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They say what doesn’t kill you makes
you stronger, and that's great . . . as long as you don't die.
Sixteen-year-old Haley Tremaine had it all: top-notch school,
fantastic family, and a bright future, but all of that changed when an accident
tore her family apart. Now, an alcoholic father, a bitter younger sister, and a
cold headstone bearing her mother’s name are all she has left.
Chris Charming has it all: a powerful CEO for a father, a
prestigious school, and a fortune at his fingertips, but none of that matters
when he lands a reputation as a troublemaker. Struggling to follow in his
father’s footsteps, he reaches out to the one person he believes truly sees
him, the one person he wants: Haley.
Little do they know someone's determined to bring the two
together, even if it means murder.
Krystal Wade can be found in the sluglines outside
Washington D.C. every morning, Monday through Friday. With coffee in hand, iPod
plugged in, and strangers - who sometimes snore, smell, or have incredibly bad
gas - sitting next to her, she zones out and thinks of fantastical worlds for
you and me to read.
How else can she cope with a fifty mile commute?
Good thing she has her husband and three kids to go home
to. They keep her sane.
His brother is human, the thing he hates. He watches as the brother he knew is stripped away by his love for Clara. He's never hated someone as much as he hated her...but the bond forced him to not only want to protect her, but feel things he never had before.
When a girl needs his help, that split second decision changes his whole world in one instant. A Devourer's Fate...
“It’s cold,” I
lied. It was cold, but that was absolutely not the reason for the goose
flesh. He knew it and I knew it. And I hated it. I didn’t like for people to
get under my skin. It made me feel too vulnerable, like they had power over me.
When they had power, they could hurt you, leave you, die and leave you
destroyed. I wasn't up for any more of that. Except for Clara; she
was already attached to me and I owed it to her.
He looked over.
Even in the dark with barely any light being provided from the streetlamps, I
could see his purple eyes searching mine. “Just help me and then you never have
to see me again.”
It was almost like
he could tell what I’d been thinking about.
Excerpt Two
I fed on her terror
and fright and it tasted like heaven in my mouth. But as I looked down at that
woman who had just given herself to me, and I hadn’t even had to persuade her
to, it washed over me all at once how I didn’t really want to hurt her. That I
wanted to hurt people, but not her. Not really. I had gotten everything I
needed from her without doing that, hadn’t I? I was full and sated. Now I was
just letting my true nature take over, letting the Devourer in me take over.
But wasn’t that
what I was supposed to do? I looked down at that woman and was so confused. I
cursed Clara and Eli and all their love and human bullcrap for turning me into
the thing that I was now.
No. I realized then
that this was my turning point. That if I let this girl go, that I would be
just like my brother one day and that wasn’t what I wanted. I was not going to
be some human. I was a Devourer. My chin ached from clenching it so tightly. I
turned my glare fully on her and knew that honestly it wasn’t her fault, but
she was about to pay the price for my brother’s mistake.
“I’m sorry, love.”
I lifted her by her arms and then leaned into her, pressing her to the wall.
“For what?” her
small voice asked, falsely reassured by my about-face. “What are you doing to
me?”
“I’m sorry that our
night is just beginning.”
She seemed to
understand and her face crumpled. “Please. I’m sorry for whatever I said to—”
“It’s not you,” I
grinned as evilly as I could muster, “it’s me.”
Devour (Devoured #1)
by
Shelly Crane
~Synopsis ~
Clara has it all. A wrestling star boyfriend, popular friends, all the right school activities...pretty much a perfect life...up until her parents died. Now she lives with the Pastor and his family and though they take good care of her, she feels alone. Then her boyfriend, Tate, starts to show signs of trouble when a new guy, Eli, comes to town. Clara is fascinated with him but hides it until something happens. Eli confesses to her that she gives him something he's never had before...something he needs. Everything is about to change for this normal pretty popular girl in a supernatural way.
Eli and Clara's story continues as she tries to finish high school. Eli is as over protective as ever and Tate and his group of friends are no help. They wait for the Horde, always looking over their shoulder. But the ever annoying but strangely prophetic bird begins to become more of a chatter box and Eli learns something that could change some things. Not just for him and Clara, but Devourers everywhere.
