Lepidoptera Vampire

Violette Castell is a quiet, high achieving teenager, living with her family in Los Angeles. When her parents die in a horrific carjacking, Violette and her sister, Danielle, are fostered to a couple who move them to Bagnolet, France. When Violette meets charming Michael Gramaze, she feels an instant magnetism toward him. As their attraction for each other grows, Violette stumbles upon the truth about Michael and his family of vampires. She is thrust into a world of danger and secrecy, where rival vampire dynasties fight for power, and where the very existence of the human race hangs in the balance. Desperate to keep his family secret, Violette is drawn into an unruly duel between good and evil, and discovers she has more of a role to play in this battle than she could ever have imagined.

Three strong females; all whom have a role to play in the Gramaze coven. With the Gramaze coven finding it hard to protect their princess, Violette, from the Debauched vampires, William, convinces Violette's foster parents to let her move into the Gramaze household on a permanent basis. Samantha Richardson is a bright, young woman who stumbles upon the vampire world through chance. When she meets Grayson Gramaze, her senses are awakened, and she feels an immediate attraction toward him. Samantha is plunged into a world she never knew existed. Meanwhile, Danielle Castell, sister of Violette, is dealing with complicated feelings of her own, when she bumps into Christian, her crush from months ago. As Danielle and Christian's attraction for each other is awakened and forbidden, Danielle, Samantha and Violette are swept up in a violent and dangerous battle which will change their lives forever.

Disabled from an unfortunate accident when she was a baby, Katelyn Goodwit has only ever had one wish in her short life, and that was to be loved by someone who cared about her. When Katelyn meets her new carer, Susan, who is a Lepidoptera vampire healer, at the government home for disabled children in Berne, Switzerland, her life is changed forever. Katelyn experiences the love of a mother and a family for the first time in her life, and she grows up, knowing she can do anything she puts her mind to. But nothing can prepare her for the shock of meeting her life partner and realising that fate is to take her on a very different path. Suddenly Katelyn is thrust into the world of Lepidoptera vampires, a world which holds great happiness, but also an abundance of danger and secrecy. As Katelyn experiences changes in her personal life, others in the Lepidoptera coven face their own challenges. Through tragedy and loss, they discover the importance of family and love: an affirmation of their connection and their struggle to overcome evil.

Disabled from an unfortunate accident when she was a baby, Katelyn Goodwit has only ever had one wish in her short life, and that was to be loved by someone who cared about her.When Katelyn meets her new carer, Susan, who is a Lepidoptera vampire healer, at the government home for disabled children in Berne, Switzerland, her life is changed forever. Katelyn experiences the love of a mother and a family for the first time in her life, and she grows up, knowing she can do anything she puts her mind to.But nothing can prepare her for the shock of meeting her life partner and realising that fate is to take her on a very different path. Suddenly Katelyn is thrust into the world of Lepidoptera vampires, a world which holds great happiness, but also an abundance of danger and secrecy. As Katelyn experiences changes in her personal life, others in the Lepidoptera coven face their own challenges. Through tragedy and loss, they discover the importance of family and love: an affirmation of their connection and their struggle to overcome evil. Award winning author Susan Hoddy, is a romance, and young-adult fiction writer; best known for her 'Lepidoptera Vampire Series' and her other novel called 'Security'. Recently, Susan has added to her writing skills, and her new adventure is illustrated children's books called 'The Adventures Of Georgia and Cash'. Susan was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1966, and enjoys a good chinwag with family and friends, road trips with her husband, cups of tea, day-dreaming and writing.Susan has always worked in many facets of an office during her life, but in 2012 she decided life was too short and wanted to make a start on her passion, which was writing. After acquiring her novel writing diploma from the Australian College of Journalism, she continues to create worlds where fantasy and romance exists, with her books. Keep an eye out for Susan's new writing adventure, which is children's first reader illustrated books.AwardsIn 2023 Susan won a Book Cover Award for The Two Axes, which is in the Legacies Academy Series.'The Two Axes: Legacies Academy Series – Book One' was chosen as the "Silver Winner" category by Wickham St George Book Cover Awards.In 2022 Susan won two book awards for Attraction and Awakened in The Lepidoptera Vampire Series.'Attraction: The Lepidoptera Vampire Series – Book One' was chosen as the "Silver Winner" in the FICTION ROMANCE category from MMH Press Book Awards.'Awakened: The Lepidoptera Vampire Series – Book Two' was chosen as the "Bronze Winner" in the FICTION ROMANCE category from MMH Press Book Awards.In 2019 Susan won two book awards for Attraction and Awakened in the Lepidoptera Vampire Series.'Attraction: The Lepidoptera Vampire Series – Book One' was chosen as the "Official Selection Winner" in the YOUNG ADULT GENERAL FICTION category from New Apple Literary Fifth Annual Indie Book Awards.'Awakened: The Lepidoptera Vampire Series – Book Two' was chosen as the solo "Medalist Winner" in the YOUNG ADULT GENERAL FICTION category from New Apple Literary Fifth Annual Indie Book Awards

