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Series: Graveyard Guardians, # 1 <br />
Author: Jennifer Malone Wright <br />
Audience: New Adult <br />
Genre: Paranormal <br />
Formats: E-book and Paperback <br />
Publisher: Jennifer Malone Wright <br />
Cover by: Regina Wamba of <a href="http://www.maeidesign.com/">Mae I Design</a> <br />
Editor: <a href="http://www.thereforyouediting.com/">There for you editing</a> <br />
Pages: 300 pages <br />
Date of Publishing: Aug 12, 2014. <br />
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When her father died, Lucy Mae Estmond inherited the family business. She has known all of her life that she would be in line to watch over the souls of the recently passed, keeping them safe from the Reapers. <br />
The soul eating Reapers have been a plague upon the Earth, stealing souls and leaving the Keepers as the only thing that stands between Heaven and Hell. The factions despise each other and have warred for generations. <br />
Then Lucy discovers an ancient legend predicting the arrival of the Chosen One, destined to bring forth an end to the Reapers. The surprises continue when she realizes she is that person. For Lucy, being the Chosen One doesn’t change much. Fighting Reapers is just another day in the life of a Keeper. <br />
When she meets Jack Walker, they both realize they have an insane, mutual attraction. Too bad that he’s been sent to prevent the prophecy from coming true. His only mission: to kill the Chosen One. <br />
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Inch by painstaking inch, the casket sank lower into the freshly churned earth. <br />
The scent of lilacs floated on the breeze, along with the heavy stench of perfume and cologne, reminding Lucy of the fragrance aisle in a department store. <br />
Lucy stood beside the grave, dressed in a modest royal blue sundress. She had chosen it specifically because her father always said the color looked the best against her hair, which was a mix of reddish brown that shone burgundy in the sunlight. <br />
Tilting her head up, Lucy looked through the canopy of the aging oak trees that were scattered throughout the cemetery. The breeze shifted the branches, causing a few of the leaves to pull free and flutter off into the wind. There were almost no clouds in sky, allowing the sun to shine down over the funeral. <br />
Her brothers and sisters surrounded the open grave opposite of her. All six of them also wore something fitting for a funeral, but nothing depressing enough to send their father into a rage in his afterlife. <br />
Smiling, Lucy remembered the argument she and her father had during his last moments. “Lucy!” he had shouted at her. “Don’t you dare let them bury me in a suit. I am not going to spend eternity in a stuffy ass business suit. Make sure I’m wearing my khaki shorts and a Hawaiian shirt because I’m going on the vacation of a lifetime.” <br />
That was toward the end, when the cancer was so bad that her dad spent most of his time in bed, moaning about how he should be up and about doing something. They both knew that the end was near, but Lucy had cried only in private. Her father wanted her to be happy he was moving on to the next life, but she couldn’t understand in what way, shape or form, his dying was a good thing. <br />
So she shed her tears alone in her room until there were no more left to cry. <br />
The fog of the memory lifted from Lucy’s mind and she looked across the grave at her brothers and sisters. The entire brood of Estmond siblings were born with the same color hair as Lucy had been blessed with. Each of them, as well as Lucy and Ethan, held a white rose in one hand. Later, before the grave was sealed, they would each take a turn throwing one down onto the casket, as a symbol of their wish for their father’s peaceful journey into the afterlife. <br />
Just behind her brothers and sisters stood the mourners who came to pay their last respects. Most of them were town’s people whom they had grown up with, except for one group who stood close together, most of them around her father’s age. These were the Keepers whom her family had been closest to over the years. She could see Gloria and Edward White, the Keepers from one of the Napa Valley graveyards standing solemnly beside Ellen and Stanly Evans, who worked in the hospital in Santa Rosa. There were several other Keepers surrounding them who she recognized and made a note to speak to them later. <br />
Beyond them, further out into the trees, the spirits began to show themselves. They appeared in the form of their human bodies, a bit transparent, but solid for the most part. It was harder to see in the daylight, but their misty blue auras swirled around them, helping form the solidity of their bodies. <br />
The spirits were fascinated by funerals. When Lucy was little she used to think that they wanted to say goodbye to someone, but really it was because there wasn’t much else to do in a graveyard except talk to each other and attend burials. <br />
Pastor Brown spoke solemnly, saying kind words and telling her father’s life story. Inwardly, Lucy cursed her father for choosing Pastor Brown, a man who had not known her father and she was sure didn’t give a flying fuck about him either. Her father hadn’t set foot in church since he was a child. Not because he didn’t believe in God, he just didn’t believe in organized religion. <br />
Sensing her tension, Ethan squeezed her hand reassuringly. Turning to her left she looked up and met her best friend’s eyes through the tint of his sunglasses. Even through the dark lenses she could see the sorrow in his eyes. He had loved her father too, just as much as any one of the Estmond clan. In response, she squeezed his hand back and then turned back to stare at the grave again. <br />
“And now, Lucy Mae, Gregory’s youngest child, will say a few words about her father.” The preacher cleared his throat, signaling to Lucy that it was time. <br />
Lucy had no tears staining her face. She had cried all those tears long before the day of the funeral. Again, Ethan gave her hand a gentle squeeze and then released her so that she could reach down and withdraw the folded piece of yellow legal paper out of her miniscule handbag. <br />
As Lucy unfolded the paper she felt like it was taking an eternity. <br />
This day is never going to end. <br />
Finally, the paper was open in front of her and she began. <br />
“I know that this speech is going to sound like the speeches given for so many others who have passed on. But, when someone we love dies, we all feel pretty much the same way … so here it goes. My father, Gregory Estmond, was the best person I’ve ever known. Today, we stand here, not to mourn him, but to celebrate him. He didn’t want any one of us to be sad that he was gone. Because … he isn’t gone. He will always be with us. For those of us who spent each day with him, his teachings and his love will always be with us. He taught us love, he taught us respect, he taught us of our family heritage, and he taught us how to live. <br />
“For those who are acquaintances of my father, you may have met him only once and you are here because he impacted you in some way.” <br />
A few nods came from the crowd. <br />
Lucy continued. “He had that effect on people because he had a genuine love and respect for human life. Which is not something all of us can say we have. He treated everyone the same, with kindness. <br />
“Because my father had cancer, he knew that this day was coming and he had time to prepare for it. We had many discussions and the one thing he consistently told me was to embrace life. He didn’t say this because he was dying, it was his mantra. This man lived every day of his life like it may be his last. He didn’t wait until he was dying to find the beauty in this world or the people in it. He was always this way. <br />
“Remember my father, not with sadness, but with the memories he left behind. Remember him with love, with laughter and knowing that he is exactly where he wants to be.” <br />
Lucy stepped back, reaching out for Ethan to grasp her hand once again. She eyed her siblings, none of them were crying either. Daniel, the second oldest son, reached into his gray trench coat and pulled out a silver flask. Lucy sighed and watched as her brother didn’t even try to hide it and took a long pull of the whiskey she knew was inside. <br />
Sadly, as inappropriate as her brother was being, she couldn’t help but wish she could take a giant swig off that flask too. <br />
It’s almost over. <br />
“Would anyone else like to say a few words?” Pastor Brown offered. <br />
Sherriff Davis stepped forward, he had his Stetson clutched in one hand and hitched up his gun belt with the other. As always he was wearing his uniform. The Sheriff and her father had been pretty close … well, as close as a Keeper can get to someone without that someone thinking that they are out of their mind. <br />
“I’d like to, if that’s all right.” The Sheriff looked down into the grave before his eyes swept across the crowd of mourners. Finally his eyes met Lucy’s and she flashed him a smile meant to encourage him to proceed. <br />
“Greg was my friend … and an old grump like me doesn’t have many friends. Greg knew a lot of people in this town, but I feel damn sorry for anyone who lives here and never had the chance to meet him. No one, aside from my own wife, Darcy, could make me laugh like Greg could. He was loyal and respectful, even if he was a bull shitter. Good grief that man liked to tell stories. Also, any man who can raise a brood of children by himself and manage to keep them all out of jail is a good man in my book.” <br />
Lucy could have sworn that she heard Principal Robertson blow air between his lips like he was blowing a raspberry. A few people looked his way and then back at Sheriff Davis. <br />
“That is all I got.” Sheriff Davis stepped back into the crowd. <br />
Evelynn Andrews, the librarian at the Summer Hollow library, raised her hand slightly. She was about seventy years old, but didn’t look a day over fifty five. Lucy hoped she would age that well as the years progressed. <br />
Evelynn pushed her glasses up her nose and closed her eyes for a moment before she began to speak. “I don’t think I can say much more about how wonderful Gregory was, but I wanted to make sure to pay my respects by voicing them. I’ve known the Estmond family all the way back to when Kathleen was still alive, as far back as when she and Greg were high school sweethearts. No one, could have been a better father to these children. Sure, they have caused a fair amount of ruckus over the years, but he did it all on his own and they are educated, mostly well behaved.” <br />
She paused to glance at Daniel who had decided that moment would be appropriate for another pull from his flask. “And above all, Greg gave these children a sense of loyalty. Anyone who knows these kids knows that if you mess with one, you get the whole bunch of them.” <br />
A few people giggled, even Lucy, knowing how true that statement really was. <br />
“This may not seem like a good thing in retrospect, but a family who stays together so closely is a rare thing these days. It is to be cherished. Greg gave them this sense of family and that is something to be proud of.” As she finished, she closed her eyes again looked Pastor Brown. <br />
“Would anyone else like to speak?” Pastor Brown addressed the crowd of mourners. <br />
Unexpectedly, Ethan released Lucy’s hand and raised it up a little bit. “I need to say something.” <br />
Pastor Brown nodded and held his hand out beside him. Ethan moved over to the other side of Lucy beside the pastor. “There are very few people here who don’t know who I am.” Ethan began. “Gregory Estmond took me under his wing a long time ago, when Lucy and I were both very little. My parents, who have moved away now…” <br />
He paused and took a breath, pondering if he should let out the deep dark family secrets. Well, secrets that the whole town knew anyway. That was how small towns worked. <br />
“They were, drug addicts and alcoholics who barely took care of me. Greg came by the house one day to see my parents for some reason and what he found was a little boy locked in his room with no food or water and his parents passed out in their bedroom surrounded by drugs and trash. The story is a long one, a long sad story. But it ended with Greg and the rest of the Estmonds making sure I always had a place to go, that I always had food. Greg even went so far as to pay me for making good grades, just to give me incentive to do well in school.” <br />
Lucy grimaced as he told the story, hating Ethan’s parents for what they did to him. Ethan had conveniently left out the part about how her father had beat the ever living snot out of Ethan’s dad that day he found him locked up in his room half starved. It was hard to believe Ethan’s parents came from a Keeper line, but sadly, not all Keepers were immune to addiction. Keepers were human, just like everyone else. <br />
Ethan scanned the crowd through his glasses. “No one, except for maybe the Estmond kids, owes more, or loves that man, more than I do. He saved me and I will never forget that. I hope that none of you ever forget that either.” <br />
Ethan lowered his head and hurried back to Lucy. She immediately took his hand again, knowing how hard it must have been for him to say all that in front of everyone. He never spoke about his parents. They moved away when he was fourteen and left him alone in the house. After that he came to live with the Estmonds for good. She and Ethan were friends long before the incident at Ethan’s house, but after he came to live with them, they were inseparable. <br />
Pastor Brown closed up the ceremony with a prayer and then the bagpipes started on Amazing Grace. Lucy stepped forward with Ethan’s hand firmly in her grasp and looked down into the dark, deep hole where her father’s body would spend eternity. Luckily, she knew better than most that his soul would not remain in that body. <br />
She held the white rose firmly over the grave. “I wish you peaceful passage.” She released the rose and it drifted down into the depths of the hole. “I love you, Daddy.” <br />
Ethan mimicked her actions, familiar with the meaning of the ceremony from the many deaths of Keepers past. Her siblings had moved into a line directly behind her and Ethan, tossing their roses in as well. <br />
