Contest Alert: Tempest Rising by Nicole Peeler

Contest alert!

Tempest Rising (Jane True, Book 1) by Nicole Peeler

Orbit (October 27, 2009)

368 pages, Urban Fantasy

$7.99 (Amazon.com, 09/30/09) Available for pre-order

Contest Info

Visit Nicole Peeler’s newly revamped blog. It looks amazing. And comment to win an ARC of her debut novel Tempest Rising. Ends 10/04.

My Thoughts

I’ve already read this. It’s a great read. My review will be posted closer to the publish date. If you’ve read and enjoyed Charlaine Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse series then you’ll probably enjoy this new series.

Summary (Nicole’s Website)

In the tiny village of Rockabill, Maine, Jane True—26-year-old bookstore clerk and secret night swimmer—has no idea that her absent mother’s legacy is entry into a world populated by the origins of human myths and legends.  It is a world where nothing can be taken for granted: vampires are not quite what we think; dogs sometimes surprise us; and whatever you do, never—ever—rub the genie’s lamp.   For Jane, everything kicks off when she comes across a murder victim during her nightly clandestine swim in the freezing winter ocean.  This grisly discovery leads to the revelation of why she has such freakish abilities in the water: her mother was a Selkie and Jane is only half human. With this knowledge, Jane soon finds herself mingling with supernatural creatures alternately terrifying, beautiful, and deadly—all adjectives that quite handily describe her new friend Ryu.  When Ryu is sent to Rockabill to investigate the murder, he and Jane fall hard for each other even as they plummet into a world of intrigue threatening to engulf both supernatural and human societies.  For someone is killing half-humans like Jane.   The question is, are the murders the work of one rogue individual or part of a greater plot to purge the world of Halflings?

 

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What do you think? I love this cover! :)