Naive and inexperienced student Shelley Landers thinks the most exciting thing that would happen to her this year, besides graduating from college, would be her planned vacation with her two best friends to Switzerland, until she meets businessman Alex Crestwell.When charming vampire Alex Crestwell welcomes Shelley and her two friends to his Zurich hotel, he is immediately attracted to not only Shelley's beauty and wit but also her scent. Knowing human interaction is forbidden amongst his kind, he can't help but feel what she has awakened in him.Born of different worlds and bound by a desire they cannot deny, Shelley is thrust into a world of secrecy and danger, where rival vampire dynasties fight for power -a world she never knew existed.With the word on the streets of Paris that a First One has taken over the leadership of the Debauched, Queen Talitha is haunted by the dreams of her family who were slaughtered many years previous and entrusts Violette with her future plans for the Gramaze coven. Award winning author Susan Hoddy, is a romance, and young-adult fiction writer; best known for her 'Lepidoptera Vampire Series' and her other novel called 'Security'. Recently, Susan has added to her writing skills, and her new adventure is illustrated children's books called 'The Adventures Of Georgia and Cash'. Susan was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1966, and enjoys a good chinwag with family and friends, road trips with her husband, cups of tea, day-dreaming and writing.Susan has always worked in many facets of an office during her life, but in 2012 she decided life was too short and wanted to make a start on her passion, which was writing. After acquiring her novel writing diploma from the Australian College of Journalism, she continues to create worlds where fantasy and romance exists, with her books. Keep an eye out for Susan's new writing adventure, which is children's first reader illustrated books.AwardsIn 2023 Susan won a Book Cover Award for The Two Axes, which is in the Legacies Academy Series.'The Two Axes: Legacies Academy Series – Book One' was chosen as the "Silver Winner" category by Wickham St George Book Cover Awards.In 2022 Susan won two book awards for Attraction and Awakened in The Lepidoptera Vampire Series.'Attraction: The Lepidoptera Vampire Series – Book One' was chosen as the "Silver Winner" in the FICTION ROMANCE category from MMH Press Book Awards.'Awakened: The Lepidoptera Vampire Series – Book Two' was chosen as the "Bronze Winner" in the FICTION ROMANCE category from MMH Press Book Awards.In 2019 Susan won two book awards for Attraction and Awakened in the Lepidoptera Vampire Series.'Attraction: The Lepidoptera Vampire Series – Book One' was chosen as the "Official Selection Winner" in the YOUNG ADULT GENERAL FICTION category from New Apple Literary Fifth Annual Indie Book Awards.'Awakened: The Lepidoptera Vampire Series – Book Two' was chosen as the solo "Medalist Winner" in the YOUNG ADULT GENERAL FICTION category from New Apple Literary Fifth Annual Indie Book Awards

Esta guía para la escritura creativa, dirigida a los escritores hispanohablantes, asienta los fundamentos de la composición literaria. Redactada de forma coloquial y humorística, abarca los tópicos más importantes para desarrollar y pulir el arte narrativo. Entre ellos se incluyen: la eleccion de la voz narrativa y del tiempo verbal, los diversos estilos de diálogos-tradicionales o contemporaneos-, la depuración del léxico, los neologismos, el uso de las figuras retóricas, la función de una prosa sucinta versus una extensa, y otros aspectos de arte narrativo que le dan vitalidad y elocuencia a la escritura. Asimismo, introduce un concepto poco estudiado como el E-prime en el idioma español, y recomendaciones sobre como revisar y autoeditar. Cada capítulo se encuentra ilustrado con ejemplos literarios, ejercicios pertinentes y otras estrategias para mejorar la narrativa, ya sea en el cuento, la novela o la memoria. Entre ellas figura la importancia de la oración inicial, la dosificación de la información y la estructura general de una historia. Rita Wirkala, doctora en literatura, es autora de novelas y cuentos publicados en Madrid, Argentina y los Estados Unidos. Su trayectoria creativa le ha valido premios literarios en concursos internacionales. Cuenta con una amplia experiencia docente en la Universidad de Washington, y en la actualidad dicta cursos y talleres de escritura. Décadas de lecturas, sumadas a su posterior estudio académico, la han familiarizado con las mejores obras literarias del idioma español. De ellas haaprendido y recopilado valiosos principios para desarrollar la excelencia en el arte de la narrativa, los que, junto a su experiencia personal como escritora y didacta, han dado como fruto esta guía para escritores y escritoras de ficción en el idioma español.