Author: Victoria Danann
Publisher: 7th
House
Genre: paranormal romance, fantasy romance, scifi romance (key
word = romance)
313,000
words
THE COLLECTED TALES OF
BLACK SWAN, Books 1-3
Once upon a time a
girl traveled so far from home that she found herself in another world where
heroes, elves, vampires, werewolves, witches, demons, fae, berserkers, and
psychics became her friends and family. As an accidental pilgrim, a stranger in
a "strangish: land, she learned that there's a place where adventure
intersects fairytales and that true love can find you in the strangest places,
when you're least expecting it, even when you're far, far from home.
Includes:
1. My Familiar Stranger: Romancing the Vampire
Hunters (Nominated for Best Paranormal
Romance of 2012 by Reviewers Choice Awards. Nominated for Best PNR and Best
Fantasy Romance by Readers Choice Awards.)
DESCRIPTION. Minutes ahead of inevitable
assassination, Elora Laiken is forcibly transported to an alternate dimension
similar, but not identical, to her own. She is stranded. Alone. Far from home.
An alien amid the modern day knights of a secret society of vampire hunters and
paranormal investigators.
Of course a girl could suffer
worse problems than having gorgeous suitors. Perhaps more importantly, in the
midst of an epidemic of vampire related abductions, can she stay alive long
enough to choose between an honor debt, true love, or the breathlessness of
single-minded passion?
2. The Witch's Dream: A Love Letter to
Paranormal Romance
DESCRIPTION:
Quintessential Black Swan knight, Engel Storm, was left behind when Elora
Laiken chose his best friend. Now his heart is bruised and battered and he’s
had it with love. But a transplanted witch who happens to be the world’s best
tracker plans to do everything in her considerable power to change his mind.
The Witch’s Dream begins with B Team on temporary assignment to Black Swan
headquarters in Edinburgh where they are supposed to fill in for stretched-thin
resources and assist with a werewolf issue. They’ve been given permission to
stop on the way to celebrate a special handfasting in an Irish castle.
When they reach Edinburgh, the afterglow of an elftale wedding quickly becomes
all business. A missing person report turns into a demon abduction. A simple
werewolf sanction becomes a diplomatic issue requiring the one thing Elora is
no longer willing to give - finesse.
3. A Summoner's Tale: The Vampire's Confessor
DESCRIPTION:
A secret society, a witch, a psychic, vampires, modern day knights, heroes,
elves, fae, assassins from another dimension, and fairytales come together
where emotions intersect. Two souls, joined by a mystical bond, separated by
distance, struggle through pain and darkness simultaneously. Each alone must
traverse an ultimate confrontation with character and the will to survive.
Ex-vampire, Istvan Baka, and his first victim prove that true love can wait
patiently through lifetimes for a second chance. Even in the strangest places.
Even when you're least expecting it. Even when you're far, far from home.
My Review of My Familiar Stranger
I love it when a story has the ability to instantly take me away. From the beginning of My Familiar Stranger I was wrapped up in a story that certainly promised to give me an adventure. Certainly when I began reading it I thought it was going to be a story of magic. But My Familiar Stranger was so much more than that.
Instantly you are thrown into an alternate dimension, a world that is so much like your own that it is so easy to feel comfortable, making you often forget that you are indeed in another dimension. And the trip to this alternate dimension was painful and bloody, as the wounds and story of Elora told us. Upon entering this new dimension Elora immediately caused men to take notice and caused a rift that would forever change The Black Swan group forever.
Black Swan is a group of deep cover vampire hunters trained to be the best of the best and the elite of the elite and they happen to be called Knights. And they are all men, so when Elora showed up on their doorstep she more than took them by surprise. She instantly gripped the heart of one knight and he saw to her personal care and recovery in his world, but not long into the story we are given a love triangle. But I don't know if I would call it much of a triangle. It was obvious that two men loved her but it was also obvious that she did not feel the same way about both men, so needless to say the love triangle didn't work for me. But I am happy with how things turned out for Elora.
I have to say that the story of My Familiar Stranger took me by surprise. I was expecting more action, more vampire hunting and more paranormal, but what I got instead was a romance, with just enough touch of the paranormal. So, no I didn't hate it, I enjoyed the story, but I really do wish that there was more vampire in this tale of vampire hunters. I did love how author Victoria Danann imparted knowledge of vampire at the beginning of every chapter, however, this also caused me to expect more vampire in the tale.
Being a lover of paranormal I would have loved for the vampire to be introduced sooner. But it feel like Victoria Danann is building up to more, so I can't wait to dive into the rest of the Black Swan Series and find out just what she has cooked up.
In the story of My Familiar Stranger, Victoria Danann gave me more than a few laughs, shocks, and definitely made me squirm in my chair! I thoroughly enjoyed the story of Elora and her journey at the base of the Black Swans. I recommend this tale for anyone who loves paranormal romance.
