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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">RATING: 4 Stars</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">PUBLISHER: </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">Evil Eye Concepts, Incorporated</span><br />
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<i>From #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes the next installment in her Wicked series.</i><br />
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<i>The King must have his Queen....</i><br />
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<i>Bestowed the forbidden Summer’s Kiss by the King of the Summer fae, Brighton Jussier is no longer just human. What she is, what she will become, no one knows for sure, but that isn’t her biggest concern at the moment. Now Caden, the King, refuses to let her go, even at the cost of his Court. When the doorway to the Otherworld is breached, both Brighton and Caden must do the unthinkable—not just to survive themselves, but also to save mankind from the evil that threatens the world.</i><br />
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<i>**Every 1001 Dark Nights novella is a standalone story. For new readers, it’s an introduction to an author’s world. And for fans, it’s a bonus book in the author’s series. We hope you'll enjoy each one as much as we do.**</i><br />
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AHHHH! I don't even know where to start with this one. Words are hard! Talk about a character 360 I absolutely despised Caden in the Wicked books but now, especially with The Queen, I seriously appreciate him now. Yeah, he causes misunderstandings, but like his love for our girl Brighton is just so touching. On top of that I love Brighton so much! She really is the queen ;). She's everything I could ever hope for in a character and more, and through these novellas it has truly been a pleasure to watch her grow from this quiet, underestimated character, into such a literal bad-ass.<br />
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The Queen does pick up right where we were left off on The King (no spoilers but YES that cliffhanger!) and while I absolutely loved it and was totally here for the ships there are some things that weren't made totally clear to me or summed up well. There are some loose ends that probably need tying but ultimately, I was really satisfied considering it's a quick novella read.<br />
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If you haven't picked up the Wicked trilogy I highly recommend picking those books up first before moving onto the spin-off novellas. I can honestly say it has truly been a delight watching Caden and Brighton change and the familiar faces (my man Tink) along the way made it entirely worth it!<br />
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<b><i>Dangerous secrets and forbidden desires lead to shocking consequences… Don’t miss book two of the fantastical Harbinger trilogy from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>“Jennifer L. Armentrout’s intoxicating new fantasy is her best yet!” — New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter on Storm and Fury</i></b><br />
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A half human, half angel and her bonded gargoyle protector must work with demons to stop the apocalypse while avoiding falling in love. The Harbinger is coming…but who or what is it? All of humankind may fall if Trinity and Zayne can’t win the race against time as dark forces gather.<br />
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As tensions rise, they must stay close together and patrol the DC streets at night, seeking signs of the Harbinger, an entity that is killing Wardens and demons with no seeming rhyme or reason. Forbidden to be with each other, Zayne and Trinity fight their feelings and turn to unusual sources for help—the demon Roth and his cohorts. But as deaths pile up and they uncover a sinister plot involving the local high school and endangering someone dear to Zayne, Trin realizes she is being led…herded…played for some unknown end. As anger builds and feelings spiral out of control, it becomes clear that rage may be the ruin of them all.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">Rage and Ruin picks up where we were left in Storm and Fury, except this time the stakes feel much higher. Trinity has suffered a major loss and is now questioning everything around her and her past due to the brutal betrayal she faced. Unfortunately, though, she doesn’t have much time to truly grieve her loss because pressure from the Harbinger is beginning to fall on them. I’d have to say, things are much more intense in Rage and Ruin. It moves at a blessedly fast pace which made it a quick read despite being a large book. We also get a more in-depth look into Trinity and who she is when she’s lost and trying to find her way. R&R is hands down a major self-discovery book for Trinity. Despite having lost her best friend and former protector, she has shown how adaptive she is as a character and finally begins to recognize the morally grey area between good and evil, and even ventures into the grey herself.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">Those of us who are longtime series fans will appreciate the frequent appearances of a certain haughty crown prince and Layla, also our favorite broker demon as well. Something I really appreciated is the bond that Roth and Trinity build, especially throughout this book. I seriously fangirl and am totally team Roth but it made me appreciate him all the more as a character how he helps Trinity, and Zayne, even while sometimes making it seem he’d rather be anywhere else.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">I’ve always admired Zayne and we finally see him coming more into himself and becoming more confident in his choices, accepting that he doesn’t necessarily belong with the Wardens – and that’s okay. He is a hands down wonderful seeing-eye-Warden for Trinity lol. I will also say I was wrong the entire time on who the Harbinger was and I’m totally here for that plot twist.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">There is a lot of hype around the ending because WTF, it deserves it. No spoilers but WHAT?! I honestly may have screeched out loud when I read it because things are going to be BONKERS in the next book (I’m ready for it now!). Don’t let it hold you back though or wait to read just because we’ve got a bit of a wait until book three, believe me, you don’t wanna miss out on the smexiness 😉.</span><br />
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<b><i>Captivating and action-packed, From Blood and Ash is a sexy, addictive, and unexpected fantasy perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Laura Thalassa.</i></b><br />
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Chosen from birth to usher in a new era, Poppy’s life has never been her own. The life of the Maiden is solitary. Never to be touched. Never to be looked upon. Never to be spoken to. Never to experience pleasure. Waiting for the day of her Ascension, she would rather be with the guards, fighting back the evil that took her family, than preparing to be found worthy by the gods. But the choice has never been hers.<br />
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The entire kingdom’s future rests on Poppy’s shoulders, something she’s not even quite sure she wants for herself. Because a Maiden has a heart. And a soul. And longing. And when Hawke, a golden-eyed guard honor bound to ensure her Ascension, enters her life, destiny and duty become tangled with desire and need. He incites her anger, makes her question everything she believes in, and tempts her with the forbidden.<br />
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Forsaken by the gods and feared by mortals, a fallen kingdom is rising once more, determined to take back what they believe is theirs through violence and vengeance. And as the shadow of those cursed draws closer, the line between what is forbidden and what is right becomes blurred. Poppy is not only on the verge of losing her heart and being found unworthy by the gods, but also her life when every blood-soaked thread that holds her world together begins to unravel.<br />
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Jennifer L. Armentrout has said that FB&A is a book from the heart, and as a reader you can tell that it is a passion project. Something that she has poured her own heart and soul into and given us this incredible book that is SO much more than just another fantasy romance. I've been a longtime JLA fangirl, so I know it may seem biased of me to say this but, I am so glad she wrote this book. All hail the Warden for giving her a talk she needed!<br />
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From Blood and Ash follows Poppy who is a Maiden, a title that at first seems like something that would be fun. But for Poppy, it's really just a cage. A cage to keep her separated from the world, as she waits for her Acension day to come in which she must be found worthy of the gods. Poppy is not what I was expecting, and I know all my strong heroine lovers out there are going to be thrilled to learn that Poppy does not disappoint. She has this incredible strength and grace about her that I wasn't anticipating, especially considering her past and how she's grown up isolated from doing the things she wanted to do. But if there's one thing that JLA taught me in this book, it's that some can't be caged for long, and Poppy is everything I never knew I needed in a heroine!<br />
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Hawke deserves basically all of the love and fangirling and squeeing. I'm not even sure what all to say about him because no spoilers but oh lord. Daemon Black and Rhysand should be worried, I believe Hawke may be about to take the #1 place in my heart, which for those that know me, is a big deal! I know that from reading the synopsis it may sound like the tropey fantasy romance but while Hawke is amazeballs, and I ship the ship so hard, PLEASE know that FB&A is sooo much more than a romance.<br />
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I know a lot of us are probably feeling alone, isolated (similar to Poppy) and this book is a balm for the soul. You're going to feel all the feels, gasp, maybe even cry. But most of all, you're going to be immersed in a world where you cannot help but feel incredibly connected to these characters. FB&A was the surprise release we all needed and I cannot thank Jennifer enough for giving us this great gift, and I sincerely cannot wait to see what happens next because that ending!<br />
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When Evelyn Dasher crossed paths with Luc, she was thrown headfirst into the world of the Lux—only to discover that she was already far more involved in their world than she ever suspected.<br />
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Because the Luxen aren’t the only ones with a hidden past. There’s a gap in Evie’s memory, lost months of her life and a lingering sense that something happened, something she can’t remember and nobody is willing to tell her. She needs to find out the truth about who she is—and who she was. But every answer she finds only brings up more questions.<br />
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Her search for the truth brings her ever closer to Luc, the Origin at the center of it all. He’s powerful, arrogant, inhumanly beautiful, extremely dangerous…and possibly in love with her. But even as Evie falls for him, she can’t help but wonder if his attraction is to her, or to the memory of a girl who no longer exists.<br />
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And all the while, a new threat looms: reports of a flu-like, fatal virus that the government insists is being spread by Luxen. A horrifying illness that changes whoever it touches, spreading panic across a country already at its breaking point.<br />
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#1 New York Times, USA Today, and internationally bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout returns to the world of the Lux with this steamy, shocking second installment of the Origin series that will leave readers reeling.<br />
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My fan girl heart is so happy. I never imagined when I first read the Lux series forever ago that years down the road there would be even more to come, and I am SO glad that there is!<br />