The other mourners milled about, giving Lucy and the family some time before they headed over to her house for the wake. She caught sight of Gloria and Ellen chatting beside the giant wreath of flowers with her father’s picture inside. She wandered over to say hello. “Gloria, Ellen, it’s been so long since I’ve seen you.” <br />
Gloria smiled, as did Ellen. “Yes dear,” Gloria greeted her. “It has been some time. I’m sorry we couldn’t make it sooner.” <br />
“Or under better circumstances.” Ellen added. <br />
Lucy nodded. “Well, I’m just glad that you could make it here now. I’m sure my father would be happy that you are here now.” <br />
Gloria and Ellen nodded, they made a bit more small talk and then Ethan appeared beside her. “I think we had better get over to the house now.” He whispered just loudly enough for the older ladies to hear. <br />
“Oh,” Lucy checked her watch deliberately. “You are absolutely right. I’m sorry ladies, I need to get some things ready over at the house.” <br />
Gloria smiled again, a loving gentle smile of someone she had known her entire life. “You go on dear, we will see you over there.” <br />
With a quick ‘see you later,’ Lucy backed away and then turned to join hands with Ethan again. “Thanks for saving me. I didn’t really want to talk to them, but I had to make sure to say hello to them.” <br />
“You doing all right?” Ethan asked, rubbing the back of her hand with his thumb. <br />
Lucy nodded. “I’m fine.” She turned her head to try and see his eyes through the dark tint of his glasses. “How bout you. Are you all right?” <br />
He twisted his lip up a little and she knew he was giving slight eye roll. “I’ll survive. I just miss him and all this,” he gestured to the crowd, “actually makes it harder.” <br />
She nodded again. “I know what you mean. I feel the same way.” Her gaze strayed from the grave and focused on her house. Their home sat on the edge of the cemetery, separated from the dead by a white picket fence and about thirty yards of grass. The yellow farmhouse had been in their family for several generations, and now it was hers, as was the family business. <br />
“Let’s head over.” <br />
She nodded. Of course they had to get to the house. But, it wouldn’t be for relaxing. There was food to get out and serve. People would come up to her and tell her how sorry they were for her loss, or how much her father meant to them, or some awesome memory they had of him. It was going to be a very long afternoon. <br />
Almost over, she told herself again. Almost over. <br />
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Keeper vs. Reaper was a very music driven book to write. There were so many songs that helped bring this work to life. I actually have a playlist for it on my Spotify account, but I will list ten of my favorite songs here for you so that you can check them out too. </div>
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1. <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuuU7Tggl-8">House on a Hill by The Pretty Reckless</a>:</i> This song was literally on repeat for so many scenes. I don’t know what it is about this song that just brought out the pain and love and personality of my characters. </div>
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2. <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWRsgZuwf_8">Demons by Imagine Dragons:</a></i> One of my two main characters, Jack, is a man who has many demons inside and this song was one of his. </div>
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3. <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH_73vzKSKg">Put the Gun Down by ZZ Ward</a>:</i> This song one of my favorite to use for stand off scenes. </div>
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4. <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGVrDxi_Cmg">Playing for Keeps by Elle King</a>:</i> Love this song. It talks about how the reaper is playing for keeps and I just found that inspirational. </div>
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5. <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2zEG9owql0">What Ya Gonna Do by Hinder</a>:</i> Yet another song dedicated to Jack, who loves to drown himself in his own sorrows. </div>
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6. <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBumgq5yVrA">Let Her Go by Passenger</a>:</i> Normally not my style of music, however, this song was perfect for a scene in the book and I listened to it on repeat until the scene was complete. When you read the book you will know which one. J </div>
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7. <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IziTRWzTUo">Times are Hard by Redlight King</a></i>: My daughter always tells me I listen to the most depressing music when I write, and I have to admit that I do. This is another melancholy, yet awesome song. </div>
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8. <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uOxb2-PBus">Your Winter by Sister Hazel:</a></i> I know, I know, another soft and sad song! Sorry … </div>
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9. <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sXoA7B5yJo">Freak Like Me by Halestorm:</a></i> There, a not soft and sad song. I love Halestorm and this song was awesome for writing some of the more fun scenes in Keeper vs. Reaper. </div>
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10. <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyUoUwf3CI4">Till the Casket Drops by ZZ Ward</a></i>: Well, this one isn’t soft and sad, but it’s not exactly a perky song either. I used this for the funeral scene at the beginning of the book. </div>
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Okay, there you have ten of my favorite songs on my Keeper vs. Reaper playlist. You can also look me up on Spotify as Jennifer Malone Wright. <img alt="Smile" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-qez2PDSNToU/U-4uBuMOEEI/AAAAAAAAjI4/_6i3syUSbC4/wlEmoticon-smile%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none;" /> </div>
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She resides in the beautiful mountains of northern Idaho with her husband and five children where she practices preparing for the zombie apocalypse. Just kidding! <br />
But seriously, between the craziness of taking care of her children, Jennifer has little time left for herself. The time she does have left, usually leading far into the night, is spent working on her beloved fiction or chatting with her equally crazy friends. <br />
Jennifer also loves coffee, has a passionate affair with red bull, wishes the sushi were better where she lives and dances while she cleans. <br />
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<b>Tour Schedule - One Week blog tour for Keeper vs. Reaper, Graveyard Guardians #1 by Jennifer Malone Wright from August 18 to 24, 2014</b><b>.</b> </div>
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<b>August 18</b> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Kalinga;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Series: Legends Saga # 2</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Kalinga;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Author: Stacey Rourke</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Kalinga;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Genre: Thriller/Suspense </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Kalinga;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Publisher: Anchor Group Publishing </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Kalinga;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Cover by: Najla Qamber Designs </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Kalinga;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Editor: Melissa Ringsted </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Kalinga;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Expected Date of Publishing: Sept 22, 2014</span></span></div>
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Death Design</h4>
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Series: The Daughters of Darkness #3</h4>
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<strong>Genre: Paranormal/Suspense</strong><br />
<strong>Release Date: December 2014</strong><br />
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Her name is Sinise, but goes by Sin. She is a reaper, Death.<br />
She is the sister of the President of the United States, also his personal assassin.<br />
She’s the last piece of the puzzle to destroy Nick with her two sisters.<br />
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Blood Slaves (The Daughters of the Darkness #1)</h4>
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Blake Noble is assigned by her superior, of the Supernatural Crime Division, to investigate the disappearance of his niece and to take down the Covert, a several hundred year old vampire organization known for abducting their victims off the streets. Things begin to go south when she begins to uncover truths about the people she loves.<br />
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After finding out she is the daughter of Lucifer and a famous vampire mother, she begins to use her newly appearing abilities to survive through the investigation. Between demon lessons from her father and falling for the Deputy Director of the Michigan, she attempts a nail biting journey to shut down the biggest secret in vampire history.<br />
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Shadow Cursed (The Daughters of the Darkness #2)</h4>
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U.S. Marshal, Jacey Noble, has just taken a well-deserved vacation when one of her fugitives ends up murdered. Detective Trent Vinolva is less than enthusiastic to take on a new partner, especially the hot-blooded Jacey. When they encounter a werewolf at the scene, Jacey is thrust into a new world of supernatural beings and high-stakes encounters with no one else to turn to but Trent.<br />
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Jacey discovers that she’s a Shadow, one of an order of powerful beings that are able to manipulate darkness. Amidst the whirlwind of discovering her newly activated powers, Jacey must solve the murder while battling sexual tension with Detective Vinolva. Things get interesting when the pair is led to Jacey’s demon father and her flame throwing sister. Finding herself in a new world on the brink of supernatural war, Jacey doesn’t know who to trust. She must rely on instinct to traverse the unknown.<br />
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About the Author</h4>
N.L Hoffmann is a new paranormal romance author; she recently published her first book entitled Blood Slaves, Book One to the Daughters of Darkness Series. She is currently working on the second book to the collection.<br />
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Hoffmann was born in Germany to her German native mother and her American soldier father. The family moved home to the states, where she grew up in a rural farm town in Michigan with her parents and two younger brothers. There, in her pre-teens, is when she began writing and developed her love for literature.<br />
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Today, Hoffmann resides in Missouri with her husband and three children, where she published her first book Blood Slaves in January 2014 and is currently working on Book Two to the Daughters of Darkness Series. When Hoffmann isn't busy putting words on the page she enjoys reading, drawing, playing loving pranks on her husband, and spending time with her familyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18208760367455776352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469017912931682147.post-73909904799518883742014-08-04T00:00:00.001-07:002014-08-04T00:00:13.478-07:00Spotlight & Giveaway: Dark Vengeance by Sara Reinke<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm happy to introduce the Dark Vengeance by Sara Reinke Book Tour.</div>
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5 ecopies of Dark Vengeance Part 1</div>
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2 ebook sets of the entire Brethren Series</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> The Brethren Series Book 6</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">Genre: </b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> Paranormal/vampire</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>Publisher: </b> Bloodhorse Press</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>Date of Publication:</b> 11/2011</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Brandon Noble thinks the worst is
behind him and is ready to begin a new life with the woman he loves. Lina Jones
is more reluctant to let bygones be bygones, but agrees to try for Brandon's
sake. But just as they look forward to a promising future together, new danger
arises -- and Brandon's very nature could threaten to tear them ruthlessly
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Vengeance Part 1: <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Lina had never
seen Brandon so fully enthralled by the bloodlust before—not without him
feeding from her or finding sexual release. It had left him exhausted,
flustered and—she realized suddenly—frightened.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Because he’s
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Brandon,” she
whispered, reaching up to press her palm to his cheek. God, he was burning up,
his skin hot like the side of a glassworks furnace. “Feed from me.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Don’t ask me
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Yes, you can,”
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">It has to! he
cried. Shaking his head his head to dislodge her hand from his face, he then
seized hold of her, locking his fingers through hers, pinning her hands down
against the bed. You don’t understand, he seethed, his brows furrowed. He
leaned down enough for her to see herself—her sudden, visible alarm—reflected
in the obsidian pools of his eyes. This has to work—it has to. If I bite you
