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Stronger Than Blood
Stronger Than Blood
Stronger Than Blood
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Voodoo practitioner Marcelline Webster thinks her family’s massacre is the biggest of her worries when she flees New Orleans. But when she seeks asylum with the vampire known as Liam, she learns the truth goes much deeper.
Raised by extended family in extreme poverty under the rule of New Orleans’ sadistic Voodoo Queen, Marcelline Webster dreams of a better life for her family so they can live -- and practice their own form of Voodoo -- in peace. After the queen is killed, most of Marcy’s family is massacred by one gunman in the historic French Quarter. She’s forced to flee the city with the shooter in pursuit.
Armed with nothing more than a name -- a vampire known as Liam living in Nashville, Indiana, an injured Marcy travels there with the last of her family in hopes of finding the only people she believes might be willing to offer them asylum. The last thing she expects when they arrive is to recognize Liam as the man who’s haunted her dreams for as long as she can remember. But with Voodoo attacking by day, nightmares taunting by night, and her would-be killer closing in, that’s the least of her problems. Discovering the answers to why everything is happening is all written in her blood. Will she be able to face the man hunting her, embrace her own unique abilities to protect herself and keep the ones she loves safe before it’s too late?

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PublisherSarah Doughty
Release dateFeb 20, 2022
ISBN9781005840099
Stronger Than Blood
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Sarah Doughty

The night calls to me in moonlit whispers and my daydreams answer.Conjuring words from the ether is like breathing — my weapon — my therapy. It allows me to weed through all the pain, in an effort to find myself again.My name is Sarah Doughty and I suffer from complex PTSD, depression, and debilitating anxiety. And if I don’t have a migraine, I have a headache. Every. Single. Day. Though I am terrified of the night, crowds, and much more, this darkness has become my home.If writing is my breath, then my books are my life. While my poetry focuses on singular events meant to evoke feeling or spur memories, fiction is where my heart lies. Though my books are a way for me to escape my mind and experience a magical world, deep down the problems are very real. And in many ways, my characters are vivid and alive, which in turn helps me see the world in a better light.I've shared them online for anyone who wants to read them — for free, to offer someone else hope, or the same, temporary escape as they did for me.

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