Showing posts with label NOCTE. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NOCTE. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

"LUX" by Courtney Cole

NEW RELEASE and EXCERPT
LUX
(NOCTE Book 3)
by Courtney Cole


LUX is the third and final book in Courtney Cole's New Adult dark psychological NOCTE trilogy. Also available: NOCTE (ON SALE for $0.99 for a limited time; read my blog post), VERUM (ON SALE for $0.99 for a limited time; read my blog post), and Initium.




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Description
My name is Calla Price and I’m broken.
My pieces are all around me, floating on the wind, even as I desperately try to grasp them.
Who is dead? Alive? Insane?
What is the truth?
I don’t know.
I do know this: The darkness is strangling me. With every breath, I choke on another lie.
My mind has protected me, but that shield will soon be lowered.
All will be revealed.
Every answer to every question.
It’s all been leading to this.
Don’t be afraid.
Be terrified.


Book Video
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Excerpt
“Finn?” I ask hesitantly, but there is no answer.
He’s truly gone.
The room is empty and cold and stark.
My entire life, my brother has been my other half. He’s loved me unconditionally, completely, with everything he has.
And now he’s dead, and he’s asking me to do something.
Something hard.
To exist without him.
To figure out, once and for all, what is true,
What is real.
I have to do it.
And to do that, I have to re-trace my steps.
If Finn is gone,
There’s only one thing in my life that is true.
One true point of reference.
One important thing.
Dare.
With shaking hands, I close my eyes,
and try to think about Dare.
Because it’s always been about Dare.
I try to focus on his dark eyes, and his bright smile, and his swaying shoulders … but thoughts of him won’t form. They’re stubborn and elusive, and all I can think of is the beginning.
The beginning
The beginning.
With a start, I remember scratched words from Finn’s journal.
Mars solum initium est. Death is the beginning.
The beginning, the beginning.
I NEED TO START.
My breathing catches then quickens, because maybe once again, like always, Finn is telling me where to go.
Maybe the beginning is exactly where I need to be.


Praise for the Book
"If you have not read this series yet, you definitely need to check it out. It will blow your mind in so many ways. I myself loved every single, twisted, crazy part of this series. Courtney did a simply amazing job writing this story and it will forever remain one of my all time favorite series." ~ Chris blog emporium
"If you are reading this review, you have probably already read the first 2 books in this series, and are wondering about the last one. I would whole heartedly say read it now! This story was absolutely gripping, every single page, and I was literally reading and holding my breath. The atmosphere, tension, and fantastic mystery made this book so entertaining. And if you happen to have read this review, and haven't read Nocte and Verum first, seriously do not even wait, go grab them now, this series is incredible!!! Psychological, at times dark, at times sad, and all round mystery, plus an epic love story that seems to have lived through pretty much everything and anything. Definitely read!!" ~ Seraphim Book Reviews
"I loooooved it - and I won't say more than that - everything more I could and would want to say about the book would be a spoiler!!!! You need to get yourselves to amazon and one-click the hell out of this book!!!!!!" ~ BJs Book Blog
"These characters are so complex, it's like peeling an onion, one layer at a time, one book at a time ... to get down to who they really are. This was the perfect conclusion, I was captivated, enthralled, and saddened to know the madness has come to an end; however, I think Courtney created enough inner madness to sustain me for a while." ~ Resch Reads and Reviews
"Spellbinding, riveting, out of this world AMAZING!! This was one of my most anticipated books this year, with every single book in this series I was blown away. Courtney Cole takes you on this crazy out of this world journey where you question absolutely everything. [...] I can't say much without ruining it but I can say I am sad that it had came to a end. I cannot even fathom how much I loved this series and how Calla and her journey will always stay with me. FOREVER! One of the best series EVER!!" ~ Tarah Hodges-Wilkins


About the Author
Courtney Cole is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling novelist who would rather write than eat chocolate. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Business, but no amount of working in the corporate world could quell her urge to write.
Courtney was born and raised in Kansas, home of incredibly friendly people and the most horrendous weather on the planet. Because summer days were so hot, she grew up reading stacks of books ... and when she didn't like the ending, she wrote her own.
Courtney has relocated to Florida where she writes beneath palm trees.


  
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Monday, February 2, 2015

"VERUM" by Courtney Cole

NEW RELEASE and EXCERPT
VERUM
(NOCTE Book 2)
by Courtney Cole


VERUM is the second book in Courtney Cole's New Adult dark psychological NOCTE trilogy. Also available: NOCTE (ON SALE for $0.99 to 3 February; read my blog post).


