Promise

PROMISE by Kristie Cook

Alexis Ames has a life full of promise…
but not all promises can be kept.

When Alexis Ames is attacked by creatures that can’t be real, she decides it’s time she learns who she really is, with or without the help of her mother, who guards their family’s secrets closely. After meeting the inhumanly attractive, multi-talented Tristan Knight, however, Alexis retreats behind her façade of normalcy…until she discovers he’s not exactly normal either. Then their secrets begin to unravel.

Their union brings hope and promise to her family’s secret society, the Angels’ army, and to the future of mankind. But it also incites a dangerous pursuit by the enemy – Satan’s minions and Tristan’s creators. After all, Alexis and Tristan are a match made in Heaven and in Hell.

1st Place - 2010 Royal Palm Literary Award - Fantasy (Published) by Florida Writers Association

"An exciting and fascinating fantasy of demons and angels, highly recommended" - Midwest Book Review

"Promise is a book bursting at the seams - with an ending that'll leave you wanting more." - L. Reeves, A Life Bound by Books

"...completely blown away by the writing, story line, and characters..." - Jessica, Total Bookaholic

"...definitely worth the time to pick up and enjoy..." - BittenByBooks.com

"It had me up late at night to 'just read another chapter'" - Author Jessica Bell

"I would recommend this to anyone who has read Christine Feehan's Carpathian novels." - P.A. Fleming

Kristie Cook

Like Alexis, my main character in the Soul Savers Series, I was the perennial new kid. With my dad being in the Air Force, my mom said to have Gypsy blood and split custody between the two, I moved around. A lot. In the middle of third grade, I moved in with my mom just outside Washington, DC. The school district, Montgomery County, was—and still is—one of the best in the country. At 8 years old, I went from being top-in-class to the meh student. But then we were assigned to write a short story. I wrote about gnomes and I was the only kid in the entire class to get an A on the assignment. That’s when I fell in love with writing. And in love with the fantasy genre.

 

Ever since, when published books didn’t provide an effective escape, I wrote my own stories. At least, their beginnings. I rarely finished one, not understanding then how to plot or develop characters. I started college for an English degree, but then became practical and decided I wasn’t meant to write fiction. I just didn’t have a novel in me, I told myself. I’m meant to use my talent for business. I finished my degree in marketing. My jobs always consisted of writing, primarily marketing communications, although I did a stint as a newspaper editor. It was just as well – as the mother of three boys active in every sport, I just didn’t have any free time to indulge in fiction.

But then something changed. My oldest got his driver’s license, taking over some of my Mom’s Taxi duties. All three kids settled into a favorite activity, significantly reducing the chaos of practices and games. I actually found myself with free time. I devoured all the hot paranormal fantasies and they sparked my desire to start writing fiction again. Still not believing I had a whole novel in me, I just planned to dabble, have some fun just for myself. But wham! As soon as I made the decision to start writing for fun, Alexis’s story hit me. Hard. I haven’t been the same since.

 

The first two stories in the Soul Savers Series, Promise and Purpose, are now available and the third, Devotion, comes out February 2012. A side story, Genesis, releases October 2011. There are many more to come. Once I realized I could write a full novel, the flow of ideas has been relentless. Writing and publishing have become my passion and my purpose. I am meant to do this. I hope to help other writers realize their dreams and live their purposes, too.

 

I love hearing from and connecting with fans, readers and other writers. Find me here:

 

Email: kristie@kristiecook.com

 

Anasazi

ANASAZI by Emma Michaels

Sequel to The Thirteenth Chime
'A Sense of Truth' novel

One year ago, something happened to David. Following the only clue he had he headed out into the desert. Now he has asked me to come see him. But when I arrived, he was gone. The people in town claim they have never heard of him and everyone wants me to leave.

But I know he was here and he is in trouble.

He can't survive out there for long.

Can he?

David. I will find you.

The Thirteenth Chime

So now that you have gotten to know a bit more about me, here is a bit about my first novel and debut from 2010! A post about the sequel will be up later today!

The Thirteenth Chime by Emma Michaels

'A Sense of Truth' novel

No one knew of its existence until it was removed from the attic upstairs.

In a beautiful house that overlooks the sea, an antique clock has the power to change the course of their lives.

The power the clock resonates will not only force Destiny and ex-boyfriend David on a journey into the depths of one man's mind long dead, but into the mind of a man filled with hatred and bent on revenge.

With the only clues to the nature of the clock having disappeared into the sea, Destiny and David must retrace the steps the man had taken into the darkness, before they fall prey to the trap he had set in motion over half a century ago. 

Hatred never dies.

Emma Michaels

Hello everyone and welcome to The Writer's Voice. 

My name is Emma Michaels (I know, totally obvious above but hey I've got to start this out somewhere. : p ) and I am the author of Young Adult novels The Thirteenth Chime and Anasazi.
(Posts on TTC and Ansazi coming later today!)

 

I started book blogging in 2009 and was first published in 2010. I started The Writers Voice in 2011 as a way to help readers get to know authors on multiple levels when I realized that the more I know about an author, the more their work means to me. Naturally, I wanted to get to know more authors, especially some of my favorites, so I invited them to be a part of the team. As the team came together it turned out to be about more than I had hoped; it also started to be about each individual author's voice. We are all so different but we all share so many of the same goals and passions that bring us together, so why not team up to help spread all of the wonderful things that writing, reading and loving literature means to each of us. 

I could give a full back-story of my life but it isn't a very happy story or one that most people would believe so I will concentrate more on who I am now. My life changed for me when I moved to Washington at 17 to be with the man I love and who was the first man to ask me what I had secretly wanted to be "when I grow up". I told him an author but "I knew it was a pipe dream". He told me that there are no such thing as good or bad dreams, just dreams a person chooses to follow or not and taught me that sometimes reaching for the impossible can make a world of difference in your live and now I am here. Published, reaching for the stars and never giving up on the things I believe in.

People say that Washington weather is terrible because it is always raining or snowing. I LOVE both so it is a perfect fit. My friends tend to call me monkey, monkey girl, monkey princess or MEMMA because of the legend of the monkey king. *shifty eyes* Apparently I have a habit of reaching for the impossible and being incredibly stubborn about getting it and making it completely possible now. You will almost never find me without a notebook (with blank pages so I can both write and draw) and if I make my fortune in books one day I will probably need to buy stock in green tea. Green tea is my version of coffee, only it is healthier so I can get away with drinking more of it.

If having your head stuck in the clouds were against the law I would be living out a life sentence. I am always dreaming of new story outlines, plot twists and amazing adventures and thankfully am very good at multi-tasking. I love Doctor Who, reading about female knights even if I don't write about them (what can I say, I like rule breakers) and am in love to social networking. If you want to find out more you will just have to follow the blog and see!

I love getting to hear from fans, readers, bloggers and just about anyone so feel free to contact me:

Emma@EmmaMichaels.com