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Haven: A Lowtown novel Kindle Edition

by Lindsay J. Pryor (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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'Dark, disturbing, enthralling, breath taking'Passionate About Books

'An incredible voice for paranormal' Rhyannon Byrd, bestselling author of the Bloodrunners series

*A spin-off from the bestselling Blackthorn series by Lindsay J. Pryor*

Prepare to enter Lowtown - the dark, gritty world that will grip you and never let you go.

Every few days the handsome stranger comes into the café in Lowtown for an hour a time. Most of the time he keeps himself to himself - one drink and he leaves. Sometimes people meet with him but about what remains elusive, the edge of mystery and danger adding to his allure.

Not that Ember is allowed to think about him. She's finally on the cusp of gaining her citizenship and escaping Lowtown for good, so she can't be seen to be involved with a vampire - evidence of one single bite would be the end of her prospects. But when those prospects are rocked by her links to the district's dark underbelly, the stranger she must avoid could be her absolution - and she could be his . . .

Find out why readers are OBSESSED with Haven:

'I truly do feel that if you love the Paranormal genre and have not yet discovered Lindsay J. Pryor or these novels then you need to read them, experience them first hand' Keeper Bookshelf

'Adrenaline-inducing, heart-breaking, incrediby addictive . . .It's a story no one should miss.' Netgalley 5-star review

'Haven is a darkly enchanting tale'Netgalley 5-star review

'Lowtown is dark and gritty. But it's also uplifting [and] inspiring' Tracie Delaney

'Absolutely spellbound . . . a must read!' Netgalley 5-star review

'Completely blown away by this book . . . utterly engrossing, alluring world-building' Netgalley 5-star review

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The author's fluid writing style kept me glued to the pages. But more than her talent for words is her ability to create a complex world while intersecting character storylines adeptly. ― The Author Visits

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... There are stories that are so powerful, so intense that I do not believe anyone should warn you about what is to come... I truly do feel that if you love the Paranormal genre and have not yet discovered Lindsay J. Pryor or these novels then you need to read them, experience them first hand. ― Keeper Bookshelf

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

A must read for paranormal romance fans. ― Moonrise Book Blog

Dark, disturbing, enthralling, breath taking and downright genius piece of writing. ― Passionate About Books

A shining, brilliant new talent in the paranormal genre! ― CC MacKenzie, USA Today Bestseller

Not only are Pryor's characters and fathomlessly dark love stories fabulous, but her continual world building of Blackthorn blows me away. ― Gravetells

This concept is creative and different from other paranormal books I've read lately. ― My Paranormal Book Review

Lindsay is a wonderful writer. She's crafted one heck of a world... ― Vice President of Creative Affairs for Relativity Media Film Studios, California

Lindsay Pryor has crafted a world that's intricate, gritty and genuinely fascinating... ― Big Little Sister Blog

I don't think I have read such a finely executed dark PNR world before... The world-building is spectacular. ― Gaga Over Books

Lindsay is a wonderful writer. She's crafted one heck of a world. ― Vice President of Creative Affairs for Relativity Media Film Studios

Fans of sexy vampire fantasies will want to sink their teeth into this ― Evening Telegraph

This is a paranormal universe like none you have encountered before.

― Keeper Bookshelf

The author does an amazing job not only with the world-building that is absolutely astonishing but with the characterization also. ― Love and Live to Read

Lindsay J. Pryor is an author with a great potential. She writes paranormal romance mixed with urban fantasy the way I like it - clever world-building, intense characters and no easy options for them to take. ― Nocturnal Book Reviews

Lindsay J. Pryor easily earns a place alongside Paranormal Romance's best writers. ― Michele Hauf, USA Today Bestseller

From the Publisher

Lindsay J. Pryor is the author of the Amazon bestselling BLACKTHORN series, her dark, complex and gritty urban PNR having achieved numerous Gothic and PNR number ones in both the UK and the US.

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, their rescue bunny and a plethora of wild woodland creatures.

To find out more about Lindsay or her books, please visit www.lindsayjpryor.com or visit her Facebook page where she regularly chats to her readers.

BLACKTHORN is Lindsay's debut series. Due to the overarching plot, the books are best read in order. The series concludes with Book 8.

