Hi Everyone!
This is Livia Blackburne, and I'm thrilled to share
ROSEMARKED with you at long last. There are a lot of elements to this book,
including a love story, a spy story, reflections on trauma and mortality,
medical ethics, and political intrigue. Perhaps because of this, my
research for the book was equally eclectic, from archery and stick fighting
lessons, to chats with memory researchers and soldiers, and lots and lots of
reading, including books about leper colonies, hospice care, and PTSD.
Hopefully, I wove it all into an entertaining and thought-provoking story!
This story centers on Zivah,
a talented healer with an incurable illness, and Dineas, a traumatized soldier.
The two couldn't be more different, and I had a lot of fun writing their
unlikely love story. In order to work together, they both have to let go
of their own prejudices and preconceptions. It's a painful process, with fights
and misunderstandings, anger, laughter and tears, but in the end, they both
come out as stronger people.
To celebrate
the ROSEMARKED release, I’m offering 3 lucky winners a ROSEMARKED swag pack, which includes a copy
of ROSEMARKED and a signed bookplate! Due to sweepstakes laws,
entrants must be 18 years or older to participate.
Best of luck,
and happy reading!
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The
first in a duology, ROSEMARKED (Hyperion | On Sale November 7, 2017) by New
York Times bestselling author Livia Blackburne follows a healer and a
solider on a high-stakes mission to spy on the Empire to uncover a deadly
secret. With sizzling chemistry and a heartrending ethical dilemma, this
thrilling fantasy with nuanced characters will capture fans of An Ember in
the Ashes and The Lumatere Chronicles.
New
York Times best-selling
author LIVIA BLACKBURNE has a PhD in neuroscience from Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, where she conducted research on the neural correlates
of reading. She still blogs on the intersection of writing and brain
science, and she now lives in Los Angeles with her family. Livia is
also the author of Midnight Thief, an Indies
Introduce New Voices selection, and its sequel, Daughter of Dusk.
Also
by this author…
MIDNIGHT THIEF
New
York Times Bestseller 2014
Indies
Introduce New Voices Pick
2015
YALSA Teens’ Top Ten Nominee
DAUGHTER OF DUSK
a Rafflecopter giveaway
This product or book may have been distributed for review, this in no way affects my opinions or reviews. COPYRIGHT © 2014 LIVE TO READ
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