Title: TIMELESS
Series: Maiden of Time, #3
Author: Crystal Collier
Pages: 253
Publication: November 1, 2016
Publisher: Raybourne Publishing
ISBN: 9781629830056
TIME IS THE ENEMY.
In 1771, Alexia had everything: the man of her dreams, reconciliation with her father, even a child on the way. But she was never meant to stay. It broke her heart, but Alexia heeded destiny and traveled five hundred years back to stop the Soulless from becoming.
In the thirteenth century, the Holy Roman Church has ordered the Knights Templar to exterminate the Passionate, her bloodline. As Alexia fights this new threat—along with an unfathomable evil and her own heart—the Soulless genesis nears. But none of her hard-won battles may matter if she dies in childbirth before completing her mission.
Can Alexia escape her own clock?
“A magical, fast-paced, romantic adventure…” --T. Drecker, Bookworm for Kids
“A story of love...true and forbidden love. There's mystery…tension, action...everything.” –Chrys Fey, author of Ghost of Death
"SWOON." --Sherlyn, Mermaid with a Book Reviewer
Series: Maiden of Time, #3
Author: Crystal Collier
Pages: 253
Publication: November 1, 2016
Publisher: Raybourne Publishing
ISBN: 9781629830056
TIME IS THE ENEMY.
In 1771, Alexia had everything: the man of her dreams, reconciliation with her father, even a child on the way. But she was never meant to stay. It broke her heart, but Alexia heeded destiny and traveled five hundred years back to stop the Soulless from becoming.
In the thirteenth century, the Holy Roman Church has ordered the Knights Templar to exterminate the Passionate, her bloodline. As Alexia fights this new threat—along with an unfathomable evil and her own heart—the Soulless genesis nears. But none of her hard-won battles may matter if she dies in childbirth before completing her mission.
Can Alexia escape her own clock?
What reviewers are saying:
“A magical, fast-paced, romantic adventure…” --T. Drecker, Bookworm for Kids
“A story of love...true and forbidden love. There's mystery…tension, action...everything.” –Chrys Fey, author of Ghost of Death
"SWOON." --Sherlyn, Mermaid with a Book Reviewer
Fires had been lit for the funeral
rites at the peak right outside the village. People trudged silently forward.
The second death in three days… It was enough to make Alexia nervous.
Men and women had begun talking,
examining the manner of the deaths and turning wary looks on one another.
Thankfully none of them knew the part her dagger had played in Ravia’s death,
but many watched her friends suspiciously. She’d even heard one or two low
mumbles about a Soul Eater.
A shriek broke the quiet. Alexia
shoved through the crowd, catching Mae’s eye as they both hurried.
The crowd parted and Alexia stopped
dead in her tracks.
The funeral pyre roared heartily,
like a great mocking mouth. Posts stood to either side of the flames, erected
in case of rain and the need for a canopy.
Now they were bloody totems.
A body dangled from each of the
pikes: Perrin and Murial—the two who had been sent to prepare the funeral site.
Their heads twisted the wrong direction like mangled marionettes.
Cold hung in the air, the winds
stilled, despair clamping Alexia’s windpipe shut.
Her fists trembled. Why? Who was
doing this? How could they—?
Her breath caught.
Between the two drooping bodies hung
a great inky haze, the blackness that had haunted their village. It swelled
outward, an enveloping cloud of anguish.
She glared at it, teeth grinding.
In the murk, crimson eyes flashed.
Ice sliced through Alexia.
This was no longer a game of scaring
people. This was the beginning of the Soulless.
Crystal Collier is an eclectic author who pens clean fantasy/sci-fi, historical, and romance stories with the occasional touch of humor, horror, or inspiration. She practices her brother-induced ninja skills while teaching children or madly typing about fantastic and impossible creatures. She has lived from coast to coast and now calls Florida home with her creative husband, four littles, and “friend” (a.k.a. the zombie locked in her closet). Secretly, she dreams of world domination and a bottomless supply of cheese.
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Thank you so much for having my book over today. And me. And the cheese. Celtic promise cheese for you!
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure Crystal!
ReplyDeleteIsn't the cover just awesome! So excited to see Crystal and her book here today. Yeah! Wishing her all the best. :)
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It is a cool cover for sure! Thanks for stopping by!
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