Cruentus: Rise to Power - Review with Giveaway
Welcome to the Cruentus: Rise to Power Blog Tour Kickoff! We have some fun features planned and an opportunity to win a copy of the book at every stop along the way.
Tour Schedule:
May 13 - Kickoff/Review/Giveaway at Reading Lark
May 14 - Review/Giveaway at Forbidden Reviews
May 15 - Author Interview/Giveaway at Supagurl Books
May 20 - Excerpt/Giveaway at Nicole Morgan Author Blog
May 22 - Review/Giveaway at Tanya's Book Nook
May 27 - Review/Giveaway at Amethyst Daydreams
May 30 - Character Interview/Giveaway at Ashley Nemer Author Blog
June 3 - Excerpt/Giveaway at Author Mireille Chester
June 5 - Review/Giveaway at Words2Follow
*If you are a blogger or author and would like to add a stop to your blog, please email Tevya at readinglarktev@gmail.com. Thanks!
What's it about?
Genre: Paranormal Romance/Fiction
Publisher: Muddy Cove Tales
Release Date: May 12, 2013
Audience: Adult
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A prophecy of old continued to burn in
the embers of time; long left dormant until the Cruentus family rose above
all others as darkness ascended the lands. Greed and deception were the name of the game, and Arturo
Cruentus would stop at nothing as he concocted the ultimate scheme to get
everything he wanted. No price was too
high. The scene was set, the pieces strategically placed. The Gallo family
could not come against him, and in the end Guido and Palmiria Gallo would
come out the biggest losers, watching their only daughter, Emiliana,
be taken away to render a debt settled.
Young Emiliana Gallo, a victim of circumstance, was thrust into a
world she did not understand and forced to marry a man she did not know. But
what no one expected, not even Arturo, was that Emiliana and his son, Donato,
would fall in love against all odds. For Arturo, love made one weak, but for
his son, it was love at first sight. Donato became an opportunist in his
father’s dirty schemes and did everything in his power to ensure the woman he
admired for so long not only took his name in marriage, but also fell in love
with him. Donato wanted it all, his gamble paid off richly, and he achieved
both marriage and love. However, on the day they said ‘I do’ and the
Cruentus and Gallo families were joined, Emiliana was ripped from their home
like a thief in the night.
An unknown force too unsettled to let the vision spill and strengthen the Cruentus family decided to do the unthinkable—double-cross the Cruentus family. Rage and disdain fuelled Donato and Arturo. Though their reasons were very different-their goal unified them. They squared off with the leader of the Russian Coven to take back Emiliana, and in the end the Russian coven paid the highest price as the leader's blood was spilled in retribution for his crime at the hands of Arturo. News spread quickly to the Magia Council, and before long Arturo was called before them to answer for his crime of murder unjustly. The Ancients of the roundtable at Mount Blanc, the mountain range bordering Italy and France, was now enacted as they listened to the tale that had unfolded. Little did they know that they were a part of the grand scheme Arturo Cruentus shrewdly planned for the ultimate betrayal.
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My Thoughts:
Rise to Power is the first part of the Cruentus Series. In
many ways a prequel to the heart of the story, this novella packs quite a
punch. While classified as a paranormal
romance, that label simply is not all-encompassing enough to truly define the
story. It is far more than a romance, leading the reader through a course of
love against all odds and a family’s quest for power. Ms. Broomfield wields her
words much the way her warlocks wield their magic, creating a world that the
the reader simply becomes immersed in. Her characters come to life on the page
and in the reader’s imagination as the story plays out like a movie for the
mind.
The heroine, Emiliana, is immediately identifiable, and her
growth throughout the story is felt by the reader. The hero, Donato, is complex and swoon-worthy,
surprising Emiliana, the reader, and even his own father, Arturo, on several
turns. As Arturo schemes to secure his family’s station, I found myself both
loving him and hating him in turns. The wicked are deliciously evil, and even
the good hold an undercurrent of something more simmering under the surface.
The old-world setting and ancient magic give an ambiance to the story that is
other-worldly, allowing the reader to truly escape into a world that is full of
magic and power.
While the first few chapters moved a little slow, I was
completely captured soon into the story.
The budding love between Emiliana and Donato pulled me in and before
long I was wrapped up into Cruentus world and couldn’t put it down. Several
scenes left me with chills, and more than one had me swooning. Through twists and turns, the plot is
unpredictable and layered, and it will leave you wanting more. (Yes, this is
just the beginning! You will get more, you can rest easy but anxious.)
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Who is L.S. Broomfield?
L.S. Broomfield lives in God’s country
– Central Labrador, Canada. She wasn’t born there, but it’s where she and her
family call home. Born and raised in Hawkes Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador,
L.S. is published author who is
currently working on book two of the Cruentus series, a series of tales about
the Cruentus family; namely, Dragos Cruentus, who who will make his appearance
in the second book. She is full of talent and takes a fresh look on the
paranormal world.
As a child, Lisa always wanted to
write. She didn’t have any predilection of what to write, as long as she was
writing – she was happy. She remembers growing up and traveling to Flower’s
Cove to visit family and letting her imagination soar as the pen sketched
across the paper. At such a young age, it was perhaps mostly incoherent
thoughts tossed across the pages but still for all, it was a desire even then
to write and tell a story.
As an adult, Lisa met an amazing group
of individuals, and with their support and encouragement was brave enough to
write and let people read the stories in her mind. While writing is one thing,
allowing others to read the words one has spent hours putting to paper is
entirely another thing. It opens the author wide to both praise and criticism.
Lisa found it to be scary, yet wonderfully exciting.
Lisa has many people to thank for
helping her to reach where she is today, but none of this would be possible
without the support of her husband, Shawn, and her amazing kids, Brittany,
Daniel, and Jacob. These people fill her world with color and make it worth
writing – they enable her to do what she loves.
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