Lindsay J. Pryor
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Lindsay J. Pryor is a speculative fiction author published by Hachette U.K. Her dark, gritty and complex dystopian BLACKTHORN series has achieved numerous Gothic and PNR Amazon number ones both in the UK and the US. Her spin-off LOWTOWN standalone novels are underway as well as her upcoming romantic Gothic horror.
Quickly deciding that fantasy was more interesting than reality, Lindsay has been creating stories since she was nine years old. She holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Psychology and Communication and is a qualified Psychology lecturer and English teacher. She taught for eighteen years before becoming a full-time author.
Lindsay was born and grew up in Wales and now lives in South West England with her husband and a plethora of wild woodland creatures.
To find out more about Lindsay and her books, please visit her website: lindsayjpryor.com
BLACKTHORN is published by Bookouture. Her LOWTOWN novels are being published by Piatkus (Little, Brown Book Group).
I absolutely adore the world she's put into place here. Everything is so well formed with its own history and culture that it really feels like I'm living in Blackthorn... (Marked by Books)
This is a paranormal universe like none you have encountered before. (Keeper Bookshelf)
I don't think I have read such a finely executed dark PNR world before... The world-building is spectacular. (Gaga Over Books)
Lindsay Pryor has crafted a world that's intricate, gritty and genuinely fascinating... (Big Little Sister Blog)
This concept is creative and different from other paranormal books I've read lately. (My Paranormal Book Review)
I cannot say how much I love this author. She is creating a world which sucks you in, which makes you want to know more about Blackthorn and its inhabitants. (I Heart Books)
Not only are Pryor's characters and fathomlessly dark love stories fabulous, but her continual world building of Blackthorn blows me away. (Gravetells)
Lindsay is a wonderful writer. She's crafted one heck of a world... (Vice President of Creative Affairs for Relativity Media Film Studios, California)
“Playing the martyr doesn’t suit you, Leila.’‘Maybe not, but playing the complete and utter bastard clearly suits you.”
“She exhaled curtly. ‘I’m a serryn. That’s all you see. I’m just something to be tortured, slain or sold off as a commodity. That’s hardly the most appealing of traits.’ ‘Tell your eyes that. Because you really shouldn’t look at me the way you do. No serryn has looked at me like that.”
“I’m not punishing you.’ ‘No?’ ‘No. You’d know if I was. Trust me.”
“The rarity of what you hold is more powerful than you can imagine. It is a gift for humanity and the most lethal curse to the vampires.”
“You can only fight what you are for so long. Eventually the hand that nature has dealt you will make you become what you were meant to be. You have no control over it.”
“I’m more than twisted. I’m the worst kind of vampire… But you’re the one who’s craving me, so what does that make you?”
“I will not be threatened. Do you understand me?’ He leaned closer again, his lips less than a couple of inches from hers. ‘Now try saying it without trembling.”
“We die, you die. You die, we survive. I think there’s a pecking order in that, don’t you?”
“You upped the ante with the wrong vampire, Caitlin.”
“You need me, Kane. Maybe even more than I need you.”
“Last warning. I don't play nice.”
“Strong isn't about not being afraid, Caitlin. It's about facing what you're scared of.”
“I'm already inside your head. And your body's most definitely next.”
“What are you most scared of, Caitlin? What I can do to you, or how I make you feel?”
“You breathe too fast to be convincing,' he goaded.'You don't breathe enough to judge me.”
“There's only so much temptation a vampire can take.”