My Rise of the Magi book tour has finally come to a close. I had so much fun visiting the blogs of generous people willing to put up with me for a day or two.
Before I get to the lucky winner of my prize, a signed set of paperbacks, I’d like to thank those who helped me spread the Lila-love around.
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It’s finally here! Rise of the Magi, the final installment of Lila’s story, is now on virtual shelves everywhere. I hope you love it as much as I do.
Today kicks off my month-long blog tour. To see all of the amazing folks who are participating, please click my tour button above.
First, Lila faced the Glass Man, the egocentric king of the fae who had been hunting her since she was thirteen.
Second, Lila dealt with the Shadowborn and the near-loss of Liam.
Now she’s about to discover her entire purpose, why she lived the horrors she did, like losing her entire family and what the prophecy about her is really about.
Here’s the deets on the book, and at the bottom, check out the giveaway.
Back of the Book
In a battle of wills, who is strongest? The one who hates or the one who loves?
In a test of faith, who will fight the hardest? The one who has everything to lose or the one who believes only in herself?
For Lila Gray, the answer is both. For the Magi, the questions are pointless since they can’t lose, and they’ve been waiting since before Lila’s birth for this one moment. Lila only needs to find them to understand her entire purpose in life. This time, though, instead of protecting her people, Lila may be leading them all, including her unborn child and the man she loves, to their deaths — and not by accident.
In the ultimate trial of heart and soul, and the conclusion to the Lila Gray series, Lila will learn that the greatest weapon of war is herself, with one ultimate unknown. For which side will she fight?
Series: Lila Gray, book #3
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Publisher: J. Taylor Publishing
Keywords: fae, faeries, elves, selkies, fantasy, urban fantasy, romance, romantic, dryads, paranormal.
GIVEAWAY – INTERNATIONAL
What can you win? Only the entire set of Lila Gray paperbacks. Signed. Neat, right?
What do you have to do? Simply click on the rafflecopter link below and follow the instructions on the page.
Thanks for stopping by to help me celebrate this epic day where Lila and Liam’s story is finally all told. Here are some links if you would like to pick up a copy.
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Only three more months before the conclusion of Lila and Liam’s story. You’ll learn more about those around her. Parthalan, Nix, Andrew, Brigh, Neve and Cas. Even Gallagher’s past will be revealed in this one as Lila struggles for answers to her Magi problem among other things.
Very soon, you’ll know how it all ends. I hope you love it as much as I do.
While you wait for June to roll around, here’s a little teaser for you this fine winter morning.
Enjoy!
*wiggles* I get to share my first taste of Lila Gray’s final installment, Rise of the Magi. Yes! In only four and a half months or so, you’ll all know how her story ends.
I already miss Lila. She was the easiest of all my characters to write because, essentially (without the fae powers of course and a few other aspects I made up) she is me. My voice, my aversion to touchy-feely hug everything in sight, suffer in silence type. She will always be my first, and I’ll never forget her. Yeah, yeah, I know she’s fiction!
It’s possible I’ll revisit her world again some day but for now at least this will be your last chance to escape with Lila, Liam, Brigh, Cas and the rest of the gang.
I’ll leave you today with this tease.
I choked on the black fear unfurling in my soul, brought on by what would come, what always assaulted me the moment I slipped into unconsciousness. It was stupid to think I could run from it for a third night, but shreds of hope were all that had kept me sane. Primal, cold and so dark it blotted out my Light.
Sleep, more terrifying than anything I’d faced yet, claimed me again.
Standing on the balcony of the new fae castle, I gazed over winding rows of ancient shifter houses, each quiet and seemingly content in slumber, in a night that wasn’t dark. Dark and light all at once—a perfect balance, as if the world hadn’t yet decided which side would win, until the red clouds rolled and curled across the sky like blood spilled into water. Flames, intelligent and ravenous, spread from the east, ready to consume everything and everyone until nothing but ash remained. Heat licked at my skin, growing hotter. Knowing it was only a dream didn’t keep sweat from pearling along my face and neck or the blue streak of profanity from escaping to color the air. Heart thundering, I gripped the railing while I stared at the coming storm, brain frozen with the puzzle I hadn’t yet solved.
What are you trying to tell me? What am I missing?
From below, shrieks invaded my ears, thundering across the land until they rose into a deafening clatter of sound. The houses came alive with light, moaning as fae spilled into the cobblestone streets and stared skyward before scattering, each filled with agony and despair deep enough there would be no escape from it. Dying. They were dying. My own scream built in my throat, to tell them I would fix it somehow, that I would save them, but it couldn’t find an escape. Nor would my body obey my commands to move, to help them. To do something. Anything.
The scene changed as it always did. I stared down from far above, my limbs turned to torches of white fire. A globe of light around me cast a white wash over the city, over the fae who still ran in every direction.
From me.
I am the storm.
Wings pounding against the wind reached me a moment before a giant snowy owl arrived to hover before me, those golden eyes shining with rage and fear, both inducing immense relief that Liam had come and blinding horror with some distant knowledge that he should have run, too.
My scream pierced the silence as a wail let loose from his beak.
No. No!
“Wake up, Lila. Please, wake up!”
Warmth on my arm jerked me awake.
Damn near hyperventilating, I scrambled out of bed and landed on my hands and knees on the hardwood without a stitch of clothing on, unsure if the room spun or if I was just dizzy. When Liam approached, his eyes haunted and glassy, a chilled realization hit me and stalled my breath until my lungs ached with need. What if the storm hadn’t been a dream?
The year is winding down. What a whirlwind, eventful, exciting year for me on the writing front. Book 2 of my Lila Gray trilogy released … what was it, three months ago already? In a short six month time, book 3 will be out.
It seems inconceivable to me that it’s already time to share all of my Rise of the Magi goodies with you, but the day has finally arrived.
Check out my pretties!
Aren’t the colors pretty?
Aren’t they awesome? I’m so excited for the Lila Gray fans out there to read this one. Sad, too, that my time with Lila is almost over, but happy with how it all turns out. I hope you are, too.
In a battle of wills, who is strongest? The one who hates or the one who loves?
In a test of faith, who will fight the hardest? The one who has everything to lose or the one who believes only in herself?
For Lila Gray, the answer is both.For the Magi, the questions are pointless since they can’t lose, and they’ve been waiting since before Lila’s birth for this one moment. Lila only needs to find them to understand her entire purpose in life. This time, though, instead of protecting her people, Lila may be leading them all, including her unborn child and the man she loves, to their deaths — and not by accident.
In the ultimate trial of heart and soul, and the conclusion to the Lila Gray series, Lila will learn that the greatest weapon of war is herself, with one ultimate unknown. For which side will she fight?
So, what do you think? I hope you check it out and love it as much as I do.
URL: http://www.jtaylorpublishing.com/books/28
Other Books in this series include:
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