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Description
The truth shall set you free.
My name is Calla Price and I’m drowning.
My new world is a dark, dark ocean and I’m being pulled under by secrets.
Can I trust anyone? I don’t know anymore.
The lies are spirals. They twist and turn, binding me with their thorns and serpentine tongues. And just when I think I have it figured out, everything is pulled out from under me.
I’m entangled in the darkness.
But the truth will set me free.
It’s just ahead of me, so close I can touch it. But even though it shines and glimmers, it has glistening fangs and I know it will shred me.
Are you scared?
I am.


Video for Book 1


Excerpt
“So again, I ask you, what do you want from me?” my words are simple, and I don’t know what I’m doing.
Like always.
“That’s a loaded question,” he tells me as I approach and he watches my body as I move. I swallow hard because his expression is heavy and dark, and it’s meant for me.
He’s staring at me like he wants to eat me, and I am once again reminded that he’s a wolf.
“So give me a loaded answer,” I suggest, and my words surprise me and Dare.
What am I doing?
What am I doing?
His eyes widen, then narrow.
Dare practically growls as he yanks me to him, and he’s hard against my body. I sigh into his mouth and he groans.
Sensations blur and conscious thought ceases.
Consequences be damned.
Sweet Lord.
Dare’s tongue plunders my own and I’ve never felt so sexily invaded in my life. God, I’ve missed this. I’ve missed him.
So much,
So much,
So much.
It’s like every nerve ending in my entire body has exploded, like I’m standing on fire, like I’m fire itself.  I’m ore, I’m magma, I’m lava.  I’m melted, I’m the sun.
He’s ignited me.
His hands clutch me, big and strong and splayed against my back, and I somehow feel like I’m balanced in his hands, like he’s holding me steady.
Maybe he is.
Maybe he always has.


Praise for the Book
"Once more, the journey into our heroine’s mind is as exhilarating as it is chilling. We flip those pages frantically, fuelled by curiosity and parched for answers, but nothing is what it seems and, in the end, I felt like my own mind needed a torch to find its way out of the delicious web of secrets that this story weaved so faultlessly. The chilly seaside setting has been replaced by the misty moors of the English countryside, but the atmosphere of these books remains the same, Calla’s sombre surroundings playing as important a role in the story as her own inner battle. From beginning to end, I could not put this book down, absolutely hypnotised by its poetic prose and inconceivable twists and turns, and I am still dwelling on it all." ~ Natasha is a Book Junkie
"To say I'm left gobsmacked by this read is probably a huge understatement because let me tell you..I AM COMPLETELY STUMPED BY THIS ONE. I'm still trying to figure out how to process all my thoughts into words because this read has rendered me speechless by the end of it all. I felt like my world has spun off its axis because there was just no telling which way is up or down. If you think Nocte was all kinds of batshit crazy and if you think you've known it all, just wait till you get to Verum. Buckle up and get ready to walk the fine line between sanity and lunacy. Be prepared to let your mind be obliterated by the truth." ~ Jasmine


"I was blown away by Nocte. But dare I say it, the writing and the story development in Verum trumps the first book. Just when you think you have answers, you're inundated with even more questions. I felt the confusion, the inability to decipher truth from nonsense, even more significantly in this book. It's trippy, there's really no other way to describe it. Courtney Cole's Verum takes the reader on a journey that goes against everything that is natural, forcing the reader to doubt everything they read, see, feel, trust and just wait to see how it all unfolds." ~ Jessica
"OMG!! My brain is frazzled and I am absolutely speechless. I don't know which way is up and which way is down, what is real and what is false, what is true and what is lies...Courtney Cole takes you and does not let you go till the end and you will be left like me, totally and utterly gob smacked. Such a fantastic read, total mind f**k, some questions will be answered but you will have others, I cannot wait to see where this story is going to go. I need Lux NOW!!" ~ Donna - The Romance Cover
"I loooooved it - and I won't say more than that - everything more I could and would want to say about VERUM would be a spoiler!!!! You need to get yourselves to amazon on February 2nd and one-click the hell out of this book!!!!!! And now please Courtney - hurry with book #3 LUX!!!!!!! I need to know how this will all end!" ~ Bianca, BL's Book Blog


About the Author
Courtney Cole is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling novelist who would rather write than eat chocolate. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Business, but no amount of working in the corporate world could quell her urge to write.
Courtney was born and raised in Kansas, home of incredibly friendly people and the most horrendous weather on the planet. Because summer days were so hot, she grew up reading stacks of books ... and when she didn't like the ending, she wrote her own.
Courtney has relocated to Florida where she writes beneath palm trees.


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