Your heroine in Coven, Elise Michaels, has a motto: no guts, no glory. She is a thrill seeker, continually craving excitement and adventure. The idea of being tied down to a place or man never interested her, even though a betrothal spell was cast linking her and the Head of Council’s son when they were mere infants. Is she able to avoid this betrothal spell? If so, how?
The betrothal spell isn't a spell that she or anyone else has the ability to either alter or break, frustrating Elise and making her even more determined to change the ritual and rid the Coven of practices such as these.
Being a distant third in succession to assume the Head Mistress role, Elise felt confidant that her secret would remain in her past along with Coven life. What didn’t she like about Coven life? What life did she want instead?
Coven life as you can imagine is limiting and quite confining and is comparable to a boarding school for human girls. Elise was beyond thrilled when she found out that she'd been pared with the last female warrior of their race.
Unfortunately, Elise is forced to return to the Coven and the Sorcerer she so desperately sought to forget. Why must she return?
Her aunt the acting head mistress of the Coven is murdered and her cousin who would assume the role has gone missing leaving Elise to fill the family role of running the Coven.
What might happen if Elise cannot answer the call and embrace her new role in the Coven?
Not returning to the Coven isn't an option. Elise although wild at heart is nothing if she isn't loyal to the Nephilim people and although she may not be happy about it, she will server in whatever capacity she is called upon to serve.
Briefly describe the magical systems of your world. How do those who are empowered gain their abilities?
Sorcery among the Nephilim is passed down through bloodline. At one time there were as many Sorcerers as Sorceresses but an attack by the yetzer hara greatly reduced the male numbers, rendering the Nephilim slightly more vulnerable without the ability to produce as many offspring.
Coven
The
Elise Michaels Series
Book
1
K.A.
Young
Genre: Paranormal/urban fantasy
Publisher: K.A. Young
Date of Publication: October 4,
2013
ISBN: 978-1492914631
ASIN: B00FJ6E88K
Number of pages: 250
Word Count: 54000
Book Trailer: http://youtu.be/LybE5l0xkHs
Book
Description:
Elise Michaels' motto has always
been: no guts, no glory. She is a thrill seeker, continually craving excitement
and adventure. The idea of being tied down to a place or man never interested
her, even though a betrothal spell was cast linking her and the Head of
Council’s son when they were mere infants.
Being a distant third in
succession to assume the Head Mistress role, she felt confidant that her secret
would remain in her past along with Coven life.
Unfortunately, nothing in our fun
loving heroine’s future is anything she or anyone from the supernatural realm
is prepared for.
Now, she’s forced to return to
the place and the Sorcerer she so desperately sought to forget.
Elise has no idea the power and
gifts that await her. Can she let go of her own desires and embrace her new
role? Or will she surrender to the faceless evil coming for them all?
Book
one in the tantalizing Elise Michaels Series a spinoff of The Nephilim Warrior
Series.
Excerpt:
Van and I rode
in silence for the first hour or so of our journey to my childhood home. I
think we were both dealing with our own demons. Coming along with me on this
babysitting detail was in fact a demotion for him. Although I was happy to have
him along with me, as he certainly would keep things lively as well as my
spirits up, I still felt bad that Eli had put him in this position.
He’d been
training a lot harder lately while he considered joining one of the covert
teams in their pursuit of The Hunter. That ex-brother-in-law of Anna’s had been
giving both the vamps and us a run for our money. He’d kinda slipped off the
radar several months ago and we all had secretly hoped he’d been ‘offed’ by a
rogue vamp. He was one of the strongest and fastest vampires around, despite
the fact that he was essentially a baby vamp. He was turned by the use of black
magic, so it sped up the process. It usually took years for most vamps to gain
his type of strength and speed; born vampires who grew into their powers and
abilities during the transition that took place around their early to
mid-twenties.
I was ashamed to
admit that Van wasn’t the only one I felt sorry for at the moment. I had never
wanted to go back to the Coven, but going back I was. It wasn’t that I didn’t
have fond memories of my childhood there. I did. It was that being part of, or
leading the Coven, was the equivalent of imprisonment. Well, maybe that was a
little on the extreme side, but it was how I felt; how I’d always felt. The
responsibility that came with protecting the secrets and traditions of the
Coven didn’t lend itself to much free time. I was, and always had been, a free
spirit. Adventure was never something I shied away from even when it went hand
in hand with danger.
I sighed again
and tried to focus on the positives of returning. One, I would be close to the
sea and I adored the salty air as well as the sandy beaches that were so close
to the Coven that they had been deemed our backyard. Two, I would get to see
some of my closest friends that remained behind and three¬¬… well, there were
two positives.
Van brushed the
back of his hand against my cheek, breaking into my mental pep talk. I turned,
smiling at him. His handsome tan face beamed with encouragement. He was aware
of how hard this was for me, for both of us.
“I’m okay.
Surely, things won’t be too bad. I mean, I can handle a bunch of adolescents.”
Could I handle seeing him again, though? Would the pull of the spell still be
as powerful as it was when I had resided there? I was positive it would.
I remembered
back to the day my mother had explained the bond to me. I’d been about thirteen
and Garrett and I had been caught kissing in the woods back behind the Coven.
“Elise, do you recall the history of the betrothal of Coven’s leaders?” I had.
Back when the Coven wanted to ensure what bloodlines would remain in leadership
of the Coven, parents of both the Mistresses and Council would cast a betrothal
spell, binding two infants together. They would be compelled to complete the
mating bond once they reached adulthood.
“Your father and
I, along with Garrett’s parents, cast such a spell on the two of you. We
thought at the time it was what was best for the both of you and the Coven, but
now, I’m not so sure. You are special, Elise. I have seen in a vision that you
are to be paired with a warrior that all of us even wondered if she would live
to see adulthood.”
I knew then what
she was referring to; we’d all heard tales of the last female warrior. The one
that would one day assume the throne as queen of the Nephilim. I had been
beyond excited that I’d been chosen. I couldn’t wait to tell all my friends,
but my mother had sworn me to secrecy. When she realized it was too much to ask
of someone so young, she spelled me silent—a brilliant move on her part. It was
then she warned me to control my impulses toward Garrett and I had from that
moment on.
I came back to
the present and my task at hand. “Anything those kiddos come up with, I’m
positive I’ve already thought of or attempted it myself.”
He laughed. “Of
that I have no doubt.”
“Van, I’m sorry
you got roped into coming along with me.” I glanced down at my hands that I now
clasped together. “I know this isn’t what you had in mind when you thought
about your future.”
He reached over
and took one of my hands in his. “I don’t want you thinking that way. This
isn’t the future either one of us envisioned, but it is the one fate has chosen
for us and I for one am not going to allow myself to question it. I’m just
going to do my damndest to make the best of it and focus on the job at hand;
which is keeping you alive and out of harm’s way.”
God, he was the
best. “Point taken and attitude adjusted, Warrior.” I saluted him with my free
hand. “Van, you know—next to Anna—you are my favorite person. Ever.” He didn’t
respond, only smiled. He raised my hand that he still held tightly in his to
his lip and kissed it. “Van…” I looked out the window, steeling my nerves.
Seeing as how he was my closest friend next to Anna, I needed to be honest with
him about everything.
About
the Author:
K.A. Young is a
paranormal/fantasy romance author that lives with her family in the South. She
began writing because her mind was swimming with incredible stories that were
begging to be told. Her love for reading began as a small child when she
realized that a good book was an instant escape to a mystical land that could
be reached anytime and from anyplace.
Twitter - @KAYoungBooks
Website - www.kayoungbooks.com
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