Free (Kindle/iTunes UK) A Taste of Blood Wine [1920s Vampire Urban Fantasy w/Romance]

[ATDrake]

A Taste of Blood Wine by British Fantasy Award-nominee Freda Warrington (ISFDB, Wikipedia) is the 1st in her Blood Wine Sequence trilogy of old-school historical paranormal urban dark fantasy novels with f/m romantic elements set in post-WWI English society, centred around a scientifically-minded young woman who uncovers the obligatory secret of her professor father's new research assistant and thus embarks on a dark journey of self-discovery, free courtesy of publisher Titan, who are reprinting it from its original 1992 Pan edition.

This apparently has quoted blurb praise for the author from BFSA winner Brian Stableford (ISFDB, Wikipedia), one of my very favourite social consequences of genetic engineering sfnal authors, and also a prominent dark fantasy/horror-ist in his own right, though I've never particularly cared for those sorts of books of his beyond the classic Empire of Fear, which incidentally, you can pick up for a mere 99 cents (couponable!) @ Kobo, at least if you're in Canada, and I highly recommend. But this should probably be a pretty good and interesting read.

This is one of the handful of non-self-pub titles which is part of some sort of New Adult 1st-in-series freebie promo from iTunes UK which also happens to be available in at least one other store.

Currently free @ iTunes UK and thence price-matched @ Amazon UK. Decidedly unfree when I checked B&N UK & Kobo (though the rest of series appears to be couponable there), as well as other regional iTunes & Amazon stores, but YMMV.

And this has been the (late!) selected 3rd (non-repeat) free ebook thread of the day.

Because an historically-themed society-exploring fantasy AU by an author who seems to be thought of highly by another author whom I've read and enjoyed is very definitely , even if the vampire romance angle portion of the trope is kind of played out.

Enjoy!

Description
A tale of passion, betrayal… and blood…

On a First World War battlefield vampire Karl von Wultendorf struggles to free himself from his domineering maker, Kristian. The Neville sisters flourish in decadent, hedonistic London society in 1923: champagne, parties and the latest illegal substances. All except Charlotte, the middle of the three sisters who hides in a corner wishing she were back in Cambridge helping her professor father with his scientific experiments.

When Charlotte meets her father’s new research assistant Karl, it is the beginning of a deadly obsession that divides her from her sisters, her father and even her dearest friend. What price are they willing to pay to stay together?