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Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Antonia Spadafina.
On this page and the connecting pages, you will find information about my new paranormal urban romance series Vampires in the City. You can read excerpts, see updates, find out more information about the books' world picture, and when you're ready, you can purchase any of the published titles, get yourself a Kindle or download one of the free apps directly from this page.
I'm glad you're stopping by. Enjoy!
I'm a new writer on the scene, with a full universe of characters all related in some way. I hail from Brooklyn, New York, and have lived there all my life. Although I'm a website manager by trade, I've been writing almost since I could speak, and always dreamed about being published. I was really hooked when one of my poems was published by Highlights for Children when I was just 5 years old. My dream was fulfilled on October 22, 2013 when Amazon published my book for the Kindle. Check out my Author Page on Amazon Author Central for all the 411.
All my stories take place in one of the five boroughs of New York City, and the City can be considered one of my characters. This book and the planned five other books will fit nicely in the Vampires in the City series. I hope you'll read them all.
I'm a character myself, and can best be described by the word mercurial. There are a few other things...I love summer, I hate bugs, cookies and cupcakes make me do a happy dance (especially when I'm the baker) and certain flowers, like tulips, daisies and peonies, fill me with a quiet joy. The pic at the left was taken at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, one of my fav places here in NYC.
Stop by my main website for news, fan fiction, a photo gallery and interesting links.
I would love to hear from you. Contact me here. You can also read my latest blog here or stop by the Facebook page dedicated to the series. Make a comment or just Like me!
Lynnor Bontigao is the very talented artist who designed and created the art gracing the cover of To Ride the Rain and A Change in Gravity. She'll be doing the next book in the series, so keep your eye here -- we may get a sneak peak when she's ready. Lynnor and I are old friends, old work buddies, and artistic collaborators. In addition to her gallery shows, I'm keeping her busy with the artwork for the children's book we're going to finish one day (promise!), Isabella's Big Umbrella.
Learn all about Lynnor and view her very inspired works of art.
Available Now
To Ride the Rain
Published October 21,2013
In the first book in the series, we meet Lif, Riana and Kevin...
Dinner in the Meatpacking District of New York City can be a culinary adventure but rarely does it involve gunplay and chaos. Combine a group of vigilantes dedicated to eradicating all vampires, an ancient vampire and a veteran Hunter, and you get an explosive combination. Secrets stand revealed, and a friendship as deep as brotherhood is tested by a startling revelation that alters the course of several lives.
Romance blooms and fades under the Southwest sun. Hope thrives until it sparks the embers once again in New York City.
A beautiful tale of two people who are so different and yet so drawn to each other, linked by a love that is both tenuous and elusive…
Read an excerpt.
A Change in Gravity
Published July 24, 2014
In the second book in the series, a Hunter learns how to integrate the three tracks of his life into one after his life takes a 180 degree turn...
What do you do when Fate puts a kink in your skein and turns your life around 180 degrees?
Kevin was living his dream until Fate stepped in. Popular with the ladies, well-liked by men, with an easy charm that many admired, and mad Hunter skills that some envied. Then came a change in gravity and all bets were off. A bogus tip led him to an active nest with only Lif by his side to defend two dozen helpless victims, a life-altering choice was made and, in one of those frozen moments remembered with knife-edged clarity, Kevin was plunged into a nightmare, becoming the thing he was taught to revile and hunt.
It's not all dark, but the journey to find the light is long and arduous.The revelation of what he’s become tests love and friendship but through the ordeal of yearly evaluation combined with a healthy dose of reflection and soul-searching, Kevin rediscovers the man he's always been. Ultimately Kevin finds just that right combination of Hunter and vampire, and finds acceptance, too. He adroitly turns the tables on those who would seek to bring him down, gravity rights itself and he proves his worth in a blaze of vindication.
Read an excerpt.
Walk Eight Miles in My Shoes
Available January 15, 2016
A novella that takes place within the Vampires in the City universe...
A violent encounter in Prospect Park brings together Nicole Evans, a talented and successful Brooklyn lawyer, her brother Hunter squad leader of the 658 Jack Evans, and Poul Bekvam, an 800 year old vampire spending this lifetime as a mechanical engineer.
Discover how violence leads to romance, bromance and ultimately love.
Read an excerpt.
In the Works
The Way to Dusty Death
Coming the twelfth of never...
The third installment in the Vampires in the City series...
Read an excerpt.
A Matter of Trust
Coming sometime in 2016
A novel in the Vampires in the City universe...
The city Coroner is inured to death, but not his own and certainly not on his wedding day... Follow the story of Dr. Kian Magennis, ancient vampire and forensic pathologist in the City Morgue, his best friend and research scientist Dr. Max Truano and lab tech extraordinaire Tori McKenna as they come to terms with the truth about betrayal, persecution, friendship and love.
Read an excerpt.
Curious about the universe of Vampires in the City? Check out this section often for more information.
Here are some details and explanation about several groups you'll encounter in the books.
There are multiple branches of Vampire Management in this series and they all have their distinct functions. You meet all of them to varying degrees in To Ride the Rain and will see much more of them in the books to come.
1. Investigators
Investigators research any vampire that is remanded to Adjudication. The dossiers the Adjudicators often refer to were built mostly by the Investigative division of VampMgmt. They also check up on any vampire lucky enough to pass Adjudication, ensuring that they integrate back into their lives and remain a viable member of society.
2. Hunters
These are basically the cops. They police their territory, bring down dangerous vampires, decide who gets a second chance through Adjudication and who gets summarily exectuted in the field. They are highly skilled in several forms of martial arts, and are trained to use various weapons, both traditional and modern.
3. Transporters
Transporters came in several varieties: Air, Ground and Water. They are responsible for the containment and Transport of a vampire from point A (capture point) to point B (Adjudication facility).
4. Adjudicators
Adjudicators are the judges, and often the jury and executioner, of the vampires remanded to their care. They are the last line of defense between human society and the vampires sent to them for judgement. A heavy weight rests on their shoulders, and they have many tools in their arsenal to come to the right decision.
5. LBD (Life Before Death
LBD is a fanatical group dedicated to the eradication of vampires at any cost, no matter the collateral damage.
Multiple books in the series are available as Kindle books: To Ride the Rain, A Change in Gravity and Walk Eight Miles in My Shoes. Click one of the product boxes below to purchase the available books in the series.
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