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Ares, book 1 in New York Times best-seller Felicity
Heaton’s hot new paranormal romance series, Guardians of Hades, is now
available in ebook and paperback. To celebrate the release of Ares and Megan’s
romance, she’s holding a FANTASTIC GIVEAWAY and sharing sneak peeks of the
book.




Enter the ARES international giveaway (ends December
11th) and be in with a shot of winning a $75, $50 or $25 gift certificate by
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Ares (Guardians of Hades Series Book 1)

Felicity Heaton

Prince of the Underworld and Lord of Fire, Ares was banished from his home by
his father, Hades, two centuries ago and given a new duty and purpose—to keep
our world and his from colliding in a calamity foreseen by the Moirai.




Together with his six brothers, he fights
to defend the gates to the Underworld from daemons bent on breaching them and
gaining entrance to that forbidden land, striving to protect his home from
their dark influence. Caged by the manifestation of his power, held apart from
those he loves by his own fire and starved of physical contact, Ares lives a
cold existence driven by duty and the desire to return to his world.




Until his world collides with a daemon who
steals his power and a mortal female who shatters the ice around his heart and
awakens the true fire within him—a soul-stirring passion both dangerous and
seductive.




Megan has wandered far from her home,
driven from everyone she loves by the devastating realisation that she is
different to them all. Unsure who to trust in the world, she keeps to herself,
until a fateful stormy night brings a temptingly handsome warrior crashing into
her life and into her heart—a warrior who seems to hold powers more frightening
and marvellous than her own.

When the New York gate comes under threat,
and Ares is put to the test, will he choose his duty and regain the power he
needs in order to save his world or will he choose the desires of his heart and
sacrifice his fire so he can be with the woman becoming his whole world?




ARES is
available from Amazon Kindle, Kobo Books, Barnes and Noble Nook, Apple iBooks
stores and other retailers. Also available in paperback. Find the links to your
preferred retailer at: http://www.felicityheaton.co.uk/guardians-of-hades-ares-paranormal-romance-book.php








ARES – Excerpt

When the daemon returned, Ares would be
ready to deal with him.




It wouldn’t be the first time he had gone
into battle injured and drained, and it wouldn’t even be the worst. Life in the
mortal world was making him soft. He had once battled a legion of daemons with
one arm broken and several arrows lodged in his left thigh, and he had
decimated them.




Ares smiled. The good old days. It had been
centuries since he had gone to war together with his brothers, unleashing the
hunger for violence and destruction that made the god his parents had named him
after so proud of him.




He focused and the street whirled and
disappeared, replaced by his apartment. He flicked the light on, illuminating
the pale coffee-coloured walls and dark furniture in the open plan kitchen and
living room. He looked down at his boots and the puddle already forming around
them on his wooden floor, and toed them off and kicked them into the kitchen on
his right. They tumbled across the tiled floor, hit one of the oak cupboards
and stopped. He reached over his shoulder with his right hand, grabbed the back
of his ruined wet black t-shirt, pulled it over his head and tossed it onto the
tiles with his boots.




The water around his feet evaporated, steam
curling off his already drying black jeans. He needed to get his mood in check
before something bad happened.




He closed his eyes and drew in several deep
breaths, holding each one before slowly expelling the air, and reined in his
temper together with his power, restoring the usual rigid control he kept over
it and stopping his flames from emerging. The heat that always surrounded him
settled to a more manageable, and safer, level, and he released another breath,
this one more a sigh of relief. The last thing he wanted to do tonight was set
his apartment on fire. Again. It had
been a shitty enough night without that added cherry on top.




When he felt calm enough to maintain
control over his fire, he walked into the open living room and pushed the
second door in the wall to his left open. He switched the bathroom light on,
turned and frowned at his reflection in the mirrored wall on his left above the
vanity unit and sink.




He looked like hell.




The female daemon had done a number on him.
Long gashes darted across his chest and forearms where she had caught him with
her claws. He touched the deepest one of the three on his pectorals and beads
of blood broke to the surface.




He frowned and the gold flecks in his eyes
darkened to red, glowing against their earthy brown backdrop.




The daemon shouldn’t have been able to land
a single blow on him, let alone several. He had been too complacent tonight. He
had been dealing with low level daemons for so long that he had forgotten there
were stronger ones out there, just waiting for him to drop his guard.




It wouldn’t happen again.




