Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tours is thrilled to announce that the Virtual Book Tour for the paperback release of Karen Essex's Dracula In Love begins today!
To follow the tour, please see the schedule below or you can follow on Twitter at #DraculaInLoveVirtualBookTour or on the Dracula In Love FB Page.
Tuesday, July 5th
About Dracula In Love...
Release Date: July 5, 2011 | Random House | 385p
"Reader, you are about to enter a world that exists simultaneous with your own. But be warned: in its realm, there are no rules, and there is certainly no neat formula to become—or to destroy—one who has risen above the human condition…The truth is, we must fear monsters less and be warier of our own kind."
London, 1890. Mina Murray, the rosy-cheeked, quintessentially pure Victorian heroine, becomes Count Dracula’s object of desire. To preserve her chastity, five male “defenders” rush in to rescue her from the vampire’s evil clutches. This is the version of the story we've been told. But now, from Mina’s own pen, we discover that the story is vastly different when told from the female point of view.
In this captivating, bold act of storytelling, award-winning author Karen Essex breathes startling new life into the characters of Bram Stoker's Dracula, transporting the reader into the erotic and bizarre underbelly of the original story. While loosely following the events of its classic predecessor, Dracula in Love deviates from the path at every turn.
The result is a darkly haunting, propulsive, and rapturous tale of immortal love and possession.
From the shadowy banks of the river Thames to the wild and windswept Yorkshire coast, Dracula’s eternal muse—the most famous woman in vampire lore—vividly recounts the joys and terrors of a passionate affair that has linked her and the Count through the centuries, and her rebellion against her own frightening preternatural powers.
Mina’s version of this gothic vampire tale is a visceral journey into Victorian England’s dimly lit bedrooms, mist-filled cemeteries, and terrifying asylum chambers, revealing the dark secrets and mysteries locked within. Time falls away as she is swept into a mythical voyage far beyond mortal comprehension, where she must finally make the decision she has been avoiding for almost a millennium.
Stoker’s Dracula offered one side of the story, in which Mina was a victim bearing no responsibility for the unfolding events. Now, for the first time, the truth of her secret history, and of vampirism itself, is revealed. What this flesh and blood woman has to say is more sensual, more devious, and more enthralling than the Victorians could have expressed or perhaps even imagined.
Read an excerpt HERE.
Praise for Dracula in Love...
"Dark, gothic, and utterly sensual, Dracula in Love is the novel for Twilight's grownup fans. The character of Mina Murray leaps from the pages in an extraordinary confession of what truly happened between her and Count Dracula. In this novel of forbidden desires and secrecy, purity is an overrated virtue."
—Michelle Moran, bestselling author of Nefertiti & The Heretic Queen
"Karen Essex turns the legendary tale of immortal love into a seductive, blood-tingling celebration of the senses; Mina Harker is a heroine for the ages—bold, intrepid, and in love with one of the most dangerous, irresistible men in history. If you read only one more vampire novel, let it be this one!"
-C.W. Gortner, author of The Last Queen & The Confessions of Catherine de Medici
BOOK TRAILER...
About Karen Essex...
Karen is an award-winning novelist, journalist and screen writer. Her novels include the internationally best-selling Leonardo's Swans, Stealing Athena, and two novels on the queen of Egypt, Kleopatra and Pharoah.
Essex was born and raised in New Orleans. She was graduated from Tulane University, attended graduate school at Vanderbilt University, and received an MFA in Writing from Goddard College in Vermont. She’s appeared on The Today Show and A Word on Words hosted by John Seigenthaler, as well as other PBS and NPR programs. She’s lectured at the Chicago Museum of Art, and extensively at universities. Her books are taught in many college courses from creative writing to history to women’s studies.
Leonardo’s Swans, a runaway bestseller in Italy, won the prestigious 2007 Premio Roma for foreign fiction. Essex’s novels are published in twenty-seven languages. She lives in London.
For more information, please visit her WEBSITE | BLOG | FACEBOOK PAGE
Have fun everyone!To follow the tour, please see the schedule below or you can follow on Twitter at #DraculaInLoveVirtualBookTour or on the Dracula In Love FB Page.
Dracula In Love Tour Schedule...
