Frost Fire by Olivia Rivers
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance
Published: November 20th, 2012
Blurb:
“Magic is just like love, Allai. It won’t wait for permission before it destroys you.”
Like sand in an hourglass, Allai’s future is dwindling away. She’s spent her entire life fighting the Mages who threaten humanity, and dreams of someday eradicating magic. But all it takes is an anonymous phone call for the truth to spill out: Allai is the one thing she despises most.
She’s a Mage.
Though ancient law mandates Allai’s death, she still has one last chance of survival. His name is Drake Rhaize, and he swears he can lead Allai to a sanctuary for Mages. Allai hasn’t seen Drake in years, but she remembers him as the Demon boy who used to hold her close and softly whisper that he’d keep her safe. But Drake has changed since then: He’s now suspected of murder, and has been out-casted for betraying his own kind.
While Allai doesn’t trust Drake, she has no choice but to put her life in his hands and hope he can get her to safety. Because Allai’s father has hired a pack of Demons to bring her back to him, dead or alive–and Demons never stop the hunt.
Excerpt :
Seeing
him was like reliving a perfect daydream and her worst nightmare at the same
time. She didn’t know how to react. She didn’t know how to even think.
She
knew Drake was the guy who’d tried to take her life. But somehow she couldn’t
feel the right kind of fear toward him. She didn’t have that gut-wrenching,
instinctual terror she’d felt toward Silas. Her fear for Drake was way more
confusing, but she was slowly starting to decipher it:
She
was afraid of learning the truth. Of finding out whether all those memories of
him—of his comforting golden eyes and soft words—were real or not.
The
thought threw off her footsteps, and she nearly missed the next step of the
staircase. She slammed her foot down to regain balance. Her bad foot, of course.
Because wasn’t that just her luck?
Pain
ricocheted through her ankle, almost tearing a scream from her. But she held it
back, biting her lip and only letting out a tiny whimper. Luke was going to
have to look at her ankle and make sure it was only sprained, and not broken.
As
if on cue, he appeared at the top of the stairs, his arms crossed and his
expression turned down in a scowl. Allai read his expression and swallowed hard
to keep her pounding heart in place. How could he have found out about Drake so
quickly?
Allai
gripped the banister, her nails digging into the smooth varnish. She had to
tell him. She had to just blurt everything out and pretend she’d had no
intention of keeping Drake’s predicament a secret.
“Allai,”
Luke said quietly.
She
hobbled up a few more steps and didn’t reply. She just focused on the plush
carpet covering the steps, trying to dig her good foot into it to keep from
slipping. All she had to do was open her mouth and say some simple words: Drake Rhaize is out by the border. Go catch
him. It should have been easy.
But
it wasn’t.
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Olivia Rivers
Olivia Rivers is a high school student, a literary agent intern, and an obsessive-compulsive reader. She has a slight obsession with Kootenai County in Idaho, and she’s pretty sure life will always be awesome as long as Irish accents exist. She lives with dysautonomia, a chronic medical condition affecting her nervous system. Portions of proceeds from her “Tortured Elements” series go toward supporting youth with dysautonomia.
Author Links:
Website: http://oliviarivers.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/
Just entered to win this. :) Fingers crossed.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the cover! Congratulations Olivia, I can't wait to read it!
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