One Drop of Magic

(Upper) YA Contemporary FantasyWHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU DISCOVERED THAT EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER BEEN TOLD ABOUT YOURSELF WAS A LIE?Brielle Draper just wants to experience life outside her sheltered bubble. The only trouble is her overprotective family, hellbent on keeping her safe in a world where vampires have come out of hiding-and declared war on mankind.Now, days after her high school graduation, she travels with them to the pristine Olympic Peninsula, a designated safe zone untouched by the conflict. However, after an unlikely twist of fate puts her on a collision course with Aldrick-a deadly creature of the night-she must make a choice: forget about him and let her one chance at independence fade into memory or seek him out and explore her growing feelings for him.Stalked by unseen forces while questioning her allegiance to humanity, she pulls at the loose threads in the tapestry of lies that surround her seemingly picturesque life. Aldrick struggles to keep her safe when things spiral out of control, and a long-held family secret unravels. Drawn into a bloody game of life and death, her world begins to crumble beneath her feet.Armed with martial arts training, the violent influence of media, and her bad habit of letting the intrusive thoughts win, her choices will determine whether she takes hold of the life she always wanted...or loses everything she's ever loved.
ONE DROP OF MAGIC is an Upper Young Adult, clean romance, with violence and language.

Amanda Fresquez resides deep within the heart of the primeval woodlands of the Olympic Peninsula with her steadfast consort and their four spirited young apprentices. When she isn't teaching them to master the arcane arts or leading them on daring adventures, she can be found reading, writing, and playing either her Lore-Master or Hunter in The Lord of the Rings Online.