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With a nice box of books set aside for giveaways, I decided it’s time for a a series of short-run contests here at VBC. That means you can expect to see more giveaways in the next few weeks, but they’ll only be open for a couple days instead of the standard week. To start things off, I have a copy of the first Dark Ink Chronicles novel for one lucky reader. Elle Jasper’s Afterlight merges voodoo, magic... 
Everdark (Dark Ink Chronicles #2) Elle Jasper Published: June 7, 2011 (Signet Eclipse) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Note: This review is spoiler-free, presuming you’ve read the first book in the series. Spoilers for Afterlight are contained below. You may read our review of the first book in the series, if you’d rather. When I read the first Dark Ink Chronicles book,... 
We recently read Elle Jasper’s first Dark Ink Chronicles book Afterlight (read the spoiler-free review) and its blend of vampires, voodoo and cataclysmic lust had us begging for more by the end. We didn’t the the full emotional wrap-up at the end of Afterlight, but as we predicted Jasper has more in store for us in book 2 Everdark. We’re going to get high-intensity relationship drama, cool new abilities...
Afterlight (Dark Ink Chronicles #1) Elle Jasper Published: Nov. 2010 (Signet) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars Riley Poe left her wild past behind when she became the only person her kid brother could rely on. She has a booming business as a tattoo artist and her little brother — now 15 — is, for the most part, a good kid. She stops in for tea and breakfast with her...