Ares stared at the tip of his right index
finger and slowly released the iron grip he had on his power, allowing his
control to slip little by little until the air around his hand shimmered and he
could feel the heat of it against his chest. He slammed his hold over his
flames back into place, locking them down at their current level and stopping
them from burning out of control.




He ground his molars together, grabbed the
edge of the oak vanity unit with his other hand to steady himself and drew his
finger along the first cut across his chest. Fire blazed in the wake of his
finger but he didn’t stop or make a sound, not until he had reached the end of
the wound and had cauterised it.




He drew a deep breath, blew it out and
flexed his fingers around the edge of the unit. His arm trembled and ached, his
shoulder socket throbbing madly. Two more slashes to seal and he could rest.
Pain tore through him with each one but it was necessary. He needed to regain his
strength as quickly as possible and that meant helping his healing process
along in his own way.




His finger reached the end of the final cut
and he lowered his head, breathing hard to stifle the pain as he struggled with
his power, wrestling it back under control until it was nothing more than an
aura of heat around him. He could leave the cuts on his forearms. They were
shallow and would easily heal without his assistance.




He flicked the steel tap on, waited until
the water was frigid, and then doused his chest and arms with enough of it to
clean the blood away. The water heated and steamed the second it touched his
skin, and would have evaporated immediately if it hadn’t been ice cold. When
the blood was gone, he settled his hands on the edges of the sink, leaning over
it.




The water swirled as it reached the drain,
ribbons of red streaking the maelstrom. Pain pulsed through him, stealing his
strength and focus.




Motionless, he watched his blood snaking
down his arms as it continued to trickle from his wounds, immune to his heat
because it ran as hot as the rest of him, and then the sink, sliding down it to
join the running water. It mesmerised him and time slipped past him as he lost
himself in listening to his steady breathing and staring at the swirling water.





The taste of iron in his mouth slowly grew
stronger, drawing his focus back to the world, and he probed each tooth with
his tongue. It brushed one of his molars and the flow of blood increased. He
closed his eyes, reached into his mouth and tugged the loose tooth free, turned
it in his fingers, feeling nothing, and then let it fall. It clattered around
the white porcelain bowl and stopped in the drain. It didn’t bother him. It
would grow back in time.




His temper faded, emotions falling back
into place and calm washing through him at last.




He rinsed his arms again, grabbed a white
towel off the ones scrunched up on the side of the oak unit and patted himself
dry, careful to avoid the cuts and keeping an eye on the soft material. With
his temper back under control, it should be safe but he never could quite trust
himself. It just took one wrong thought, or a momentary slip in concentration,
and he had to go shopping for new linen or new towels.




Or sometimes a new couch.




His hands heated and he dropped the towel
next to the sink. Tiny flames flickered over his fingertips. He shook his hand,
willing them to behave, and they disappeared.




Ares turned on his heel, exited the
bathroom and stalked straight towards his bedroom to his left. The world beyond
the bank of windows that formed the exterior wall of his apartment was dark
despite the lights from the streets and the buildings surrounding Central Park.





He banked left in his bedroom and slid the
oak door to the closet open. He flicked on the light and his weapons greeted
him, gleaming steel and death. The sight of them always brought a smile to his
lips. There was nothing more beautiful than knives and guns.




Well.




Almost.




He stepped into the closet and ran his hand
over the leather and metal circular shield hanging on the back wall, and then
the hilt of the matching sword that hung behind it. Metal of the gods. It was
warm beneath his fingers, vibrating with power that had him closing his eyes as
he absorbed it.




How long had it been since he had wielded
his blade?




Too long.




He missed the feel of it in his hand. The
weight of it. Only steel forged by the gods could channel his power, and his
father had deemed the weapon too destructive to use in the mortal world. Ares
hadn’t been pleased to hear that, and neither had his brothers.




He pulled a circular silver and black
amulet from the pocket of his jeans and hung it so it lay in the centre of his
shield. It would be safest here while he went out to hunt.




He grabbed his black leather shoulder
holster, backed out of the closet, switched off the light and slid the door
shut. Two gleaming silver knives sat in their sheaths above two equally bright
guns. He slung the holster over his bare shoulder and checked each gun, sliding
the clips out to check they were fully loaded before slotting them back in and
ensuring he had a round chambered.