now, I won’t be able to stop. Do you get it? Do you hear me? I won’t be able to
stop myself!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Sara
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> The Brethren Series Book 8</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Date of Publication: 6/2014<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">From the beginning, it's been the
two of them: Brandon Noble and Lina Jones, against the world...against all
odds. But in the end, Brandon couldn't resist his true vampire nature, and the
relentless pull of the blood lust drove them apart. Now he's disappeared
without a trace and his life may very well be in danger. Can Lina put aside her
broken heart to help find the man she loves? Or does Brandon's salvation lie in
the hands of the most unlikely hero of all?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Dark Vengeance Part 2<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Brandon lay
spooned against Lina, his chest facing her back, the curves of her body resting
in perfect complement with his own. Her hair, a tousled mess of dark, springy
curls, tickled the underside of his nose. He had his hand draped lightly over
the slim indention of her waist, his fingers loosely twined through hers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I don’t
understand this—any of it, Brandon thought. But he found he no longer had the
heart to question it. Because this is what I want—you’re what I want, Lina, he
thought, breathing in the scent of her perfume, and kissing her lightly through
her hair. You’re what I need.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Although he was
loath to leave her, he slowly drew free from their embrace and slipped out of
bed. Leaving her curled on her side, her body draped in blankets, he pulled on
a pair of jeans and a T-shirt. Grabbing his cell phone, Brandon padded softly
toward the bedroom doorway. Here, he paused, glancing over his shoulder, watching
as she dozed, cat-like and comfortable, in a sunbeam.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">God, you’re
beautiful, he thought, the corners of his mouth lifting in a soft smile. I want
this every day, for the rest of my life. I want you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">He wandered
through the chateau, and everything was just as he remembered. It had come
pre-furnished, courtesy of the Morins, but Lina had added her own touches here
and there to the décor: a tabletop sculpture of a moose made from old paint
cans, springs and cogs in the living room bought during an outing to an art
gallery with Tessa; a framed photograph of her and Brandon taken outside one of
the gaudy casino exteriors on the Nevada side of the lake; a bowl of giant
pinecones—each bigger than a softball—she’d collected from the yard outside. He
gazed out the bay windows in the living room and found everything outside just
as he’d known it, too—flawless azure sky, clustered stands of towering
evergreen trees, the distant but distinct cerulean plane of Emerald Bay below.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">It was a
beautiful place, a peaceful place, and as it always did, it made Brandon feel
at ease simply to be there, bearing mute witness to its splendor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">He sat down on
the couch and looked down at the cell phone in his hand. Again, it occurred to
him—floating to mind, as if something rancid bobbing briefly to the surface in
a murky pond—that the phone was supposed to be lost.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">When Jackson
moved out of his mother’s house in Florida, he thought. His head hurt, a sudden
burst, a throbbing ache just behind his eyes, and with a frown, he pinched the
bridge of his nose. Only I didn’t go to Florida. So I couldn’t have lost my
phone there. Besides… He opened his eyes, blinking down at the iPhone in his
hand. …I have it right here. That’s proof I didn’t lose it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">He opened his
messages as Lina had done, and felt his heart quicken with excitement as he saw
Sebastian’s name and number pop up. If losing his phone had been just a dream,
then…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Then losing my
dad must’ve been one, too, he thought, tapping on the touchscreen keypad, and
typing a message: Hey, Dad—are you busy?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">For a long
moment, he couldn’t send the message, even though he knew it was ridiculous to
hesitate. The idea that Sebastian was gone had been so powerful and poignant
within him; to realize now that he wasn’t, that Brandon could have another
chance—countless chances—to talk to him, text him, interact with him was damn
near overwhelming.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">But almost as
soon as he pressed send, the phone vibrated in his hand, not because
Sebastian’s response had been so quickly forthcoming, but because a dialogue
box had appeared onscreen: Signal lost. Message not sent. Please try again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">What? With a
frown, Brandon held up the phone: no bars, no signal, no reception. He rose to
his feet and walked closer to the windows, but still had no luck. He moved
around the house, going from room to room; he turned the phone off and on
again, but no matter what he tried, he couldn’t get a transmission signal.
Shrugging on a lightweight jacket, he stepped out onto the deck to see if the
reception was any better. But it wasn’t.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Damn it, Brandon
thought with a deepening frown, as he glared, frustrated, at the impotent phone
in his hand. It had apparently worked last night—there was the conversation
he’d had with his father right there on the screen to prove it. But still, Brandon
had no memory of that conversation, not even the distant, dream-like sort in
which Sebastian had died, or that he had lost his cell phone. That utter lack
of memory did more than trouble Brandon. It pained him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Because I feel
cheated somehow, he thought, as ridiculous as it sounded. He felt desperate now
to get in touch with Sebastian, to prove to himself that this was reality, and
everything else—all of the half-memories bobbing and percolating in the back of
his mind—were dreams. I want to talk to my dad. Even if it’s only through a
stupid goddamn text, I want to talk to…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">All at once,
Brandon’s attention snapped from the phone in his hand to the woods, his brows
narrowing, his entire body growing instantly tense. He could sense another
Brethren, that distinctive, tingling sensation that meant another like him was
nearby. Normally at the Morin compound, this wouldn’t have alarmed him because
the only ones there were Brethren. But in that moment, as he felt that
unmistakable awareness of other Brethren within his proximity, he realized he
hadn’t been feeling it all along as he’d grown accustomed. It was like the
entire area was completely empty, at least of other vampires—until now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Below him,
through the tangle of trees, Brandon saw him, a Brethren man looking up at the
bungalow—most specifically, at Brandon. His eyes were a clear, nearly lucent
shade of blue, like the waters of Lake Tahoe. He reached for Brandon as if
desperately imploring, his fingers splayed wide, and his arm had been stripped
of any visible flesh, flayed so that the bright red meat of his muscles lay
gruesomely exposed. Blood spattered in fat droplets onto the floor and the
stark white sheets beneath him were stained scarlet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Please… the man
gasped, and Brandon knew his face, his eyes—his name.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Please… Aaron
begged, his eyes glassy with pain, wide with alarm. Don’t…!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Definitely an author to watch.”
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first two books in The Brethren Series of vampire romance are available from
Kensington/Zebra Books, while the third installment, Dark Passion, is available
from Double Dragon Publishing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Passages: Tristan & Karen, Dark Passages 2: Pilar & Elías and Dark
Vengeance Parts 1 and 2, from Bloodhorse Press. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Publisher: Avon Romance<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">ISBN 13: 9780062018977<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Wynter Atrialan, the Winter King,
once lived in peace with his southern, Summerlander neighbors, but when Falcon,
the prince of Summerlea, stole Wynter’s bride and murdered his young brother,
Wynter vows vengeance. Calling upon a dangerous Wintercraig magic called the
Ice Heart, he gathers his armies and marches against Summerlea, crushing their
armies and spreading icy winter in his wake. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">After three long, bitter years of
battle, Summerlea is defeated and Wynter comes to the heart of the kingdom to
issue his terms for their surrender. The prince of Summerlea stole Wynter’s
bride and slew Wynter’s Heir. He wants the loss replaced. The Ice Heart is
consuming him. Wynter hopes holding his own child in his arms will rekindle the
warmth of love and melt the Ice Heart before he becomes the monster of
Wintercraig legend, the Ice King.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The Summer King has three very
precious daughters whom he loves dearly. Wynter will take one of them to wife.
She will have one year to provide him with an Heir. If she fails, he will turn
her out in the ice and snow of the mountains and claim another princess for his
wife. And so it will continue until Wynter has his Heir or the Summer King is
out of daughters. All the while, Wynter will enjoy the vengeance of knowing the
Summer King will suffer each day without his beloved daughter(s), as Wynter
suffers each day without his own beloved brother. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The plan is perfect—except for
one small detail. The Summer King has a fourth daughter. One of which he is not
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Blamed as a child for the death
of her beloved mother, Khamsin Coruscate, the forgotten princess of Summerlea,
has spent her life hidden from the world like an embarrassing secret. Dressed
in cast-off gowns and left to her own devices, with only the determination of
her loyal nursemaid to ensure she receives the education befitting an Heir to
the Summer Throne, Khamsin haunts the abandoned towers and gardens of
Summerlea’s royal palace, close to her beloved late mother’s treasures, and
waits for the day her father will recognize her as a Princess of the Rose. But
though she dreams of the valor and sacrifices of ancient Summerlea heroes and
pines for paternal love that will never come, Khamsin is no sweet, gentle,
helpless princess-in-a-tower. She is a fiercely passionate creature with a
volatile, rebellious temper that is often as reckless and destructive as the
dangerous forces of her weathergift, the power of storms. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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but the whole world?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">C. L. WILSON grew up camping and
waterskiing across America, from Cherry Creek reservoir in Denver, CO, to Lake
Gaston on the border of Virginia and North Carolina, to Georgia’s Lake Lanier
and Lake Allatoona. When she wasn’t waterskiing and camping on family
vacations, you could usually find her with a book in one hand and a sketch pad
in the other—either reading, writing stories, or drawing. Sometime around the
ninth grade, she decided she was better at drawing her pictures with words than
paints and charcoals, and she set aside her sketchpad to focus entirely on
writing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Wilson is active in Tampa Area
Romance Authors (TARA), her local chapter of Romance Writers of America. When
not engaged in writerly pursuits, she enjoys golfing, swimming, reading,
playing video games with her children, and spending time with her friends and
family. She is also an avid collector (her husband says pack rat!), and she’s
the proud owner of an extensive collection of Dept. 56 Dickens and North Pole
villages, unicorns, Lladro figurines, and mint condition comic books. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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husband, their three wonderful children, and their little black cat, Oreo, in a
secluded ranch community less than thirty miles away from the crystalline
waters and sugar-sand beaches of Anna Maria Island and Siesta Key on Florida’s
gulf coast.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Prologue
~ Scarlet on Snow<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">King’s Keep<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Vera Sola,
Summerlea<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Do you have to
go?” Seventeen year old Khamsin
Coruscate clung to her beloved brother’s hand as if by her grip alone she could
anchor him fast and keep him from leaving. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “You know I do. Our treaties with the Winter King are very
important.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“But you’ll be
home soon?” Whenever he was gone, the
ancient walls of the royal palace of Summerlea that had been her home and her
prison since birth seemed somehow more confining, more restrictive. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Not this time,
little sister.” Falcon shook his
head. A strand of black hair that had
pulled free of the queue at the back of his neck brushed against the soft, dark
skin of his cheek. “It will take weeks
to negotiate the treaties.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Khamsin scowled,
and the wind began to gust, sending Kham’s habitually untamed hair whipping
into her mouth and eyes. “Why does he
have to send you? Why can’t his
ambassador negotiate the treaty? He’s
sending you away because of me, isn’t he?