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The Burning Shadow picks up where we left off in The Darkest Start (thank goodness) and things are a-go from there. There are some truly just like heart-breaking, gut-wrenching moments in this book. And I am totally here for it! I felt all the feels and it was amazing. Things are bananas this time around, the stakes feel much higher and Armentrout has immediately pushed us into a situation where you're just hoping all of your precious aliens and co. make it out all together.<br />
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I don't want to give away any spoils but I will say that Evie and Luc fans will be very <i>happy</i> at some points in this book. And for us long-time Daemon fans well, our favorite green-eyed guy is back as well! There are some truly just awesome moments where the author has taken the time to broach heavy subjects in this world, and the story while maintaining a romantic theme also branches out and approaches the darker and heavy topics surround it.<br />
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I will warn you though that it does end on an epic cliff-hanger that has left me dying for the next installment (which I believe will be the final book in the series?). This book is such a must read for me, plus the cover is insanely beautiful, and I am so excited/scared to see where we will finally end up in the series!<br />
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<b>From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes a new story in her Wicked series… </b><br />
<b><br /></b>As Caden and Brighton's attraction grows despite the odds stacked against a happily ever after, they must work together to stop an Ancient fae from releasing the Queen, who wants nothing more than to see Caden become the evil Prince once feared by fae and mortals alike.<br />
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Things are darker and shall I say sexier (hehe) in this new edition to the Wicked Trilogy spinoffs. It picks up right where we're left in The Prince and I am so here for it! Honestly I went into this thinking that this was like a duology spinoff but jokes on us! There's another book coming (thank goodness!) so if you're looking to tie up loose ends just beware that this novella is number two of three.<br />
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I really appreciate Brighton as a character. In the Wicked Trilogy I wasn't too invested in her but thanks to these novellas I am now a Brighton fangirl. She's determined to seek her revenge and the way Caden cares for her and is driven by his desire to protect this dangerous girl is something really awesome to see. Also I will say some questions (wink wink) we have are answered finally here and I was so glad it was all finally out. Though, when I think of it, a part of me expects JLA to shock me in the final novella.<br />
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If you enjoyed the Wicked books I cannot recommend more continuing to explore this modern world of fae in these novellas. Of course please begin with The Prince if you haven't already!<br />
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<i>Eighteen-year-old Trinity Marrow may be going blind, but she can see and communicate with ghosts and spirits. Her unique gift is part of a secret so dangerous that she’s been in hiding for years in an isolated compound fiercely guarded by Wardens—gargoyle shape-shifters who protect humankind from demons. If the demons discover the truth about Trinity, they’ll devour her, flesh and bone, to enhance their own powers.</i><br />
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<i>When Wardens from another clan arrive with disturbing reports that something out there is killing both demons and Wardens, Trinity’s safe world implodes. Not the least because one of the outsiders is the most annoying and fascinating person she’s ever met. Zayne has secrets of his own that will upend her world yet again—but working together becomes imperative once demons breach the compound and Trinity’s secret comes to light. To save her family and maybe the world, she’ll have to put her trust in Zayne. But all bets are off as a supernatural war is unleashed… </i><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: merriweather, georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">I loved this book so much, I kept putting of reading it because I knew that once I picked it up I wouldn't want it to end and I was so right. We get to see an expansion of the world we're first introduced to in The Dark Elements series and it's finally detailed out more and we see a side of the world we didn't really get to see before, so many more doors were opened.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: merriweather, georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">My little fangirl heart also appreciated seeing some familiar faces that I adore. I will say I wasn't always the biggest fan of Zayne in the original trilogy mostly because I felt like we never truly got to know him, it just seemed like there was so much more to him than we were given. However, after reading this book, I can now honestly say that I love Zayne and who he is as a character. We're finally able to see him blossom in a way and see more to him, he's no longer just that teenager who does whatever he's told no matter the costs.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: merriweather, georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trinity holds a special place in my heart. She's so relatable, and honestly surprisingly reminded me a bit of Layla in just how she's attempting to be at least a semi-normal teenage girl. It's also important to point out the own voices factor here as Trinity suffers from a condition that the author herself has, it gives us a close up view of what it's really like and the struggles they both go through and face. I have such a respect for them now especially after reading this book. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Even a ghost hunter like Rosie Herpin couldn’t have foreseen the fateful meeting between two mourners that has brought her so intimately close to the notorious and seductive Devlin de Vincent. Everyone in New Orleans knows he’s heir to a dark family curse that both frightens and enthralls. To the locals, Devlin is the devil. To Rosie, he’s a man who’s stoking her wildest fantasies. When a brutal attack on her friend is linked to the de Vincents, he becomes a mystery she may be risking her life to solve. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Devlin knows what he wants from this sexy and adventurous woman. But what does Rosie want from him? It’s a question that becomes more pressing—and more dangerous—when he suspects her of prying into the shadows of his past. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Now, the legends surrounding the de Vincents may not be myths at all. But if she’s to discover the truth, she must follow them straight into the arms of the man she can’t resist—the handsome devil himself</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Rosie needed to get going. She’d promised to help her friend Nikki move today, so it was time to head back to her apartment, get changed, and be a good friend for the </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">day. She leaned— </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">A soft, swift curse jerked her head up. Normally, she didn’t hear a ton of cursing in a cemetery. Usually things were quite quiet. A faint grin tugged at her lips. Cursing and cemeteries typically did not go hand in hand. She scanned the narrow path to her right and didn’t see anything. Leaning back, she looked to her left and found the source. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">A man knelt on one knee with his back to her as he picked up flowers that had fallen into a puddle left by the recent rainstorm. Even from where she sat, she could see that whatever delicate bouquet he’d carried was ruined. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Placing a hand over her eyes, she squinted in the sunlight as she watched the man rise. He was dressed as if he’d come straight from work. Dark trousers paired with a fitted white dress shirt. The sleeves were rolled up to the elbows, revealing tan forearms. It was late September and New Orleans was still circling the seventh level of hot, currently as humid as Satan’s balls in the afternoon, so she figured</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">if she was close to dying in her black dress, he had to be minutes away from stripping off the shirt. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Still standing with his back to her, he stared down at the ruined flowers. His shoulders were tense as he turned in the other direction. His pace was brisk as he took the flowers over to an old oak tree festooned with Spanish moss. There was a small trash can there, one of the very few in the entire cemetery. He tossed the flowers and then pivoted, quickly disappearing down one of the numerous lanes. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Oh man, that sucked.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Feeling for the guy, she sprang into action. Carefully, she pulled half of the stems free and then leaned forward, placing the remaining in the vase in front of her Herpin </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">tomb. She picked up her keys and as she rose, she slid her purple- framed sunglasses on. Hurrying down the worn path with patchy grass, she turned down the lane she’d seen the guy go down. Luck was on her side, because she saw him near the pyramid tomb. He hung a right there, and feeling a wee bit like a stalker, she trailed behind him.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Of course, she could yell out to him and just hand him the other half of the peonies, but shouting at a stranger in a cemetery just seemed wrong. Shouting in a cemetery at all felt like something her mother would side- eye her over. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">And no one side- eyed quite like her mother.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The man made another turn and then stepped out of her line of sight. Holding on to the flowers, she walked passed a tomb with a large cross and then her steps slowed. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">She found him.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">He was standing before a massive mausoleum, one guarded by two beautifully erected weeping angels, and he was just standing there, as still as those angels, his arms </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">stiff at his sides and his hands closed. She took a step for- ward as her gaze drifted to the name on the mausoleum. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">de Vincent.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Her eyes widened and she blurted out, “Holy baby llama.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The man twisted at the waist, and Rosie was suddenly standing within mere feet of the Devil. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">That was what the gossip magazines called him.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">That was what most of her family called him. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Rosie liked to refer to him as</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in her wildest dreams</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Moonlight Sins </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">(de Vincent series, book 1)</span></div>
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<b>About Jennifer L. Armentrout</b></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"># 1 New York Times and # 1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Charles Town, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki. In early 2015, Jennifer was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a group of rare genetic disorders that involve a breakdown and death of cells in the retina, eventually resulting in loss of vision, among other complications. Due to this diagnosis, educating people on the varying degrees of blindness has become of passion of hers, right alongside writing, which she plans to do as long as she can.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Tor, HarperCollins Avon and William Morrow, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her Wicked Series has been optioned by PassionFlix. Jennifer has won numerous awards, including the 2013 Reviewers Choice Award for Wait for You, the 2015 Editor’s Pick for Fall With Me, and the 2014/2015 Moerser-Jugendbuch- Jury award for Obsidian. Her young adult romantic suspense novel DON’T LOOK BACK was a 2014 nominated Best in Young Adult Fiction by YALSA. Her adult romantic suspense novel TILL DEATH was a Amazon Editor’s Pick and iBook Book of the Month. Her young adult contemporary THE PROBLEM WITH FOREVER is a 2017 RITA Award Winner in Young Adult Fiction. She also writes Adult and New Adult contemporary and paranormal romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">She is the owner of ApollyCon and The Origin Event, the successful annual events that features over hundred bestselling authors in Young Adult, New Adult, and Adult Fiction, panels, parties, and more. She is also the creator and sole financier of the annual Write Your Way To RT Book Convention, a contest that gives aspiring authors a chance to win a fully paid trip to RT Book Reviews.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Facebook: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/JenniferLArmentrout"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.facebook.com/JenniferLArmentrout</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">RATING: 5 Stars</span></div>
