Interracial and African American Paranormal discussion

I'm looking for feedback from IR and paranormal readers on The Bad Death, my historic vampire slayer novel with a black heroine and an interracial romance subplot. The sex and violence are on par with Sherrilyn Kenyon's or JR Ward's books. The novel is complete and after the beta-read period (May 1-31), I'll send it through an editor before publishing it under my imprint this fall/summer. Access your copy here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...

If you beta-read, please email your feedback to naima.haviland@gmail.com. You can give as much or as little feedback as you want; I'd just like to know what worked for you and what didn't. Beta-readers will get an autographed copy of the published edition. Thanks!

Synopsis:

Can she defeat supernatural horror in a world overrun by human evil?

It is 1788 in South Carolina's Lowcountry, where Gullah slaves turn rice into gold. Julian Mouret is the only plantation aristocrat who hasn't left to escape the threat of country fever. An African beauty emerges from the family crypt and shatters Julian’s isolation with a kiss.

Anika has the strength and spirit to sustain her through a lifetime of slavery on Mouret plantations, but magic is about to overturn the laws of man and nature.

Pursued by vampires through a sorcerer's maze, a ballerina leaps from the 21st century to hide as a hag within the body of an 18th century Gullah woman. Before the maze pulls them back, the vampires claim a substitute, leaving the victim behind to a life of eternal thirst in the shape-shifting guise of a plat-eye.

Anika becomes the Gullah's secret weapon against the plat-eyes' growing power. But Julian Mouret, a man of science who scorns superstition, will block her at the risk of her life and his soul.

Thanks, Deva!

Update ...I've closed the Smashwords link to the beta-read edition of The Bad Death for now.

If you haven't had a chance to access your beta-read copy of The Bad Death, please email me with a request for your favorite format. I'll promptly send it to you in my reply. That's naima.haviland(at)gmail.com.


Thanks!
Naima

I downloaded it yesterday. Really looking forward to it. Leaving on the 11th for Alaska will start it then.

I hope you enjoy it, but if you don't I want to know! Tell me what you thought was good, bad, or just plain confusing. Thanks, Cf!

Hi there,

We are a few days past the mid-point of the month long beta read period for The Bad Death. I'm just touching base. Was everyone who downloaded a file able to load it into her e-reader and open it ok? Any questions for me about the book (or anything)?

Thanks!

Naima

Hi beta readers,

Because May 31 is Friday please feel free to use this weekend to finalize your thoughts and send comments to me Monday, June 3. Don't worry if you haven't finished reading. I'm happy to receive feedback up to the point you last bookmarked. Remember to tell me what type of e-reader you use (or if you prefer print). Then I can make sure you get your autographed copy in your preferred file format when The Bad Death is published this fall.

Thanks from the bottom of my heart for joining me on the formative side of writing a novel!

Naima
naima.haviland@gmail.com