It wasn’t often that he had to rely on
mortal-made weaponry to assist him in his nightly battle against the daemons in
his city, but it was reassuring to have them on hand in case he needed them. In
his weakened state, they were a blessing from Zeus himself. He could use them
to slow daemons down and it was far easier to kill with these weapons than it
was with his power. Mortals turned a blind eye when they saw people fighting
with guns. They tended to stare if he used his powers.




Ares crossed his dark bedroom to the long
ebony chest of drawers that lined the dividing wall, set his weapons down and
grabbed a fresh t-shirt. He slipped into the black top and then settled his
holster around his broad shoulders.




Dry, armed and no longer bleeding. Things
were looking up.




He veered right and skirted around the
short length of wall that divided his bedroom from a smaller open room on the
other side, walking between it and the red armchair of his suite. The single
overhead light from the living room cast pale streaks over the fuel tank of his
motorbike. He ran a hand over the paintwork as he passed, promising he would
polish it soon, and then opened the French doors onto the balcony.




The city stretched before him, shrouded in
rain and darkness, a panorama of a world on the edge.




Only it didn’t know it.




Only he and his brothers knew how close to
destruction this world was, a curse from the Moirai so they never forgot or
questioned the importance of their duty.




Its fate depended on them and their mission
to protect the gates to the Underworld.




Their world.




He moved forwards to the railing, his eyes
scanning the city, searching it and hoping that the feeling in his gut was
wrong and he wouldn’t be needed again tonight.




Lightning forked across the sky, throwing
the buildings into stark relief for a split second before descending them back
into darkness. With each brilliant flash, he saw a different city.




The future of this world should they fail.




It balanced on the brink of ruin, the
buildings hollow shells, torn and shattered, and the trees ablaze in the fiery
darkness. The hot air carried the shrieks of the creatures responsible for the
horror and the wails of suffering mortals.




Ares gripped the railing of his balcony,
every muscle tensing as he caught flickers of that world in each lightning
strike.




Rain lashed the dark scene, falling as
water in this world and fire in the next. The wind drove it hard, so nothing
could escape the inferno sweeping the land.




Lightning slammed into the earth again,
causing another flicker between this rain-soaked night and what he and his
brothers had termed the otherworld.
It was getting worse and had been for the past decade. Something was growing in
the darkness, a threat he and his brothers had been waiting to take form since
the oracles had spoken of it to their father centuries ago.




Time was running out. Soon their unknown
enemy would reveal themselves and the battle to prevent his world and this
mortal one from colliding would begin.




A boom shook the ground and his head
snapped up.




The lights across the city died, as though
eaten by Nyx herself, plunging the landscape into shadows that seemed unholy
and spoke to his senses. He spotted nothing in the darkness though. No sign of
daemons or his prey.




Silence wrapped her arms around him,
comforting and tender. Ares embraced her in return, savouring this moment of
quiet, all too aware of the storm that was coming and that the battle this time
would be to the death.




War was on the horizon.




Bloodshed was on his mind.




It was his duty.




He leaned forwards and glanced at the
street several storeys below. Cars passed in both directions, their lights the
only mortal-made ones in this dark world tonight. Thunder raged overhead and
lightning ravaged the land. The scent of earth and rain filled the charged air.





He waited.




A blackout of this magnitude would draw
daemons out. They would want to feed on the fear it created.




He would see to it they paid for their vile
hungers.




This was his city. Maintaining the peace
here and protecting it were his responsibilities, ever since his father had
banished him and his brothers from the Underworld two centuries ago.




A dark curse rolled off his tongue in the
mortal language and the lightning struck with more force, blazing purple-white
and shaking the ground.




Had they sensed his desire to speak in his
natural tongue?




The gods of Mount Olympus hated it when
those with his power spoke the language of the Underworld on Earth.




Tranquil silence rolled over the world in
the wake of the thunder.




The sound of his cell phone ringing
shattered it.




It was muffled and distant. He had probably
left it with his coat in the living room when he had gone out tonight. Whoever
was ringing would give up soon and peace would be his again until the first
daemon surfaced to take advantage of the storm.




The phone continued to fill the apartment
with a sombre melody and then stopped.




Silence.




Ares sighed and returned his attention to
his city. Each explosion of light revealed it to him. Not the otherworld this
time but the current one, full of perfect buildings and unharmed nature, and no
daemons crawling around. For now. They would emerge soon enough.




His phone started ringing again.




He grimaced.




They were persistent. Only one person could
annoy him so thoroughly without trying. His anger rose again, his temperature
rising along with it.




