Reverence by Maria Macdonald

Title: Reverence - The Evolution of Emery

Series: The Gifted Series

Author: Maria Macdonald

Genre: YA Fantasy (told in 1st person)

Release Date: April 30, 2019

Emery knows who she is now, and what she has to do.

She must beat the darkness, right?

But what if the darkness is actually her light. 

Just as life begins to make sense again the world around her changes once more, making her question everything.

Emery’s beginning to realize she’s only scratched the surface, and the dig down will require more strength than she ever imagined.

The danger—she may uncover something she’s not prepared for.

Sometimes you have to sacrifice to win.

I must fight to save her—Kade

I have to survive so I can save him—Emery

There’s a stillness in the air like all the moisture has been sucked out of it. I know, without a doubt, that the tranquility is a ruse. Something is coming—but it’s not here yet.

Ignoring the sick feeling in the pit of my stomach, I keep walking. The sun is low in the sky, and I wonder how long I have until the night comes. I’ve pushed through every physical barrier my body and mind has built up today. Not stopping for more than ten minutes at any time, I’m beginning to feel the weight of my decisions.

My world is crumbling around me. Soon the stars will start falling, and the earth will blister as it cracks open. I can feel it, feel the power within me building, threatening to overthrow sense and madness as if it’s all the same.

With every minute that passes, another piece of his heart breaks from mine. I don’t know how or if it’s even possible, but somehow, whatever entwines us, is unraveling. He’s becoming less like my Pith with each moment. I feel the truth and wear it like a second skin. Even though he’s not with me now, my head and my heart don’t recognize Kade as mine anymore, and I’m scared. Terrified actually. I’ve been avoiding the one thought that will destroy me if it becomes a reality. If we’re somehow turned, pulled apart, and our souls fractured, will that mean we can hurt each other? Kill each other? Will he still care if he hurts me?

Maria is a full time working Mum, she has two beautiful daughters, both of whom love books as much as she does. 

Maria has loved to write since she was a little girl. 

Reading and loving books, as well as blogging, has inspired her to write and publish.

Maria, her husband and children now reside in Wiltshire, England. 

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Learning Curve by Andi Jaxon

Title: Learning Curve

Author: Andi Jaxon

Genre: M/M Romance

Release Date: April 18, 2019

Alister Bennet

Loyal, reliable... predictable even, I’ve always done what's expected of me. Stay out of trouble, get my teaching degree and build a respectable career as a college professor. The job comes with a long list of rules and at the top of that list is no fraternizing with students. Following the rules seemed easy enough, until a dark, tortured boy sat outside my office waiting for me. His voice told me it was his grade he was worried about, but the deep onyx pools of his eyes told me more as they shook the solid ground I’d always stood on. 

Am I willing to risk my career, my carefully built reputation, to help one so filled with pain I can taste it?

Benjamin Wallace

Rejected, abused, and abandoned my entire life, all I’ve ever wanted was to be accepted, loved even. I thought going to college on a scholarship would be my ticket out of hell, but nothing good ever comes without a price. As graduation nears I find myself drawn to the mysterious professor like a moth to a flame. Just one meeting with the man that has been staring in my dreams has my soul screaming for him to hold me, comfort me. A relationship isn't just frowned upon, it's forbidden, but the heart doesn't always know the difference. 

Can I trust my mangled heart in his perfect life when my past repeats itself or will he destroy what is left of me? 

*Author's note: This is an MM teacher-student romance with themes including abuse and kidnapping. This story ends with a HEA.*

Laundry Librarian - “Have you ever been touched by a story so deeply, the feelings it draws out of you linger for weeks, months or even years after finishing it? Learning Curve was that kind of book for me.”

The Little Bookworm - “I love a great forbidden romance and Learning Curve is definitely now on the top of that list for me.”

A Book Lover’s Emporium Book Blog - “Forbidden? Teacher/student? M/M? Oh HELL YEAH! This book has all my favourite things!”

From Dyslexic kid with a love of Algebra to a published author, no one is more surprised to find me here, than I am. I love to write about tortured pasts and hot sex, a happily ever after that has to be worked for. My stories tend to be a little dark but with some comic relief, typically in the form of sarcasm.

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