Thursday, December 3, 2020

Book Tour with Excerpt + Teasers + Giveaway: The Broken Queen by Harper Ray @07Ohiostategirl


The Broken Queen by Harper Ray
Publication date: 2020

Synopsis:
When I was a little girl, I used to dream. I visualized having wings and thought that I could escape the harsh sins buried deep within the walls. The truth was, they couldn't be wiped. They were ingrained into my memories, sucking the breath out of me every time I dared to remember.

They came him, my dark prince. We were intricately woven together so that we were never torn apart until he couldn't handle the burdens placed upon his shoulders. Suddenly, I'm being forced to walk down the aisle to a man I don't love all because my prince decided he wasn't strong enough to fight.

Time was running out and I was ready to succumb to the darkness. I'd heard rumors that he was coming back, but I was about to be chained to another. I trusted that my prince was ready to finally take his place upon the throne. I only hoped he was ready for war.


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Excerpt
My King,

I'm going under and this time there is no one to save me. I'm drowning, screaming for help but no one hears me. No one sees me. The water is consuming me, filling my lungs making it harder to breathe, and harder to fight. You used to help me escape, but the day is bleeding into night, and the darkness is swallowing me whole.

The crown weighs me down. I put a smile on my face that doesn't quite reach my eyes, but no one sees behind the lies. A Queen with a doomed destiny because you left me to live in a broken world. We were supposed to go through this together as King and Queen, but you chose another path.

Now, I'm forced to go down a road I don't want. I'm forced to marry a man I don't love all because my soul mate isn't strong enough to fight. I walk on eggshells where the curtain is closed so my kingdom won't see the broken queen. My momma raised me to smile even when the light is dim, but the light disappeared the day she was murdered. You remember that day, don't you? Of course you do. That was the day you told me I would never be alone again. Another lie. What was once a safe place has been shattered into a million fragmented pieces. But the sins of this estate are built on solid ground and impenetrable. Even a tornado couldn't wash them away.

Every night I pray you'll come back for me, but as the day drags on and the months turn into years, that hope dwindles. I know I should run far away and never look back, but there is something keeping me here. You and I both know what it is. I'm chained to this world, and it will take me down to the darkest pits of hell, but I refuse to sacrifice my daughter because of past mistakes.

You may no longer love me, but I ask, beg of you to come back for her. Because while my heart is shriveled in despair, there is still hope for her. Our princess has so much light. She shines in the darkness and refuses to let anything get her down. Even him. She is strong for me, while I am not strong for her. So please, come get her before it's too late. Before I'm forced down the aisle to say I do. Because once that day comes, we will no longer belong to you. Instead, we will belong to him.

All my love,

The Broken Queen

***

My Queen,

I'm not who you think I am. We've known each other our whole lives, but you didn't know of the demon that rested inside. I tried to give you what you needed, but that man was breakable, frail and a broken prince.

That all changed the moment I thirsted for blood. I broke free of my father's reign on that dreadful night, but the truth is, I was born to be this. A King. A demon. A fighter.

You want me to come back, but you don't know what you're asking. I claimed you as mine long ago, and while I've been locked in the deepest pits of hell, I've thought about claiming you all over again. The taste of your cherry red lips wrapped around my c*ck. The feel of your hardened nipples rubbing up against me as I make you come with just a touch of my hand.

You want me to take my rightful place on the throne, but I won't come back willingly. I'll make you beg. I'll make you crumble. And I'll make damn sure you never forget who you belong to. Who my daughter belongs to.

As you read this letter, I know it will strike fear and excitement deep in your bones. But alas my love, the battle has only begun. Relay the following message to your fiancĂ©, and expect the unexpected. 

The wrath of hell is just the beginning. The King will return and those who are damned will be shown no mercy. You've declared war and I accept. Justice will be served. And the broken Queen will be mine once again.





As an author of young and new adult romances, Harper has a passion for writing stories that readers enjoy reading over and over again. Her imagination is the creative tool that helps her come up with several intriguing story lines that she hopes to share with the world. Her fans call her the "page turner author" because with every story she sucks the readers in, instantly hooking them from page one.

If Harper's not busy writing her next book, she's either digging into a sappy romance novel, binge watching Harry Potter or going to school full time.