Closing his eyes, he reached a hand out
behind him and pictured his phone. It whipped into his hand. Being a son of
Hades had certain advantages. The power to manipulate his surroundings and the
ability to teleport were just two of them.




The bright screen of his phone held a
picture of his youngest brother grinning like a fool.




Ares wasn’t in the mood for Calistos’s
usual brand of mischief tonight. He swiped his thumb over the option to ignore
his call and waited for it to begin ringing again. Nothing annoyed his little
brother more than being ignored. Once, Ares had declined a call three times in
a row and Cal had teleported from Paris to New York just to give him an earful.




The phone remained silent this time. Maybe
his brother had got the message.




He tossed the phone back into his
apartment, using his power to guide it back to the crimson couch. The storm
began to abate but the electricity showed no sign of returning. Would it be out
all night? Now that would be the perfect end to a perfect night. He would be
working until dawn to keep the daemons in check.




Rain continued to sweep across the city. It
beaded on the back of his hands where they grasped the balcony railing. The
droplets steamed and shrank, his body too hot for them to withstand.




Being a son of Hades had disadvantages too.




The heat inside him rose until the water on
his skin evaporated. He took a deep breath and reined in his anger. The last
thing he wanted to do was set fire to his apartment on a miserable night like
tonight. He cursed the rain.




His insides tingled.




The rain slowed at last, causing the earthy
scent of the storm to thicken, but it couldn’t mask the coppery stench of evil.




The daemon was back.




Ares rolled his shoulders, stepped back
from the railing and turned his hands palm up. He channelled his power towards
them. Fierce pale flames rose from his fingers, casting light over the balcony.




He grinned.




Time to hunt.










ARES is
available from Amazon Kindle, Kobo Books, Barnes and Noble Nook, Apple iBooks
stores and other retailers. Also available in paperback.




Find all the
links, a fantastic 4 chapter downloadable sample of the book, and also enter
the giveaway and be in with a shot of winning a $75, $50 or $25 gift
certificate at her website: http://www.felicityheaton.co.uk/guardians-of-hades-ares-paranormal-romance-book.php







Books
in the Guardians of Hades paranormal romance series:

Book
1: Ares

Book 2: Valen – Coming in 2017












About Felicity Heaton:

Felicity Heaton is a New York Times and USA Today
international best-selling author writing passionate paranormal romance books.
In her books, she creates detailed worlds, twisting plots, mind-blowing action,
intense emotion and heart-stopping romances with leading men that vary from
dark deadly vampires to sexy shape-shifters and wicked werewolves, to sinful
angels and hot demons! If you're a fan of paranormal romance authors Lara Adrian,
J R Ward, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Gena Showalter and Christine Feehan then you will
enjoy her books too.




If you love your angels a little dark and
wicked, her best-selling Her Angel romance series is for you. If you like
strong, powerful, and dark vampires then try the Vampires Realm romance series
or any of her stand alone vampire romance books. If you’re looking for vampire
romances that are sinful, passionate and erotic then try her Vampire Erotic
Theatre romance series. Or if you like hot-blooded alpha heroes who will let
nothing stand in the way of them claiming their destined woman then try her
Eternal Mates series. It’s packed with sexy heroes in a world populated by
elves, vampires, fae, demons, shifters, and more. If sexy Greek gods with
incredible powers battling to save our world and their home in the Underworld
are more your thing, then be sure to step into the world of Guardians of Hades.




If you want to know more about Felicity,
or want to get in touch, you can find her at the following places:

Website: http://www.felicityheaton.co.uk

Blog: http://www.felicityheaton.co.uk/blog/


Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/felicityheaton


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Gabriel is the Archangel that sounded the first Horn for the End of Days. He battles to recompose himself and continue with his duties. He searches for a missing part of himself but cannot find it. What he finds instead is his former enemy and lover, who is embarking on a dangerous mission to stop the prophecy of The End of Days. Certain that she would return to her old ways and betray them, Gabriel joins the mission to protect his brethren and destroy her.

Alexia, former Princess Demon of Hell, is thrown into a mission she wanted nothing to do with. With her knowledge of the demon world, she must act as a guide for a Fallen female and test a fable about a ring that might destroy Lucifer. Her new life as a human has been humiliating, her past haunts her, and her former lover hates her. Why fight for something you can never have?

