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turn down a deserted side street before tossing her crummy, outdated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.
Boss: Hello
A.M.: Boss, is that you?
Boss: Why yes, A. M., who else would
be answering my phone?
A.M.: Er... right. Well, I'm
calling to let you know you can pick up my luxury Ford Focus at Starbucks near
the interstate.
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.: Hi hubs, can you pick me up at
Starbucks?
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.
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 in the series and Beginnings is the
prequel novella. Her third installment, Determinant, will be released on
June 30, 2012. (It didn’t happen exactly like that, but you get the idea!)
YA Paranormal/Sci Fi
Romance
Date Published:
6/30/2012
Synopsis:
: 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 encounter 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?
Excerpt of Determinant
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!
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