Bloodlink: A Young Adult Vampire Urban Fantasy (The Bloodlink Saga Book 1)

Sometimes, in a world of darkness, it is the secrets that keep you sane. Katelyn Phillips hates the Greatlee Wood, the small forest near her home in Effingham, England. She just wants to forget the uncomfortable feeling of being watched whenever she sees that line of trees and move on with her life like a normal person. But when she wakes up one night numb and dead, the forest becomes the least of her worries. Now she's lost all connection with the outside world as she fights for control of her mind and the lust for blood. But she's not alone. Aidan O'Conner, the superstitious Irish fellow with centuries of experience, is willing to help. Together, with his family and friends, they teach Kate what it means to be a vampire and how to manage her newfound powers, but there are some secrets they are not so willing to share. Like why the door at the end of the hallway is always locked? Or why the manor they live in was half burned down 20 years ago? And how does it all tie into the ghost tale of the Armuary Phantom? Can Kate uncover the truth and protect her new surrogate family, or will these secrets and deceit cause her to lose trust in everything, including herself? What happens when your only link to the world is the taste of blood?Katelyn Phillips cannot feel a thing. She is numb to the world, deprived of all physical sensations. Not a touch; not a hug. Not even a kiss. Desperate for a connection that is forever out of her reach, for thats the vampires curse. Such desperation is enough to drive one mad.She has been bitten and abandoned. Fear is ready to consume her when she wakes up at the dead of night in a mysterious manor with no clue how she got there. Cut off from the living world, she faces a life of endless night as she fights to control her mind and her throbbing thirst for blood. But she is not alone.A clan of misfit vampires extends a hand of fellowship, willing to help and teach her their ways, but a red eyed demon lurks in the uppermost room of the manor; a monster that would love to kill anything in sight, even someone like Kate. And her so-called new friends may not be all that they seem. Yet, even greater dangers lay hidden, just within the line of shadows.As secrets mount, Kates sanity begins to slip. Can she uncover the mysteries of how she became a vampire and those of the clan itself, or she will lose all connection to her past, present, and future to the monster that has infected her blood?Fans of paranormal suspense will find a story full of intrigue, mystery, and dark secrets that will have you up all night looking for answers.