Because he doesn’t want you spending so much time with me.” Her hands clenched into fists. The wind sent her skirts flying and a dark
cloud rolled across the sun. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Their father,
King Verdan IV of Summerlea, didn’t love her. She knew that. He kept her isolated in a remote part of the
palace, hidden away from his court and his kingdom, on the pretext that her
weathergifts were too volatile and dangerous and she couldn’t control them. That was all true. Kham’s gifts were dangerous, and she couldn’t
control them any better than she could control her own temper. Until now, however, he’d never stooped to
sending his other children away to keep them from visiting her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Here now. Be calm.”
Falcon smoothed her wayward curls back, tucking them behind her
ears. Compassion and pity shone softly
in his eyes. “I wish I didn’t have to
leave you. But Father believes I’ll have
the best chance of getting what we want from Wintercraig, and I agree with
him.” Summerlea, once a rich, thriving
kingdom renowned for its fertile fields and abundant orchards, had been in a
slow decline for years. Although the nobles and king maintained a prosperous
façade for political and economic purposes, beneath the gilded domes and bright
splendor of Summerlea’s palaces and grand estates, the rough tatters of neglect
were beginning to show. “Besides, you
won’t be alone while I’m gone. You have
Tildy and the Seasons.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“It isn’t the
same. They aren’t you.” He was the handsome Prince of Summerlea,
charming, witty, heroic. He’d lived a
life of adventure, most of which he shared with her, entertaining her with the
tales of his exploits…the places he’d seen, the people he’d met. His hunts, his adventures, his triumphs. No matter how much her nursemaid, Tildavera
Greenleaf, doted on Khamsin, or how often the three other princesses, Autumn,
Spring, and Summer, snuck away from their palace duties to spend time with
their ostracized youngest sister, Falcon was the one whose visits she couldn’t
live without.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Now there’s a
pretty compliment. Careful, my
lady. You’ll turn my head.” He smiled, and warmth poured into her. It was no wonder the ladies of their father’s
court swooned at the slightest attention from him. Falcon had a magical way about him. He could he literally charm the birds from
the trees with his name-gift—controlling any feathered creature on a whim--and
the weathergift inherent in his royal Summerlander blood was stronger than it
had been in any crown prince in generations.
It was as if the Sun itself had taken up residence in his soul, and its
warmth spilled from him each time he smiled.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Kham took a deep
breath. The sharp edge of her temper
abated, and in the skies, the gathering storm began to calm. Perhaps King Verdan truly had chosen to send
his only son as envoy to Wintercraig for political reasons. Long, long ago, as a small child crying
herself to sleep, she’d decided Falcon was the reincarnation of Roland
Triumphant, the Hero of Summerlea, the brave King who had defeated an overwhelming
invasion force with his wit, his weathergifts, and a legendary sword reputed to
be a gift from the Sun God himself. If
anyone could charm the cold, savage folk of the north into concessions most
favorable to Summerlea, Falcon could.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Will you at
least write to me?” she asked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“I’ll send you a
bird every week.” He tapped her nose
and gave her a charming, roguish grin. “Cheer up. Just think of all the swordfights you’ll win
when you’re fighting invisible opponents instead of me.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Kham rolled her
eyes. He’d been teaching her
sword-fighting for years, but she had yet to best him in a match.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“You know,” she
said as they walked towards the doorway leading back into the palace, “it might
actually be a good thing that you’ll be spending months in Wintercraig.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Oh?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Yes. You can use that time to find out what
happened to Roland’s sword.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Falcon tripped
on an uneven flagstone and grabbed the trunk of a nearby tree to steady
himself. “I’m sure I’ll be much too busy
to chase fairy tales, Storm.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">She frowned in
surprise. “But you’ve always believed
the stories were true.” Blazing, the legendary sword of Roland Soldeus, had
disappeared shortly after the heroic king’s death. Legend claimed it was the Winter King, the
father of Roland’s betrothed, who had spirited the sword away so Roland’s
brother Donal couldn’t claim it. Every
royal Summerlea Heir for the last two millennia had dreamed of finding the
legendary blade and bringing it back home where it belonged. Falcon had spent years chasing lead after
lead, determined that he would be the one to find Blazing and restore Summerlea
to its former glory.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“What about
those letters?” she added. “The really
old ones you found tucked in that monastery?
You said they proved the stories were true.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“That was six
years ago. I was seventeen. I wanted the stories to be true.” He gave her a quick hug and a brotherly kiss
on the forehead. “I’ve got to run. I’m
meeting with Father and his advisors to go over our list of demands and
concessions one last time before I leave.
I’ll see you in a few months.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“I’ll miss you
every day.” She trailed after him,
feeling bereft and forlorn when Falcon turned the corner and disappeared from
view. But this time, she also felt
confused. She’d never known Falcon to give up on something he felt passionately
about. And he’d been passionate about
finding Roland’s sword. He’d been
certain he was on the right trail. He’d
shared his discoveries with her because he knew she was just as hungry as he to
find the legendary sword.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">So why would he
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-weight: normal;">I'm happy to participate in the Carnal Magic Promo & Giveaway! Please continue reading to find our more about this wonderful paranormal romance. Lila Dubois is giving away an amazing basket of both Irish and Gothic themed items, including a beautiful scarf, books on mythology, handmade soaps and jewelry. Enter to win by completing the tasks on the rafflecopter. </span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 122%;">Two hundred years after the Tuatha de Danaan and Vampires formed a fragile alliance, the Wraith Accords are unraveling. Isabel Santiago is a leader in one of the most powerful of the vampire cabals, and she agrees to join the Fae court as a gesture of goodwill - and damage control.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 122%;">While Aed mac Goll’s loyalty to Fae is absolute, he’s never supported
the accords which gave the Vampires sanctuary and restored the </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 122%;">Tuatha de</i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 122%;">’s</span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 122%;"> </i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 122%;">link to humanity. The very idea he could desire an undead human is
unthinkable, yet he’s drawn to Isabel’s dark beauty and fierce intelligence.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 122%;">Despite their mutual mistrust, they soon find themselves lost in a
dangerous game of lust and power. When the treaty shatters amid calls for
Isabel’s head, Aed realizes their connection is more than physical. And to save
it, they’ll have to unravel a mystery that’s been a thousand years in the
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“Lady Isabel.”</div>
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<span lang="NL">He came from the shadows, a massive outline of a
man, darker than anything around him. It seemed the starlight didn’t touch his
armor, which was a matte black that made her think of lightless prison cells
deep underground. She couldn’t stop the shiver that shook her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="NL">He removed the full helmet, revealing a face as
beautiful as the armor was dark. His hair was the rich brown of the earth with
streaks of gold. His skin was pale, but not so pale as hers, more cream than
white, but light enough that the blue of his eyes was startlingly bright. His
hair was long and pulled back from his face, leaving his strong, angular
features exposed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="NL">Isabel swallowed the saliva that pooled in her
mouth. She wanted this man. She wanted to take him, fuck him, pleasure him and
hurt him. She wanted to taste his blood as he fucked her, wanted to feel his
hands on her flesh. He smelled like nothing she could describe, and the assault
on her senses—visual, aural and olfactory—nearly brought her to her knees. It
had been a very long time since she’d had such a strong reaction to a man. If
this was what it would be like each time she met one of the Tuatha de Danaan, this
mission would be far more challenging than she’d anticipated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="NL">Keeping her lips carefully closed, she nodded,
hoping her trembling didn’t show. “Sir.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="NL">“I am Aed mac Goll of the Fianna.” He bowed low.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="NL">“I am honored to meet so noble a warrior.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="NL">“You know of the Fianna?” His features hadn’t
changed but the consternation was there in his voice. He held his helmet out to
the side and it melted away into the darkness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="NL">The Fianna were the legendary warriors of the
Tuatha de Danaan. They guarded the royal family and when called upon were a
fighting force of unparalleled skill. Most of this was known only through human
legends, the stories of Ireland detailing the exploits of the Fair Folk, who
were once reported to be gods, then made mere men by the monks who recorded the
tales. Fact and human myth rarely resembled each other, but Isabel had found
that there was usually a kernel of truth buried in the origins of such stories,
and what they’d learned of the Tuatha de Danaan since the Wraith Accords had
confirmed that piece of legend.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="NL">“I know only enough to be honored.” She curtsied
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<span lang="NL">Aed bowed. “The honor is mine. Will you follow
me?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="NL">He gestured for her to precede him. Isabel let
herself be guided deeper into Tara.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="NL">Lila Dubois is a
tech writer by day and a romance writer by night. She’s living her own version
of a romance novel with her Irish Farm Boy, whom she imported to Los Angeles.
Having spent extensive time in France, Egypt, Turkey, Ireland and England, Lila
speaks five languages, none of them—including English—fluently.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Series: Blood and Magic #1</span><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Genre: Urban Fantasy</span><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Release Date: January 201</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">It has been six years since the Awakening and peace in Spokane, Washington is still tenuous at best. The vampires and shifters are all vying for control of the city and the humans seem to be the ones suffering the consequences, or so it seems.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Aria Naveed has spent the last two years of her life fighting to make the many wrongs of the world right, but soon finds out that the humans aren't as weak as they appear and may be a more terrifying foe than any of the other races combined.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">When a Stranger rolls into town with trouble on his heels, Aria finds herself trapped in the middle of a battle that could cost her more than she has bargained for as a fights for justice turns into an unexpected fight for her life.</span><br />
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photographer, and the blogger behind Coffee and Characters. Born in the SF Bay
area, she now resides in Spokane, WA, the primary location for her Blood &
Magic series.</span><span style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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her restless nights putting pen to paper as she tries to get all of the stories
out of her head before the dogs wake up the rest of the house and vye for her
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">“Mike
you and I both know that that isn’t going to happen so why don’t you just tell
me what fur ball they’re going to saddle me with.” I said as I collected my
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noisily cleared his voice, “Uh hey Ari…”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">“God
I hope that whoever it is that he isn’t a complete moron. If I’m going to be
stuck with a pack partner, the least they can do is send me someone competent.”
Mike noisily cleared his throat again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">“What?”
I asked, looking up from my desk. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">I
was greeted by a tall man standing just inside the office, casually leaning
against the doorframe. He had tousled brown hair and steely grey colored eyes.
High cheekbones and a strong jaw formed his masculine face and a hint of
stubble dusted his jaw line, not enough to appear unkempt but just enough to
give a roguish impression. Dressed in black jeans, a black T, and a black
leather jacket, he oozed tall, dark and handsome with deadly intent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">“That
would be this fur ball right here.” He said, an arrogant grin lifting the
corner of his mouth. I let my head fall to the surface of my desk, then for
good measure I gently knocked my forehead on its smooth surface, one, two,
three times. Dammit I couldn’t believe I had just called him a freaking fur
ball! I could feel my cheeks warm in embarrassment and did my best to hide it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">“You
all done with the show?” He asked as I lifted my head from the desk. I glared
at him for good measure and then allowed my head to connect with the desk’s
surface once more before sitting up. rubbing the slight sting away “Yea, I’m
done.” I told him. Well, at least this wouldn’t be as bad as I had thought.
