Blurb:
By the
summer, Tatiana “Nicky” Roman must learn to trust Xander Day if
she’s ever going to discover the origin of her violent
hallucinations. But centuries of being repeatedly murdered by
him on July 17th are a little hard to forgive.
Over four hundred years ago, Xander thought the holy man’s
prophetic words were as crazy as his eyes—that Alexander and
Tatiana were destined to be together forever. But Xander
misunderstood the mystic. He knows now forever meant forever
taking the other’s life. If they never break the bloody curse
holding them prisoners of fate, there will be only one outcome:
death.
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I'm excited to be featuring Nicky's character bio as part of the blog tour!
Name: Tatiana Nicole Roman
Age: 18
Hair/Eyes: Long, chestnut hair/grey
Height: 5’6"
Likes: reading, poetry, volunteering
Vices: chews her nails, a bit judgmental, tends to offend
History: Nicky’s history is a colorful one that has
always afforded her a life of privilege and comfort. Born a princess, she’s often been removed
from the crowd, held aloft. Austere and
spoiled, Tatiana started life with few redeeming qualities, but her gothic beauty
and royal title gained her frequent forgiveness. The day she happened upon the son of a dairy
farmer would change her fate forever.
Through all her different reincarnations, the life Nicky
most closely resembles is when she was the second daughter of the Czar of
Russia. In this life she discovers
volunteer and charity work; she becomes a more dutiful daughter. Her family is very important to her, right to
the end. It would be this fateful ending
that would strike a new fear within her heart in regards to her familiar dairy farmer’s
son, now embodied as a Bolshevik guard. It
would also be the turning point when she learns to love others more than
herself, though it comes at the price of never feeling love for Alexander
again. Or so she thinks.
Character Breakdown: Years
of enduring bloody, morbid nightmares and visions have caused Nicky to retrieve
further into herself. She battles losing
her sanity every day. She rarely lets
anyone get too close to her. She can
still be spoiled and stuck up, but also shows that she can be caring and
generous, giving much of her time and heart to the elderly. Nicky takes her job as a dutiful daughter
seriously; she's flawfully set in her ways.
That is until Xander comes into her life. It might have taken four hundred years, but
Nicky finally learns what true sacrifice is.
Awesome! Nicky sounds like a character who can definitely make an interesting book!
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Author Bio:
Kelly Riad is an American writer
who graduated from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia,
Arkansas with a
degree in journalism. Because's she's always been a lucky little
brat,
her life has taken her all over the world from the hot, humid
streets of Hong
Kong and the crowded markets of Cairo, to the cobbles of Vienna
and the ruins
of Rome from where she has shamelessly stolen ideas and material
for her
stories.
She self-published her first young
adult novel, Always Me, in September 2011. Other Novels
include Return to
Arèthane and Prince of Arèthane.
For more information on Kelly's
young adult fiction, visit http://kellyriad.blogspot.com/
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Nicky sounds like she could be such a fascinating character! I hadn't heard of this book before but I love this cover!!
ReplyDeleteOh wow sounds like Nicky has gon through a lot! This one is new to me too but I like how dark and dreary it sounds. Thanks for sharing!
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