Only Human (Paperback) | Released: 06 Sep 2013

14 year old Aecia has a secret. She lives in a world where evolution has ensured that VAMPIRES rule, and she is HUMAN! Disguised by her parents and uncle, her life is a macabre theatre production with her as the leading lady. With no friends, she carries this burden alone, until her desperate loneliness creates 'Amica' a blonde, blue-eyed and carefree human friend whom she writes to in her diary. When she becomes involved with a real friend 'Garok' her life takes a disastrous turn for the worst, but as her terrifying fears are realised she discovers that maybe she is not alone, and as each calamitous morsel of her life explodes into chaos, she finds that her own birth has been the catalyst to events that will shake the foundations of the tyrannous vampire world forever!
About the Author: Maria Bradley has worked at a variety of professions but has never released any of her writing for publication until November 2012. Her first book "Four's a Crowd" was published in paperback and as an eBook on Amazon Kindle a couple of weeks later. She writes primarily for Teens and frequently states that her three young adult children are her inspiration. Although she is not primarily a poet, she has recently been placed as one of the runners up in a poetry competition with her poem 'Manchester'; a cheerful rendition about her home town in England, and it's appallingly wet weather. On 22 March 2013 she released her second Teen novel 'Only Human' in the spirit of the Twilight series and The Vampire Diaries. She is currently volunteering and writing the sequels to both novels full-time. In My Own Words: I'm an old fashioned writer and the words come easily to me if I write them on pen and paper before transferring them to the computer. I don't know if that is unusual but this digital world wasn't around when I was a girl (well, at least not in my house) and I'm comfortable with my bit of paper and sturdy old paper mate. The latest book is 'Only Human': Originally, a teen Ebook, now in print, for vampire novel enthusiasts. I wanted to write a story where the human girl was the outcast in a futuristic vampire-ruled world, as opposed to the other way around. Being a teenager is a rollercoaster adventure as it is (I remember) without the added complication of being flesh and blood, surrounded by immortals who would love to have you for dinner if they knew the truth. I'm a very shy Author and have only had 2 Teen/Young adult novels published so far. I have always scribbled ideas for novels and almost dared to let other people read them, but when you lack confidence it is a scary thing to show off your work. Now that I have, I could kick myself for not doing it sooner. Writing is amazing, it opens up your mind to so many possibilities and when I am in my work I feel like I am there with my characters. It's the same escapism I feel when I read a book. I only hope I can captivate the young people who read my work in the same way. If they are lost within the pages then I will have really achieved something.