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<b><i>It takes a fearless woman to love the most scandalous man alive in New York Times Bestselling Author Jennifer L. Armentrout’s breathtaking novel </i></b><br />
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Even a ghost hunter like Rosie Herpin couldn’t have foreseen the fateful meeting between two mourners that has brought her so intimately close to the notorious and seductive Devlin de Vincent. Everyone in New Orleans knows he’s heir to a dark family curse that both frightens and enthralls. To the locals, Devlin is the devil. To Rosie, he’s a man who’s stoking her wildest fantasies. When a brutal attack on her friend is linked to the de Vincents, he becomes a mystery she may be risking her life to solve.<br />
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Devlin knows what he wants from this sexy and adventurous woman. But what does Rosie want from him? It’s a question that becomes more pressing—and more dangerous—when he suspects her of prying into the shadows of his past.<br />
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Now, the legends surrounding the de Vincents may not be myths at all. But if she’s to discover the truth, she must follow them straight into the arms of the man she can’t resist—the handsome devil himself.<br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: merriweather, georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Oh holy llamas! I am so sad/thrilled to finally have finished this trilogy. It's all bittersweet - I loved these books and characters so much it's sad to say goodbye but also I am so freaking proud of all of them!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: merriweather, georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">I feel like most of us have waited for the day the Devil, I mean Devlin, would be brought to his knees and boy oh boy does our girl Rosie deliver. Rosie is everything different from Devlin. She's seemingly carefree, a bit of a free spirit, and knows how important it is to live everyday fully and without regrets. She's also gentle and caring and I love how she refuses to quit on Devlin. Their relationship is by far my most favorite of all them, they in a weird twisted sense just make sense. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: merriweather, georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Rosie has had a less than sunshine and rainbows life, in fact she's faced a lot of darkness in her past. And Devil, oooh Devlin, he's our favorite wicked knight who is in a way just as broken as Rosie. It's a beautiful thing to see them come together and how they make each-other become more. Plus let's not forget that Rosie is a part of N.O.P.E which is just like the best thing ever haha!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: merriweather, georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Hands down my favorite book in the trilogy, with so many twist and turns and plots that have been expertly weaved since the very first book that my silly little self over-looked. The spook factor is high in this one and I am soo here for it! What an amazing conclusion to a series that had me jumping and questioning everything I thought I knew about certain characters in this book.</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXlX4hH6yvaEMSi9xgiOpLxOX8HOoh6WOgdJFrmSFCvI74xWWAQ5ZZaPJT7AxbLl-NRTVehR59GNiK5ot-yusRv2lxGPg3wsvkFYjbP_ko96elf4r0yzyfIxOnYg-uLxZMEuOoPJZZlQKZ/s1600/Must-Read.png" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXlX4hH6yvaEMSi9xgiOpLxOX8HOoh6WOgdJFrmSFCvI74xWWAQ5ZZaPJT7AxbLl-NRTVehR59GNiK5ot-yusRv2lxGPg3wsvkFYjbP_ko96elf4r0yzyfIxOnYg-uLxZMEuOoPJZZlQKZ/s1600/Must-Read.png" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Moonlight Scandals: a de Vincent novel from </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">New York Times</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout is available now! </span></h1>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">It takes a fearless woman to love the most scandalous man alive in New York Times Bestselling Author Jennifer L. Armentrout’s breathtaking novel</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Even a ghost hunter like Rosie Herpin couldn’t have foreseen the fateful meeting between two mourners that has brought her so intimately close to the notorious and seductive Devlin de Vincent. Everyone in New Orleans knows he’s heir to a dark family curse that both frightens and enthralls. To the locals, Devlin is the devil. To Rosie, he’s a man who’s stoking her wildest fantasies. When a brutal attack on her friend is linked to the de Vincents, he becomes a mystery she may be risking her life to solve. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Devlin knows what he wants from this sexy and adventurous woman. But what does Rosie want from him? It’s a question that becomes more pressing—and more dangerous—when he suspects her of prying into the shadows of his past. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Now, the legends surrounding the de Vincents may not be myths at all. But if she’s to discover the truth, she must follow them straight into the arms of the man she can’t resist—the handsome devil himself</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Nook: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/2RJEz5x"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://bit.ly/2RJEz5x</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Moonlight Sins </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">(de Vincent series, book 1)</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Amazon: </span><a href="https://amzn.to/2v8VLen"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://amzn.to/2v8VLen</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">AppleBooks: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/MoonlightSins-iBooks"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://bit.ly/MoonlightSins-iBooks</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Amazon Worldwide: </span><a href="https://mybook.to/moonlightsins"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://mybook.to/moonlightsins</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Kobo: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/2EHHQLQ"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://bit.ly/2EHHQLQ</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Nook: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/MoonlightSins-Nook"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://bit.ly/MoonlightSins-Nook</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">About Jennifer L. Armentrout</span></div>
<span style="font-weight: 400;"># 1 New York Times and # 1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Charles Town, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki. In early 2015, Jennifer was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a group of rare genetic disorders that involve a breakdown and death of cells in the retina, eventually resulting in loss of vision, among other complications. Due to this diagnosis, educating people on the varying degrees of blindness has become of passion of hers, right alongside writing, which she plans to do as long as she can.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Tor, HarperCollins Avon and William Morrow, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her Wicked Series has been optioned by PassionFlix. Jennifer has won numerous awards, including the 2013 Reviewers Choice Award for Wait for You, the 2015 Editor’s Pick for Fall With Me, and the 2014/2015 Moerser-Jugendbuch- Jury award for Obsidian. Her young adult romantic suspense novel DON’T LOOK BACK was a 2014 nominated Best in Young Adult Fiction by YALSA. Her adult romantic suspense novel TILL DEATH was a Amazon Editor’s Pick and iBook Book of the Month. Her young adult contemporary THE PROBLEM WITH FOREVER is a 2017 RITA Award Winner in Young Adult Fiction. She also writes Adult and New Adult contemporary and paranormal romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">She is the owner of ApollyCon and The Origin Event, the successful annual events that features over hundred bestselling authors in Young Adult, New Adult, and Adult Fiction, panels, parties, and more. She is also the creator and sole financier of the annual Write Your Way To RT Book Convention, a contest that gives aspiring authors a chance to win a fully paid trip to RT Book Reviews.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">GoodReads: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/1DiIjRa"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://bit.ly/1DiIjRa</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Moonlight Scandals: a de Vincent novel from </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">New York Times</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout is coming January 29th and we have the brand new trailer for you! </span></h1>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">It takes a fearless woman to love the most scandalous man alive in New York Times Bestselling Author Jennifer L. Armentrout’s breathtaking novel</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Even a ghost hunter like Rosie Herpin couldn’t have foreseen the fateful meeting between two mourners that has brought her so intimately close to the notorious and seductive Devlin de Vincent. Everyone in New Orleans knows he’s heir to a dark family curse that both frightens and enthralls. To the locals, Devlin is the devil. To Rosie, he’s a man who’s stoking her wildest fantasies. When a brutal attack on her friend is linked to the de Vincents, he becomes a mystery she may be risking her life to solve. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Devlin knows what he wants from this sexy and adventurous woman. But what does Rosie want from him? It’s a question that becomes more pressing—and more dangerous—when he suspects her of prying into the shadows of his past. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Now, the legends surrounding the de Vincents may not be myths at all. But if she’s to discover the truth, she must follow them straight into the arms of the man she can’t resist—the handsome devil himself</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Watch the trailer: </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Pre-order your copy today! </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">AppleBooks: </span><a href="https://apple.co/2PMZV4I"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://apple.co/2PMZV4I</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Amazon Worldwide: </span><a href="http://mybook.to/MoonlightScandals"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://mybook.to/MoonlightScandals</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Nook: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/2RJEz5x"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://bit.ly/2RJEz5x</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Kobo: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/2qEqzyk"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://bit.ly/2qEqzyk</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Google Play: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/2PlCkZA"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://bit.ly/2PlCkZA</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Amazon Paperback: </span><a href="https://amzn.to/2qEpkiE"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://amzn.to/2qEpkiE</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Start the Series Today! </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Moonlight Sins </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">(de Vincent series, book 1)</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Amazon: </span><a href="https://amzn.to/2v8VLen"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://amzn.to/2v8VLen</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">AppleBooks: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/MoonlightSins-iBooks"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://bit.ly/MoonlightSins-iBooks</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Amazon Worldwide: </span><a href="https://mybook.to/moonlightsins"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://mybook.to/moonlightsins</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Kobo: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/2EHHQLQ"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://bit.ly/2EHHQLQ</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Nook: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/MoonlightSins-Nook"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://bit.ly/MoonlightSins-Nook</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Audible: </span><a href="http://amzn.to/2DJB1JZ"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://amzn.to/2DJB1JZ</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">About Jennifer L. Armentrout</span></div>