Book 1 - BLOOD SHADOWS

Book 2 - BLOOD ROSES

Book 3 - BLOOD TORN

Book 4 - BLOOD DEEP

Book 5 - BLOOD DARK

Book 6 - BLOOD INSTINCT

Book 7 - BLOOD BOUND

Book 8 - BLOOD BROKEN (Release date TBC)

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B071FQPMLQ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Piatkus; 1st edition (2 November 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 840 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 312 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 out of 5 stars 348

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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

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Jo-Anne
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!!!!
Reviewed in Australia on 20 November 2017
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Fantastic book. Devoured it too quick. Only one question.. when is book two coming out?? Can’t wait to see what else is in store for us in this series.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable
Reviewed in Australia on 18 December 2020
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Spin off series, standalone. Much faster paced read than the Blackthorn series. Enjoyed the newer take on PNR. Loved the cover. Grabbed it in physical copy, looking forward to reading more.
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Phuong Thi Nghiem
5.0 out of 5 stars Phenomenal, twists, enjoyable reading
Reviewed in Canada on 26 November 2017
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Phenomenal, twists, enjoyable reading

Once again, the fabulous Miss Pryor has done it again with her stand alone spin-off. Ember struggles to do her very best to be a citizen of Midtown. She pass all the necessary tests that define the harsh reality the people in Lowtown are dealing in the district and has earned enough payment from her job as a waitress. When tragedy hits at her workplace and cost one of her love ones, Ember decides to fight back and she needs Nathan's help to accomplish her vendetta. our heroine is the definition of badass street girl. She's a feisty stubborn fighter who willing to risk her everything she has for justice and she doesn't back down. Nathan is a hardened vampire collector who lives in Lowtown and frequent in the bar where Ember works. He works alone doing all the dirty businesses for his personal reasons. I love all the twists and turns happening in the story and how they connect to the protagonists in unexpected way. Good to see a returning character in this installment!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing and full of suspense
Reviewed in the United States on 7 November 2017
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10 blinking stars ,Ms Pryor has done it again.
I was eagerly awaiting this story as I totally loved the Blackthorn series and although the final book in that series is not out yet, I very much love the whole world setting the author has created, and this book/series is set in the same world.

If you have not read her Blackthorn series (seriously why not?, go forth and one-click :) ) , no worries, this book starts a new series with new characters. For those that have read the Blackthorn series , well there are slight overlaps which you will recognize, but the events in this book are completely separate to those in Blackthorn. The time-line of this book coincides with the timeline of the first few books of the Blackthorn series.

I have to mention that this is not your ordinary run of the mill PNR. In my opinion, Ms Pryor has cornered a separate niche in the market which I call PNR Suspense. All her books to date keep you on the edge of your seat, reading as fast as you can while still absorbing the story, because OMG no, OMG yes , oooh didn't see that coming, why?, noooo, yesssss, swoon. This pretty much sums of most of the emotions during one of her books (including this one).

So to clarify the world setting for those who haven't read Blackthorn. We have humans, we have the 2nd Species ( which are witches), we have the 3rd Species (which are vampires and werewolves). (there are also the 4th species, but I wont go into that as they don't feature in this book). In the world Ms Pryor has created, in each city the different species have been segregated into districts, starting with with all the paranormal's (ie 3rd species) and human criminals ( convicts -> cons) in the center district (otherwise known as Blackthorn). Around the center (Blackthorn) is the Lowtown district in which the low income/poor humans , the gangs of thugs and some paranormal's live. Medical facilities in this district are poor to non-existent and ordinary people struggle to survive and make a living. Around this district is Midtown, a more affluent district where NO paranormal's or witches may live or even cross its border. Around Midtown and outlying areas lies Summertown where the privileged humans reside.

The setting of this book is Lowtown where we meet Ember who is a late 20's 30 something waitress/assistant manager of a restaurant who has spent her whole life preparing to move to Midtown. The application process requires a complete clean record, no indications of being a feeder ( as in either donating blood via syringe or having a vampire sire who feeds from her) as well as of course a human bloodline. The book starts with Ember going into the final stages of the application process to be allowed to move to Midtown. In the mean time enter Nate, who has been coming to the restaurant where Ember works for a few weeks and who Ember has become interested in (from afar).

So all I can say, is read this book, you wont be dissapointed, you will be hooked.
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lindseyclarke
5.0 out of 5 stars Five stars for this breath-taking, brutal, dark fantasy tale!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 November 2017
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Writing a spin-off to a popular series can often seem like a no-brainer for authors.

