As one of the top Assistant US Attorneys in the country, Savannah Walker is smart, ambitious, and she doesn't back down from a challenge, unless it comes in the form of Noah Johnson. Savannah's been in love with her best friend's brother longer than she cares to admit, but risking their friendship isn't on her to-do list. When building a case against a drug trafficker, she's assigned to a DEA task force led by the one man she can't shake. She has no idea if this case will bring them together or tear them apart.
DEA, Noah Johnson, risks his life every day. With a world filled with blood and bullets, he's unwilling to chance Savannah's life. Keeping her at bay for years, Noah has forced himself to never cross that line, but lately, he can't get her out of his head. When an investigation into a drug trafficker reveals a mole in Savannah's office, Noah will do whatever it takes to keep her safe.
When danger lurks around every corner and passions are riding high, not even Savannah or Noah know if they're ready for admission.
When Allison Evans walks out of high school the last day of her senior year, she has no idea that her carefully guarded life is about to unravel. Ethan Knight is on the run. Accused of dealing drugs and armed with nothing but a bad reputation and his motorcycle, he takes refuge for the weekend inside the old high school. Thinking no one will find him and no one does. Until Allison. Panicked and left with no other choice, Ethan takes her captive. It should be a nightmare, but together, both of their lives take an unexpected turn. It's time for them both to stop running from their problems.
About the Author A.M. Bostwick writes Middle Grade and Young Adult novels. Her debut middle grade novel, The Great Cat Nap, earned the 2014 Tofte/Wright Children's Literature Award from the Council for Wisconsin Writers. An early draft of her young adult novel, "Break the Spell," was a finalist in the 2013 Wisconsin Romance Writers of America Fab 5 Contest. She took third place in the 2014 Rochester Writers' Summer Writing Contest for her flash fiction piece, "Paint the Stars." She holds degrees in both art and earth science. Her young adult novel, "Break the Spell," is forthcoming in September 2015 from Fiery Seas Publishing. A.M. Bostwick lives in northern Wisconsin with her husband, dog and thrill-seeking cat.
Petyr has never found it necessary to consider the humans as
anything more than distant, inferior beings–until now. They are the cause of
the fatal disease that has plagued his realm, taking the lives of too many of
his kind. As a future leader of a realm in peril, Petyr must find a way to
resist and cure the affliction. He must enter the unfamiliar realm, appear to
be an ordinary eighteen-year-old human, observe and learn.
However,
things don’t exactly go according to plan. Instead of embarking single-mindedly
on his sober mission, Petyr meets an 18-year-old girl who does things to his
emotions that he can’t quite fathom or control. Petyr is falling in love, and
he almost forgets the gravity his choices have on his entire world. Despite the
risk it poses to his life and hers, he wants to know her, and he wants her to
know him–and his world.
I defied my fate the
moment I leapt out of my apartment’s third-story window. I landed on the
pavement without a sound. In the same instant, my feet blended into the
measured pace in which humans carried themselves.
Gazing up at the sky,
I tried to find something to remind me of my home, of my duty. The future
leader of a realm in peril cannot be overcome by irrational desires, I thought.
Thick smoke obscured
the heavens so much even the brightest stars were dull and barely visible. A
reminder I was trapped in this city, in this realm. Too far away from everything
I knew, too restrained, too human.
Through the chaos in
my mind, I captured the image of the girl with brown and dark-auburn tones in
her hair, the shine that bounced from her loose curls, the depth in her hazel
eyes, and even the awkward half-smile when she caught me looking at her. But
the memory wasn’t enough. I needed to see her again.
I kept walking until I
reached the riverbank in the heart of London. The water rippled with a
disheveled mesh of gold and red, reflecting a large architectural structure. My
gaze lingered on the clock tower adjacent to the building, gauging its height.
A temptation to feel even a fraction of my true nature became a need in every
fiber in my body. No longer able to rationalize, my muscles coiled, and I let
go. Wind enveloped me with its familiar warmth as I sprang across the River
Thames. I aimed to land on the lower portion of the tower, to indulge in the
pleasure of my ascent. Though too fast for human eyes, each maneuver, each
somersault, each back flip was slow enough for me to savor every moment of my
liberation.
On a part of the roof
concealed from the passersby below, I was closer to the heavens than I’d been
since arriving in the city. Still, I didn’t belong here. Hundreds of lights
sparkled below me, each representing a life I didn’t comprehend. Allowing
myself to break free from my human façade had made me a liability to the
others. For a few moments of freedom, I let myself forget the importance of my
purpose here—the lives that depended on it.
Somehow, having the
girl’s image in my mind brought calmness within me. One that felt permanent.
One that extinguished the sense of entrapment, despite the thick layer of smoke
that was still very visible to me. I held on to the calmness as I regained the
confidence to face the others.
The first three chapters of Heartbound can be read online at: Amazon.
BOOK TRAILER:
‘Unmoving’ Spoken Word Poem:
AUTHOR BIO:
P.I. Alltraine is an award winning poet and author. She has won
several international poetry competitions, and her poems have been published in
separate anthologies.
She teaches English Language and Literature in London. She
earned her degree in BA English from Queen Mary University of London, a Post
Graduate Certificate in Education and Master’s in Teaching at the UCL Institute
of Education, University of London.
Before moving to London, she lived in the Philippines where she
was ensconced in the rich culture encrusted with dark myths and enchanted
tales. She draws inspiration from these in her writing. Although she has lived
indifferent places and experienced different cultures, she always enjoyed the
constancy of writing in her life. Her favourite authors include John Milton,
Virginia Woolf and James Joyce.
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