YA Paranormal/Sci Fi Romance
Title: Determinant, Book 3, The Guardians of Vesturon Author: A.M. HargroveCan be read as a STAND ALONE.
Date Published: 6/30/2012
: January St. Davis, on her own since the age of sixteen and struggling to stay in college, thinks she’s scored in a major way when she lands a paid summer internship at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. One evening, after working an especially long shift, a chance encounter with a group of mysterious men alters the course of her life.
Rykerian Yarrister, a Guardian of Vesturon with unearthly powers and impossibly gorgeous looks, finds himself at odds over the human female he recently saved from certain death. When it seems he is on the verge of winning her over, she is ripped from his hands by a strange and powerful being, threatening to destroy her if his demands are not met.
Do Rykerian and the Guardians have the ability to meet this fierce barbarian’s ultimatums, or will January suffer a horrid demise?
One day, on her way home from work as a sales manager, A. M. Hargrove, realized her life was on fast forward and if she didn't do something soon, it would quickly be too late to write that work of fiction she had been dreaming of her whole life. So, she rolled down the passenger window of her fabulous (not) company car and tossed out her leather briefcase. Luckily, the pedestrian in the direct line of fire was a dodgeball pro and had über quick reflexes enabling him to avoid getting bashed in the head. Feeling a tad guilty about the near miss, A. M. made a speedy turn down a deserted side street before tossing her crummy, outdated piece-of-you-know-what lap top out the window. She breathed a liberating sigh of relief, picked up her cell phone and hit #4 on her speed dial.
"Hello.""Boss, is that you?""Why yes, A. M., who else would be answering my phone?""Er... right. Well, I'm calling to let you know you can pick up my luxury Ford Focus at Starbucks near the interstate.""Why ever would I want to do that?""Because I quit you idiot!"
A.M. hit the end button and speed dialed her husband.
"Hi yummy hubby, can you pick me up at Starbucks?""Sure... Having some car trouble?""Not at all. I don't have a car to have trouble with because I just quit my job.""WHAT?!""It's time for a new career and I am going to be a very famous novelist."
So began A. M. Hargrove's career as a young adult paranormal romance author of self-published ebooks. Her series, The Guardians of Vesturon, centers around a family of six siblings and is a mix of humor, mystery, suspense and of course, love. Survival is her first book in the series and her second, Resurrection will be released in January.
If you're wondering, it didn't happen EXACTLY that way, but....
| I was lost in the events of the day and
the amount of work I had and I was still nursing my wounded ego as I headed out
of the lab. As I made my way down the
corridor, I noticed six men advancing toward me.
It wasn’t their actions I noticed so
much or even the way they walked. And
though it was an oddity for them to even be here at all, it was their attire
that captured my attention. They were
dressed identically, in an extreme fashion, much like members of a gang or
secret society. Large and muscular, they
wore black vests and their bare arms were almost completely tattooed with
tribal symbols of a sort. Metal bands
criss-crossed their chests and their legs were tightly encased in leather. Knee high boots and black gloves finished off
their ensembles.
As I neared them I felt my flesh tingle
and the hairs on the back of my neck come to attention. Gooseflesh erupted and alarms started
clanging in my head. I sucked in my
breath and as I did, my eyes connected with the apparent leader. I say this because he was in the front of the
formation as they plodded along.
Time stood still as our eyes
connected. His were an uncanny shade,
lavender with hints of indigo and specks of silver. It was a hue I was unfamiliar with but they were
intriguing and fascinating. The alarms
were still ringing in my ears and the air felt electrically charged around
us.
“Halt!”
I turned into stone. I couldn’t move a muscle. He cocked his head as his eyes bore into
mine.
“Breathe!”
I distinctly heard his command in my
mind and I was helpless to disobey him.
I felt myself take a deep cleansing breath. I questioned him with my eyes. He flicked his head toward his men and they
stepped back several feet.
“Who are you? Why are you here?”
I was confused by the demanding
questions swirling in my brain but felt compelled to answer him. I had never used mind reading to communicate,
but I was sure he would hear my answer.
“I’m January St. Davis. I’m here working on an internship for college
credit.”
“You are human?” he asked with
incredulity.
I wasn’t sure what he meant by
that. Why would he want to know if I was
human? What a ridiculous question!
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