By: A.M. Hargrove
Series: The Guardians of Vesturon
Genre: Young Adult Paranormal with Sci Fi Elements
Heat Level: Hot
Synopsis
of Determinant
January St. Davis, on her own
since the age of sixteen and struggling to stay in college, thinks
she’s scored in a major way when she lands a paid summer internship
at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. One
evening, after working an especially long shift, a chance encouter
with a group of mysterious men alters the course of her life.
Rykerian Yarrister, a Guardian
of Vesturon with unearthly powers and impossibly gorgeous looks,
finds himself at odds over the human female he recently saved from
certain death. When it seems he is on the verge of winning her over,
she is ripped from his hands by a strange and powerful being,
threatening to destroy her if his demands are not met.
Do Rykerian and the Guardians
have the ability to meet this fierce barbarian’s ultimatums, or
will January suffer a horrid demise?
Expert:
I
was lost in the events of the day and the amount of work I had and I
was still nursing my wounded ego as I headed out of the lab. As I
made my way down the corridor, I noticed six men advancing toward me.
It
wasn’t their actions I noticed so much or even the way they walked.
And though it was an oddity for them to even be here at all, it was
their attire that captured my attention. They were dressed
identically, in an extreme fashion, much like members of a gang or
secret society. Large and muscular, they wore black vests and their
bare arms were almost completely tattooed with tribal symbols of a
sort. Metal bands criss-crossed their chests and their legs were
tightly encased in leather. Knee high boots and black gloves
finished off their ensembles.
As
I neared them I felt my flesh tingle and the hairs on the back of my
neck come to attention. Gooseflesh erupted and alarms started
clanging in my head. I sucked in my breath and as I did, my eyes
connected with the apparent leader. I say this because he was in the
front of the formation as they plodded along.
Time
stood still as our eyes connected. His were an uncanny shade,
lavender with hints of indigo and specks of silver. It was a hue I
was unfamiliar with but they were intriguing and fascinating. The
alarms were still ringing in my ears and the air felt electrically
charged around us.
“Halt!”
I
turned into stone. I couldn’t move a muscle. He cocked his head
as his eyes bore into mine.
“Breathe!”
I
distinctly heard his command in my mind and I was helpless to disobey
him. I felt myself take a deep cleansing breath. I questioned him
with my eyes. He flicked his head toward his men and they stepped
back several feet.
“Who
are you? Why are you here?”
I
was confused by the demanding questions swirling in my brain but felt
compelled to answer him. I had never used mind reading to
communicate, but I was sure he would hear my answer.
“I’m
January St. Davis. I’m here working on an internship for college
credit.”
“You
are human?”
he asked with incredulity.
I
wasn’t sure what he meant by that. Why would he want to know if I
was human?
What a ridiculous question!
You can try the first book in the series, Survival for free right now on Amazon and Smashwords!
A Little About Me (A.M. Hargrove):
One day, on her way home from work as a sales manager,
A. M. Hargrove, realized her life was on fast forward and if she
didn't do something soon, it would quickly be too late to write that
work of fiction she had been dreaming of her whole life. So, she
rolled down the passenger window of her fabulous (not) company car
and tossed out her leather briefcase. Luckily, the pedestrian in the
direct line of fire was a dodgeball pro and had über quick reflexes
enabling him to avoid getting bashed in the head. Feeling a tad
guilty about the near miss, A. M. made a speedy turn down a deserted
side street before tossing her crummy, outdated
piece-of-you-know-what lap top out the window. She breathed a
liberating sigh of relief, picked up her cell phone and hit #4 on her
speed dial.
A.M.’s Boss: Hello.
A.M: Hey Boss, I'm calling to let
you know you can pick up my luxury Ford Focus at Starbucks
near the interstate.
A.M.’s Boss: Why ever would I want to do that?
A.M.: Because I quit!
A.M. hit the end button and speed dialed her husband.
A.M.: Hey hubs, can you pick me up at Starbucks?
A.M.’s Hubs: Sure...having some car trouble?
A.M.: Not at all. I don't have a car to have trouble
with because I just quit my job.
A.M.’s Hubs: WHAT?!
A.M.: It's time for a new career and I am going to be a
very famous novelist.
So began A. M. Hargrove's career as a young adult
paranormal romance author of self-published ebooks. Her series, The
Guardians of Vesturon, centers around a family of six siblings and is
a mix of humor, mystery, suspense and of course, love. Survival and
Resurrection are her first and second full length novels, and
Beginnings is her prequel novella to the series. Determinant, her
third in the series will be released 6/30/12.
(It didn’t really happen like that, but you get the
idea!)
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