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Raven Black is no martyr, but she has a secret she deems worth protecting. Placed into the care of Zadkiel, the Archangel of Mercy, Raven Black tries with all her might and main to hide her deadly secret. It’s difficult to know who to trust or who to confide in, but Raven knows she’s unwilling to be exploited to get the Archangels’ greatest enemy. She seals her lips, refusing to speak and enduring the ensuing torture in silence.

After centuries of nothing but duty, Zadkiel is tormented by the hellhound Raven. The closer he gets to her, the more he discovers about this lethal beauty. With each passing moment an uncontrollable desire is awakened, and with it an ancient evil is provoked.

When he discovers her secret, Zadkiel must choose between all of mankind and the woman he has come to love. Can he save her in time, or will his failure bring forth the end of days?

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The door opened and Zadkiel marched into the room. He looked around and found me sitting on a few flour bags where I was trying to remain hidden from the world. I was beyond angry with him. How dare he take my picture! He had no right!

“Raven.” He walked over to me.

“Go to hell, Zadkiel,” I sneered at him.

“Well, actually that is where I am going. But first, I need to make sure that you will be alright while I am gone.” His words had me finally looking at him.

“You are going into hell?” He seemed determined enough.

“Yes, I need to find the other female and try and get more information. Her sister is lost about her research and is unable to make out what we are supposed to know.” He didn’t even flinch when he replied.

So, why did I?

“Are you serious?”

“Yes, we have no choice.” He seemed way too nonchalant for a guy taking a trip down to hell.

I wished I had the courage to tell him I would go with him, but I was scared shitless of the place and what lay within it. “How long will you be gone?” I asked instead.

“I am hoping to find her in a day or two. But I am concerned about you.” He turned his back to me, and I couldn’t see his eyes. A strange combination of sensations took hold of me with his words. First I was delighted, and then I was just plain devastated. How the hell would I be able to stay awake? Shit! I am not going to be able to and then…

“I will be back before each nightfall to help you sleep, of course. Then I will return to the hunt the next morning,” he interjected, as if reading my thoughts. My heart leapt with gratitude. “Would you be able to help the others in the gym while I am searching?” He finally looked at me.

“It’s difficult,” I replied. Kasadya was always bugging me and then the others would soon be here bugging me too.

“Please, for me.” His pleading had my heart jumping.

“Okay, I’ll try, but if they start bugging me, I am out of here.” My eyes roamed over his huge frame, his soft hair begging for my fingers to rub it.

“Fair enough, but please stay here. Try to assist them as much as you can. I don’t know if I will be able to find the other female, and we need your assistance.” He bent down and cupped my face in his hand, his eyes roaming over me.

“Why didn’t you just give the picture to them?” I breathed.

“Some things are personal and don’t need to be shared with everyone. I will not share what I have seen, Raven. I know trust is difficult for you, but I would like nothing more than to earn that trust.” His thumb rubbed over my lower lip, his eyes fixed on the action.

 