<span style="font-weight: 400;"># 1 New York Times and # 1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Charles Town, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki. In early 2015, Jennifer was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a group of rare genetic disorders that involve a breakdown and death of cells in the retina, eventually resulting in loss of vision, among other complications. Due to this diagnosis, educating people on the varying degrees of blindness has become of passion of hers, right alongside writing, which she plans to do as long as she can.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Tor, HarperCollins Avon and William Morrow, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her Wicked Series has been optioned by PassionFlix. Jennifer has won numerous awards, including the 2013 Reviewers Choice Award for Wait for You, the 2015 Editor’s Pick for Fall With Me, and the 2014/2015 Moerser-Jugendbuch- Jury award for Obsidian. Her young adult romantic suspense novel DON’T LOOK BACK was a 2014 nominated Best in Young Adult Fiction by YALSA. Her adult romantic suspense novel TILL DEATH was a Amazon Editor’s Pick and iBook Book of the Month. Her young adult contemporary THE PROBLEM WITH FOREVER is a 2017 RITA Award Winner in Young Adult Fiction. She also writes Adult and New Adult contemporary and paranormal romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">She is the owner of ApollyCon and The Origin Event, the successful annual events that features over hundred bestselling authors in Young Adult, New Adult, and Adult Fiction, panels, parties, and more. She is also the creator and sole financier of the annual Write Your Way To RT Book Convention, a contest that gives aspiring authors a chance to win a fully paid trip to RT Book Reviews.</span>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Twitter: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/JLArmentrout"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://twitter.com/JLArmentrout</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Instagram: </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/jennifer_l_armentrout/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.instagram.com/jennifer_l_armentrout/</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">GoodReads: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/1DiIjRa"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://bit.ly/1DiIjRa</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Stay up to date with Jennifer by joining her mailing list today: </span><a href="https://bit.ly/2qBce5m"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://bit.ly/2qBce5m</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The man twisted at the waist, and Rosie was suddenly standing within mere feet of the Devil. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 6.6pt; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">That was what the gossip magazines called him.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523833451335323054.post-13653170059718263342018-11-02T19:53:00.002-06:002018-11-02T19:53:22.028-06:00The Darkest Star (Origin #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout<div style="text-align: justify;">
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When seventeen-year-old Evie Dasher is caught up in a raid at a notorious club known as one of the few places where humans and the surviving Luxen can mingle freely, she meets Luc, an unnaturally beautiful guy she initially assumes is a Luxen...but he is in fact something much more powerful. Her growing attraction for Luc will lead her deeper and deeper into a world she'd only heard about, a world where everything she thought she knew will be turned on its head...<br />
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<i>#1 New York Times, USA Today,</i> and internationally bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout returns to the universe of the Lux in this brand new series, featuring beloved characters both new and old.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">It is SO good to be back in the world with Luxen and Origins and all the other things that go bump in the night. The Darkest Star picks up a little while after the events of the final Lux book and things are still adjusting after the events of the final Lux book (if you don't want to be spoiled for the Lux books please pick those up first, they're fun and fast reads and I highly recommend!). Things are of course not always as they seem and Luxen are struggling to fit into a society that is unsure if it should be so welcoming or not. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">This grown-up version of Luc we see is even more intimidating, mysterious and also HOT. We get to see a whole other side of the origin to end all origins and I am so here for it. Evie is also great and also a surprisingly refreshing character. She gives us a sort've outside yet inside view of living in a Luxen world and her strange ties to the Luxen/Origins are complicated and delicious. For fans of the Lux series have no fear we do get to see some familiar faces and it is SO GOOD. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">I think this book is proof Jen is back in her element in this world that she's created that all her fans will love and enjoy. Her writing has grown so much since the Lux series that it's amazing and adds so much depth to the book! The Darkest Star is by one of my new all-time favorite books of the year and I can honestly say I cannot wait for the next book in the series, I need more Luc in my life!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<b>From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes a new story in her Wicked series… </b><br />
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She’s everything he wants….<br />
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Cold. Heartless. Deadly. Whispers of his name alone bring fear to fae and mortals alike. The Prince. There is nothing in the mortal world more dangerous than him. Haunted by a past he couldn’t control, all Caden desires is revenge against those who’d wronged him, trapping him in never-ending nightmare. And there is one person he knows can help him.<br />
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She’s everything he can’t have…<br />
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Raised within the Order, Brighton Jussier knows just how dangerous the Prince is, reformed or not. She’d seen firsthand what atrocities he could be capable of. The last thing she wants to do is help him, but he leaves her little choice. Forced to work alongside him, she begins to see the man under the bitter ice. Yearning for him feels like the definition of insanity, but there’s no denying the heat in his touch and the wicked promise is his stare.<br />
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She’s everything he’ll take….<br />
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But there’s someone out there who wants to return the Prince to his former self. A walking, breathing nightmare that is hell bent on destroying the world and everyone close to him. The last thing either of them needs is a distraction, but with the attraction growing between them each now, the one thing he wants more than anything may be the one thing that will be his undoing.<br />
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She’s everything he’d die for….<br />
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I love the Wicked series. And this book, this wonderful novella, made me so happy. We're back in the hot and mysterious world of the wicked picking up not long after the events of Brave. We get some glimpses of how our fave bad-ass duo Ren and Ivy are and also more Tink which is NEVER a bad thing. I am all for a Tink fan club! We were introduced to "the Prince" in the previous books in the Wicked series but in this novella we are given an all-new view of him and who exactly he truly is. Brighton is also a fantastic heroine I think I enjoy her so much because she's the opposite of Ivy, and both of them are just as awesome as the other. I also just want to say I totally ship this ship :). I think it was such a great thing to see another side of the prince that we didn't see in the previous books and to really explore him and who he is. Pairing off with Brighton in an sort of revenge mission it's so fun to see their slow burn grow. It is a novella but to me I felt like so much was packed into it and Armentrout really took advantage of the story and moving things along quickly due to the smaller size.<br />
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If you haven't already read the Wicked trilogy I would recommend reading those first because they're awesome but also so that you avoid spoilers that are in this novella.<br />
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If you enjoyed the Wicked books and wanted more (I mean, I think we can all agree after that ending we wanted more) then you will be very very happy with this novella! I also want to note that there will be another novella titled The King that will be coming out and I cannot wait!<br />
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She’s everything he wants….</h3>
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Cold. Heartless. Deadly. Whispers of his name alone bring fear to fae and mortals alike. The Prince. There is nothing in the mortal world more dangerous than him. Haunted by a past he couldn’t control, all Caden desires is revenge against those who’d wronged him, trapping him in never-ending nightmare. And there is one person he knows can help him.</h3>
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Raised within the Order, Brighton Jussier knows just how dangerous the Prince is, reformed or not. She’d seen firsthand what atrocities he could be capable of. The last thing she wants to do is help him, but he leaves her little choice. Forced to work alongside him, she begins to see the man under the bitter ice. Yearning for him feels like the definition of insanity, but there’s no denying the heat in his touch and the wicked promise is his stare.</h3>
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But there’s someone out there who wants to return the Prince to his former self. A walking, breathing nightmare that is hell bent on destroying the world and everyone close to him. The last thing either of them needs is a distraction, but with the attraction growing between them each now, the one thing he wants more than anything may be the one thing that will be his undoing.</h3>
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Did it make you a bad friend if you were completely, a hundred percent envious of that friend? Yes? No? Kind of?
I figured it was somewhere in between.
That’s what I was mulling over as I watched Ivy Morgan brush thick, red curls over her shoulder, laughing at something her boyfriend Ren Owens had said to her.
At least I wasn’t envious of that—their love. Okay, well, that wasn’t entirely true. Pretty sure anyone who was as single as me would be envious of all that warm and fuzzy that was passed back and forth with each long look or casual brush of skin. The two could barely tear their gazes away from one another to eat the dinner we’d grabbed at the cute little diner inside the shopping center on Prytania Street.
I honest to God couldn’t be happier for them. They’d been through so much—way more than two people should ever have to go through to be together, and here they were, stronger and more in love than ever, and they deserved that happiness.
But their epic love story wasn’t the source of a current case of the green-eye monster that was sitting on my shoulder.
Ivy was just such a… badass.
