Happy Friday everybody!
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Beginning:
She was tired.
Not old in years. Just tired. While her vocation called to her as powerfully as it had always done, the reality was a relentless workload that offered little time for the life of study and reflection that she craved.
Friday 56:
Elena spoke the words of love in her grandmother's language, felt Raphael's response in the look he gave her. It was blue fire and it was furious tenderness.
This week I'm taking a break in my reviewing schedule to read a recent arrival in one of my favorite series. Archangel's Heart by Nalini Singh is the ninth Guild Hunter novel. Here is the description from Amazon:
One of the most vicious archangels in the world has disappeared. No one knows if Lijuan is dead or has chosen to Sleep the long sleep of an immortal. But with her lands falling into chaos under a rising tide of vampiric bloodlust, a mysterious and ancient order of angels known as the Luminata calls the entire Cadre together to discuss the fate of her territory.
Accompanying her archangelic lover Raphael to the Luminata compound, guild hunter-turned-angel Elena senses that all is not as it seems. Secrets echo from within the stone walls of the compound, and the deeper Elena goes, the uglier the darkness. But neither Raphael nor Elena is ready for the brutal truths hidden within—truths that will change everything Elena thinks she knows about who she is…
Nothing will ever be the same again.
I really need to read her books. The writing is so strong and heard a lot of good things.
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I don't really enjoy fantasy books, but I love this cover, and I understand all about the being tired she is feeling. I'd love if you and your readers would check out mine ... http://tinyurl.com/LisaKsBookReviewsGTS
ReplyDeleteI really like this series and read this one when I like you took a break.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely cover...and great excerpts. Thanks for sharing, and here's mine: “THE DRY”
ReplyDeleteThis looks like one for me. Thanks for sharing.
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Sounds good! Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteThis one sounds really interesting. Thanks for mentioning the book.
ReplyDeleteHope you enjoy it! :)
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I haven't read much fantasy but I've heard great things about Nalini Singh's books. I love the beginning and the blurb is definitely intriguing. Hope you're enjoying it!
ReplyDeleteI just started her Psy/Changeling series.
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