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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Happy release: Embolden by Syrie James and Ryan M. James

Embolden
by Syrie James and Ryan M. James
-Paranormal, Angels, Romance, YA
Release date: October 30, 2018
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The world is trying to tear them apart. Will they stand together and fight back?

After a season of psychic visions and super-powered drama, Claire Brennan and her angel-gone-AWOL boyfriend Alec MacKenzie can finally be together. Under the protection of Claire’s grandmother, they are trying to lead a normal life, going to high school at Emerson Academy and hanging out with their friends. But jealous teenagers, vengeful enemies, the city’s new Watcher, and even the school play threaten to break them apart. Not to mention Claire’s surprising second power, which could sabotage the trust of everyone she holds dear. And just when they need to stick together, they finally get a lead on where Claire’s missing father might be.

The threats, which come not only from without but also from within, will test the strength of Alec and Claire’s relationship.

Is the love they share enough to keep them safe?

If they want to stay together … can they learn to fight together?


About the Authors:

Syrie James is the bestselling author of eleven critically acclaimed novels translated into eighteen languages. Syrie loves paranormal romance and all things 19th century. Her books have been Library Journal Editor’s Picks and won numerous awards including the Audiobook Association Audie for Romance, Women’s National Book Association Great Group Read, B&N Romantic Read of the Week, Best Snowbound Romance (Bookbub), Best of the Year (Suspense Magazine and Romance Reviews), and Best First Novel (Library Journal). Syrie thoroughly enjoyed working with her son Ryan on Forbidden and Embolden, her only forays into novel co-writing. Syrie is a member of the Writers Guild of America and has addressed audiences as a keynote speaker across America and England. A theater enthusiast, she has also written, directed, and performed in numerous stage productions.
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Ryan M James has enjoyed co-writing not only Forbidden and Embolden with his mother Syrie, but also two screenplays as well. By day he works as a performance director, lead editor, and co-writer for the video game industry, recently being honored by the Writer’s Guild of America award for his work on Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. By night, he conjures stories for print, screen, and web, including an independent feature, a handful of short films, and the machinima webseries A Clone Apart. He, his brilliant wife, and their vertically-challenged corgi live in Los Angeles within walking distance of Syrie.
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Monday, October 29, 2018

Forbidden by Syrie James

Forbidden
by Syrie James and Ryan M. James

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Published: 2012
Publisher: HarperTeen
Genre: YA, Romance, Paranormal, Angels
Paperback: 416
Rating: 4

Forbidden series:
Forbidden
Embolden

First sentence(s):
It had been a really crappy morning.

When Claire Brennan begins to get psychic visions and mysterious warnings that she’s in danger at the start of her junior year, she isn’t sure what to think. But the truth is stranger than anything she could have imagined.

Alec MacKenzie has fled his duties as a Watcher angel and come to L.A. in search of normalcy. He never dreamed he would find a half-angel at his school, or that he would fall in love with her.

Romantic, with a touch of humor, readers will be swept away by this thrilling stand-alone novel from bestselling adult author Syrie James (The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen) and her son, Ryan James.


My two-bits:

Can't go wrong with a Scottish laddie as the love interest ;-)

I enjoyed learning about a world with angels along with the protagonist. There was a nice amount of action, mystery and romance.

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* FYI book 2, Embolden is released tomorrow!

Thursday, February 23, 2012

angels: Forbidden by Syrie James & Ryan M. James

Forbidden
by Syrie James & Ryan M. James
Released: January 2012

She should not exist.

He should not love her.

Claire Brennan has been attending Emerson Academy for two years now (the longest she and her mom have remained anywhere) and she’s desperate to stay put for the rest of high school. So there’s no way she’s going to tell her mom about the psychic visions she’s been having or the creepy warnings that she’s in danger.

Alec MacKenzie is fed up with his duties to watch and, when necessary, eliminate the descendants of his angelic forefathers. He chose Emerson as the ideal hiding place where he could be normal for once. He hadn’t factored Claire into his plans. . . .

Their love is forbidden, going against everything Alec has been taught to believe. But when the reason behind Claire’s unusual powers is revealed and the threat to her life becomes clear, how far will Alec go to protect her?


READ an excerpt here.

--~ Blogosphere Giveaway courtesy of author ~--


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Buy Forbidden from any bookstore or online retailer and email authorsyriejames@gmail.com with proof of purchase (copy of receipt), and FORBIDDEN BESTSELLER in the subject line.

For each copy you purchase, your name will be dropped into the hat!

Contest closes at 11:59 pm PST on Feb. 28, 2012. Limited to U.S. residents.

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