Even right now, relaxed in the chair, surrounded by twinkling Christmas lights with her hand in Ren’s and her belly full of a cheeseburger deluxe and crinkle fries and half of my tater tots, she could kick ass and take names along with addresses, telephone numbers, and social security numbers.
If the proverbial poo hit the fan, you called Ivy or Ren.
If you needed to know what streets Royal intersected with, you called… me. Or if you needed coffee or fresh beignets but were currently busy, you know, saving the world, you’d call me.
The three of us were all members of the Order, a widespread organization that was literally the only thing that stood between mankind and complete, utter enslavement and destruction by the fae. And not the super cute fae found in Disney movies or some crap like that. Humans thought they were on top of the food chain. They were wrong. The fae were.
The only thing pop culture got right about the fae was their slightly pointy ears. That was it. The fae were more than just beings from another world—the Otherworld—they were capable of glamouring their appearance to blend in with humans. But all Order members, even me, were warded at birth against the glamour. We saw through the human façade to the creature that lurked beneath.
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<strong>About Jennifer L. Armentrout:</strong>
# 1 <em>New York Times, USA Today </em>and international bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki. Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book Obsidian has been optioned for a major motion picture and her Covenant Series has been optioned for TV. She also writes adult and New Adult romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.
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Willa Doon has always been shy. Her quiet demeanor was something she’s always embraced. That is, until Jackson Page moves to town. The one man she desperately wants to take notice struggles to remember her name.
Year after year, Willa stands by, watching as the bartender slash playboy drowns his demons in beer and sex. Then one night, he shows up at her door, suddenly aware that the girl he’s seen around Lark Cove is now a beautiful woman.
Except what he doesn’t remember is that this visit isn’t his first. They spent a night together once before. A night he’s forgotten, thanks to a bottle of tequila.
A night that crushed a timid girl’s heart, and set a broken man on the path to heal them both.
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Nicolette Bresson never thought she’d return to the de Vincents’ bayou compound. It’s where her parents work, where Nikki grew up . . . and where she got her heart broken by Gabriel de Vincent himself. Yet here she is, filling in for her sick mother. Avoiding Gabe should be easy, especially when so much of Nikki’s time is spent trying not to be stabbed in the back by the malicious hangers-on who frequent the mansion. But escaping memories of Gabe, much less his smoking-hot presence, is harder than expected—especially since he seems determined to be in Nikki’s space as much as possible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">He moved forward, maybe a foot or two, but stopped like one would if they were approaching a rabid dog. A heartbeat passed. “Your hair . . .” He tilted his head to the side. “It’s different.” </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Yeah, it is.” Her hair used to be a rather dull medium brown, but then she found this amazing hair stylist in Tuscaloosa and turned her brown hair into this array of blondes and browns, using some weird technique called balayage. “It’s basically just highlights and stuff.” “Stuff.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">His gaze flickered over the bun. Uncomfortable, she scanned the kitchen. “And my hair is longer. A lot longer.” </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">His brows lifted. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Was she really telling him the length of her hair? This was the most strained conversation she’d ever had in her life. And that was, well, it was sad. She peeked at him. It used to not be this way. Back before . . . well, before she ruined everything, he’d be teasing her and asking about her college. He’d be talking to her like he could actually stand being in the same room with her. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">She needed this conversation to be over like it was yesterday and she also needed to figure out how she could work here and not run into Gabe. The house was big enough that it should be possible. “I need to get back to—” </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Planting your face against the over door?” </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Her shoulders slumped. “Actually, I need to finish the potatoes. So, if you’ll excuse me.” She started to turn away, praying that he’d just leave. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“That’s it? That’s all you have to say to me? Because I have a lot I need to say to you,” he said. “Never in a million years did I think I’d see you here again.” </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Nikki’s spine stiffened like steel had been poured into it. Oh God. Her throat spasmed. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“We need to talk.” </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“No we don’t,” she said quickly. “We do not need to talk about anything.” </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Bullshit,” he snapped, and his voice was so much closer that she turned to him on instinct. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Gabe was now at the edge of the massive island, only two or three feet from her. She stepped back into the counter. Her heart thundered in her chest as her gaze flicked to the kitchen door. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“No one is coming near here,” he said as if reading her mind. Her gaze flew back to his. “Dev is in his office on the second floor, in a meeting and your father is out with the landscaper. No one is going to hear us.” </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">A weird mixture of sensations assaulted her. One was a chill that skated down her spine. The other was a tight, hot shiver that danced over her skin. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Gabe kept coming at her, not stopping until he was right in front of her, separated by a few inches. She sucked in air, catching the crisp, clean scent of his cologne. It reminded her of storms, of that </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">night</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">That was the last thing she wanted to be reminded of. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Like his brother, he was a good head and then some taller than her, so right now, her eyes were fastened to his chest. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Thank God he was wearing a shirt. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“I . . . I don’t want to talk,” she managed to say. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“I do.” </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Gabe—” </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“You owe me this.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Her body jerked as she pressed her lips together. He was right. She owed him a conversation. “Okay.” </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">There was another beat of silence and then he asked in a voice so low she almost didn’t believe she heard him right. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Did I hurt you that night?”</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"># 1 New York Times and # 1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Charles Town, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki. In early 2015, Jennifer was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a group of rare genetic disorders that involve a breakdown and death of cells in the retina, eventually resulting in loss of vision, among other complications. Due to this diagnosis, educating people on the varying degrees of blindness has become of passion of hers, right alongside writing, which she plans to do as long as she can.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Tor, HarperCollins Avon and William Morrow, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her Wicked Series has been optioned by PassionFlix. Jennifer has won numerous awards, including the 2013 Reviewers Choice Award for Wait for You, the 2015 Editor’s Pick for Fall With Me, and the 2014/2015 Moerser-Jugendbuch- Jury award for Obsidian. Her young adult romantic suspense novel DON’T LOOK BACK was a 2014 nominated Best in Young Adult Fiction by YALSA. Her adult romantic suspense novel TILL DEATH was a Amazon Editor’s Pick and iBook Book of the Month. Her young adult contemporary THE PROBLEM WITH FOREVER is a 2017 RITA Award Winner in Young Adult Fiction. She also writes Adult and New Adult contemporary and paranormal romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">She is the owner of ApollyCon and The Origin Event, the successful annual events that features over hundred bestselling authors in Young Adult, New Adult, and Adult Fiction, panels, parties, and more. She is also the creator and sole financier of the annual Write Your Way To RT Book Convention, a contest that gives aspiring authors a chance to win a fully paid trip to RT Book Reviews.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">RATING: 5 Stars</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">PAGES: 400</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">PUBLISHER: Avon Books</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">SERIES: de Vincent #2</span></div>
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<b>The de Vincent brothers are back—and so is the intrigue that surrounds them—in New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout’s sizzling new novel...</b><br />
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Nicolette Bresson never thought she’d return to the de Vincents’ bayou compound. It’s where her parents work, where Nikki grew up... and where she got her heart broken by Gabriel de Vincent himself. Yet here she is, filling in for her sick mother. Avoiding Gabe should be easy, especially when so much of Nikki’s time is spent trying not to be stabbed in the back by the malicious hangers-on who frequent the mansion. But escaping memories of Gabe, much less his smoking-hot presence, is harder than expected—especially since he seems determined to be in Nikki’s space as much as possible.<br />
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Gabriel spent years beating himself up over his last encounter with Nikki. He’d wanted her then, but for reasons that were bad for both of them. Things have now changed. Gabe sees more than a girl he’s known forever; he sees a smart, talented, and heartbreakingly beautiful woman... one who’s being stalked from the shadows. Now, Gabe will do anything to keep Nikki safe—and to stop the de Vincent curse from striking again.<br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;">Our favorite dark and mysterious brothers are back in an all new installment to the de Vincent world.</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;">Things are not all that they seem in the world of the de Vincents, behind all the deviously handsome</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;">brother's wealth are more skeletons then imaginable - and their deeds may yet catch up to them. Nicolette</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;">is returning back to the de Vincent manor for the first time in years, her mother our favorite sweet house-keeper</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;">is out of commission and dear Nikki has returned to take over her mother's duties. But returning to the </span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;">de Vincent home also means seeing our favorite dark and dangerous Gabriel. </span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;">Second chance romances are probably my most favorite trope of all time, and this book did not disappoint! It</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;">more than delivered all the sexy and creepy vibes that we all grew to love from the first book in the series,</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;">Moonlight Sins. I am also totally convinced that Ghost Hunters would pay a fortune to be able to investigate the</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;">de Vincent mansion, if they were to be allowed in that is! I think one of my favorite things about this series is</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;">the seriously creepy vibes we get throughout the whole novel. And that devious de Vincent curse that seems to</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;">want blood...</span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;">Nikki and Gabe are now one of my favorite JLA couples, they both just seem to balance each other out so well</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;">and I've always sort've cheered for Gabe to find someone. In book one he seemed sort've like the softer one of the</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;">three brothers and with this installment my opinion has altered and he is now firmly on my book boyfriend list.</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;">Their relationship is intense but in a much quieter way and I really appreciated that aspect of them, they just click.</span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;">Hands down Moonlight Seduction is an enticing and sexy installment, and now my favorite book in the series (though</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;">my evil heart can't wait to see the Devil brought to his knees). You do not have to read Moonlight Sins before diving into</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;">this novel but I do highly recommend it just for the insight and to get a better understanding of the more paranormal aspect</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;">of the story line. Amazing read, and I am HIGHLY anticipating book three!</span><br />
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Moonlight Seduction: A de Vincent Novel, from <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout is LIVE!</div>
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The de Vincent brothers are back—and so is the intrigue that surrounds them—in New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout’s sizzling new novel . . .</div>
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Nicolette Bresson never thought she’d return to the de Vincents’ bayou compound. It’s where her parents work, where Nikki grew up . . . and where she got her heart broken by Gabriel de Vincent himself. Yet here she is, filling in for her sick mother. Avoiding Gabe should be easy, especially when so much of Nikki’s time is spent trying not to be stabbed in the back by the malicious hangers-on who frequent the mansion. But escaping memories of Gabe, much less his smoking-hot presence, is harder than expected—especially since he seems determined to be in Nikki’s space as much as possible.</div>
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Gabriel spent years beating himself up over his last encounter with Nikki. He’d wanted her then, but for reasons that were bad for both of them. Things have now changed. Gabe sees more than a girl he’s known forever; he sees a smart, talented, and heartbreakingly beautiful woman . . . one who’s being stalked from the shadows.</div>
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Now, Gabe will do anything to keep Nikki safe—and to stop the de Vincent curse from striking again.</div>
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Watch the Trailer:
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Available Now!