Then an unexpectedness guest comes forcing Eli to flee with Clara, leaving her temporary family behind. She is thrown into his world of underground 'traitors' and learns much of his past. They meet many new people and creatures along the way to freedom. But when tragedy strikes the two, will Clara see the monster in Eli? Can she handle his strange world and awful past? Will one of them lose their life forever...
Shelly is a NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY bestselling YA author from a small town in Georgia and loves everything about the south. She is wife to a fantastical husband and stay at home mom to two boisterous and mischievous boys who keep her on her toes. She loves paperbacks, coffee, and candy corn, and to spend time with her family and friends, go out to eat at new restaurants and site see in the new areas they travel to, listen to music and also LOVES to read.
Her own books happen by accident and she revels in the writing and imagination process. She doesn't go anywhere without her notepad for fear of an idea creeping up and not being able to write it down immediately, even in the middle of the night, where her best ideas are born.
When her home is
attacked by murderous vampires, 17-year-old Alexa is forced to leave her mother
for dead in order to save her sister. She soon learns that she is the last
known member of an elite race of supernatural Warriors, and is thrust into a
world full of vampires and werewolves who all seem to regard her as some sort
of savior. Meanwhile, Alexa battles a monster within herself that seeks to gain
control; a monster that seeks blood.
The hidden city
she finds herself in appears perfect, but Alexa's instincts tell her that all
is not right within its walls. When she is asked to attend a school of
fighters, whose exams consist of gladiator-style competitions, she must decide
who she can trust among the smiling faces. And, when she meets Kayden, a
vampire she feels undeniably drawn to, she must decide if she can trust
herself.
About the Author:
H. D. Gordon is
the author of The Alexa Montgomery Saga. Blood Warrior, the first book of the
Alexa series was her debut novel and has held a spot in the top 100 fantasy
bestsellers for over a month. Half Black Soul is the second book in this series
and H. D. plans to complete Alexa's tales by the end of 2012. In June of 2012,
Joe, a fantasy novel about a young clairvoyant, was released as well. H. D. is
a lifelong reader and writer, a true lover of words. When she is not reading or
writing she is raising her two daughters, playing a little guitar, and spending
time with her family. She is twenty three years old and lives in the
northeastern United States.
Unfathomable forces have always contested Genevieve Indiana Falcon,
known as Indie. The curse of her cold touch entraps her just as the grief
ignited in her past torments her. Yet, her mysterious ability to dream while
awake saturates her in the belief that she was not always anguished. There is
hope that one day a true peace in her soul can be found.
Foolishly, Indie assumes she has contained her
life in an odd balance, and she cherishes the visions she sees of the enigmatic
boy that held her in a lost time, but can never reach. She grieves for a life
she fears she'll never possess, and that grief is a weapon she uses against her
aunt who stands between her and her inheritance.
Weeks away from her twenty-first birthday, the
date where she would assume control over her family legacy, a night terror robs
Indie of the balance she was clinging to. Like the dream she had before she
lost her family, it predicts a fatal catastrophe on the horizon. The fight
between life and death, good and evil, began the moment her thundering heart
awoke her.
Everything changed after that dream. The one
thing that keeps her curse at bay is stolen, and then the enigmatic boy arrives
in the flesh. Face to face with her fiery born-again lover Indie realizes that
the only way she can prevent the tragedy before her is to surrender everything
she was, is, and could be.
Can she bend the laws of nature and fight the
improbability that fire and ice could ever be one? As far as Indie is
concerned, there is not a myth, spoken fate, or curse that is stronger than her
stubborn desire to have it all ... including him.
The Rivulet series can be read on its own or as
#11 in the Web of Hearts and Souls Series.
About the Author:
Jamie Magee has
always believed that each of us have a defining gift that sets us apart from
the rest of the world, she has always envied those who have known from their
first breath what their gift was. Not knowing hers, she began a career in the
fast paced world of business. Raising a young family, and competing to rise
higher in that field would drive some to the point of insanity, but she always
found a moment of escape in a passing daydream. Her imagination would take her
to places she’d never been, introduce her to people she’s never known. Insight,
her debuting novel, is a result of that powerful imagination. Today, she is
grateful that not knowing what defined her, led her on a path of discovery that
would always be a part of her.
