I'm happy to be a next stop on the tour for Elizabeth Richards' debut Black City, hosted by Good Choice Reading. To follow the rest of the tour click HERE.
A dark and tender post-apocalyptic love story set in the aftermath of a bloody war.
In a city where humans and Darklings are now separated by a high wall and tensions between the two races still simmer after a terrible war, sixteen-year-olds Ash Fisher, a half-blood Darkling, and Natalie Buchanan, a human and the daughter of the Emissary, meet and do the unthinkable—they fall in love. Bonded by a mysterious connection that causes Ash’s long-dormant heart to beat, Ash and Natalie first deny and then struggle to fight their forbidden feelings for each other, knowing if they’re caught, they’ll be executed—but their feelings are too strong.
When Ash and Natalie then find themselves at the center of a deadly conspiracy that threatens to pull the humans and Darklings back into war, they must make hard choices that could result in both their deaths.
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An excerpt from Black City:
The atmosphere in the kitchen
drops by a few degrees when Ash spots me sitting at the table. Surprise registers
on his face.
He’s changed out of
his school uniform and is now wearing dark trousers, leather work boots and a
fitted black shirt that accentuates every inch of his powerful, muscular frame.
He looks at me, into
me, like he can see every secret I have, every rush of my blood. My pulse races
with fear and a much more disturbing, unexpected emotion: desire.
I turn away,
horrified at my body’s reaction to him. It’s sick and irrational. He’s a Darkling, a predator that would gladly rip
my throat out, given the slightest provocation. Then why are my cheeks burning
so red?
I’m
just hot from the fire, that’s all.
“Ash!” MJ beams.
“Hey, MJ. I swear
you’ve shot up another inch since I last saw you,” Ash replies, ignoring the
frosty look from Day.
“You’ll be almost as
tall as me one day.”
MJ laughs at this. I
doubt anyone will be as tall as Ash. He has to hunch over to stop his head from
hitting the low ceiling as he walks over to Michael, passing him a crate of
canned goods. It all seems so absurd. Ash is a Darkling, not to mention a Haze
dealer. He’s a monster.
If
that’s true, then why is Ash giving Day’s family all that food? my father’s gentle voice
whispers inside my head. Is that the
action of a monster?
A
Darkling murdered you!
I angrily silence him.
Great, now I’m having
arguments with my own imagination. That’s how much Ash Fisher’s unsettling me.
This is amazing. What a great tour.
ReplyDeleteAll these excerpts are literally making me crazy. Seriously. I cannot wait to get this book. In. My. Hands. I am so excited. Thanks so much in participating in this wonderful giveaway!
ReplyDeletelove the excerpt, the tour is great!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the highlight!!! Another great excerpt :)
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