Blog Tour: Ember's Curse by Gena Lutz (never before seen preface & giveaway)

Synopsis:

For Prime-Werewolf Ember Stilwell, life has been far from normal. Decades ago, a vengeful Witch cursed her Pack, leaving the women of her line incapable of feeling love. When an organized group of immortal killers begin to stalk and capture wolves from her pack, she sets out on a path fraught with danger. Just when it seems the world as she knows it will be changed forever, she meets Collin, an Alpha Werewolf with a body built for sin. As her heart begins to heal, she comes to find that the demons of her past are not nearly as dangerous as the nightmares she will be forced to face in her future. Can finding her true love conquer all? Or will the ability to feel for the first time be overshadowed by losing everything else she holds dear?


NEVER BEFORE SEEN PREFACE:

"The beginning of the Primal pack came into existence quite by accident. Some might even call it a culmination of bad luck and fate. If it weren't for the dark witch, Alexandra, and her hatred for a beautiful vampire, this story would have never had a chance to be written. This love triangle was doomed from the very start. A raven haired vampire named Naomi and a seductive and cunning witch both fell deeply in love with the devilishly handsome Alpha of the Crescent Moon pack. Both women had a chance to win his heart but in the end Landon saw past Alexandra's bewitching beauty. He recognized the evil that lurked inside the dark witch. He noticed the way birds would go silent in her presence and pondered on the reason why children shivered in fear at her slightest touch. Within the vampires eyes he found his true hearts mate. Her kindness was beyond measure and her generosity knew no bounds. He cherished the way that the same children who feared Alexandra found comfort in Naomi's arms. The birds that wouldn't make even the smallest peep for the witch would ever so joyously serenade the vampire all during her afternoon hunts. One night when the moon was at it's fullest, Landon - in front of his entire pack - announced his intentions for Naomi. They would be mated that evening and would rule side by side for the rest of their days. The surprising news left Alexandra furious and with a deep thirst for vengeance. That same night she waited for the last of the wolves to disappear into the woods before she slunk away to her cave to mix up her revenge. The romantic candle light that filtered through the shutters as she snuck up to the lovers cottage fueled her rage but the moans of lust that rang throughout the night was her true undoing. Now more than ever she was determined to cast the evil spell she had just brewed. So behind the cover of Landon's home she quickly stripped her body of clothes and smeared her breasts and abdomen with a mixture of human blood and wolfsbane. She then began to encircled herself with sea salt. And after her circle was complete she began to chant the spell that would change all their lives forever. But as strong as her witchy powers were Alexandra was still very young. Her spell casting was amateur at best and the results of her spell didn't work out exactly as she had intended. The curse didn't attach itself to the young lovers that lay wrapped in each others arms unscathed in it's aftermath. But instead laid claim to the innocent unborn child that was miraculously thriving in the once barren vampires womb. Landon never abandoned his true love for the spiteful witch and when all was said and done the couple lived a very long and happy life. Now their daughter Brianna's fate on the other hand happened to be a different story. Her life from the beginning was anything but normal. From her father she received the gift of shifting. It amazed the pack at how swiftly she shifted, much more quickly than any other wolf. From her mother she inherited incredible speed and strength. Not a single wolf could match her endurance. From the witches curse she received the gift of a cold heart. It wasn't that she was unkind to her parents and her pack...actually it was the very opposite, she loved them deeply. Her coldness was directed at any would be suitors. It seemed that no man be they wolf, vampire, witch, or human could interest Brianna at all. Many years past and even more men tried to woo her but still not even an ounce of attraction to a man or even a woman, for that matter, was to be had. Then one day a lone wolf wandered into the Primal packs territory. He was apprehended at once and brought before the Alphas. The wolf stood tall and unafraid. No downcast eyes no cowering or trembling limbs in the presence of his captors. It was evident that he was a very powerful Alpha wolf. Landon took offense by the lone wolfs trespass on his land and also by the intruders lack of respect for his authority. The Primal Alpha had always been known for his kindness and where any other leader of wolves would have put the offender to a swift death, Landon decided to show lenience instead. So as he did thirty years prior he called his entire pack together under the full moon and announced the mating of his daughter to the newest pack member, Darius. Brianna had decided long ago that she was never to marry and was appalled at her fathers decree. So she had decided to flee from their village and live her life free of domineering men. But as she was about to shift for a fast getaway three wolves dragged the man who was to be her betrothed out from one of the cottages and threw him before her father. His long red hair shimmered in the moonlight like glass. His full lips glistened and she licked her lips at the sight of them. She sucked in her breath without letting a single bit of air out as desire swarmed her like a million wasps stinging her entire body at once. She took a few steps his way without thought and let out a loud gasp. At the sound of Brianna's desire Darius picked himself up and turned her way. His wolf howled through his human lips and his green eyes dilated fully as he drank in the sight of his true hearts mate. After that night Brianna's cold heart was thawed and she to was able to live a happy life and bare many of her and Darius' children. But unfortunately in their female offspring the curse continued. The male and female cubs both inherited their mothers strength and speed. But it was the women from the Primal Alpha line that would never feel attraction or find love until they somehow found their true hearts mate. And throughout the centuries the Primal Alpha women began to scatter all around the world. A group of them forming an extension of their original pack. They called themselves Prime Breed. A large majority of the lines Alpha females died out over the centuries, because of their inability to mate, and so the men of the pack gradually took over. And so,except for a small few, the original Primal line was all but extinct. Until fate yet again deemed to step in and have it's final say. "

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