Product Details:
Title:First Light (Forever After Series Book 1)
Author: Michele Paige Holmes
Published:February 25th 2016 by Mirror Press
Genre: YA Fantasy/Fairytale Romance
Paperback: 494 pages
ISBN-10: 1941145760
FTC, FYI: I received a review e-copy in exchange for an honest review.
Reviewed By: Sheila
Book Details:
Seventeen-year-old Adrielle doesn’t believe in magic; she merely possesses it, though no one has ever mentioned that her unusual gifts—exceptional speed, a flair for fire, and an intimate knowledge of flora—aren’t things she was born
with. When Adrielle starts a fire that burns down the family home, she
must deal with both her grief and her siblings’ hurtful rejection.
While journeying to far away Tallinyne, in search of her older, estranged
sister—the only relative who might take her in—Adrielle is separated
from her escort when the carriage is beset by thieves. Alone, she is
thrust into a dangerous and unfamiliar world where she encounters
fairies and gypsies, a wild boar, a drunk cook, and an evil queen whose
curse is sweeping death across the land. Adrielle also finds love,
falling hard for a kind, funny, handsome—and completely unavailable
prince.
From the glowing pearls tucked beneath her mattress and
keeping her awake at night, to Queen Nadamaris’s curse that seems to
thwart Adrielle’s every effort, Adrielle struggles to navigate a world
of magic she never imagined, where people she knows and loves are not
always what they appear to be. With the glowing pearls—and her fondest
desire—within her grasp, she is forced to make a choice no girl should
ever have to—satisfying her own heart or saving the kingdom.
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Meet Author: Michele Paige Holmes:
Michele Paige Holmes spent her childhood and youth in Arizona andnorthern California, often curled up with a good book instead of out
enjoying the sunshine. She graduated from Brigham Young University with a
degree in Elementary Education and found it an excellent major in which
to indulge her love of children’s literature.
Her first novel, COUNTING STARS (Covenant Communications 2007), won the 2007 Whitney Award for best romance. The sequel, a romantic suspense titled, ALL THE STARS IN HEAVEN (Covenant 2009), was a Whitney finalist, as was her
first historical romance, CAPTIVE HEART (Covenant 2011). MY LUCKY STARS
(Covenant 2012) completed the Stars series.
In October 2014 Michele launched the Hearthfire historical romance line with the
publication of SAVING GRACE (Mirror Press 2014). The companion novel,
LOVING HELEN (Mirror Press 2015) was released in February 2015. A third
book about this same family, MARRYING CHRISTOPHER, (Mirror Press 2015)
was published in August 2015, with a Christmas novella, TWELVE DAYS IN
DECEMBER (Mirror Press 2015) released in December.
The next Hearthfire historical romance will be published in early summer of 2016.
In February 2016, Michele is launching the first book in the FOREVER AFTER
young adult fairy tale series. FIRST LIGHT (Mirror Press February 2016)
will be followed by a sequel LAST DAY in fall 2016. A third fairy tale,
PARADISE, will be published in 2017.
Michele attributes much of what she knows about good writing to time spent with her critique group
and feels that joining a critique group is the single best thing an
author can to do help improve his or her writing. She has been a member
of RWA and URWA, LDStorymakers, and The League of Utah Writers. Michele
enjoys both attending and teaching at conferences.
When not reading or writing romance, Michele is busy with her full time job as a
wife and mother. She and her husband live in Utah with their five high
maintenance children and a Shitzu that resembles a teddy bear, in a
house with a wonderful view of the mountains. You can find Michele on
the web at michelepaigeholmes.com and on Facebook and twitter.