James was the only shifter that I actually personally knew and was one of the
few individuals I considered a friend. I met James about six months ago at a
shifter bar downtown, though at the time I didn’t actually know that it was a
shifter bar.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">A
group of coyotes had decided I was easy prey and were giving me a pretty hard
time. James had intervened before things got out of hand which basically meant
that he stopped me from wiping the floor with their coyote asses and burning
the entire building to ash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
probably a good thing that he had stepped in but I remember being furious with
him at the time, I had really wanted to give those bastards a piece of my mind
and show them that I wasn’t just some naive little girl. That was back when I
was still cocky over my abilities. Things had changed since then and the
thought was sobering. Now being a pyrokinetic was something I had to hide and
honestly, that just plain sucked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">“So,
you’re my partner?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">James
nodded, his face going serious, “Yea I’m you’re partner, ready to do something
reckless?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">I
smiled at that, James knew me all to well. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">“Absolutely.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Grabbing
my messenger bag I followed James out of the office, aware of Mike’s
unapproving gaze on my every step.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Series: The Bionics # 5 <br />
Author: Alicia Michaels <br />
Audience: New Adult <br />
Genre: Dystopian/Sci-Fi/Romance <br />
Formats: E-book and Paperback <br />
Publisher: Crimson Tree Publishing <br />
Cover by: Strong Image Editing <br />
Editor: Cynthia Shepp Editing and Review <br />
Pages: 109 pages <br />
Publishing Date: June 27, 2014 <br />
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War has come to the United States. It’s been brewing for years as the government and Military Police wage war on the outcasts known as the Bionics. It’s spilling out into the streets as the militant Rejects continue to wage war against the ‘inferior’ humans, the M.P.s are raiding neighborhoods and putting Bionics to death, and I am fighting alongside the Resistance to save our kind from extinction. To top it all off, the president has now declared martial law, and the rights of American citizens are being stripped away one by one. Together, with the vigilante known as The Patriot, and my Resistance family, I am prepared to fight the impossible fight, to stand up for what’s right. From a single spark, our little rebellion has grown into a revolution, a roaring fire that will envelop the nation. At the same time, things in my personal life are finally turning around. I’m in love with a beautiful girl who loves me back, and we might have a shot at a real future … unless the enemy manages to snatch away from me everything that I hold dear. <br />
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A weapon’s muzzle suddenly comes up to the back of my head and I freeze, lifting my hands and the CBX with it. An M.P. in white, fiberglass armor circles around me, the gun now focused on my forehead. I can see just by looking that he has it on the kill setting. “Look, man,” I say calmly. “I’m not one of them. I’m on your side here.” He raises the face shield of his helmet, and I’m face to face with a fresh recruit. He can’t be any older than eighteen and skinny as a rail, shaking like a leaf. “Don’t come any closer,” he says, his high-pitched voice trembling with the force of his fear. Around us, the fight rages on. “You’re all the same, just a bunch of freaks.” I shrug. “Come on, dude. We both know I could have killed you by now. But I’m not here to fight you. We just want justice. Look around you and you’ll see the real killers, the real freaks. Turn your gun on them, and I’ll do the same.” He frowns. “Fight with you?” “With me, next to me, behind me, whatever. What’s your name, kid?” He swallows noisily, his Adam’s apple bobbing in his throat. “Ethan.” I nod. “Okay, Ethan, I’m Dax. You got a girl, Ethan?” Ethan lowers the gun. “Yeah… I mean, kind of. She doesn’t really know I like her.” I smile. “Been there, man, done that. I got a girl too, back home. I kind of told her I loved her a few days ago.” <br />
Ethan’s eyebrows shot up. “Whoa, that’s huge.” “Right? Big stuff. Plus, I promised her I’d try to make it back alive. The way I see it, I stand a better chance of that if we can try to fight together, even if it’s just for today. What do you think? Let’s end this shit so we can get home. You have a girl to win over, and I’d rather not piss mine off by coming home in a body bag.” Ethan nods. “Yeah. Yeah, okay, sure.” My hand grasps his shoulder just as a flying metal disc comes whizzing at his head. He cries out as I take him to the ground, just barely saving him from being decapitated. I’m not quite as lucky. The metal disc slices into my cheek as it flies by, laying it open. Pain explodes along the left side of my face, leaving a trail of fire that goes from my jaw to just beneath my eye. Another inch and I’d be sporting a falsie like Blythe. Behind Ethan, one of the Rejects has some sort of makeshift gun mounted on his shoulder. It’s the size of a small cannon, and it is shooting another disc at me. Dropping for cover and avoiding another gash, I grab Ethan’s shoulder again. “You good?” He stares at me with wide eyes and nods. “Yeah.” “Cool. Stay down while I kill this dickhead.” This time when he fires at me, I’m ready. The pistons in my leg joints fire rapidly and I jump, my boot connecting with the disc and kicking it back the way it came. I give Ethan a hand up as the Reject’s head slides from his shoulders, taken off by his own disc. “Can dish it out but can’t take it,” I grumble as I help Ethan to his feet. He smiles at me appreciatively. “You saved my life, man. Thanks.” “No need to thank me. Now, let’s go save some others.” <br />
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Series: The Bionics # 1 <br />
Pages: 96 pages <br />
ISBN: 1940534313 <br />
ASIN: B00F3T8T3S <br />
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<b>About The Bionics Series: </b><br />
The year is 4010. Nuclear war and the wasteful nature of humans have all but destroyed the United States. A new government regime rules the day with strict laws, rationed food, and careful control. When those injured in the nuclear blasts that rocked many of the nations largest cities are offered another chance by the Restoration Project, how could they refuse? <br />
Little do they know that the robotic additions to their body will paint targets on their backs once the government decides that they are dangerous. At the forefront of the resistance is a girl with a bionic eye, Blythe Sol, who wants nothing more than to be a normal girl. Blythe has yet to realize that normal will never exist again for her, or anyone else. <br />
<b>About The Bionics, Book 1: </b><br />
All I ever wanted was to be a normal girl. I had dreams of joining the ranks of the Military Police and making my family proud. But the nuclear war that laid waste to our country destroyed any hope I had of being normal ever again. They took everything away from me, including my humanity. I am now half-human, half-machine, part of the never-ending freak show that is the Restoration Project. <br />
They hate what they created and they fear us for being powerful. <br />
And so they hunt us, destroying our lives so that they can bury what they built. What they don’t know is this: there is a Resistance out there and The Bionics aren’t going down without a fight. <br />
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Series: The Bionics # 2 <br />
Pages: 153 pages <br />
ISBN: 1482577968 <br />
ASIN: B00F3JHEU2 <br />
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We stand on the brink of a double rescue mission, a plan so foolhardy that even our bravest men are quaking inside with fear. Storm the capitol, free the prisoners, don’t get killed. It seems like a suicide mission, but not a single one of us has anything to lose. <br />
In my past life, I was a scoundrel; a drug peddling street thug who cared nothing for anyone because I had no one to care for me. The nuclear blasts of 4006 reminded me of the value of life, and a girl with the saddest eyes I’ve ever gazed into gave me someone to care for. Now, as we embark on our most dangerous enterprise, I can only hope that we make it out alive and that those we have lost can be recovered. <br />
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Title: Secrets <br />
Series: The Bionics # 3 <br />
Pages: 152 pages <br />
ISBN: 1940534348 <br />
ASIN: B00FFH0EAE <br />
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Before The Resistance, my life was one of privilege and comfort. Before The Resistance, mine was a mindset of naiveté and blind trust in a broken and corrupt government. Before The Resistance, I’d never stood up or fought for anything in my life. <br />
Now, there is everything to fight for and everything to lose. All for a glimmer of hope in our future. It may seem a small thing but with the smallest bit of hope, men have risen against their oppressors with fists raised, even when they knew they stared into the face of death. <br />
Now that I have found something to fight for, I can only hope that my past will not become a roadblock to my future and that the secrets I’ve kept from those whose trust I’ve gained will not come back to ruin the new life I’ve made. If they do, I fear that I will not only lose my place as part of the Resistance, but the heart of the girl I am slowly coming to love. <br />
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Series: The Bionics # 4 <br />
Pages: 160 pages <br />
ISBN: 1940534437 <br />
ASIN: B00HZCQJ4M <br />
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Most nineteen-year-old girls are thinking about college, stretching the wings of newfound adulthood, and boys. Well, I’ll probably never go to college, and all my dreams of the future are gone. I’ve been adult for much longer than I should have been, and my girlhood was stolen the minute the North Koreans dropped their nukes over the United States. As for boys … well, that’s pretty much out of the question now. My love life is too messy to even talk about. <br />
I have nothing. <br />
Except, maybe, my cause—my mission—The Resistance. It is the hope I have to cling to. I am counting on it to pave the way to my future. As things heat up and the terrorist sect known as The Rejects make themselves known opponents of society in this war, the choice to be on the side of good is harder than ever. My friends are broken; Olivia is a shell of her former self, and Jenica is barely hanging on. Dax and Gage … well, we’re not talking about my love life, remember? <br />
The Rejects, the government, President Drummond… they are pressing in on us from all sides, and the weight is tremendous. Still, when given the choice to crumble or stand, I’d rather stand. Times are dark, but we are here, a rebellion, a whisper in the dark, a spark that lights the flames of change. <br />
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The mother of three and wife to an Army sergeant, she loves chocolate, coffee, and of course good books. When not writing, you can usually find her with her nose in a book, shopping for shoes and fabulous jewelry, or spending time with her loving family. <br />
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Release Date: 10/30/2014</div>
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Wizdom didn't
know dragons really existed. He's never ridden a white woolly mammoth
or flown on a griffin. He's never known a real king or a princess or
been friends with a goblin. Wizdom's never seen elves that glow blue
all the time. All he's ever known are his adoptive mother and his
aunt Kayden. One day he finds himself in a secret world, face to face
with dragons and fire monsters. He meets an interesting girl,
Pandora, who he learns is no ordinary girl, just as he is no ordinary
boy. Wizdom soon finds himself on a magical journey full of secrets,
sorcery, danger and evil. He fights many fierce battles and faces
certain death as his quest leads him on an adventure like never
before as he discovers his true identity . . . or does he?</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Excerpt:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif;">W</span><span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">izdom
stared in awe, unconsciously holding his breath, as </span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">he
looked up the endless staircase of gleaming black marble</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">before
him. The air around him was damp and musty and tickled his</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">nostrils.
