Hi there!
Well, they've announced it so it is now okay for me to.
I am very happy to announce that The Birthrite won in this year's B2BCyCon. One of the main characters in the series, Dorothy Blake (or Dorothy Blake Turner as she later becomes) was the one that reigned supreme in the Romance Genre Character Tournaments!
As for the Cover Wars, Descent (The Birthrite, #1) didn't do too shabby. The book cover that Rowen Poole and I collaborated on made it pretty far in the Horror/Thriller Genre category and came in at a very close second (to A.M. Nestler's gorgeous cover for her book Beautiful Nightmare) in the Romance Genre category.
I want to thank everyone who voted and for the awesome support thus far. The competition this year was pretty steep.
I am featuring Dorothy at my website, Facebook page, Instagram, email list, and blog this week. Thank you again to the voters, to Ashley for doing an awesome job with running the Romance Genre this year, and to Angela, Joe and company for yet another great event this year.
Well, they've announced it so it is now okay for me to.
I am very happy to announce that The Birthrite won in this year's B2BCyCon. One of the main characters in the series, Dorothy Blake (or Dorothy Blake Turner as she later becomes) was the one that reigned supreme in the Romance Genre Character Tournaments!As for the Cover Wars, Descent (The Birthrite, #1) didn't do too shabby. The book cover that Rowen Poole and I collaborated on made it pretty far in the Horror/Thriller Genre category and came in at a very close second (to A.M. Nestler's gorgeous cover for her book Beautiful Nightmare) in the Romance Genre category.
I want to thank everyone who voted and for the awesome support thus far. The competition this year was pretty steep.
I am featuring Dorothy at my website, Facebook page, Instagram, email list, and blog this week. Thank you again to the voters, to Ashley for doing an awesome job with running the Romance Genre this year, and to Angela, Joe and company for yet another great event this year.
DOROTHY BLAKE TURNER
Dorothy Elizabeth Blake was born inside an old mid 19th
century home in Plains, New York, a small suburban town outside of the
city. She came into the world at the stroke of midnight on December 1, 1913,
letting out her first cries as the grandfather clock in the hallway tolled the
twelfth chime.
Dorothy’s parents are Matthew Charles Blake and
Elizabeth Alice Blake (nee, Winthrop). Her father is ¾ Irish and ¼ Native
American (Dakota Sioux with a touch of Ojibwe). He is a grandson of Jonathan, a
young Irish immigrant of the earlier part of the 19th century, and
Kimimela, a young woman from a Dakota Sioux encampment who married Jonathan.
Circumstances surrounding the family of Dorothy’s mother, Elizabeth (or “Liz” as
Matthew calls her), is one of several shrouded mysteries haunting the family.
Dorothy is also an only child as Matthew and Liz had much difficulty in
conceiving. Even Liz’s pregnancy with Dorothy was a difficult and high risk one
(she was confined to the bedroom during the last months until after she gave
birth).
Growing up, Dorothy was a quiet but precocious child and
the light of her parents’ life, especially her father who was quite protective.
For a reason he can’t explain, the old Fleming Orphanage that had been
abandoned since the latter part of the 19th century is an area of
town that he feels strongly repelled by and a place he does not want Dorothy
going near. Matthew’s second cousin, Tahatan (a full-blooded AmerIndian who is
a spiritualist and healer following in the footsteps of their great-grandfather
Howahkan), confirms the validity of those fears, though can’t fully explain why
as of yet.
As Dorothy grows, she spends much of her childhood in
Plains, playing with her two best friends Linda Parker and Gail Carr. While Gail
is the most outspoken and brash of the three, Linda exudes being softer, more
feminine, and very high maintenance. Dorothy’s strong but quiet energy offers them
a balance. While she and Gail share a lot of opinions regarding politics and
women’s issues, Dorothy is more reserved and not as bold as her friend. When it
comes to Linda, Dorothy doesn’t get the concept of having one’s life completely
revolve around cosmetics, the latest fashions, and one’s boyfriend (Linda views
her boyfriend Jimmy Kratz as her entire world), but she does have romantic
feelings for Carl Turner, one of their classmates and a popular though wayward
young man. Feelings she harbored since their freshman year of high school. Her
crush on him is revealed to Gail and Linda just prior to their senior year and
of course Linda, who has been determined to find a guy for Dorothy, intercedes
in getting the message of her friend’s feelings to Carl.
At first, Dorothy is horrified and furious with Linda,
but that horror and anger subsides when Carl starts showing a little interest.
Shortly thereafter, Carl and Dorothy start going together and slowly build
their relationship.
As their relationship builds itself and the feelings
the two have for one another grow, events also begin to unravel, including dark
events from Carl’s past and the mysterious events haunting and hovering over
Dorothy’s family. Their relationship and feelings the two have for one another
is put through what seems like a neverending test. When all hell starts to
break loose and the supernatural reveals itself, there seem to be forces that
will stop at nothing to keep the young couple apart, and the question of why
they are being targeted is raised.
In Descent (The
Birthrite, #1) and throughout the series, the devotion that Carl and
Dorothy have for one another faces one challenge after another, and the
question of how the two will stay together, persevering against the odds and
their love remaining unconditional is constant.
Begin the epic journey with Descent (The Birthrite, #1):
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