Touching Eternity by Airicka Phoenix

Dec20

Book Name: Touching Eternity (Touch Series Standalone, book 1.5)
Author: Airicka Phoenix
Publisher: Self-Published
Release date: December 25, 2012
Genre: Adult Paranormal Romance Drama (18+)
Warnings: Angst, drama, torture, suicide, abuse (mental, emotional, physical, sexual, substance (unwilling)) all are implied, not graphic.
Formats: ebook, paperback
Other Novels:
~ Touching Smoke (Touch Series, book 1)
~ Whispered Beginnings: A Clever Fiction Anthology
~ Midnight Surrender Anthology
Book Trailer: Touching Eternity Trailer
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~ Facebook Author Page
~ Twitter (@AirickaPhoenix)
~ Goodreads
Author Site: Airicka Phoenix Website

Buying Locations: Links to come December 25, 2012

Blurb: TOUCHING ETERNITY
What would you choose?
She had everything but freedom.
He had nothing but his loyalty, his wits and his training.
She was a prisoner, a disease, not fit for the world, and she didn’t know why. But she did know she wasn’t allowed to die, she wasn’t allowed to live and she wasn’t sane.
He was a soldier, a protector, but his foundation will be tested when he must destroy the only light in his dark world.
Thrown together, prisoner and keeper, their rebellion will splinter through time, changing the course of history and the fate of the world. Their love will challenge their greatest enemy and immortalize them forever.
Loyalty. Freedom. Love.
What would you risk?
“Let me die.”
Pain darkened his eyes. “Never.”

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Airicka Phoenix is the author of TOUCHING SMOKE (Touch Book #1), TOUCHING ETERNITY (Touch 1.5), TORRID, a short story as part of the Whispered Beginnings: A Clever Fiction Anthology and WANTING & INTENTIONS, two stories as part of the Midnight Surrender Anthology. When she’s not hammering away at the keyboard, she can be found banishing pirates or crawling through the attic looking for lost treasure with her kids. She loves baking, gardening and reading. She also likes to travel and take pictures of everything she comes across. When asked, Airicka describes herself as a sarcastic basket case that has an unhealthy addiction to chocolate, old movies and really bad jokes. She loves to laugh, make friends and write. If she could have one wish granted, it would be to spend one day as a fly-on-the-wall inside Stephen King’s mind. If she could have two wishes granted, she would ask for a castle dedicated entirely to her overwhelming collection of books.
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Ransom by Emily Guido

Oct13

Second Novel in the “Light-Bearer” Series
This is a review of the last two books in the series – Seditious, Ransom.
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Rating: 4 stars

Morning sickness – what a great way to start the first chapter. Our couple, Charmeine and Tabbruis, is very happy. All the people from the first three books have reappeared here as well. Just like the first novel I reviewed, Emily gives titles to each of her chapters.

Charmeine is the Queen of Light and Tabbruis is the King of Darkness. Even though Charmeine is the Queen of Light, Emily lets her let loose with swearing. If a light-bearer can do it, then I won’t feel bad when I need to use some colorful language.

Whether you believe in the bible or not this book has used a couple of people that can be found there. I was brought up in the Baptist faith and know who Bathsheba is. I find it very interesting that Emily has made her a blood hunter but it fits. At one point in Emily’s book, she appears in another part of history and going by a different name – again the perfect choice.

Emily also shows us that true love can also come with a few bumps in the road. It’s how we handle that bump that’s important. Emily also shows her readers that even Kings can still be a royal (sorry for the pun) pain in the ass just like anyone else.

One of the characters is named Athena. She is such a sweetheart and is wise beyond her years. For me, she seems to steal every scene she is in. When it comes to fighting evil Emily shows us that no matter how young we all must join the fight – it takes everyone to overcome evil. My favorite sentence was said by Sandra “There is strength in numbers and conviction…”

This is why good characters work so well together and why evil characters never will. Charmeine and her family feel that love and family are what is important – we sometimes forget about that because other things seem to get in the way.

Emily also continues with the Billy Joel music. I did not mention it in my first review, so if you get a chance you could listen to “She’s Got a Way” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5djkVhLjw18) while you read this installment of Emily’s Light-Bearer’s Series. Also toward the end of the story, just as in the last book, we switch to classical music. The difference being, instead of Chopin we get Beethoven.

I’ve found out that come early next year, Emily is giving us another Light-bearer book. This one will be titled Conundrom. I find that interesting since the definition of conundrum is “A question asked for amusement, typically one with a pun in its answer; a riddle”. And if you know Charmeine, she tells some pretty bad light bearer – blood hunter jokes. It will be interesting to see if this is the case. I look forward to reading Conundrom and finding out for myself if this is true or not.

http://emilyguido.com/ “THE LIGHT-BEARER SERIES” NOVELIST, EMILY GUIDO