Cobwebs hung overhead, dangling high above him from the</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">towering
ceiling. Perched at the top of the stairs was a large, golden</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">dragon
throne. Sitting on white marble, it was surrounded by statues</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">of
goblins, gargoyles and other strange creatures. They all stared back</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">disconcertingly
at Wizdom, some with tongues out, others with piercing</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">eyes,
bared teeth or pointed ears. The dragon’s head held its mouth</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">agape,
as if ready to devour him, revealing a long golden tongue jutting</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">out
and sharp pointed teeth. The arms of the throne were created by</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">the
front legs of the dragon and the claws made up the feet of the chair.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">A
huge tail jutted out from the back of the chair and coiled around</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">to
the front like a sitting cat. Three spikes on the tail’s end
glistened</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">in
piercing diamond shards. Giant wings stood out from the dragon’s</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">back,
poised for flight, black and shimmering like dark sapphires. Its</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">eyes
were large rubies, and its body was sprinkled in faceted jewels.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">Two
spiraling horns jutted out from its head, over a foot of solid gold,</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">with
diamonds on the tips. Held within the horns shone an enormous</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">crimson
red stone, casting an eerie glow and dancing shadows over the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">stone
statues surrounding it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">What
was this place? Where was he? He dared to move forward,</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">ever
so slowly, toward this great altar. His pulse racing, palms sweating,</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">he
paused momentarily, staring up at the dragon’s red gleaming eyes.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">As
he approached the stairs, the dragon’s fiery eyes stared down at
him</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">unnervingly,
as if it was alive, watching him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">Wizdom
wondered about how he had gotten there. How </span><span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Italic, serif;"><i>did
</i></span><span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">he</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">get
here? He glanced around the great hall surrounding him. Flickering</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">candles,
sconces and torches aligned the walls of marbled stone. The</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">ceiling
was several stories high and great pillars supported the wooden</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">arches
above him. Shadows and darkness surrounded him, except for</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">the
faint glow of the iron torches, and the scarlet glow of the jewel</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">radiating
from the dragon’s crown jewel. He could feel some sort of</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">power
emanating from it as he stood there. It made him feel happy and</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">safe,
despite his surroundings.</span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">Suddenly,
he saw movement out of the corner of his left eye. He</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">looked
quickly, but saw nothing. Turning to scurrying sounds to his</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">right,
he still saw nothing but black. Was he imagining things? Because</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">of
the obscuring darkness, he could not see very far, only as far as the</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">torches
lining the walls. He was only eleven but he was an adventurer</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">and
never scared and despite his current situation, he normally loved</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">mysteries
and secret places. Unconsciously, his pulse kept racing as</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">the
silence crept eerily around him… </span>
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Author: Kristy Centeno <br />
Audience: Adult - Erotica <br />
Genre: ex Paranormal Romance <br />
Formats: E-book <br />
Publisher: Limitless Publishing <br />
Date Published: June 24, 2014 <br />
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An oppressed werewolf princess… <br />
In a world where the werewolf species is rapidly declining, breeding the strongest of the purebred bloodlines is of the utmost importance. But when Victoria Bonvalet is ordered by her alpha father to partake in this breeding program, she rebels by fleeing her home and the protection of the pack. <br />
Though she has never fallen in love, Victoria refuses to mate with someone she doesn’t even know and commit her lifecycle to someone with defective genes, which could ultimately be passed down to her own children. Though she expects to be found eventually, she plans to hide and run until that happens. What she never expects is the attraction she would feel for a one thousand year old vampire lord with a thirst for adventure. <br />
A vampire with nothing to lose… <br />
Tristan Garland has traveled the world, fought in wars, and encountered many enemies over the years he has existed as a vampire, but even his experience as an undead could not have prepared him for the deep magnetism that lures him to his newest neighbor. Though she’s a werewolf, and by law his enemy, Tristan finds in Victoria the desire to continue existing in a world he’s come to loath over the years. <br />
Enemies in the eyes of their own kind but hopelessly in love, Victoria and Tristan must find a way to be together without causing a war between bitter adversaries. But will their refusal to part ways provoke their kinds into a conflict unlike any they had seen before? <br />
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She’s always had a passion for writing but never had the opportunity do so until now. After trying out numerous options, she realized that writing was what she loved the most so when she found herself with some free time on her hands, she decided to pursue her passion. As it turned out, her very active imagination helped her achieve her goals of creating believable plots with some ordinary, and some not so ordinary characters that helped the stories move along in one way or another. <br />
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<strong>Title:</strong> Veined<br />
Guardians of the Angels Book 1<br />
<strong>Author</strong>: Anyta Sunday<br />
<strong>Genre</strong>: YA Paranormal Romance<br />
<strong>Number of Pages:</strong> 446<br />
<strong>Cover Artist:</strong> Carolyn Wimmer Streiflicht Fotographie<br />
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It could be worse for Skylar Lark. She could be dead. A coma was nothing to that. Or her family moving across country for treatment, leaving her with a big blue mark on her back.<br />
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She can handle it. <br />
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Except for the mark glows and tingles, especially whenever transition specialist Atticus Plot (Attic) is close by. She suspects he's hiding something, and when she stumbles across a torn body bearing the same spiral marking as her own, that suspicion is confirmed.<br />
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After a few shaves with death, the truth finally comes out and the battles begin.<br />
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But not all her fights are external; her biggest one is the decision she has to make between doing the right thing for the world, and giving up her beloved family for good. <br />
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Available on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lethed-Guardian-Angels-Novel-Sunday-ebook/dp/B00B8CKHRK/" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/442878" target="_blank">Smashwords</a>, and <a href="https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-lethed-1523547-140.html" target="_blank">All Romance Ebooks</a>.<br />
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TELEVISION SOAPS are funny. Brain transplants, lovers that turn out to be
related, and characters that slip into comas. Yeah, I'd thought soaps pretty
darn hilarious until the day I woke up from a coma.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">And into this
drama. I bit my bottom lip and looked at the doctor (Albelin, as he’d
introduced himself seconds ago). Although Albelin stood next to the bed, his
voice echoed like he was at the other end of a tunnel. “. . . coma . . . much
sooner than anticipated.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Goose bumps
dotted my skin and I tucked the hospital sheet—the only thing covering my body
save a pair of ungenerous undies that were giving me a wedgie—tightly under my
arms.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">My thoughts
spiraled. I strained to recall how I’d arrived here in the first place, but I
couldn't remember much. There had been a flash of color, and then—blank.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Albelin's curly
black hair swished as he moved his gaze away from me and toward his vibrating
pocket. Something on the side of his neck caught my attention. A black tattoo,
like the wing of an eagle. But it disappeared behind his collar as he pulled
out his phone. He scanned the screen, and then stuffed the phone back into his
pocket. “Your family is on their way,” he said.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">My family. Faces
and partial memories popped up like a black-and-white film, with someone slowly
winding the crank. A blonde woman unraveling a kite—Mom. A man in a police
uniform—Dad. And a boy building a Lego tower—Jeffrey.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">“Right.” The
word felt hollow and scratched the inside of my throat. Using the corner of the
sheet to cover my mouth, I coughed. It hurt my chest and sounded wet.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">With watery
eyes, I scanned the room. I’d been so stuck on the word coma, I’d failed to
notice my basic surroundings. My coughing came to an abrupt stop, but my
thoughts continued to gallop. It wasn’t as though I knew what coming out of a
coma should feel like, but I had an idea what it should look like. Where was
the respirator? The drip? Heart monitor? In fact, the only features of the room
that indicated hospital were the green walls and linoleum flooring.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Albelin must
have read my panicky expression as I’d surveyed the room, because he started to
explain, “We used a new method involving electro-magnetism to bring you back to
consciousness. That’s why you aren’t wearing anything and why you shouldn’t
have any issues with muscle deterioration. That, and we’ve given you protein
supplements.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Electro-magnetism?
That sounded like something I’d hear in a physics class. My stomach flipped and
I swallowed the awkward laugh that rose to my throat and caused a gurgling
sound. This wasn’t just some run-of-the-mill hospital at all. Maybe it was
experimental, maybe there'd been no other option. Oh, God, what happened to me?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I craned my neck
from side to side. My muscles were stiff, but at least I was conscious. I let
out a shuddering breath and blinked back the water pooling in my eyes. I didn't
care that I was seventeen and supposed act big and brave and something close to
an adult. Right now all I wanted was my mom.</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Albelin smiled,
barely crinkling the skin at the sides of his eyes, but his smile didn't soothe
the erratic butterflies in my belly. If anything, it made them worse; he was so
young to be a doctor. He couldn’t have been more than twenty-five.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Reaching under
the bed, he pulled out a duffel bag and handed it to me. My duffel bag. The one
I took to gymnastics trainings. “Here are some clothes for you to change into.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I twisted the
familiar canvas handles around my palm.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">“Showers aren’t
far,” he added, “just out those doors, second on the left. Towel’s in the bag.
Let me help you there.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Holding the
sheet, I stood up. My legs felt like jelly, but I shook my head at Albelin’s
offer. “I think I can manage.” I wobbled my way toward the swing doors.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Albelin raced to
my side. “I insist on helping you.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">He attempted to
brace my elbow, but I pulled away. “Thanks, but—but—” I needed alone time. To
think. And I didn’t want anyone touching me while I was wearing practically
nothing but a sheet. "I'll be fine, really. I'll yell if I need
help."</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">As soon as I was
in the hall, I rested one hand against the wall and used it as a crutch. I was
doing all right considering I’d not used my legs in weeks.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Light filtered
through the windows, imprinting squares on the opposite wall. I pressed my hand
in the center of one as I looked outside onto the street. Mom, Dad and Jeffrey
would be coming soon.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I jumped,
dropping the duffel bag when a flash of black whizzed by. A tall guy wearing a
green T-shirt and tight black gloves up to his elbows was striding down the
hall. I lunged to grab the bag, but my foot caught in the sheet, ripping it
from under my arms. My head jerked up as the scratchy cotton sunk to my feet
and I chased after it.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Palms sweating,
I wrapped the sheet tightly around me, heat swelling my cheeks. At least he'd
jerked his head away. Still, it didn't stop my heart from thumping
double-to-one in embarrassment.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Pick up the bag
and move. Go shower.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">He glanced back,
sweeping his hair to the side. With a chuckle, Gloved Guy passed by and pushed
through the swinging doors of my room. As soon as he was behind them, Albelin
greeted him. It sounded like they knew each other well. I reached to pick up
the duffel bag and stopped.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">“Her name’s
Lark?” Gloved Guy’s voice sounded amused by my name. “Like the bird?”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I crept closer.
