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.
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“Hello, Shade,” I say to the giant
predator prancing toward me, his tale high up in the air. Now that he isn’t
snarling over Zake’s form, he looks more like a gray plush toy than a deadly
killer of Mystwood. I’ve no notion as to whether he understands human speech,
but I might as well be polite. “Would you mind closing the door?”
Shade cocks his head, flicks his
right ear, and proceeds to sniff the base of the tub, then the room itself, and
finally leaps smoothly onto my bed to curl up into a large ball of deadly
fluff.
Grabbing the towel that the servants
left for me, a thick woven terrycloth with just the right amount of softness, I
wrap it around myself as I step out of the tub. My thick hair drips in darkened
brown waves down my shoulders as I pad to the door and push it closed again. My
back now to the wall, I assess the situation. Namely, the presence of a large
sleeping wolf in the middle of the mattress that I’d fully intended on
occupying.
“I’ll share the bed,” I tell Shade,
“but you are not evicting me to sleep in a chair.”
Shade’s ear flickers but his eyes
remain closed and his considerable bulk shows no signs of relocating.
Body still wrapped in a towel, I
climb onto an unoccupied part of the bed and tentatively push Shade with my
foot.
The wolf growls without opening his
eyes. The rumbling sound echoes through my body, failing to insight fear. I
know this wolf. Somewhere deep in my soul, if not my head.
“Fine.” I curl myself into a ball
and slip under the covers, a calm finally washing over me despite the invasion
of my privacy and space. The room, still warm from the steam, sways as fatigue
claims me. After a few heartbeats, the mattress shifts as Shade rises and
circles in search of a better spot. When the wolf settles again, I feel his
warm breath on the back of my neck and a solid mass of muscle and fur pressing
against my curved spine.
“I dreamed about you, wolf,” I
murmur, my eyes closed. My hand reaches back, caressing the wolf’s soft fur,
and the beast purrs beneath my touch, the sound a rumble that vibrates his
body. I smile. “Before I ever met you, I knew you.”
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About the Book:
Title: POWER OF FIVE
Author: Alex Lidell
Pub. Date: May 4, 2018
Publisher: Danger Bearing Press
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Pages: 312
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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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