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Amazon Universal: <a href="http://mybook.to/MoonlightSeduction">http://mybook.to/MoonlightSeduction</a>
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Start the Series Today!
Moonlight Sins (de Vincent series, book 1)
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Audible: <a href="http://amzn.to/2DJB1JZ">http://amzn.to/2DJB1JZ</a></div>
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About Jennifer L. Armentrout</div>
# 1 New York Times and # 1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Charles Town, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing, she spends her time reading, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki. In early 2015, Jennifer was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a group of rare genetic disorders that involve a breakdown and death of cells in the retina, eventually resulting in loss of vision, among other complications. Due to this diagnosis, educating people on the varying degrees of blindness has become a passion of hers, right alongside writing, which she plans to do as long as she can.
Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Tor, HarperCollins Avon and William Morrow, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her Wicked Series has been optioned by PassionFlix. Jennifer has won numerous awards, including the 2013 Reviewers Choice Award for Wait for You, the 2015 Editor’s Pick for Fall With Me, and the 2014/2015 Moerser-Jugendbuch- Jury award for Obsidian. Her young adult romantic suspense novel DON’T LOOK BACK was a 2014 nominated Best in Young Adult Fiction by YALSA. Her adult romantic suspense novel TILL DEATH was an Amazon Editor’s Pick and iBook Book of the Month. Her young adult contemporary THE PROBLEM WITH FOREVER is a 2017 RITA Award Winner in Young Adult Fiction. She also writes Adult and New Adult contemporary and paranormal romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.
She is the owner of ApollyCon and The Origin Event, the successful annual events that feature over hundred bestselling authors in Young Adult, New Adult, and Adult Fiction, panels, parties, and more. She is also the creator and sole financier of the annual Write Your Way To RT Book Convention, a contest that gives aspiring authors a chance to win a fully paid trip to RT Book Reviews.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Moonlight Seduction: A de Vincent Novel from </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">New York Times </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout is coming June 26th and we have the trailer reveal</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">! </span></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">The de Vincent brothers are back—and so is the intrigue that surrounds them—in New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout’s sizzling new novel . . .</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Nicolette Bresson never thought she’d return to the de Vincents’ bayou compound. It’s where her parents work, where Nikki grew up . . . and where she got her heart broken by Gabriel de Vincent himself. Yet here she is, filling in for her sick mother. Avoiding Gabe should be easy, especially when so much of Nikki’s time is spent trying not to be stabbed in the back by the malicious hangers-on who frequent the mansion. But escaping memories of Gabe, much less his smoking-hot presence, is harder than expected—especially since he seems determined to be in Nikki’s space as much as possible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Gabriel spent years beating himself up over his last encounter with Nikki. He’d wanted her then, but for reasons that were bad for both of them. Things have now changed. Gabe sees more than a girl he’s known forever; he sees a smart, talented, and heartbreakingly beautiful woman . . . one who’s being stalked from the shadows. Now, Gabe will do anything to keep Nikki safe—and to stop the de Vincent curse from striking again.</span></div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="360" id="vp168tr6" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/embed.animoto.com/play.html?w=swf/production/vp1&e=1523992158&f=68tr6CJfhPy1JH2zkvX2HQ&d=0&m=p&r=360p+480p+720p&volume=100&start_res=720p&i=m&asset_domain=s3-p.animoto.com&animoto_domain=animoto.com&options=autostart" title="Video Player" width="640"></iframe> </h2>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Trailer by: </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jillian Stein</span></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Preorder Today!</span></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2GiWCeo">Amazon US</a> I </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="http://mybook.to/MoonlightSeduction">Amazon Universal</a> I </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://apple.co/2p38gCM">iBooks</a> I </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="http://bit.ly/2Dn6v7B">Nook</a> I </span><a href="http://bit.ly/2p4hHlm"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kobo</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Start the Series Today! </span></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Moonlight Sins </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">(de Vincent series, book 1)</span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2v8VLen">Amazon US</a> I </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://mybook.to/moonlightsins">Amazon Universal</a> I </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="http://bit.ly/MoonlightSins-Nook">Nook</a> I </span><a href="http://bit.ly/MoonlightSins-iBooks"><span style="font-weight: 400;">iBooks</span></a> I <a href="http://bit.ly/2EHHQLQ"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kobo</span></a> I <a href="http://amzn.to/2DJB1JZ"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Audible</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">About Jennifer L. Armentrout</span></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><img alt="JLA- Credit Franggy Yanez Photography" class=" wp-image-226 alignleft" height="304" src="https://shannonneedshtml.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/jla-credit-franggy-yanez-photography.jpg" width="203" /># 1 New York Times and # 1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Charles Town, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki. In early 2015, Jennifer was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a group of rare genetic disorders that involve a breakdown and death of cells in the retina, eventually resulting in loss of vision, among other complications. Due to this diagnosis, educating people on the varying degrees of blindness has become of passion of hers, right alongside writing, which she plans to do as long as she can.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Tor, HarperCollins Avon and William Morrow, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her Wicked Series has been optioned by PassionFlix. Jennifer has won numerous awards, including the 2013 Reviewers Choice Award for Wait for You, the 2015 Editor’s Pick for Fall With Me, and the 2014/2015 Moerser-Jugendbuch- Jury award for Obsidian. Her young adult romantic suspense novel DON’T LOOK BACK was a 2014 nominated Best in Young Adult Fiction by YALSA. Her adult romantic suspense novel TILL DEATH was a Amazon Editor’s Pick and iBook Book of the Month. Her young adult contemporary THE PROBLEM WITH FOREVER is a 2017 RITA Award Winner in Young Adult Fiction. She also writes Adult and New Adult contemporary and paranormal romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">She is the owner of ApollyCon and The Origin Event, the successful annual events that features over hundred bestselling authors in Young Adult, New Adult, and Adult Fiction, panels, parties, and more. She is also the creator and sole financier of the annual Write Your Way To RT Book Convention, a contest that gives aspiring authors a chance to win a fully paid trip to RT Book Reviews.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">RATING: 5 Stars</span></div>
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Seth never thought he’d have a future. But now he’s on the brink of having it all with Josie: A tomorrow. A family. A forever. And all that's standing between him and that forever is the Titans. If he helps Josie entomb them -- without killing them, a nearly impossible task for him -- everything he could ever want will be in reach. But he soon realizes that as a god, every little choice he makes can reshape the world for the better… or worse. And in meddling with the Titans, Seth may have just set into motion catastrophic consequences that will force the Olympians to enter the mortal realm and reshape the delicate balance of power that keeps the world from total collapse.<br />
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<i>A price must be paid…</i><br />
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Entombing the Titans is Josie’s top priority. After all, it was what she was born to do. But the plans her father put into play to help her are no longer an option, and the odds she and Seth face in forging their own path are grim. The escalating violence between halfs and pures only increases the danger closing in on them and their friends. Josie knows their chances of succeeding in their task are slim at best -- and if they fail, they might lose everything. But she also knows she's not fighting just for herself -- she's fighting for the man she loves, for their future, for the world. Together with the Army of Awesome, Josie and Seth will face the unthinkable. And to win this war, the ultimate sacrifice must be made.<br />
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<i>For the end is here and the Prophecy will be fulfilled…. </i><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;">I'm so sad to see this series ending but I'm also just completely BLOWN away by this book. It's bittersweet to</span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;">The Prophecy picks right up where The Struggle ended. Josie has finally come into her powers and now there is the</span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;">is fast-paced and filled with so many emotions I just wanted to reach through the book and hug all of my favorite demi-gods</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;">and gods. Plus for those of us who are Alex and co. fans you will be very happy to know that our favorite crew are all very</span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;"><i><b>"Are you trying to be my best friend?" Aiden smirked. "I thought we already were best friends."'</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;">One of the absolute best parts of the book for me was the interactions between Seth and Aiden. Seriously, I think I could just</span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;">that had me laughing out loud, if you're an Aiden and Sethie should be BFF's supporter - you're in for quite the trip in The Prophecy!</span><br />
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We really see Seth and Josie's relationship continue to grow and strengthen in this book along with Seth searching for his place now that he is more than just an Apollyon. To me this was just the best because I have been a longtime Seth fan and I think we've all waited books for him to find his place and his people. I felt like by the ending of this book that Seth had finally matured into something amazing and had come to turns with his incredible potential, and the same for Josie.<br />