Why was Albelin talking about me?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">“Sylva Lark,”
Albelin corrected.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">“And?”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">“And she’s
veined.” . . . </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">~*~*~</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Title:</strong> Lethed (Guardians of the Angels Book II)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Author:</strong> Antya Sunday</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Genre:</strong> YA Paranormal Romance</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Number of Pages:</strong> 418</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Cover Artist:</strong> Caroline Wimmer Streiflicht Fotographie</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhL5cU_6zQfGgOOzFlHqqRiaiILktZ7OSFBZSBBYYnTCcM9xAA2hnK-hG0FUoKPlAgC9xmYHiTSH88t7IS06Y6SBsmMwifRAXCktGT65ea6OShfJwtiJATb7NhZgkeWkcOw0WdLvqsuBg/s1600/anyta+book+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhL5cU_6zQfGgOOzFlHqqRiaiILktZ7OSFBZSBBYYnTCcM9xAA2hnK-hG0FUoKPlAgC9xmYHiTSH88t7IS06Y6SBsmMwifRAXCktGT65ea6OShfJwtiJATb7NhZgkeWkcOw0WdLvqsuBg/s1600/anyta+book+2.jpg" height="320" width="212" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Book Blurb:</strong></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">
</span><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Sylva Lark made her choice. </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Now she has to adjust to Guardian
life. Training. Killing demons. Controlling her powers. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">If only giving up her family
wouldn’t hurt so damn much, . . . and if there wasn’t a strange attraction to
the betrothed Prince Atticus she just met . . . </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Amongst murder and mayhem, and toeing
an unclear line between right and wrong, Sylva and her fellow Guardians must
find a way to secure Eirene. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">But it’s not easy going up
against underworld Queen Furie when those on Sylva’s side are hiding secrets .
. . </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Will they succeed in protecting
the home of the angels? Or will they fail, submitting the heavens to the fate
of Furie? </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">And will Sylva and Attic ever
remember what they mean to each other? </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Or will they stay forever Lethed?
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Available at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Veined-Guardian-Angels-Novel-Sunday-ebook/dp/B005J1L41Y/" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/442874" target="_blank">Smashwords</a>, and <a href="https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-veined-1523541-140.html" target="_blank">All ebook Romance</a>.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Lethed
(Partial of First Chapter):</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">SOMETHING
WATCHED ME. I sensed its sadistic presence. Tingles of anticipation snaked from
the nape of my neck down my spine.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">With one hand
pressed firmly on my rickety, white-picket side gate, I glanced over my
shoulder.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The tree-lined
street stared back at me. Snow-dusted branches accentuated the silky navy sky,
and meager yellow light leaked from the lampposts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px;">
<span style="font-size: small;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I strained to
hear the telltale crunching of snow. Nothing. Breathing in, I sought the sour
smell of evil in the breeze or the tinny smell of blood—a scent I’d become
familiar with in the last few months.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Again, nothing.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Just a sharp
cold that promised winter would linger this year.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">My shoulders
sagged in relief. I wasn’t supposed to be out alone—I promised Albelin I’d
always take another Guardian with me if I left the motel premises. Perhaps my
guilty conscience was responsible for this strange sensation of evil.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I hadn’t wanted
to disobey him. Not really.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I clutched the
gate, its splintered edges digging into my palms, and studied the house in
front of me.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Steadying my
breath, I opened the latch and pushed through to the path. Frosty stalks of
lavender brushed the back of my hand in a light, swirling breeze as I took in
the large acorn tree. Beyond it, the luminescent windows radiated warmth and
beckoned me home.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">No, I didn’t
want to disobey Albelin.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I needed to.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Like every week,
I crept to the side of the house and peered into the living room. Slouched on
the couch watching TV, Mom sat with her head resting on Dad’s shoulder, and Mottle
was tucked into the small space between them. My brother Jeffrey wasn’t in the
room—but it was near midnight, so he probably lay tucked up in bed.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Dad kissed the
top of Mom’s head and her lips moved. Love you too, honey.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I wondered if
Dad heard Mom’s whispered words. It seemed cruel that I could hear the words
meant for him when I wanted them to be meant for me.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">But they
couldn’t ever be for me anymore. Not since I’d chosen to give them up to become
an angel-protecting, demon-killing Guardian.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">My stomach
roiled and I stifled a cry.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I slunk back
into the shadows, waiting for the warm weight of darkness to smother me into
numbness again. It worked the last three months.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Digging each
jagged fingernail into my sweaty palms, I counted down from ten. I looked
forward to replacing the frustration and hurt with dull throbbing. But at
“one,” nothing changed. I backed up harder against the corrugated fencing
behind me, the cold seeping through my shirt.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Dad’s head
jerked back in laughter that verged on maniacal. It used to make me laugh,
too—at Dad. But now it made me want to bang on the windowpane until it
shattered, and with it the thick wall of memories they couldn’t see between us.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I twisted the
ring on my little finger, hoping the comforting tic would help me.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">It stopped me
from yelling out, but it didn’t curb the tears. Sizable drops splashed onto my
hand as I wiped a sniffle from my nose.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I instantly
forgot about the tears as a ripping pain sliced down my forearm. Blood seeped
through my light-blue sleeve. I whistled in a breath as I clutched the cut.
Usually, I relied on the semi-regular cuts and stabbing burns to snap me to a
keen sense of reality, but now the pain inside me did the job well enough.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Mottle jumped
off the couch and trotted to the window. She pawed at the glass and meowed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px;">
<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I sighed. At
least Mots remembered me. Her gray fur pressed up against the window as if
begging me to pat her. She butted her head, rattling the glass, and I suddenly
couldn’t bear her leaving me alone.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 1em 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">She was one
member of my family I could still have.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">“I’m coming to
get you,” I whispered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">As if she
understood me, she leaped off the sill and padded out of the living room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I moved with
purpose to the front of the house, my feet lightly treading the leaf-covered
path. I searched the potted-plants for a spare key. Surely there’d be one here
somewhere. . . .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">First pot.
Second.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Dammit!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Where could they
have hidden it? Or had they moved it after Dad worked the Guardian homicide
cases a few months ago? Flashes of torn Guardian bodies flickered in my mind,
eliciting waves of goose bumps over my skin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">For a small
city, Foxtin’s high death rate . . . I shuddered. Demons—Keres and
Arae—slaughtered us Guardians as if they drew hot knives through butter. I saw
it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I also saw them
turn my friend Marcus and ex-boyfriend Jason part-demon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Saw them kill
Maddy, my best friend. . . .</span></div>
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America, and back again), and she started putting pen to paper. When she’s not
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<b>Burning Bright</b> (Ivy Granger #3) by E.J. Stevens<br />
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<i><span id="freeText12490538556877775015"><b>Burning
down the house...</b><br />
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Things are not going well at the offices of Private Eye. Jinx is
having demon problems, the city is overrun with pyromaniacal imps,
and Ivy's wisp powers are burning out of control, attracting the
attention of both the Seelie and Unseelie courts.<br />
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Along came a faerie queen... It's the worst possible time for the
Green Lady to call in a favor, but Ivy's bound by her deal with
the glaistig. Too bad there's no wiggle room in faerie bargains.<br />
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Ivy must rid the city of imps, keep Jinx from murdering her one
solid link to Hell, and fulfill her bargain with the Green
Lady--with sidhe assassins hot on her tail.<br />
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Just another day's work for Ivy Granger, psychic detective.</span></i><br />
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Release Date: June 17, 2014 <br />
Genre: Paranormal, Urban Fantasy<br />
Add to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17190893-burning-bright" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>.<br />
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<span id="freeText12490538556877775015">Previous
books in this series: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Sight-Granger-Psychic-Detective/dp/B00CICVGPG/">Shadow
Sight</a> (Ivy Granger #1), <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A2V2LC2/">Blood and
Mistletoe</a> (Ivy Granger #1.5), <a href="https://www.blogger.com/www.amazon.com/Ghost-Light-Granger-Psychic-Detective-ebook/dp/B00DQDB0IO/">Ghost
Light</a> (Ivy Granger #2), <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Club-Nexus-Granger-Psychic-Detective-ebook/dp/B00H12XKK2/">Club
Nexus</a> (Ivy Granger #2.5).</span><br />
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Burning Bright available now on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Burning-Bright-Ivy-Granger-Book-ebook/dp/B00KTQJONY/" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Burning-Bright-Ivy-Granger-Book-ebook/dp/B00KTQJONY/">Amazon.UK</a>, <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/444212">Smashwords</a>, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/e.j.-stevens/id365799231?mt=11">iTunes</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/burning-bright-ej-stevens/1119696794?ean=2940149590551">Barnes and Noble</a>, and other fine retailers.<br />
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<b>Book Excerpt #1 (Ivy gets wet.)</b></div>
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My first impression of Emain Ablach was that it was wet. Very, very
wet. But I didn’t have much time to think about that fact. I was too
busy drowning.<br />
<br />
I struggled to swim to the surface—wherever the hell that was—the weight
of my clothes, leather jacket, and weapons weighing me down. My lungs
burned and my brain screamed at me to find a way out of this wet
torment. I needed air, badly.<br />
<br />
I forced my eyes open, salt and whatever else was in the water burning
like acid, but being able to see my surroundings didn’t help matters.
It did, however, make me glad for quick reflexes and muscle memory.<br />
<br />
At the first sign of my assassin stalkers, back in a Harborsmouth alley,
I’d grabbed one of my throwing knives. I may not be able to throw it
now, not in this water, but the pressure of the blade in my gloved hand
made it easier to face the grinning corpses smiling back at me.<br />
<br />
There were hundreds of them.<br />
<br />
Bloated bodies in every state of decomposition drifted at the ends of
seaweed infested chains that rose up from the ocean floor. I would have
assumed that the people on the ends of those chains were dead, a
warning to anyone foolish enough to trespass here, except for the hands
reaching outward and the curve of their rotting lips.<br />
<br />
Grins like frightened, blue worms curled up toward vacant eyes. The
eyes, or what was left of them, were coated in a white film and looked
as though they’d been nibbled on by grazing fish. The chained corpses
may not be able to see, but I had no doubt that they could sense my
presence. Their hands clawed at the water and their faces were all
turned in my direction. Perhaps they could scent me, like sharks on a
blood trail.<br />
<br />
Now that was a cheery thought.<br />
<br />
I kicked away, trying to put more distance between myself and the
grasping dead. I recoiled as my boot hit something squishy. Mab’s
bones, I didn’t realize there was a chained corpse that close to where I
swam. I did not want to touch these things or the chains that bound
them. Those were visions I’d never survive.<br />
<br />
The delay alone would kill me.<br />
<br />
Heart pounding, I propelled myself upward, but I had a nagging suspicion
that I wasn’t going to make it. I’d sunk too deep into this watery
hell. Already my lungs burned and dizziness sent my head spinning like a
ride on an otherworldly merry go round. My limbs were cold and heavy
and I could barely feel the knife in my hand.<br />
<br />
How ironic would it be to die here, within spitting distance of a tree that grew magical apples capable of reviving the dead?<br />
<br />
Air bubbles sprung from my nose and I fought not to breathe. Inhaling
water would mean my death. I made one more sluggish stroke through the
water and felt strong hands grip my waist and haul me upward. I was
sailing through the water, away from greedy hands and the hundreds of
faces that grinned hungrily after me.<br />
<br />
My rescuer was a strong swimmer and I doubted Torn would have gone to so
much trouble to save me. I felt a tingle of energy zing through my
system, helping me to hold onto the slippery tendrils of consciousness.
