Check out these newly added titles at Reading Alley. For today’s post, we feature titles from 3 genre: Paranormal, Romance, and Sci-Fi and Fantasy. If any book catches your eye, head on over to the Reading Alley site and request for a review copy.
PARANORMAL
Immortal Flame
Author: Jillian David
Genre: Romance, Paranormal
World War II veteran Peter Blackstone traded his soul so that his wife could live. That was 1945. Since then, Peter has lived an unnaturally long life as a hired killer, providing the life forces upon which Jerahmeel feeds to survive.
Doctor Allison La Croix has a big problem. She randomly sees people’s deaths. She has longed to be free of her twisted “gift” to live a normal life without fear of predicting yet another loved one’s demise.
After a horrific accident, a severely injured Peter arrives in Allison’s ER. The vision Allison experiences when she touches him nearly kills her. He teaches her to block these devastating episodes as she finds a way to unlock his forgotten, passionate soul.
But Jerahmeel’s minion has orders to destroy Peter and anyone he loves. Will Peter’s and Allison’s shattered souls survive the devious plan? Or could their love save them both? Someone will have hell to pay.
Black Bullet
Author: L.D. Rose
Genre: Romance, Paranormal
Fledgling vampire Jonathan Kerr has just met his match.
Not even his past life as a former marine and FBI agent could prepare him for the battle against the monster inside him, struggling to take hold. After an old nemesis of the Senary surfaces in Brooklyn, unleashing chaos and terror in the battered borough, Jon sets out to take him down. Instead, he ends up with far more than he bargained for when he clashes with the beautiful half-vampire hybrid, Lawan Knight.
After escaping near death and suffering unspeakable horror at the hands of vampires, Lawan trusts no one, regardless of species. In between bouts of drunken stupor, her only goal is to exterminate all those who’ve wronged her, including every member of Jon’s vampire bloodline. But Jon’s soulful eyes and quick smile crawls under her skin, transforming her black and white world into a hazy shade of gray.
As the days rapidly grow darker, Jon and Lawan turn to one another, but their inner demons threaten to tear them apart. The only way either of them will survive is if they overcome their greatest fear —
Love.
ROMANCE
Painting Rainbows
Author: Sue Lilley
Genre: Romance, Women’s Fiction
Soulmates since they were children, Mandy and Joel are grown up now and destined to be together. Until life hurls a curved ball in their direction. Can they find each other and live happily ever after? Or will life conspire to keep them apart?
An exclusive short story for anyone who ever dreamed of finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Family Illusions
Author: Bess George
Genre: Romance
Her life was a lie.
Charlie Gomez always fantasized about a better life or at least a job that didn’t involve scrubbing other people’s toilets. The death of her mother reveals a past that’s based on lies and an unexpected inheritance gives her the opportunity to become a private investigator—the perfect chance to learn a skill for the future while she figures out the past. There’s only one negative in this new gig and that’s her antagonistic sexy new boss.
He has nothing left but a company on the brink of bankruptcy.
Jaxon Roberts was a street orphan who survived and thrived thanks to the kindness of a generous benefactor. But when his adopted father passes away, he’s left with the daunting task of saving McKenzie Investigations and a major surprise: his father left a biological heir, and she’s the key to his company’s survival.
As tension and rivalry give way to love, dark shadows of the past put their future—and their lives—in grave danger. When Charlie disappears, Jaxon is faced with a choice…walk away and preserve the world he knows, or fight for a future with the one woman who can truly teach him what family is all about.
SCI-FI AND FANTASY
Gravity
Author: James M. Corkill
Genre: Romance, Sci-Fi and Fantasy
In this science fiction thriller, an ancient artifact begins dragging the moon closer to Earth, and only geologist Alex Cave can stop the tidal affect from ripping the planet apart.
Alex questions his decision to lead the boring life of a teacher, then he receives an urgent message about an unusual event in Iceland and feels an adrenalin rush at the prospect of a new mission. He and his friend descend deep into the bowels of the North Atlantic Rift and discover a 180-million-year-old alien device of incredible power.
Before he can take it to a safe location, it is stolen and activated but cannot be shut down. It begins dragging the International Space Station from orbit and pulling the moon closer to Earth, and within eight-days, the tidal affect will rip the tectonic plates apart. His only chance of changing the moon’s orbit is to find the artifact and shut it down, but he’s running out of time.
And as if that wasn’t enough, a massive emerald asteroid with a core of solid gold is on a collision course with Earth, and will impact in six-days. Can he find a way out of this no-win situation and save humanity from extinction?
“An award-winning ride from this bestselling author, with thrilling situations and nail biting suspense. A great sequel to Red Energy.” Grab your copy today!
Neworld Papers: The Warriors’ Tale
Author: KB Shaw
Genre: Sci-Fi and Fantasy, Young Adult
The Warriors’ Tale is a sprawling adventure that takes Fallon and his friends from one end of Neworld to the other… and beyond.
Four months after writing The Historian’s Tale, Fallon withdraws from day-to-day operations of the Movement as he struggles with a crucial question. If he reveals the cache of weapons in the armory, will it mean the salvation of his people or the end of Neworld?
Meanwhile, Missus Grier and the Movement prepare to break out of their underground confinement and Lenore moves topside to spread the historian’s message across the length and breadth of Neworld
Neworld Papers: The Historian’s Tale
Author: KB Shaw
Genre: Sci-Fi and Fantasy, Young Adult
2015 CYGNUS AWARD FINALIST
Is revealing the truth worth the disruption of a society?
Fallon lives in a peaceful world that has no concept of war, or murder, or even love. It is a society that prohibits histories and pledges itself to “The Service of Today and the Building of Tomorrow.”
Just weeks before he reaches adulthood, Fallon is torn from his sheltered life as a ward of the state. He is drawn into a subversive group that needs his secret talents and he quickly becomes a chronicler of discoveries that threaten to destroy the very fabric of Neworld.
Can Fallon handle the weight of the new responsibilities thrust upon him while he navigates relationships with the feisty redhead Aidan and raven-haired beauty Lenore?
Neworld Papers Series 1: The Historian’s Tale is a coming-of-age story for not only Fallon, but an entire world. It has action, adventure, and a touch of New Adult romance grounded solidly in thought-provoking science fiction.
From The Shadows
Author: KB Shaw
Genre: Sci-Fi and Fantasy, Young Adult
An exciting science fiction adventure for readers 12 and up. Adults: Share your love of science fiction with your child or grandchild. Young readers: share it with your parents, grandparents, friends, and teachers.
A new technological revolution is about to be unleashed, one that could instantly shake the world economy to its core — the Interactive Holographic Transporter or IHT. An IHT Academy has also been set up, allowing select students from around the world to take part in a virtual class. These events set two teens on a path that will entwine their lives with those of a young reporter and a former child prodigy.
As they race toward their destiny, they are oblivious to the dangers that lie ahead.
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