Kerrick was weary. He and his fellow Warriors of the Blood; Guardians of Ascension, were responsible for keeping the death vamps in check. They spent every waking moment protecting humanity and Second Earth from the machinations of the one who led the evil bastards into the addiction for dying blood, to swell the enemy's ranks and deplete those of the Warriors as they throw themselves against ever-worsening odds, night after bloody night. Now the leader of Second Earth, Endelle, has charged him with shepherding a human through her ascension rites, protecting her from those who would kill her before she has a chance to take her place on Second Earth. Twelve hundred years of life have not prepared him for the strength of the bond he feels for Alison, in fact having lost too many of those he loves to the enemy the last thing he needs is the vulnerability such a bond would bring.

Alison Wells has decided to give up eight years of private practice and pursue her Ph.D. in psychology, but the universe has different plans. As she is seeing her final patient, her reality shifts. She has always had special abilities, so blatant that she spends a great deal of energy keeping them hidden, even becoming celibate when her last romantic encounter ended with her partner in the emergency room. Her special abilities had never caused hallucinations before, though. A blood-soaked killer with black wings and unearthly beauty seems to be after her. Before she can defend herself, she is joined by an earthier, sexier man with a set of his own white wings. He was far too sexy to be an angel, and his thoughts when she touched his mind were far from pure but all about protecting her life. Thrown will-she nil-she into the world of Second Earth, Alison finally finds a home where the gifts that kept her apart from other humans are more than accepted, they are welcomed in the fight against an evil she is only beginning to understand. In Kerris, she finds what she thought she could never have, a man with strength enough to protect him against her own powers, one who has the potential to be a true partner in all ways.

Caris Roane's brand new World of Ascension series begins with explosive sensuality and a unique take on Urban Fantasy. Politically evil machinations and a villain who has a great deal of complexity make this more than another paranormal romance. Add in the practically immortal Warriors in kilts and there is also plenty of man candy strewn about for a reader's enjoyment. All the characters have depth and presence, denoting the care with which Roane has created her world.

Book two, Burning Skies, will be released in May 2011; book three, Wings of Fire, in November, 2011.

Book Summary

On The Wings of Desire

Alison Wells is no ordinary woman. Born with super-natural powers, she can never make love to a man without putting him in grave danger. But when her special vision reveals a glorious muscled man soaring overhead on might wings, she feels an overwhelming attraction she cannot resist-even as he tells her “I have come for you. Your blood belong to me.”

In the Heat of Passion

Kerrick is a vampire and a warrior who has fought his hunger for a woman’s love for the past two hundred years. As a Guardian of Ascension, he is sworn to protect Alison from the death vamp armies who crave her blood and her power. But Kerrick has cravings of his own-a forbidden longing to open his heart and veins to Alison. To share his blood…satisfy his thirst…and seal their fates forever.

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