MOONLIGHT:
The Big Bad Wolf, Black Swan 4
Book Title: Moonlight
Subtitle:
The Big Bad Wolf
Author
Name: Victoria Danann
Series: Black
Swan, Book 4
Genre:
paranormal romance, fantasy romance, scifi romance
Publisher:
7th House
Date of
Publication: 05/25/2013
What would you
do for love?
Moonlight, The
Big Bad Wolf, is the
fourth installment in the serial saga, The Order of the Black Swan. READING
IN ORDER STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.
The story
continues to touch on the lives of former B Team members and their families
while new characters and situations are introduced.
THE NEWSLETTER:
Ram and Elora move into temporary quarters at Jefferson Unit to protect mother
and baby. Storm gives a surprising answer when he’s tapped by Sol to replace
him as Jefferson Unit Sovereign. Litha solicits her father to help Black Swan.
THE SURPRISE: B
Team learns the shocking truth about the origin of the vampire virus. Monq
races to develop a defense system to repel invasion by Stagsnare terrorists and
assassins.
THE ADVENTURE:
Desperation drives Stalkson Grey to embark on an adventure beyond his wildest
dreams in a bid to save the Elk Mountain werewolves from extinction.
THE ROMANCE: In
the process of migrating the Elk Mountain werewolves to a new home, Grey learns
that true love can find you in the strangest places, even when you’re far, far
from home.
Appropriate for
17+
ALL TITLES have remained on Amazon's Best Seller list
in genre EVERY DAY since publication.
Victoria Danann's LISTS
Readers sometimes ask
about what kind of music I like and if I have actually traveled to the places I
talk about in my books. Since I play
Classic Rock music, those songs are going to feature prominently among
favorites. And, yes, I have traveled to the places I talk about in my books.
TEN FAVORITE SONGS
Achilles Last Stand -
Led Zeppelin
Losing My Religion -
Scary Kids Scaring Kids
Shoot to Thrill -
AC/DC
You Get What You Give
- New Radicals
Still of the Night -
Whitesnake
Mystify - INXS
Everlong - Foo
Fighters
Moves Like Jagger -
Maroon 5
Where to Now St.
Peter? - Elton John
Paper Sun - Def
Leppard
TEN FAVORITE MOVIES
Six String Samurai
Alien from L.A.
Willow
The Empire Strikes
Back
Field of Dreams
A Walk in the Clouds
The Fellowship of the
Ring
The Princess Bride
The Company of Wolves
Tristan and Isolde
TEN FAVORITE BOOKS
Good Omens (Terry
Pratchett and Neil Gaimon)
Memnoch the Devil
(Anne Rice)
The Gate to Womens'
Country (Sherry S. Tepper)
Christine (Stephen
King)
A Hunger Like No
Other (Kresley Cole)
Demon from the Dark
(Kresley Cole)
My Familiar Stranger
(Victoria Danann)
The Witch's Dream
(Victoria Danann)
A Summoner's Tale
(Victoria Danann)
Moonlight (Victoria
Danann)
TEN MOST MEMORABLE
DINNERS
The Gore Hotel (Lond0n)
Castle Kronberg
(Frankfurt)
Las Brisas terrace
(Acapulco)
La Tour du Argent
(Houston)
Cafe de Artiste (New
York)
Piazza del Duomo
(Siena)
Le Comptoir Darna (Marrakech, Morocco)
Joe T. Garcia's (Fort Worth)
O'Donoghue's
(Dublin)
Roatan Ricks (Honduras)
TEN FAVORITE
MUSICALS
Tommy
Phantom of the
Opera
Les Miserables
Grease
Hair
Brigadoon
Bye Bye Birdie
Annie
Camelot
Westside Story
TEN LEAST FAVORITE
FOODS
beets
artichokes
liver
fish that tastes like
fish
shellfish that tastes
like shellfish
grits
hummus
jello
olives
spam
TEN DEAD PEOPLE I
WOULD REANIMATE AND HAVE TO DINNER
Carl Jung
Bruce Lee
Joseph Campbell
Madame Blavatsky
Austin Osman Spare
Aethelflaed (Alfred
the Great's oldest daughter)
Jim Morrison
Janis Joplin
Florence Scovel Shinn
Suzanne Summers (the
psychologist, not the actress)
Author Bio: If you're looking for something new and different in PNR, you've come to the right place.Find Her: Website | Blog | Facebook | Twitter
I write unapologetic romances with uniquely fresh perspectives on paranormal creatures, characters, and themes. Add a dash of scifi and a flourish of fantasy to enough humor to make you laugh out loud then blend in just enough steam to make you squirm in your chair occasionally. My heroines are independent femmes with flaws and minds of their own whether they are aliens, witches, demonologists, psychics, or past life therapists. My heroes are hot and hunky, but they also have brains, character, and good manners - usually - whether they be elves, demons, berserkers, werewolves, or vampires.
Coming in September 2013
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