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���Go to hell, Zadkiel,��� I sneered at him.
���Well, actually that is where I am going. But first, I need to make sure that you will be alright while I am gone.��� His words had me finally looking at him.
���You are going into hell?��� He seemed determined enough.
���Yes, I need to find the other female and try and get more information. Her sister is lost about her research and is unable to make out what we are supposed to know.��� He didn���t even flinch when he replied.
So, why did I?
���Are you serious?���
���Yes, we have no choice.��� He seemed way too nonchalant for a guy taking a trip down to hell.
I wished I had the courage to tell him I would go with him, but I was scared shitless of the place and what lay within it. ���How long will you be gone?��� I asked instead.
���I am hoping to find her in a day or two. But I am concerned about you.��� He turned his back to me, and I couldn���t see his eyes. A strange combination of sensations took hold of me with his words. First I was delighted, and then I was just plain devastated. How the hell would I be able to stay awake? Shit! I am not going to be able to and then���
���I will be back before each nightfall to help you sleep, of course. Then I will return to the hunt the next morning,��� he interjected, as if reading my thoughts. My heart leapt with gratitude. ���Would you be able to help the others in the gym while I am searching?��� He finally looked at me.
���It���s difficult,��� I replied. Kasadya was always bugging me and then the others would soon be here bugging me too.
���Please, for me.��� His pleading had my heart jumping.
���Okay, I���ll try, but if they start bugging me, I am out of here.��� My eyes roamed over his huge frame, his soft hair begging for my fingers to rub it.
���Fair enough, but please stay here. Try to assist them as much as you can. I don���t know if I will be able to find the other female, and we need your assistance.��� He bent down and cupped my face in his hand, his eyes roaming over me.
���Why didn���t you just give the picture to them?��� I breathed.
���Some things are personal and don���t need to be shared with everyone. I will not share what I have seen, Raven. I know trust is difficult for you, but I would like nothing more than to earn that trust.��� His thumb rubbed over my lower lip, his eyes fixed on the action.
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Raven Black is no martyr, but she has a secret she deems worth protecting. Placed into the care of Zadkiel, the Archangel of Mercy, Raven Black tries with all her might and main to hide her deadly secret. It’s difficult to know who to trust or who to confide in, but Raven knows she’s unwilling to be exploited to get the Archangels’ greatest enemy. She seals her lips, refusing to speak and enduring the ensuing torture in silence.
After centuries of nothing but duty, Zadkiel is tormented by the hellhound Raven. The closer he gets to her, the more he discovers about this lethal beauty. With each passing moment an uncontrollable desire is awakened, and with it an ancient evil is provoked.
When he discovers her secret, Zadkiel must choose between all of mankind and the woman he has come to love. Can he save her in time, or will his failure bring forth the end of days?
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The door opened and Zadkiel marched into the room. He looked around and found me sitting on a few flour bags where I was trying to remain hidden from the world. I was beyond angry with him. How dare he take my picture! He had no right!
“Raven.” He walked over to me.
“Go to hell, Zadkiel,” I sneered at him.
“Well, actually that is where I am going. But first, I need to make sure that you will be alright while I am gone.” His words had me finally looking at him.
“You are going into hell?” He seemed determined enough.
“Yes, I need to find the other female and try and get more information. Her sister is lost about her research and is unable to make out what we are supposed to know.” He didn’t even flinch when he replied.
So, why did I?
“Are you serious?”
“Yes, we have no choice.” He seemed way too nonchalant for a guy taking a trip down to hell.
I wished I had the courage to tell him I would go with him, but I was scared shitless of the place and what lay within it. “How long will you be gone?” I asked instead.
“I am hoping to find her in a day or two. But I am concerned about you.” He turned his back to me, and I couldn’t see his eyes. A strange combination of sensations took hold of me with his words. First I was delighted, and then I was just plain devastated. How the hell would I be able to stay awake? Shit! I am not going to be able to and then…
“I will be back before each nightfall to help you sleep, of course. Then I will return to the hunt the next morning,” he interjected, as if reading my thoughts. My heart leapt with gratitude. “Would you be able to help the others in the gym while I am searching?” He finally looked at me.
“It’s difficult,” I replied. Kasadya was always bugging me and then the others would soon be here bugging me too.
“Please, for me.” His pleading had my heart jumping.
“Okay, I’ll try, but if they start bugging me, I am out of here.” My eyes roamed over his huge frame, his soft hair begging for my fingers to rub it.
“Fair enough, but please stay here. Try to assist them as much as you can. I don’t know if I will be able to find the other female, and we need your assistance.” He bent down and cupped my face in his hand, his eyes roaming over me.
“Why didn’t you just give the picture to them?” I breathed.
“Some things are personal and don’t need to be shared with everyone. I will not share what I have seen, Raven. I know trust is difficult for you, but I would like nothing more than to earn that trust.” His thumb rubbed over my lower lip, his eyes fixed on the action.
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Zoe Jabril needs to devise a kick-ass plan to save the world ASAP. Otherwise, Armageddon starts the day she turns eighteen—and if that happens, everything is going to hell. Literally.
She could be any other 17-year-old attending parties and checking out cute guys—except she discovers her best friend is a Guardian Angel and the boy she crushes on is a Nephilim, both sent to protect her from the demons who want her dead.
Now Zoe has to deal with growing feelings toward the Nephilim, who spreads a strange electrical current through her body every time he touches her. And she’s under constant attack from Demons, trying to stop her from fulfilling the Prophecy: a girl will be born who will unite Angels, Nephilim, Fairies and Werewolves to battle evil. Then she has to control newly found talents if she’s to prevent the devil from escaping Hell.

 

 

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Childhood love, forbidden magic, and a goddess of death.

A romance is reignited when Pierre Salvador returns to court, now a surgeon and ready to take up his duties as duc. But his love, family, and friends are unaware of his dealings with Mora, the Lady of Death. Striving to know all the physical and mystical means of controlling life, and ending it, he became a suitor to the daimon in return for her knowledge and power. With one final task he will master necrocræft, but will Mora let him go?

