Friday, April 17, 2015

Friday Finds: Urban Fantasy Descent

I love paranormal romance, but sometimes I wish the stories had more ass kicking in them, ya know? More wicked moves, with a bad ass heroine I can cheer for... enter the Descent Series from S.M. Reine.

Catch it while it's free, people.




She was destined to be a weapon. Elise Kavanagh is good at one thing: killing demons, angels, and gods. For years, she was the death that supernatural creatures feared. More myth than woman, she walked the Earth as the embodiment of vengeance.
  
But Elise doesn't want anything to do with destiny. She wants time off to spend with her only friend and former investigative partner, James Faulkner - a powerful witch, the only person she trusts - and try to be a normal person, whatever that means.
 
Destiny hasn't forgotten her.
It's not easy to retire when you were born to be a killing machine. Old enemies still hold bitter grudges against Elise. The demon overlord of her new home isn't happy to have the Godslayer hiding out in her territory. And there are still gods that need to be killed...
 
This is a collection of the first three titles in The Descent Series, which are gritty urban fantasy books about an exorcist, a witch, and their battles against the forces of Heaven and Hell. (Approx. 200,000 words total.)

Books included:
1. Death's Hand
2. The Darkest Gate
3. Dark Union

DEATH'S HAND
Elise Kavanagh doesn't want to hunt demons anymore. It's been five years since she killed her last enemy, and life has been quiet since then. She went to college. Got a job, and then lost it. Made a friend or two. Lived a normal life. Now her former partner, a powerful witch named James Faulkner, wants Elise to fight one more time. The daughter of a coven member has been possessed, and Elise is the only exorcist nearby.

Becoming a hero again would mean risking discovery by old enemies. But digging into the case reveals that it might already be too late--bodies are disappearing, demons slither through the night, and the cogs of apocalypse are beginning to turn. Some enemies aren't willing to let the secrets of the past stay dead...

THE DARKEST GATE
When Elise Kavanagh retired from demon hunting, she swore it would be permanent. But an attack from a powerful necromancer forced her back into the business, and now she's trying to balance her normal boyfriend and normal job with everything supernatural.

Mr. Black is a demon hunter gone rogue. He's enslaving angels and stealing ethereal artifacts in pursuit of forbidden immortality, and an old grudge drives him to make his final stand in Elise's territory. Destroying her life and killing her friends isn't the goal, but it's a definite perk.

A demonic overlord offers to join against Mr. Black and protect Elise's loved ones. All she needs to do is ally with the demons she's sworn to kill, at the cost of her morals--and maybe her immortal soul. But once she crosses that line, there's no turning back.

Nothing is sacred when Heaven and Hell collide on Earth...

DARK UNION
Every fifty years, the most powerful ethereal and infernal beings convene on Earth to resolve conflicts with mediation by kopides--humans born to police relations between Heaven and Hell. They're meeting in Elise Kavanagh's territory this year, and she used to be the greatest kopis in the world. But she's not invited.

An old friend, Lucas McIntyre, asks her to attend the summit in his place. But when she arrives, she discovers that a human faction called The Union has taken charge of the summit, and they're not playing nice. Worse yet, someone has killed a prominent Union member... and now they're demanding blood.



Visit the author's website at http://authorsmreine.com/

Friday, April 10, 2015

Friday Finds: Sweet Love



A Sweet Romance Anthology: Love in 8 Flavors

FREE!

A romance bundle featuring 8 standalone stories: a mixture of novels and novellas. Only 'The Proposal' is the first in a series but can be read as a standalone novella.

Genres include Contemporary, Historical, Western, Victorian, Regency, Medieval and Paranormal sweet romance:

The Proposal by Lily Zante
This is Book 1 of 4 but can be read as a standalone novella with a HEA and without needing to buy subsequent books.  Opposites attract. When a high-flying career woman with no time for romance finds herself falling for a sexy young stripper, she has no idea just how much her life is about to change.

August (Prairie Grooms) by Kit Morgan
What happens when six English ladies are shipped off halfway across the world as mail-order brides? EVERYTHING! Watch them go from a posh lifestyle in London to Clear Creek, a nothing of a town full of quirky characters, crazy livestock, and bumbling villains! Oh, and handsome grooms too!

Six Months In Montana by Pamela M. Kelley
Molly Bishop is on the verge of her dream promotion when she's thrown a curveball--according to the will of her childhood friend Christian Ford's grandfather, in order for Christian to inherit the family ranch, where Molly's uncle and many others work, Christian and Molly must marry--and stay married for at least Six Months.

The Bride Prize by Sandra Schwab
A medieval tournament in Victorian Britain, two unlikely lovers, and an unfortunate dearth of umbrellas: Join the reporters of Allan's Miscellany on their first adventure as they travel to Scotland to attend the infamous Eglinton Tournament of 1839!

Scandal At Dawn by Elizabeth Cole
When a cruel prank leaves the blind Olivia Blake ripe for humiliation, she is rescued by an infamous rake. Soon she is seduced by the charm of Adrian Calwell, a scandal-chased baron who is much more than he seems...

Emma, Mail-Order Brides Club by Ashley Merrick
When Emma Byrne loses her live-in job in Boston for rejecting the unwanted advances of her boss, moving to Montana to be a Mail-Order bride to widower Ethan Donovan and his young daughter Emily seems like the best solution. Except that the groom in question had no idea that his brother sent for a wife.

Rings On Her Fingers by ReGina Welling
What should have been a simple tarot card reading instead sends Julie on a quest for true love and a hidden family fortune. Helped along the way by her best friend, a psychic and an aura reader, Julie must learn to believe in the unseen before it is too late.

Queen of Hearts by Kristen Painter
A priceless ruby, a sexy gargoyle and a dangerous sorcerer. Just another day's work...


Grab your copy today!



Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Love-All-You-Need-Romance-ebook/dp/B00VC5UMQY

Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-All-You-Need-Romance-ebook/dp/B00VC5UMQY

B&N (Nook): http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/love-is-all-you-need-lily-zante/1121647549?ean=2940152226706&isbn=2940152226706&itm=1&usri=2940152226706

iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id981056963

Kobo: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/love-is-all-you-need-5

GooglePlay: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=7MyyBwAAQBAJ