Tuesday, July 5th
Review at The Book Buff
Author Guest Post at Book Flame
Wednesday, July 6th
Review at Book Flame
Thursday, July 7th
Author Guest Post at The Book Buff
Friday, July 8th
Author Guest Post & Giveaway at To Read or Not to Read
Monday, July 11th
Review at One Book Shy of a Full Shelf
Author Guest Post & Giveaway at The Bibliophilic Book Blog
Tuesday, July 12th
Author Guest Post & Giveaway at One Book Shy of a Full Shelf
Thursday, July 14th
Review at Books Devoured
Friday, July 15th
Author Guest Post & Giveaway at Let Them Read Books
Monday, July 18th
Review at Jenny Loves to Read
Tuesday, July 19th
Author Guest Post & Giveaway at Tina's Book Reviews
Wednesday, July 20th
Review at Tina's Book Reviews
Thursday, July 21st
Author Guest Post at Jenny Loves to Read
Review at Just One More Paragraph
Friday, July 22nd
Review at My Reading Room
Author Guest Post & Giveaway at Just One More Paragraph
Monday, July 25th
Author Interview & Giveaway at All Things Historical Fiction
Tuesday, July 26th
Review at Book Rat
Review & Giveaway at Book Reviews by Molly
Wednesday, July 27th
Author Interview & Giveaway at Book Rat
Review at All Things Historical Fiction
Thursday, July 28th
Review at Debbie's Book Bag
Author Guest Post at My Reading Room
Friday, July 29th
Author Guest Post & Giveaway at Broken Teepee
Monday, August 1st
Author Guest Post at Debbie's Book Bag
Review at Broken Teepee
Review & Giveaway at From the TBR Pile
Tuesday, August 2nd
Author Guest Post & Giveaway at vvb32 reads
Wednesday, August 3rd
Review at P.S. I Love Books
Thursday, August 4th
Review at The Muse in the Fog Book Review
Author Interview & Giveaway at P.S. I Love Books
Friday, August 5th
Author Guest Post at The Muse in the Fog Book Review
Monday, August 8th
Review at Black Lagoon Reviews
Tuesday, August 9th
Review at vvb32 reads
Author Guest Post & Giveaway at Black Lagoon Reviews
Release Date: July 5, 2011 | Random House | 385p
"Reader, you are about to enter a world that exists simultaneous with your own. But be warned: in its realm, there are no rules, and there is certainly no neat formula to become—or to destroy—one who has risen above the human condition…The truth is, we must fear monsters less and be warier of our own kind."
London, 1890. Mina Murray, the rosy-cheeked, quintessentially pure Victorian heroine, becomes Count Dracula’s object of desire. To preserve her chastity, five male “defenders” rush in to rescue her from the vampire’s evil clutches. This is the version of the story we've been told. But now, from Mina’s own pen, we discover that the story is vastly different when told from the female point of view.
In this captivating, bold act of storytelling, award-winning author Karen Essex breathes startling new life into the characters of Bram Stoker's Dracula, transporting the reader into the erotic and bizarre underbelly of the original story. While loosely following the events of its classic predecessor, Dracula in Love deviates from the path at every turn.
The result is a darkly haunting, propulsive, and rapturous tale of immortal love and possession.
From the shadowy banks of the river Thames to the wild and windswept Yorkshire coast, Dracula’s eternal muse—the most famous woman in vampire lore—vividly recounts the joys and terrors of a passionate affair that has linked her and the Count through the centuries, and her rebellion against her own frightening preternatural powers.
Mina’s version of this gothic vampire tale is a visceral journey into Victorian England’s dimly lit bedrooms, mist-filled cemeteries, and terrifying asylum chambers, revealing the dark secrets and mysteries locked within. Time falls away as she is swept into a mythical voyage far beyond mortal comprehension, where she must finally make the decision she has been avoiding for almost a millennium.
Stoker’s Dracula offered one side of the story, in which Mina was a victim bearing no responsibility for the unfolding events. Now, for the first time, the truth of her secret history, and of vampirism itself, is revealed. What this flesh and blood woman has to say is more sensual, more devious, and more enthralling than the Victorians could have expressed or perhaps even imagined.
Read an excerpt HERE.
Praise for Dracula in Love...
"Dark, gothic, and utterly sensual, Dracula in Love is the novel for Twilight's grownup fans. The character of Mina Murray leaps from the pages in an extraordinary confession of what truly happened between her and Count Dracula. In this novel of forbidden desires and secrecy, purity is an overrated virtue."
—Michelle Moran, bestselling author of Nefertiti & The Heretic Queen
"Karen Essex turns the legendary tale of immortal love into a seductive, blood-tingling celebration of the senses; Mina Harker is a heroine for the ages—bold, intrepid, and in love with one of the most dangerous, irresistible men in history. If you read only one more vampire novel, let it be this one!"
-C.W. Gortner, author of The Last Queen & The Confessions of Catherine de Medici
BOOK TRAILER...
About Karen Essex...
Karen is an award-winning novelist, journalist and screen writer. Her novels include the internationally best-selling Leonardo's Swans, Stealing Athena, and two novels on the queen of Egypt, Kleopatra and Pharoah.
Essex was born and raised in New Orleans. She was graduated from Tulane University, attended graduate school at Vanderbilt University, and received an MFA in Writing from Goddard College in Vermont. She’s appeared on The Today Show and A Word on Words hosted by John Seigenthaler, as well as other PBS and NPR programs. She’s lectured at the Chicago Museum of Art, and extensively at universities. Her books are taught in many college courses from creative writing to history to women’s studies.
Leonardo’s Swans, a runaway bestseller in Italy, won the prestigious 2007 Premio Roma for foreign fiction. Essex’s novels are published in twenty-seven languages. She lives in London.
Dracula in Love sounds like it would be a novel that would keep the reader on the edge of their seat and all of the lights on! Great review, Amy!
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I stopped by your blog today.
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So many awesome blogs -- I just tweeted this!
ReplyDeleteI read/reviewed this book a few months ago and really liked it...a very different vampire story...
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to follow this tour, I had so much fun following the last two! I haven't read this book yet but it has been on my radar since the hardback came out. Thanks Amy!
ReplyDeleteI am following you on GFC. One of my favorite genre is historical fiction. Your blog is amazing. Glad I came across it.
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Thank you...thank you! For an adult vampire book...I couldn't stand the Twilight books or movie...couldn't even finish the first book...quickly gave it BACK to my friend who let me borrow it after all the fuss and the first movie came out...nuts! This sounds so much steamier...and I'm a fan of all things HOT ;)
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