"Resistance" by R.A. Mizer
Genre: Romance / Historical Fiction
Blurb:
"England, 1816
Dr. Peter Fairbanks travels to Derbyshire in hopes of
founding his own practice and setting up a life for himself. Before he can
settle in, he is invited to a house-party at the sprawling estate of Ravenwood
Fields by its master Baron Ravenwood, Lord William Pierce. Never suspecting the
secret which haunts its grounds, he consents to stay indefinitely as the family
doctor. But between the strange behavior of his patients and the sensational
scandal which simmers just under the surface of the posh family's carefully
crafted exterior, he begins to question his choice.
Arabella Pierce has not felt right since the carriage
accident. She is plagued by strange dreams and visions. Her head never seems to
stop hurting. When she is introduced to Dr. Fairbanks, she feels no attraction
yet something inside urges her to become better acquainted with the handsome
physician. Tormented by inner passions, resistance brings her increasingly
closer to a state of desperation and danger..."
About the Author:
"R.A. Mizer was born R.A. Hackney in Pune, India in
1986. She was the first child of a Caucasian father and an Indian mother whom
her father met during his college years.
Her parents brought her to the United States when she was six-weeks-old.
They raised her in North Carolina along with two sisters: Sarah and
Rebekah. She has been married to her
high-school sweetheart, James Mizer since 2007 and hopes to start a family
soon.
From the moment she could pick up a pen, she has had a love
affair with writing and creating. She was incredibly blessed to come from a
family full of creative people and interesting characters. She writes stories
of all lengths but the novel format is her favorite, delighting most in
development of characters and their respective relationships. She enjoys
reading classic, Gothic and some contemporary works."
Excerpt:
While the family ate, the sun rose higher in the sky. The
light shone down on Arabella’s face. She was in the familiar state of
wakefulness between dreaming and cognizance. Images faded from her mind as her
body once more realized her limbs. She smelled Earth and felt moisture on her
back. Supposing those to be fragments of a rescinding dream, she opened her
eyes. The horror of the truth set in hard as she found herself looking up into
the boughs of a large mulberry bush. Sucking in shallow, panicking breaths, she
rolled out from underneath the hedge and scrambled to her feet. She turned
about frantically. Why was she in the garden? How had she gotten there? Tears
stung her eyes as fear gripped her heart. Behind her the house loomed. Despite
her mud-caked slippers, she flew toward her waiting sanctuary.
Somehow avoiding the servants she all but ran to her room
and, regaining most of her wits, locked herself in the safety of its walls. A
fire crackled in the hearth. A bowl of piping hot water was waiting in a basin
on her dressing table. Her heart beat hard in her chest as she washed her face.
She searched the mirror for changes in her appearance; there were no
discernible ones though her her eyes were bloodshot and her skin white with
distress. Looking into the bowl, she noticed her hands were abominably dirty, black
soil caked under her fingernails. She picked it free, scrubbing vigorously
until her fingers were red.
‘Oh God,’ she thought to herself. ‘Not again...’
She lay down on the closest couch that would support her,
her body curling in tightly until her knees were tucked under her chin. Her
head was split in half with pain. She took deep breaths and shut her eyes. This
had happened once before. There hadn't been an explanation for it then and
there wasn’t one now. And whereas before she’d told her father, she would not
dare tell him now.
Availability and Cover:
"Resistance" will be available in mobi and epub
formats on Amazon for $3.99. Releasing
July 8th.
Cover Design by ShoutLines Design. Attached is a zip file containing the full
jacket in both web-comfortable 72dpi format and 300dpi print-safe format
(higher resolution) and the eBook cover (both web and print size).
Also included is the banner and button both in 72dpi
web-comfortable format.
Links:
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Author webpage --> http://www.ramizer.com
Author FB -->
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