Welcome to the Release Week Blitz for Jennifer L. Armentrout's new novel, Wicked! You can check out my reviews to two of her other books here and here, to see if her stuff interests you! Wicked sounds really interesting though, so I definitely recommend getting yourself a copy - I know I will be! Plus, look at that gorgeous cover! Wicked is
a New Adult Paranormal Romance and the first book in Jennifer’s Wicked
Trilogy!
WICKED
Synopsis:
Things are about to
get Wicked in New Orleans.
Twenty-two year old Ivy Morgan isn’t your
average college student. She, and others like her, know humans aren’t the only
thing trolling the French Quarter for fun… and for food. Her duty to the Order
is her life. After all, four years ago, she
lost everything at the hands of the creatures
she’d sworn to hunt, tearing her world and her heart apart.
Ren Owens is the last person Ivy expected
to enter her rigidly controlled life. He’s six feet and three inches of
temptation and swoon-inducing charm. With forest-green eyes and a smile that’s
surely left a stream of broken hearts in its wake, he has an uncanny, almost
unnatural ability to make her yearn for everything he has to offer. But letting
him in is as dangerous as hunting the cold-blooded killers stalking the
streets. Losing the boy she loved once before had nearly destroyed her, but the
sparking tension that grows between them becomes impossible for Ivy to deny.
Deep down, she wants… she needs more than what her duty demands of her, what
her past has shaped for her.
But as Ivy grows closer to Ren, she
realizes she’s not the only one carrying secrets that could shatter the frail
bond between them. There’s something he’s not telling her, and one thing is for
certain. She’s no longer sure what is more dangerous to her—the ancient beings
threatening to take over the town or the man demanding to lay claim to her
heart and her soul.
Excerpt:
It was him. Green Eyes. Ren. That was
his name. Now I remembered. I started to step forward, but he beat me to it.
Moving as quickly as a damn snake striking, he caught my wrists. He didn’t yank
my arms to my sides. All he did was hold my fists away from his face.
A
lopsided grin appeared on those full lips. “Can’t say I’m entirely surprised
you took a swing at me.”
“Then I guess this won’t surprise you either.” Leaning back,
I shifted my weight onto my left leg, but again, Ren outmaneuvered me with a
quickness that was sort of embarrassing.
He stepped into what would’ve been a fantastic kick and
forced me back against the wall. Then there was nowhere to go, no space
whatsoever. My back was against the building, and the entire length of his hard
body was pressed against mine.
Son of a bitch.
As if he could read my mind, that grin spread and the dimples
played peekaboo. “Now I think we can have a conversation without me ending up
bloody.”
I blew out an aggravated breath. “I wouldn’t bet on that not
happening.”
He chuckled, and the sound rumbled through me. I
couldn’t even remember being this close to a guy since . . . since Shaun.
“Look, I’m sorry for snatching you off the street like a kidnapper, but you
were about to make yet another huge mistake.”
His apology was lost on me. “Make another mistake?”
“Yeah, like the one last night that ended with you getting
shot.” He dipped his chin, and the yellow glow of the light attached to the
wall above us glanced off his broad cheekbones. “I know what you were about to
do.”
“I didn’t make a mistake last night. I was doing my
job,” I spat. “And I doubt your job includes grabbing chicks off the
street.”
“That would be a hell of a lot more entertaining, but
the moment you thought you could engage that fae last night, you made a
mistake. And you were about to do it again, you little ass.”
“Little ass?” I sputtered. “You grabbed me off the street
like a serial killer!”
“And
I’ve apologized for that even though you should be thanking me. I just saved
your life, sweetness.”
Floored, all I could do was stare at him for a moment.
“You’re insane.”
“I’m a lot of things, but today I’m your fucking saving
grace.”
About Jennifer L. Armentrout:
# 1 NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY
Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors
you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing.
she spends her time reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies,
pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell
Loki.
Her dreams of becoming an author started in
algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which
explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal,
science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with
Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin
Teen. Her book Obsidian has been optioned for a major motion picture and her
Covenant Series has been optioned for TV.
She also writes adult and New Adult romance
under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.
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