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You don't want to miss this epic conclusion to the Titan series by the incredible Jennifer L. Armentrout. Strap in for a roller-coaster ride that will leave you breathless and smiling at the end!<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">It took every ounce of self-control for Gabriel de Vincent to stand back and do nothing. Just stand there and watch him being led away, but that’s what he had to do, because that’s what he’d promised and Gabe tried to be a man of his word. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">He’d promised them three uninterrupted months.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">That’s what he was going to give them.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">His jaw ached from how hard he was clenching it as the Rothchilds walked back into the restaurant. He didn’t take his eyes off them, not until he couldn’t see them anymore. Only then did he look at the slip of paper. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The reporter for the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #802627; font-family: Times; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Advocate </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">gave one of what Gabe assumed was a trademark half grin; the kind that probably got him into a places and events he sure as hell didn’t belong in. “Headquarters are here. You know that.” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The reporter’s smile faded. “Since you’re here and I’m here, and it’s damn hard to talk to you all any other time. I want to chat about your father’s death.” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“I’m sure you do.” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“I don’t believe it was a suicide,” Ross continued. “And I find it also convenient that Chief Cobbs, who openly and publicly wanted your father’s death investigated as a homicide ended up dead in a freak car accident.” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“Is that right?” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Frustration hummed off Ross about as loud as the damn locusts. “Is that all you got to say to me about this?” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“Pretty much.” Gabe grinned then. “That and you have an overactive imagination, but I’m sure you’ve heard that before.” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“I don’t think my imagination is nearly vast enough to compete with all the things the de Vincents have had their hands in.” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Probably not. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“Okay, I won’t ask you about your father or the chief.” Ross shifted his weight as Gabe opened his driver’s door. “Also heard some interesting rumors about some of the staff at the de Vincent compound.” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“I’m started to feel like you might be stalking us.” Gabe placed the drawing facedown on the passenger’s seat. “If you want to talk about staffing, then you need to have a chat with Dev.” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“Devlin won’t make time to talk to me.”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“That doesn’t sound like my problem.”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“It seems like it is now.”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Gabe laughed, but the sound was without humor as he reached inside, grabbing his sunglasses off the visor. “Trust me, Ross, this isn’t my problem.” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“You may not think so now, but that’ll change.” A muscle twitched along the man’s jaw. “I plan to blow the roof of every single damn secret the de Vincents have been keeping for years. I’m going to do a story that not even your family can pay to keep quiet.” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Shaking his head, Gabe slipped his sunglasses on. “I like you, Ross. You know I’ve never had a problem with you. So, I just want to get that out of the way. But you have got to come up with some better material, because that was cliché as shit.” He rested his hand on the frame of the car door. “You’ve got to know you’re not the first reporter to come around thinking they’re somehow going to dig some skeletons out of our closets and expose us for whatever the hell you think we are. You’re not going to be the last to fail.” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“I don’t fail,” Ross said. “Not ever.”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“Everyone fails.” Gabe climbed in behind the wheel.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“Except the de Vincents?”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“You said it, not me.” Gabe looked up at the reporter. “Some unasked for advice? I’d find another story to investigate.”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“Is there where you’re going to tell me to be careful?” He sounded oddly gleeful by the prospect. “Warn me off? Because people who mess with the de Vincents end up missing or worse?” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Gabe smirked as he hit the ignition key. “Doesn’t sound like I need to tell you that. Seems like you already know what happens.” </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Nikki stood in the center of the quiet and sterile kitchen of the de Vincent mansion, telling herself that she was not the same little idiot that almost drowned herself out in the pool six years ago. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">She sure as hell wasn’t the same idiot who had spent years making an utter fool out of herself, chasing after a grown man. An act, which resulted in one of the worst ideas she’d ever had in the history of bad ideas. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">And Nikki had a remarkable history of making not the brightest of all decisions. Her dad said she had a bit of wild streak in her, taking after Pappy, but Nikki liked to blame the de Vincents for the recklessness. They had this really bizarre talent of making everyone around them stick one toe into Recklessville. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Her mother claimed that most of Nikki’s bad decisions came from having a </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #802627; font-family: Times; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">good heart</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Nikki had the habit of picking up strays—stray cats, dogs, a lizard here and there, even a snake, and humans, too. She was a bleeding heart, hating to see anyone she cared about in pain and she was oftentimes a bit overly affected by the troubles of strangers. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">It was why she avoided the TV around the holidays, because they always played those heart-wrenching videos of freezing animals or children left to starve in war-torn countries. She hated everything about New Year’s Eve because of that and spent the week between Christmas and the first of January moping around. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">There was a lot of Nikki that was the same as she was the last time she walked through this house. She still got emotionally invested in animals that didn’t belong to her—that was why she volunteered at the local animal shelter. She still couldn’t turn away from someone who needed help, and she still found herself in weird situations but reckless? Wild? </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Not anymore. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Not since the last time she’d been in the house, right before she left for college. That had been four years ago and now she was back, and nothing and everything had changed. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“You okay, hon?” her father asked. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Turning to find her father standing just inside the large kitchen, she pulled herself out of her thoughts and smiled widely for him. Goodness, her dad was starting to look his age, and that scared her—truly terrified her. Her parents had her late in life, but she was only twenty-two, and she wanted another fifty years or so with them. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Nikki knew that wasn’t going to happen.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Especially now.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">She forced those thoughts from her head. “Yes. I’m just . . . it’s weird being in here after being gone so long. The kitchen is different.”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“It was remodeled a few years back,” he replied. The mansion was constantly being remodeled it seemed. After all, how many times had this place caught fire since it was built? Nikki had lost count. Her father drew in a deep breath, and the lines around his mouth became more pronounced. He looked so tired. “I don’t know if I’ve said this to you or not, but thank you.” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">She waved him off. “You don’t need to thank me, Dad.” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“Yeah, I do.” He walked over to where she stood. “You went away to college to do something better than this—better than cooking dinners and running a household. To become </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #802627; font-family: Times; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">something </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">better.” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Offended on his behalf, she crossed her arms and met his weary gaze. “There’s nothing wrong with cooking dinners and running a household. It’s good, honest work. Wok that put me through college. Right, Dad?” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“We take great pride in our job. Don’t get me wrong, but what your mother and I did all these years was so you could do something else.” He sighed. “So, it means a lot that you would come home to help us out, Nicolette.” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Only her dad and mom called her by her full name. Everyone else called her Nikki. Everyone except a certain de Vincent who shall remained nameless. He and only he called her </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #802627; font-family: Times; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Nic</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Her parents had worked for the de Vincents, one of the wealthiest families in the States and possibly the world, since long before she was born. It was weird growing up in this house, being privy to a lot of strange stuff—things the public has no idea about and would probably pay a large sum of money to learn. And personally? It was like she had a foot in two different worlds, one absurdly wealthy and the other middle working class. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Her father was basically a butler, except she always had a small suspicion that her father had . . . taken care of things for the de Vincents that no normal butler did. Her mother ran the day-to-day functions of the house and prepared the dinners. Both her parents loved working for the family and she knew both had planned to continue to the day they died, but her mom . . . . </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Nikki’s chest squeezed painfully. Her mom was not well and it had happened so fast, coming out of nowhere. The dreaded C word. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“Honestly, this is perfect. I got my degree and this will give me time to figure things out.” In other words, figure out what the hell she wanted to really do with her life. Get to work or go for her master’s? She wasn’t sure yet. “And I want to be here while Mom is going through everything.” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“I know.” His smile wobbled a little as he brushed a strand of blondish-brown hair out of her face. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“We could’ve hired someone else to step in while your mother—” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“No, you couldn’t have.” She laughed at the mere thought of that. “I know how weird the de Vincents are. I know how protective you two are of them. I know how to keep my mouth shut and not see what I’m not supposed to. And you two don’t have to worry about someone new </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #802627; font-family: Times; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">not </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">keeping their mouth shut and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #802627; font-family: Times; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">not </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">seeing what they’re not supposed to.” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Her dad arched a brow. “A lot of things have changed, honey.” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">She snorted as she took in the white marble countertops with gray veining. Mom had filled her in on some of those </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #802627; font-family: Times; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">changes </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">during one of her chemo treatments. After all, what else did they have to talk about while she was being pumped full of poison that would hopefully kill only the cancer cells building in her lung? </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Things in the de Vincent mansion that had changed. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">For starters, the patriarch of the family, one Lawrence de Vincent, had hung himself a few months back. An act that had shocked her because she figured that man would’ve outlived a nuclear bomb. And Lucian de Vincent apparently had a live-in girlfriend and they were about to move into their own place. That was even more insane, the idea of Lucian settling down. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The Lucian she remembered put the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #802627; font-family: Times; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">play </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">in player. He’d been an incorrigible flirt, leaving a string of broken hearts across the state of Louisiana and beyond. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">She hadn’t met his girlfriend yet since they were away on some kind of trip; the rich rarely seemed to have much of a schedule. She just hoped whoever his girlfriend was, she was nice and nothing like Devlin’s fiancé. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Nikki might not have been around the de Vincents in four years, but she remembered Sabrina Harrington and her brother Parker. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sabrina had just begun seeing Devlin the year before Nikki had left for college and that had been a year’s worth of snide comments and rather impressive disdainful looks. Nikki could deal with Sabrina though. If she was the same woman as she was before, she could be as mean as a cornered rattlesnake, but Nikki normally didn’t even register on her scale of people to pay attention to. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Parker though? </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Nikki suppressed a shudder, not wanting to worry her father who was watching her like a hawk. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Parker had often stared at her the way she’d wanted Gabe to look at her, especially when she had grown brave enough to move from a one-piece bathing suit to a two-piece. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">And Parker . . . he had done more than look. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">She drew in a deep breath. She wasn’t going to think about Parker. He wasn’t worth a single thought. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">What happened to Lawrence, and Lucian’s new romance weren’t the only things her mom had told her. She filled Nikki in on the whole sister reappearing and then disappearing again thing. Something that she knew the general public had no idea had even happened. She didn’t know the details around it, but Nikki knew that in typical de Vincent fashion, it had to the most drama-llama-est thing possible. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">And she also knew better than to ask questions about it.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Her father stepped back. “The boys are all out.”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #802627; font-family: Times; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Thank God and baby Jesus.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #802627; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“Devlin should be back this evening for dinner. He likes dinner to be ready at six. I believe Ms. Harrington will be joining him.”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Well, thanking God and baby Jesus lasted all of five seconds. She resisted the urge to roll her eyes and make a gagging sound. “Okay.”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“Gabriel is still in Baton Rouge, or at least, that’s the last I heard,” her father continued, ticking off the brothers’ schedules while she wondered what Gabe was doing in Baton Rouge. Not that she cared. She totally didn’t care whatsoever, but she wondered if it had anything to do with his woodworking business. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The man was talented with his hands.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #802627; font-family: Times; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Really </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">talented.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Her cheeks flushed as an unwanted memory of how his calloused palms felt pierced her straight through the chest. Nope. Not going there. Absolutely not.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">There were examples of Gabe’s skill all around the house—the furniture, chair rails, and trim, even in the kitchen. All of the woodwork was designed and created by Gabe. As a little girl, she’d been fascinated with the idea of picking up a piece of wood and turning it into something that was truly a work of art. That fascination had turned into quite the hobby for Nikki. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">It had started one long, fall afternoon when she was ten and she’d found Gabe outside, whittling away on a piece of wood. Out of boredom, she’d asked him to show her how he did it. Instead of shooing her off, Gabe had given her small scrapes of wood and showed her how to use a chisel. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">She’d gotten pretty good at it, but she hadn’t picked up a chisel in over four years. Nikki refocused on what her dad was telling her.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“We’re a little understaffed right now,” her dad continued. “So there’s a lot of dusting in your near future. Devlin is very much like his father.” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #802627; font-family: Times; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Great. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">That was not a compliment in her book.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“Is it the ghosts?” She half joked. “Scaring off the staff?”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Her father shot her a look, but she knew damn well that her parents believed this </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">house was haunted. Hell, they wouldn’t even come here at night unless it was a dire emergency. None of the staff would and everyone in town knew the legends about the land the de Vincent mansion sat on. And who hadn’t heard about the de Vincent curse more than a time or two? </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Being in this house as much as she had been in the past, she had seen some weird things and heard some stuff that couldn’t be explained. Plus she grew up within minutes of New Orleans. She was a believer, but unlike her friend Rosie, whom she met in college, she wasn’t obsessed with all things paranormal. Nikki operated on the whole if- you-don’t-acknowledge-ghosts-they-can’t-bother-you theory and so far it had worked so far wonderfully. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Then again, Nikki had only come here at night once in her life, and that had not turned out well at all. So maybe ignoring ghosts didn’t work, because she liked to think </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">she was possessed by one of ghosts that supposedly wandered the halls, and that was what provoked her to do what she’d done that night. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Nikki was well aware of how the house was run because she’d spent most of her summer vacations in the house watching her mom, so she got to work pretty quickly once her father left her. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">First thing first was tracking down what staff they did have at the house. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #802627; font-family: Times; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Understaffed her butt! </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The only staff they had left was her dad; the landscaper who was constantly mowing grass it seemed or re-mulching; the de Vincent driver; and Mrs. Kneely, an older woman who’d done the laundry services since Nikki was a little girl. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Beverly Kneely actually owed her own laundry business and only came to the house three times a week to take care of the linens and clothing. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">According to Bev, whom she found in the large mudroom at the back of the house, packing up clothing that needed to be dry-cleaned, over the last couple of months, nearly everyone had quit. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“So, let me get this straight.” Nikki smoothed back a few strands that had escaped the knot she’d pulled her hair up in. “The waiters are gone, as are the maids?” </span></div>
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Ivy Morgan hasn't been feeling like herself lately. Not like anyone can blame her. After all, being held captive by a psychotic fae prince hell-bent on permanently opening the gates to the Otherworld is bound to leave some mental scars.<br />
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It’s more than that, though. Something dark and insidious is spreading throughout Ivy, more powerful than she could ever imagine... and it’s coming between her and the man she’s fallen deeply in love with, elite Order member Ren Owens.<br />
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Ren would do anything to keep Ivy safe. Anything. But when he makes a life altering choice for her, the fallout of his act has far reaching consequences that threaten to tear their lives apart.<br />
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If Ivy is going to have any hope of surviving this, she must put aside the hurt and betrayal she feels, and work with not only those she loves, but with an enemy she would rather kill than ever trust. War is coming, and it soon becomes clear that what Ivy and Ren thought they knew about the Order, themselves, and even their enemies, has been nothing but a cluster of dangerous, deadly lies.<br />
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Ivy knows she must be more than just brave to save those she loves--and, ultimately, to save herself.<br />
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Because behind every evil fae Prince, there’s a Queen….<br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>This book series has done nothing but get better and better. Brave picks up right where Torn ends and we are thrown back into the world filled with dangerous fae and now <i>good fae</i>. But things aren't all rainbows and sunshine for Ivy as she realizes things are not as okay as they may have originally seemed.<br />
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One thing I really appreciated about this book is that Jennifer L. Armentrout didn't just sugar-coat everything or tie it all up with a nice pretty bow and have Ivy suddenly overcome and be okay with the events that took place in Torn. Instead we see a whole new side to our beloved firey redhead as she has to face her own demons and begin to heal herself. But for me that was one of the best parts of the entire novel the journey of self-discovery that Ivy goes on and the support and love she has from Ren and Tink is touching. We've always seen strong Ivy and kick-butt Ivy but in Brave we're exposed to a softer side of her and it made her character so much more dimensional and relatable.<br />
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I also fell more in love with my book boyfriend Ren. He may or may not be tied now with Mr. Daemon Black! And Tink! Oh sweet baby Tink. If I had to name a single favorite character from all of JLA's books I would hands down say Tink. He's cute, creepy, and he sure knows how to save the day. I will also never be able to look at troll dolls the same again.<br />
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We're introduced to some interesting new characters that make you question things we thought we previously knew. JLA did such an incredible job of not spoon-feeding all the new information and instead we learn and react to everything right along with Ivy which made the reading experience that much more enjoyable.<br />
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<i>"Ren Owens was...goodness, he was beautiful in a wild sort of way."</i><br />
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Ultimately Brave was an amazing conclusion to a series that sweeps you into the world of fae and magic and that spooky yet beautiful New Orleans setting. I cannot recommend these books enough if you're looking for something that's hilarious, swoon-worthy, and kick-butt the Wicked trilogy is for you!<br />
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