𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙔𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲 𝗗𝘂𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗹’𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁-𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱, 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲-𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀!
Aldebarian Alliance #5
by Dianne Duvall
Release Date: January 23, 2024
Too many years of hunting psychotic vampires night after night have left Rachel with a desperate need for change. So when the opportunity to travel across the galaxy aboard a Lasaran warship to a utopian planet arises, the powerful Immortal Guardian jumps at the chance. Rachel eagerly looks forward to making a fresh start… until an enemy attacks and she ends up alone in an escape pod so far from alliance-occupied space that no one can hear her communications. No one except a renegade cyborg who shouldn’t exist.After a grueling, hard-fought rebellion, Wonick and his cyborg brethren settled on a distant planet, where they’ve finally carved out a peaceful existence. The Aldebarian Alliance believes every Akseli cyborg died long ago. And battle-weary cyborg leader Wonick is determined to prevent anyone from discovering otherwise, knowing such would spark the fiercest manhunt in the galaxy. Yet when he hears Rachel’s communications, temptation drives him to speak to her, sparking friendship and a longing for a very different future.Rachel finds Wonick even more appealing when she meets him in person, and the friendship they’ve formed soon deepens into love as the cyborgs—no more immune to her fun-loving, laughter-inducing nature than Wonick—cautiously welcome her into the fold. But the warriors’ unbridled ability to collect intel uncovers a secret the enemy has guarded for decades, one that compels them to embark upon a mission fraught with danger.If they succeed, they may end the enemy’s attempts to conquer the galaxy once and for all. If they fail, it could cost Wonick and Rachel everything.
Aldebarian Alliance Series
The Lasaran (Aldebarian Alliance #1)The Segonian (Aldebarian Alliance #2)
The Purveli (Aldebarian Alliance #3)
The Akseli (Aldebarian Alliance #4)
“Wonick?” she prompted.
“You know what I am,” he said gravely.
“A cyborg. Yes.”
He shifted restively. “You’re not… repulsed by that? By my… augmentations?”
Wow. This man really knew how to tug at her heartstrings.
Smiling, Rachel reached up and rested a palm against his stubbled cheek. “We are two peas in a pod,aren’t we?”
“I don’t understand that analogy. My translation matrix said it refers to legumes on your planet.”
“It means we’re the same,” she informed him softly. “I harbor a virus genetically engineered by the mostdespicable beings in the galaxy. One that led fellow Earthlings to hunt me all of my life and to kill some of the Seconds who tried to protect me over the years. And since you aren’t Lasaran, I’m guessing I’m a lot older than you.” Oddly, the last concerned her more than anything else. “Are you repulsed by what I am?”
His Adam’s apple bobbed in a swallow. “No. You fascinate me.”
“Ditto.”
“I don’t know what that means.”
“It means you fascinate me, too.” Her smile widened. “But I think we should have separate showers. I want to hear more about my friends.” She let her gaze rove his big body. “And something tells me that showering together would distract us from that.”
He nodded somberly. “It really would.”
Grinning, she took his hand again and started up the hallway.
“Then let’s get this over with, shall we?”
Dianne Duvall is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author of the Immortal Guardians paranormal romance series, the Aldebarian Alliance sci‐fi romance series, and The Gifted Ones medieval and time‐travel romance series. The Lasaran, the first book in the Aldebarian Alliance Series, was a #1 Audible Mover & Shaker. The Segonian, the second book in the Aldebarian Alliance Series, was a Barnes&Noble Top Indie Favorite. Audible chose Awaken the Darkness as one of the Top 5 Best Paranormal Romance Audiobooks of 2018. Reviewers have called Dianne's books "fast-paced and humorous" (Publishers Weekly), "utterly addictive" (RT Book Reviews), “extraordinary" (Long and Short Reviews), and "wonderfully imaginative" (The Romance Reviews). Dianne's books have twice been nominated for RT Reviewers' Choice Awards. And her audiobooks have been awarded the AudioFile Earphones Award for Excellence.Dianne's books have all appeared on the New York Times, USA Today, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, and/or Kobo Bestseller lists. The first book in Dianne's The Gifted Ones series, A Sorceress of His Own, is a prequel of sorts to Darkness Dawns. A USA Today bestseller, A Sorceress of His Own is a medieval romance with paranormal elements that was awarded the AudioFile Earphones Award for Excellence and was an Audie Finalist. The second book in the series, Rendezvous With Yesterday, is a time travel romance that won the GraveTells Readers' Choice Award for Best Historical Romance.In addition to writing romance, Dianne has completed a one-act play (comedy) and teamed up with an award-winning screenwriter to write a spec script for a new situation comedy. Several of her poems have also been published in anthologies.When she isn't writing, Dianne is very active in the independent film industry and has even appeared on-screen, crawling out of a moonlit grave and wielding a machete like some of the psychotic vampires she creates in her books.For the latest news on upcoming releases, contests, and more, please visit DianneDuvall.com or sign up for her Newsletter. You can also find Dianne online . . .
I'm going to have to buy it twice; since the audiobook isn't released yet. Sounds great.
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DeleteThank you for sharing about Dianne's newest release! The Renegade Akseli Cyborg is out now!
ReplyDeleteI'm reading it! Gah! I hate that Real Life is getting in the way of me devouring it!
DeleteThis is a really good book. I really love Dianne Duvall's books.
ReplyDeleteWhat was the inspiration/motivation to write this book?
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