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It’s time for the cover reveal of Ares, book one in the Guardians of Hades series by New York Times best-selling author Felicity Heaton.




Step into a brand new paranormal romance world featuring sexy Greek god heroes on a mission from the Underworld to prevent our world and theirs from colliding in a calamity foreseen by the fates themselves and engineered by a group of deadly daemons. These powerful and passionate sons of Hades are sure to capture your imaginations and your hearts as they face down the rising threat against the two worlds and stop at nothing to claim the women who steal their hearts along the way.




Here’s more about the first book in the series, due for release on November 26th!




Ares (Guardians of Hades Series Book 1)

Felicity Heaton
Prince of the Underworld and Lord of Fire, Ares was banished from his home by his father, Hades, two centuries ago and given a new duty and purpose—to keep our world and his from colliding in a calamity foreseen by the Moirai.




Together with his six brothers, he fights to defend the gates to the Underworld from daemons bent on breaching them and gaining entrance to that forbidden land, striving to protect his home from their dark influence. Caged by the manifestation of his power, held apart from those he loves by his own fire and starved of physical contact, Ares lives a cold existence driven by duty and the desire to return to his world.




Until his world collides with a daemon who steals his power and a mortal female who shatters the ice around his heart and awakens the true fire within him—a soul-stirring passion both dangerous and seductive.




Megan has wandered far from her home, driven from everyone she loves by the devastating realisation that she is different to them all. Unsure who to trust in the world, she keeps to herself, until a fateful stormy night brings a temptingly handsome warrior crashing into her life and into her heart—a warrior who seems to hold powers more frightening and marvellous than her own.

When the New York gate comes under threat, and Ares is put to the test, will he choose his duty and regain the power he needs in order to save his world or will he choose the desires of his heart and sacrifice his fire so he can be with the woman becoming his whole world?




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Ares is due for release in ebook and paperback on November 26th 2016 and will be available from all major online book retailers on that day, but it will be available for pre-order on Amazon Kindle, Kobo Books, Apple iBooks and Google Play stores in the week before release.




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Books in the Guardians of Hades paranormal romance series:

Book 1: Ares

Book 2: Valen – Coming in 2017




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Felicity Heaton is a New York Times and USA Today international best-selling author writing passionate paranormal romance books. In her books, she creates detailed worlds, twisting plots, mind-blowing action, intense emotion and heart-stopping romances with leading men that vary from dark deadly vampires to sexy shape-shifters and wicked werewolves, to sinful angels and hot demons! If you're a fan of paranormal romance authors Lara Adrian, J R Ward, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Gena Showalter and Christine Feehan then you will enjoy her books too.




If you love your angels a little dark and wicked, her best-selling Her Angel romance series is for you. If you like strong, powerful, and dark vampires then try the Vampires Realm romance series or any of her stand alone vampire romance books. If you’re looking for vampire romances that are sinful, passionate and erotic then try her Vampire Erotic Theatre romance series. Or if you like hot-blooded alpha heroes who will let nothing stand in the way of them claiming their destined woman then try her Eternal Mates series. It’s packed with sexy heroes in a world populated by elves, vampires, fae, demons, shifters, and more. If sexy Greek gods with incredible powers battling to save our world and their home in the Underworld are more your thing, then be sure to step into the world of Guardians of Hades.




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Title: Breathe Me: A ‘Me’ Novel

Author: Jeri Williams

Audience: New Adult Over 18+

Genre: Romance

Format: Ebook & Paperback

Publisher: Gone Writing Publishing

Cover by: Najla Qamber Designs

Pages: 234 Pages

ISBN: 1517247462

ASIN: B01373A6WS

Date Published: July 31, 2015



















You know how you hear those stories about once abused kids growing up and

overcoming the difficult lie they have been dealt? They become majorly

successful— like FBI agents or lawyers or something cool and never have any

lingering problems?





Well, this isn’t one of those stories. In fact, those stories are just that,

stories. They are things that I read about in the many books I bury myself in

when I’m alone. I used to know how my life was going to be, how I was going to

live out my lifeless days: unloved and fearful. Hopeless to the possibility that

life, my life, could be anything better than what it is now.