You’ve created something that your readers just can’t get enough of, and of course, your fanbase doesn’t ever want the series to end, but for some authors, you just can’t squeeze any more juice from the lemon and in some cases, probably shouldn’t even try. It takes a certain kind of world-building to be able to pull it off successfully. And you need to be brave enough to sometimes move away from characters that have become well-loved and to whom your readers have become attached to the point where you have to pry them off with a crowbar.

Fortunately for Lindsay J. Pryor fans, Lindsay is both a brave writer and a proficient world-builder, so they have nothing to worry about with her new release from Piatkus Fiction, Haven, the spin-off from the highly successful Blackthorn series.

With the Blackthorn series, we found a world that already seemed mammoth, despite being mostly set in just one of the districts that Lindsay has created – Blackthorn, the dark and dangerous district of the Third Species and any other low-life creature forced to reside there (for those newbies amongst you, the vamps, lycans and cons). But Blackthorn really is just one part of something much bigger, and if you’re already a LJP fan, and have checked out the ‘About Blackthorn’ section on her website, you might already have an understanding in just how huge this world is and how many possibilities there are to create spin-offs and new adventures to appease older readers and hopefully generate new ones. I remember reading Lindsay’s posts about Blackthorn and at the time, thinking how there was so much more I wanted her to write about, so many more tales I wanted to read, and this is why I’m so happy to see Lindsay investigate the Lowtown district with Haven.

For me, a successful spin-off should be able to stand in its own right and that’s just what Haven does. You can read Blackthorn first, of course (and you should read it anyway because it’s all kinds of awesome), but the first thing you should know about Haven, is that if you’re new to LJP, then you’re not going to have to read an 8 book series before you start on the Lowtown book. Yes, there’s a few references to Blackthorn, but you’re not suddenly going to find yourself in a world without a handy travel guide and spend forever wandering around, trying to work out what the Hell is going on.

Let’s meet Ember and Nate. Ember, a waitress in a cafe, is on the brink of gaining citizenship to the district of Midtown, having been through a gruelling and lengthy process to escape the gritty and brutal confines of Lowtown where she’s lived her whole life. She’s crossed the T’s and dotted the I’s and finally, she’s been given approval to cross the border, pending her final medical. Nate is a vampire, and has been dropping by the cafe for months. A man of very few words, he keeps himself to himself, but his elusiveness and air of danger has sparked some interest in Ember, even though she knows she has to stay away from him. Any involvement with the Third Species could have her application torn up before the ink is dry on the stamp of approval.

Her determination to gain a new life for herself seems certain to succeed, that is until she discovers Nate has moved into the apartment across the hall from hers and she finds him close to death in the stairwell of the apartment block. Helping him could risk her application, and Ember has to make a quick decision whether to be compassionate and save him or be selfish and leave him to die.

When sinister forces set to rip Ember’s world apart and threaten the business and lives of her friends, she finds herself on a mission to help them and the only person who she can turn to is her mysterious neighbour, Nate. But is Nate all he appears to be?

With danger lurking around every corner, and time running out, Ember must fight the demons of her past and her feelings for Nate, if she is to make it to Midtown and start a new life for herself, but it seems as if others have a different path for her.

As with all Lindsay’s female characters, Ember is something to be admired. She’s everything we want to see in a female MC – feisty, independent, compassionate but flawed – and I genuinely wanted to see her succeed. I was rooting for her from page one, right through to the end, even if I didn’t always agree with her decisions. As a reader, I think that’s important. I don’t want to see a perfect heroine getting it right all the time and turning into the Mary Poppins of urban dystopian fiction. I want someone real. Someone that I can identify with. Someone that I want to see win. I definitely found that in Ember, she’s vulnerable at times, but has the capability of great strength, and a protective side to her when it comes to those she loves.

Nate isn’t always likeable, particularly to start with. He’s aloof, cold at times, detached, but that is something I like in my male MC’s; one, because it means we root for our heroine more, and two, because again, I have no desire to see Mary Poppins and Bert chim-chiminey-ing across the rooftops of Lowtown, sprinkling magic over the houses and dancing up a jig. I like to feel a little bit torn when it comes to the male MC’s. I want to see tension. I want to see a bit of angst. I want to see two people battling against each other, because let’s face it, it makes the coupling all the more sweeter 😉

I absolutely loved these two. I’m not sure if these characters will pop up again in Lowtown or not, I’m sure we’ll meet new characters along the way, but the important part for me was my connection with them both and that is something LJP always gets spot on. Characters that we love, characters that drive us crazy and make us shout at the pages while reading (yeah, I did that), characters that make us want to keep reading and lament the fact we have to put down the book to go back to our lives/jobs etc (yeah, I did that too). I talk a lot about Lindsay’s skill for world-building, and I hope if you’ve read any of my previous reviews, you’ll just take that as a given now, but we should never forget the power of the characters she creates. The fans all have their favourites (HELLO, JASK!) but there’s something to be said for an author who can change your mind with each book and have you start bumping up new characters to the top of your list, particularly with a spin-off series.