Two thirds of the world's population has been
wiped out, devastated by the worst war earth has ever seen. Still standing
amongst the ruins is a mind reader who finds herself on the wrong side of the
war. Everyone does what they must to survive. When the rebels bent on bringing
down the New World leader start to rise up, it is her job to make sure they
stay down where they belong. That is, until one rebel sneaks past her defences
and into her heart. Love will blossom from the ashes, but will it be enough to save
them, or will it mean the end of them both?
*This book is for mature audiences due to sexual
situations, violence and strong language. NA
About the Author:
I am an author
of YA novels, as well as, and most importantly, a mother to my two beautiful children!
Life or Death? Not many people would choose death. But what if death
chooses you? What if death doesn’t mean the end of your life, but the beginning?
For a Death Escort, death is life. Death is your
paycheck. Death is your job.
And Charming is the best Escort the Grim Reaper
has ever had.
But when you piss off the Reaper, being the best
doesn’t matter. So Charming is assigned a Target who is practically impossible
to kill. He knows the Reaper hopes he fails—that he’s counting on it. So
Charming vows to prove him wrong. He vows to make the kill.
But someone else vows to get in his way. Someone
with a big mouth, a sugar habit, and blond hair. Someone who makes his heart
start beating again.
And so Charming is left holding more than one
person’s fate in the palm of his hand. He thought the choice would be easy,
that there really wasn’t a question at all.
He was wrong.
Life or Death?
About the Author:
Cambria Hebert
is a latte sipping author of the Heven & Hell series, the Death Escorts
series, and the Take It Off series. She loves a caramel latte, hates math and
is afraid of chickens (yes, chickens). She went to college for a bachelor’s degree,
couldn’t pick a major and ended up with a degree in cosmetology. So rest
assured her characters will always have good hair. She currently lives in North
Carolina with her husband and children (both human and furry) where she is
plotting her next book. You can find out more about Cambria and her work by
visiting http://www.cambriahebert.com
Dark Waltz--A
sizzling legend of loss, lust and love.
It’s the year
2030 and the human population has been annihilated by a virulent form of small
pox. Liasare Davidson is desperately searching for her brother, who has been
missing for three months. It’s been eighteen years since she was evacuated from
Earth and she is horrified to see it’s become a cesspool of unimaginable
things.
In her quest to
find her brother, she meets Jurek, a powerful and enigmatic being that
frightens her, yet she is unable to resist. When things begin to unfold between
them, they both discover a paralyzing truth that puts Liasare at grave risk.
She must make a choice to join Jurek and find her brother or fulfill a role she
believes she is ill equipped to undertake.
About the Author:
One day, on her
way home from work as a sales manager, A. M. Hargrove, realized her life was on
fast forward and if she didn't do something soon, it would quickly be too late
to write that work of fiction she had been dreaming of her whole life. So, she
rolled down the passenger window of her fabulous (not) company car and tossed
out her leather briefcase. Luckily, the pedestrian in the direct line of fire
was a dodge ball pro and had über quick reflexes enabling him to avoid getting
bashed in the head. Feeling a tad guilty about the near miss, A. M. made a
speedy turn down a deserted side street before tossing her crummy, outdated piece-of-you-know-what
lap top out the window. She breathed a liberating sigh of relief, picked up her
cell phone, called her boss and quit her job. Grinning, she made another call
to her hubs and told him of her new adventure (after making sure his heart was
beating properly again).
So began A. M.
Hargrove's career as a YA/NA and Adult Romance writer. Her books include
Kissing Fire, Edge of Disaster, Shattered Edge, the series the Guardians of
Vesturon (Survival, Resurrection, Determinant, Beginnings and reEmergent), Dark
Waltz, Tragically Flawed, Tragic Desires and Exquisite Betrayal.
Other than being
in love with being in love, she loves chocolate, ice cream and coffee and is
positive they should be added as part of the USDA food groups.
(If you're
wondering, it didn't happen EXACTLY that way, but….)
