The Secret
By Elizabeth Hunter
Book 3 in the Irin Chronicles
This cover takes my breath away. It brings me back to the intense relationship and the suspenseful story.
SUMMARY:
Only
when the darkness falls can you see the light of the stars.
For
thousands of years, the scribes and singers of the Irin race have existed to
protect humanity and guard the gifts of the Forgiven. They have lived in the
shadows. They have kept their secrets.
But
the Irin aren’t the only race with secrets.
Ava
and Malachi have found each other, but wounds as deep as theirs don’t heal
overnight. While the Irin world struggles to correct the power imbalance left
by the Rending of the Irina, Malachi and Ava struggle to connect their past
with their present.
The
Fallen may scheme, but Ava has found her power and refuses to be an angel’s
pawn. And while Malachi may have forgotten his history, the scribe’s relentless
search for answers leads both him and his mate to the heart of the Irin power
structure in Vienna, where knowledge is guarded more closely than gold and
those with power will do anything to keep it.
Malachi
and Ava have survived the darkness, but will they ever discover its secrets? A
powerful cabal of the Fallen may hold the answers, but to surrender them, it
wants the Irin race to finally face their enemies. Both those coming from the
outside, and those raging within.
THE
SECRET is the third book in the contemporary fantasy series, the Irin
Chronicles, and the conclusion of Ava and Malachi’s journey.
TEASER:
“What are you thinking?” she asked.
He was thinking about Volund’s
unexpected ability to invade his unconscious, but he didn’t want to bring it
up. Luckily, his mind could turn to pleasant things very quickly when he was
with her.
“Do you really want to know?”
“Yes. I wouldn’t have asked if I
didn’t.”
It was true. Ava wasn’t a woman who
felt the need to fill the air with chatter. He wondered if years of traveling
alone had trained it out of her, or if the constant voices that had once
plagued her were company enough.
“I am thinking… you’re very
beautiful.”
He loved the slight flush she gave
him when he complimented her. It made the offer of his praise all the more
satisfying.
“You’re the only one who’s ever said
that,” she said.
He was surprised, but not overly.
Humans could be very superficial, and Ava’s physical features were not the most
astonishing thing about her. Pretty, but not uncommonly so. Clear skin. Dark
hair. Her eyes were the most arresting part of her face, but only other Irin
would recognize the unusual shade of gold as anything more than light brown or
amber.
No, it wasn’t her physical features
that were remarkable. And Malachi loved that only he saw the secret of his
mate.
Her beauty lay in her mind and her
heart. Quiet strength and resilient humor were not things valued enough by the
world.
“Hmm.”
She gave him a quiet smile.
“You always did that,” she said.
“Before. ‘Hmm.’ You’d be thinking something you didn’t want to say, but I knew
it was about me when you would say, ‘Hmm.’”
“I often think about you.”
“That’s probably a good thing.”
They were sitting across from each
other in the compartment. He put his foot on the edge of the bench beside her,
enclosing them. Doing his best to block out the world. Ava set down her camera
and slid a hand up his pant leg, her fingers playing along his skin.
“I think about you, too,” she said.
“Some would say I’m obsessed.”
“And you take pictures of me when I
sleep. I hear the clicking in my dreams. It’s borderline stalker behavior,
really.”
“It’s settled then. We’re both
certifiable.”
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THE AUTHOR:
She currently lives in Central California with a seven-year-old ninja who claims to be her child. She enjoys reading, writing, travel, and bowling (despite the fact that she’s not very good at it.) Someday, she plans to learn how to scuba dive. And maybe hang glide. But that looks like a lot of running.
She is the author of the Elemental Mysteries and Elemental World series, the Cambio Springs series, and other works of fiction.
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