Blood Shackles

NEW FANTASY RELEASE – Blood Shackles Paperback Is Out Now!

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Fantasy Rebel announces the release of Blood Shackles in paperback. It’s stunning; the d me-and-blood-shackles-3 esign of the cover is gorgeous.

As a slave journal, there’s something very immediate, real and thrilling about reading Light’s words in a book. Holding it right there in your hand. It’s a rush. When you try it? You’ll experience an escape into his world…

And there’s nothing like fully…totally…escaping into another world.

It’s a dangerous game to love your slave…

When your whole species is enslaved – and it’s the humans who are acting like the monsters – how far would you go to free your family?

“I truly loved this book: the characters, the plot, the pace… Once you start reading it, you just
cannot put it down. A first class performance from a writer at the very top of her game.” – SLH Reviews

What happens when SPARTACUS meets VAMPIRES? Except the vampires are the slaves… In a divided paranormal London, Light is the rebel vampire of the Blood Lifer world. Since Victorian times he’s hidden in the shadows. But not now. When he’s bought by his alluring Mistress, Light fights to escape. Even if he can’t escape their love. But if he doesn’t, he’ll never solve the conspiracy behind the Blood Club…

WELCOME TO THE BLOOD CLUB

Who are these ruthless humans? Who’s their brutal leader? And who betrayed the secret of the Blood Lifer world?

WHERE THE PREDATORS

London, Primrose Hill. Grayse is the commanding slaver’s daughter. She buys Light, like he’s a pair of designer shoes. So why does Light feel so drawn to her? Especially when his family is still in chains. Will he risk everything – even his new love – to save them?

BECOME THE PREY

Does a chilling conspiracy lie behind it all? A stunning revelation leads Light to an inconceivable truth. To the dark heart of the Blood Club. If he can face his worst terrors, he can save his family and his whole species from slavery.

Maybe he can even save himself.

At last Blood Life is here again…

Click here to buy Blood Shackles today. Or ask for it at your local bookstore.

The e-book is available to pre-order. The e-book is released on 1st November.

Watch out for exciting tour events from 31st October – 25th November.

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October 21, 2016 0

BLOG TOUR ANNOUNCED – interviews, guest posts, giveaways and more…

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To celebrate the release of Blood Shackles (Rebel Vampires Volume 2), I’ll be on an exciting blog tour throughout November.

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Starting on Halloween (come on, when else?), there’ll be reviews, interviews, guest posts – and giveaways. Because I’m all about sharing the love. Click here to keep up to date with events.

I’ll tweet the tour @RosemaryAJohns. Join in with #BloodShackles

Comment, share and be part of the release. I’ll be lurking in the shadows of each event, so ask whatever you like. I dare you. Wait, can I take that back..?

teaser-bs-cover-3d To doubly celebrate the release…both Blood Dragons and Blood Shackles are on sale at 0.99 for the entire month of November: in America, the UK (British here), Canada and Australia. A reward for my loyalist readers. So if you’re from those countries? Spread the word.

To help we’ve prepared a Readers’ Media Kit: see it here

Don’t get tricked, pick up a treat this Halloween

Vampires don’t cry…

Or you can pre-order Blood Shackles today for 0.99: click here

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October 16, 2016 0

3 OF THE MOST UNIQUE FANTASY BOOKS – EVER

I love fantasy, which is different. Challenging. Unique.

Fantasy that thrills and draws me in. That doesn’t make me shrug my shoulders in the gesture of I’ve read it all before. Or I’ve forgotten it even as I’m reading it.

Blood Shackles is written as The Slave Journal of Light.

‘A5 textured Italian calf leather, framed by smooth burgundy; it’s so deep red I could suck the blood from it.’

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A journal is immediate, direct and gripping. It forces the reader into a relationship with the writer. And allows the author to play with the unreliable narrator, just as Light plays with the actual reader of the journal – his Mistress.

‘So, dear Reader (because I know you’re reading this, there’s no use pretending otherwise), did you reckon giving me this poncey journal – all softness and stink of leather – would make me spill my Soul? You already have my body, bought and paid
for. You think you have my mind. My thoughts, however..? They’re my own. Write in it every day, you’d ordered, with that little smile. What do you think this is: Bridget Jones’s Diary?’

Here are 3 fantasy books, which pull the same trick. Exciting. Explosive. And different.

I’m all about the different.

