Cliff's Descent: A Vampire's Tale, the next novel in Dianne Duvall’s best-selling Immortal Guardians series, releases on July 27th, 2021 in ebook, audio book, and paperback formats everywhere! We are thrilled to help celebrate this highly-anticipated story by participating in the blog tour today. Find out more about this book and grab your own copy below. Happy reading!
5 Fun Facts about the
Immortal Guardians Series
Hello! Thanks for joining us and helping us celebrate the release of the latest novel in my Immortal Guardians series: CLIFF’S DESCENT. If you like paranormal romance that features strong heroes who love strong women, action scenes that will keep you on the edge of your seat, and romance that is alternately steamy and sweet, then I think you’ll like Cliff and Emma’s story. :-)
For new readers AND for fans of the Immortal Guardians series, I thought I would share 5 Fun Facts about the Immortal Guardians series:
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CLIFF’S DESCENT is the first book in the Immortal Guardians series that revolves around a vampire. When I began the series, I didn’t think I would ever write such a book because vampires in this series are the bad guys. They may start out good, but the virus that infects them and provides them with all of that wondrous speed and strength also causes progressive brain damage that swiftly renders them insane. But Cliff fights that madness so valiantly that I couldn’t imagine not telling his story.
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Cliff is the first vampire in the series who succeeds in winning the Immortal respect and friendship of pretty much the entire Immortal Guardians crew. He even earns himself a seat at the table and a voice in some of their strategy meetings, eager to help them battle their worst enemy. While Roland is renowned for being the most antisocial Immortal Guardian, Cliff is renowned throughout their world for being the strongest and most honorable vampire any of them have encountered.
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The Immortal Guardians series is full of powerful immortals who adore strong women. And though he’s a vampire, Cliff is no different. These men wouldn’t even think of trying to order around the women in their lives. (That would NOT go over well with their love interests. LOL) Rather they revel in the women’s strength and love to watch them wield it.
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Pretty much all of the primary and secondary characters in my Immortal Guardians series love to laugh and tease each other. Hunting and slaying psychotic vampires night after night could potentially mire immortals (and the humans and gifted ones who aid them) in darkness, so they tend to lighten things up by indulging their comedic sides. Even some of the darkest moments have been lightened by humor. And one of the things Cliff loves about Emma is her ability to make him laugh even when he’s struggling the most.
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Males in the Immortal Guardians series do not shy away from love. (For the IG fans out there: I know Bastien did a little, but that was merely because he worried associating with him would cost Melanie her career.) Having lived as long as many of them have, Immortal Guardians know how rare and precious love is. So they tend to embrace it whole-heartedly. And while Cliff hasn’t lived nearly as long, he embraces love as eagerly as his immortal friends have.
Thanks again for joining us! I hope you’ll enjoy CLIFF’S DESCENT!
ABOUT THE BOOK
Cliff's Descent: A Vampire's Tale
Immortal Guardians #11
By Dianne Duvall
Releasing date: July 27, 2021
For the first time, New York Times bestselling author Dianne Duvall brings readers a novel--set in the "fast-paced" (Publishers Weekly) and "totally addictive" (RT Book Reviews) world of the Immortal Guardians--that revolves around a vampire… one who has become a friend and trusted ally of the powerful warriors.
Every mortal who works at network headquarters knows that vampires reside below them. They were the first to surrender to the powerful Immortal Guardians who hunt them. And they did so, hoping they can be saved, that the doctors and scientists the Immortal Guardians employ can halt the progressive brain damage that robs all vampires of their sanity. Though curious, Emma never thought she would meet any of the vampires who remain under heavy guard several stories beneath her office. Then mercenaries strike, bombarding the building with heavy artillery. The vampires are freed to join the fray… and Cliff saves her life.
From that moment on, she can't stop thinking about him regardless of the restrictions placed on interactions with vampires. When Emma discovers a way to speak to Cliff at network headquarters, she becomes even more fascinated by him. He's smart, charming, and honorable to his core despite the darkness that lies ahead. And he seems to crave her company as much as she does his. Aware of the eyes that watch them, they keep their encounters innocent, limiting them to those of mere acquaintances. Nevertheless, their attraction grows and she soon falls in love with him even as the madness begins to claim him.
Cliff realizes his future is dark. As one vampire friend after another succumbs to insanity, hope that network doctors will be able to find a cure in time to keep him from meeting the same fate begins to dwindle, leaving him little to look forward to… until he meets Emma. Just speaking to her brings him a happiness and contentment he hasn't experienced since before his transformation. And when they finally find a way to be alone together, everything changes. Emma burrows her way right into his heart and quiets the voices. She sparks dreams of a future with her that strengthen his determination to beat back the madness. But as time passes, the voices grow louder and insanity begins to chip away at him until he fears it will eradicate every part of him she fell in love with.
Will the two of them find a way to defy the odds and find their happily-ever-after? Or will Cliff's descent consume him?
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Dianne Duvall is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author of the Immortal Guardians paranormal romance series, the Aldebarian Alliance sci‐fi romance series, and The Gifted Ones medieval and time‐travel romance series. The Lasaran, the first book in the Aldebarian Alliance Series, was a #1 Audible Mover & Shaker. The Segonian, the second book in the Aldebarian Alliance Series, was a Barnes&Noble Top Indie Favorite. Audible chose Awaken the Darkness as one of the Top 5 Best Paranormal Romance Audiobooks of 2018. Reviewers have called Dianne's books "fast-paced and humorous" (Publishers Weekly), "utterly addictive" (RT Book Reviews), "extraordinary" (Long and Short Reviews), and "wonderfully imaginative" (The Romance Reviews). Dianne's books have twice been nominated for RT Reviewers' Choice Awards. And her audiobooks have been awarded the AudioFile Earphones Award for Excellence.
Dianne's books have all appeared on the New York Times, USA Today, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, and/or Kobo Bestseller lists. The first book in Dianne's The Gifted Ones series, A Sorceress of His Own, is a prequel of sorts to Darkness Dawns. A USA Today bestseller, A Sorceress of His Own is a medieval romance with paranormal elements that was awarded the AudioFile Earphones Award for Excellence and was an Audie Finalist. The second book in the series, Rendezvous With Yesterday, is a time travel romance that won the GraveTells Readers' Choice Award for Best Historical Romance.
In addition to writing romance, Dianne has completed a one-act play (comedy) and teamed up with an award-winning screenwriter to write a spec script for a new situation comedy. Several of her poems have also been published in anthologies.
When she isn't writing, Dianne is very active in the independent film industry and has even appeared on-screen, crawling out of a moonlit grave and wielding a machete like some of the psychotic vampires she creates in her books.
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