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Author: Carol Oates
Genre: YA Fantasy/Paranormal
Release Date: July 19, 2011
Buy Link: Amazon
Description:
When Candra Ember wakes up in hospital after a dangerous encounter with a red-haired woman, she is shocked to discover that seeing a winged boy wasn’t her imagination. Candra is exposed to a world of rivalry and sacrifice she never knew existed, and the aftermath of a war to save humanity thousands of years ago. Soon she finds herself relentlessly stalked by Sebastian, a beautiful and arrogant Watcher Angel and romantically pursued by his darkly seductive rival, Draven. Ultimately, dubious about her own goodness, Candra’s very existence compromises a tentative peace in the city of Acheron.
“She is not a toy,” she hissed like a cat arching its back and
instinctively unfurled her jet black wings tipped with scarlet, resembling an
oil slick creeping outward in a pool of blood.
Sebastian felt Candra’s weight against him increase when she
leaned forward to look over his shoulder. There was no longer merely a shadow
of Ananchel’s wings. Candra’s warm breath made the hairs on his neck rise when
she gasped at the sight of Ananchel’s magnificent, dark, silken plumage
brushing against the unsuspecting dancers around her.
Sebastian knew Ananchel’s words were for Candra’s benefit. If it
was to her advantage, Ananchel would be just as willing to claim Candra as he
was.
“This isn’t the time or the place for this discussion,” Sebastian
told her pointedly.
“Excuse me,” Candra screeched from behind him, once again pushing
to get past.
He heard her utter a small gasp and felt her breath against the
back of his neck when all the air left her lungs. Just like everything he
seemed to do lately, uncurling his wings wasn’t intentional. His only thought
was to keep Ananchel away from Candra. As soon as his mind thought the word barrier,
there they were. He was sure Ananchel could see his weakness; his desire to
protect Candra at any cost to himself was perfectly apparent. He turned his
head to catch a glimpse of the girl behind him, and her shocked eyes stared
back at him. Her mouth was hidden behind her two hands.
“Go!” Sebastian bellowed fiercely to Ananchel without fully
turning from Candra, his nails digging into the palms of his clenched fists.
“You go,” Ananchel laughed in return, apparently amused by
Candra’s reaction.
When his eyes met Ananchel’s again, he confirmed by the way her
smile faded infinitesimally that he had exposed himself. She had forced him to
prove to Candra once again that he wasn’t human, not even in the smallest
measure. He should have known she wouldn’t stop there. They had played this
game a long time.
The trembling began in
his stomach, shooting downward like tiny electrical pulses, and his already
tense muscles tightened further. All over his body, his skin felt like it was
on fire, and it made him shudder. He fought it, closing his eyes to keep from
looking at Ananchel and keeping Candra out of his peripheral vision. He
couldn’t look at Candra now. The volume of the music seemed to grow until the
bass was an eruption inside his brain and every thump matched his heart.
Author: Carol Oates
Genre: YA Fantasy/Paranormal
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Buy Link: Amazon
Description:
Candra Ember used to dream of saving the world one person at a time. She never expected to become an angelic weapon and the last hope in the battle against ultimate darkness.
Falling for a Nephilim wasn’t part of Sebastian’s plan. Distraction is something he can’t afford when his rival, Draven, wants what Sebastian has.
Lies, manipulation, and corruption are twisting the lives of the citizens in Acheron. The Arch is missing from Heaven, and a demon is intent on claiming the city. At a time they should be growing closer, grief and paranoia is driving Candra and Sebastian apart.
If the price of restoring the Watchers to Heaven is a human soul, who deserves to be saved?
Sebastian had showered and the
scent of death and Guinness no longer clung to him the way it did to her.
Instead, he smelled of soap, spices and heat. His damp hair brushed against her
forehead. In moments like this, his embrace made her feel secure and loved
unconditionally. On other occasions, it was much easier to doubt herself and
doubt him. Watchers perceived an innate goodness in her that Candra wasn’t sure
of. When given a choice between love and war, she was very much tempted to
choose war. Sebastian made no secret of the rage in his heart, a rage she knew
could easily destroy him.
“I do,” she murmured, shifting to
sit across his lap and linking her fingers around his neck. As always, it
brought on a strange little flutter in her stomach. Loving Sebastian was one of
those things that was never meant to happen. It had blindsided both of them. If
there were two people in the world less likely to fall in love, it was
Sebastian and Candra.
She pressed her lips to his
quickly, weaving her fingers up into his soft as silk hair. One of his hands
tightened on her thigh and the other slid up her spine, stopping between her
shoulder blades where his fingers spread out wide.
She pulled back and giggled when
Sebastian’s lips chased her with a playful pout. “I wasn’t finished.”
“I haven’t brushed my teeth,” she
told him, making a show of covering her mouth when she spoke. “Morning breath.”
“It’s eleven at night.” He pushed
forward.
Candra applied pressure against his
shoulders, blocking his advance. “And I need a shower. I smell like an
Irish man.”
Breath left her in a whoosh
followed by a squeal as Sebastian spun her around and pinned her to the bed
beneath him. His full weight pressed down on her, giving Candra a comfort she
didn’t fully understand. He made her feel protected, hidden away and small. She
shivered all the way to her toes. Sebastian would die to keep her safe if he
had to.
“Who would have thought I’d find
the smell of an Irish man so appealing.” He breathed the words close to her ear
and then glided his hot lips to the throbbing artery just below.
Candra felt the warm, grainy flesh
of his tongue peek out and swirl in a small circle over her skin. She bit down
on the inside of her cheek to hold back the whimpering noise she was sure would
escape her lips otherwise. She squirmed below him until she was breathless, and
he dragged his fingers down the length of her forearms to secure her wrists by
the side of her head.
“You fight me on everything,”
Sebastian reprimanded her, slipping his fingers between hers and clasping them
firmly. “When will you ever give in quietly?” His eyes blazed and flickered to
her mouth.
Carol was introduced to the world of supernatural books when, as a child, her family moved to a coastal suburb on the northern border of Dublin known as Clontarf, famous as the birthplace of Bram Stoker, the prolific author responsible for breathing life into the legendary story Dracula. This stirred in Carol an early passion for reading about all things supernatural. Combine that passion with a deep interest in the history and folklore of Ireland, as well as an active and vivid imagination, and Carol Oates the author was born. Carol's love of writing about anything not entirely "human" emerged, and the premise for her debut novel, Shades of Atlantis, was born.
Author Links:
Website -- http://www.caroloates.com/
Twitter -- https://twitter.com/CarolOates
Facebook -- https://www.facebook.com/caroloates.author
Goodreads -- http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3988619.Carol_Oates
Event Giveaway: The publisher/author is offering a YA Event Giveaway of
(1) Print Copy of Ember and Iridescent, (1) Beaded angel wings
bookmark, (1) Angel wings earrings (gold toned, hypoallergenic, nickel free). – US Only
This is a great event. Thanks for having the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI don't read a lot of YA fantasy, but I saw this as a chance to add two more. Thanks for hosting this giveaway! The covers are so pretty.
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