There are some
beings in this world, long thought to be extinct. Some seek to protect them,
others want control, but some . . . some are hell bent on their destruction.
Audrey was taken
from her father, hidden away from the world, and tortured for five years. She
was rescued, but is she really safe, or is there someone else waiting to betray
her? Can she trust those who saved her? Can she learn to accept who she really
is?
Stone was on a
routine mission to extract valuable information from a rival clan of
paranormals. Instead, he and his team find something much more valuable: a
scarred, damaged young woman who holds many secrets, and whose power is beyond
anything they could ever have imagined.There is much more to Audrey than meets
the eye and Stone is determined to protect her.
Audrey and Stone
are about to find out it’s hard to know who to trust.
(New Adult,
contains language and sexual content. 18+)
About the Author:
Head Reviewer @
The Violet Hour Book Reviews
Oh jeez…do you
know how many people I told I didn’t want to write this? So here is the one my
friend made me:
Becca Vincenza
lives in wonderful Michigan. She has a love for Skittles, rainbows, Star Wars,
*giggles* and Hot Men. She spends time in her basement with Airicka… Apparently
that’s where the best ideas come from.
Any who….she
loves meeting new people, so feel free to message her on Facebook and friend
her on Goodreads!
Although her
phone number will not be given out because, well…she doesn’t like heavy
breathing.
So a sort of
serious one: For real, I am a geek. I grew up watching Star Wars, and my father
read Lord of the Rings to us, along with the C. S. Lewis series. I love to
write. In all honesty, it took me a lot of work to get where I am today and I
don’t regret a moment of it. Reading and writing are honestly the best things
ever. I couldn’t be happier that my parents put me through so much extra help.
Anyways! Me, me, me…. Huh…I love paranormal stuff…Love it.
Candace Bristol has always been obsessed with comic books, but
in a world where the nightly news often mirrors these inked stories, her dreams
of becoming a real superhero could actually come true. After being rescued by
members of the government’s AdvaNced Genetic EvoLution (ANGEL) Project four
years ago, getting recruited for this elite team is all she's wanted.
Now 18, she's finally reached her goal after years of study and
physical training, but little could have prepared her for life as a genetic
experiment. As though coming to terms with her new ability to manipulate water
isn't tough enough, she never expected to be swept off her feet by one of her
fellow recruits.
With genetic alteration, the threat of physical and mental
instability hangs over every superhero like a shadow. When one of their own
tumbles over the edge of madness, Candace will have to choose between
protecting the world, and saving the one who holds her heart.
My Review ❈❈❈❈❈
Holy Genetic Superheroes, Batman!! I have been waiting for a book like
this! A comic book - loving girl whose
dreams come true as she’s chosen to be genetically engineered into a
superhero! Yowza!! Candace is perfect for the job. She’s motivated and has a great
attitude. Plus she’s very determined not
to let any guy get in the way of her success. Yeah, we all know how that
usually works out. Especially when you’re
surrounded by guys and stuck in a training facility. Trust me, there’s a hottie for everyone to
swoon over, whether you like the cute, sensitive geek that says and does all
the right things or the annoyingly self-righteous bad boy that shows up
everywhere you don’t want him to. Candace
does her best to ignore them all and live through the process of becoming a
hero without screwing up or going insane. Needless to say, this is a
fascinating and very fast-paced story with tons of surprises to keep you
guessing. I absolutely loved it and
cannot wait to get my hands on the next one!
A geek of all trades, Starla Huchton has been crafting stories
in various genres since 2007. Her first novel, THE DREAMER'S THREAD was
released as a full cast audiobook podcast, becoming a double-nominee and
finalist for the 2010 Parsec Awards. After releasing short fiction of
steampunk, noir fantasy, and other varieties, she released the first three
books of the Sci-Fi Romance ENDURE series in 2013. All three books of the
EVOLUTION series will be released in 2014, as well as a Steampunk Fantasy
novel, MASTER OF MYTH (the Antigone's Wrath series, book 1), which was the
first place winner of the Crested Butte Writers' contest, The Sandy, in 2012.
When not writing, Starla trains three Minions, a black lab, and
a military husband whilst designing book covers for independent authors and
publishers at designedbystarla.com.
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