Hey everyone! I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the blog tour for POWER OF FIVE by Alex Lidell! I freaking loved this fantasy reverse harem book and can't wait for book 2!!!!
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Four elite fae warriors. One mortal female. A magical bond they can’t allow—or resist.
Orphaned and sold to a harsh master, Lera’s life is about mucking stalls, avoiding her master’s advances, and steering clear of the mystical forest separating the mortal and fae worlds. Only fools venture into the immortal realms, and only dark rumors come out... Until four powerful fae warriors appear at Lera’s barn.
River, Coal, Tye, and Shade have waited a decade for their new fifth to be chosen, the wounds from their quint brother’s loss still raw. But the magic has played a cruel trick, bonding the four immortal warriors to... a female. A mortal female.
Distractingly beautiful and dangerously frail, Lera can only be one thing—a mistake. Yet as the males bring Lera back to the fae lands to sever the bond, they discover that she holds more power over their souls than is safe for anyone... especially for Lera herself.
Power of Five is a full-length reverse-harem fantasy novel.
Now on to the excerpt!
“Is this why you tried to stop my hunt?” Zake snarls into my face. “You
wanted to intercept the immortal before he reached me?” His meaty hand turns me
around, pressing my head against the barn’s side as the belt uncoils behind me.
“What did you offer him, wench? Your maidenhead? Tell me the truth now, girl—it will only hurt
more if you lie.”
“I’m not lying,” I say, my body already bracing for the coming blows.
“Zake—” I clamp my mouth shut as the belt whistles through the air. There is
no stopping this now, and little reason to waste breath that I’ll need shortly.
A furious growl rips through the air. Just when my back is supposed to
explode in flame, a dark shape hurtles out of nowhere. Before I can blink, Zake
is in the dirt, a large wolf prowling over him. The wolf’s lips pull back,
revealing wet canines that glitter in the sun, its thick gray pelt and black
muzzle bringing me straight back to last night’s dream.
I gasp, stepping away—and knock right into a wall of muscle and
maleness. Tye, the smiling red-haired fae male, is no longer amused. The green-eyed
stare he gives Zake is filled with the promise of violence. Not that there will
be much of Zake left if the wolf has his way.
“What’s going on back here?” says a quiet voice. A new fae male strides
out of the stable, this one dressed in warrior black and sporting a glare that
says he’s one breath away from razing the whole estate to the ground. If Tye is
an overgrown adolescent, the newcomer is a deadly killer, with long blond hair
tied up in a bun, a chiseled jaw, and piercing blue eyes that seem to strip me
and find me wanting in one glance. The wicked-looking blades strapped to his
waist and back complete the effect.
“Just a wee misunderstanding,” says Tye. “I have it handled.”
The warrior snorts. “That’d be a first.”
Tye sighs in a long-suffering way. “Lera, this is Coal. Try to ignore
him the best you can.”
Coal crosses his arms, his eyes finishing their examination of the
soon-to-be-dead Zake and the salivating wolf before coming to a stop on my
face.
As with Tye, a ripple of recognition races through me, though I’m
certain I’ve never seen this male before. My instincts scream at me to run,
even as the male’s eyes draw me toward him, the corded muscles of his forearms
and shoulders making my breath quicken.
“Time to go,
lass,” Tye murmurs into the back of my neck. A command. An invitation. A
challenge.
Murderous fae.
Mystwood. Broken bones.
My heart pounds, even as my body feels the rightness of Tye’s words and
aches to accept them. I swallow, feeling as though the male has claimed me
already. And not just him. Five, my soul seems to whisper.
Five what?
Five. There should
be five. Has to be five.
About Alex:
Alex Lidell is the Amazon Breakout Novel
Awards finalist author of THE CADET OF TILDOR (Penguin, 2013). She is an avid
horseback rider, a (bad) hockey player, and an ice-cream addict. Born in
Russia, Alex learned English in elementary school, where a thoughtful librarian
placed a copy of Tamora Pierce’s ALANNA in Alex’s hands. In addition to
becoming the first English book Alex read for fun, ALANNA started Alex’s life
long love for YA fantasy books. Alex is represented by Leigh Feldman of Leigh
Feldman Literary. She lives in Washington, DC.
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Giveaway Details:
1 winner will win a $25 Amazon Gift
Card, INTERNATIONAL.
Tour Schedule:
Week One:
5/7/2018- Bri's Book Nook- Review
5/8/2018- BookHounds- Excerpt
5/10/2018- Pervy Ladies Books- Review
Week Two:
5/15/2018- Smada's Book Smack- Review
5/17/2018- BroadwayWorld- Excerpt
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