone the humans’ mechanical hearts – Light will be burnt at the stake if he can’t judge between hunter and hunted. ‘Forest baroque, like a world had sprung alive amidst twenty-first century tech. Steel, iron and titanium, but swarming with butterflies, moths and flowers. A breathing animal, which could swallow you.’ (Blood Renegades)
Es Meus: in Latin means ‘you are mine’. Light isn’t the only one to love obsessively; Blood Lifers and humans crave to own him. It’s only Grayse, however, who loves him enough to free him too: ‘ ‘He’s mine,’ you clutched my wrist so tightly I could feel blood rushing into bruises. ‘I’ll train him.’ (Blood Shackles)
Blood Lifers are the apex predator; their venom stops humans’ hearts, as if they were clocks. Like humans aren’t truly alive. Until Light realises the divide between the species isn’t so great, humans aren’t simply prey and maybe their hearts aren’t clockwork if they can love… ‘It’s the natural order. We would not have these,’ as Ruby’s two thin canines extended, Grace squirmed frantically, ‘or our venom, which paralyzes and stops their weak hearts, as if they were clocks.’ (Blood Dragons)
Only a limited number of each piece has been made. So discover the new Rebel Vampires Range and pick up something special.
Rebel Vampires’ Official Video trailer launched this weekend and it’s epic. Have a watch:
All three books hit the bestseller lists in America and the UK – this morning it was blinding to see the three Rebel Vampirebooks next to each other on the list…just above Game of Thrones!
I’m also sponsoring the chance to win a Kindle Fire to celebrate the launch: click here for more details!
This spring prepare yourself for Blood Life…and escape into award-winning urban fantasy.
Light lives for his vampire family. Now he may die for it.
ESCAPE INTO AWARD-WINNING URBAN FANTASY…
Light – rebel, lover, anti-hero – will be burnt at the stake in fourteen days. In a hidden, paranormal London, he’s been branded a traitor and terrorist Renegade – a Blood Lifer hunter of human slavers.
Liberty is a relentless interrogator. She’s been trained to hate Renegades. Yet when her life converges with Light’s, she’s enticed by the dark and glory of his world.
Light is catapulted into a nightmare of secret research, deadly enemies and perilous intrigue. Soon he’s in a race against time to transform into the true leader vital to save his family, home and love. But will he be able to judge predator from prey?
Light must make the ultimate choice: to hide in the shadows. Or walk into the light…
Betrayal. Death. Hope. Isn’t that how all truly great stories start?
“Rosemary A Johns is one of fantasy’s greats. She’ll put you in mind of Anne Rice and leave you wanting more”- Gothic Mom’s Reviews
“Take what you know about vampire romance and throw it away. Rosemary A Johns is not only a refreshing new voice in this genre, she excels it. Her vampires are edgy and enticing” – Rockchick Addiction Reviews
Buy Blood Renegades at the reduced price of 0.99 today (normal price 2.99) and prepare to escape into Blood Life…
I’m off to scoff some chocolate and see family… of course I also have writing ideas jostling for attention, so I’ll take my ideas book. Blinding notebook with a motorbike.
There’s an Easter treat coming at the end of this week: the cover reveal for Blood Renegades!
Join me tonight at 7 p.m. LIVE here as I take part in a panel of other vampire authors. The discussion? Vampires don’t sparkle…
Vampires have been with us – through myth, legend and fireside tale – for hundreds of years.
The idea of the immortal – given life through blood – never goes away. It evolves. Clever authors? We reinvent.
In my books, Light has this role.
Vampires can be creatures of horror, fantasy or science fiction. These lines are increasingly blurred: vampires as real creatures alongside humans.
In Rebel Vampires Blood Lifers are a second species, camouflaged predators that are evolved alongside humans. Like G. R. R. Martin’s Fevre Dream, this pushes it into science fiction, as much as dark fantasy/urban fantasy and paranormal suspense.
In Twilight by Stephenie Meyer the vampires sparkle in sunlight because their skin is marble-like. It’s become one of the most quoted phrases…
Yet it’s only one of the many faces of the modern-day vampire. Mine? Are dark, adult and in the words of a recent review?
“Take what you know about vampire romance and throw it away. Rosemary A Johns is not only a refreshing new voice in this genre, she excels it. Her vampires are edgy and enticing” – Rockchick Addiction Reviews
There’s room for both types because vampires – like zombies, shifters or angels – represent what each society needs, wants and desires.