Moonflower: Vampires of Los Angeles
Heather Ewen-Foster
Publication date: November 7th 2023
Genres: Adult, Urban Fantasy
Sonia, a 250-year-old Australian vampire, thought she had found peace in the quiet neighborhood of Whitley Heights, Hollywood. But when a mysterious creature starts slaughtering young vampires, Sonia is thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse.
With her friend Sunny targeted by an ancient monster, Sonia must uncover the truth behind these brutal attacks. Desperate to save her friend and end the bloodshed, Sonia navigates the treacherous politics of the vampire world. Along the way, she finds herself torn between her irresistible attraction to Alex, the enigmatic human journalist helping in her investigation, and her deep bond with sexy and charismatic Sunny, Alpha Vampire extraordinaire.
As the sinister plot unravels, Sonia’s race against time becomes a pulse-pounding battle against an impossibly powerful foe. Will she uncover the truth before more lives are lost? And what sacrifices will she have to make to protect those she loves?
Moon Flower is a spellbinding urban fantasy that will leave you breathless. Heather Ewen-Foster’s suspenseful tale immerses you in a world of danger, romance, and mythical creatures. Get ready for an electrifying adventure that will keep you turning the pages late into the night.
Excerpt:
Terror. Pain. Then darkness.
This is how it starts.
The only
link to the world around you is the sound of your own heartbeat pounding in
your ears. Your hearing
seems
to be the only sense still functioning, while sight, smell, touch, and taste
seem oddly suspended.
You vaguely
realize something is wrong with that pounding. You become aware that your pulse
is slowing, beat by beat, which rapidly absorbs all of your attention.
Soon, far
sooner than should be possible, you have reached that critical point where that
little muscle—the strongest in the human body—struggles to keep you from
crossing the threshold dividing the world of life from what awaits you at
death.
But
something else is terribly wrong: there is no warm light to dissolve into,
there are no familiar faces waiting to usher you into paradise. There is only
darkness and a failing heart that tries to pump what is no longer there. The
terror within you surges as you realize that, should your heart fail, this
great, dark oblivion of nothingness will become permanent. And all that is
you—your very essence of self—will be gone.
And your
heart, most assuredly, is failing.
It is at
this crucial moment, when time seems to stand still, that you are offered a
choice—a choice that is really no choice at all since the basic animal instinct
to stay alive now
dominates higher forms of reason.
You do not
hesitate. You embrace the offer with a ferocity that speaks to the predatory
nature once so close to the surface in humanity, though long since buried by
generations of social, sedentary living and the trappings of “civilization.”
Then comes
the oblivion, but not the one you expected—not the one which serves as the fate
of everyone else. You are in limbo, with no beginning and no ending. No up and
no down. But your sense of self is mercifully intact. You are still you.
Here, in
this mental womb, you remain for days until— if you are one of the lucky
ones—you open your eyes for the first time to a world utterly transformed. And,
as you lay there staring into the brilliant colors of the night, you slowly
realize that nothing will ever be the same.
This, dear
readers, is what we call The Birth. My name is Sonia.
I am Vampire.
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