Gena Showalter writes fantasy and sci/fi romances, including the popular Alien Huntress series. A new Young Adult series is expected in 2009. Learn more at Gena Showalter's website. You can find a glossary and sample chapters for the Lords of the Underworld series at the Lords of the Underworld website.
Imperia — (2004-2006) Publisher: An alien prince cursed to stone... a modern woman’s impulsive kiss... a passion neither could resist... Jorlan en Sarr, a mighty alien prince, is cursed by his half-brother to spend eternity as a marble statue, able to see, hear and feel everything around him, yet be unable to respond. His one chance for freedom is a spell that catapults him to Earth, where he spends one thousand years awaiting a woman’s kiss. When beautiful and bold home renovator Katie James buys an old Victorian mansion, she never dreams the magnificent, naked statue in her garden is actually a flesh and blood man. But the moment she places an impulsive kiss upon the statue’s lips, cool stone quickly becomes warm bronzed skin. Before long, she is swept up in tumultuous passion that will either save this man she has come to love, or destroy him.  
|
Atlantis — (2005-2009) Publisher: Grace Carlyle's world was about to change ... Deep in the jungle on the trail of her missing brother, Grace never expected to find a secret world populated by mythological monsters — nor guarded by a sword-wielding being whose beauty put mortal men to shame. Darius en Kragin belongs to a race of shape-shifting warriors sworn to guard Atlantis and kill all travelers who stray within its boundaries. Yet when Grace stumbles into his realm, he finds himself tempted to betray his centuries-old vow. Now their forbidden love will either bring their worlds together — or tear them both apart.    
Available for download at Audible.com
|
Tales of an Extraordinary Girl — (2006-2010) Publisher: Earth, Wind & Fire aren't just a band anymore ... Used to be my greatest achievement was holding a job more than three days. Now suddenly I can shoot fireballs, chill your drink, or blow-dry your hair at fifty paces with a blink of my eye! It all started when this crazy scientist dropped something in my Grande Mocha Latte. Of course I got wicked sick. Next morning I'm waking up with this total hottie bending over me. He tells me 1)his name's Rome Masters, 2)he's a government agent and 3)I can control the four elements with a thought. He seems even less pleased by my (apparently irreversible) transformation than I am ... Because now he'll have to kill me. 
|
Lords of the Underworld — (2008-2010) Into the Dark contains the ebooks The Darkest Fire and The Darkest Prison, The Amazon’s Curse from her Amazon series and bonus material for Lords of the Underworld. Dark Beginnings contains The Darkest Fire, The Darkest Prison, The Darkest Angel. Publisher: His powers — Inhuman. His passion — Beyond immortal... All her life, Ashlyn Darrow has been tormented by voices from the past. To end the nightmare, she has come to Budapest seeking help from men rumored to have supernatural abilities, not knowing she'll be swept into the arms of Maddox, their most dangerous member — a man trapped in a hell of his own. Neither can resist the instant hunger than calms their torments... and ignites an irresistible passion. But every heated touch and burning kiss will edge them closer to destruction — and a soul-shattering test of love... Though they carry an eternal curse, the Lords of the Underworld are irresistibly seductive — and unimaginably powerful...    
 
Available for download at Audible.com |
Intertwined — (2009-2010) Young adult. Publisher: Most sixteen-year-olds have friends. Aden Stone has four human souls living inside him: One can time-travel. One can raise the dead. One can tell the future. And one can possess another human. With no other family and a life spent in and out of institutions, Aden and the souls have become friends. But now they're causing him all kinds of trouble. Like, he'll blink and suddenly he's a younger Aden, reliving the past. One wrong move, and he'll change the future. Or he'll walk past a total stranger and know how and when she's going to die. He's so over it. All he wants is peace. And then he meets a girl who quiets the voices. Well, as long as he's near her. Why? Mary Ann Gray is his total opposite. He's a loner; she has friends. He doesn't care what anyone thinks; she tries to make everyone happy. And while he attracts the paranormal, she repels it. For her sake, he should stay away. But it's too late... Somehow, they share an inexplicable bond of friendship. A bond about to be tested by a werewolf shape-shifter who wants Mary Ann for his own, and a vampire princess Aden can't resist. Two romances, both forbidden. Still, the four will enter a dark underworld of intrigue and danger but not everyone will come out alive...  
|
You can support FanLit by purchasing books (or anything else) through our Amazon links. Or donate.© 2007-2012 Fantasy Literature The FTC wants you to know that we often receive free review copies from publishers. |
