
Vampires of the Black Oak
Marie-Claude Bourque
(Vampires of the Black Oak, #1-3)
Publication date: October 22nd 2024
Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance
Meet the vampires of the Black Oak: a powerful order of modern-day warrior fighting evil to protect the ones they love.
Three vampire romances now together in this third installment in the Order of the Black Oak â Collectionâ⌠a nanural master of the slow-burnâŚâ
Book 1: A VAMPIREâS SPELL: A Witch-Vampire Slow-Burn Paranormal Romance
A guilt-ridden legacy vampire teams with a powerful witch to protect their city from a crazed scientist seeking immortality.
Book 2: A VAMPIREâS SIN: An Enemies to Lovers Slow-Burn Paranormal Romance
An immortal Montreal vampire teams with an ambitious real estate tycoon to rescue her kid sister from a child-trafficking ring run by a pack of daemons.
Book 3: A VAMPIREâS SOUL: A Friends to Lovers Slow-Burn Paranormal Romance
When a female vampire teams up with a faithful immortal friend to escape a vicious hunter set to kill her, the centuries-old friendship turns into so much more than sheâd anticipated.
â â â â â Fantastic series of action, magic and awesome romance. You will fall in love with the characters and feel you are right with them.
âMarie-Claude has such a marvelous way of making the characters come to life and put the reader smack in the middle sharing it all. These books are binge worthyâ. ~ Goodreads Reviewer
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EXCERPT:
INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE â Valerian St-Amand
âSo Valerian, tell me more about this witch you met this summer.â I watch him one cold December afternoon, sitting in a booth at the back the Serpent Maudit, his brotherâs nightclub in Old-Montreal.
The immortal invited me here for the interview, so I donât see the cursed vampires he has hidden in the crypt of his sanctuary while they learn to contain their extreme blood hunger so that they can function in the human world without hurting anyone.
Val shoots me a dark look. I see deep emotions raging in his gaze, quickly repressed.
He still wears his heavy outdoor wool-coat, the dark curls of his hair brushing the fox fur collar. Every one of his movement is measured, from the way he levels his chin to look at me casually, to the calm touch that lay on his dog, a hefty chocolate Labrador sleeping with his head on his masterâs lap, the animalâs body stretched on the leather bench next to Valerian.
âMaisie Thibodeau,â he finally says, his voice hoarse.
âSheâs a real witch?â I ask.
âOf the Coven of the White Holly. In the small town of Berwick Falls in Maine.â
âYour brother Magnovald said you were taken by her,â I pointed. âThe first time you saw her.â
Valerian nodded then shrugged. âMaybe. But what does it matter?â
âSheâs coming here, to Montreal.â
âYeah. I know.â
âSo, what will you do about that?â
âAbout her?â He let out a slow breath, his full lips a thin line. âNothing. Sheâll be here for Emmeline.â
âYouâre ex-girlfriend?â
âThe thorn in my side,â he said, lazily leaning back in his leather bench.
âYou donât love Emmeline anymore.â
He shakes his head, mixed emotions warring on his forehead. âI did once, I think. Over three hundred years ago, now.â
âBut you donât anymore.â
âShe lost her soul. My fault.â
âYou wanted her to be immortal, like you.â
âYep.â He stretches his arm wider, pinning me under a smoldering gaze.
His intensity hits me full force, but I persist. I want to know. âSo you did love her.â
âLook, Madame lâAuteur,â he shoots at me, as he leaned forcefully forward into the table between us. âYes, I loved Emme, or at least I thought I did. I was eighteen. I turned her. And then she turned thousands. Vampires. Thereâs no stopping them. One mistake. And I now have to fix it.â
âFor eternity,â I say. âYouâve been atoning for that one mistake for centuries.â
âI have.â He huffs and pats his dogâs flank with a calm and steady hand. The strong fingers dig into the deep brown fur while his dog raises trusty chocolate eyes at him.
âAnd what about Maisie Thibodeau?â
âI donât know.â His gaze turns troubled. âI saw her only that one time at the parley between the Warlocks of the Black Oak, the Elders of the White Holly and us, Mont-Royal Immortals. She was on the fringe of the forestâs clearing, with the other witches.â
âYou didnât talk to her?â
âNo. Just saw her. Couldnât take my eyes of her. Itâs like there was this strange connection between us. Seigneur! That flimsy summer dress she wore didnât help either.â
âAnd now sheâs coming here?â
âYes. Diesel Stanford of the Warlocks wants Maisie to watch over Emme. To make sure she wonât hurt anyone. I have no choice. I donât want an all-out war between the warlocks, the witches and the vampires.â
âSo where does that leave you with Maisie?â
âThere is no âwith herâ happening. Iâm not having another relationship. Too risky. And, sheâs mortal.â
âI see. So how will you cope with her living at the Sanctuaire? Both of you under the same roof?â
âNo idea.â He sneers. âI guess weâll find out.â


Author Bio:
Marie-Claude Bourque is a Montreal-born Seattle-based author of slow-burn paranormal romance and the winner of the American Title V award with her first novel ANCIENT WHISPERS.
Her writing features modern-day fantasy skillfully weaved into infinitely romantic supernatural stories between smart strong women and complex passionate heroes.
Happily Ever After always absolutely guaranteed!
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