3 of the Most Unique Fantasy Books – Ever:

Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Actually written by the British author Adrian Czajkowski but he had his name changed. And the world he creates? Brilliant. Inventive. And just a little crazy… In his universe, different ‘kinden’ are divided by the insects they’ve been crossbred with. As well as whether they’re tech or magic. Yet there’s no magic good, tech bad. It’s a complex seething mix of war and emotions – in a ten book series.

Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti by Genevieve Valentine

A haunting and beautiful steampunk tale about a circus, war and magic. But the true magic? The narrative inventiveness. Shifts in point of view, style and even tenses. This may be a love or hate book. But it’s unique. And I love that.

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Discworld by Terry Pratchett

Was there ever any doubt? 41 books of sheer explode your head with imaginative joy. Just think: here the world balances as a flat disc on the back of four elephants, which in turn stand on the back of a giant turtle. Almost nothing is safe from the satire: myth, fairy tales, even vampires…

What’s the most unique fantasy book you’ve ever read?

Blood Shackles is available to pre-order. Click here today. It’s released on 1^st November.

October 9, 2016 0

BLOOD SHACKLES LAUNCHES ON 1ST NOVEMBER – new book in fantasy series announced

*****BLOOD SHACKLES*****

It’s a dangerous game to love your slave…

When your whole species is enslaved – and it’s the humans who are acting like the monsters – how far would you go to free your family?

Fantasy Rebel Limited announces the launch on 1^st November of Blood Shackles (Rebel Vampires Volume 2). Take a deep breath and dive into the spellbinding secret world of Blood Life.

In a paranormal London, Light is the rebel vampire of the Blood Lifer world. Since Victorian times he’s hidden in the shadows. But not now. When he’s bought by his alluring Mistress, Light fights to escape. Even if he can’t escape their love. If he doesn’t? He’ll never solve the conspiracy behind the Blood Club.

What happens when SPARTACUS meets VAMPIRES? Except the vampires are the slaves…

To pre-order Blood Shackles for only 0.99 click here

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October 4, 2016 2

20 BLINDING ENGLISH SLANG WORDS AND PHRASES YOU NEED TO KNOW

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Light is a British vampire – not in doubt from the very first line of Blood Dragons: ‘You know those vampire myths? Holy water, entry by invitation only and sodding crucifixes? Bollocks to them.’

I wanted a fantasy novel with a British vampire front and centre. Neither the love interest. Nor the sidekick. But the antihero at its beating heart.

A Londoner born in the Victorian age, Light takes on the persona of a 1960s Rocker. He loves only two things: his Triton motorbike – ‘a sodding scarlet slash of beauty…and my bloody god’ and his Ace of Spades leather jacket. Unless you include Ruby: ‘my red-haired devil, Author, muse, liberator…my gorgeous nightmare.’ Or Kathy… And then there’s Grayse…

But being boldly British – a mix of Victorian and 1960s – Light has a way of speaking, which is all his own.

So here’s 20 Blinding English Slang Words and Phrases You Need to Know

Barney = a fight

Bawling = crying

Belt = hit

Blinding = brilliant/really good

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Done in = killed

Duff up = beat up

To have a gander = to have a look at

Leg it = run away

Manky = Unpleasant

Mug/Mush = Face

To be/get narked = to be get/annoyed

Neb = mouth

Nitwit = Fool/foolish

Nosh = food/eat enthusiastically

Nut = head

Peepers = eyes

Ran-tan = drunk

Starkers = naked

Wanker/pillock/berk = idiot

Snuff it = die

September 18, 2016 0

NEW FANTASY RELEASE – Blood Shackles (Rebel Vampires Volume 2)

Fantasy Rebel announces the release of Blood Shackles on 1st November.

The e-book is available now at the special pre-order price of $0.99 (£0.99). Click here to pre-order today.

Blood Shackles is the second standalone instalment of Rebel Vampires the compelling new fantasy series. To first dive into the spellbinding world of Blood Dragons click here.

What happens when SPARTACUS meets VAMPIRES? Except the vampires are the slaves… In a hidden paranormal London, Light is the sexy rebel vampire of the Blood Lifer world. Since Victorian times he’s hidden in the shadows. But not now. Not since someone hunted and enslaved him. When he’s bought by his alluring Mistress, Light fights to escape. Even if he can’t escape their love. But if he doesn’t, he’ll never solve the conspiracy behind the secret Blood Club…