Alyxandra Harvey’s vampire story, Hearts at Stake, is a new spin on an old theme. We like to think of her as the Canadian Stephenie Meyer; if she was BFF with Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Meet her at at the Turning Pages Literary Festival. This is part of the day long celebration of books for children and teens on May 15th. Alyxandra will be presenting at 6:30pm at The Musem (10 King St. W. Kitchener).

Alyx Harvey lives in a stone Victorian house in Ontario, Canada with a few resident ghosts who are allowed to stay as long as they keep company manners. She loves medieval dresses, used to be able to recite all of ‘The Lady of Shalott’ by Tennyson, and has been accused, more than once, of being born in the wrong century. She believes this to be mostly true except for the fact that she really likes running water, women’s rights, and ice cream.

HEARTS AT STAKE: The Drake Chronicles

On Solange’s sixteenth birthday, she is going to wake up dead. As if that’s not bad enough, she also has to outwit her seven overprotective older brothers, avoid the politics involved with being the only daughter born to an ancient vampire dynasty, and elude Kieran Black - agent of an anti-vampire league who is searching for his father’s killer and is intent on staking Solange and her entire family.
Luckily she has her own secret weapon - her human best friend Lucy - who is willing to defend Solange’s right to a normal life, whether she’s being smothered by her well-intentioned brothers or abducted by a power-hungry queen. Two unlikely alliances are formed in a race to save Solange’s eternal life - Lucy and Solange’s brother Nicholas, and Solange and Kieran Black - in a dual romance that is guaranteed to jump start any romance-lover’s heart.
Even fans of the genre who’ve seen it all will find a fresh read with kick-butt characters and family dynamics that ring true for all brothers and sisters - vampire or otherwise.