The villains of the book, the powerful and brutal Hordas clan, are a disturbing bunch, seeking out businesses to claim as their own, while crushing, manipulating and abusing anyone who dares get in their way. They’re on a mission to rule Lowtown and their icy ambition left me cold in all sorts of good ways, because let’s face it, we all LOVE to hate a good villain, right? I definitely had all the bad feels when reading their scenes, but again, that’s important, because we shouldn’t feel comfortable when confronted with the bad guys and while I loved Ember and Nate, I hated the Hordas clan in equal measure.

The plot went places I never saw coming and as always, I was left with nothing but admiration for how well Lindsay weaves her web, to the point where we’re never quite sure what path the story will take. The pacing was fast and relentless, the tension was electrifying throughout, the hot scenes were, well, sizzling (as always) and there was mystery and intrigue on every page. It’s been a while since a book got me so hooked that I spent my time in between reading thinking about what might happen next and each time I returned to it, I lapped it up and hoped it would never end. It did, of course and yes, I may have cried a little (although this was mostly due to plot, damn you LJP!).

As always, I’m now left wanting more and counting down the days to a new Lindsay J. Pryor release. This author never disappoints. I love that she never shies away from dark content. I love that she keeps us guessing throughout.

Gritty, relentless and hot as Hell, with new favourite characters to adore and darkness and danger lurking at every turn, Haven is without doubt my PNR top read of the year so far.

If you haven’t yet checked out any LJP books, now is definitely the time to start!

Five stars for this breath-taking, brutal, dark fantasy tale!
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bookworm25
5.0 out of 5 stars A Promising Start to a New Spin-off Series
Reviewed in the United States on 23 November 2017
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Simply put, Haven, Lindsay J. Pryor’s first standalone Lowtown novel is amazing.

With Haven, Lindsay has created yet another enthralling dystopian universe that neighbors the brutal world of Blackthorn. Like its neighbor, Lowtown is plagued by corrupt authorities that have allowed groups to selfishly and mercilessly take control of the entire area, leaving the rest of the inhabitants struggling to survive. With the strict restrictions keeping people from migrating into wealthier communities, Lowtown residents are forever facing a bleak future with no way out; and, this future seems to be getting worse at a very fast pace as two rival gangs are forcefully expanding their territories into some of the only locations remaining that seem to provide as close a feeling to safety as can be felt in Lowtown.

Enter our two main characters: Nate and Ember. Where do I even begin with these two?

If Caleb Dehain in Blackthorn had not already stolen my heart, I think Nate would succeed in doing so. This stranger, who comes every day to the cafe Ember works at, has a delicious, irresistible ruggedness to him; and like, Ember, readers are dying to find out more about this quiet vampire with the tough outer exterior. Speaking of Ember, I think she is my favorite heroine yet that Lindsay has written. Ember is the kind of female character that female readers aspire to be. Rather than a damsel in distress, Ember is a woman who knows her own mind. With her bold, tenacious spirit, she is an extremely strong character mentally, emotionally, and physically. In her determination to make things better, she would do any warrior of social justice proud. Like Nate, she’s also ruthless in her loyalty to those she cares about. Together, these two create a gritty story full of determination, passion, sacrifice, redemption, and love.

Overall, Haven presents a darkly enchanting tale that will leave all readers unable to put the book down until it’s reached its end. If this is the first Lindsay J. Pryor book they have read, readers are sure to be desperate to pick up other books set in this same universe. For those who are already her fans, Haven will provide a lovely feeling of familiarity with hints of characters and events from books in the Blackthorn series while also providing a fresh new perspective on this extremely captivating world. Needless to say, I can’t wait to see what the next Lowtown novel brings and very much hope there will be many more books to come.
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History_Girl
5.0 out of 5 stars Another winner!!
Reviewed in Canada on 6 February 2018
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The twists and turns; the ending... wow!!

I loved Lindsay J. Pryor’s Blackthorn series and this Lowtown spinoff is another winner. I was not expecting that ending.. cannot wait for the next book in the series!!!
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