Dark Legends Block Party!

H.J. Lawson

Featured Book: New Order

Hello...

Hello, Hayley, welcome. So happy to have you here today, so let's get started.

How long have you been a writer and how did you come to writing?

I've been writing for two and a half years. I had a story in my head and just couldn't get it out of my head. Since that day I've had more ideas everyday.

How did you come up with this storyline?

I liked the idea of a new twist on a vampire story, one in which the vampires aren't the really enemy, but the government is.

What are the best and the worst aspects of writing?

Best is getting lost in a world, researching new ideas. Worst is all the ideas! I really have too many, I could write a new book every day if I had time.

What inspires you to write?

Readers, I love reading reviews and reading how they enjoyed the adventure that I took them on.

How did you conduct your research for New Order?

I research locations, characters, and vampires.

What would your friends say is your best quality?

That I never give up.

Are reader reviews important to you?

That's why writers write, to entertainment readers.

What do you do when you don't write?

I work as a designer, and in my free time hang out with family and like watching movies.

Tell us about your other books?

I've got a fun adventure time travel series, science fiction, thriller, I have a book for everyone.

If you could share one thing about yourself that you would like readers to know what would it be?

I'm hoping one day my dreams will come true and I will be a full time author living in Spain, enjoying time with my family.

Thank you so much for sharing a little piece of yourself with our readers and fans. We loved having you here today.

Happy reading.

Thank you

Hayley

Blurb:

When Sadie heads out for the night, she hardly expects to witness a murder--much less a murder committed by a dangerous vampire with a thirst for vengeance and destruction. Within a few hours, Sadie and her boyfriend Aaron are pulled into a violent vampire world. Searching for a way to survive, they know they must fight, but this might be a battle they just can't win.

Excerpt:

A door slams open, startling me from my deep sleep. I shiver. It feels like Aaron is brushing a feather over my cheek. Blindly, I pat the side of the bed where he was lying. He's still there, sleeping.

I don't feel alone. I don't think we are... I listen carefully for any foreign sound in the room. There's a God-awful smell, like something crawled up somewhere and died.

I can hear heavy breathing by the door. There is someone else in our room.

"What the hell?" I try to shove Aaron awake.

I reach for the light, knocking down empty cans on the nightstand. The lights buzz as they warm up before turning on.

"Aaron!" I scream just as the lights come on and illuminate the horror in front me. My screams startle Aaron awake.

It's the man from earlier this evening, the one whose crisp white fangs were dripping with blood. He's in our room.

He's here for me.

I'm next.

His eyes burn into my soul as if he's trying to control me.

"You are mine now," the intruder says.

"This room is taken," Aaron says as he rises from the bed and stands with his naked chest puffed out. He's just wearing his boxers. I'm wearing his white button-up shirt and my panties. It was the only thing I could find last night without turning on the lights.

"I can see," the intruder says, raising his eyebrows at me. He rakes back his hair.

"It's the man from the street!" My voice breaks as I yell. My heart races. I pull my legs up towards me and away from him, my hands trembling.

He cracks his neck sideways, leers at me, and steps forward, his eyes locked on mine, as if he's an eagle hunting his prey.

"Dude. Get out of our room," Aaron says angrily.

The man's attention remains on me.

A bloodcurdling scream rips through the uncomfortable silence of our room. It sounded like it came from the room next door. Who's in there? What's happening? The need to get out of this room is overwhelming.

Our intruder smiles at the sound of the scream as if it's his favorite sound. My body is shaking as if I have been outside all night and the blood in my veins is frozen.

Aaron's shoulders tense up as he stands in front of the man. "If you know what's good for you, you'd leave." He tries to push the intruder, but before Aaron can touch him, the intruder grips Aaron's forearms.

My heartbeat races. My heart feels like it's going to explode. "Get off him."

With one swift movement of the intruder's wrist, Aaron is launched through the air. Aaron's body crashes against a wooden wardrobe; splinters fly out as it crumbles under his weight. The remains of the wardrobe collapse forward, pinning Aaron to the floor. The movement is too quick to process. "Aaron!"

His hand is sticking out. Crimson blood drips down Aaron's wrist.

The intruder's head turns towards Aaron's bloody hand so fast that it looks like his neck could break. His mouth opens, revealing his sharp white fangs. He lazily drags his tongue across his top lip.

This cannot be real. Vampires don't exist.