Here’s the set-up for V.V. Aku’s The Fire of Dawn, just $2.99 on Kindle:It’s the last day of the summer holiday in The Hague when Leah Koopmans’s carefree life as a teen is brutally flipped upside down. Her pale skin turns a dazzling gold, her senses heighten, and her muscles possess an uncanny strength. But with these exhilarating new powers comes a thirst that can only be quenched by one thing: human blood
While her body craves for fresh victims and her heart drowns in guilt, she meets inhumanly handsome Max Machiavelli, who claims that Leah is an immortal like him. Infatuation ignites into blistering passion when Leah joins his coven in Amsterdam. But as the mysteries shrouding her sudden change to immortality unravel, she quickly learns that her aversion to taking life isn’t the only thing that sets her apart from this group of herculean strangers.
From the picturesque canals of Amsterdam to Corsica’s limestone cliffs and the untamed Siberian wilderness; from first loves to fierce battles, The Fire of Dawn is an extraordinary tale packed with romance, betrayal, and bloodsucking suspense that will keep you on the edge of your seat till the very last page.
From the reviewers:
“As far as vampire reading goes this was pretty interesting. I found myself immediately thrown into the story, rather than having to wait through two chapters of of the main characters history. The way this story progressed I gained the important information of the characters along the way. This book gives a slightly different take on vampires and giving how fantasy is my favorite genre it was refreshing. I most definitely recommend this story to anyone who wants to lose themselves in a vampire fantasy. It was a thrilling ride of mystery, intrigue, love and loss, action and suspense. I couldn’t put it down.” — Clair, Amazon.com customer
“I found this book very difficult to put down. It is fast paced, exciting and has a very good plot. I highly recommend it. The characters are strong, the plot is great and it is a very well written, memorable story. The strong characters are what make this books so great in my opinion. V.V Aku has a real talent for writing likeable and deep characters.” — Blackbird, Amazon.com customer
“This story hits it off from the first page to the last. This is up there with twilight with sprinkling skin.In this you have to believe in yourself plus trust the friends & family even if they are very older then you. The characters in this are amazing & very with real feelings about life & death. After the first few pages I could not stop reading until my low battery was flashing at me. This was wonderfully entertaining & burning from the inside out. I loved this book I need more stories about the character’s & cant wait for more books,keep up the great work V.V.Aku.” — Annabelle Amazon.com customer
From the Author:
I just wanted to drop a note to everyone who has read or is reading The Fire of Dawn. I hope that you may find yourself wandering around the streets of Amsterdam and sloshing through the snow of eastern Siberia. Get lost in the maze of twists and turns The Fire of Dawn has to offer and fall in love with the characters, the way I did.
It was an absolute honor creating such diverse personalities, which such different backgrounds, nationalities, and ages. I think that Leah, our heroin, is an inspiration to all eighteen-year-old girls who discover that their lives are changing and that the choices they have to make about their future aren’t easy. Like, Leah, they shall have to find the courage to follow their heart and stand up for what they believe in. For there is nothing more important. Live your life the way that you want it. Enjoy!
V.V. Aku has always believed in beautiful stories. She found the man of her dreams and her way in complex China, and wrote a fairytale of her own: The Fire of Dawn－a scintillating tale about strength, self-discovery, and a girl who dared to follow her heart.
Born and raised in The Netherlands, V.V. Aku (Veerle Ackerstaff) soon discovered that the world was a place worth exploring. After graduating high school, she set out to travel the globe until she finally touched down in China. On the border of Tibet she met Anzi Aku, a wild Black-Yi man who lives at the foot of the Himalayas. She has joined his clan and tries to find her place among the tribe and its shamans. When she’s not researching the clan’s mythology on vampires, she shamelessly gives in to the compulsion to write about the countless characters that haunt her dreams.
V.V. Aku is the author of The Fire of Dawn and Black Dusk. She has been the creator of stories since the age of three, and has a Post-Graduate Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults from The University of Cambridge ESOL. After nearly a decade of working as an English language teacher and TEFL trainer in China, Thailand, The Netherlands, and the UK, she now devotes all her time to writing, her family, and practicing Kung Fu. The Fire of Dawn is her debut novel.
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