Blood Shadow: an Eye
of the Storm Companion Novel
Blood Never Lies #1
by Dianna Hardy
Published: April 27,
2018
Publisher: Satin
Smoke Press
Genre: Paranormal,
Horror, Werewolves, Dark Fantasy
Blurb:
Blood Shadow is a companion novel to the Eye
of the Storm series and also acts as a PREQUEL to a brand new series
to come. You don't have to read Eye of the Storm to enjoy this
novel (some background is given). However, we always recommend you do in order
to gain full understanding of how the characters have arrived at this point.
Five years after her life changed forever, Jennifer Warren has put her past firmly behind her - at least, she's tried. A few sweaty nightmares here and there are a small price to pay for the freedom she won. No longer a werewolf, but human, she works as an office manager for a health and beauty spa in York, and keeps herself to herself. It's barely enough to pay the bills, but it's quiet and safe, and the clique of the staff means she's left well enough alone - no one asks her questions; no one wants to get to know her better.
David, her tender, kind boyfriend of two years is all she needs ... and she doesn't really need him, which suits her just fine. Never mind the occasional guilt that she doesn't really love him; he'd never hurt her in a million years - that's worth its weight in gold.
But Jennifer's just received another note - one of those that her mysterious, anonymous 'friend' likes to leave her every now and then; warnings of things to come, people not to trust... Her elusive friend has saved her more than once the past five years.
Only this note has left her breathless; her chest tight. A Supermoon is coming - the first in thirty years - and with it, a total lunar eclipse.
Jennifer's disowned her past, but it hasn't disowned her. As the earth shadows the full moon, her own shadows threaten to turn on her.
Can you ever escape what you truly are?
Blood never lies.
This is a dark urban fantasy novel of approx. 70,000 words containing scenes of a sexual nature and some violence, which may disturb some readers.
Five years after her life changed forever, Jennifer Warren has put her past firmly behind her - at least, she's tried. A few sweaty nightmares here and there are a small price to pay for the freedom she won. No longer a werewolf, but human, she works as an office manager for a health and beauty spa in York, and keeps herself to herself. It's barely enough to pay the bills, but it's quiet and safe, and the clique of the staff means she's left well enough alone - no one asks her questions; no one wants to get to know her better.
David, her tender, kind boyfriend of two years is all she needs ... and she doesn't really need him, which suits her just fine. Never mind the occasional guilt that she doesn't really love him; he'd never hurt her in a million years - that's worth its weight in gold.
But Jennifer's just received another note - one of those that her mysterious, anonymous 'friend' likes to leave her every now and then; warnings of things to come, people not to trust... Her elusive friend has saved her more than once the past five years.
Only this note has left her breathless; her chest tight. A Supermoon is coming - the first in thirty years - and with it, a total lunar eclipse.
Jennifer's disowned her past, but it hasn't disowned her. As the earth shadows the full moon, her own shadows threaten to turn on her.
Can you ever escape what you truly are?
Blood never lies.
This is a dark urban fantasy novel of approx. 70,000 words containing scenes of a sexual nature and some violence, which may disturb some readers.
My Review:
I loved the Eye of the Storm series and was so happy to see
that a companion novel Blood Shadow from the series had been written. I was
also glad to see one of my favorite characters from Eye of the Storm as the
main character in Blood Shadow so that I could get to know her better and to
understand her life and why she did the things she did.
With a new name and identity Jennifer gets a second chance
at life. She is trying to put her past behind her but with all the hurt from
her past that might not be as easy as it sounds but is it for anyone.
Someone is watching over her and leaving her notes telling
her what to do but Jennifer has her own life now that is all hers and she wants
no one telling her what to do especially a man if it is a man that is leaving
the notes. Is this person really looking out for her best interest? Can she
trust this person? Who is leaving the notes?
In one of these notes this mystery person tells her about a
Supermoon is coming. What does this have to do with Jennifer as she is no
longer a werewolf and now human? This mystery person never gives her much info
to go on.
Blood Shadow is packed with lots of action around every
corner. It kept me glued to my kindle not being able to flip the pages fast
enough needing to know what came next. Once I picked it up I didn’t want to put
it down and devoured it in just a few short hours. I can never get enough of Dianna’s
novels her writing just gets better and better with each word. As I have said
more than once I loved each and every one of the books in the Eye of the Storm
series and The Witching Pen series and well every other book of hers that I
have read. If I had to pick a favorite one I don’t think I could, no I don’t
think that will ever happen.
I would recommend Blood Shadow and the Eye of the Storm
series to all fans of werewolves and the paranormal.
About The Author:
International bestselling author of
The Witching Pen series, and the Eye Of The Storm series.
" “I write both full-length novels and short fiction. As a writer, I like my stories to move along at lightning speed without compromising character build-up, and I like some humour entwined in them too. My books are fast-paced, and I liken reading a good novella to watching a TV episode of a series – something's happening in every scene and there's always one hell of an ending!”
Dianna combines a titillating mix of contemporary and paranormal romance, as well as urban and dark fantasy, into her writing, to bring you stories that are action-packed, fastpaced and not short of heat, with the focus on both character development and the plot. She writes full-length novels and short fiction. She has also written poetry (first published in 1997) and esoteric books and articles. Nowadays, she chooses to concentrate on writing fiction.
In December 2012, Releasing The Wolf hit the Kindle Paranormal Fantasy charts in both the US and the UK, where it stayed for three months, enjoying a highest ranking of #20. The first two books in the Eye of The Storm series have enjoyed success in the top 100 of Fantasy charts on Kindle US and Kindle UK, and all books in the series to date have reached the top 100 of the Fantasy iTunes charts in Netherlands, Norway, Australia and the UK, with Heart Of The Wolf (book 3) reaching #1 in Denmark. The Witching Pen series, 'Til Death Do Us Part and A Silver Kiss, have also hit the top 100 of Kindle and iBooks charts (Fantasy, Romance and Horror) in a number of different countries worldwide.
Although quite active online, Dianna prefers the quiet company of nature and animals to the hustle and bustle of people. She loves anything paranormal (she doesn't really consider it "para"), organic food, walking barefoot, the smell of the woods after rain, and summer days.
However, she is also sustained by coffee, chocolate and the occasional vodka.
She currently lives in Surrey (United Kingdom) with her partner and their daughter, where she writes full-time.
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