Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Immortals by Ednah Walters





Book Title:  Immortals
Series:  Runes
Author:  Ednah Walters
Release Date:  August 5th 2013
Genre:  YA Paranormal Romance
Length:  342 Pages
Publisher:  Firetrail Publishing


Nothing can stop Raine Cooper when she wants something…
Raine finally knows that her gorgeous neighbor, Torin St. James, is a legend straight out of Norse mythology, and that her feelings for him are strong. Torin is crazy about Raine too, breaking the one rule he lives by: Never fall for a mortal. The problem is he no longer remembers her, his memories erased by Norns—Norse destiny deities—to punish her for defying them.

She will make Torin forget his one rule a second time and fall in love with her all over again.
But she quickly learns that well-laid plans do not work when dealing with deities and supernatural beings. Desperate, Raine makes choices that could not only tear her and Torin further apart, but lead to the destruction of everything and everyone she loves.



EXCERPT

That was a stupid explanation. Everyone in our cul-de-sac was either old or married. Maybe I could save face with a lie and move on to plan B—make him fall in love with me again. The problem was I had no idea what I’d done to make him fall for me in the first place. I was an average girl, while he was super hot.
Silence hung heavily between us as we crossed Riverside Boulevard, the street running in front of our school. I glanced at him from the corner of my eyes and caught him studying me. I wasn’t sure what I saw in his eyes. Pity? I hated to be pitied.
“Actually, I thought you were someone else,” the lie rolled off my tongue with such ease I wondered why I hadn’t started with it.
Torin stopped walking, forcing me to stop, too. His brow shot up. “You mistook me for someone else?”
The outrage in his voice made me grin. “Yep, my ex.”
“Your ex-boyfriend looks like me?” Torin was no longer smiling.
 “No, you look like him. Black hair, blue eyes, even the bike. You could be his doppelganger.”
“Doppelganger?” He said it like I’d just called him a troll. His eyes narrowed, and then that sexy grin I loved curled his sculptured lips. “Nice try. No one looks like me, Raine. The world couldn’t handle two of me.”
His arrogance was rearing its ugly head, but I didn’t care. He’d called me by my nickname. Soon, he’d remember he always called me Freckles, a special nickname he’d coined because of the freckles on my nose.
“What’s his name?” he asked.
“What’s whose name?”
“Your ex-boyfriend.”
“Blue Eyes,” I said and grinned. I had called him Blue Eyes when we first met. Surely, he’d remember.
Torin snickered. “What kind of a stupid name is that?”
“Hey, no disrespecting the nickname. He had dazzling eyes.” Torin frowned while I warmed up to the subject. Maybe I could make him jealous. “They were like blue sapphire. He had gorgeous hair, too—darker than yours, and his smile…” I fanned myself. “Sexiest evah. You know what the best part was?”
“Not interested,” he grumbled.
Was that annoyance in his voice? “He was completely crazy about me.”
“What happened?” he asked, his voice hard to describe.




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39 comments:

  1. Love the word doppleganger! Very intriguing exerpt! I love teen issues!

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  2. This was a really good excerpt, makes me want to read it now!

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  3. Looks like a book worth adding to the, umm, ever increasing list of books to read.

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    1. LOL. Yeah, that TBR pile never gets any smaller.

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  4. Hey, thanks for the snippet. I've been curious about Ednah's writing style. Cool stuff.

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  5. Great excerpt. I need to go back and read the first one. :)

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  6. It looks like a good one. Perfect excerpt to entice me, but I can't just can't add another book to my list... OH why not!

    :-)

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  7. Ha! What a plot twist. He fell in love once, she can make him do it again! I should check out this series. Thanks Kelly.

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  8. Always glad when an author has the courage to pen a sequel!

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  9. great scene. I need to read Runes now!

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  10. Excellent excerpt. I like how Raine tries to include hints to make him remember him. Curious to find out what happens!
    ~Jess

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  11. Kelly, thanks for participating in the tour. I know how busy you are.

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    1. Any time, Ednah. You know I'm a huge fan of your books. :)

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  12. If anyone figures out how to add more hours to the day so we can read all these fascinating sounding books, please share with me. Thank you.

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  13. Thanks for this great giveaway!

    Nas

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  14. I like the excerpt... and the cover has a sultry kind of feel to it.

    The woman seems strangely familiar...

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    1. Yes, I can't place it, but I could swear I've seen her before...

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    2. That happens to me and then it bugs me until I figure it out. LOL

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  15. Thanks for sharing such an intriguing excerpt & looking forward to the giveaway! My nieces would love this book, thanks Kelly!

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  16. Neato. Books about immortals are always rather cool. Lovely review, Kelly. :)

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  17. This sounds very interesting with the erased memory and falling in love again.

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  18. Noo ... deities and supernatural beings never like well-laid plans unless they are their own. Storyline sounds great. Have a blast with the giveaway & release!

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  19. What a fun contest and an intriguing storyline! I'm a fan of the supernatural.

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