I knew that I would either give up, or give in, either one would eventually

be the end of me; I didn’t think that was so bad. I would no longer be

constantly reminded that I was sh*t, and would be sh*t, no matter how hard I

tried to make it different. I thought it was all easier just to slip away.





But that was before, before Deklan.






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published. She is a mom of an up-and-coming Jerry Seinfeld (in girl form) and

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Name: Harley Reynolds

Height: 5’6

Overall attitude: Broken

Eyes: Brown

Favorite book: Any Epic love story




 Short Bio: Harley Reynolds is a 23 year old girl who gives it up every night of the week to a different guy….at least that what she has people believing. Behind closed doors, Harley is a 23 year old victim of abuse at the hands of her mother and lives vicariously through books. She considers herself smart, just not smart enough to leave her life of abuse behind for good, until she ran into the one guy who actually saw her.




Name: Deklan Kane

Height: 6’2

Overall attitude: Pissed

Eyes: Grey

Favorite word: F*ck

Short Bio: Deklan Kane is the epitome of ‘bad alpha male’, 25 years old who gives zero f*ck’s about anything and an all-around asshole. Growing up the oldest son of Royce and Susan Kane, the local rich guy, Deklan has a screw the world, and by world he means family attitude. He was only in town for his mom, until he ran into the one girl he had to save.




Name: Matt Kane

Height: 6’0

Overall attitude:  Confused

Eyes: Grey

Favorite Person: His Father

Short Bio: Matt Kane is the 23 year old younger brother of Deklan Kane, the perfect one out of the two and prepping himself to take over the family business when it’s his time. He has a loving girlfriend of three years and no worries or regrets in the world and thinks his brother is a liar and an asshole, but still loves him, he thinks.







Name: Ember Harrington

Height: 5’5

Overall attitude: happy

Eyes: Green

Favorite number: Three

Short Bio:

Ember Harrington is the only daughter of the town Mayor. She works at the bookstore where Harley works and considers Harley her best friend, even if she may question her lifestyle from time to time, she loves Harley deeply. She has dated Matt for the past three years and although she was with him before his brother left town, she has never met Deklan in person, but from what Matt says about him, she never wants to.

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Title: Blood Moon

Series: Secrets of the Moon saga

Vol or Book #: 5

Author: Kristy Centeno

Audience: Young/New Adult

Genre: Paranormal

Format: E-book

Publisher: Inkspell Publishing

Cover by: Najla Qamber

Editor: Melissa Keir

Pages: 93

ASIN: B017VJVUHE



Date Published: December 18, 2015









The mystery deepens…but the truth slowly begins to unravel.

In the midst of an impending war, comradeships will be forged, relationships mended, and bonds strengthened. 

We’re closer to dismantling the alpha’s plan now than ever before, but when tragedy strikes, our commitment to a cause kept alive for the memory of our loved ones will be tested. Our ties tried. Our sanity preyed upon. 

Darkness will shadow our lives. A common goal, however, can help us move forward. 



Can we pick up the pieces long enough to ensure a future for Marjorie? Or will another loss be the evil that breaks me? 















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I focus on my surroundings as I go, listening for any warning of danger. But what I hear instead is the unmistakable sign of distress. Alexis is in trouble. Fear unlike any I have ever known takes a hold of me and I pick up pace, overwhelming my body’s capacity with the extra effort. Trees become blurry images of green and brown as I flash on by. I run, jumping over fallen logs, landing swiftly on my legs before continuing on. I let nothing stop me. Not the threat of other wolves nearby. Not the signals of protests I receive from my brain in an attempt to warn me to take things slower as I am hurt and losing a lot of blood.  

I can’t stop now.  

Alexis is close enough I can already smell his favorite cologne in the air, blowing in my face. But then I hear it. There’s no mistaking the sound of snapping bones. Hot searing pain spreads through me as if I’ve been speared by a sizzling poker stick. My steps falter and I end up smashing my left shoulder into a large oak tree in front of me, which causes it to pop out of place. The air is knocked out of my lungs and I fall to my knees, struggling to catch my breath. My ears perk up in a vain attempt to pick up on any signs from my twin, but all they note is the silence.












Kristy Centeno is the author of the Secrets of the Moon saga and Keeper Witches series.

She has always had a passion for books and after years of being an avid reader, she decided to transform her desire to write into a reality and thus, her first novel was born. When she’s not busy taking care of her five children or holding down the fort, she finds time to sit and do what she loves the most: writing.















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