Ceff, it had to be Ceff.<br />
<br />
I gasped as my head broke the surface of the water, gulping air and
choking on a mouthful of water. I coughed up phlegm and who knows what
else—with those corpses steeping down below, I didn’t want to think
about it—and pushed wet, bedraggled hair from my face. I was alive, but
it wasn’t pretty.<br />
<br />
I grimaced and pushed the floating evidence of my humiliating coughing
fit away. Ceff had a grip on my jacket, still helping to keep my head
above the water’s surface.<br />
<br />
“Are you alright?” he asked.<br />
<br />
With his wet hair slicked back from large, dark green eyes and his
chiseled jaw, he looked gorgeous. He was completely in his element
here, unlike his half-drowned girlfriend.<br />
<br />
“I just swallowed a gallon of salty corpse tea and sea monkeys,” I said, a rueful grin on my face. “I’ve been better.”<br />
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<b>Book Excerpt #2 (Spiders, why does it have to be spiders?)</b></div>
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“Have you both lost your minds?” Torn asked.<br />
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“What would you have us do, leave them here to become spider food?” I asked.<br />
<br />
“Yes,” he said. “Yes, exactly. It’s the cycle of life, a beautiful thing best left alone.”<br />
<br />
I shook my head.<br />
<br />
“That could have been any one of us,” I said. “Hold still, we’re here to help!”<br />
<br />
The last I yelled at the cocoon. I didn’t know if the person inside
could hear me, or how far gone they were if they could, but I had to try
to comfort them. Plus, I really didn’t want to risk maiming the person
I was trying to save.<br />
<br />
“You have no idea what kind of monster is inside that thing,” Torn said.<br />
<br />
I scowled at Torn. No one deserved to be hung out like prosciutto and gobbled up by some huge spider.<br />
<br />
“This is a hero’s path,” Ceff said. “It is highly probable that they are honorable. If not, at least we tried.”<br />
<br />
Torn sighed and shook his head.<br />
<br />
“Fine, it’s your funeral,” he said.<br />
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“Ready?” Ceff asked, holding the bundle as still as he could.<br />
<br />
“I was born ready,” I said, doing my best tough guy impersonation.<br />
<br />
I carefully cut away at the tough fibers of the cocoon. Almost there…<br />
<br />
Thousands of baby spider fae poured out of the cocoon, skittering in
every direction. Except it wasn’t a cocoon. It was an egg. I
screamed—though I’d deny it if I lived long enough for Torn to tell
anyone—and stumbled away from the horde of spiders. So much for my
tough guy act.<br />
<br />
I stomped on the spiders as I backed away, halting their progress. A
brave one ambled forward and sank it’s dripping mandibles into its
nearest kin. The other spiders followed suit, joining in the feeding
frenzy.<br />
<br />
“Oh, look, aren’t they cute?” Torn asked, pointing to where baby spiders were busy cannibalizing each other.<br />
<br />
“Freaking adorable,” I growled.<br />
<br />
I inched further up the trail, relieved to see that most of the spiders were too busy attacking each other to notice my retreat.<br />
<br />
“Perhaps we should have listened to the cat sidhe, just this once,” Ceff
said, whacking the more determined stragglers with his trident.<br />
<br />
“I told you so, princess,” Torn said.<br />
<br />
I flexed my fingers, hands itching to wring the cat sidhe’s neck and
wipe that smug look off his face. Instead, I stormed past him and
around the corner. I’d had it with this place and its creepy
inhabitants. We needed to find Ailinn’s grave, grab a magic apple, and
get the hell out of dodge.<br />
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<b>Title: </b> Cupcakes, Trinkets and Other Deadly Magic (Dowser Series #1)<br />
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<b>Book Blurb:</b>If you’d asked me a week ago, I would have told you that the best cupcakes were dark chocolate with chocolate cream cheese icing, that dancing in a crowd of magic wielders — the Adept — was better than sex, and that my life was peaceful and uneventful. Just the way I liked it. That’s what twenty-three years in the magical backwater of Vancouver will get you — a completely skewed sense of reality. Because when the dead werewolves started showing up, it all unraveled … except for the cupcake part. That’s a universal truth.</div>
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“The customer looked familiar, like maybe he’d been in the bakery a few times before. The vampire, however, was new.” – Chapter One</div>
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“I didn’t wet my pants, but I was glad I hadn’t drunk anything all afternoon. Usually I was an eight-glasses-a-day sort of girl.” – Chapter One</div>
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“I was being stalked by an obviously insane vampire. It didn’t get much more terrifying than that.” – Chapter One</div>
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“I thought you weren’t going to bite me tonight.” I said, pleased that my voice sounded much calmer than my mind.</div>
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“You expect me to follow you out into the pre-dawn to meet some guy who has absolutely no authority over me? Ever heard of email or the phone?” – Jade, Chapter Six</div>
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“Maybe a vampire knowing where you lived was sort of like seeing the signature on your own death certificate.” – Chapter Seven</div>
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“I wasn’t pleased with my reaction to his touch — like he was a warm cashmere blanket and a cup of dark, hot chocolate rolled into one sexy, well-muscled, dangerous package.” – Chapter twelve</div>
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“Witches, werewolves and vampires...oh my! Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic is a fun-filled trip into a world where bad magic can get a good witch down and power isn't always accessed through hard work and determination ... sometimes it's stolen.” – Headshot Heather, doubleshotreviews.com</div>
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“This was a fun, action filled urban fantasy that will also have you running to bake cupcakes! … and I loved the unpredictability of not knowing what would happen next.” – Sarah, Sarah Elizabeth’s Bookshelf</div>
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"Complete with witches, werewolves, vampires, and necromancers, this novel will keep readers laughing and turning the pages as Jade tries to figure out the truth behind the deaths surrounding her—the deaths that all point to her. " - 4 stars, Shana, A Book Vacation</div>
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Meghan Ciana Doidge is an award-winning writer based out of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She has a penchant for bloody love stories, superheroes, and the supernatural. She also has a thing for chocolate, potatoes, and sock yarn.</div>
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Novels - After The Virus, Spirit Binder, Time Walker, Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic - Dowser #1, Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic - Dowser #2, Treasures, Demons, and Other Black Magic – Dowser #3</div>
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Novellas/Shorts - Love Lies Bleeding and The Graveyard Kiss</div>
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<b>Author: </b>Michelle Krys</div>
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If high school is all about social status, Indigo Blackwood, has it made. Sure, her quirky mom owns an occult shop, and a nerd just won't stop trying to be her friend, but Indie is a popular cheerleader with a football-star boyfriend and a social circle powerful enough to ruin everyone at school. Who wouldn't want to be her? Then a guy dies right before her eyes. And the dusty old family Bible her mom is freakishly possessive of is stolen. But it's when a frustratingly sexy stranger named Bishop enters Indie's world that she learns her destiny involves a lot more than pom-poms and parties. If she doesn't get the Bible back, every witch on the planet will die. And that's seriously bad new for Indie, because according to Bishop, she's a witch too. Suddenly forced into a centuries-old war between witches and sorcerers, Indie's about to uncover the many dark truths about her life - and a future unlike any she ever imagined on top of the cheer pyramid.<br />
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Hi there! I'm the author of the YA novel, Hexed, slated for publication with Delacorte Press/Random House Children's Books Spring 2014. I'm repped by Adriann Ranta of Wolf Literacy Services. Visit me at <a href="http://michellekrys.com/" target="_blank">michellekrys.com </a>or follow <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%40MichelleKrys%20&src=typd" target="_blank">@MichelleKrys </a>on Twitter.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Author: </b>Karri
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 37.33333206176758px;">Michael took a seat on the edge of my bed, rocking me toward him. When the side of my thigh met his knee, my heart rate doubled, and I drew in a deep breath.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 37.33333206176758px;">“Before you were awakened I spent hours at your bedside imaging what you were like, how your voice would sound, how you looked when you smiled. When your red lips pulsed, when your chest heaved, and you took your first breath, I kept my emotions in check. But now, now that you’ve ‘awakened,’ everything is different. I can’t sleep. I can’t stop thinking about you.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 37.33333206176758px;">I ignored the pain and tilted closer until the space between our faces was less than a foot. My heart, my mind, my soul—everything yearned for his affection at that moment. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 37.33333206176758px;">“I feel the same way, too.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 37.33333206176758px;">I closed my eyes, wanting this handsome, earnest guy to take me into his arms and tell me he’d make them let me go. My lungs expanded with his warm breath and spicy scent. When his lips met mine, every atom in my body danced, urging me to pull him closer and tighten my grip upon his back.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 37.33333206176758px;">His kissing became more fiery and I reacted by kissing him harder. It wasn’t until his mouth moved to my neck, that I came to my senses and drew away.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 37.33333206176758px;">“Not yet,” I said, scooting away.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 37.33333206176758px;">“I know,” he said between breaths, rising from the bed. His wiped his forehead with the sleeve of his uniform and returned to the chair. “I can’t…we can’t. We can never…,” he said abruptly. “It’s against protocol. I-I should go.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Karri’s debut YA novel, Amateur Angel, was released May 1,
2012. The next book in that series, Hollywood Angels, came out September 1,
2013. The first book in her upcoming dystopian trilogy, The Van Winkle
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died in Dallas, my hometown. I was killed, actually. Murdered. I’ll spare you
the gruesome details. I don’t like to remember them myself. Some jerk with a
knife--and probably a Bad-Mommy complex. Believe me, if I knew where he was,
I’d go haunt his ass.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ready to let go. I didn’t even fight it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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over, clean slate and all that. Human, cow, bug. Whatever. But no. I ended up
haunting someplace I’d never even been.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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not the way it’s supposed to work, right? Ghosts are supposed to be the
tortured spirits of those who cannot let go of their earthly existence. If they
could be convinced to follow the light, they’d leave behind said earthly
existence and quit scaring the bejesus out of the poor folks who run across
them. That’s what all those “ghost hunter” shows on television tell us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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daughter, several spoiled cats, and a ridiculous turtle. She teaches college-level
English courses online, though writing fiction is her first love. She enjoys
reading urban fantasy and paranormal fiction of any genre and spends most of
her free time daydreaming about vampires, ghosts, zombies, werewolves, and
other monsters. Waking Up Dead is her first published novel. Her second novel,
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Release date July 30<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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citizens of the Empire. They are sworn to protect humanity, even when they
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of the runes she once wielded. The Deacons are needed more desperately than
ever. The barrier between the world of the living and the world of the dead is
weakening, and the Emperor has abandoned his throne, seeking to destroy those
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terrible truth of her past, Sorcha must lead the charge against the gathering
hordes of geists seeking to cross into the Empire. But to do so, she will need
to manipulate powers beyond her understanding—powers that may prove to be her
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">New Zealand born fantasy writer
and podcaster Philippa (Pip) Ballantine is the author of the Books of the Order
and the Shifted World series. She is also the co-author with her husband Tee
Morris of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences novels. Her awards include an
Airship, a Parsec, and a Sir Julius Vogel. She currently resides in Manassas,
Virginia with her husband, daughter, and a mighty clowder of cats.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Novels: Phoenix Rising and the Janus Affair. Also includes digital short
stories and a free award winning podcast series<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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