T is for the 13th Floor series by Christine Rains

 

For 2013's A to Z Challenge, I am talking about book series, particularly some favorite series as well as series I've been waiting to read for a LONG time.

T is for ... 13th Floor series by Christine Rains

Christine Rains is one of my best friends, and when she told me about her idea for the 13th Floor series, I knew it was a winner. Paranormal people living on a floor that doesn’t technically exist. So much fun. To date, my favorite story so far is The Dragonslayer, but I’ve enjoyed them all. They are unique and fresh in a genre that is overrun by the same ol’, same ol’.

Life after Hell isn't more exciting than watching football and fixing a busted pipe. Once a powerful demon, Marc enjoys his quiet existence and a good cup of coffee. With big ambitions to gain his master's favor, a trickster demon named Vetis shatters Marc's peace and vows to deliver Marc's head to the fires of Hell. Not before he destroys everything Marc cares about, of course.

Marc's power has diminished over the years. Heaven will never grant him absolution, and he refuses to return to Hell. Running isn't an option. The city of Carmine is his territory. It's also home to his favorite cafe owner, Mae Hopkins. The dame has a lovely smile, but it's her heart and soul that shine bright.

While his city burns and his love is captured, Marc must decide to surrender or let hate and anger fuel him to become the fearsome beast he so loathes: The Marquis. If the Marquis rises, Vetis can be defeated and Mae saved, but Marc would be lost to his demon forever.

Click here to read my review of The Marquis.

Having been cooped up in her apartment for months, Stefanie Porter didn't think one run in the woods would matter. The wolf within her needed to stretch her legs, but obviously she didn't have very good instincts. Her former pack found her, and they almost catch her too, but a mysterious lone wolf jumps in to help Stefanie escape.

The pack is driven by their cruel Alpha, Wyatt. He refuses to give Stefanie her freedom even after she lost the challenge to lead them and left their territory. She can hide in her apartment, or the lone wolf can teach her some of his unusual urban survival tricks. James Roberts might be a bit geeky, but he's smart and looks hot when the argyle sweater comes off. He has a ridiculous ambition to become a superhero, and it might be admirable if Wyatt couldn't rip him limb from limb.

With the pack scouring the city for her, Stefanie must convince James to teach her, or fight not only for her life, but his as well.

Click here to read my review of The Alpha.

On the rooftop of neighboring building, dragonslayer Xanthus Ehrensvard fires at his target, Governor Whittaker. How he missed the shot, he doesn't know, but fleeing the scene, he picks up an unwanted passenger. Gorgeous reporter Lois King saw Xan's face, and she believes it's the story to make her career. Except he can't let her walk away knowing what he looks like. Xan has to show her the Governor is a bigger threat to the world than he is.

Xan knows dragons never went extinct. They evolved with human society, taking on mortal forms, and slithered their way into positions of great influence and power, just like the Governor. But it's no easy chore proving to someone that dragons still exist, and even more so, they're disguised as famous people. Xan must convince Lois or find another way to silence her. An option, as he gets to know her, he likes less and less.

After all, dragonslayers are no longer celebrated heroes but outlaws. Just as the dragons wish it. But this outlaw must make a plan to slay the dragon or risk its retribution.

Click here to read my review of The Dragonslayer.

Meira Harper loves both her jobs: talking about beautiful shoes and fetching souls for Zeus. But the Thunder God threatens the harpy's loyalty to her job when she receives the call to bring the soul of gorgeous Sam Wright. Meira pleads with her boss to let him live. Zeus agrees, but Sam must fight for his life. If Sam can win three challenges, he can keep his soul.

The gods never play fairly, though, so Meira needs to find ways to help Sam with the challenges. She cannot outwardly cross her master, but she refuses to let the man she loves lose his soul. They haven't even had a chance to start a life together.

Sam's soul is on the line. Meira's will be too if she's caught, but that's a risk she's willing to take.

Click here to read my review of The Harbinger.  

T is for . . . #atozchallenge

For the A to Z Challenge, I will be featuring up to three authors per letter (via their last name). Some of the authors responded to my request for authors to promote. Others, I found. Please check them out and their books. Thank you!

Our "T" Authors

Thompson, Ruth

Ruth Thompson is the pen name used by Heather Ross to publish children's books. Her love for horses began as a little girl. Later, her grandfather introduced her to wild Mustangs through his boyhood stories. Johnny Mustang is based on her grandfather and the tales he told. Suitable for all ages, this illustrated story is sure to amuse, while touching on life in the old west.

Links: Website  Amazon Author Page

Tremp, Stephen

Stephen Tremp lives with his wife and two daughters in Mission Viejo, CA. He has a B.A. in information systems and an MBA degree in global management. Stephen has a background in information systems, management, and finance and draws from this varied and complex experiential knowledge to write one-of-a-kind thrillers. 

His novels are enhanced by current events at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and other scientific research facilities around the world. These potential advances have the ability to change the way we perceive our universe and our place in it! 

You can email Stephen at stephen.tremp@yahoo.com and visit him at his Web site Breakthrough Blogs for more synopses, reviews, and links to purchase or download his books from Amazon.  

THE BREAKTHROUGH TRILOGY: NEAR-FUTURE SCI-FI FOR ACTION LOVERS BY AUTHOR STEPHEN T. TREMP 

California author Stephen Tremp has just released OPENING, the sequel to his near future sci-fi action thriller, BREAKTHROUGH.  

"A scientific breakthrough of such magnitude it could radically alter the future of humanity—for better or worse—is in the wrong hands." 

A scientific breakthrough in Einstein-Rosen Bridges, or wormholes, is stolen by a group of misguided M.I.T. graduate students. Their leader, Nick Fischer Jr., has convinced the group to assassinate powerful politicians and World Bank executives, privy to the discovery, to prevent them from using it for their own New World Order agenda and egregious profits. Using wormholes for swift, traceless, attacks and exits, they scheme to usher in a global science-based oligarchy. Amplifying the problem, events escalate as a scientific Pandora’s Box is opened and the contents spilled out on an unsuspecting world. 

Chase Manhattan, man of danger, is part of a new breed of modern-day discovery seekers. As the death toll mounts, will Chase and a multi-faceted cast of characters escape their hit list and destroy the discovery which threatens life as we know it? Greed, betrayal, murder, mayhem, spiritual contemplation, and unconditional love define the power-play struggle in this fast-paced suspense thriller of technology gone too far. 

Books by Stephen Tremp: BREAKTRHOUGH OPENING Escalation (Fall 2012) 
Blog: Breakthrough Blogs 
Other Online Info: Twitter: "@StephenTremp," Facebook: StephenTremp, and Goodreads. 

Now, if you like fantasy flash fiction, please visit my other blog participating in the challenge: Cherie Reich - Author. To find the other participants, click here.