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Blood & Sand: The Books of Rue, #1
Blood & Sand: The Books of Rue, #1
Blood & Sand: The Books of Rue, #1
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Sometimes being a 4000-year-old vampire isn't all it's cracked up to be.


Between bad dreams, blackouts, and an unusual amount of sun for her adopted home of Dublin, Rue just isn't having the best summer. Taking a walk to try and relax, she finds herself being hunted, by a frustratingly familiar and distractingly desirable girl. A girl who is being hunted herself. That's when things get a whole lot worse.

 

Epic Urban Fantasy spanning 4000 years. Winner of the 'Golden Stake' award at the International Vampire Film and Arts Festival.

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Release dateAug 31, 2020
ISBN9781838115203
Blood & Sand: The Books of Rue, #1
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Aisling Wilder

Aisling is a writer, specialising in Urban fantasy, High Fantasy and Magical Realism. Aisling is an Irish name, pronounced ‘ASH-LING’, and It means ‘dream’ – specifically, a magical, mystical dream. Aisling’s favourite stories growing up were always tales of the supernatural. From Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, to traditional folk tales and myths to the works of C.S. Lewis and Tolkien, to more modern stories of Princes and Princesses, elves and fairies and magic spells-she was transfixed. So much so that she would think about the stories long after they were read, carrying on in her own imagination with things that could have happened after the ‘Happily Ever After’. For the last few years, Aisling has been settled in the West of Ireland, and it was there she began writing her own stories. Stories of the lives, loves and adventures of all the characters living in her head. Aisling writes engaging and exciting tales of the supernatural and magical; of vampires, fairies, werewolves, ghosts, angels, demons, magicians, and all sorts of  other creatures. Creatures that might live right next door.

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