By Blood
Tracy E. Banghart
For 17-year-old Emma Wong, spending a summer in England should be a dream come true. Gorgeous scenery? Check. Lots of hot guys with accents? Yes, please.
Throw in an estranged mom, annoying new stepdad, and drooling baby half-brother, and it’s a disaster even her favorite cherry red leather jacket can’t fix. Even worse, there’s (hot) live-in research assistant Josh to contend with. The only thing more embarrassing than drunk-kissing him hours after they meet? Knowing he’ll be witness to her family’s dysfunction all. summer. long.
But when Emma meets a mysterious girl who happens to be a Druid, her vacation suddenly promises to be far more intriguing than she anticipated. Powerful rituals, new friends, an intoxicating sense of freedom…and Simon, the sexy foreign stranger she was hoping for. It’s all a perfect distraction from dirty diapers and awkward family dinners.
Trouble is, intriguing doesn’t often mean simple. And Emma is about to discover just how not simple her life really is.
By Blood is a novel about the ways that blood can bind us to others – or tear us apart.
SEQUEL:
About the Author
Tracy E. Banghart is a cheesy movie–loving, fantasy football–playing (go Ravens!), globe-trotting Army wife who began “practicing” her craft at the age of five, when she wrote her first story. She loves visiting the international friends she met while pursuing her MA in Publishing and spends a portion of every summer at her family’s cabin in Canada, where she finds inspiration and lots of time to relax on the dock. She lives with her husband, son, two lazy dogs and one ornery cat. When not writing or spending time with her family, she is on a mission to bake the perfect cupcake.
The Tour
–Stephanie Parent YA Author >> Review of By Blood (Book 1)
–Whatever You Can Still Betray >> Top 10 List
September 10th
–Wintry Words >> Excerpt
–A Diary Of A Book Addict >> Review of By Blood (Book 1) & Moon Child (Book 2)
September 11th
–Simply Infatuated >> Interview
–Froggarita’s Bookcase >> Review of By Blood (Book 1) & Moon Child (Book 2)
September 12th
–The Babbling Reader >> Interview
–The Rest Is Still Unwritten >> Excerpt
September 16th
–Escape Into A Book >> Review of By Blood (Book 1) & Moon Child (Book 2)
September 17th
–Sassy Book Lovers >> Excerpt
–page Flipperz >> Top 10 List
September 18th
–From the Writer’s Nest >> Excerpt
September 19th
–Words Create Scenes >> Review of By Blood (Book 1)
–YaReads >> Top 10 List
September 20th
September 23rd
—Book Crushin >> Review of By Blood (Book 1) & Moon Child (Book 2)
–Unraveling Books >> Review of By Blood (Book 1) & Moon Child (Book 2)
–Jodie Pierce’s Ink Slinger’s Blog >> Guest Post
September 26th
–My Life is a Notebook >> Review of By Blood (Book 1)
September 27th
–Lola’s Reviews >> Review of By Blood (Book 1)
–Project Read and Review >> Review of By Blood (Book 1)
–Books and Bindings >> Review of By Blood (Book 1)
September 30th
–Dalene’s Book Reviews >> Review of By Blood (Book 1) & Moon Child (Book 2)
October 1st
–Why I Can’t Stop Reading >> Review of By Blood (Book 1) & Moon Child (Book 2)
October 4th
–The Book Lover’s Report >> Review of By Blood (Book 1)
–As the page turns >> Interview
