Cinsearae Santiago

Cinsearae Santiago

About

Dark Paranormal Romance/Horror author Ms. Cinsearae S. has been writing, editing, and producing her own works through print-on-demand and conventional publishers. She is the creator of The ABRAXAS Series and BOLEYN-Tudor Vampire. A digital artist and still-photographer, she is also Editor/Publisher of Dark Gothic Resurrected Magazine--a top ten finalist in the Preditors & Editors Readers Poll for 2008 and 2009 and winner for “Best Magazine Art“--having created this publication to give new and unpublished writers and artists of the genres the opportunity to shine and see their names in print, preferring unique, edgy stories that most publishers are reluctant to take a chance on. She also received the Author's Site of Excellence Award in December 2007 from P & E, and is a Cover Artist for Damnation Books.

The Sons of Godwine: Part Two of The Last Great Saxon Earls

The Sons of Godwine: Part Two of The Last Great Saxon Earls

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<p>Emerging from the long shadow cast by his formidable father, Harold Godwineson showed himself to be a worthy successor to the Earldom of Wessex. In the following twelve years, he became the King's most trusted advisor, practically taking the reins of government into his own hands. And on Edward the Confessor's death, Harold Godwineson mounted the throne—the first king of England not of royal blood. Yet Harold was only a man, and his rise in fortune was not blameless. Like any person aspiring to power, he made choices he wasn't particularly proud of. Unfortunately, those closest to him sometimes paid the price of his fame.<br /><br />This is a story of Godwine's family as told from the viewpoint of Harold and his younger brothers. Queen Editha, known for her Vita Ædwardi Regis, originally commissioned a work to memorialize the deeds of her family, but after the Conquest historians tell us she abandoned this project and concentrated on her husband, the less dangerous subject. In THE SONS OF GODWINE and FATAL RIVALRY, I am telling the story as it might have survived had she collected and passed on the memoirs of her tragic brothers.<br /><br />This book is part two of The Last Great Saxon Earls series. Book one, GODWINE KINGMAKER, depicted the rise and fall of the first Earl of Wessex who came to power under Canute and rose to preeminence at the beginning of Edward the Confessor's reign. Unfortunately, Godwine's misguided efforts to champion his eldest son Swegn recoiled on the whole family, contributing to their outlawry and Queen Editha's disgrace. Their exile only lasted one year and they returned victorious to London, though it was obvious that Harold's career was just beginning as his father's journey was coming to an end.<br /><br />Harold's siblings were all overshadowed by their famous brother; in their memoirs we see remarks tinged sometimes with admiration, sometimes with skepticism, and in Tostig's case, with jealousy. We see a Harold who is ambitious, self-assured, sometimes egocentric, imperfect, yet heroic. His own story is all about Harold, but his brothers see things a little differently. Throughout, their observations are purely subjective, and witnessing events through their eyes gives us an insider’s perspective.<br /><br />Harold was his mother's favorite, confident enough to rise above petty sibling rivalry but Tostig, next in line, was not so lucky. Harold would have been surprised by Tostig's vindictiveness, if he had ever given his brother a second thought. And that was the problem. Tostig's love/hate relationship with Harold would eventually destroy everything they worked for, leaving the country open to foreign conquest. This subplot comes to a crisis in book three of the series, FATAL RIVALRY.</p>

Story Behind The Book

raise your hand if you've done something out of desperation....then regretted it later. Her best friend is a werewolf. Her boyfriend is a ghoul. And she really, REALLY can’t stand her vampire husband. Trying to juggle college tuition and rent, young Audra Perez seeks a fast fix to her financial woes by auditioning as a stripper for the Hoochie Coochie Club. What she didn’t expect was to actually be chosen! Barely a few months into her new job, she becomes acquainted with a mysterious, distinguished gentleman by the name of Darren Von Eldon, and they secretly begin dating against club rules. Then one passionate night at his beach house changes Audra’s life forever. Now as a newly-awakened vampire, this only adds to her day-to-day mundane burdens. Refusing to drain humans, she hunts birds for nourishment, and finagles a way to avoid going to classes during the day. But bigger problems loom ahead. Radical cops that know about her kind roam the night, seeking to destroy any and all ‘monsters’, and her best friend’s family has a bone to pick with Audra’s. Headless bodies are turning up on vamp and were turf, each side blaming the other for the murders. It’s up to Audra and her friend Lu to figure out who’s doing the killings, and their search leads them beneath the city streets to encounter an abomination neither one of them will ever forget. And the relationship issues? Well, it’s not easy dealing with a boyfriend and a vampire husband, so let’s not even go there…

Reviews

<span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><font color="#f0f8ff" size="4"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><font size="4"><font><span style="color:#111111;font-size:12px;"></span></font></font></span></span></font></span></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="color:#111111;font-size:14pt;"><font style="color:#111111;" color="#ffffff"><span style="font-family:'TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT';"><em>“Plain-spoken and brash, </em></span><span style="font-family:'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT';"><em>Diary of a Vampire Stripper </em></span></font><span style="font-family:'TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT';"><em>is a graphically wild lunge through the trials and tribulations --both amorous and otherwise-- of newly-<span style="color:#111111;">turned vampire Audra as she sets the paranormal world on its ear.” (5 stars)</span></em></span><span style="font-family:'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT';"><em><span style="color:#111111;">~</span></em></span><a href="http://www.tony-paul.com/"><span><span style="color:#111111;">Tony-Paul deVissage</span></span></a><em><font color="#ffffff"><span style="color:#111111;"><span class="-a">,</span> author of The Night Man Cometh</span></font></em></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><font color="#ffffff"></font></em></span><strong></strong></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-family:'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT';"><font color="#ffffff"><font style="color:#111111;"><font style="color:#111111;" size="4"><font><em>&quot;This is not just another vampire book.&quot; (4 stars)~</em></font></font></font></font></span><font> GoodReads Review</font> </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><font color="#7fffd4" size="4"></font></span><strong></strong></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-family:'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT';"><font size="4"><strong><font><em> &quot;The originality of this is just brilliant and it sucked me in right from the start...&quot; (5 stars)~</em>Book Devotee Reviews</font></strong></font></span> <br /></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-family:'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT';"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-family:'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT';"><font size="4"><font><strong><em><font color="#0066cc"></font></em></strong></font></font></span></span>&quot;I would suggest this to not only friends but anyone thirsting for an adventure not thought of before now!&quot; Scarlet Skies Certainty <br /></span></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-family:'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT';"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><font color="#f0f8ff" size="4"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-family:'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT';"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><font size="4"><em><font color="#0066cc"></font></em></font></span></span></span></font></span><strong><span style="color:#111111;">&quot;This story is so real, and at times, blunt!...If you are a fan of paranormal romances with a touch of mystery and a lot of fun, then I recommend Diary of a Vampire Stripper!&quot; (4 stars)~ </span></strong><strong><span style="color:#111111;">Novelly Nice</span> </strong></span></span></p>