Your heroine, Lanore, stumbles upon a murder in progress and catches the
attention of a supernatural killer. Humans have branded supernaturals according
to their abilities. What category or brand does the killer belong to?
Oh, I would love to
answer that question but the killer’s brand is a major clue and is discovered
toward the middle of the book. The Fire Baptized’s main plotline is a mystery
so I would definitely be spoiling the story for many if I answered this.
I can tell you that the
heroine’s forehead brand is a silver X that identifies her as a Mixbreed, which
means her parents were from different supernatural species.
The killer is a
pureblood. Therefore the person would fall under many of the species that exist
in the supernatural caged city. A full moon is for Vampires. A crescent moon is
for Shapeshifters. Wings are for Fairies. Witches have brands that are relative
to the type of elemental magic that they use which is earth, air, water, and fire.
Lanore uses her ability to create fire only during emergencies. Does she
try to stop the murder with her fire?
Yes. Lanore does try to
stop the murder. However, the murder occurs in an alley during a tropical storm
(which is pretty typical for Miami.... tropical storms not murders in alleys).
She attempts to create
fire, but the flames fade away. Fire is created when flammable liquid and
oxygen are exposed to heat. Lanore’s pores naturally release heat and flammable
pyrobem oil. During the murder, her skin is covered in water, depriving her
fire of the oxygen and heat it needs for combustion. So she is unable to save
the girl from being murdered.
After witnessing the murder, Lanore finds dead bodies in her apartment.
Are these bodies of people she knew? Or is that action meant as a threat to
her?
Yes. Sadly, the dead
bodies are of people she knew. Additionally, the killer leaves these bodies in
her apartment in specific poses and with items around the corpses.
Yes. The killer’s actions
are meant to serve as a threat for Lanore to stop searching for the murderer’s
identity.
Lanore enlists help from her
Were-cheetah ex-boyfriend Meshach and a new mysterious friend named Zulu, to
accompany her into the habitat’s raunchy nightlife. What is she searching for
there? Why did she choose her
ex-boyfriend to help her? Why was the new friend selected to join them?
Lanore is searching for
the killer’s identity so that she can eventually kill this person herself.
Initially, she just wants to make sure this person doesn’t murder her. Later,
she knows that if this person isn’t stopped then many innocent supernaturals
will die.
Her ex-boyfriend is
MeShack. Lanore and MeShack lived together since they were nine years old.
Their parents were drug buddies and would put MeShack and Lanore in front of
the television with candy as they went out to buy drugs and get high. As the
years continued, their parents’ drug addiction worsened. Lanore and MeShack
raised themselves. Once they turned teenagers, they fell in love. So although
they broke up, they continue to live together because they don’t know how to
live without the other.
MeShack helps Lanore with
his knowledge of the Santeria religion which may or may not be connected with
the serial killings.
Zulu is Lanore’s mysterious
new friend and a Mixbreed like her. He created an organization called Mixbreeds
For Equality also known as MFE. It’s a group that works to stop discrimination
against Mixbreeds.
Zulu offers his help to
Lanore because he believes she is significant to MFE. However, Zulu definitely
has strong feelings for her and desperately wants Lanore to be safe as she
searches for the killer.
Fire Baptized
By
Kenya Wright
Since the 1970’s humans have
forced supernaturals to live in caged cities. Silver brands embedded in their
foreheads identify them by species: a full moon for Vampires, a crescent moon
for Shifters, a pair of wings for Fairies, and the list goes on, for each
supernatural species has been tagged and categorized by humans.
Lanore Vesta is marked with a
silver X, the brand of Mixbreeds, second-class citizens shunned by society. She
stays to herself, revealing her ability to create fire only during emergencies.
All she wants to do is graduate college and stop having to steal to survive.
But when she stumbles upon a murder in progress, she catches the attention of a
supernatural killer. Now all she wants is to stop finding dead bodies in her
apartment.
Enlisting help from her
Were-cheetah ex-boyfriend Meshach and a new mysterious friend named Zulu, she
is steered through the habitat’s raunchy nightlife. But their presence
sometimes proves to be more burden than help, as they fight for her
attention.
While the corpses pile up, and
the scent of blood fills the air, Lanore is left wondering: will she find the
psycho or die trying?
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About the Author:
Kenya Wright always knew she
would be famous since the ripe old age of six when she sung the Michael Jackson
thriller song in her bathroom mirror. She has tried her hand at many things
from enlisting in the Navy for six years as a Persian-Farsi linguist to being a
nude model at an art university.
However, writing has been the
only constant love in her life.
So here we are Kenya is
publishing her first book, Fire Baptized, the urban fantasy novel she always
wanted to read. This novel is the first book in a series.
Will she succeed? Of course.
For she has been coined The Urban
Fantasy Queen, the Super Iconic Writer of this Age, The Lyrical Genius of Our
Generation. Granted, these are all terms coined by her, within the private
walls of her bathroom as she still sings the Michael Jackson thriller song.
Kenya Wright currently resides in
Miami with her three amazing, overactive children, a supportive, gorgeous
husband, and three cool black cats that refuse to stop sleeping on Kenya’s head
at night.
1 comments:
Wow, this sounds amazing. What a cover! Really leaves an impact. I love the story, sounds very scary and unique. Very intense. I love the trailer. I am dying to read this. What a great concept. Awesome interview, very informative and makes me want to read the book more. Thank you guys so much for sharing.
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