A Dream Within A Dream: Gilded Wings Blog Tour: Guest Post & Giveaway

Gilded Wings (The Angel Chronicles #2)
Author: Amy Lignor
Genre: YA Fantasy/Paranormal
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Publisher: Tribute Books

Description:

The Beloved Angel/Warrior Team from Until Next Time Returns!

When Matt and Emily are sent on their second mission they have no idea how truly dark human nature can become…

Emily never wanted to face humans again. With the heartache that went on down below, she’s still trying to figure out how to save souls that don’t deserve saving. The only one she wants to see again is Jason - the young man she fell in love with who became the soulmate she simply can’t forget…

Matt was trained to protect and defend the souls down below. Longing to feel the heartfelt emotions that come from being human, Matt wants nothing more than to have just one life - one chance - to live and love the girl of his dreams…

The powerful team find themselves in a brand new century, living in the Gilded Age of New York City. Emily takes over the body of Anya, a young Russian girl who arrives on Ellis Island after a hideous tragedy. There she meets up with a strangely familiar young man by the name of Drew Parrish, who helps Anya survive in an unknown world of luxury, snobbery and…obsession.

What Anya’s inner angel doesn’t know is that the soul she loves is also back. This time around Jason goes by the name of Max Carrow. Once a quiet and kind boy, he’s now part of the ‘Four Hundred Club,’ and wants nothing more than to be among the most admired as he climbs the shaky ladder of society’s elite.

As two worlds merge, Emily and Matt struggle under the weight of their “Gilded Wings.” Not only will they have to figure out who they should fight to save, but they must also face a romantic choice that could destroy them both.

Drew simply dismissed him with a wave. “This is Anya, and Mr. Gregori Churchill.”

He raised a sculpted eyebrow. “A little young to have offspring of her own, isn’t she?”

“I’m standing right here if you wish to address me, sir,” Anya’s strong voice cut through his scathing tone.

The butler gave her the same rude appraisal that the couple out on the street had earlier, but Anya squared her shoulders and offered a glare of her own.

Drew turned to look at her; his trademark grin was affixed firmly on his face, and pride beamed from his bright green eyes. “Show them to their rooms, Brighton. That is what Mr. Carrow wants.”

Brighton sniffed the air but remained silent, as Drew pulled Anya and Gregori aside.

“I’ll leave you now. You’ll meet the family in the morning.”

“You’re going?” Anya’s voice trembled as a sudden wave of panic raced through her body. She grabbed Drew’s arms, holding on for dear life.

He chuckled. Without thinking, he reached out and touched her cheek, as if knowing how to calm her down. “You’ll be all right. Brighton may be a pompous pain, but he’ll see that you’re safe and sound. Besides, I’ll be back in the morning for breakfast with the family. I live in the cottage out back...so I’m never far from you.”

Until Next Time (Until Next Time #1)
Release Date: February 1, 2012

Description:

How does a girl choose between the one who steals her heart and the one who owns her soul?

Matt and Emily were created for a specific job. Raised and trained as the ultimate angel/warrior team, they are sent down to save, defend, judge and forgive, depending on the 'life' they've been assigned. What they don't realize is that the power of human emotions, such as love, anger, passion and fear can take over even the best of souls, causing them to make mistakes and follow paths that lead to confusion and heartache.

When the reason for their training is finally revealed, the angel/warrior team find themselves thrust into a world they know nothing about. Matt takes over the life of Daniel, a young man with a great deal of baggage. Emily becomes Liz, a girl living in a remote village who relies on nothing more than her own strength to survive. A violent storm erupts one night, and framed in the window of Liz's establishment is a frightening face. Let in by the soul of a Good Samaritan, the two visitors bring with them a past full of secrets that could literally change an angel's path and a warrior's plans.

From murder to redemption, this angel/warrior team must find a way to keep the faith they have in each other in a world that's ripping them apart.

Watch Houdini’s Star, Jennie!

The Elephant that Sparks an Angel’s Imagination

“And then it came. Out onto the stage walked a ridiculously large, lumbering animal. Anya could feel her heartbeat speed up and the beads of sweat burst from the palms of her hands, as the small man introduced Jennie, the elephant, to the hushed crowd.”

In Gilded Wings, our favorite angel is astounded by this particular event that very much happened in New York City at the Hippodrome Theatre.

Emily was absolutely amazed watching an elephant actually disappear before her eyes, and the crowd at the Hippodrome that fine day were just as bedazzled. It seems fitting that the master of magic, himself, was one of the arrivals on Ellis Island during his lifetime, seeing as that the book tells the tale of Emily and Matthew as immigrants in a brand new world doing their own ‘magical’ job that they were assigned.

Being in the audience that day must have been a truly awesome experience. It is one of those events where you wish time traveling devices did exist so that you could go back and see it ‘live and in person.’ From 1905 to 1939, the Hippodrome was located on 6th Avenue between 43rd and 44th and was truly amazing to behold. Called the world’s largest theatre by its builders, it had a seating capacity of 5,300 with a mammoth stage, state of the art technology, including a rising glass water tank, and brought the ‘best of the best’ in entertainment to New Yorkers.

The most popular vaudeville artists of the day, including the unforgettable illusionist, Harry Houdini, performed during the building’s heyday. And while many magicians made rabbits appear and disappear, it was Houdini, in 1918, who brought a 10,000-pound elephant named Jennie onto the mighty stage and made her vanish right before everyone’s eyes. You should note, by the way, that the stage was brightly-lit and it was a true sensation that no one - especially our angel - ever forgot.

The saddest part of the story, however, is the fact that because of costs that came with running this elaborate theatre, it was closed in 1939 for demolition. Since 1952, a large modern office building known as “The Hippodrome Center” stands in its place, yet the magical allure is still there for someone with the imagination to be able to visualize that once unique site.

Even though time changes and the building that played home to this amazing ‘feat’ is long gone, that magical moment of Jennie, the disappearing elephant, will always be a part of our thrilling history.

Even though I write an angel who knows all about the ‘never-before-seen’ aspects of life, it was still amazing to sit with Emily on her big ‘date’ in the Hippodrome and watch the magic unfurl!

Have fun!

Until Next Time, Everybody,

Amy

Amy Lignor began her career at Grey House Publishing in northwest Connecticut where she was the Editor-in-Chief of numerous educational and business directories.
Now she is a published author of several works of fiction. The Billy the Kid historical The Heart of a Legend; the thriller, Mind Made; and the adventure novel, Tallent & Lowery 13.
She is also the owner of The Write Companion, a company that offers help and support to writers through a full range of editorial services from proofreading and copyediting to ghostwriting and research. As the daughter of a research librarian, she is also an active book reviewer.
Currently, she lives with her daughter, mother and a rambunctious German Shepherd named Reuben, in the beautiful state of New Mexico.

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